Re: Anyone know what brand this tripod is?

2019-04-25 Thread Anthony Farr
The style of the feet suggests Slik to me. regards, Anthony On Thu, 25 Apr 2019 at 08:48, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Brand X? > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 5:57 PM Collin Brendemuehl > wrote: > > > https://www.flickr.com/phot

Re: OT - interesting taxi concept

2018-10-12 Thread Anthony Farr
It reminds me of the Johnny Cab from the first 'Total Recall' movie. http://cdn-static.denofgeek.com/sites/denofgeek/files/styles/article_width/public/johnnycab.jpg?itok=mMLIwb0j regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNS

Don't Update Gmail

2018-06-07 Thread Anthony Farr
Gmail pushed out a new version today. Don't take it, it isn't ready. It partly ignores the categorisation filters I'd set to keep PDML under a separate tab to my "Primary" mail. Well, PDML does in fact go to its proper tab, but it is also going into, and drowning out, my Primary mail. I don't see a

Re: Photographs don't have to be perfect to be great

2018-05-26 Thread Anthony Farr
If a photo is great, then it IS perfect. Perfect for the job of being a great photo, that is. Anthony. regards, Anthony On 26 May 2018 at 00:40, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > It is not a new thought. But I had to reiterate it in my mind this morning. > While eating breakfast, I had CBS news on, an

Re: Into the Light (perhaps OT for some, but amusing at least I hope) - GDG

2017-12-20 Thread Anthony Farr
This must be the camera that Leon Kowalski used to take the photo that Rick Deckard analysed with his Esper machine in Blade Runner, Real life has finally caught up with sci-fi. Still waiting for my flying car, though. regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-

Re: refusal to even attempt to focus

2017-12-18 Thread Anthony Farr
. Perhaps it's also a precaution to take with this lens in case it's getting premature and interrupted boot-ups during mounting to a powered camera. regards, Anthony On 19 December 2017 at 07:10, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Anthony Farr wrote: >> >> First you need to

Re: refusal to even attempt to focus

2017-12-18 Thread Anthony Farr
First you need to isolate the fault to either the lens or the camera body. You have other camera bodies so start by determining if the Bigma behaves or misbehaves on those. regards, Anthony On 18 December 2017 at 17:49, Larry Colen wrote: > This afternoon I was photographing a heron at the Waldp

Re: The K1000 is back...

2017-11-21 Thread Anthony Farr
Remind me, when was it that daylight developing tanks became known as "funnels"? To think of all those years I wasted my time with daylight tanks and just used funnels to pour liquids into narrow necked bottles. Silly me, I could've just put the film in the funnel and reduced the clutter of unneces

Re: guillotine or rolling cutter for paper?

2017-10-18 Thread Anthony Farr
I've used and owned both guillotines and rotary cutters and find them equally good at the mid-level of quality. Both my cutter and my guillotine at home have slightly skewed measuring guides on their boards, which is annoying, but I've learned to compensate, and the blades are good and square so th

Re: False news

2017-10-18 Thread Anthony Farr
under. regards, Anthony On 17 October 2017 at 10:26, Eric Weir wrote: > >> On Oct 14, 2017, at 8:47 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: >> >> I'm Australian and saw it in about ten seconds. How many Americans would it >> have taken before one spotted it. Mike Wilson is English and

Re: False news

2017-10-14 Thread Anthony Farr
ment, sigh regards, Anthony On 14 October 2017 at 23:47, Anthony Farr wrote: > Recently, because of US flag respect/disrespect controversies, I read the > US governments guidelines about the display and handling of the > Stars-and-Stripes, or images of it. One of the re

Re: False news

2017-10-14 Thread Anthony Farr
Recently, because of US flag respect/disrespect controversies, I read the US governments guidelines about the display and handling of the Stars-and-Stripes, or images of it. One of the requirements was that representations of the flag should be imaged as if the flagstaff was on the left, and anothe

Re: Frame counter mystery

2017-08-29 Thread Anthony Farr
Dark frame subtractions, live view actuations, and the additional exposures from a multiple exposure may also count as shutter actuations that aren't justified by an image file. regards, Anthony On 30 August 2017 at 12:23, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > > Besides "no-card" activations, I wonder if it

