Re: Wildlife Photographer of the Year

2003-10-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Alin Flaider wrote: mike wrote: mw ...and not something I want to meet on a dark night. I thought it was mw quite brave of the photographer to follow them. Not necessarily. Wild boars living near human communities (feeding from crops, etc.) are not that wild anymore. Rather

Re: OT - Ilford Gallerie

2003-10-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: Just done a series of 16X12 prints for a friend on Ilford Gallerie Smooth Gloss. WOW. You could knock me down with a feather. The paper quality is superb and the pics GLOW. Apologies - I don't often use caps. It really is stunning stuff. Epson just lost a customer. Isn't

Re: OT - Ilford Gallerie

2003-10-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: On 23/10/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: Just done a series of 16X12 prints for a friend on Ilford Gallerie Smooth Gloss. WOW. You could knock me down with a feather. The paper quality is superb and the pics GLOW. Apologies - I don't often use caps. It really is

Re: Wireless flash and off camera clips, grips, pips, tips, salsa dips, not to mention chips

2003-10-25 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Ryan Lee wrote: Mike, Matjaz, Michel, Correct me if I'm wrong, but I just thought of something- because the mz5n hasn't got wireless TTL with the af360fgz, am I right to say that to fix up all the connections to have a remote flash (wired) I'd probably need the Pentax labelled bits

Re: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See

2003-10-25 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been thinking about what improvements I'd like to see in DSLRs -- in the immature c**p technology -- before I am happy or happier. And, thus, more willing to spend bucko bucks on a DSLR. It's not crap technology, it's very expensive, cutting-edge

Re: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See

2003-10-25 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. Better software for chromatic aberrations This is where I am really ignorant. But it seems to me that good interpolation (?) software might distribute the results of chromatic aberration better, so that digital apes film more. I mean, people are not

Re: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See

2003-10-26 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was it something I said? 8-) I am optimistic that the present difficulties will be dealt with. I am not sure they will be dealt with in a manner beneficial (both financially and photographically) to me. mike Well, there is that. :-) No. Not

Re: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See

2003-10-26 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: well, what with recent breakthroughs in nanotechnology you never know. If you want something that works, rain or shine, then we need to combine the past with the present, and shrink it. A small waterwheel attached to the side of your camera could generate plenty

Re: Cinema projection - WAS - Re: What DSLR Improvements I

2003-10-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What drivel! How many digitally projected movies have you seen? Thge results that we've seen in the US have been excellent. Apart from a different grain pattern, the projected image is virtually impossible to tell from (some) film - colors were great, detail

Re: Cinema projection - WAS - Re: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See

2003-10-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bobolini wrote: You score 8½ for intellectual snobbery g Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me!

OT: Digital cinema projection

2003-10-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Tyrone wrote: What drivel! How many digitally projected movies have you seen? Thge results that we've seen in the US have been excellent. Apart from a different grain pattern, the projected image is virtually impossible to tell from (some) film - colors were great, detail high.

Re: OT: Digital cinema projection

2003-10-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You seem to be basing your original comment on something you read rather than having seen the results with your own eyes. That doesn't lend much credence to your POV. Agreed. But this is baby technology that very few (comparitively) people have had the

Re: Cinema projection - WAS - Re: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See

2003-10-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi, John Francis wrote: You score 8½ for intellectual snobbery g Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in for me! Kenneth Williams (RIP), Carry on Caesar, IIRC. Cleo. Rambling Sid Rumpo

Re: Ok I finally got to ask why LXen

2003-10-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You must have missed the following sentence from my post: I think of LX as an abbreviation, not as a word, even though it is really the Latin numeral for 60. Bob As good an explanation as any I can think for why they named it the LX -- 60. Pentax

Re: Ok I finally got to ask why LXen

2003-10-31 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: Here's how sad I am. snip I'm sadder than you. I am intrigued to find fedex in that list. Only comes out as a company name on Google. Quite a few Latin taxonomic terms in that list. I work at an academic institution that boasts in print of being a VI form College.

