Re: Upcoming October PUG and ultimatum

2007-09-20 Thread graywolf
An interesting thing I noticed browsing through my Atlas the other day is that Oz is in the same latitude range as Mexico, only south rather than north. I had unthinkingly imagined it being farther south. Gor, I couldn't stand the heat. David Savage wrote: Don't even see it over here. We

Re: OT (somewhat) - 12MP that'll do 60fps

2007-09-20 Thread graywolf
It is not all that cheap. You buy an SLR you get everything but the lens. You buy this you get the sensor and electronics. Everything else is an up. Need a viewfinder? A few more thousand is all it costs. Need a battery pack and charger? Add another few thousand. Get the idea? Probably a

Re: Upcoming October PUG and ultimatum

2007-09-20 Thread graywolf
Wow, Rick has a time machine... Rick Womer wrote: Okay, I submitted a PUG. It had -nothing- to do with Scott's threats. Honest. Really. Nerves of steel. A paucity of digital autumn pix caused me to dive into my slides for the first time in months. I chose something from November 2007.

Re: OT (somewhat) - 12MP that'll do 60fps

2007-09-20 Thread graywolf
Roughly, at the 2mp low res setting about 1 minute, and about 10 seconds at 12mp. That is figuring 25fps. P. J. Alling wrote: Alright I finaly looked at their store, and looked at their storage page, they're selling 8gb CF cards, and a multi card box to house them. Anybody want to do the

Re: Upcoming October PUG and ultimatum

2007-09-20 Thread graywolf
Ah, do it by hand, it is only 2000 cards... Those were the days, a programmer did not even have to know how to type, just hand the code sheet to the key puncher, and then spend a week trying to figure out why your program did not work only to find out the keypuncher missed a line. Nope, I

Re: OT - Shuttle pics

2007-09-19 Thread graywolf
Naw, it is an animation series done on an old Linux Laptop by a 12 year old kid in West Africa while herding his families goats. Gonz wrote: Staged, actually taken in a secret propaganda studio in the Nevada dessert somewhere ;) On 9/18/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Space

Re: OT rant Flash!

2007-09-19 Thread graywolf
I admit that I do not bother worrying about Lynx compatability any longer. I have not met anyone who even knew what it is in years. For those reading this who do not, it is a text based web browser. Charles Robinson wrote: On Sep 19, 2007, at 13:17, Mark Roberts wrote: I feel your pain. I

Re: The Cult of Leica

2007-09-19 Thread graywolf
IIRC, he originally said that he has seen that happen but didn't get the photo, so did a recreation of it. Decades later he claimed it was not staged. So you decide. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, I remember reading that Eisenstaedt's Times Square smooch was staged. True? Apparently the

Re: The Cult of Leica

2007-09-19 Thread graywolf
Just laziness, that's all. frank theriault wrote: On 9/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I feel a Leica moment coming on. My IIIf needs shutter exercise anyway. Now if I can just find that Tri-X in the back of the freezer. It's all Bob's fault:-). I have to say,

Re: The Cult of Leica

2007-09-19 Thread graywolf
Gullibles travels. That photo appeared in Life Magazine in 1945. Back then there were two people in the US who did not at least browse through Life Magazine, they were both in a coma (hypebole for emphasis). And it took 50+ years to find the people in the photo. HCB himself told the story

Re: Film/slide scanning

2007-09-18 Thread graywolf
How much do you want to spend. You can get upwards to 100,000ppi scans but they cost a small fortune. Of the run of the mill film scanners I believe the Minoltas at 5200ppi were the highest. However a well done 4000ppi scan should allow fine prints up to about any size you would want. Somewhere

Re: OT: New Laptop

2007-09-17 Thread graywolf
redundant supplies and I can hardly imagine both going at once. This is the first machine I have had all these problems with, and to make it worse it is all server/workstation grade stuff. Should have built a cheap desktop, I should of. John Sessoms wrote: From: graywolf Having just done 3

Re: PESO Eastmain Rapids, James Bay

2007-09-17 Thread graywolf
why I always wear a turban when driving. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 16 September 2007 20:29 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO Eastmain Rapids, James Bay I once drove the front arrow

ATTN: Ken W

2007-09-17 Thread graywolf
Ken, I do not have your address on this computer and the main one is temporarily out of service. Please email me. --graywolf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

How did we ever do it?