Re: GESO: Different Moons

2017-08-24 Thread Anthony Farr
The lower picture looks like a projection onto black paper. I think that's the paper's texture showing through the image. If so, then it's 'wrong reading' aka a mirror image, because we're looking at the reflection side rather than the transmission side. regards, Anthony On 25 August 2017 at 08:2

Re: PESO - Purple Dream Machine

2017-08-20 Thread Anthony Farr
Dream, or nightmare? regards, Anthony On 21 August 2017 at 12:24, John Coyle wrote: > Inspired by Paul's Woodward Dream Cruise series, here's one I took on our > last day in SF last year > (Larry, those shots from the last visit will be up this week!) > > http://www.members.iinet.net.au/~jcoyle

Re: GESO: Woodward Dream Cruise

2017-08-20 Thread Anthony Farr
I get a security warning about Photo.net in all three of Chrome, Firefox and Edge, both at Paul's link and at their homepage. I'm getting dire warnings of potential hackers, expired certificates and the site possibly not being who they say they are, and the https letters are struck out to indicate

Re: OT - Universal battery chargers

2017-04-26 Thread Anthony Farr
Brian, I have the exact universal charger you linked to, and I find it a decent unit although setting up the contact pins to meet the battery's terminals can be fiddly and the grip of the connection can be a bit tenuous. The Inca charger has just two pins, +ve and -ve, while the OEM units may or ma

Re: Christchurch Fires _ Dave, Check in please

2017-02-16 Thread Anthony Farr
I think David means a couple of kilometres ~away~ from the bottom of the hill, not ~up~ from the bottom. Otherwise he'd be a lot less relaxed. regards, Anthony On 17 February 2017 at 08:33, P. J. Alling wrote: > I wouldn't be too blasé if I lived at the top of the hill. Fire moves > pretty fas

Re: PESO 2017 - 012 - GDG

2017-02-04 Thread Anthony Farr
It's a photo that I wish I had taken myself. regards, Anthony On 5 February 2017 at 11:18, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 4/2/17, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >A quiet scene after rain. > > > > https://flic.kr/p/QxUQvh > > Like it. > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__

Re: Storage wars

2017-02-02 Thread Anthony Farr
Your discs could be unfinalized. This is convenient if you want to add files to a disc in multiple sessions or if you only ever read them on a single computer, but is a problem when you want to read discs on a different machine, such as in the future when you've retired the computer or drive that o

Re: Thank you Mr Brewer.

2017-01-24 Thread Anthony Farr
Thank you all for the warm welcome 'home'. regards, Anthony On 25 January 2017 at 05:07, Doug Brewer wrote: > Glad to have you back, and hope your health issues are properly sorted. > > > On 1/23/17 7:06 PM, Anthony Farr wrote: > >> Many moons ago my interne

Thank you Mr Brewer.

2017-01-23 Thread Anthony Farr
Many moons ago my internet provider's domain was briefly listed on a dodgily curated South American blacklist, probably because a few of its subscribers fell for a trojan and started relaying spam. Like 'that' never happened to any other domains (cough, cough, AOL, Yahoo, et al.). As a consequence

Re: Anyone looking for Zeiss Optics

2017-01-23 Thread Anthony Farr
Leitz on a Leica, not Zeiss. regards, Anthony On 24 January 2017 at 01:30, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Bipin, > > Is there some point to this post? I'm mystified. > > G > > > > On Jan 22, 2017, at 10:44 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: > > > > 70 Years or more ago Zeiss and the Germans made good lenses -

Re: HoHoHo

2012-12-29 Thread Anthony Farr
That's purty, Bill. Looks good here on my desktop, and the sentiment is gratefully received. I hope Christmas was good to you, and the New Year finds you well. regards, Anthony On 26 December 2012 01:54, William Robb wrote: > ° _██_*。*. / . \ .˛* .˛.*.★* *★ 。* > . (´• ̮•)*˛°* /.♫.♫\*˛. * ˛_

