Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

2010-02-25 Thread eckinator
2010/2/25 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:39 AM,  m...@robertstech.com wrote: I just wanted to say that Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich would be a *great* name for a band! Then and there and ever since, that's become ~my~ name for a band: Trucks to

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-25 Thread eckinator
2010/2/25 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Meh. Find a justfiable luxury then. One you can enjoy without being annoyed. Life contains too small a number of 1/125s slices as it is. :-) Naaah I don't wanna spend my life being annoyed - I just go out and do stuff and enjoy it the best I can. If I

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-25 Thread eckinator
2010/2/25 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: Words typically reveal the person. How would you suggest that I separate YOU from what you SAY? And how is you're referring to legitimate opinions and complaints as bitching and suggesting that list members that post such just go away, find another camera

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-25 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Well, I suppose 53 is better.  Maybe we could annex and make it Greater Maine. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Shouldn't it be a prime number? You know, one nation under God, indivisible? Are

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-25 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: First of all, they'd have to be satisfied to start at #52, 'cause Puerto Rico's got dibs on #51. that's only 'cos of Ricky Martin - offer him citizenship instead =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-25 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 steve harley p...@paper-ape.com: {chuckles} but note that Puerto Ricans are US Citizens; they just don't get a vote in the US Congress GIVE RICKY A VOTE IN CONGRESS!!! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-25 Thread eckinator
cherry support once told me off record that when they get them back for cleaning they just put them in the dishwasher - they do have a special detergent with less acids but he said any mild soap for doing dishes by hand would do the trick just fine - did it and it work. caveat, that was early 90s,

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Never work, in America we only have the right to arm bears. yeah... seeing that the right to USE them is probably not written down in the constitution why not amend it to say non-functional arms? ]=) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: (God isn't dead; she is on an extended vacation in Andromeda.) It was for tax reasons, wasn't it? no in fact there are big firm litigators out looking to red tape Her for climate being no longer in accordance with the terms of the lease -- PDML

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 Graydon o...@uniserve.com: Had (well, I still have it, but it's dead) Unicomp Endurapro; it might have recovered from the water but not from me trying to get it apart to dry it. hmm sounds like they put it together for a reason ;) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 John Francis jo...@panix.com: The DA* 16-50 is [...] quite good fairly close up, too - in fact it's easier to fill the frame with a subject using the 16-50 than it is with the 50-135, because quite often the minimum focussing distance of the 50-135 can be the limiting factor. if

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Another solution I've employed is shooting two vertical frames with the DA* 16-50/2.8 at 16mm and marrying them in PhotoShop or PT Gui. This gives you a very wide angle view and minimal distortion. I usually shoot those at f13 for

Re: PESO - Bikespotting in Kensington Market

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: A foot fetish have we Ann ? fetish to buttons shift you must. when 900 years you are old fit so well high heels will not... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 John Francis jo...@panix.com: If I want to shoot kids up close I find that a .22 is a better choice ... Oh please be merciful, use something with a little more muzzle velocity... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Peso's The Sigma 300 F4 and natural light

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
positively lucy - sweet profile thanks 4 sharing ecke 2010/2/26 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Had the Sigma 300 F4 APO on the K10D the other day trying to get a cardinal shot. He flew away. So, what better subjects than Lucy and Boo: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10737294

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-27 Thread eckinator
2010/2/27 John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: If I want to shoot kids up close I find that a .22 is a better choice Oh please be merciful, use something with a little more muzzle velocity... Too much and it just punches right through and out the other side. yeah there you go... either use

Re: 3 PESOS - In the 'hood today

2010-02-27 Thread eckinator
Love the look in the bunny's face :] Thanks Ann Ecke 2010/2/28 Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: Very nice set; the whimsy of the first and the artistry of the third I particularly enjoyed. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 2/26/10, ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Re: Question about D700 metering

2010-02-28 Thread eckinator
2010/2/28 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: What I'm wondering is how much of this is due to superior metering, and how much is due to the D700 having more dynamic range, giving a bit more latitude in the metering. My understanding of dynamic range is that it is the number of EV that the

