Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL

2007-04-20 Thread graywolf
Oh yes, and a house to put it in... Tom C wrote: Yes, I can imagine the average Bangladeshi thinking, If I just had a big screen HDTV home theatre and a big comfy chair, I'd have it made. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT - for those of you whohaveDVD equipthat canplayPALsystemDVD's

2007-04-20 Thread graywolf
Yeh, I know what you mean. I finally found someone who would listen to me. It is so refreshing. His name is Marantz, or something like that (weren't you the one asking what the microphones were for?). -graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 4/20/2007 9:58:15 A.M. Pacific

Re: OT - for those of you whohaveDVD equipthat canplayPALsystemDVD's

2007-04-20 Thread graywolf
You know they are right, all this is my fault. I should never have mentioned buying a $15 TV several months ago... Norm Baugher wrote: I promise to never mention HDTV in an unrelated post again. insert evil laugh here Norm graywolf wrote: The only thing dumber than JCO's posts are those

Re: OT - please don't go OT

2007-04-20 Thread graywolf
Humm..? When did you change your name, Doug? I guess I should start posting the link again: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html Sandy Harris wrote: This list is supposed to be about Pentax cameras. Please stay on-topic! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Blogging soon...

2007-04-19 Thread graywolf
man's greatest invention was language, it isn't it is something we are born knowing how to do. Birds fly, people talk! -graywolf David Savage wrote: Ever since hearing the latest Red Hot Chill Peppers album, every time someone uses the word blog, or I come across one, this lyric flits

Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can play PAL system DVD's

2007-04-19 Thread graywolf
it from somewhere else. Buying things on the internet can be fun. -graywolf ann sanfedele wrote: I got stung on ebay buyign a DVD for a friend - having no idea there was more than one kind that plays on DVD's for TV's as opposed to computers. Only paid $9.00 US for the DVD and the shipping

Re: OT: Useless cat

2007-04-19 Thread graywolf
Mouse does not seem to find it worthless... Bob W wrote: http://bertc.com/uselessCat.htm Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that canplay PAL systemDVD's

2007-04-19 Thread graywolf
the babbling brook. Ditto the surf*. And, as of today, you sound like a man who'd enjoy tinnitus. Want some of mine? -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 19 April 2007 18:55 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can play PAL systemDVD's

2007-04-19 Thread graywolf
that recording is exactly like photogrphy; once you have the recorder (camera), you find out that to do anything with it you have to buy a bunch of accessories... -graywolf *Probably cost too much for me to run down to the coast and record that. ann sanfedele wrote: I had a bad experience buying

Re: Blogging soon...

2007-04-19 Thread graywolf
I can not imagine why anyone would want to do a blog. Of course I can not imagine why my journal, when I was doing it, was getting 3000 hits a month either. Maybe I should do a podcast then thousands of people could listen to me talk to myself... -graywolf Doug Brewer wrote: On Apr 19, 2007

Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL systemDVD's

2007-04-19 Thread graywolf
have to buy their product. How about the law that made it illegal to import those VCR's that cut out the commercials. You are being pretty naive, Norm. -graywolf Norm Baugher wrote: I didn't know the movie industry could legislate laws to help them with their movie release timing... Norm

Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL

2007-04-19 Thread graywolf
What is not forbidden is compulsory, didn't you know that? Digital Image Studio wrote: Does anyone really have to watch TV? Is it mandated in law? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Film scanner dillemma

2007-04-18 Thread graywolf
Yes, there is, a NEW CONVERT! P. J. Alling wrote: You know, there is nothing worse than a convert... David Savage wrote: On 4/18/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/18/07, Paul Ewins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've decided that the time really has come to get a

Re: Is it worth updating this..