Re: OT - Scotch Tape Series

2012-12-20 Thread Anthony Farr
On 21 December 2012 13:46, John Francis wrote: > > My reaction is that one or two shots might be interesting, > but by the time you've looked at three pages of them it gets > repetetive and tiresome. > That's the downside of a narrowly themed series. I don't know what minimum number qualifies a

Re: OT - Scotch Tape Series

2012-12-20 Thread Anthony Farr
On 21 December 2012 08:44, wrote: > Marnie aka Doe And I made my previous statement BEFORE I looked at his > other pics. I'm almost scared to look. The Scotch tape series was the only set I saw, having followed a link to it, and not having looked beyond. Now I know where I'm going today. reg

OT - Scotch Tape Series

2012-12-20 Thread Anthony Farr
An interesting set of portraits: http://wesnamanphotography.com/portfolio/scotch-tape-series/ regards, Anthony -- 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 directi

Re: OT: Something to think about

2012-12-16 Thread Anthony Farr
You had me going until the very last line, Paul. That's a really good story that I intend to steal from you and re-use as my own. The good thing is that the humour doesn't blunt the message at all, IMO. regards, Anthony On 17 December 2012 14:45, Paul Stenquist wrote: > With the Holidays upo

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-16 Thread Anthony Farr
Thank you for your encouragement, Boris. It all counts :-) regards, Anthony -- 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: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-15 Thread Anthony Farr
On 16 December 2012 11:37, John Sessoms wrote: > Would it be possible for Ricoh-Pentax to offer an auxiliary electronic > viewfinder that would mount on the hotshoe? I'm sure they could, but it would cannibalise sales from Ricoh's GXR. They need to integrate these similar products, not diversify

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-15 Thread Anthony Farr
On 16 December 2012 10:49, Brian Walters wrote: > What I find a bit baffling is why it is taking so long for Pentax to produce > another mirrorless APS-C camera. > They've obviously got the 'guts' of a good camera in the K-01. Would it be > that difficult to produce a new version with a viewfinde

Re: Any thoughts on what might cause this?

2012-12-14 Thread Anthony Farr
Can you remap the windows key operation to a function key? I don't even know if that is possible but it sounds reasonable, I think. regards, Anthony On 15 December 2012 13:30, John Sessoms wrote: > > Drat. > > IBM 101-key click keyboard - no windoze keys. I'll have to look around > and see if

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-14 Thread Anthony Farr
On 15 December 2012 15:12, Bob Sullivan wrote: > And I have no use for Industrial Designers. > Put them on the panet with the Marketing people. And the telephone sanitizers? I hope your sons are keeping well, chemotherapy is brutal. Thanks for your moral support, even small amounts are surprisi

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-14 Thread Anthony Farr
On 15 December 2012 03:56, John Sessoms wrote: > Hope things get better for you On 15 December 2012 04:13, Christine Aguila wrote: > > Sorry to hear, but wishing you speedy recovery, Anthony! Cheers, Christine On 15 December 2012 08:03, Brian Walters wrote: > Anthony - really sorry to hear

Re: Any thoughts on what might cause this?

2012-12-14 Thread Anthony Farr
On 15 December 2012 09:26, John Sessoms wrote: > But "rogue dll" makes me wonder if I need to look for a new mouse > driver. The one thing that I'm sure is common to every occurrence is I > go to move the mouse pointer & find it's frozen. It's still possible that it's a video rendering freeze. I

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-14 Thread Anthony Farr
It's Art. What can I say? "Lockheed Lounges" have topped $US 2 million, when the greenback was still riding high. The example I've seen was in a glass case, probably so the kiddies wouldn't climb all over it. There's only fifteen of them, so the world isn't being denied any meaningful amount of

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-14 Thread Anthony Farr
Good result, congratulations but it sounds like you had a rough time. I'm lucky to be a suitable candidate for brachytherapy, so all going well I should be cancer free after several months. The pellets have a half life of two months so they'll be down to 1/64th energy in a year and pretty much spe

