Re: PESO: the last flower

2024-04-18 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 18.04.24 um 20:05 schrieb Henk Terhell:
Magnolia is a nicely shaped tree. Unfortunately the white to pink 
flowers last only a few weeks in spring.


...and their petals are a PITA to remove from the driveway and the lawn. 
My mother's neighbour had one and she passionately hated it. The whole 
mess always landed on her side. :-)


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Re: PESO: Calais Plage (2007)

2024-03-30 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 30.03.24 um 22:21 schrieb Henk Terhell:

No doubt that the pointing sign for the toilets is also no longer there.


Indeed. Replaced by a single one of those new-fangled fully automatic 
self-cleaning cabins. One for the entire eastern half of the beach.


OTOH, there's a genuine Banksy on the other side of the lifequards' 
building:


https://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2015/12/banksy-was-here.html

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PESO: Calais Plage (2007)

2024-03-30 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

From the days when there were still phone boxes...

https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/calais-plage-2007-fotoralfbe/48196595

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PESO: Cherry blossom at the blast furnace plant

2024-03-28 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

This year's Easter holiday will again be a virtual one.

Second day: Cherry blossom at the Saint Gobain blast furnace plant in 
Pont à Mousson, France.


https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/kirschbluete-am-hochofen-2007-fotoralfbe/48194350

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PESO: Morning Wood

2024-03-27 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/morning-wood-fotoralfbe/48192393

As always, comments and suggestions are most welcome. Enjoy.

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Re: OT: Richard Sandler

2024-03-27 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 26.03.24 um 22:14 schrieb John Sessoms:
This URL might work. It's "archive.today", which people can take 
"snapshots" of articles that might be pay-walled somewhere.



The Guardian doesn't have a paywall. None at all.

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Re: Got myself a new lens

2024-03-14 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 14.03.24 um 22:45 schrieb Mark Roberts:

...I went for a
weather-sealed lens, the DA 55-300.
Bought one, years ago, and love it to bits. Great handling and quality 
if you stay away from the very long end (i.e. 270 mm and up).


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Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 05.03.24 um 00:08 schrieb Bill:
That would make it's usage identical to probably 95% of all cameras 
ever sold.


Right enough.

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Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 04.03.24 um 21:16 schrieb Marco Alpert:

I guess my question on this is how long these theoretical young folks will continue 
to find waiting anywhere from a few days to a week to even see what they’ve shot 
“fun"


My guess would be as long as they take to find the next new big thing. 
This isn't about value or usability. It's about spontaneity, as in 
spontaneously spending money for the next craze.


As long as this camera keeps them happy for, say, half a year or 4 rolls 
of film until it ends up in a drawer with all their other no longer 
fashionable gadgets, it certainly will fit the bill.


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Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 04.03.24 um 19:38 schrieb Stanley Halpin:

I had “2 to 3 Minox 35…” I remember for sure it was at least 2. I had one, it 
was fine, a newer model was introduced with some feature that intrigued me, I 
think the camera store gave me a trade-in discount when I bought the 2nd.


Ah, I see. The 35GT had a certain notoriety for shutter failures. Mine 
was a present to my father from his colleagues when he retired. I still 
have it complete with the original box, the docs and the little flash unit.


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Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 04.03.24 um 16:06 schrieb Stanley Halpin:

I had 2-3 different Minox 35 GT 35mm cameras many years ago.


2 to 3 because they kept failing? My 35GT has been repaired a few times 
because of shutter probs until I eventually gave up on it.


Still, a lovely little camera and capable of great results if it 
happened to work properly. It's sitting on my retired cameras shrine.


Here's a photo I took with it:

https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/fuehrerstandsmitfahrten-fotoralfbe/44923299

Wish I had something digitlal with the same dimensions and picture quality.

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Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 04.03.24 um 10:53 schrieb Bob W PDML:

Making the camera square would do away with that. In fact using a square 
negative 24x24 would give you 54 frames per roll.


But it wouldn't look like what those youngsters expect a film camera to 
look like.



In the video he talks about using zone focusing on the camera.


The only times I ever see this term is when people describe the way the 
Horizon panoramic camera is focussed or rather isn't. It has no 
focussing control. Instead it's fix-focussed somehere mid-distance 
between here and infinity and you have to stop down to get whatever you 
want to be sharp into focus.