Re: DA 18-250 Working Again

2010-02-28 Thread eckinator
2010/2/28 Tom C caka...@gmail.com: What's up do you think? Just stuck? Just sucked. Then thought again and changed its mind =) No, seriously, probably just stuck but you know the good physician's rule: don't diagnose through pants or phone ]=) Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Fantail

2010-02-28 Thread eckinator
sweet shots and nice looking birds! well done ecke 2010/2/28 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: Great captures all. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz Subject: GESO: Fantail My partner was out in the back yard

Re: Fantail

2010-02-28 Thread eckinator
One day I might actually get one in mid-flight. you mean you're going canikony? cheers ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-28 Thread eckinator
2010/2/28 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I hadn't looked at this thread in a while.  Clearly the Pentax FF issue is far more complicated than I realized. had to be there MARK!!! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com: Haven't seen this thread before. Glad to hear that to you found out what it is. I hope you are feeling better now. Actually I was just pondering whether or not to post an update yet - there was finally news today that are hopefully worth their weight

Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
That looks quite sharp to me indeed =) Cheers Ecke 2010/3/1 J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net: Got my A400/5.6 lens about a month ago, took it out today and gave it a try. It requires extreme care in focussing but it is sharp lens when you do that. Sample image at:

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 John Celio n...@neovenator.com: 2) A way to order the tea from Germany. This may be too expensive for me, but I'd like to find out for sure. I'm in Germany; I'll see what I can do for you Please let me know all you found out offlist Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: Not bad for a 120# overweight computer nerd who is sitting at his computer when the sun is shining and his new K-7 is screaming for exercise. DANG BUDDY what are you DOING??? Get OUT THERE!!! ]=) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-01 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: 2) A way to order the tea from Germany. This may be too expensive for me, but I'd like to find out for sure. OK found the shop that makes and sells it. Have a relative in that town, too. Postage goes by weight and whether or not you want insured

Re: OT - Tea

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
also read this: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090222144538AANpafR that answer is somewhat correct - cheap crapola tea tends to be little bits and pieces of leftover/broken so it has higher density and weighs more to the teaspoon, the more expensive it gets the less weight per

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Good to hear you're on the mend. I think the Yankees are looking for a switch hitter:-). Paul ROFL... good one! I'm too old but it sure sounds tempting... Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT/2: back from repair

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
Remember, left-handed people are in their right minds. that is where it all took place... and the correlations brought it to light. well it explains how well i handled my small axe cutting branches also with my left arm when my right arm was exhausted and a bunch of other stuff such as eating

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
2010/3/2 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: In other news, we also received submissions from someone who *isn't* on the PDML and, as far as Doug can tell, never has been! He gets several points for ambitiousness, but loses a lot more for treachery ;-) I suppose we should consider it a

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
2010/3/2 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: On a more serious note, having just spent a whole weekend moving my blog/website to its new theme, I have even more respect for the the work Mark is putting in to this whole affair. Not only did he implement the upload form, but he's also going to deal

Re: Wind Rows

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
2010/3/2 John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net: When things get interesting, it helps to get a camera out. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhg2/sets/72157623535053242/ Holy Mackerel... Glad to read farther down the thread that you're all safe sound Looks like a nice backyard, too =) Cheers Ecke --

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-02 Thread eckinator
I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Melatonin... enter Germany with it in your luggage - they're unlikely to catch you but if they do you are importing illegal medicines which is not a narc offense but still a crime subject to official prosecution so whoever catches you or gets your case on their

Re: OT: The ultimate photographic accessory

2010-03-03 Thread eckinator
dang... one of the few moments I actually miss having money to burn... 2010/3/3 Malcolm Smith malcolmsmi...@btinternet.com: Beats a tripod and a long lens to get close to your subject! http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/Boats-marine/Motorboats/auction-274 622678.htm Malcolm --

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-03 Thread eckinator
2010/3/3 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to Pentax Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons Amongst our

Re: Off Topic: Jet Lag

2010-03-03 Thread eckinator
2010/3/2 Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com: eckinator, thanks. I did not know that melatonin was illegal in Germany yeah, 'fraid so. first offence, you'll get off w/o time but it will cost a couple hundred. gotta make up your mind if taking the small risk is worth that to you. to me it isn't. cheers

Re: PESO - Spadina Cars

2010-03-03 Thread eckinator
2010/3/1 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html Frank, I was holding that back but I genuinely hate you sometimes for constantly bringing back up in

Re: Developing Chemical Disposal

2010-03-04 Thread eckinator
2010/3/4 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Color chemistry can be all over the map with regards toxicity and environmental impact ... but why anyone in their right mind would do a home color chemical darkroom today is a mystery to me.