2007-04-17 Thread graywolf
http://www.graywolfphoto.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Enablement -- Bad PMDL, Good PDML

2007-04-16 Thread graywolf
Smart lady! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have not yet experienced a return. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Enablement -- Bad PMDL, Good PDML

2007-04-16 Thread graywolf
they have no choice but to pay out to the IRS (Internal Revenue Service, the tax collecting agency of the US Government), thus collecting interest on the government's money rather than lending their money to the them at no interest. -graywolf David Savage wrote: What are tax returns

Re: Enablement -- Bad PMDL, Good PDML

2007-04-16 Thread graywolf
be another revolution... -graywolf William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling Subject: Re: Enablement -- Bad PMDL, Good PDML That's the assumption that makes it all a farce. None of it is the Government's money... Wrong. The government gets to decide how much

Re: USB 1 and USB 2

2007-04-15 Thread graywolf
It means the guy is clueless. XP SPII works with USB 2.0, but you have to have the hardware in the computer for that to happen. However, you can add a USB 2.0 PCI card to you desktop, or a USB 2.0 PCMCIA card to your laptop. -graywolf David J Brooks wrote: Hi gang. Last month i took my

Re: Please unenable me!

2007-04-14 Thread graywolf
OK, send you tax return check to me, properly endorsed, and I will guarantee you will not spend it on a Leica Juan gives out the best straight lines on the list. -graywolf Juan Buhler wrote: As some of you know, I've been missing my Leica rangefinder since I returned to Pentax in 2004

Re: On the Beach

2007-04-14 Thread graywolf
I think in this case they may be birds. At first I thought I had something on my screen, but when I moved my cursor there it was behind the cursor. Bob W wrote: Thanks. I haven't desaturated it - that's the way it was. It's a digital photo. What's a hickey? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Guess what T. Rex tastes like

2007-04-14 Thread graywolf
Yep, only a ton or two. Bob Shell wrote: Having cleaned a recently-killed chicken, I can just imagine cleaning a dinosaur!!! Since they didn't have wings, not much breast meat, though. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: clueless in the presence of greatness, again

2007-04-13 Thread graywolf
Good lord, was it that long ago? Guess what camera he had with him? Nope, an Olympus C-5050Z. I bought one, partly on Bernie's recommendation, but for some reason my photos don't have the impact his do. I must have gotten a defective camera grin. -graywolf Mark Roberts wrote: A few years

Re: bags bags bags ... followup report

2007-04-13 Thread graywolf
Buttons are silent, and do not close themselves when you want them open. Snaps are convenient, but do go pop when you open them. A seamstress can remove the velcro, make button holes and put on buttons for you. -graywolf Cotty wrote: On a related note - in my daily job I wear a Domke

Re: From a Recent Press Release...

2007-04-13 Thread graywolf
More, likely, There will be a lot of money in it for me personally. Henry Ford III said the biggest mistake he ever made managing FMC was going public. Thibouille wrote: It seems Pentax is/was/will be bit that much interested into a merger but Urano was. It's not clear at all (yet) if

Re: OT: Guess what T. Rex tastes like

2007-04-13 Thread graywolf
Funny, I was going to say chicken. An interesting thought, comparing the pictures is that if they had reconstructed the T. Rex with its nostrils under its eyes the similarity would have been obvious. -graywolf Bob W wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6548719.stm Bone appetit

Re: OT - ouch

2007-04-11 Thread graywolf
a $75000 (my wild guess at the exchange rate) piano moved in an open truck deserves to lose it. Probably were not willing to pay what it cost to have experts move it. I would not be surprised if the insurance people refused to pay anyway. -graywolf Cotty wrote: Click on the 'In Pictures' link

Re: Easter bestiary

2007-04-10 Thread graywolf
Wow, now I am envious, here there are the mountains, but I have to drive an hour to find a decent store for anything you can not buy at Wal-Mart or the Grocery. -graywolf Bob W wrote: One of the nice things about living here in Greenwich is that there is so much variety. I can cycle

Re: OT: good news for the film user on the list

2007-04-10 Thread graywolf
Got to compete with digital somehow GRIN! Jack Davis wrote: Boy, I'm excited...not. Over saturated, bizarre hues and blocked detail. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Easter bestiary

2007-04-10 Thread graywolf
LOL! Bob W wrote: Mountains, yes. We also have an Alp about 2-3 miles north of me: http://www.citiesofscience.co.uk/go/London/ContentPlace_1960.html -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 10 April 2007 13:59

Re: *istD lens compatibility

2007-04-09 Thread graywolf
you specific instructions on which custom menu that is in, maybe someone else can be more specific. Enjoy your new toy, -graywolf frank theriault wrote: Okay, guys, don't hit me over the head, I know this has been discussed to death here, but I didn't care back then, and I care now