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Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-03 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 03.03.24 um 18:39 schrieb Doug Brewer:

Grain is indeed part of the allure.


In an earlier life, I used to shoot expired Tri X at 3200 and process it 
in Diafine, mostly because it was cheap and simple. You don't get much 
grainier than that.


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Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-03 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 03.03.24 um 18:29 schrieb Bill:
I was quite surprised that it is a vertical half frame, but the logic 
behind that decision is that a vertical format is what the target 
market is already comfortable with.


Making it a horizontal half frame would mean transporting the film from 
top to bottom and a very odd shape of the camera.


There has apparently been a market for vertical frame cameras long 
before mobile phone photography. Remember those 645 rangefinders from 
Bronica (or Mamiya) in the late 80s or 90s?


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Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-03 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 03.03.24 um 16:16 schrieb Bob W PDML:

Yes. You’re not part of the target market. It’s aimed at young people who are 
using it for fun.


If shooting grainy photos is fun then let them have it. :-)

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Re: PESO Leci n'est pas une Magritte

2024-02-11 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 11.02.24 um 03:44 schrieb Larry Colen:

Sometimes my sense of humor amuses me
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/53521668513/in/album-72177720314703860/


Great and well seen.

Here's one I did, years ago:
https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/magritte-meets-code-de-la-route-fotoralfbe/46076093

The sign says "Attention. This isn't a roundabout".

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Re: February PUG is up

2024-02-10 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 10.02.24 um 13:14 schrieb Alan C:

The "Cow" fooled me too.
A hybrid? The first step to what the Germans call an egg-laying 
wool-milk-sow?


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Re: Last Call - February PUG

2024-02-06 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 03.02.24 um 12:08 schrieb Brian Walters:

Hi all

I'll be closing submissions on Monday evening 5 January, Sydney time.


Missed that. Is there still a chance to hop on the train?

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Re: PESOs (5) - Fisheye Fun NEW LINK

2024-02-06 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 06.02.24 um 04:54 schrieb Paul Sorenson:
They're all colorful and interesting but the piano keyboard, I think, 
is the most striking.



+1

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Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-22 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 22.01.24 um 00:08 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi:

S … All this discussion of GPS equipped cameras … I'm curious: Why do we 
need GPS location information in our photographs?


Now, that's an easy one...

Whenever I'm looking for a photo of a particular place or subject to 
accompany one of my blog posts, I can do so using the GPS data. Michael 
has written me a clever little utility that will display a map where I 
can zoom into the wanted area and it will show me the thumbnails of all 
photos taken there. Makes my life a whole lot easier.


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Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-20 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 20.01.24 um 21:30 schrieb Larry Colen:

I recently picked up one of these for my bike rides.  It does a nice job of 
logging my rides and doesn't wear my phone batteries down the way trying to use 
the phone GPS apps does.
https://ride.lezyne.com/products/mega-xl-gps

It would be wonderful if I could somehow sync the location data with my photos 
in lightroom.


I use a software called HoudahGeo on my Mac to tag the photos. I'm sure 
there is something comparable for Windows.


Have a look here:

https://alternativeto.net/software/houdahgeo/

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Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-20 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 20.01.24 um 11:02 I wrote:
I've been using a portable Garmin device that I carry (or rather 
drive) along to record my itinerary.


There were/are also the so-called GPS mice, e.g. the XAiOX iTrackU, 
small and light-weight devices the size of a mini mouse, logging your 
itinerary for later automated tagging of your photos back home. Put one 
in your pocket and forget about it while you shoot with just any camera.


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Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-20 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 20.01.24 um 10:37 schrieb Henk Terhell:
For me it is incomprehensible that all smartphones have GPS but most 
DSLRs and mirrorless not.


Might have something to do with battery life, but I'm just guessing.

I've been using a portable Garmin device that I carry (or rather drive) 
along to record my itinerary.


https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/300-kmh-fotoralfbe/44788113

Back at home, photos and GPS data are combined in Houdah Geo. Has been 
working perfectly for many years and it can be used to tag my audio 
recordings as well. Besides, the track data can be viewed in Google Earth.


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Re: Impressed again

2024-01-19 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 19.01.24 um 02:38 schrieb Mark Roberts:

During our recent trip to Amsterdam and Bruges (got home on Monday) I
used just one lens the whole time: The old FA*28-70 f/2.8 (on the
K-1). And having looked through most of the images I'm stunned once
again at how good a lens that is.