Re: Developing Chemical Disposal

2010-03-04 Thread eckinator
2010/3/4 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com: [.. Digital capture, image processing and printing does far better than the corner drugstore...] I'm in it for the photographs, not the journey of processing! ;-) speck =) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Developing Chemical Disposal

2010-03-04 Thread eckinator
2010/3/4 John Graves jh.gra...@verizon.net: I understand your simile regarding being in one's right mind...but I am left handed. so I must be in my right mind. I just learned my mind is either right but concealed or all over the place or perhaps was turned around some time so I'm

Re: PESO - Spadina Cars

2010-03-04 Thread eckinator
2010/3/4 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: I could probably get you a job as a bike messenger... ;-) Careful, I used to do that! (kidding, now is not the right time but perhaps in a few years) Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Zeiss on Pentax

2010-03-05 Thread eckinator
On Thu, Mar 4, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: I have hard that most modern Zeiss lenses are made by Voigtlander now. Voigtlander have their own lenses (all manual focus because Zeiss wants af for himself). So you mean they have factory built-in limited lifetime? Hey,

Re: PESO Enablement: Mattis Bendix and the DFA 100

2009-09-05 Thread eckinator
Thanks Christine Bob Added a crop that isn't all square but has a little more room on the right; closer to what Igor suggested. Square would take a thin slice off the ear. Not sure if I should go closer and ignore the strand of hair I took as the limit. Cheers Ecke 2009/9/6 Bob Sullivan

Re: PESO Enablement: Mattis Bendix and the DFA 100

2009-09-05 Thread eckinator
You're right. Two sand beige walls. Chose daylight setting over AWB which tends to go bluishgreenish in there. Another reason to learn Lightroom I guess. Cheers Ecke 2009/9/6 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: White balance shows up a bit yellow on my monitor, but YMMV -- PDML

OT: Privacy / mail-archive.com

2009-09-06 Thread eckinator
I google myself now and then to see what data is availble about me on the iNet (answered research questions about my work relationship with a past supervisor once and what I said was published under my real name without my permission or even a word to me so I guess I've gotten a bit cautious) and

Re: PESO Enablement: Mattis Bendix and the DFA 100

2009-09-06 Thread eckinator
Thank you Larry, appreciate the feedback =) Will try b/w as you suggest but WB needs work first; conversion looks oversaturated. Couldn't agree more about the DFA100, have the 50 too and think it will be FS soon... Extra DOF doesn't justify keeping it for handheld and I have a bellows for tripod

Re: PESO: out of bath

2009-09-07 Thread eckinator
Like it a lot! Cheers Ecke Slide duplicator FS - anyone? ]=) 2009/9/7 Luka Knezevic-Strika lukastr...@gmail.com: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tamoneki/3894371076/ yashicamat 124 g, ilford pan 400, microphen, fake-scan by photographing an enlargement -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Interesting K7 review

2009-09-07 Thread eckinator
LOL... [quote from memory] To all you iPhone owners, don't act like you invented it, you only bought the bloody thing! Cheers Ecke 2009/9/7 Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu: Let's modernize our debate and go to iPhone vs. Blackberry. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO - Couple of Street Photos

2009-09-07 Thread eckinator
Sweet! Especially the first one. Nice capture. Is that a tree shadow or a mural in the background? Cheers Ecke (fondly remembering his year in T'ron'o) 2009/9/7 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: Gotta Quarter? http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2009/09/gotta-quarter_06.html Markie

Re: PESO Akira in tree

2009-09-07 Thread eckinator
Go geocaching - it took me back to climbing trees =) Cheers Ecke 2009/9/7 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Dedicated to all our tree-climbing days of yester-year.  Frankly, I miss'em. http://www.caguila.com/caguila/akiratree/index.html Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: out of bath