Re: Every K-Mount Ever Made, NIB

2007-04-08 Thread graywolf
I had a dream about hanging out with a bunch of real weirdos and woke up to find I was reading the PDML -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: Ben Does Starbucks

2007-04-06 Thread graywolf
, since we won) never committed atrocities against civilians. The Kings men didn't always draw that line however. But, that may depend upon whose history books you read. -graywolf Christian wrote: Bob W wrote: It's Benjamin Franklin, terrorist, We prefer freedom fighter or patriot

Snow in the mountains

2007-04-06 Thread graywolf
Happy Easter, 2 inches out there. I guess that proves global warming is only during the winter months GRIN! Blizzard conditions predicted for the end of May on GFM. -graywolf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-05 Thread graywolf
John Celio wrote: It's not so much what they think, as it is the constant heckling. I've been in situations where Canon/Nikon snobs are shooting nearby and kept making rude comments or laughing when I pulled out my Pentax. It rolls off my back for a little while, but it gets old

Re: Digi-Boy

2007-04-05 Thread graywolf
That's it, the end of the universe is nigh. frank theriault wrote: I've just acquired a *istD, along with an f3.5-5.6 18-55mm AL. I'll give you all an hour or two to scrape yourselves up off the floor, and then fill you in with more details... cheers, frank the digitalian ps: Juan,

Re: Digi-Boy

2007-04-05 Thread graywolf
Well, while I do have a digi-ps, I have been offered an Omega D2V which I will pick up next week. That means the Graphic will get some use, and maybe the MXen too. -graywolf Scott Loveless wrote: frank theriault wrote: I've just acquired a *istD, along with an f3.5-5.6 18-55mm AL. I'll

Re: Anti-stress link

2007-04-05 Thread graywolf
with their pro-sumer video cameras sneering at those who have ps camcorders as well. -graywolf Cotty wrote: On 4/4/07, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: It's not so much what they think, as it is the constant heckling. I've been in situations where Canon/Nikon snobs are shooting nearby

Re: PESO: Ben Does Starbucks

2007-04-05 Thread graywolf
The guy resembles portraits of Ben Franklin, one of the guys that was more than incidental in taking the US away from your King. Also the guy that started the Saturday Evening Post. Any other questions? Try googling! GRIN! Cotty wrote: On 5/4/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed:

Re: Enablement: bag and cutter

2007-04-02 Thread graywolf
And, just to prove all this, Cotty's answer arrived before you post. Now, where did I park Gay Deceiver? --graywolf P. J. Alling wrote: Ah, Non-Euclidean geometry. I always suspected Cotty had somehow tapped into a different universe. David Savage wrote: Cotty tinkered with it in his

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-31 Thread graywolf
of illegal money only not so blatantly obvious. How come you are getting Shel's' email? -graywolf David J Brooks wrote: I get these emails from banks i don't have any money in. I don't have a Paypal account, and i get these emails to Shel. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: One more 2400 profile question

2007-03-31 Thread graywolf
I don't know the answer to you question, Dave, but I can tell you that Matte Heavyweight drinks ink. Figure you will get about 1/3 as many prints from a set of ink cartridges as with the glossy. -graywolf David J Brooks wrote: Hi gang. Sorry to bug the group with this stuff, but, i have

Re: Pentax sighting

2007-03-31 Thread graywolf
Now, where did that bird go? LOL! John Celio wrote: It made me lol, so I had to share: http://riotclitshave.livejournal.com/769873.html John (still trying to get his computer back to 100%) -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML

Re: One more 2400 profile question

2007-03-31 Thread graywolf
Probably want to use BSTPHOTO as that would translate to Best Photo quality. The 2nd one would be Photo quality, use it for proofs. Not sure about the last one. On my lowly printer all that stuff is buried in one profile. David J Brooks wrote: Hi Dave. When i go to print with preview and

Re: Another PayPal Scam

2007-03-30 Thread graywolf
access your checking accounts. -graywolf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: CS3 ready for ordering.????????