So, where are the photos?

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Re: January PUG is up

2024-01-08 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 08.01.24 um 11:55 schrieb Brian Walters:

Enjoy the gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/


Yet another great gallery. With all the trouble while I was unsubscribed 
I had totally forgotten to post something.


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Re: Weather

2024-01-06 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 06.01.24 um 20:51 schrieb Doug Brewer:
Guess it depends on the 35mm-class equipment you mean. I've done a 
number of shoots in raging thunderstorms with nary a hiccup. Both my 
K3 and K1 have powered through.


Same here. K7, K5, K3 mostly on the North Sea cost, in storm, rain, 
sleet and snow, frost, drifting sand, what have you... Never a prob.


Three days after I got my K7, one of our cats decided to throw up on my 
shiny new camera plus lens in the middle of the night. By morning, all 
of it had seeped into every nook and cranny and most of it had dried. 
What to do? Those were the days when Pentax still had their own customer 
service in Hamburg. Gave them a quick call. Could I clean it under 
running water? "You don't have much choice, do you? But keep the lens on."


Cat and camera survived without any lasting damage.

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Re: Cotty's Channel

2024-01-02 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 02.01.24 um 20:06 schrieb Steve Cottrell:
| New videos twice a month - have <>a look and if it's something you 
might be interested in, by all means do subscribe.


Just subscribed as #89 and will have a closer look later.

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Re: Amsterdam and Bruges!

2023-12-31 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 31.12.23 um 19:30 schrieb Mark Roberts:

3 days. We have time before and after in Amsterdam.


You might want to spend one day in Bruges and then get down to Zeebrugge 
and catch the famous coastal tramway, actually the world's longest tram 
line. Take it towards De Panne and step off at De Haan and Ostend. Much 
nicer places than the tourist-overrun Bruges.


Have a look at my fotocommunity account, linked below. Lots of photos of 
the tram and the area.


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Re: GESO: The virtual xmas hols

2023-12-31 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 31.12.23 um 18:20 schrieb Ralf R Radermacher:
Again, no chance of Xmas holidays in Dunkirk this year. So, another 
year of photos from the same days on previous years. Start here...


https://www.fotocommunity.de/photo/dunkerque-en-fte-2010-fotoralfbe/47948989 




Better use...

https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/dunkerque-en-fte-2010-fotoralfbe/47948989

So, you'll have English menus and navigation.

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Re: Amsterdam and Bruges!

2023-12-31 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 31.12.23 um 18:14 schrieb Mark Roberts:

Heading out on a trip at the end of the week. As the subject line
suggests, the destinations are Amsterdam and Bruges. Any suggestions
for specific things to add to our itinerary would be most welcome.


How much time will you be having in Bruges?

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GESO: The virtual xmas hols

2023-12-31 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Again, no chance of Xmas holidays in Dunkirk this year. So, another year 
of photos from the same days on previous years. Start here...


https://www.fotocommunity.de/photo/dunkerque-en-fte-2010-fotoralfbe/47948989

...and then click on the arrow left of the photos to get to the rest.

As always, your comments and suggestions...

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I'm back

2023-12-31 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Companies like GMX are fine while everything works, but heaven help us 
if it doesn't. They're unreachable and if yousicceed in contacting the 
they won't reply.


So, I've given up on them and I'm back with a new account. Just im time 
to wish you alle the best for the new year.


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Re: PESO: Hélène

2023-11-22 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 22.11.23 um 11:22 schrieb mike wilson:

No wonder she can't fly.


...and needs that big bollard to sit on.

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PESO: Hélène

2023-11-19 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

...on her favourite bollard in the port of Boulogne. There, she has
everything in sight, especially the chip shop on the other side, just in
case somehone might drop something.

https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/helene-fotoralfbe/47872402

Enjoy
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Re: PUG themes for 2014

2023-11-18 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 18.11.23 um 10:36 schrieb bria...@lyons-ryan.org:

Here's a list of suggested themes.  Please pick your LEAST favoured ones.


Best of 2023

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Re: PESO: porcelain fungus

2023-11-16 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 15.11.23 um 22:48 schrieb Henk Terhell:

Today I finally saw the first group of porcelain fungus in this mushroom
season.
Here my first attempt with a stack of 9:
https://flic.kr/p/2pfZGGA


Brilliant!