2009-09-07 Thread eckinator
if you would be interested in anything and I will figure out a price Cheers Ecke 2009/9/7 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: eckinator wrote: Slide duplicator FS - anyone? ]=) Which one? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-07 Thread eckinator
Doesn't sound like auto bracketing to me. I did that a couple of times and the results were consistent and far from extremely over or underexposed. My K10D very occasionally does what you describe; I just get a really dark shot in an otherwise properly exposed series for no apparent reason. I've

Re: OT: Organic

2009-09-08 Thread eckinator
And by the same token, less of that stuff to contaminate you, too. In Germany they tested green peppers in 2007 and found pesticide residue as much as 200 times the legal limit. Also, organic protects me from genetically engineered food which causes quite a number of well documented issues in

Re: Dropped K200D

2009-09-08 Thread eckinator
Go to any good HiFi shop and buy a CD repair kit, probably much cheaper to boot! Cheers Ecke 2009/9/8 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Bad news!  I paid Pentax $200+ to replace the scratched LCD on my K10D.  I should have just waited for the next new camera.  The scratches were intense, the

Re: OT: Organic

2009-09-08 Thread eckinator
Hi Bob [... insert random Monsanto is EVIL rant here ...] It is all visible in documentaries by the BBC and the like who have nothing to gain from it except lawsuits. Plus Percy Schmeister gave his lifetime savings to defeat them and spends his time fighting them for a REASON. Cheers Ecke

Re: a silly old photo

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Interesting - been some time since I last made prints in a darkroom; the 'bubbly' protrusions in the mask kinda have me stumped. Perhaps someone lost their marbles while trying to vignette with torn TP? ]=) Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: I was trying to see if I had an old

Re: what (photography related) stuff you can not live without?

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Sure has my arse trapped - wouldn't want to go without one any more either... Cheers Ecke If I had to choose a single piece of photo equipment it would be BlackRapid R-Strap. Are you sure you don't mean Arse-Trap? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
They are. Less travel means quicker speeds/shorter times. My trusty old Canon AE-1p has a piece of black cloth moving sideways. In those days spirits were brave, the stakes were high, men were REAL men, women were REAL women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were REAL small furry

Re: a silly old photo (answer enclosed)

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Nice! I'd never heard of that. Was it common at some point? Thanks Ecke 2009/9/9 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 09:34:44AM +0200, eckinator wrote: Interesting - been some time since I last made prints in a darkroom; the 'bubbly' protrusions in the mask kinda have me

Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Is there such a thing as a final verdict on UV vs Skylight vs 'Protection' (whatever those are - do they block overprotective rays?) Filters? I need to buy one for my 16-50 seeing the time I spend in sandboxes with my camera these days... a blower wont do the trick for me all the time. Thanks Ecke

Re: OT: what (photography related) stuff you can not live without?

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
What good would that be without a lens and a film or memory card?? The R-Strap is much lighter to carry and its carabine hook will hold almost anything... =P Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: What? Not a Camera? Sasha Sobol wrote: Well, probably his discussion

Re: PESO -- Spare

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Beautiful. Nice combo of textures. Right time of day for light. Quibbit top and left corner ever so slightly unresty, dunno whats outside the frame but maybe you came too close? Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Anyone who's seen The Flintstones will get the title.

Re: PESO Akira in tree

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Very much do. Out in the woods of course. Metro wimp tree houses with iPod dock and white Q7 out front don't count. Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Eke Bob:  Do you have dreams of living in a tree house?  I do :-)  cheers, Christine - Original Message -

Re: Old Tamron 28/2.8

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
In the light enough rice is almost complete correction of the image of the periphery. So that is how they make their lenses - rice coated elements... Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com: That one ?