2007-03-30 Thread graywolf
I imagine you have to pay for a copy for each computer you run it on. Otherwise you are a dirty no good thief. And, Bill Robb will no longer talk to you GRIN!. -graywolf David J Brooks wrote: http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/productinfo/features/ Do i have to downaload

Re: Friday For Sale

2007-03-30 Thread graywolf
Darn, I was all set to by my own Friday so I could use it in the middle of the week. I ought to sue for false advertising. -graywolf Bill Lawlor wrote: Battery Grip D-BG2 for K10D in like new condition. I only put it on the camera for a day, then decided it was not my style. All papers

Re: PESO - More Daffs

2007-03-30 Thread graywolf
You video guys know all the tricks. A piece of black Foamcore should be in every photographers kit. Or, wear a fedora, it has a thousand and one uses, a lens flag is use 43 GRIN!. -graywolf Cotty wrote: On 30/3/07, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: Thinking of your suggestion

Re: Outdoor Photographer magazine resorting to dirty tricks

2007-03-27 Thread graywolf
What's going to Grateful Dead concerts have to do with it. Oh, you mean deadbeat? You foreigners do seem to have trouble with American slang grin. But, Bill, is right, you do not want that on your credit reports. -graywolf William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Amita Guha

Re: OT: Web site review

2007-03-26 Thread graywolf
mindset), and you are not there to correct that impression. -graywolf Mark Roberts wrote: BTW Nick, there's only one thing wrong with that picture of you on the web site: It's a picture of *you ;-) You should put up your best-ever wedding shot (that you can get permission to use) on your

Re: OT: Web site review

2007-03-26 Thread graywolf
I think that the name of the webpage is appropriate. It sure sucks, IMNSHO. Reminds me of the guy you seen on TV with the dollar signs pasted all over him. But I believe it was PT Barnum who said, You can never. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: keith_w Subject:

Re: OT: Wish Me Luck

2007-03-26 Thread graywolf
This thread did not show up until just now, strange. Anyway, the best of luck to you, your daughter, and granddaughter in this matter, Paul. -graywolf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Wish Me Luck

2007-03-26 Thread graywolf
in the case. The judgment actually should be a separate and disconnected venue, but we never got quite that enlightened. And unfortunately miscarriages of justice happen all to often. --graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And how would they filter out cases without merit? They'd have to hear

Re: 645D Musings

2007-03-26 Thread graywolf
, the second may only have been in the field a couple of years, but know quite a lot. Of course the opposite is also possible. But, when someone says you can not tell me nothing I have been doing this for x'teen years my BS detector goes off very loudly. -graywolf William Robb wrote: - Original

Re: 645D Musings

2007-03-26 Thread graywolf
than he does anymore valid. Seems like the BS detector is working fine. William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: graywolf Subject: Re: 645D Musings In reality you can not tell much about what a person knows by how long he has been doing it. Some people learn as little

Re: OT Anyone ever attempted or didi write a book

2007-03-25 Thread graywolf
and support. -graywolf David J Brooks wrote: What about spelling.VBG -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT Anyone ever attempted or didi write a book

2007-03-25 Thread graywolf
LOL! How true! As an editor, I found that my job was actually to beat the writers over the head to get them to turn in their article in time to be published. And, in every case, I had to rewrite it to match the style of the publication. Bob W wrote: Eventually you'll miss a deadline, and

Re: OT: Facts about the PDML's favorite photographer

2007-03-21 Thread graywolf
You guys are just jealous because Ken's thing is bigger than yours.* I believe some one once said there is no such thing as a boring photographic subject. This thread proves him wrong. -grayolf *Ego, what did you think I meant? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: ebay woes

2007-03-21 Thread graywolf
are all eff'ed up! I think the same person programmed thunderbird's smell checker which thinks your name should be Tann Confederate. -graywolf ann sanfedele wrote: Anyone having trouble searching for their items by the seller search? I only have 4 items listed (not camera stuff right now

Re: The sand in the clamp (of my tripod)

2007-03-19 Thread graywolf
I would say the same. Water usually does not harm plastic. Might dry it out with canned air afterwards. That is probably a good tripod to use in situations where it is going to get sand and mud in it. -graywolf William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman

Re: The sand in the clamp (of my tripod)