Re: What DSLR Improvements I'd Like To See

2003-10-31 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Leonard Paris wrote: Movie theaters used to be a money laundering mechanism for much of organized crime in the U.S. And just what sort of crime do you think most of the muck that comes out of Hollywood nowadays is? 8-) (But not much of one) mike

Re: Anybody shooting auroras?

2003-10-31 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Stephen Moore wrote: O Pentaxians -- Saw the aurora borealis last night for the first time in my 57-year life. Wow! With the recent solar flares and CMEs, have any of you Pentaxians had your cameras poited skyward? It's been cloud as anything here (NE England) for the last three

Re: PUG November is open

2003-10-31 Thread mike wilson
And absolutely spiffing it is, too. Thanks, Adelheid. m Adelheid v. K. wrote: Hi *, the November PUG is ready to go. A huge PUG this month. Cheers Adelheid URL: http://pug.komkon.org/ -- About resizing your pics: To make the procedure easier I

Re: Anybody shooting auroras?

2003-10-31 Thread mike wilson
Hi, David Dixon wrote: I hate to say this Mike, but in Durham (about 15 miles away from you?) we've had two fantastic nights of aurora - Wednesday night from 7pm to 8pm had aurora over the whole Northern half of the sky, while last night, despite the forecasts, the cloud suddenly cleared at

Re: Lens Tripod Mount?

2003-10-31 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You mount the lens directly on the tripod, not the camera? Is anything else, part-wise, needed? Like a tripod addition or something? Is there something one should look for in a tripod if one is going to do a fair amount lens mounting? Yes (or, at least, on the

Re: PUG November is open

2003-11-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: Nice shot of Elin there Mike. She looks like she's just about to open the batting - good game was it? ;-) No skill on my part - all credit to the model, who features in the shot at the end of that line, also. mike

Re: PUG November is open

2003-11-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: Nice shot of Elin there Mike. She looks like she's just about to open the batting - good game was it? ;-) BTW, my critique of my own shot: 1. blue cast - partly scanner but also on the film. Should have had a warm-up filter on this bright but overcast day. 2. slight cutoff

*ist D reaches Tyneside!!!

2003-11-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Saw on in the flesh today for the first time. Nice marketing, Pentax. I live in only the third biggest conurbation in the UK (5-7 million people) and it took you over a month to get one here. Stuck in a corner of a window display of one of the smallest camera shops in the city. The 300D,

Re: *ist D reaches Tyneside!!!

2003-11-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Peter Jordan wrote: Well done. If the *istD has reached Tyneside, electricity and running water can't be far behind!!vbg. First house in the world powered by elecricity? Cragside, owned by the Newcastle shipping and armaments magnate Armstrong. First turbine powered ship? Turbinia,

Re: *ist D reaches Tyneside!!!

2003-11-01 Thread mike wilson
p.s. I couldn't think of anything for the running water side but I suppose the fact that the river Tyne has gone from something you would want to keep well upwind of on a sunny day, to England's premier salmon river might do it..

Re: PUG November is open

2003-11-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the page I've been getting but there's nothing that actually opens the gallery on it for me. Strange. I had to go directly to the November page, the main page was still Oct. for me. Probably just local caches not updated yet. m

Re: Pentax *ist D vs. Fujifilm S2 Pro: same pictures in same conditions

2003-11-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Jostein wrote: I have been out shooting some autumn landscapes today, with plenty of vegetation detail. All my images are in PEF, so I will definately look for sawteeth. I shot most of my images with the FA*28-70/2.8, btw. That is such a good walking about lens, despite its size. I must

Re: Enablement!

2003-11-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Malcolm Smith wrote: Has anyone owned an LX for any length of time without buying any of it's various options? I managed a year. Not counting lenses... mike

Re: Enablement!