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-14 Thread Anthony Farr
December 2012 00:43, Stan Halpin wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2012, at 12:28 AM, Anthony Farr wrote: > >> ... we know how you feel about optical frame 'finders >> and wire frame 'finders and live-view-on-the LCD 'finders and no >> 'finders. Just don't

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-14 Thread Anthony Farr
On 14 December 2012 18:17, steve harley wrote: > regarding the K-01, the appearance is not awful, but i'd feel awkward with > it in public because it is too attention-getting; i think much of Newson's > aesthetic is like that; i also have non-Newson concerns: manual focus, grip > ergonomics It so

Re: Pentax 645D IR

2012-12-14 Thread Anthony Farr
In 1979 I worked as an assistant at a small studio. Making colour prints was one of my duties. I can tell you with absolute authority that a print made on Kodak Ektaprint 2 paper from a C41 processed Kodak VPS negative that came out of a Leica M5 was inferior to the product of a 2MP point @ shoot

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-13 Thread Anthony Farr
On 14 December 2012 18:17, steve harley wrote: > you yourself pointed out "chairs not meant for sitting", then flipped to > defending square toilets Different messages answering different issues. If I'd meant them to be part of the same sentiment they would have been posted together. The "chairs

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-13 Thread Anthony Farr
All good points, Peter, no disagreement here. Personally it was a letdown to see the camera hit the shelves without an EVF option, but there it is. I'm not going to get all twisted up about it after the event. Pentax (or any brand) will sell what they want to sell, and if it doesn't suit me it r

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-13 Thread Anthony Farr
Thanks, Paul. Sympathy is a good soother, yours is appreciated. regards, Anthony On 14 December 2012 17:02, Paul Sorenson wrote: > Sorry to hear about your condition, Anthony. Here's hoping the pellets do > their job... > > -p > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-13 Thread Anthony Farr
Answering my own message because I'm addressing a raft of issues from various correspondents in this thread and reaching back through the life of the K-01. I don't want to single out anyone, it's a collective thang. A Google image search for "toilet suite" will find a lot of square and rectangul

Re: What's wrong with the K-01

2012-12-13 Thread Anthony Farr
On 13 December 2012 14:24, John Sessoms wrote: > None of his chairs looked like they'd be comfortable to sit in. And if you did sit on one, I'm certain you'd be shown the door and asked not to return. They're for looking at, not using. regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pd

Re: WTB 300mm reflex (mirror) lens

2012-11-27 Thread Anthony Farr
On 27 November 2012 20:18, Joseph McAllister wrote: > In astronomy that filter is known as a corrector plate. If it corrects… That's how I discovered I needed eye-glasses. One day I put on some safety glasses to use a power tool. Everthing became a little clearer which didn't make sense, especi

Re: WTB 300mm reflex (mirror) lens

2012-11-26 Thread Anthony Farr
There was a Makinon 300mm reflex, f5.6 as I recall. I almost bought one second hand around 1990 and got as far as taking some test shots in the shop which were impressive. Alas, another purchase took precedence and I let it pass. It'd be quite old now but if you found a clean example (refexes ar

Re: OT reading Canon 5DII cards

2012-11-17 Thread Anthony Farr
A quick bit of research gives me two obvious sources for your problem. There may be more but these should be easy to identify or eliminate. The first is that the CF card could be a CFast card, designed for extremely fast read/write speeds and needing a card reader cabable of the specification. Se

Re: I Wanna Be a Cameraman

2012-10-24 Thread Anthony Farr
Made me smile :-) regards, Anthony On 24 October 2012 12:29, Brian Walters wrote: > B > > A bit of fun - even with the odd Pentax sighting > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKBetMjwLk8&feature=g-user-u > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdm

Re: Lost, K10D

2012-10-23 Thread Anthony Farr
Will the mall let you view any security camera footage? Perhaps some shops nearby have cameras that overlook the place you left your camera. There's been two incidents in Australia recently that were solved by unrelated security cameras that recorded the events. An assault and murder was solved

