Re: Pentax ZX-5n or Nikon N65

2001-01-14 Thread Mark
I have had a ZX5n for about 2 years. I has been great. The greatest thing about it is its ease of use. Everything is laid out in a very intuitive manner. I had no trouble adjusting from an MESuper to this camera. I don't do well with cameras with lots of symbols and icons to memorize. I

Re: Those d*** point shooters... (was, Re: Wake up)

2001-01-17 Thread Mark
She has a nack. The photos are great, touching. I hope she never confuses her art with her equipment. - Original Message - From: "Dan Scott" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 4:36 PM Subject: Those d*** point shooters... (was, Re: Wake up)

Re: There's OK, Then There's OT, and Then There's OL (was: PDML rewriting hi...

2001-02-17 Thread Mark
I don't mind wading thru a community of converstion. I am impressed with the amount of activity and I learn a lot. While I don't input often (there is no lack of input on any subject) I monitor the list often during the day. Its okay. It has its own evolution and has been good. There is order

Re: Some sort of duck?

2010-02-20 Thread mark
On Sat, 20 Feb 2010 15:46:02 -0500, you wrote: this is my very first submission to public critique of any kind, so please be gentle... :) http://zee-photoz.blogspot.com/2010/02/wetlands-walk.html - a bird i shot while walking around wakodahatchee wetlands in florida a few weeks ago... It's

PDML book 2010: One week to go!

2010-02-21 Thread mark
One week left to submit your photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual! You only have seven days left in which toupload your three shots and have your work seen alongside that of PDML photographers including Cotty, myself and Frank Theriault. Wait... let me re-phrase that... :-) Seriously, you

Re: Testing

2010-02-22 Thread mark
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:38:52 +0100, you wrote: 2010/2/22 John Francis jo...@panix.com: On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 09:51:07AM -0500, Tom C wrote: 7, 8, 9 A, B, C D, E, F, 10. 10001, 10010, 10011 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Testing

2010-02-22 Thread mark
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:43:55 -0500, you wrote: On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:42 PM, m...@robertstech.com wrote: D, E, F, 10. 10001, 10010, 10011 15, 16, 17, 20, 21... Now Cotty's desperately trying to look up UTF-8 code for Klingon numbers... ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Digging out in Pittsburgh

2010-02-22 Thread mark
In case anyone wonders why I've been (relatively) quiet for the last few days, I've been back in Pittsburgh trying to get the couse reasy for sale - closing is supposed to be next Monday. It got hit hard by the winter storm that came through last week: We lost all the gutters on the house and a

Re: Digging out in Pittsburgh

2010-02-22 Thread mark
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:53:12 -0500, you wrote: In case anyone wonders why I've been (relatively) quiet for the last few days, I've been back in Pittsburgh trying to get the couse reasy That should be get the HOUSE READY for sale... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Digging out in Pittsburgh

2010-02-22 Thread mark
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:14:58 -0600, you wrote: Taking lessions from Dave Brooks are we? Lucky for us, you corrected it just in tome... :-) What's worse, a spell-checker would have caught those but I didn't have it turned on. I'm working on my new laptop and haven't configured everything yet.

Re: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

2010-02-25 Thread mark
I just wanted to say that Collectible Spoons of the Third Reich would be a *great* name for a band! -- 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: OT: Collectible Spoons of the 3rd Reich

2010-02-25 Thread mark
On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:12:10 -0500, you wrote: 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! You're right! About 15 years ago, driving through New York State's Southern Tier

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-25 Thread mark
William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: being told to go away and stop bitching because I would like a camera that is as good as what the competition had on the market 5 years ago is unreasonable. That's a Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-25 Thread mark
Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 26/02/2010, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: Piss off little roo eater. ;-) Mmmm, Skippy ;-P... Kangaroo and peanut butter - two great tastes that go great together. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: FA 28-200mm f3.8-5.6 IF