2003-11-03 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Malcolm Smith wrote: There has been some interesting answers to this question! I am surprised at the restraint shown, as I didn't think it was possible (especially a year by Mike Wilson!) ;-) It took me that long to recover from spending so much on a camera. 8-) The only thing I have

Re: Macro photography with enlarging lenses

2003-11-03 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Dr E D F Williams wrote: I've been meaning to drill a lens cap (or thin plastic disk) and attach an aperture with a small hole -- say 300 - 500 um -- to improve depth of field for similar experiments. You should be able to achieve f128 with a small enough hole. And since your objects

Re: Digital Into Slides? + projectors.

2003-11-03 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Malcolm Smith wrote: I couldn't see a price - or is it because if you need to know that, you can't afford it. Looks like one of those things where you have to sit down and take a very deep breath before you ask. Or be Norwegian 8-) mike

Re: Enablement! + film camera pricing.

2003-11-03 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, it's sure taking it's time. ;-) I keep hoping to pick up some stuff cheap. Wonder *when* they will drop? Just a case of looking. There are regular ads for LXs (LX's?) at about or just over the £200 mark in the UK press. They won't be very pretty but

Re: PUG themes 2004 are up

2003-11-03 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Adelheid v. K. wrote: I uploaded my pick of the suggested themes for 2004. Does that mean that open pictures will be welcome all months? Or only themed ones as per the month? mike

Re: Enablement! + film camera pricing.

2003-11-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi, frank theriault wrote: Well, converted into Canadian dollars, that's more or less what I paid for mine, bought off a list member. And about half what I paid nearly (gulp) 10 years ago. I am definitely looking for another now. At the prices they are going for, I don't understand why

Re: Selling on eBay

2003-11-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi Leon, Leon Altoff wrote: Well, I'm back to selling off unused equipment. However, due to the changes in currencies and exchange rates, I'm considering what currency to list the auctions in. When I look at ebay pages, the currency is automatically converted into Sterling. As it jolly well

Re: New digital cameras

2003-11-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi Frits, Frits Wüthrich wrote: Yes, I order from Peter is Sunny Brighton, he told me he can't get hold of the *ist D. So I ordered from TechnikDirekt in Germany, it would take two weeks. That was 15 days ago, yesterday I received an email from TechnikDirekt that the 'producer can not yet

Re: New digital cameras

2003-11-04 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Frits Wüthrich wrote: Thanks. I is about 95 euro more expensive, beside the ferry. It might be a nice break though. Let me know if you need help. mike

Re: Bored at work, so....

2003-11-05 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: I think there is an excellent market for a whole range of lens hoods for a whole range of lenses used on a whole range of APS DSLRs. Go for it! Naaah. I think pimping, running numbers or manufacturing ketamine is more my style =8-O I _do_ think it might be worth grabbing

Re: OT: Zenitar Fish Eye?

2003-11-05 Thread mike wilson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been think about getting a Zenitar fish eye (16mm). Screwmount, it would work on my Canon Elan 7e (with the adapter that I already got for the Super Tak 35mm 3.5). Evidentially higher priced/better fish eyes have a lot less distortion, etc., etc. But it might

Re: Bored at work, so....

2003-11-05 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: On 5/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: BTW, did you go to SRB for the mutant mount or was it just a local engineer? SRB, though it's still not ready after 2 weeks. You can't hurry genius ;-) I imagine they get a lot of Frankencamera work 8-} Just off to water the

Re: The istD brotherhood needs a name!

2003-11-06 Thread mike wilson
Collin Brendemuehl wrote: You folks work it out. It'll be a while for me. The pixies.

Re: DSLR on eBay

2003-11-06 Thread mike wilson
Hi Malcolm Smith wrote: I may have muddied the waters on this one, as I assumed at £900 this was offered as second hand, although it may have gone higher in the last minute as you missed it. Was this as new from a dealer? From my Schuljunger German, it appeared to be BNIB, offered by a

Re: The istD brotherhood needs a name!