Re: lessons learned this weekend

2012-10-22 Thread Anthony Farr
On 22 October 2012 14:30, Larry Colen wrote: > 1) Taking photos from a moving pony cart can be challenging. Not so much for > camera motion blur, which can be compensated for by a fast shutter speed > combined with shake reduction, but because the bouncing up and down makes it > very challengi

Re: Really OT, Structural engineering question

2012-10-21 Thread Anthony Farr
after straightening them of course. regards, Anthony On 22 October 2012 12:39, Anthony Farr wrote: > While I'm not sure what you mean by "buckled", looking at the picture > suggests that it might have settled with some spreading, some twisting > and some leaning. Is tha

Re: Really OT, Structural engineering question

2012-10-21 Thread Anthony Farr
While I'm not sure what you mean by "buckled", looking at the picture suggests that it might have settled with some spreading, some twisting and some leaning. Is that the case? That structure seems to have all its strength focused at the cross point, and depends for its strength upon mechanical f

Re: FB group

2012-10-09 Thread Anthony Farr
On 9 October 2012 06:45, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > Reminds me of the funniest sketch I've ever seen from the Two Ronnies: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc3M1nppd3c&feature=youtube_gdata_player > > cheer, > frank Another comedy sketch at Sweden's expense: https://www.youtube.com/wa

Re: FB group

2012-10-08 Thread Anthony Farr
On 9 October 2012 06:49, Mark Roberts wrote: > Steven Desjardins wrote: > >>OMG. FF on FB? WTF? > > LOL! > ROFL -- 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 direc

Re: OT - Only in Scotland

2012-10-01 Thread Anthony Farr
Only in Scotland would it be so difficult to remove stuff from a rubbish bin. That town council must be very protective of its garbage. regards, Anthony On 2 October 2012 09:23, steve harley wrote: > on 2012-10-01 5:17 Steve Cottrell wrote > >> There's a few on the list who will have a belly

Re: Fixed lens digital cameras : Why not go larger than 24x36?

2012-09-19 Thread Anthony Farr
On 20 September 2012 10:03, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 4:34 PM, Mark C wrote: >> Like a digital version of a Fujifilm GSW 6x7 or 6x9 camera? That would be >> swt > > It would be grand, but it would be very very costly. A big sensor like > that is the most expensive

Re: OT - Are Cigarettes History?

2012-09-14 Thread Anthony Farr
On 15 September 2012 01:36, Walt wrote: > Next up: the booze. > > http://timelifeblog.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/201.jpg?w=900 > Frankie lived to a decent age, didn't he? And he doesn't look the least bit cranky under the influence the demons of alcohol and tobacco. They keep his hands occupie

Re: OT - Are Cigarettes History?

2012-09-14 Thread Anthony Farr
Interestingly, 'Top Gear Australia' did a segment on this car and driver, and they treated the tobacco advertising completely differently depending upon whether the footage was historic or newly recorded. The old stuff went to air intact, but the new footage had the text of the adverts blurred out

Re: OT - Are Cigarettes History?

2012-09-14 Thread Anthony Farr
On 15 September 2012 02:36, P. J. Alling wrote: > But weren't they at war with Eurasia last week? What do the back-issues of The Times say? regards, Anthony -- 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 - Are Cigarettes History?

2012-09-14 Thread Anthony Farr
On 15 September 2012 02:29, John Sessoms wrote: > the decision whether or not to include a cigarette was within the discretion > of the artist who did the paintings. Actually, that decision was mandated by U.S. Postal Service's publicly stated policy against the depiction of tobacco smoking on it

Re: OT - Are Cigarettes History?

2012-09-14 Thread Anthony Farr
On 15 September 2012 01:18, P. J. Alling wrote: > does the paper even realize that they've given the stamp even more > visibility by running the story? You betcha they do. > and why does it feel as if Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia? Who cares how long the war has been going on, s

Re: Oracle vies with Apple to see who will be the supreme ASSHOLES in the entire universe.

