Advice for Selling Gear

2021-05-10 Thread Doug Franklin
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Re: Printing

2019-09-04 Thread Doug Franklin
I haven't posted to the group in several years, but I've been following. On this topic, maybe I have some information to offer. I recently had reason to try the "Fracture" service that most of you (in North America, at least) have probably already seen advertised (https://fractureme.com). I

Re: More help needed with new puter - sigh - think MS WORD

2015-05-28 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2015-05-28 21:51, Ann Sanfedele wrote: OK now the problem is that my copy of MS Word is so old that Win 7 doesn't support it ... in fact, the .doc files don't even appear on the new computer. I never upgraded because I was very happy, thank you, with Word 97... Perhaps see if the online

Re: PESO -- Unmarked Police Car

2015-01-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2015-01-16 15:24, steve harley wrote: On 2015-01-15 20:55 , Mark C wrote: Maybe someone bought a used police car that had the insignias removed, but kept the basic paint job? that's rather common; they take off the insignia and the light bar, and usually the push bars, but leave the

Re: PESO -- Unmarked Police Car

2015-01-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2015-01-16 16:40, P.J. Alling wrote: It was as clean as it looks. No sign of any decals. It looks like it was bought the way it is. Yep, based on the photo, that one was part of an official buy. For those who don't know, police departments often get their cars in batches from the

Re: PESO - At the Gates of Dawn

2014-10-28 Thread Doug Franklin
Needs a piper. :) -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook: Nutdriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- 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

Re: OT - the smallest cars - funny photos

2014-10-28 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2014-10-28 13:21, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I know that there are many car enthusiasts on this list. Additionally, I find some of these images funny. http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20141021-driving-the-worlds-smallest-car The BBC television show Top Gear recently (this year, I think) did a

Re: Adafruit display review

2014-07-01 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2014-06-18 21:00, Peter Loveday wrote: Yeah I got one of these some time back. Kind of fun as a third monitor, but Windows 7 has no support for different DPI settings on different monitors, which makes it tricky to reconcile with the 27. I'm not entirely keen to update the desktop to 8.1,

Re: OT: Amazon patents studio photography

2014-05-08 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2014-05-08 15:54, John wrote: Can you say Nucking Futs! boys 'n girls? I knew you could. On 5/8/2014 3:31 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: For real: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/amazons-latest-patent-is-sillier-than-the-peanut-butter-sandwich-patent/ Absolutely ridiculous.

Re: Let me see that

2014-04-24 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2014-04-24 17:38, John Sessoms wrote: Plus, electric cars produce no useable amount of organic fertilizer. But some of their owners do. :) -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook: Nutdriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: DNG converter

2014-04-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2014-04-16 18:20, Mark Roberts wrote: And listening to electronic music by Kraftwerk. Possibly my favorite Kraftwerk lyric: Die Fahrbahn ist ein graues Band Weisse Streifen, grüner Rand It scans really well, and it agrees with my inner driver, though on track we do have some Gelbe

Re: OT: PC Video Cards

2014-03-01 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2014-03-01 10:39, Mark C wrote: Been a few years since I bought any PC gear. What are the current standards in video cards? Assuming that I need to get one, I would like to get something intending primarily to use it with Photoshop. I am currently using an NVidia GTS 250 with 1 gig of RAM -

Daytona Superbird

2014-02-21 Thread Doug Franklin
OK, Cotty, here's your chance! A real, honest-to-God Daytona Superbird with an actual racing history, and a 429, is for sale. No price listed. :) http://www.motorsportretro.com/2014/02/1969-dodge-charger-daytona/

Re: Daytona Superbird

2014-02-21 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2014-02-21 19:35, Ken Waller wrote: Sticker price as equipped $2400 including optional heater AM radio. Seems remarkably low. In '67 my dad bought a brand new Plymouth Barracuda Fastback for about $3,500. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Shche ne vmerla Ukraina (Ukraine Has Not Yet Died)

2014-02-20 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2014-02-20 13:27, knarf wrote: I don't pretend to know the answers. If I had answers, someone would've stoned me to death by now. -- 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

Re: SV: I have committed a book

2014-01-29 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2014-01-08 16:41, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: I surely hope that Jostein's subject line is under consideration for the 2014 PDML Quotations list. I can think of a number of books I've read over the years that could be said to have been committed, rather than written. Thankfully,

Re: OT: Coolest email I've gotten in a while...