2007-03-19 Thread graywolf
I was thinking the high pressure hose of a forest fire fighting rig. You know, the one they use to tear apart smoldering stumps and the like. But probably he does not really need high pressure but flow, so I suggest he just hold it under a waterfall for an hour or so... William Robb wrote:

Re: Today in the Studio

2007-03-19 Thread graywolf
it. Of course there are a couple of other kennel clubs in the US. Wendy actually breeds the dogs, so folks should know how to weigh our opinions. Nice to see you posting again, Wendy. -graywolf wendy beard wrote: On 3/19/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another name for that breed is Belgium

Re: PESO: bus stop -- hmmm that other link didnt work try this

2007-03-18 Thread graywolf
Oh yeah, your usual great work, Ann! I do like your eye for a picture. ann sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2468804/7#136711608-L-LB ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO: bus stop -- hmmm that other link didnt work try this

2007-03-18 Thread graywolf
If you were a REAL PHOTOGRAPHER, Ann, you would have made the driver open the window. GRIN! -graywolf, who almost forgot the quotes ann sanfedele wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2468804/7#136711608-L-LB ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: PESO: bus stop

2007-03-18 Thread graywolf
That Detroit Bus stop looked real nice, in 1961. ann sanfedele wrote: Shouldn't ahve been working on this stuff but I felt like it -- This was from the trip across the country in 2005 - on my way north to visit Wheatfield http://tinyurl.com/2bf87d ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain

2007-03-18 Thread graywolf
turned to dirt on the way. -graywolf John Sessoms wrote: Yeah, I like back roads ... more places to waste time takin' pictures. I've got a map book that shows every federal, state and county road in all 100 NC counties. Over the years, I've been marking them off with a hi-liter as I travel

Re: Back Roads - was re GFM question ...

2007-03-18 Thread graywolf
I believe I have seen that one in the stores, but I have never used it. John Sessoms wrote: From: graywolf Even the ones that aren't there anymore. I assume you mean the DeLorme map book. Back before I became too poor to buy gasoline I was a serious back-roader, and could not pass up

Re: Bags Again

2007-03-17 Thread graywolf
to hold and protect your whole kit. A working bag is intended to hold just what you are using on this assignment with easy access to everything. The key being easy access v. protection. -graywolf Cotty wrote: I ordered a black Domke J-803 (nylon) and I was sent a black F-803 (canvas) by mistake

Re: Driving to GFM (GPS systems)

2007-03-17 Thread graywolf
the center of their address grid 10+ years back, none of the electronic maps, and I have 4 different ones, show that change; hence it is impossible to find a location by address here. -graywolf Paul Sorenson wrote: I guess nothing takes the place of common sense and awareness. ;] -P Norm Baugher

Re: DST MS

2007-03-17 Thread graywolf
. Sorry for the sermon. My anger must be because I was around back then and didn't have the balls to steal my way to billions too. -graywolf Evan Hanson wrote: I have the same problem on the PC but the Mac is ok. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: OT: Coffee Grinder

2007-03-17 Thread graywolf
Two rocks work well. But you have to buy the name brand ones, the generic rocks are inferior. Doug Franklin wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: Thanks guys, but those machines are way more than I want or need. I've got a /really/ sharp machete. :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Bags Again

2007-03-17 Thread graywolf
I like khaki grin, however that is strictly a personal choice. It would match your vest though GRIN. Cotty wrote: On 17/3/07, graywolf, discombobulated, unleashed: I happen to like the canvas. It has enough heft to provide a bit of protection, but is not bulky like padded cases

Re: Driving to GFM (GPS systems)

2007-03-17 Thread graywolf
LOL! ann sanfedele wrote: graywolf wrote: Well, just outside of town here, my Tom Tom Navigator 5.0 software on the pocket pc tells me to take a sharp right in 80 yards. If I do that I drive into a mountain. The thing is that the road was under construction when the GPS van went through

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread graywolf
unless he is planing on coming back again soon. -graywolf Paul Sorenson wrote: If you can swing it, a Garmin C330 GPS would be invaluable. Good detail to the map, excellent directions and good route recalculation if you miss a turn. The map is pre-loaded and covers all of the US