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Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-10 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 09.11.23 um 17:10 schrieb Stanley Halpin:

Ralf - thank you for asking about Henk’s graphic/verbal puzzle! I was pleased 
to learn something new from his reply.


You're welcome. :-)

Moreover, it seems I woke them all up as there hadn't been a single
comment about the gallery until I did.

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Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 09.11.23 um 09:04 schrieb Henk Terhell:


(Maybe I'm obsessed about taking pictures of butterflies.)


Certainly one of the more positive obsessions as long as you don't
neglect the mushroom pictures. :-)

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Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 08.11.23 um 23:36 schrieb John Sessoms:

If you don't have something topical you can still post an image for the
"open gallery".


Nothing wrong with that and it's a really fine image. I was just
wondering if, as we say here. I was standing on the hose.

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Re: November PUG is up

2023-11-08 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 07.11.23 um 22:17 schrieb Brian W:

G'day all

A small gallery this month - see it here:

http://pug.komkon.org/


Small but excellent. Still trying to figure out the link to shipping in
Henk's photo...

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Re: OT: System Renewal

2023-10-30 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 30.10.23 um 23:36 schrieb Comcast:

I bought a Mac Mini M2 Pro with much more processing power than my old iMac.


I've bought a Mac Studio M1 last year and I'm a very happy camper.

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Re: Geso. latest forest bath walk

2023-10-25 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 25.10.23 um 17:13 schrieb David J Brooks:

Trail is about 15 min from my place


What a beautiful series.

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Re: PESO: mushroom time!

2023-10-17 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 17.10.23 um 09:24 schrieb Henk Terhell:

It is hard work at present to catch up with the variety of mushrooms
shooting out of the ground.
Here are just a few results of my efforts:


Amazing, absolutely amazing. Thanks for sharing.

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Re: 23q3 faves

2023-10-10 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 10.10.23 um 06:14 schrieb Larry Colen:

Here's a rather small quarterly "best of" set.


Yet, a nice one it is. I like the donkeys best.

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Re: October PUG is up

2023-10-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 09.10.23 um 15:19 schrieb Alan C:

Thanks, Ralf. I thought of that after fruitlessly spending a couple of
days looking for a spectacular wild flower (Veldblommetjie).


Same here, even more so, as flowers etc, aren't my usual subject. All I
had was pre-Pentax.

In the end I decided that moss is also a plant... ;-)


The seasons seem to be totally confused!


Y'a plus de saisons, as they say in France. There are no seasons anymore.

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Re: October PUG is up

2023-10-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 07.10.23 um 05:50 schrieb Brian W:

G'day all

Enjoy the new gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/


...and what a rousing success it is. ;-)

Not a single comment.

Methinks Alan's still-life really steals the show.

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Re: PESO 2023 - Walking (262-268) - GDG

2023-10-05 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 04.10.23 um 17:55 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi:

As I contemplate where I am going with my photo efforts, I made a few more 
photos on my walk the other day.

Surfacing - Santa Clara 2023 :: https://flic.kr/p/2p72cSH


The very opposite of my kind of photography, but I like it just the same.

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Re: Ann-San

2023-10-01 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 01.10.23 um 02:03 schrieb ann sanfedele:

Right where I am it was not a big problem...


Always good to know that you're well and safe.

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Re: Good find today (not Pentax)

2023-09-30 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 30.09.23 um 17:55 schrieb Mark Roberts:

John Francis wrote:


On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 05:18:50PM +0100, Bob W PDML wrote:

???

On 29 Sep 2023, at 00:52, John Sessoms  wrote:

???[???] I don't even think the hole is still there in the wall. [???]


I looked on street view- the hole???s still there, but the wall has gone. It 
looks a bit like Blackburn, Lancashire.


Well, at least the holes are rather small ...


But someone had to count them all.


4000, at the last count.

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Re: Good find today (not Pentax)

2023-09-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 29.09.23 um 01:52 schrieb John Sessoms:


Bought it from a hole-in-the-wall independent...


That's what exactly? The only hole in the wall I know is a ATM.

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Re: PESO: Man in the Moon

2023-09-19 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 19.09.23 um 17:37 schrieb Paul Stenquist:

A phone shot of the man in the moon.
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w09a2ijewx9rmh1afud38/moon.jpg?rlkey=kj039zllibgkkvj4ajes8utss=0


Must be the dark side. ;-)

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Re: PESO: Some shots just after dawn

2023-09-16 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 16.09.23 um 04:23 schrieb Rick Womer:

Excellent, Henk, especially the third one, which could inspire a painting.