2013-12-20 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-12-19 21:47, Charles Robinson wrote: Dear Charles, my name is Wolfgang Flür, [...] That's AWESOME, Charles! Congrats! -- 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

Re: Decent telephoto for not an arm and a leg

2013-12-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-12-11 1:02, Charles Robinson wrote: 400mm on an APS-C. Yow! I shouldn't ask, but I will.. - how much? I haven't really thought about it. The lens in in great shape, but the case is a bit beat up. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver

Re: Decent telephoto for not an arm and a leg

2013-12-10 Thread Doug Franklin
I don't recall who started this thread, but if you're not set on AF, or maybe even AE, I have a K 400/5.6 with case and a Tokina SD 400/5.6 in PK-A. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: HDR as a genre?

2013-10-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-10-10 17:51, Darren Addy wrote: [...] it is controversial to call it a satisfying one, thanks to those who commit visual attrocities in its name. I don't hate HDR, itself. I hate the way it seems most frequently to be (ab)used. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing

Re: HDR as a genre?

2013-10-10 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-10-10 16:49, Mark Roberts wrote: Igor Roshchin wrote: http://blueblockphotography.com/galleries/hdr-photos/ I thought some PDMLers will be sho... err. amused :-) My eyes! The pain! Make it go away! If you construe the term broadly enough, I guess Utter Crap is also a genre. :)

Re: Aliasing question

2013-10-09 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-10-09 16:25, Larry Colen wrote: Actually, what I think Doug should do is paint his racecar in a bayer filter of 2mm squares, just to screw with the trackside photographers. As one of said trackside photographers, I don't think I want to give anyone else any ideas. :) -- Doug Lefty

Re: Aliasing question

2013-10-09 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-10-09 17:04, Larry Colen wrote: When the halftones get shot and the results aren't so hot that's a moire. Eek! :) Woo hoo! Next week is Petit le Mans! Flagging a day or two, and supporting the flaggers and other volunteers for the rest of the event. When I'm not flagging, I'll

Re: A question about high ISO and sharpness/noise.

2013-10-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-10-07 18:30, Eric Weir wrote: Compared to what I usually get with high ISO, though…. Look at the sky and you'll see it. The complexity of the rest of the scene hides it. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy

Re: A question about high ISO and sharpness/noise.

2013-10-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-10-07 19:51, Eric Weir wrote: I see it in LR. Damned if can see it in Flickr. I tried a little noise reduction. I could see the effect. Flikr's downsizing algorithm may reduce it by diffusing the individual errors across each other, achieving a sort of balance. -- Doug Lefty

Re: Why is this 400mm going for so cheap?

2013-09-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-09-12 1:37, Zos Xavius wrote: Oh, I was looking at pentaxforums prices and saw 1500. I swear pentaxforums reviews manipulate prices. So you are saying that the 400 is worth less? Interesting. I'd actually love to pick up a 400 even if it said sigma on it. Those lenses were supposedly

Re: A Rendering Choice

2013-08-27 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-08-27 7:06, Paul Stenquist wrote: Do you find the horizontal mismatch distracting? Doesn't mayer much for the magazine because it will probably be stripped our if used large, but when making prints for car owners, it's a consideration. The mismatch doesn't bother me, that's the real

Re: Article on Leica cameras on BBC online

2013-07-29 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-07-29 7:03, Walt wrote: I've never heard [much of a muchness] before. Is that a common British colloquialism? I've heard that one, but it's been years. I've only ever heard it from a Brit or in a book authored by a Brit. I don't know how common it is, though. The web site

Re: Modern Tin Types

2013-07-26 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-07-26 14:49, John Sessoms wrote: Being shot at was always a heady experience when the missed. Being Shot At Being Shot -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Modern Tin Types

2013-07-24 Thread Doug Franklin
A soldier in Afghanistan has been experimenting with making tin type prints of his colleagues: http://twentytwowords.com/2013/07/24/soldier-in-afghanistan-photographs-comrades-using-civil-war-era-technique-14-pics/ -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver

Re: PEso - Birthday girl

2013-07-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-07-16 18:57, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Warning - more cat Ashley turned 8 years today. Took this with the K-5 at ISO 25600 - I'm just getting such a kick out of being able to do it.