2010-02-25 Thread mark
John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Is that the re-branded Tamron lens? I've got the Tamron version and I've never been satisfied with it. Yep, it's a Tamron. I had one and it was OK at wider focal lengths but not very good at longer ones. Stopped down and at 28mm it was quite decent. I

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread mark
David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:27 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: 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

Re: A400/5.6 Shots a bird

2010-03-02 Thread mark
John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I didn't get it this time, but I've seen it on several previous occasions. I think the company that hosts JCO's site is somewhat behind the power curve when it comes to patching holes. That's my take. And if JCO is using plain FTP to transfer files,

Re: PDML Photo Annual, Part 2 begins

2010-03-02 Thread mark
frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 12:26 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: snip I think now I know why Mark is losing his hair... snip Losing? g,dr I've been donating it to Cotty... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: A reintroduction from a long time (mid 90s) lurker.

2010-03-04 Thread mark
William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: No, we haven't had a good aperture simulator debate for a good long while, I think that would be a better choice. Or, do we really need an aperture simulator in a digital photography world? Apparently not. The new 645D doesn't have one. :-) -- PDML

Re: New Yawk City!

2009-09-15 Thread mark
Are you taking the China Town Bus? :-) Send a postcard! Arrived this afternoon. Here's your postcard: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/IMGP4166b.jpg ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

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

2009-09-15 Thread mark
Graydon wrote: On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:20:49PM +0100, Bob W scripsit: Head-mounted, gyro-stabilized, eye-tracking, all-weathers, all-light camera; you trigger the shutter by clenching your teeth. [...] Does it have a remote buttock release? I cannot think of any circumstances where

Re: New Yawk City!

2009-09-15 Thread mark
It was hard to miss... It's on the wall in my office The show announcement is only 30 years old... I knew I shouldn't let Roberts near my computer! But I SHALL have revenge! He is off downing a few with a music buddy at the moment I dragged him around the east village and chinatown for

GESO: New York Walkabout

2009-09-16 Thread mark
A few snaps from my NCY visit (so far): http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery14/ All with K20D and 43mm Ltd. Out-of-camera JPEGs (I'm shooting RAW+JPG) with quickie B/W conversion in Annsan's PSE 5. More tonight when I return from festivities. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

New Pentax stuff

2009-09-16 Thread mark
So, as has been pointed out, someone broke their non-disclosure agreement and posted the news about the new Pentax K-X online. http://photorumors.com/2009/09/16/breaking-new-pentax-k-x-coming-out-tomorrow/ But the NDA officially expired at midnight, so... A few hours ago, Pentax put on a big

Re: New Pentax stuff

2009-09-17 Thread mark
Pasvorn Boonmark pasv...@boonmark.net wrote: My DL is getting beat up.  I most likely will get a K-x. May be a white one. :) Wow, on the Pentax K-x site in Japan, they show 20 body colors + 5 grip colors. http://www.camera-pentax.jp/k-x/ Love it. LOL. Wow, indeed! It goes to show how

Re: GESO: New York Walkabout

2009-09-17 Thread mark
On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:03 PM, m...@robertstech.com wrote: A few snaps from my NCY visit (so far): http://www.robertstech.com/blog/photos/gallery14/ All with K20D and 43mm Ltd. Out-of-camera JPEGs (I'm shooting RAW+JPG) with quickie B/W conversion in Annsan's PSE 5. More tonight when

Re: OT: Leica X1

2009-09-17 Thread mark
P. J. Alling wrote: If you glass fits it, unless you have a lot of LM glass, so assuming you're talking about K mount, it wouldn't be a Rangefinder Per Se as there would be on Rangefinder coupling. hey, this is my fantasy. Get your own. Quote of the year! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: New Pentax stuff

2009-09-17 Thread mark
Bong Manayon wrote: K-x? After the K-m? Should we expect a K-2 later? They've done digits and they are well into single letters, so perhaps they'll go full circle back to punctuation? K-* *ist revisted. K-! a superlative camera Or maybe add on more letters ... K-os applies random

Re: OT: GFM - who is attending this year

2010-05-27 Thread mark
Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend opens next Friday in North Carolina!!! Do we have a list of those who have tickets or plan to attend? Don Nelson is a host and Mark Roberts is presenting. Doug Brewer should be judging once again

Re: Peso What you lookin at

2010-06-12 Thread mark
David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11123730 Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. The wildlife in rural Ontario appears to be much more varied than I had imagined. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Dust spots ;-( Give me some help!