2007-09-17 Thread graywolf
Being on this old 15 inch monitor temporarily (I hope), I have to ask, how did we ever do photo stuff on them. It is woefully tiny. I seems inadiquate for email even. However, the color may be better than 19 Hitachi, which is scary because that particular Hitachi was considered the best

Re: Kenny Boy does MTF

2007-09-17 Thread graywolf
Gee, I have to mostly agree with the other guy on this one. You of course have to have a camera to take photos, but which one makes little difference whether they are great photos or not. Crappy photos can be shot with almost any camera, and great photos can be shot with almost any camera. The

Re: PESO Eastmain Rapids, James Bay

2007-09-16 Thread graywolf
I once drove the front arrow truck for a highway department line painting crew. You do not know what fun is until you have to drive down a heavily traveled two lane road at rush hour straddling the center line and forcing traffic onto the shoulders so the paint truck behind you can repaint the

Re: Kenny Boy does MTF

2007-09-16 Thread graywolf
Isn't that about what he make in advertising fees every time a bunch of you look at his website? I find it amusing that you guys laugh at him while you are helping him make money. I suspect he finds that amusing as hell too. P. J. Alling wrote: That would be a very bad think, I'm ashamed of

Re: OT: New Laptop

2007-09-16 Thread graywolf
Having just done 3 installs, I can sympathize. The very first thing I do is turn off the balloons and shut down Window Security Center. Like I need it telling me my computer is not safe because I do not have windows firewall active when I am behind a hardware firewall, and that I do not have

Re: Kenny Boy does MTF

2007-09-15 Thread graywolf
Try a radioactive iridium one-foot diameter buckyball meteor with an 160 million year old atmosphere eating virus inside. From a 2004 novel by a best selling author. You don't have to go back to the 1930's to find authors who make up science from buzzwords in the popular press. P. J. Alling

Re: Kenny Boy does MTF

2007-09-15 Thread graywolf
scintillator scintillator (sîn´tl-â´ter) noun A substance that glows when hit by high-energy particles or photons. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Third Edition copyright © 1992 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Electronic version licensed from INSO Corporation; further

Re: Kenny Boy does MTF

2007-09-15 Thread graywolf
it? P. J. Alling wrote: How the hell do you build buckyballs out of iridium? graywolf wrote: Try a radioactive iridium one-foot diameter buckyball meteor with an 160 million year old atmosphere eating virus inside. From a 2004 novel by a best selling author. You don't have to go back

Re: A few more images....

2007-09-14 Thread graywolf
Been there, places are very colorful, but not that colorful. Very little in nature looks like it was done with melted crayons or super gloss acrylics. To me Agfa Precisa 100 had the most accurate color rendition of any of the slide films. That was the biggest loss to me from Agfa going out of

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-09-14 Thread graywolf
Now, Rob, you know that if it is well composed, properly lit, and shot with Velvia it is ART. But crappy ART, of course. chuckle Digital Image Studio wrote: On 14/09/2007, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I say is art, IS art. If it has a frame around it. I say a dog shit

Re: Signing Off?

2007-09-14 Thread graywolf
That was not true of my dad. (His name was Art, for those who find my comment confusing) P. J. Alling wrote: It's simple Art means what Art sez. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Back From Paradise...

2007-09-14 Thread graywolf
I have been to Hell many times. I wonder if it is still just a gas station, a gift shop, and a post office where you can get the post card you bought in the gift shop post marked? It's between Ann Arbor and Pinkney. Mark Cassino wrote: The tourist shops in Paradise sell a T-Shirt that says I

Re: A few more images....

2007-09-13 Thread graywolf
It is an artistic decision. I have never liked highly over saturated images myself. Of course really is, seemingly, boringly dull to most people. Digital Image Studio wrote: On 13/09/2007, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the impression they're supposed to look like that to give

Re: A few more images....