You can say that again. ;-)

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Re: PESO: Some shots just after dawn

2023-09-15 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 15.09.23 um 20:17 schrieb Henk Terhell:


It was a pleasant experience as I ended up with a few shots of roe deer in
the morning light:


Proficiat and thanks for showing.

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Re: GESO - Mercer Museum

2023-09-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 09.09.23 um 18:16 schrieb Rick Womer:

Yesterday we took a trip to Doylestown, a well-preserved town incorporated in 
1838, about an hour west of Philly.


A most peculiar place indeed.

What do you call the guy in the third and fifth photo? It would be a
Kasper in German or a Guignol in French.

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Re: Photos from the latest trip

2023-09-06 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 06.09.23 um 22:29 schrieb Mark Roberts:

We got home two days ago and have almost overcome the jet lag. I've
managed to put up a gallery of photos from our bicycle trip across
Austria and the Czech Republic.


If that trip was as good as the photos I really envy you.

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Re: PANO: East & West Bankers

2023-09-06 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 06.09.23 um 13:01 schrieb Alan C:

On Saturday, I was
sitting in my car at the North end when 2 herds arrived simultaneously
on opposite sides to drink. I took 5 shots to make a Pano.


You really live in an interesting place. Having elephants at the zoo
just isn't the same.

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Re: OT: Guardian - Photos from South-East London

2023-08-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 29.08.23 um 13:16 schrieb Bob W PDML:


There’s a lot of money around there.


So, let everybody have enough money and the world will be a nicer place.

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Re: OT: Guardian - Photos from South-East London

2023-08-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 29.08.23 um 13:01 schrieb Bob W PDML:


The people tend to be wealthy, artistically inclined, secure and confident 
enough not to be wary of the camera but to be aware of photography and often to 
play up to it.


Sounds like a street photographers paradise while the rest of the world
becomes more hellish every day.

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OT: Guardian - Photos from South-East London

2023-08-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Just found this series of photos by one Josh Edgoose in today's online
edition of The Guardian and thought Bob W and a few others might like them:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/aug/29/like-an-alien-world-the-banks-of-the-river-thames-and-beyond-in-pictures

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Re: Some snaps from Colorado

2023-08-10 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 10.08.23 um 02:06 schrieb Mark Roberts:

We're flying back home tomorrow after a week in Colorado. I've posted
a few shots from our adventures.


Well done. Thanks for showing.

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Re: August PUG is Up

2023-08-10 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 10.08.23 um 02:16 schrieb Mark Roberts:


We can always count on Ralf for a great photo. THis one looks kind of
like a real-life Mondrian.


Thanks, but the other photos are all great as well.

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Re: August PUG is Up

2023-08-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 09.08.23 um 18:26 schrieb David J Brooks:

Another well done gallery


It is indeed.

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Re: August PUG is Up

2023-08-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 09.08.23 um 15:57 schrieb ann sanfedele:

Enjoy I did.. Really interesting and nicely keeping the theme..  Like
'em all but I avhe to say ralf's knocked my socks off..


Thanks, Ann.

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Re: Plane, Train and not a Dodge Challenger

2023-07-27 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 27.07.23 um 19:09 schrieb Larry Colen:


Riverbeds seem to be pretty good at clearing themselves during floods.


Sure. If all else fails they're always ready to enlarge on the theme...

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Re: Plane, Train and not a Dodge Challenger

2023-07-27 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 27.07.23 um 09:15 schrieb Larry Colen:

I'm posting this album mostly for the silly bit of play on a movie title

Though some appreciate the photo of a pusher just outside of San Berdoo


I certainly do. There are far too few railway shots on here.

But they might want to clear that riverbed before the next flood.

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Re: LrC and travel

2023-07-26 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 26.07.23 um 18:05 schrieb Toine:

I use Lr on my notebook during travel. It syncs the raw files to the cloud.
I can edit everything. Back at home I run LrC which syncs the raw files and
I continue in LrC


Works fine as long as your internet access while travelling is fast
enough. I wouldn't have to rely on it in Dunkirk, so I travel with an
external USB drive for daily backups.