2010-06-13 Thread mark
Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: To Leon and all who replied, I've been busy today with sensor cleaning. I gave the camera's dust removal function many activations. The most troubling spot remains. I bought swabs and used 4-5 to clean the sensor. The most stubborn spot remains, plus I

Back from The White Mountains

2010-06-19 Thread mark
Hi kids, I just got back from a week of hiking and biking in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. I'll post some photos eventually, but I have a mountain of work to catch up on (I still haven't finished going through my GFM shots). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Mac address?

2010-06-21 Thread mark
eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: why would anyone risk their product running into the unique per segment restriction? Yeah, that question's been bothering me for years... ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: PESO - Christina's New Baby - Attn: Bike Pron

2010-03-09 Thread mark
mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: I think you want a bamboo bike: http://www.calfeedesign.com/bamboo.htm I'm surprised it uses forks. I'd have thought chopsticks were more appropriate. You're right! I think we've been bamboo-zled...

PDML Book Update

2010-03-11 Thread mark
Here's the latest on the book project and where thing stand now. Things are running slightly behind schedule, but not enough to cause problems. By this past Monday we had finished tallying the votes and comments from members of the book team and arrived at the selection of photos that will appear

Re: PDML Boston this Saturday, March 20

2010-03-23 Thread mark
Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Welcome, although adding another Dave to the list is going to make things even more confusing than they are now. Mind if we call you Bruce to keep it clear? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT - Congrats, Tim!

2010-03-23 Thread mark
John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 09:51:46AM -0600, Tom C wrote: I just got a Motorola Droid yesterday. Anybody know why it occasionally verbalizes 'Drid' like a Cylon. I know it'll do this when I plug/unplug USB, but twice this morning it's said it with

Re: OT - Congrats, Tim!

2010-03-23 Thread mark
m...@robertstech.com wrote: My S.O. had a Droid phone and it's pretty impressive. Um, that's *has* a Droid phone. I haven't sneaked it away from her. Yet. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: OT: Wanted -- Snappy Retorts

2010-03-30 Thread mark
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The best response would be to show her a copy of last years PDML annual. I don't suppose you live close enough to someone to borrow one for the evening? Best answer yet. Until the 2010 book comes out... (I'm hoping to finish it in the next week to 10

Re: The advantages of employment

2010-04-01 Thread mark
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I got my first full paycheck yesterday. It also turns out that one of my co-workers wants to get into photography. In short, I just sold all my Pentax gear to him, took that cash and about half the paycheck (so it'll be like two more weeks of

Fun on campus!

2010-04-06 Thread mark
Spring is really here now and everyone's in a good mood. Guess what the topic is in today's Photoshop class. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/lasell.jpg ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PDML Photo Annual 2010: Uploading now

2010-04-08 Thread mark
Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Miserere wrote: On 7 April 2010 10:51, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: OK, the 2010 PDML book is in the can, as they say. It's uploading to Blurb as I write this (should be done in about an hour). It'll take about two weeks for me to get

Re: PDML Photo Annual 2010: Uploading now

2010-04-08 Thread mark
a backup of your data drives? Dear Everyone on the List, If it pains you so much for me to see the book early, before y'all, then I will be a gentleman and abstain from tempting Mark to have a beer at The Publik House while I peruse the book and perform my self-appointed function as back-up

I'm back!