2007-09-13 Thread graywolf
Velvia arose back when lithography was still done via the photo/mechanical process. You needed a very highly saturated original because some saturation was lost in each step of the process and advertising people especially wanted their magazine ads to be highly saturation so they would jump off

Re: Pentax Gallery

2007-09-13 Thread graywolf
Welcome to the Camera Club, Frank. If your photos don't look like everyone else's photos you do not know how to take pictures... frank theriault wrote: To those who've complained that not all of your photos have been accepted in the Pentax Gallery, quit yer bitchin'! Not one of mine has

Re: Price of Pentax Lenses in Australia

2007-09-13 Thread graywolf
Interestingly enough I do not believe any state here in the US taxes service, only goods. That was one of the reasons that after my first attempt as a commercial photographer I changed my rate structure to a pure service one of time + a service charge for obtaining materials which I bought

Re: Price of Pentax Lenses in Australia

2007-09-13 Thread graywolf
anything politicians did. John Sessoms wrote: From: graywolf Interestingly enough I do not believe any state here in the US taxes service, only goods. That was one of the reasons that after my first attempt as a commercial photographer I changed my rate structure to a pure service one of time

Re: Price of Pentax Lenses in Australia

2007-09-13 Thread graywolf
Sorry my editor is on holiday. graywolf wrote: Started to post a LOL, but then got to thinking. Only 87% of politicians are lawyers, but 100% of politicians hire lawyers. When you think of it a service tax does not hurt the person it applies to it hurts his customers. No(t) only do

Re: Harrisburg PDML is now Philly PDML!

2007-09-11 Thread graywolf
Had to look Rave up, looks like Disco is back. Scott Loveless wrote: I'm not sure what's more unlikely - Rick enjoying a rave, or hell freezing over. Or maybe pigs flying. Or me enjoying a rave. I'll agree with Rick. You better have some damn heavy chains to get me into one. Rebekah

Re: Don't shoot me! Adaptor?

2007-09-10 Thread graywolf
Great photos are 95% technique and 5% equipment. Unfortunately one can not go out and buy technique; one has to study, and practice, and put in lots of effort to acquire it. So it will never be as fashionable as buying a new camera, or lens, or filter, or whatever. So, in some ways a poor but

Re: Don't shoot me! Adaptor?

2007-09-09 Thread graywolf
Why do I disagree with that? Of course it may be different than its predicessors, but I alway found them clunky to say the least. Digital Image Studio wrote: On 09/09/2007, Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: crazy stuff. Nikon cameras confuse me; every time I've ever held one I couldn't

Re: Equipment for developing BW film in your kitchen or bathroomsink. (With commentary). was [Re: Metering Question]

2007-09-09 Thread graywolf
Ah, but the problem is that Mr Joe Littleguy is a lot easier to regulate than Mr Big Industry Lobbiest. Now of course their are only about 0.1% as many folks doing chemical based photography, but that never did stop the lawmakers from doing their thing. In fact they like it because they are not

Re: Metering Question

2007-09-07 Thread graywolf
And there is such a thing as a daylight loading developing tank. I have one made by Kodak. Never have found instructions for loading it and about half my tries resulted in a destroyed roll of film sigh. I rather think it was not designed for modern super thin film. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Metering Question

2007-09-07 Thread graywolf
It takes a pretty large changing bag to fit an enlarger in it grin. I did know a guy once who had a darkroom setup in a trailer he hauled around to events with him. David Savage wrote: On 9/7/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Developing film is easy. You need a tank, a couple spools

Re: Pentaxian.com

2007-09-07 Thread graywolf
you're stuck with IE for some reason or your system/connection is dog slow, there's absolutely no reason to disable Javascript or not install Flash. -Adam Who does Network/Computer Security work for a living. graywolf wrote: Says right on the page that you need Flash and Javascrip enabled

Re: Metering Question

2007-09-07 Thread graywolf
Heck it is easy, you hire the train for a day or two. Get a 12-15 man video crew together. Sit in a directors chair and say, Roll um and Cut. I can not understand why folks here on the list want to make things sound hard? P. J. Alling wrote: They also take detailed measurements and

Re: Batch resizing Hz and Vt frames.

2007-09-06 Thread graywolf
PS Bridge will do it fine. David J Brooks wrote: Hi gang. Its just about time for me to start on my slide show for the horse banquet next month. In the past, i have resized in ifranview to 1000 on the long side. This makes for a nice photo shown on the pull down screen at the hall. But,

Re: Pentaxian.com

2007-09-06 Thread graywolf
Bad color design there. The links are real hard to see against that maroon background. Hint: I, and others, just go someplace else when it is hard to read what you have put up. Background should be several shades lighter than the text. You can get away with it the other way around but that is

Re: Pentaxian.com

2007-09-06 Thread graywolf
Says right on the page that you need Flash and Javascrip enabled. I wonder why they do sites that knowledgeable people will not look at? The gee whiz effects may excite the newbies until they learn how easy it is to load nasty stuff on your computer when you have all those anybody can run

Re: OT - Cat Stew

2007-09-05 Thread graywolf
I ran off the road once to avoid a deer. $2600 worth of damage to a diesel Escort hardly any damage to the bodywork but the undercarriage was pretty much wiped out, I did not realize in the dark that the field was 4 feet lower than the road. I figured next time I would hit the SOB; it would

Re: OT Things looking up??