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Re: geso, mombird with bonus sleeping babies

2023-07-23 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 23.07.23 um 20:14 schrieb Larry Colen:

I heard some peeps from outside the kitchen door, I went to look and Mombird 
just flew a short distance away, and was uncharacteristically cooperative.  I 
got a few photos with my phone, then was able to get the K-3iii with the 
18-270, then she stayed there long enough for me to get some photos with the 
bigma.


Wow. Great shots.

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Re: Lightroom requires a TB??

2023-07-19 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 19.07.23 um 12:22 schrieb Steve Cottrell:

The paid version is about 300 USD and then all future upgrades are included.


So they say. Until they decide it won't be any longer.

Just got a message from the author of TwistedWave saying he's changing
to a thinly veiled subscription system that costs three times as much
per year as what I paid initially for the original version.

Happens all the time for all kinds of software now.

With the selection of software I use regularly, this easily adds up to
hundreds of euros per year. Sorry, folks, that's just what our
...censored... health insurance went up this year (yet again!).

I run a translation business, not a mint.

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Re: Lightroom requires a TB??

2023-07-18 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 18.07.23 um 18:55 schrieb Larry Colen:


I'm also interested in Darktable, which has the big advantage that it will also 
run on Linux.


I've tried it, about a year ago, and to me it's something like the
proverbial horse designed by a committee. Or a software made by and for
mathematicians.

I've never quite understood their peculiar RAW developing logic. It's
said to be derived from colour correcting cine film or some such. Goes
far beyond me.

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Re: Lightroom requires a TB??

2023-07-18 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 18.07.23 um 17:02 schrieb Bill:


I'd like a Maserati, but I can't afford it. Does this give me the right
to steal one?


Certainly not. But after you've legally bought one and paid the full
price, they won't take it away from you if you don't keep paying year
after year. Besides, an acquaintance of mine had one. That thing spent
more time at the garage than on the road.

I have paid for Lightroom since their early days and when they pulled
the plug on LR6 I've changed to ON1. Although they also lure me into
buying yearly upgrades I don't have to if I don't want to and can still
go on using it.

That said, I'm happier with ON1, the noise filter runs circles around LR
and my photos look better.

Maybe I'm just old-fashioned. I don't borrow money to buy things and I
prefer to own the things I buy. So, I'm still buying CDs instead of
streaming.

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Re: Lightroom requires a TB??

2023-07-18 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 18.07.23 um 15:07 schrieb Bill:


Subscription services seem to be the way of the future.


Either that or you'll only get updates for a year. Still leaves you with
the option of continuing with the older version.

Then again, in many cases there is a new version every year that
includes new or improved functions and you'll upgrade anyhow.

What I hate are schemes like Adobe's where you lose all use of the
software if you don't keep on paying. ("Buy once, pay forever.")

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Re: Lightroom requires a TB??

2023-07-17 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 17.07.23 um 19:59 schrieb Eric Weir:


Finally getting around to signing up for Lightroom. The website indicates a TB 
of memory is required. A whole TB? Really? I only have 512 GB on my new MBA.


You can book it with various amounts of cloud storage, icluding a 1 TB
option.

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Re: IR Photography

2023-07-14 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 14.07.23 um 04:09 schrieb jco...@iinet.net.au:

That's a very fine image, Ralf


Thanks. Here's a few more, some on film, some digital:

https://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2013/03/infrarot-3.html

https://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2013/02/infrarot-2.html

https://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2013/02/infrarot.html

https://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2009/08/hauptsache-man-macht-was-daraus.html

https://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2009/08/infrarot-digital.html

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Re: IR Photography

2023-07-13 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 13.07.23 um 10:22 schrieb Alan C:

I'll source a #87 filter
and give my dormant K110D a whirl as a dedicated IR camera.


The K110D should work. Basically everything before the K10D. Better
still, have its built-in IR filter removed.

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Re: IR Photography

2023-07-13 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 13.07.23 um 01:59 schrieb Larry Colen:


You'll need to focus based on the live view, which is what the sensor sees, 
either that or manually focus based ton the distance scale and the little red 
dot that shows the IR focus point.


Maybe even a little beyond the red dot which is calibrated for an IR
wavelength of around 750 nm corresponding to the usual near-infrared
film stock like Ilford SFX200 or Konica 750. The infrared sensitivity of
a DSLR sensor extends way beyond that, well into the 800's, shifting the
focus point even more.