2010-04-13 Thread mark
Returned from a few days of RR in North Carolina (recuperating from the weeks of exhibit/book/school work). We were roughing it by Cotty's definition -- getting by on only dial-up Internet. So if you sent me email and haven't had a reply yet it's just because I'm working my way through the

Re: PDML Exhibit Update

2010-04-20 Thread mark
Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: One more question, which again maybe Mark can answer: Has anyone contacted Mike Johnston about the exhibit and the book? I contacted him about the book last year and he wasn't interested in getting a copy. Too many other books to review. Would it be possible

Re: PDML Exhibit Update

2010-04-20 Thread mark
Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 April 2010 11:18, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: It is quite  common to have companion book sold at the exhibition. May be we should bring few books in? Or we will just have blurb link on the wall? I think Mark got a bunch of them for that purpose

Re: PDML Photo Annual has its own Facebook page

2010-04-22 Thread mark
Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: On 4/21/2010 6:31 PM, Miserere wrote: On 21 April 2010 17:02, Paul Sorensonallarou...@earthlink.net wrote: DANK has it on their calendar, but no details like this month's exhibit. Hopefully they'll have something soon. I hope nobody

Re: Woot

2010-04-27 Thread mark
Sandy Harris sandyinch...@gmail.com wrote: On 4/27/10, SV Hovland p...@heime.org wrote: does Pentax do anything along the lines of the micro-4/3rds? No, and I'd say they should. There is a Samsung along those lines. I got to play with the Samsung a couple of weeks ago (courtesy of our pal

Anyone looking into doing the webcam video from Chicago?

2010-04-27 Thread mark
Is anyone seriously investigating this? Seems like a cool idea (if we can get an Internet connection at the gallery). I have a Lenovo laptop running Windows 7 and a Dell netbook running Mac OSX 10.6.2 and both have teleconferencing cameras. If someone wants to have a go just tell me which one I

Re: Exhibit Question - Dress

2010-04-29 Thread mark
Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I'm assuming that the unofficial dress code for this type of thing, if any, on the opening day may be casual to dressy casual? A kilt would be questionable unless arriving from the UK and no white shirt/black tie/long tails? We're doing it as a costume party. I'm

Re: Context-sensitive advertising Fail

2010-05-06 Thread mark
mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: On eBay just now I purchased a cold weather battery holder for my Pentax 67. Yay! (I'm planning on adapting it so as to allow the use of different battery types.) At the close of the auction eBay brings

Tomorrow's video stream

2010-05-06 Thread mark
Cotty suggested text-messaging questions to the group at the gallery in Chicago on Friday. That seems so 20th century to me... not to mention inconvenient. Anyone know of a web chat setup where we could have people type questions/comments into a web site and they could be read in the browser on

Re: Pentax: ...we don't want to be seen as the same as everyone else

2010-05-06 Thread mark
CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com wrote: Pentax engineers are continuing to pursue the possibility of launching a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, as the firm points to an 'exciting' few months ahead. Full article:

Re: Tomorrow's video stream

2010-05-06 Thread mark
Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:40 AM, m...@robertstech.com wrote: Anyone know of a web chat setup where we could have people type questions/comments into a web site and they could be read in the browser on the computer that's got the web cam? Doesn't ustream.tv

Re: Tomorrow's video stream (will be recorded?)

2010-05-06 Thread mark
Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: I have a dinner tomorrow and I am afraid i won't be able to follow the broadcast...is anybody recording it in some way that can be seen afterwards? I'm afraid Cotty has threatened to do so... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Tomorrow's video stream

2010-05-06 Thread mark
Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:40 AM, m...@robertstech.com wrote: Anyone know of a web chat setup where we could have people type questions/comments into a web site and they could be read in the browser on the computer that's got the web cam? Doesn't ustream.tv

Re: Tomorrow's video stream

2010-05-06 Thread mark
Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: We might need a little cut-down version for the late news ;-) Yes, it should help people fall asleep. If we're *lucky* -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax: ...we don't want to be seen as the same as everyone else

2010-05-06 Thread mark
John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Thu, May 06, 2010 at 10:46:50AM -0400, m...@robertstech.com wrote: CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com wrote: Pentax engineers are continuing to pursue the possibility of launching a mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera, as the firm points to an

Re: SHOW

2010-05-06 Thread mark
paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On May 6, 2010, at 1:04 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: P N Stenquist wrote: On May 6, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Cotty wrote: Show us yer bum :-) I have a nice looking ass, and I enjoy showing it off: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10982480 how to

RE: UK readers, Kodak Cleaning Solution?