2007-09-05 Thread graywolf
OTOH, a set of false teeth is not going to give you a hernia. Why, I once carried in six sets in one load... John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob W n the other hand (if you'll forgive the expression), drivers and drivers' mates in furniture delivery vans are the salt of the earth. I once had a

Re: OT: Nice to know

2007-09-05 Thread graywolf
You are being a smart ass, Peter. One, would with no other reference, figure it was from zero latitude, if it was from anything else a reference would be needed. Reference from zero can always be assumed. Not too far from from my apartment is a sign that says Eastern Continental Divide 3360

Re: Film Gone?

2007-09-05 Thread graywolf
Kodak has moved their film production offshore (actually, I imagine that just means they have shut down their US and European film plants mostly due to environmental regulations*), Fuji continues to introduce new films. Film may no longer be mainstream, but it is far from dead. I would imagine

Re: Sometimes it's hard to shoot Pentax

2007-09-05 Thread graywolf
You spend a decade or two making ho-hum cameras, and that is what your market image becomes. It is far harder to overcome a image like that than it is to start from scratch. Strangely, there is an immense amount of merchandising research results published but I have found that most people

Re: OT: Nice to know

2007-09-05 Thread graywolf
Oh, I am sorry Peter, I attributed your comments as a smart ass reply, obviously I was wrong. P. J. Alling wrote: Thanks for the straw man Graywolf. Tom, being halfway to the North pole from the equator is no more obvious than being half way to the North Pole from the South Pole. Hell

Re: Metering Question

2007-09-05 Thread graywolf
90% of the time any metering system works well, the other 10% of the time you have to think. That assumes serious photography, for snapshooters it is 99% and 1% so they don't have to bother thinking tongue slightly in cheek. Glen Tortorella wrote: Thank you very much for this input. I have

Re: Sometimes it's hard to shoot Pentax

2007-09-05 Thread graywolf
Make that 98.7%. (Please note this email in not part of the 1.3%) P. J. Alling wrote: What, you believe everything you read? Sturgeons law needs to be updated, to 90% of everything on the Internet is crud. Tom C wrote: Foveon X3 in K10D? Tom C. From: Glen Tortorella

Re: Sometimes it's hard to shoot Pentax

2007-09-05 Thread graywolf
Tasty with fish? Bob Blakely wrote: Don't forget Coles Law. Regards, Bob... Life isn't like a box of chocolates . . it's more like a jar of jalapenos. What you do today, might burn your butt tomorrow. - Original Message

Re: OT - Cat Stew

2007-09-04 Thread graywolf
Unless he has changed things it will bounce anything not in plain text. Scott Loveless wrote: As far as I know the list mailer sends everything in plain text and will probably remove any special formatting. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Cat Stew

2007-09-04 Thread graywolf
There is a reason they call a Chow chow. John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob Sullivan Dave, The idea about asian restaurants and cats (or dogs) was passed to me some 30 years ago in the Netherlands. American friends living there politely declined to go out to eat at those restaurants...something

Re: OT Things looking up??

2007-09-04 Thread graywolf
A job you might check out is pick up and delivery for a dental lab. I did that once as a temp and it was very pleasant. Went for a ride in the country everyday with a bunch of brief stops to smooze with the pretty girls working in the dentists' offices. David J Brooks wrote: Well, the

Re: OT - Cat Stew

2007-09-04 Thread graywolf
In Cotty's defense, I would like to point out that the guy who says he shoots feral cats, also said he had never eaten cat. So there is a certain difference involved that your comment does not consider. Gonz wrote: On 9/3/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 03/09/07, David Savage,

Re: OT - Cat Stew

2007-09-03 Thread graywolf
What I find strange is the Australians consider kangaroo pests, and California considers them an endangered species and have a law against the sale of things made with kangaroo hide. Must be because they look cute in pictures. P. J. Alling wrote: I didn't think that your nanny, err, your

Re: OT - Cat Stew

2007-09-03 Thread graywolf
I kind of think that they are capturing abandoned cats. Feral cats are pretty hard to get near to, although I guess you can live trap them. I wonder what the cats would chose if they had the choice, neutering or being shot dead? I suppose those folks who do that kind of thing, also support the

Re: 25 years ago...