Re: sick transit my istD ???

2013-07-05 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-07-05 21:14, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Leaving the camera without batteries for a while did it finally but this happening when I really needed the camera ... well.. very scary I don't think I have an *istD around here anymore, but I've got a K100D I'll send you, if you need it. That

Re: sick transit my istD ???

2013-07-05 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-07-05 22:31, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2013-07-05 21:14, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Leaving the camera without batteries for a while did it finally but this happening when I really needed the camera ... well.. very scary I don't think I have an *istD around here anymore, but I've got a K100D

Re: Pentax is history

2013-07-03 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-07-03 17:54, John Sessoms wrote: Interestingly enough, there was a lightning strike nearby with the loudest, most ominous thunder I've heard in many a year just as I started reading this thread. Lights flickered a bit, but none of the UPSs even beeped. Probably doesn't really mean

Re: OT Planes, in the south of England 1944

2013-06-30 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-06-30 7:01, Eric Weir wrote: On Jun 28, 2013, at 3:21 PM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Still looking for info on the polka-dot B17….. Yeah, I've seen quite a few photos of B17s, but never one like that. There must have been a reason. It was a group assembly

Re: GESO Eversand-Oberfeuer

2013-06-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-06-16 18:26, Thomas Bohn wrote: An old lighthouse at the North Sea coast in Dorum-Neufeld, Germany. After it was decommissioned it was brought here as a tourist attraction. https://secure.flickr.com/photos/95985450@N08/sets/72157634166563244/ That's a very cool light, and nice set of

Re: Ctein on Photoshop CC

2013-06-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-06-12 19:06, Larry Colen wrote: Our local costco carries it. Zab picked up a flat of it before the party this weekend. For non-Coke products, if you get the Throwback versions, they're made with sugar. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver

Re: Grandfather Mountain 2013

2013-06-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-06-11 19:25, Kenneth Waller wrote: I didn't say snoring Dave. One of these days, I'm at least going to get close enough to the GFM NPW that I can hear the snoring. Of course, I only have to get about five miles into South Carolina (from Atlanta) for that. If I make it, you

Re: Ctein on Photoshop CC

2013-06-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-06-11 19:24, Bill wrote: On 11/06/2013 11:25 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: On 6/5/2013 6:21 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bill wrote: One wonders if Adobe hired all the ex Pentax marketing people that lost their jobs when Ricoh bought out Pentax. I'm working on an article for my own blog about

Re: OT Photoshop CC spurs competitive market for Photoshop, replacement

2013-05-19 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-05-19 19:17, P.J. Alling wrote: On 5/8/2013 3:56 AM, David Mann wrote: On May 8, 2013, at 4:45 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Not to mention what are you going to do if the FBI decides Adobe's cloud is the new Megaupload? Adobe's pockets are probably deep enough that

Re: OT - This is Why Your Pictures Suck

2013-05-19 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-05-18 19:02, David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:53 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com Btw did Shel write that? Double HAR My pictures suck because I don't shoot enough, and, when I do, I don't pay proper attention to learning from my own mistakes. -- Doug Lefty Franklin

Re: Long ago and far away . . .

2013-05-13 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-05-13 22:41, Stan Halpin wrote: http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h5f467bc0#h5f467bc0 Very nice. But I'm kinda partial to cows. I might consider taking a little off the left and the top, but it might change the composition too much. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing

Re: OT: Drive question.

2013-04-29 Thread Doug Franklin
Try safe boot and chkdsk? -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- 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

Re: OT: Drive question.