2005-10-02 Thread Mark
I'm in NY, and I've never heard of Kodak cleaning solution. But if I think I know what you're using it for, ever try Residual Oil Remover (ROR)? Works great for me. Works on the lens body, the camera body...I use a lens pen as well for cleaning the lens surface if it's real fussy. Mark

RE: can't remove my screw mount lens from the k mount adapter

2005-10-12 Thread Mark
I think he might be saying that the lens and adapter are stuck to the camera body itself? In this case I would not know what to do...except recommend that you not destroy the lens!! Mark -Original Message- From: Mat Maessen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Best M42 Camera?

2005-11-02 Thread Mark
, features, etc... Thanks much - Mark

Re: K-5 Focusing Speed -- My Opinion

2010-12-07 Thread mark
P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Low light autofocus is much improved in the K-5, but mainly with the SDM lenses. Miserere hasn't yet had a chance to test the K-5 AF with any SDM lenses but that situation will be rectified later this afternoon. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Lulu.com calendars

2010-12-07 Thread mark
So a couple of weeks ago I designed two calendars with Lulu.com and - somewhat rashly, I thought - ordered a batch sight unseen. The calendars arrived yesterday and somewhat to my surprise they came out looking great! Much better than I expected. If anyone of you has considered trying Lulu.com

2010 Quotations list is live!

2010-12-24 Thread mark
Greetings and holiday happiness to you all from sunny (today) California! I've been here since Monday, getting by quite happily without 'net access. But I had to pop in to a local Starbucks to upload the new quote page so you can all enjoy the traditional reading while gathered around the Festivus

Re: What is the preferred software for making photo books?

2010-12-24 Thread mark
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Blurb mentions indesign on their website. Is that what I'd want to use? Or is there something much better? If I had my choice I'd go with Quark Xpress just to fight the Adobe Juggernaut but I've been using InDesign for some time now and I'm pretty much

Re: 2010 Quotations list is live!

2010-12-24 Thread mark
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Cute. It seems to keep getting longer each year. Is that because people are funnier? No, its because I have less time to edit :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Hello from Starbucks again (and a PESO)

2010-12-26 Thread mark
We aren't heading back to Boston for another couple of days so I'm relying on wi-fi hot spots for my connectivity at the moment. A couple of days ago we went for a walk at a local bird sanctuary. Definitely a bit weird amid all the ugly southern California sprawl but I did get this shot:

Re: Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

2010-12-26 Thread mark
Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: In principle - yes. I still confuse Hannukah with Sukkot after all these years. So that to be on the safe side you can always say Happy Holidays. I have no idea what Sukkot is. It's when Buddhists send Christmas presents to all their Muslim friends. ;-)

Re: Hello from Starbucks again (and a PESO)

2010-12-26 Thread mark
Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 5:33 PM, m...@robertstech.com wrote: We aren't heading back to Boston for another couple of days so I'm relying on wi-fi hot spots for my connectivity at the moment. A couple of days ago we went for a walk at a local bird

Re: New here (plus a PESO)

2010-12-28 Thread mark
Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net wrote: Ok, I¹ll dive right in. Found this list through a FB posting from Pentax. Welcome aboard! Don't believe anything you hear from Cotty or Frank. Other than that you should be OK :) Check out the PDML's monthly gallery (http://pug.komkon.org/)

Re: Upgrading thoughts, did we have to worry about this during the film years....