2007-09-03 Thread graywolf
Anyone else notice that the claimed first virus was on an Apple? Actually I think that is a rather late date for the first self-replicating program. From memory I would put it back a few more years. But it does seem that infamy lives on forever. Bob W wrote: do viruses hatch? -- Bob

Re: Peso: Off the wind

2007-09-03 Thread graywolf
I'm a sucker for schooners whether they sail on the water or are filled with beer... John Graves wrote: Cotty, It comes from being in the sun too long...Let's try again? I really did have film..err card in the camera. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jhg2/1312835645/ John G.

Re: About Bob Shell

2007-09-02 Thread graywolf
Let me put some things in perspective. Radford University is co-ed, but Radford College was not, it was one of those places where society folks sent their daughters so they would be safe. I kind of doubt that the folks around there see much difference in a pornographer and a murderer. The

Re: OT - Cat Stew

2007-09-02 Thread graywolf
Wow, a newsman who actually looks for news. How quaint. Can't you just make it up like everyone else? GRIN! Cotty wrote: On 02/09/07, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed: However I'm not surprised that Cotty found it. I found it because I read dozens of news web pages a day - and I

Re: OT - Cat Stew

2007-09-02 Thread graywolf
I would say non-native humans caused more damage to the local environment than other imported animals did especially when you realize they are the ones who imported the animals. However, I have notice that my fellow human beings do tend to think they have a right that other living things do

Re: Attn Graywolf

2007-09-01 Thread graywolf
None by this old Michigander GRIN. However, I am pretty glad I am not out there on the streets. Bill Owens wrote: How much celebrating is going on in Boone after the ASU win over Michigan? Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Vogon Poetry

2007-08-30 Thread graywolf
H^2 G^2 however hitchhiker is actually one word so HG^2 or HGG or HGttG or ... Oh, nevermind! Just stick a babelfish in your ear. Charles Robinson wrote: On Aug 30, 2007, at 15:38, John Francis wrote: (H)itch-(H)ikers (G)uide to the (G)alaxy = HHGG = H2G2 Aha! But for the lack of

Re: It's not just Ebay anymore...

2007-08-27 Thread graywolf
You can ask whatever you like for something. You may even find someone who wants it right now that will pay that price. Supply and demand do govern prices in the final analysis. However, I do find it strange when people bid things up on ebay when there is another just like it a few items down

Re: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)

2007-08-27 Thread graywolf
for self-delusion whether it is God or Art, and confuse abstractions with reality (I am no different). -graywolf ann sanfedele wrote: David Savage wrote: IMO the whole what is art debate is a big wank. yes - very tedious indeed. along with what is the meaning of life? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: It's not just Ebay anymore...

2007-08-27 Thread graywolf
When I was trying to make a living off photography long ago, I did very poorly until I tripled my prices. No on wanted to hire me at $32/hour, I did a lot more business at $100/hour. Almost enough to make a living at it, but not as much as I made as an electrician. -graywolf frank theriault

Re: Film slrs

2007-08-27 Thread graywolf
The last great 35mm SLR? The MX. The only things I can see that would have improved the MX are better quality seals and a bit of ruggedization. The only near great after that were the LX and the MZ-S. The did make a lot of consumer crap although most of them were OK for what they were. Of

Sheesh

2007-08-27 Thread Graywolf
Well I spent the entire day getting one of the 320 gig drives working. As usual it turned out the problem was my skipping a step in the reinstall. Then Just after I got it to working the darn $12 ebay workstaion video card goes by-by, so here I am typing this on the laptop. Since I am singing

Re: Wedding photography

2007-08-26 Thread graywolf
LOL! Mike Hamilton wrote: Wedding photography is hard! I attended a wedding yesterday. It was a fairly low-key affair, and there was no official photographer. The bride and groom just asked for the guests to send their digital photos via email after the wedding. I was also asked