2012-09-06 Thread Anthony Farr
On 7 September 2012 12:18, John Sessoms wrote: > Another popup Java update, and another attempt to hijack my browser & shove > McAfee down my throat. Every damn week. If I wanted McAfee, I'd already have > it installed! > It's just the universe balancing itself for all the times that Norton tries

Re: OT: Interesting images

2012-08-31 Thread Anthony Farr
The "Sahara Dessert" (sic) picture is sweet. regards, Anthony -- 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: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-31 Thread Anthony Farr
On 31 August 2012 04:06, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > So, if Porsche comes out with a new car that has a unique shape, is it > alright if GM copies that unique shape and sells cars to compete with > the new Porsche? If you too closely copy a work of literature or art then wouldn't there be a breach

OT - I wonder if Apple will try to shut this down.

2012-08-31 Thread Anthony Farr
Samsung Galaxy Camera Officially Unveiled: http://www.photographybay.com/2012/08/29/samsung-galaxy-camera-officially-unveiled/?awt_l=CE3oF&awt_m=JTXtrI3WFv62xu regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the P

Re: OT fifty worst cars of all time

2012-08-31 Thread Anthony Farr
On 31 August 2012 05:34, Walter Hamler wrote: > Whew! None of mine are there. > > Cars I Have Owned > (clip) Here's my list with some comments. One of mine got onto the list, under a different name. 1970 Morris Mini K Australian model with a torquey, lazy 1100cc engine. Later fitment of twin 1

Re: Mailing list change?

2012-08-20 Thread Anthony Farr
I suspect that the proliferation of mailing apps on a proliferation of operating systems across a proliferation of platforms is the reason for whatever non-standard behaviour you may notice on any particular day. The old reason was that digest subscribers were cutting and pasting from a digest int

Re: Pentax Si

2012-08-15 Thread Anthony Farr
On 16 August 2012 04:49, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > I'm a little confused by what adapter you plan to buy. No adapter is > needed to use Panasonic FT lenses on Olympus FT bodies, and vice > versa. Similarly, no adapter is needed to use Panasonic mFT lenses on > Olympus mFT bodies and vice-versa. Yo

Re: Pentax Si

2012-08-15 Thread Anthony Farr
That's good news, because it means I can save a load of dollars when I buy an adapter, because Panasonic's is much pricier. Are Panasonic's shake sensors built into the lenses and not the bodies? I had thought they were controlled from the bodies, because the stabilization mode selection is contr

Re: Pentax Si

2012-08-15 Thread Anthony Farr
On 16 August 2012 01:14, Jeffery Smith wrote: > Olympus seems to be hinting that all 43 lenses will be fully usable on m43 > bodies (via a future adaptor), which is somewhat comforting. > There have been 4/3 to m43 adapters since the beginning of m43. The Olympus version conveys every function

Re: OT: Are all men predisposed to be car junkies?

2012-08-01 Thread Anthony Farr
On 1 August 2012 20:01, John Sessoms wrote: > I have a MGB Tourer in the basement. I can't remember if it's half assembled > or half disassembled. Does that count? > I'd suggest it's half assembled. Presumably it got into the basement in pieces, not as an entire car. Unless, that is, your basem

Re: London Olympics

2012-08-01 Thread Anthony Farr
On 2 August 2012 03:21, John Sessoms wrote: > Don't mean nothin' but given the earlier discussion of "What is Hockey?", > take a look at today's (01Aug2012) Google Doodle. > As you rightly say, it "Don't mean nothin'..." Google is a US based corporation, and uses American English and American na

Re: Bikers w/o engines

2012-07-31 Thread Anthony Farr
eater's phase rather than ahead of it. regards, Anthony On 1 August 2012 13:54, Anthony Farr wrote: > I wonder if anyone has made a tandem with the > cranks offset so that there's always some power being applied even > when one of the cyclists is at the top or bottom of their peda

Re: Bikers w/o engines

2012-07-31 Thread Anthony Farr
On 1 August 2012 13:15, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > I'm told that tandems can really fly. Twice the power, less than twice the weight and no extra frontal area, they should be fast. I wonder if anyone has made a tandem with the cranks offset so that there's always some power being applied