2003-11-06 Thread mike wilson
John Francis wrote: Sorry, I'm more Pink Fairies generation 8-) In between Pink Floyd and Pink, then? _all_ shades inbetween ;-)

Re: Used LX Pricing in Europe

2003-11-07 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Rob Studdert wrote: I hope a PDMLer snapped up the hideously expensive LX (with sticky mirror( detailed in the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2960740177 Not me; because it didn't show up on my search pages! I find that some items appear long after they have

Re: GFM - looks like I will be there

2003-11-07 Thread mike wilson
Hi, graywolf wrote: BTW, I think 1/2 of us on the list are over 60. And sometimes think the other 1/2 are under 19 (grin). That's mental ages for both, right? 8-))) mike not a day over 18

Re: *ist D and Flash

2003-11-07 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did this test. Using the 200T and 280T in TTL mode, all shots were reasonably well exposed, though certainly not the same, at F4 and F11 or 13. I also tried one shot at F11 with the flash head at 90* and one at 0* and they looked ok. All shots were at 1/150th.

Re: *ist D and Flash

2003-11-08 Thread mike wilson
Hi, William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: mike wilson Subject: Re: *ist D and Flash ignorance Can you not use _any_ shutter speed? Or does it actually have an fp shutter? /ignorance It has a cute little focal plane shutter. What a bummer! I thought

Re: LX value?

2003-11-08 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Garth Corral wrote: On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 08:09 PM, Garth Corral wrote: On Friday, November 7, 2003, at 08:00 PM, William Robb wrote: What do folks on this list think a brand new, in box, never used LX body would fetch? Hypothetically speaking, of course. Well,

Re: Used LX Pricing in Europe

2003-11-08 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was convinced some weeks ago that ebay wasn't working properly. I tried some trouble reports (a real pain in the ass to find/file). Eventually, somebody got back to me and acknowledged they were having problems, but claimed to have corrected it. I noticed

Re: *ist D and Flash

2003-11-10 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Jostein wrote: Which we don't need since none of us shoot sports events with an Optio S anyway. :-) Speak for yourself. Never heard of snail racing? mike 8-)

Re: Falsh bracket

2003-11-10 Thread mike wilson
Hi, tom, drinking from Cotty's cup, wrote: Falsh bracket Take more water with it, dear boy! mike

Re: Let's talk MV for a bit... (off-topic question)

2003-11-10 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Keith Whaley wrote: graywolf wrote: I remember being in the package store near Christmas one year. The lady ahead of me in line told the clerk she wanted their best bottle of brandy for her husbands boss's Christmas preasent. I thought they were going to have to call the EMS for

Re: Pentax enthusiast (long)

2003-11-13 Thread mike wilson
Hi, David Madsen wrote: OK, I am ready for my lashing. I don't think that will happen. Almost everyone on this list (or at least a significant proportion) agrees with you. What people continually castigate Pentax for is its abysmal, pathetic, stomach-churningly bad marketing department.

Re: And now: the *ist D vs. the EOS 300D!

2003-11-13 Thread mike wilson
Hi, graywolf wrote: I will admit that when I have not been shooting for awhile I tend to fiddle myself until I reallize I am doing it and deliberately work to overcome it. Are you trying to make Cotty spill his drink? mike

Re: Re Bills Chili-was: I feel like Mike Johnston

2003-11-15 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Keith Whaley wrote: No disrespect, Mike, but there ain't NOTHIN' like a Saturn V! Even standing a few miles away, the blatting noise and overpressure from that HUGE solid lighting off, was among the most impressive, scariest thing I'd ever witnessed! g None taken. Environmentalist

Re: Re Bills Chili-was: I feel like Mike Johnston

2003-11-15 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Steve Larson wrote: You guys seen this: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/ Steve Larson Redondo Beach, California Interesting stuff. My first lodgings in higher education was at Doxford House, family home (mansion) of the Doxford family, whose company developed marine diesels of

Re: Re Bills Chili-was: I feel like Mike Johnston

2003-11-15 Thread mike wilson
Hi, graywolf wrote: The Rolls-Royce Deltic used to have the most hp/lb, complicated design. Wonder if they still make those? They certainly don't use them on the trains anymore. A well-loved design by many. Quite a few preserved locomotives floating around the country. mike

Re: *istD prices falling...