Re: Just Bought a KX

2007-08-25 Thread graywolf
Well, I understand the vikings thought that was the way to go. Dead guy, wife, kids, cattle, goats, and all their worldly possessions sailing into the sunset in a burning boat. David Savage wrote: Ever notice that no one says they'll be cremated with their favorite camera?! Cheers,

Re: Just Bought a KX

2007-08-25 Thread graywolf
Well that is better than them being tossed in the trash, I guess. Of course in another twenty years they may be considered valuable antiques. -graywolf Cotty wrote: On 23/08/07, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: What is it about the MX and burials? Some time ago I seem to recall

Re: Rings for Spotmatic F

2007-08-25 Thread graywolf
That is a hard one for these folks to understand. Actually camera stores as I remember them are few and far between. Decades back a camera store was run by a shutterbug for shutterbugs. They were not there for mom to drop off the snapshots of the kids to get developed, those went to the

Re: A Gray Matter

2007-08-24 Thread graywolf
Conscious. Ethically? That is between you and your organization(s), or your personal feelings on the matter. So, in two out of three cases it is a matter for you to determine. -graywolf, Grouchy Old Fart Rebekah wrote: Yesterday, I drove by the site of the Charleston Sofa Super Store fire

Re: DPR Nikon D3, Full-Frame, previewed

2007-08-23 Thread graywolf
Besides the image is only 36x23.9mm how do they get off calling that full frame? Its BS, Nikon will never make a full frame D-SLR. No one will ever buy it... Just thought I would get a jump on the rest of the posters. David J Brooks wrote: HAR. I'm never buying anything from Nikon that

Re: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)

2007-08-23 Thread graywolf
imagine anyone that did not agree with me. Nothing exists if I am not there to see it. There is a word for that kind of psychosis but I can not think of it right at the moment. frank theriault wrote: On 8/22/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: graywolf wrote: [...] Personally I

Re: need 1.5V button cells? Nice hack :)

2007-08-23 Thread graywolf
Then you got cheated by the seller. Rechargeable D cells are now up to 5000mah to 15000mah (why are they still using milli-amp-hours when such capacities are better expressed in amp-hours?), no way you will get that out of a AA cell. You can by those collars to use AA or AAA cells in place of

Re: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)

2007-08-22 Thread graywolf
This again, does it have to be good to be art? Personally I believe the intent of the artist, good or bad is what makes something art. The question then becomes not Is it art, but Is it good art? OTOH, if the all pretentious critics insist it is art, when the producer had no such intention,

Re: Developing film

2007-08-22 Thread graywolf
I still remember the guy dragging that roll of film on the floor along behind him as he came to the counter it see what I wanted. So, yes, I think it does make a difference where you take it. But the unfortunate fact is that that is subject to change day to day. I mean that kid is probably

Re: Just got back from North Carolina

2007-08-22 Thread graywolf
I like the Camera Clinic better than NPW. This was the first year I missed since I started going, an that was only because I spent so much money on the new computer. Of course I have never been a nature photographer. frank theriault wrote: On 8/22/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Dream Cruise Photo Contest

2007-08-22 Thread graywolf
No fair, Paul, you are a ringer, a pro amongst all those snap shooters. Also you and the last guy (he could have done a bit photoshopping on that pavement) had the advantage of owning the car you shot, so you could control the location. The photo is of course excellent. I would not have

Re: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)

2007-08-22 Thread graywolf
I was using good in the sense of well done, not in the sense of valuable or worthwhile. Good art to me is art done by an artist who has the skills needed to translate his ideas into his chosen media. frank theriault wrote: On 8/22/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This again, does

Re: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)

2007-08-22 Thread graywolf
Ah, so only you know if something is art? And if it is not art to you it is crap? On the other hand I will give you an example of something I think was good art. In a waiting room was this rather banal looking painting of a small fishing town on a stormy day. As I sat there waiting my

Re: OT: buy a barn ...

2007-08-22 Thread graywolf
If it is written down it is truth, if someone says it it is BS. That is the rule. After all who would go to the trouble and expense of writing down something that was not true (maniacal laughter)? Norm Baugher wrote: It's amazing what circulates around the net as truth... Norm keith_w

Re: PESO - dam!