And don't try to step down beyond f8 to gain more DOF. Aperture
diffraction at IR sets in a lot sooner than with visible light.

I've been using a #87 gelatine filter on my unmodified *istDS. This
filter is almost completely impervious to visible light.

Here's an example:

https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/la-bistade-fotoralfbe/32223101

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Re: July PUG is up

2023-07-08 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 08.07.23 um 05:50 schrieb Brian W:


Enjoy the new gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/


Wow, what an amazing gallery. I won't even begin to look for favourites.
They're all great.

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Re: PESO: Portrait of a roe deer

2023-06-28 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 28.06.23 um 18:11 schrieb Henk Terhell:

This roe deer in our dunes stared at me and didn't move for at least a
minute. So plenty of time to make this portrait.
https://flic.kr/p/2oL1LkT


Really beautiful.

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Re: MX Mirror Foam Replacement

2023-06-26 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 26.06.23 um 22:11 schrieb Steve Cottrell:


You had a Pentax MX fixed *under warranty* ?? How does that work?!


I suppose Bob had a warranty on a recent repair. One of the advantages
of living in the EU.

That notwithstanding, if you buy a used camera from a professional
dealer in the EU he has to grant a warranty as well.

SCNR
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Re: MX Mirror Foam Replacement

2023-06-26 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 26.06.23 um 20:42 schrieb Bob W PDML:

...until I got the first roll of film back, which very clearly showed 
significant shutter lag.


So, that's what it's called. Just copied it into my vocabulary book. ;-)


I hope the MX surgery is successful too, lovely cameras.


Indeed. I had a LX and a MX, at one time. Much preferred the MX because
of it's smaller size.

Still had to give it up because I need a +1 diopter correction for the
viewfinder since I've got my first varifocal glasses. Seems quite odd as
nobody else does. Have been discussing this with a lot of people,
incuding the optical engineers at Zeiss, Rodenstock and Essilor, but
noone has been able to explain this.

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Re: MX Mirror Foam Replacement

2023-06-26 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 26.06.23 um 16:46 schrieb Steve Cottrell:


Any pointers welcome thanks.


Before you start working on that camera: have you checked the shutter?
The MX's shutter curtains have a tendency to play tag when they get old,
resulting in somewhat different exposure across the frame.

Not something you could easily repair yourself.

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Re: What Adobe product?

2023-06-10 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 10.06.23 um 16:21 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi:


Photoshop Elements is a simplified, reduced feature version of Photoshop.


AFAIR it's 8 bit only per channel. Makes for impressive banding in the
sky and histograms that look like a picket fence.

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Re: 30th St. Station

2023-06-07 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 07.06.23 um 03:08 schrieb Rick Womer:

Three photo-friends and I had a photo-visit to 30th St. Station (Philly’s rail 
hub) this week.


Well done. But where are the trains?

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Re: PESO: emerging four-spotted chaser/skimmer

2023-05-19 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 19.05.23 um 17:02 schrieb Henk Terhell:

This morning I observed the emergence of this dragonfly at the pond nearby.


Really fascinating. Proficiat.

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Re: Pentax Film Camera News

2023-05-16 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 16.05.23 um 16:54 schrieb Steve Cottrell:


It’s interesting to note that a lot of young people into photography are 
curious about film and want to explore possibilities. My own son has acquired a 
film SLR, and also took an old Olympus XA-2 I gave him on holiday loaded with 
Fujifilm. It seems the retro logistics of film is catching on - who’da thunk 
it?!


Some simple compact cameras from the naughties have acquired cult
status. The Olympus :mju 2 in its simplest incarnation with the 35 mm
lens goes on ebay for hundreds of euros, nowadays. Paid less than 100
new when I offered one to my mother for Xmas, many moons ago.

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Re: Pentax Film Camera News

2023-05-16 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 16.05.23 um 12:18 schrieb Paul Stenquist:

A useless toy.


Very much so.

Then again, as long as it brings money into Pentax' coffers it's just as
fine with me as pink, neon-yellow or textmarker-green DSLRs. No-one
forces us to buy them.

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Re: Slide scanners

2023-05-15 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 15.05.23 um 16:21 schrieb Rick Womer:

I’d like to start digitizing some of my 35mm slides.