2003-11-15 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Rüdiger Neumann wrote: Hallo, where in GB can I buy a *istD for £800? Will they also ship to Germany? _Not_ GB. No chance of that. USA, Canada andGermany. e.g. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=2964670884category=30020 Though I must admit to being rather

Re: Re Bills Chili-was: I feel like Mike Johnston

2003-11-15 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: On 15/11/03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged: You guys seen this: http://www.bath.ac.uk/~ccsshb/12cyl/ Yikes! Plane bearings, no less! This can't compete in terms of displacement, but as for cylinder count, how does 48 sound... in a motorcycle?

Re: Test - New to the list

2003-11-16 Thread mike wilson
Greetings from the UK. Strap yourself in and prepare for an exciting ride.. mike Winston wrote: Hi Guys, This is my first posting here. Just joined. Thanks! Winston Tan

Re: It's Here!

2003-11-16 Thread mike wilson
Put it this way: Pentax should sack those German girls. mike frank theriault wrote: Hi, Will, So, er, um, ah... Didjer like it, er wot? cheers, mate, knarf From: Bob Walkden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Shall I compare thee to a Nikon D?

Re: Vs: Motorcycles

2003-11-16 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Raimo Korhonen wrote: Moto Guzzi built a 500 cc V8 GP racer in the fifties - a replica of which is shown at bike events now. In the fifties it must have been really exotic. I think it is the real thing. Has a dedicated crew of mechanics and engineers to keep it going. Interesting

Re: Defining previously Published for a photo contest

2003-11-16 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Smithsonian contest coming up - One of the rules is No previously published works. Is a photo in the PUG considered published? Is a photo on my homepage previously published? If you show it to your friends, it's published as far as British law is concerned.

Re: Vivitar 2x macro focusing T/C

2003-11-19 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: I am hoping to use it with the Tamron 90/2.5 (49mm) and adaptall; I guess I need the dedicated converter to go 1:1 with this. It's just an extension tube. You could use any tube of about 30mm. Maybe a bit more - I don't even know where mine is at the moment.

Re: A conversation with Noritsu.

2003-11-19 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I'm sure most of the list doesn't give a rat's behind about this, Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong. And I suspect you know it.8-) mike (pining for KC25, even though they manage to lose most of it during processing these days)

Re: Digital/Film body pricing (was: A conversation with Noritsu.)

2003-11-19 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Well, they are smaller and easier to store, and for some people, the ease of copying them and making bootleg CD's is a very real benefit. mike.wilson wrote: The only clear-cut advantage I can see that CDs have over vinyl for the consumer is that they are

Re: Digital/Film body pricing (was: A conversation with Noritsu.)

2003-11-19 Thread mike wilson
Hi, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still have quite a few, including the Beatles. The hard thing was finding a turn table about ten years ago when I bought an all-in-one stereo system (turn table, mini-tape deck, radio). It's low-end and not great, but I am real dubious I could even find a

Re: A conversation with Noritsu.

2003-11-19 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Thus far, Mike, you're the only person to argue the point, thereby, perhaps to some degree, proving it LOL shel (hoarding APX 25) mike wilson wrote: I'm sure most of the list doesn't give a rat's behind about this, Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong

Re: So what happens ...

2003-11-21 Thread mike wilson
Hi, In the case of the MZ-S, I understand that it was the software. m Collin Brendemuehl wrote: ... when a modern Pentax body starts overlapping frames? Is there a clutch in the take-up that begins to slip or is it gears? Just curious. CRB

Re: The morality of taking a photograph

2003-11-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: There's an interesting article here which touches on this question of permission, use and re-use, and raises some of the same issues that people have discussed with respect to Shel's photo: http://www.zonezero.com/magazine/indexen.html Try

Re: The morality of taking a photograph

2003-11-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi again, mike wilson wrote: an easily atriculated response Told you I couldn't do it I meant articulated m

Re: The morality of taking a photograph

2003-11-23 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: It's a different type of documentary style from the Picture Post and Life style. Parr is more in the tradition of Tony Ray-Jones, who worked in the style of people like Joel Meyerowitz (they were friends), and turned that style onto the English scene. Parr has

Re: Amazing polish photographs...