2007-08-22 Thread graywolf
Did you know you were on the Appalachian Trail? It goes along the top of the dam, for those who wonder what I am talking about. Mat Maessen wrote: http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/roadtrip2007/IMGP1619.jpg.html This is Fontana Dam, in NC, taken on the Monday after the GFM nature

Re: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)

2007-08-22 Thread graywolf
not matter what you or I or anyone other than the artist thinks. But I firmly believe art has to be intentional, if it is not it is just happenstance. frank theriault wrote: I'm glad the piece that you saw became appreciated by you as art. I think you're agreeing with me, though, Graywolf

Re: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)

2007-08-22 Thread graywolf
LOL! Puts it into a framework, it does. Did you notice that the only thing I said was essential to art was the artist's intent that it be art? On the other hand intent has nothing to do with physics, despite what some ignoramuses may have said. I think that is distinction enough. OTOH, What

Re: Developing film

2007-08-21 Thread graywolf
It's that stuff you wrap your sandwich in, dummy grin. Norm Baugher wrote: Film? What's film? Rebekah wrote: Hey all Been reading but not talking for a while, but surprise! I'm still here. Pug this month was awesome, some of those pictures were beautiful and it's always neat to see what

Re: Online theft

2007-08-21 Thread graywolf
of it, it never was. -graywolf Rebekah wrote: well shoot, that's pretty depressing. At least I'm glad I don't have professional-grade photos online that are worth stealing! Anways, thanks for all the info guys. rg2 On 8/21/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rebekah wrote

Re: Looking for a printer (mostly low-end)

2007-08-21 Thread graywolf
of that. -graywolf Matt Johnson wrote: Problem is that you don't even get archival till you hit the epson R800 inks and above, and i really don't think highly of that printer. I would maintain a cheap bw printer like graywolf does, and look into an R1800 (this guy is about $500) or above for your

Re: Looking for a printer (mostly low-end)

2007-08-21 Thread graywolf
or luster is OK with you and your clients I would say it is Good Enough. Each generation of inkjet printers get better. The R200 was the first one that really seemed to be up to snuff. Of course it is now a couple of generations old so hopefully the newer ones are even better. -graywolf Thibouille

Re: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss

2007-08-21 Thread graywolf
That's a keeper. Paul Stenquist wrote: Retouched: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333104size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Looking for a printer (mostly low-end)

2007-08-20 Thread graywolf
each cost more than that. To which I reply, Yes but the toners are good for hundreds or thousands of pages, the ink carts are good for about 20-30 photos. That said I use a BW laser for all text printing, and the Epson only for photos and CD's. -graywolf Thibouille wrote: My Epson colour laser

Re: OT: Cleaning Mirror and viewscreen

2007-08-20 Thread graywolf
add a few drops of ethanol to a cap full of the distilled water. -graywolf John Graves wrote: I have some persistent dust on the mirror and screen of my DS. Do I want to use the same cleaning pads fluids as recommended for the sensor? John G. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: OT: Cleaning Mirror and viewscreen

2007-08-20 Thread graywolf
SLR's however. -graywolf John Graves wrote: Graywolf, Thanks for the response. The dust on the mirror (I think?) has not responded to the blower/brush attack. Have you tried the sensor brush, and is it more effective than a plain brush? Nothing huge and chunky on the mirror but I see

Re: Peso, my next truck, one for Steady

2007-08-18 Thread graywolf
That is not a custom truck, you can go down to your IH dealer and buy one. They are intended for pulling heavy fifth-wheel travel-trailers (caravans for our Olde English speakers). Anthony Farr wrote: Very cool. I've been waiting years to see somebody give that treatment to a prime mover,

Strange Photoshop Message

2007-08-18 Thread graywolf
It popped up when I was testing this new computer, Are you sure you want to open 28 files?. There was definitely an incredulous tone to it. I figured, Sure I will go get a cup of coffee while you are loading them, and hit Yes. No coffee, they just all popped up in Camera Raw in less than a

Re: Dream Cruise Tonight

2007-08-15 Thread graywolf
By the looks of the radiator, I would say it is a Bugatti. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Paul Stenquist wrote: I think it's a 1930s race car. Probably an Indy car. The maker

Re: OT Its our 25th

2007-08-14 Thread graywolf
Congratulations. Returning to normal, huh? graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- David J Brooks wrote: Celebrating our 25th wedding anniversary today. Going to pick up the gift and then have

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