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
markings possibly due to salt spray - though I can't be sure.  I'd got for Pentax or BW if they are available near you - I'm going to order from BH from now on as Pentax and BW filters are near impossible to get in Australia. Leon 2009/9/9 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Is there such a thing

Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D)

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Of Mark Roberts Sent: Wednesday, September 09, 2009 9:10 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Front Element Protection (was: Dropped K200D) eckinator wrote: Is there such a thing as a final verdict on UV vs Skylight vs 'Protection' (whatever those are - do they block overprotective

Re: a silly old photo (answer enclosed)

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Grit your teeth for a minty fresh Dental Macro This calls for a merger... 2009/9/9 Cotty cotty...@mac.com: I put a plate of glass over the paper, and gravel on top of the glass, leaving the part I wanted exposed clear of gravel. Seems a rock-solid method. Typical stoner. Your puns are

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your tongue! We canal

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
So he is Kling En Vogue? Yes but will not joking make that any better? And remember, alcohol is not a solution. It is a distillate. Cheers Ecke 2009/9/9 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: eckinator wrote: Is Cotty a Vogon? There is a certain similarity.  Although he normally goes

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your tongue! We canal

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your tongue! We canal

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-09 Thread eckinator
Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! He's looking for some incisor knowledge. Brace yourself. Cheeky I wish someone would teeth me how to write good puns... You could pull from the wisdom of the PDML... Bite your tongue! We canal

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-10 Thread eckinator
On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Mark Robertsm...@robertstech.com wrote: Even if it's minty fresh? I'm at a floss for words... Better brush up on those skills! -Mat I think there's a severe pasting due someone. A turkey pasting that is, pray? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Old Tamron 28/2.8

2009-09-10 Thread eckinator
Actually doesn't it sound a lot like Larry Colen's gravel vignetting technique? Cheers Ecke 2009/9/10 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: I don't care about the lens, but from the translation; In the light enough rice is almost complete correction of the image of the periphery. Mark!

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-10 Thread eckinator
Cask strength Banff and spring water, no ice. If you're ever in Hamburg, be my guest =) Cheers Ecke 2009/9/10 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: I think I want some of what he's drinking or smoking or whatever... eckinator wrote: They are. Less travel means quicker speeds/shorter times

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-10 Thread eckinator
Sure does, and one wrist and five digits on each hand, too! In case you wondered why they're called digital wristwatches... Cheers Ecke 2009/9/10 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: I hope for your sake that your watch has hands. :-) Jostein 2009/9/9 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: They are. Less

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-10 Thread eckinator
Oh, and as you can tell they have too much time on them too... 2009/9/10 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Sure does, and one wrist and five digits on each hand, too! In case you wondered why they're called digital wristwatches... Cheers Ecke 2009/9/10 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: I hope

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-10 Thread eckinator
Well so far I'm almost the only one... Let's hope Cotty breaks out his poems soon Cheers Ecke 2009/9/10 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: See? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: SMCP-A 100/4 Dental Macro - Mint - Price suggestion

2009-09-10 Thread eckinator
2009/9/10 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Q: What is the PDML? A: A misspelt acronym for Amalgamated Union of Punsters. Pamalgamated Dunion Mof Lunsters? Naah... Punsters' Dictionary Maiming List! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT: Organic

2009-09-11 Thread eckinator
The principal difference to me is that organic fruit and vegetables reduce the amount of fertilizers and persticides polluting our water and that organic meat even more importantly reduces the amount of antibiotics released into the environment. Antibiotics are in fact traceable in almost all

Re: OT: Organic

2009-09-11 Thread eckinator
problem than use of antibiotics in livestock. I wish this could receive even half as much attention as all this stuff about clean food. It would do both us and nature a huge favour. Jostein 2009/9/11 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: The principal difference to me is that organic fruit

Re: OT: Organic

2009-09-11 Thread eckinator
2009/9/11 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: MRSA deaths are an old people nursing home problem, after significant hospital stays and treatment. To a point. As for morbidity/mortality rates, point taken. As for infections, please see

Re: OT: Organic

2009-09-13 Thread eckinator
Hi Bob So glad to hear they're well and I'll pray they stay that way! Cheers Ecke 2009/9/13 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Thanks Paul, they are doing fine.  Regards,  Bob S. On Sat, Sep 12, 2009 at 5:16 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: That must have been tough Bob. I

Re: PESO Bee killers

2009-09-13 Thread eckinator
Tough one. Adult Varroa mites are much bigger in proportion - unless this is Beezilla's cousin... If you want my vote, it is NO Great image nonetheless! Cheers Ecke 2009/9/13 Bob W p...@web-options.com: A bee unter attack from ugly parasites. Is this Varroa destructor which kills our honey