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread graywolf
to take that long boring bypass. -graywolf ann sanfedele wrote: Bill, I'll try to chime in on this too - I think Doug is right about staying west of the Mississippi until you get down farther into the states... but give yourself some choices that let you swing a bit left or right to avoid

Re: Driving to GFM

2007-03-16 Thread graywolf
of produce there. graywolf wrote: I believe that if you go a bit upscale on the car rental you get a gps in the vehicle these days. But don't take my word for it I have not been able to afford to rent a car in the past 10 years or so. I do not imagine that buying a GPS loaded with NA maps

Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain

2007-03-16 Thread graywolf
not do so as to make any sense to an outsider. It is confusing as hell. -graywolf Bill Owens wrote: It might be prudent for someone familiar with the Charlotte airport to publish instructions about how to get from the airport car rental escape to I77. I had good intructions (thanks Bill) when

Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain

2007-03-15 Thread graywolf
You got it about right if you come up into Boone and take 105 over. If you take 221 or the parkway allow another half hour as they are very slow roads. David Savage wrote: G'day Trendsetters, A quick question for those in the know. It's looking like I'll be arriving in Charlotte on May

Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain

2007-03-15 Thread graywolf
is now divided highway from 77 to Boone. -graywolf Bill Owens wrote: 321 is under construction between Lenoir and Blowing Rock. I would suggest I-77 to 421 to Boone and 105 from Boone to Linville. At the stoplight (only one) in Linville, turn left on 221 for about 2 miles to GFM. Bill

Re: GFM Question: Charlotte to The Mountain

2007-03-15 Thread graywolf
(1-85 south) to (I-40 west) to (US-421 north) to Boone, (105 south) to Linville, (221 north) to GFM. Cotty wrote: Tom, or anyone, what's the quickest way over to GFM from I-85? Down the 26 and get off at/near Johnson City, or what about the 37 from Bluff City? Last time (2004!) I was a

Re: DST

2007-03-12 Thread graywolf
Why don't we just all set our clocks ahead perminently then. The farmer's never needed it they just used can to can't. If your want your day to be longer, just get up earlier, and don't fuck with the rest of us. On second thought I think I will write my congressman and propose that he

Re: Simplified PS workflow

2007-03-12 Thread graywolf
Let's be a bit more precise in our language, OK? No one else will do the work that cheaply who will not turn your in to the cops and not walk off the job when you treat them like crap. In my experience, you can always find someone to fill any legal job that pays a living wage. People who hire

Re: OT: an honest man sent to tie up broads for the commonwealth?

2007-03-12 Thread graywolf
Ah! So my parents were diplomats? Yes meant maybe. Maybe meant no. No meant if you ask again you are going to get the crap beat out of you. Oops, I guess not diplomats never say no... -graywolf Bob W wrote: When a diplomat says yes he means perhaps; when he says perhaps he means no; when he

DST

2007-03-11 Thread graywolf
Avoid DST hassles, set your computer to GMT! Actually I just downloaded the winxp update from microsoft.com. Had to do that because I have winxp automatic updates shut off. I guess I will have to find the update for Office too, so Outlook will be on time. Then I have to find it for my

Re: I'm not quite dead yet!

2007-03-10 Thread graywolf
Well, at least you did not go over to the dark side of the force (Canon) grin! Don Sanderson wrote: Sorry I've not been in touch for a while. Been pretty crazy here lately. My Arthritis decided to see if it could reach disabling levels in record time. This resulted in LOTS of doctor

Re: OT - 600mm FA or Knee - what's a photog to do ?

2007-03-10 Thread graywolf
sympathy to all on the list who are not feeling quite up to snuff. -graywolf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Buying a monopod

2007-03-09 Thread graywolf
I have a Gitzo I picked up used, it is tall enough for Cotty (g). I love my Manfrotto (Bogan) tripod but I do not like joint latches sticking out on a mono-pod. I use it with a Manfrotto (Bogan) medium ball head. I also use it as a hiking staff at times. -graywolf Boris Liberman wrote

Re: I'm Back!