2013-04-29 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-04-29 20:24, P.J. Alling wrote: I don't know if you can count the PC Jr as any kind of influence since the few who ever bought one denied ever owning one, and it was more expensive than a number of full featured PC clones available at the time so who'd even want one. We sold the piss

Re: What are the shortcomings of your gear?

2013-04-15 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-04-15 4:12, Larry Colen wrote: What photos are you losing because your gear isn't performing well enough, or because it doesn't have a feature that you need? And in what situations does this present itself? If there is a work around, what do you need to do to get the shot? The two

Re: Posting photos of street art can get you arrested

2013-04-09 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-04-09 14:56, John Sessoms wrote: Looking back, I can't believe that my High School Trig course never once mentioned that Sine, Cosine and Tangent are all based on the relationship of the sides of a triangle. That would have made it so easy. Holy Crap! I can't believe that, either!

Re: Posting photos of street art can get you arrested

2013-04-08 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-04-08 19:58, Rob Studdert wrote: OK, in my school day (only around 30 years ago) parenthesis in math were only applied in the case where the operational order would otherwise have been ambiguous [...] Same here. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook

Re: Insuring your photo gear...

2013-03-08 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-03-08 19:18, steve harley wrote: went back to State Farm, and they both raised their quote and raised the deductible (from $500 to $1000); i wasn't thrilled with State Farm, but i am still with them; i will never do business with American Family again My personal rule is to never make

Re: Insuring your photo gear...

2013-03-06 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-03-06 21:06, Darren Addy wrote: I'd like to be insured against theft and also equipment damage in the case of an accident. (I take a camera bag back and forth with me to work almost every day). Is there something special that I must do to get this covered under my homeowner's policy and

Re: Odd Vendor for Pentax Lens

2013-03-05 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-03-05 17:53, J.C. O'Connell wrote: http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12643721utm_source=SH OPutm_campaign=productutm_medium=CSE Wow! They've got a surprising selection of lenses, but few bodies. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org

Re: Update on Kodak agony

2013-03-04 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-03-04 8:53, Igor Roshchin wrote: ... if somebody cares, Kodak files a plan for emergency from Chapter 11: http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=194171 With this much of regular loss, I am surprised it is not dead yet. Cue Monty Python's Dead Parrot sketch or the Bring out your dead

Re: OT: Central Park

2013-03-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-03-02 16:52, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://themetapicture.com/aerial-view-of-central-park/ That's very cool, Dan. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: RIP: Bran Everseeking

2013-03-01 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-02-28 19:36, Paul Stenquist wrote: Bran Everseeking of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, whose given name was Thomas Dunbar, passed away today from a heart attack. Bran hung around these parts from time to time. He was a man who embraced many causes and seemed to be genuinely kind and

Re: Writing is hard

2013-03-01 Thread Doug Franklin
From: Mark Roberts For those who don't know I'm in the midst of writing my own Photoshop textbook for the classes I teach. Oh, crap. Please don't be one of /those/ guys. We used to call any class in which the instructor wrote the text a Read along with Larry class, for reasons that should

Writing is Hard

2013-03-01 Thread Doug Franklin
Good Heavens, folks, it sounds like some nerves got stomped on with that one. It seems to me (for the comprehension impaired, that means I'm about to state an opinion) that, like anything artistic, and many things not, it's an individual experience. If you require a definition for the phrase

Re: Writing is hard

2013-03-01 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-03-01 23:11, Mark Roberts wrote: In fact, I'm writing the book to cover the things I *don't* want to have to talk about in class. So we can get on with the other stuff. That's great to hear. That's not typical of my experiences, though, as you might imagine from my earlier post. :-)

Re: Windows 8 is Horseshit.