2010-10-28 Thread mark
David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: .I say no. BTW this is not meant to start an OS war, please. I was pondering this last night. Lets see if i can convey the thoughts.;-) When i decided to up grade a camera back in film days, i just did, then add the film and carried on. If you did

Re: Way, way OT - crowds and events

2010-11-09 Thread mark
Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:09 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: So what you're really asking is why do people need to perform actions that contribute to their sense of self-esteem? Not necessarily. I'm more interested in why people decide

Re: K-5, K-7, side-by-side at ISO 6400

2010-11-09 Thread mark
Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: I am in the opposite ugrade path as you Boris (*ist Ds, K20D,...). So I skipped the K10D (with great efforts) and when the K20D came out I remember that the comments were that it had a great sensor less noisy than the K10D sensor (there were a lot of

Yay! I'm at school but school isn't!

2010-11-11 Thread mark
I forgot today's a holiday... But I can at least get more work done here than at home. -- 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: Yay! I'm at school but school isn't!

2010-11-11 Thread mark
Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 11 November 2010 09:33, m...@robertstech.com wrote: I forgot today's a holiday... But I can at least get more work done here than at home. Dude... At work we got a company-wide e-mail yesterday reminding everyone that today was a holiday. I thought what

Re: Mike Johnston cries poverty then buys a K-5

2010-11-11 Thread mark
fotor...@gmx.de (Ralf R. Radermacher) wrote: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, the video at the end is stunning... With a glass? Laughable... When our cat got sick sometime during the night over my K-7 hours after I had bought it, I had the camera in in the kitchen sink right

Re: Yay! I'm at school but school isn't!

2010-11-11 Thread mark
Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 9:33 AM,  m...@robertstech.com wrote: I forgot today's a holiday... But I can at least get more work done here than at home. Those few seconds

Re: PESO - Late Shopping

2010-11-11 Thread mark
David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 8:32 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Rick Womer wrote: At a shopping district in northern Paris, shortly before rain began sluicing down on Tuesday evening: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11925021size=lg

Re: Book announcement

2010-11-12 Thread mark
Just finished putting together an ebook version of Loire Valley Travels. It's in epub format, so it's compatible with all ebook readers except the Amazon Kindle (they had to make their ebook reader *not* compatible with the open standard) but that's not a big deal because it doesn't make much

Hello from Rochester

2010-11-12 Thread mark
I'm now safely ensconced in my hotel room in Rochester, ready to start the platinum printing workshop starting tomorrow at the George Eastman House. Right now I'm having a beer and watching Men in Black on cable TV. Life's small pleasures, eh? First thing tomorrow I'll get to do an 8-10 mile run

Re: New K5 firmware is out.

2010-11-18 Thread mark
Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: Link and comments here: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/123030-k5-firmware-available.html Some user got 24 RAW at Iso100, from approx 20 officialy stated. I just had a vision of Steve Martin running around in circles shouting, The new

Re: Anyone ever dealt with the Montclair Who's Who in Photography scammers?

2010-11-30 Thread mark
Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com wrote: On 2010-11-30 8:13, Mark Roberts wrote: Jack Davis wrote: I haven't been contacted (unless spammed by security), but had I seen it, would have gone for the spam key. Appreciate the heads up, Mark. I've been contacted by someone (they found my

Re: Anyone ever dealt with the Montclair Who's Who in Photography scammers?

2010-11-30 Thread mark
eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: sounds a lot like facebook except the scam is less subtle... Not really. The Montclair Who's Who scam, according to the reports I've found on the web, always costs money. Respondents have said that when they called the number for their interview they were hit

First Internet access in a week!

2010-09-06 Thread mark
I'm using the airport wi-fi in Calgary after spending the past week in Yoho National Park and Banff National Park. School starts tomorrow and I'm still preparing class material, updated syllabi, etc. But I'll probably have a couple of photos on line before long? About a thousand emails just

Re: First Internet access in a week!