2003-11-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Shel Belinkoff wrote: The pics I saw are nice, but having to go through that damned macromedia flash show is a real waste of time and detracts from the photos. After three pics I called it quits. I suppose if i could get a faster connection and a super fast computer and a bigger

Re: test

2003-11-24 Thread mike wilson
Paul Sorenson wrote: - Original Message - From: Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 10:36 AM Subject: Re: test Paul Eriksson a écrit: Beep Bop ! A Ree Bop!! -alula, surely?

Re: Amazing polish photographs...

2003-11-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Are you saying that there has to be a lot of power at both ends of the connection? That the computers have to match in some way? No, it just seems to me that when I access something using a high speed connection and the site is very slow, it is probably not the

Re: Amazing polish photographs...

2003-11-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, alex wetmore wrote: On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, mike wilson wrote: Shel Belinkoff wrote: Are you saying that there has to be a lot of power at both ends of the connection? That the computers have to match in some way? No, it just seems to me that when I access something using a high

OT: Home processing

2003-11-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Anyone (preferably in the UK) know where I can get hold of a set of Jobo roller block extension arms, to use 1500 series tanks in a CPE processor? None of the stockists or the importer seem to want to answer email or the telephone. Suprisingly, neither does the manufacturer. New,

Re: OT: Home processing

2003-11-24 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: Have you tried Silverprint? http://www.silverprint.co.uk/indexA.html Yes. No response. Particularly galling as they have some stock of Fuji MS100/1000 that I would like to get my mitts on. I will try telephoning them again tomorrow. mike

Re: OT: Somewhere to hang your Paraboots, photo vest and Leicas when in London

2003-11-26 Thread mike wilson
frank theriault wrote: Good British...food? Isn't that a contradiction in terms? The world's best kept secret.. mike

Re: The morality of taking a photograph

2003-11-27 Thread mike wilson
Hi, frank theriault wrote: Actually, now that I went to the link, I think Bob ~does~ look like that, doesn't he? vbg But, seriously, Mike, thanks for that. We got On the Buses here in Canada many years ago - I'm sure it's available on some cable-only station somewhere, but many many

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-27 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist wrote: Also, my nearest photolab is 3 hours away and currently I send EVERYTHING away, which to a very impatient woman, is an absolute nightmare. Digital, in this instance, would be absolute bliss. Why do you not process your own? At the most, £200

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi Tanya, Tanya Mayer - Photographic Artist wrote: Hi there Mike! Many thanks for your suggestions. The primary reasons I have never taken to processing my own films are aged 12 mths, 4 and 6. Almosy everyone else seems to disagree with me, too. Nothing new there. I understand your

Re: OT: on the subject of privacy

2003-11-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi, graywolf wrote: And that is in France! Interesting that Fayed thought that he could enforce a civil action. If the French police and civil prosecutors decided that the (extremely stringent) law had not been broken, why would a civil action be successful? Although he is not reknowned for

Re: An observation re Pentax for sale

2003-11-28 Thread mike wilson
William Robb wrote: I can hardly wait to take my large format out after a couple of years of disuse and see if I can still set it up... That's your bio. taken care of, then. Myself, I have the visage and physique of a Greek God, PhD's from two separate universities and I'm still only 18.

Re: More lens problems

2003-11-28 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: Just after deciding to return the Kiron, I received today a Tamron 90/2.5. Looking through it front to back I see a thin, probably straight line like a chord running across the barel (perhaps across an element in the middle of the lens). What is it? Can't

Re: on the subject of privacy

2003-11-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cameron Hood wrote: snip paragraphs about poor, hard-done-by paps he is up here screwing a bunch of strippers with fake boobs from a Hell's Angels bar, with god knows what kind of STD's. Questions: So there are jobs that are even more unpleasant than the paparazzi's lot? Who would