2013-02-22 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-02-22 0:51, Larry Colen wrote: Microsoft is trying to make a UI that will work on both tablets and desktops. What it will get is something that doesn't work well on either. That is exactly what they got. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook

OT: Way, /way/ OT: VCS/SCM Systems

2013-02-15 Thread Doug Franklin
OK, this is kinda a long shot, I suspect, but I'll throw it out there. Do any of you folks have experience with the Fossil configuration management system (or others, what the heck)? I'm trying to move up from local and client/server SCM solutions to distributed ones. For really small

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-13 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-02-12 15:57, DagT wrote: That would be the A*85 f/1.4. The worn exterior reminds me that it was my favorite lens for almost 15 years, and the glass is still nice because of the UV filter I used and changes when it was to full of dirt and scratches. For me it would be the FA* 200/2.8

Re: At least they didn't shoot me

2013-02-05 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2013-02-05 2:14, Larry Colen wrote: I, once again, point out that it's very easy to be cooperative when six people are pointing guns at you. Probably not required, but MARK!. :-) -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy

Re: OT- Instagram now has right to sell your photos...

2012-12-18 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-12-18 22:00, Bob W wrote: It becomes a war of attrition as these greedy bastards do their damndest to fuck the ordinary people every which way in pursuit of their filthy lucre. Preach on, brother, preach on. Time tested techniques on display there. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver

Re: OT- Instagram now has right to sell your photos...

2012-12-18 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-12-18 22:17, John Sessoms wrote: The essential difference between Fascism Communism is that under Fascism the government tells the people what to do and under Communism the people are told what to do by the government. I've long been under the impression that, at least as practiced

Re: OT- Instagram now has right to sell your photos...

2012-12-18 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-12-18 22:33, Tom C wrote: LOL Bob. Unfortunately. You may very well be right. Just look at the 'rights' we implicitly have waved by using the internet, smart phones, and GPS, It's a gradual slide into having no or little individual rights. I've seen a commentary or two lately that

Re: OT- Instagram now has right to sell your photos...

2012-12-18 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-12-18 23:23, Tom C wrote: In what way I ask. There's certainly much I don't know. Are you referring to the concept of personal privacy or the state of personal privacy (i.e. the ease with which it can be invaded and trampled upon)? I understand privacy can be invaded in any number of

Re: OT- Instagram now has right to sell your photos...

2012-12-18 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-12-18 23:53, Tom C wrote: When I wrote clandestinely track them, I meant the ability to, or to back-trace an individual, were the desire to do so arise. If you're on the internet, or have a cell phone, you're almost certainly trackable. Almost because you can do those things and

Re: OT: Anyone know how to extract records from an old btrieve database?

2012-12-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-12-12 18:05, Bruce Walker wrote: Can't help with Btrieve specifics, but this sort of thing is why I always keep an instance of WinXP (and also Win98SE, a Linux or two, etc.) in VMware, ready to fire up. Install cranky old app; do crufty thing; restore VM back to checkpoint to get rid of

Re: Files reduced in size when attached to email

2012-12-09 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-12-09 11:35, Eric Weir wrote: I've discovered that large-ish jpg files---740 KB---are significantly reduced in size---10K---when attached to and sent with an email message. Is this normal? Is there any way it can be avoided? Where do you see the difference in the attached file? Has

Re: Long Exposure Rule of Thumb

2012-12-09 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-12-09 12:58, Bob W wrote: That seems to make sense - 100:6400 = 1:60 as near as dammit So, do digital sensors not suffer reciprocity failure, or not to the extent that film does? -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by

Re: Totally OT - philosophical question (Was: Structural engineering question)

2012-10-24 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-10-24 16:28, Bob Sullivan wrote: If it doesn't fit, get a bigger hammer... If it doesn't fit, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing, anyway. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Totally OT - philosophical question (Was: Structural engineering question)

2012-10-24 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-10-24 16:49, Larry Colen wrote: On Oct 24, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2012-10-24 16:28, Bob Sullivan wrote: If it doesn't fit, get a bigger hammer... If it doesn't fit, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing, anyway. Doug doesn't need a torque wrench, he just

Re: OT: Consumer Reports

2012-10-01 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-10-01 20:44, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: We did double-blind AB testing and 8 out of 10 listeners couldn't tell the difference... Odds are that's 100% truth. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML

Re: copyright small claims court

2012-10-01 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-10-01 20:58, Mark Roberts wrote: Excellent. And long overdue. Excellent, long overdue, and 100% probability of being ruined by Congress before becoming law. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML

Re: OT: WinXP boot problems.