2010-09-06 Thread mark
Two quickie shots: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/rockies.jpg http://www.robertstech.com/temp/climbing.jpg If you look *very* closely at the tip of the peak of the distant mountain in the second one you'll be able to make out Subash bicycling to the top. (I'm joking. Mostly) -- PDML

Re: Peso: Boston

2010-09-06 Thread mark
Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, you could'a let us Bostonians know you were coming. Steve and I have met several times at GFM. Hence his decision to pass through Boston in stealth mode now ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Photokina 2010

2010-09-16 Thread mark
Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/9/16, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Just as much K5 detail as possible and an introduction date. Alright. Annoucement is sheduled for thé 20th btw ;) The day after International Talk Like A Pirate Day! Ar! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Fuji come out of nowhere with digital fixed-lens rangefinder(ish)

2010-09-23 Thread mark
Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Dan On 22/9/10, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Perhaps by shag he means the sea bird related to the cormorant... He shagged a cormorant? With panache, apparently. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: Sydney PDML

2010-09-30 Thread mark
John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts Cotty wrote: On 29/9/10, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Would that be One flew over the cormorants nest? A Shag Too Far. To Kill a Cormorant Where Cormorants Dare Blackcormorant Down -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: For those who wants spec sheets before announcement

2010-09-30 Thread mark
Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: I suspect there is a LOT of information that is not visible on a turned-off display. Quote of the year ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread mark
Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: My perspective is simple: I'm utterly and terminally bored with new equipment discussions. Cool new things to buy is not why I'm interested in Photography. With one or two small exceptions, I've got all the equipment I need to do Photography and am only

Re: It ain't like it used to be.

2010-10-05 Thread mark
. With one or two small exceptions, I've got all the equipment I need to do Photography and am only interested in new things occasionally when there seems to be an advantage to improve on what I'm doing or add something new to what I'm doing. What he said. Interesting that you say that, Mark

Re: Goodies Today

2002-12-10 Thread Mark Roberts
by your server, for some reason... keith whaley Mark Roberts wrote: I also have goodies for sale, well one anyway: Pentax MX in excellent condition. Really *tiny* ding in top of pentaprism and small dent in bottom plate. In general it's a beautiful specimen: Chrome is great and just a couple

Re: Pentax 300/2.8 with the 1,7X F-AF converter?

2002-12-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have anyone tried the combination of the FA* 300/2.8 and the 1,7X AF converter? Just curious. I've only tried the 1.7x AF teleconverter with my Sigma EX300/2.8 APO - worked very well with that lens. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing

Re: Re : Who switched for Pentax ? (New in the list)

2002-12-11 Thread Mark Roberts
50/1.4 for 80 euros (approx. 80USD) for both. I 'm still waiting for the film to be developped to see if these lenses are lemons or not. Yikes! Neither one of those lenses is even *close* to being a lemon! You've got two excellent optics there. Welcome to the list. -- Mark Roberts Photography

PDML discussion finds its way onto Luminous Landscape

2002-12-11 Thread Mark Roberts
...via Mike Johnston's column, of course: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-02-12-09.shtml -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: PDML discussion finds its way onto Luminous Landscape

2002-12-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Pål Jensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark wrote: ...via Mike Johnston's column, of course: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-02-12-09.shtml A pity though that someone manages to chase him off this list...:-( He'll be back (we're just too damned lovable...for the most part). He

Re: Small lens survey

2002-12-11 Thread Mark Roberts
this lens. I guess logic has nothing to do with it. Of course, neither of these belongs in this kind of survey since neither of them is a small lens. rimshot -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com

Re: Official Hello from Newbie Doe/Marnie

2002-12-11 Thread Mark Roberts
have considered solid keepers now hit the circular file before I even get a loupe on them. On the other hand, sometimes the PhotoGods are with me and I snag a good 'un. That happens to everyone, too. (But you know the old saying, The more you practice, the luckier you get.) -- Mark Roberts

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