Re: Bikers w/o engines

2012-07-31 Thread Anthony Farr
Don, I like your shot and the movement really works for me, much more important in this case than perfect sharpness. I worried me at first that the composition was extremely biased to the right, but then I full screened both my browser and the picture, and the penny dropped. This picture is a per

Re: OT - Backups & Cockups, Netbooks & MyBooks, Hard Drives &, Dryers

2012-07-31 Thread Anthony Farr
To all who've responded, thank you for the sympathetic comments. I guess I was correct to believe that PDMLers would find data backup to be a topic close to their own hearts, and that a saga about it would find interested readers. Something that I should point out is that the failed drive wasn't

OT - Backups & Cockups, Netbooks & MyBooks, Hard Drives & Dryers

2012-07-30 Thread Anthony Farr
Backups, to me, originally meant CDs, then DVDs. But doubts were raised about the permanence of optical media, and my backup load was too large to periodically refresh everything, so I moved to hard drives. A couple of years ago I saw a product called Clickfree Automatic Backup, which is a small

Re: OT: London Olympics 2012

2012-07-30 Thread Anthony Farr
On 31 July 2012 05:52, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Rockne looks him in the eye and says 'You want me to give a bunch of > Irishmen clubs and > have them play field hockey?' He'd obviously never seen Hurling. regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

Re: OT - GoPro Test

2012-07-29 Thread Anthony Farr
I really enjoyed watching these, Cotty. You can turn a run-of-the-mill subject into entertainment. I wish I had that mindset. In wanting to only produce something of 'great consequence' or 'Art", I frequently either never get anything started, or let entertaining scenes like this go begging. Br

Re: OT: London Olympics 2012

2012-07-29 Thread Anthony Farr
On 30 July 2012 11:21, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > You're probably right that field hockey is a much bigger sport in the > third world and girl's prep schools. I was thinking mostly of North > America, Europe and Russia. Well obviously a nation needs to be reasonably affluent to support a sport t

Re: OT: London Olympics 2012

2012-07-29 Thread Anthony Farr
On 30 July 2012 10:46, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > True, but even in the Olympics, Ice Hockey is a much bigger sport than > Field Hockey. Hmm. You really should look that up. You may be surprised. regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: OT: London Olympics 2012

2012-07-29 Thread Anthony Farr
, and not claim that the world is out of step with you. regards, Anthony On 30 July 2012 10:01, Anthony Farr wrote: > On 30 July 2012 09:58, J.C. O'Connell wrote: >> The international names arent the same as the usa >> conventions. > > You are right, they aren'

Re: OT: London Olympics 2012

2012-07-29 Thread Anthony Farr
On 30 July 2012 09:58, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > The international names arent the same as the usa > conventions. You are right, they aren't. There's the whole wide world, and there's the USA, which isn't the whole world. The tail doesn't wag the dog. regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Ma

Re: OT: London Olympics 2012

2012-07-29 Thread Anthony Farr
On 30 July 2012 07:32, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > no, your hockey would be field hockey. > too technical! > Here's the homepage of the International Hockey Federation: http://www.fih.ch/en/home Here's the homepage of the International Ice Hockey Federation: http://www.iihf.com/ These are the p

Re: My super-duper macro setup... that doesn't appear to work as hoped?

2012-07-08 Thread Anthony Farr
On 9 July 2012 03:25, Mark C wrote: > I have never found a good explanation of what is going on when you reverse > mount a lens. After using reverse mounted lenses quite a bit, I can say that > reversing the lens allows you to focus closer. It also seems like the > subject to lens distance does no

Re: The Online Photographer asks; "Is color printing easier now?"

2012-07-08 Thread Anthony Farr
On 8 July 2012 11:03, Jeffery Smith wrote: > My biggest challenge was getting the plastic print drums absolutely clean > between procedures. As I recall, it involved ammonia, detergent, my bathtub, > and a rinse in Orbit bath to get the drums totally clean. Jeffery, You do realise that ammonia

Re: My super-duper macro setup... that doesn't appear to work as hoped?