2012-10-01 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-10-02 1:32, P. J. Alling wrote: OK I'm at my wits end on this. After installing an update to my Laptop the machine won't boot. Well not quite anyway. It goes through post and then stops at a blinking curser on a blank black screen. So I built a slipstream recovery disk with the

Re: iPhone 5--sheesh!

2012-09-28 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-28 23:44, Miserere wrote: It's called Verizon Backup Assistant Plus. Free up to 500MB, beyond that there's a charge. It backs up media files, documents and contacts. Just be aware that Backup Assistant is not equal to Backup Assistant Plus. I've been backing up my contacts and

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-25 20:41, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Never tried a pipe. Nor a ~good~ cigar. Smoked cheap cigars and I always found them nasty. Cheap cigars suck. Expensive cigars suck, too, but you're less willing to admit it due to the amount of cash you spent for the stinky thing. --

Re: OT: High Performance Laptops

2012-09-17 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-16 22:58, Tom C wrote: Thanks for that reminder. I've noticed that as well when it comes to text. I'm thinking, hoping, I won't experience similar issues with images however. Font sizes are configurable on all the GUIs I've used. Most also let you choose the size of the icons

Re: Anybody got a line on an inexpensive ring flash?

2012-09-17 Thread Doug Franklin
How about one of these, http://www.bellparts.com/enlarge/495572/ and one of these, http://www.frys.com/product/5351708 plus a pair of 9V batteries, a switch, and some wire ... and probably some duct tape, somewhere along the line. Or Shoe Goo. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing

Re: OT Nik acquired by Google

2012-09-17 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-17 16:20, Darren Addy wrote: Saw stats today that Google+ has passed 400 million registered users (but only 1 in 4 is considered an active user). I wouldn't consider myself in that active class, but I am registered. From what I understand, from a photographer's standpoint, Google+ is

Re: OT: High Performance Laptops

2012-09-16 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-16 3:26, David Mann wrote: IMHO I think it's pretty marginal. When I used to upgrade my desktops I'd need a new motherboard to upgrade the CPU. Then I'd find that the memory slots have changed, the graphics slot has changed, the power supply connection has changed and so on. So

Re: OT: As a former pro wedding photographer...

2012-09-13 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-13 10:48, Darren Addy wrote: ... (who never wants to do another wedding, BTW) this still makes me throw-up in my mouth a little bit: http://content.photojojo.com/tips/how-to-shoot-a-wedding-on-your-phone/ Offer to shoot my wedding with a phone, and I'll offer to shoot you with,

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-13 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-13 8:51, Bruce Walker wrote: The low effective transfer rate and high latency make sending real-time RAWs impractical for me though. I think the puny CPU in the chip can't handle efficient TCP/IP so it takes 15 seconds or more to send a single K20D RAW (8 Mb) and a K-5 RAW would be

Re: I think my bigma may be wonky

2012-09-13 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-13 17:54, Larry Colen wrote: I suspect that it is out of alignment, I wonder what it would cost to repair? All I can offer is an anecdote, Larry. I got the Sigma APO 400/5.6 Macro about a year after it was discontinued, at a get it out of our inventory sale. I'd had it a year

Re: OT Posterior vitreous detachment

2012-09-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-12 1:11, Joseph McAllister wrote: Why did it take so long to attain that, as an average? According to a class I took years ago, the answer is infant mortality. IIRC, the professor claimed that if, in 1776, you ignored the deaths of those less than either six or ten years old in

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-12 19:12, Bruce Walker wrote: I don't think this is yet practical. Assuming the camera has built-in Verizon 4G LTE, and you shoot 400 RAWs in one outing, your camera will be pushing files up to the cloud for more than 50 minutes. I'd be happy enough with 802.11b/g, or especially