Re: More lens problems

2003-11-29 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Sat, 29 Nov 2003, David Madsen wrote: Just out of curiosity, do you think it could be a crack in one of the inner elements? Yes, I fear this could be the case. I would expect a crack to have less of a line appearance, especially if you move the lens

Re: where are you ? and digital vs film

2003-11-30 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: Actually I have this nifty little desk top app that shows me where it is night and where it is day across the world, so I know which good little boys and girls are in bed, and which bad ones are still up at 4 am here! You know who you are !! www.hourworld.com Which version

Re: Dec-PUG comment

2003-11-30 Thread mike wilson
frank theriault wrote: Why am I still seeing November? :-( Pedal harder! Or try reload or Reload + shift mike

Re: where are you ? and digital vs film

2003-11-30 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: Bob, you're so'analogue' ! I know. I'm a bit worried in case I turn into Shel. Or worse: Mike Wilson :o) Do you mean physically, mentally (I hesitate to use the word intellectually in my case), culturally or what? There are worse choices (does hard stare

Re: *ist D battery behavior

2003-12-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Michel Carrère-Gée wrote: Where I can found the grip owner manuaal to download ?? http://www.pentax.com/docstore/index.cfm?show=6 Lists the camera manual but not the grip, yet. Might be worth visiting regularly. mike

Re: More lens problems

2003-12-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: the sad tale of a dead lens. Go to your nearest Jessops and ask them to search their secondhand database for the same lens. Then ask them to get some of the results sent to your store. You could ask them to search for PK(A) mounts, too. Choose the one(s) you

Re: More lens problems

2003-12-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Kostas Kavoussanakis wrote: On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, mike wilson wrote: too. Choose the one(s) you want. Don't pay more than £120. Probably not a good idea to do this on a Saturday Thanks for this. 120 is twice as much as I paid for the one I have (OK,plus PP). Are you

Re: OT: Whines (was: Re: How many musicians?)

2003-12-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Cotty wrote: However, the most undrinkable concoction by several lengths of chalk is the utterly murderous Crimean Red. Tried it; don't agree. Not a nice drink at all but Ukranian wine beats it by a long head. Chinese wine comes in a close third. Followed very closely by vodka made in

Re: OT: Whines (was: Re: How many musicians?)

2003-12-01 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Bob Walkden wrote: Georgian wine is something of an experience. Probably similar to Crimean, I'd guess. Into the Napa Valley of Death! The ones I've had have been tolerable but had insufferably cute names. And picture of kids and flowers on the label. Makes the bottles of vodka

Re: OT: Whines (was: Re: How many musicians?)

2003-12-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Len Paris wrote: Occasionally, I craft my own drinks. Actually just mix stuff together and see how it tastes. My most recent endeavor is one I call Pucker Power. It is 2 parts Dekuyper sour apple Pucker and 1 part Everclear. The Pucker is only 15% alcohol while the Everclear is 95%

Re: 4 week wait for a lense :(

2003-12-02 Thread mike wilson
Cotty wrote: Please sir, what in Finagle's name is a band camp? You obviously aren't obsessed with pre-teen hollywood sex comedy movies. Ask Stefan - then thump him when he knows the answer. 8-) To my undying shame I managed to sit through about 1/3rd of it on DVD. mike

Re: OT: Whines (was: Re: How many musicians?)

2003-12-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Keith Whaley wrote: Sour apples, maybe? You need some tartness in good cider mike

Re: Who else?

2003-12-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, frank theriault wrote: Bears scare the bejeezus out of me, okay? They're big, strong, run fast, climb trees, and have claws and teeth like freaking daggers. I say there's nothing wrong with knowing where the bears are, and to be wary of them. Call me strange - lord knows there are

Re: Fw: Show and Tell - AF 50mm f1.7...

2003-12-02 Thread mike wilson
Hi, Tanya Mayer Photography wrote: Sooo, basically, my *istD fund has disappeared for now, as over the past three weeks, I have enabled myself with the following items: another Pz-20, Pentax FA 28-105mm lens, Pentax FA 50mm f1.7mm lens, 360fgz flashgun. And whilst I was at it, I went a

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