2007-03-09 Thread graywolf
Oh crap! Glad you hear you are healing well, Bob. -graywolf Bob Blakely wrote: You folks haven't heard from me for several months (and a good thing too, some will say). I was in a motorcycle accident. I was in the #2 lane on the 22 fwy in Garden Grove CA at rush hour when guy clipped me from

Re: Friends of the PDML: Don Nelson

2007-03-09 Thread graywolf
That is good to hear! Mark Roberts wrote: Good news for those of you who know, or at least know of, Don Nelson, the Pentax-shooter who's the organizer of the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend. I expect you'll recall his ordeal with non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma a year and a half

Re: Simplified PS workflow

2007-03-08 Thread graywolf
Yes, I also understood that to be true. However the thread I mentioned was about a sudden problem with PS not doing that. Since the action does it with no effort on my part, that takes care of the problem altogether. Boris Liberman wrote: Tom, as far as I understand, the PhotoShop CS2 does 2

Re: Simplified PS workflow

2007-03-08 Thread graywolf
they will not be lost if that happens. I use bicubic sharper to resize the webimages, that seems to do a good job of sharpening them about the correct amount. -graywolf Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Graywolf putting real documents or images on the desktop is a bad habit IMHO. You should only have links

Re: Simplified PS workflow

2007-03-08 Thread graywolf
More problems than that! Here it the post I referred back to, so folks do not have to check the archives: For some reason, all of a sudden, when I use Save for Web in PS CS2 I am getting a desaturated, color shifted jpeg. This has just started happening. I do not recall making any changes in

Re: Simplified PS workflow

2007-03-08 Thread graywolf
directories and I am done. Boris graywolf wrote: 1. Resample image to 72ppi. 2. Change profile to sRGB. 3. Change image to 8 bit. 4. Save for Web and delete modified image. To go with that I revised my workflow so that raw images from the camera or one of the scanners go into a Raw

Simplified PS workflow

2007-03-07 Thread graywolf
A follow up on my recent Save For Web thread. I did set up an action (turned out to be quite simple) to do the following: 1. Resample image to 72ppi. 2. Change profile to sRGB. 3. Change image to 8 bit. 4. Save for Web and delete modified image. To go with that I revised my workflow so that raw

Re: OT: Nikon D3

2007-03-06 Thread graywolf
LOL! Peter Fairweather wrote: Why are you so cruel to Kenny. He was right about the D40X before it came out. After Reagan Clinton and Bush, I would have thought he was a reasonable bet for President!!! Peter On 3/6/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: He had credibility before

Re: GESO - Blizzard of 2007

2007-03-02 Thread graywolf
it to the media to exaggerate things all out of proportion. BTW, George, where is that? -graywolf George Sinos wrote: We had a pretty good snowstorm today. The weather report said we had just over twelve inches of snow in a few hours. It was complicated by winds that peaked at over fifty miles

Re: On other photographers...

2007-03-02 Thread graywolf
Remember 99% of the folks out there use an auto cam permanently on P. It turns on the flash based upon light level. Neither aesthetics nor common sense apply. -graywolf Toralf Lund wrote: Just a quick reality check. Would any of you lot use the popup-flash when shooting something like

Re: OT: The tomb of Jesus

2007-03-02 Thread graywolf
Current Era, and Previous Era. The problem scientists have is that they need a stable base to date from, today keeps moving. I guess it could be anything, but until fairly recently most of our science texts were written by Europeans, so that one became the defacto standard. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: The tomb of Jesus

2007-03-02 Thread graywolf
Us Mayans disagree with you, as do the Buddhists, Jews, and Muslims. The historical information actually seems to indicate that JC was born in 32BC. The Causality Police are still investigating. -graywolf, who sworn he was not going to comment on this thread. So you guys are responsible for my

Re: Favorite Carry-around Digital camera?

2007-03-02 Thread graywolf
lens is reasonable fast f/1.8-f/2.8, although I would like a stop faster (1.4-2.0?). -graywolf Cotty wrote: On 2/3/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: The Sigma DP-1 might be an answer. Supposed to be the same sensor going into the Sigma 14 DSLR, so it should have decent

Re: Pentax digital medium format

2007-02-26 Thread graywolf
that adapters to mount mics on my photographic stands are rather expensive, but not quite as expensive (by a couple of bucks) as buying mic stands. -graywolf Cotty wrote: Hi Bill, this is rather long - get yourself a stiff drink before you read I discombobulated Sure, the price point

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