Re: OT: High Performance Laptops

2012-09-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-11 1:25, Tom C wrote: I'd like an i7 CPU. I can't tell the difference between the various versions of it. Yeah I see the minor differences in speed and cache, but in real noticeable terms what does that mean? Is it worth $200 or $500 for a different version? I suspect not. It's not

Re: OT: High Performance Laptops

2012-09-10 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-10 12:31, Igor Roshchin wrote: I have it on my Fujitsu laptop, and it works well as long as you can be consistent with moving your finger. Everyone should be aware that the software for some of the fingerprint readers does some very stupid things, like leaving your password,

Re: OT: High Performance Laptops

2012-09-10 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-10 18:23, Darren Addy wrote: Not a lot to input here, but I think the most important considerations should be: CPU horsepower (i7), maximum RAM (and I'd load it up, preferably 16GB minimum), and connectivity [...] I disagree, to a point. In his shoes, I'd get less CPU, more RAM,

Re: SEB Fall Marathon 2012 in Tallinn

2012-09-09 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-09 11:01, Bruce Walker wrote: I'm really struck by the brightness and colour in these. Reminds me of Bulgaria ... very brightly painted houses and other buildings. Gives the towns an almost festive air year round. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org

Re: Peso, eyes front

2012-09-09 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-09 11:49, David J Brooks wrote: Franks tattoo shot prompted me to submit this for approval. http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/7963255892/in/photostream I like the way the earrings peeking out from under her hair sort of mirror the eyes tat on her back. Must be a teacher. --

Re: Peso: My Yard

2012-09-08 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-08 13:26, John Sessoms wrote: At least with dogs there's no question about who is owner who is owned. There's no question with cats, either, it's just reversed from the answer with dogs. :-) -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-07 11:20, Ann Sanfedele wrote: any recommendations for a monitor? I'm running XP on a dell dimension C521 - thank goodness i have a PC Richards credit card (only one I have) If you can find one that's 1080p, take a look at the LCD TVs in the size that interests you. I've been

Re: PESO - R.I.P. The Divine Ms. P.

2012-09-01 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-08-31 18:13, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Gonna miss her like heck. So sorry about your loss, Frank. I know about missing them. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-30 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-08-30 3:03, Joseph McAllister wrote: Anyway, my recollection is that TrueType was a method of minutely smoothing what was once lumpy pixels. As opposed to Adobe's vector drawing formula. It's been so long since I had to even think about it. Ya gotta let go of some of what you knew to

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-27 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-08-27 6:19, Joseph McAllister wrote: TS TK NOFORN. I know what TS and NOFORN are, but what's TK? -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: You don't have to be terribly visionary to see where, still photography is going...

2012-08-24 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-08-24 5:54, John Sessoms wrote: Don't forget Death by PowerPoint. http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/ -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Kodak sells Personal Imaging Division

2012-08-24 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-08-24 8:30, Bruce Walker wrote: While I can't dispute his other points about film being beloved and all, Olivier Laurent's claim: The resolution is still a thousand times higher than most digital cameras can offer so long as a good scanner is used. ... is questionable at best and

Re: Peso, thirty years ago, today.......

2012-08-15 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-08-15 7:05, David J Brooks wrote: I would if i could only remember it.:-) It was thirty (twenty) years ago today, Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play ... Congratulations! -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy --

Embedded Programming

2012-07-23 Thread Doug Franklin
Just for giggles, anyone on the list interested in playing with Arduino stuff? I've got one running a 9-axis position/rate capture system. I'm trying to get GPS working with it, but either I'm an idiot or I have a broken integration or a broken GPS receiver. But I'll fix it ... or

Re: PESO - I Get aDrink

2012-06-20 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-06-20 19:34, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: In order to be brainwashed doesn't one need a brain? A brain, at least an operational one, ironically enough, is an impediment to brainwashing. Usually, anyway. :-) -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook

Re: Ponytails For Decency -- I get more complaints

2012-06-20 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-06-20 19:40, John Sessoms wrote: Some people just don't have any sense of proportion. Some people are born jackasses. Some people find themselves in that position and decide that it's not extreme enough, so they invest huge amounts of money to become even better at it, at which

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