Re: PESO Bee killers

2009-09-13 Thread eckinator
/9/13 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Tough one. Adult Varroa mites are much bigger in proportion - unless this is Beezilla's cousin... If you want my vote, it is NO Great image nonetheless! Cheers Ecke 2009/9/13 Bob W p...@web-options.com: A bee unter attack from ugly parasites

Re: PESO Bee killers

2009-09-14 Thread eckinator
hitchhiking... Toine 2009/9/13 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: Tough one. Adult Varroa mites are much bigger in proportion - unless this is Beezilla's cousin... If you want my vote, it is NO Great image nonetheless! Cheers Ecke 2009/9/13 Bob W p...@web-options.com: A bee unter attack

Re: Environmental photographer of the year

2009-09-14 Thread eckinator
2009/9/14 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Re. #1 I've never heard of parachuting ants before... :-) bumming rides seems to be common practice in nature if you think of all the parasites and symbioses... =) Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Environmental photographer of the year

2009-09-14 Thread eckinator
True. Point taken. But then to call it bumming rides from inanimate objects would really elevate it to a Zen exercise. Neat, huh? Looks like I haven't had enough sleep once again ]=) Cheers Ecke 2009/9/14 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: 2009/9/14 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: bumming rides seems

Re: Environmental photographer of the year

2009-09-14 Thread eckinator
Two carrots were parachuting. One yelled: Watch out, there's a chop-chop-chop-chop... Cheers Ecke 2009/9/14 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Two fleas came out from the movies. One said: Do you want to walk home, or should we catch a dog? Jostein 2009/9/14 eckinator eckina...@gmail.com: True

Re: PESO Bee killers

2009-09-14 Thread eckinator
I guess it mite have been anything ]=) How about it wasn't after bee meat but in fact a Vegemite? 2009/9/14 Toine to...@repiuk.nl: Josten, Thanks for the links. A pollen mite could be it. The bee was moving slow and didn't want to fly (maybe dying) so I could observe the crowd. The mites

Re: PESO

2009-09-15 Thread eckinator
Nice job. You zoomed in just right IMHO Don't let the U.S. bashers see it though ]=) Cheers Ecke 2009/9/15 Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com: Somehow I like this: http://decluttr.com/3918857190 What do think? Thanks, --Sasha -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-16 Thread eckinator
Not bad actually, you could market it with a 'Never get stuck' spin... 2009/9/15  m...@robertstech.com: No one has yet suggested the name K-Y for the camera... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: New Pentax stuff

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
It will be a big hit with many people. Plus soon to come color matching lenses. I'm glad they didn't make user changeable covers for the next wave of plastic junk. Specs look like an improvement over the K-m though. One more: K-Pax - thought controlled camera ]=) Now could Pentax please give us

Re: New Pentax stuff

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
Haha just wait till the froot loop filters come out ]=) 2009/9/17 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Aaarrrggg, MY EYES!  It's like looking at a bag of camera shaped skittles.  At least they have them in black... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

FS Friday comes early this week

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
Hi all, too much room in my wallet so I need to make some room in my gear cabinet instead: Novoflex K mount auto bellows BALPENT-AS, 2 minor paint chips plus matching Auto Noflexar 60/4 APENT-60 plus matching sun shade bellows BALSON-AK plus matching slide copier attachment BALCOP-K plus

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
I don't get it - what is the big idea with the L lenses? A plastic bayonet ring? Saves like what, 10 grams? Wouldn't it be cheaper to have one production line less? 2009/9/17 Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee: http://www.pentax.jp/english/news/2009/200918.html Even worse than expected... BR, Margus

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
2009/9/17 Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee: I've worked for years in mobile phone assembly plant (it's LOTS of screwing) Mark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
2009/9/17 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Mark would have to be asleep, no let me rephrase that, Mark would have to be DEAD not to catch that one. so Mark doesn't mean the act of marking? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: You may want to check Pentax news Thursday (no, no FF, no 645)

2009-09-17 Thread eckinator
I hope he has a degree in Marksmanship with that responsibility bestowed upon him... OK that was an oldie I guess... Thanks for the heads up Ecke 2009/9/17 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: eckinator wrote: 2009/9/17 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Mark would have

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