2012-07-07 Thread Anthony Farr
On 8 July 2012 02:40, Stan Halpin wrote: > I would put the fixed extension tubes on the camera, then the bellows, then > the hellicoid, then the lens. For a moment I had the same thought, but then I remembered that in extreme lens extension, especially for macro work, the first preference is to

Re: In a pub, waiting for Cotty

2012-06-25 Thread Anthony Farr
On 26 June 2012 08:32, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Funny, I sent this email on January 12. Wonder why it should show up > now? It must be a sign: I'm off to my local for a pint! > The thread about Annsan's eye test results reappeared in my inbox yesterday, as well. I wonder what other news from Jan

Re: PESO - Che

2012-06-25 Thread Anthony Farr
On 25 June 2012 04:06, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: > The dog was ordered destroyed. No defence or explanation allowed at law. That's a shame for someone to lose their family pet this way. Having no personal stake in the debate, I'll leave it alone. What it shows is that you can't trust a ki

Re: OT: no Jobs...

2012-06-22 Thread Anthony Farr
IIRC, tablet PCs had about the same On 22 June 2012 12:49, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Microsoft's first tablet was just as worthless. There were no "apps," > and that is what produces the utility of the iPad and its knock-offs. > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >

Good SD card deal

2012-06-21 Thread Anthony Farr
HP brand 32GB class 10 SD card for $20.99 at Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007X7U224/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=photo-12-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B007X7U224 I saw it here: http://www.photographybay.com/2012/06/16/32gb-class-10-sdhc-card-for-21/?awt_l=

Re: OT: no Jobs...

2012-06-21 Thread Anthony Farr
On 22 June 2012 07:07, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > The Apple Newton pedated Microsoft's crappy attempt at a tablet by > several years. Both were simply ahead of their time. Timing is quite > important in marketing success. The Newton was a PDA rather than a computer. It was very limited compare

Re: OT: Fuji X10 sensor replacement saga

2012-06-19 Thread Anthony Farr
On 20 June 2012 13:49, Kenneth Waller wrote: > Suction cup mount with a zip strap for added security. Thanks, Kenneth. That would assuage my insecurity considerably. regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE f

Re: OT GESOs - still liking the OM-D

2012-06-17 Thread Anthony Farr
On 18 June 2012 08:23, Derby Chang wrote: > On the day I left, only really had the morning before checking out to take > some real pics. Shame I only had half a charge left on the battery. > http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_06/12_06_shanghai/index.htm Very nice set of pictures, Derby. B

Re: OT: Fuji X10 sensor replacement saga

2012-06-17 Thread Anthony Farr
On 18 June 2012 09:08, Kenneth Waller wrote: > The Go Pro is a terrific little P O V camera IMO . Bought one early this year > to record my dog sled race. Ran well in 15 degree F weather. > > Can anyone recommend easy to use video editing software for use with HD video? > PC or Mac? There's a f

Re: OT: The difference between a tourist taking photos and an artist making images

2012-06-12 Thread Anthony Farr
On 12 June 2012 23:19, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > http://themetapicture.com/art-degrees/ > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > I'm inclined to agree with that observation. regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

Re: If imitation is the sinecurist form of flattery

2012-06-09 Thread Anthony Farr
Crispy deep fried in sesame or peanut oil would be most palatable. Just like prawn chips, yum yum. regards, Anthony On 9 June 2012 16:44, Cotty wrote: > On 8/6/12, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Maybe after Cotty eats his hat > > I think your supposition is seriously flawed Lar - e

Re: OT OM-D OMG!

2012-06-09 Thread Anthony Farr
On 10 June 2012 04:04, William Robb wrote: > On 09/06/2012 11:51 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: >> >> Derby, on the screen, in web size files it does not look any different >> than your other street photography, be it m43 or Pentax or other gear >> you have and use. > > > Other than the busy bokeh.

Re: Presentation

2012-06-06 Thread Anthony Farr
On 6 June 2012 16:16, luiz felipe wrote: > Well, it's not the camera, it's the photographer - but choosing the right > tool is the better start, IMHO. And here is the right place to learn about > the right tool, isnt't it? You won't find a better bunch of right tools than here at the PDML };-)

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