There are about a dozen slide-and-film scanners on Amazon, with prices ranging 
from about $140 to $350.

Any recommendations or warnings?


The really good film scanners are no longer available new. I've used
various Nikon sanners over the last 20+ years. They all have the
diadvantage of their rather 'harsh' light source that tends to emphasize
film grain. Somewhat like the difference between enlargers with
condensers and diffuse light sources.

Their second drawback is that the film plane and the light source/mirror
are disposed horizontally: more room to collect dust. So they needed
regular cleaning by the local Nikon service.

I've been using a Minolta Dimage Scan Elite 5400 for many years now and
I'm very happy with the results. The scan quality is excellent and it
comes with carriers for digitizing 4 framed slides or strips of 6 negs
in one go. The innards are positioned vertically and I've never needed
to have it cleaned.

The optical quality of this Minolta scanner is so good that many are now
cannibalised by people using teir lens for macro photography since some
*beeep* blabbed about it in his photo blog.

Software is no problem as this scanner is supported by Ed Hamrick's
Vuescan (www.hamrick.com) even under the latest versions of Windoze and
Mac OS.

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Re: Life Update:

2023-05-13 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 13.05.23 um 02:44 schrieb Rick Womer:

Moving is agony.  We’ve been fortunate in not doing it in 37 years.


38 here. I'd love to go somewhere else but the idea of moving gives me
the creeps.

Or as they say here: three moves equal one house fire.

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Re: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-11 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 11.05.23 um 01:27 schrieb Bruce Walker:

Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan
Matyola, May 2, 2023, at 81 years of age.


So. we've lost one of the most active and friendly members of the PDML.
His posts will be sadly missed.

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Re: OT: Interesting collectors item

2023-05-06 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 06.05.23 um 03:49 schrieb David Mann:

> My local camera shop has had a Red Flag camera kit come in for sale.
Going by the number of zeroes in the price they must be quite collectible.
>
>
https://www.photo.co.nz/2nd-hand/second-hand-products/collectables/red-flag-camera-kit-s-h-3p3wem/

The used camera market is full of surprises. Someone has recently opened
a shop for second-hand analog cameras, here in town. One of his offers:

https://cameradealer.de/products/olympus-mju-ii-inkl-o

Had a look on ebay and they're going for around 250 to 300 euros. Got
one in my camera ancestors' shrine. Bought it new, years ago, for a bit
over 100 euros.

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Re: May PUG is up

2023-05-03 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 03.05.23 um 12:10 schrieb Brian W:

G'day all

Enjoy the new gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/


What a great gallery. Definitely one of the best we've ever had. My
favourites? The lot of them. But Henk's photo really put a smile on my face.

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Re: Slide scanners

2023-05-01 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 01.05.23 um 18:06 schrieb Paul Stenquist:

Perhaps, but I don’t scan charts. I scan photos, and I like the results I get 
at 4800 when printed, not pixel peeking.


Sorry. Won't happen again.

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Re: Slide scanners

2023-05-01 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 01.05.23 um 17:42 schrieb Paul Stenquist:

I scan slides on my Epson V850 Pro flatbed scanner. ... The epson will scan 
them at 4900 dpi native, generating very nice hi-kres files.


You might as well scan at 2400 instead of 4800 and save a lot of time.

From the test report by filmscanner.info:

"In the scan our our USAF-test chart at 4800 ppi resolution (left
image), the horizontal lines of the elements 5.3 and the verical lines
of the element 5.5 can just be distinguished. According to our
resolution chart, this equals an effective resolution of about 2300 ppi."

https://www.filmscanner.info/en/EpsonPerfectionV850Pro.html

See also:
https://www.sebastian-schlueter.com/blog/2017/3/10/optimum-resolution-sharpening-settings-for-epson-scanners

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Re: Peso - one more lonely tree not submitted for May PUG

2023-05-01 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 01.05.23 um 14:08 schrieb ann sanfedele:

Ok, I'll play

Decided this one  had been seen in a PUG before and the file, scanned
from a Kodachrome slide, had
not been well processed going to digital .  Have lovely memories
associated with it though .

https://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Books-in-Print/North-America-Naturally/i-TFfKwNx/A


Really nice and sue me, I much prefer it sans cormorant.

I'd never thought I'd develop much sympathy for seagulls but the poor
birds don't find a street light to sit on anymore, on the French coast.
All of them occupied by cormorants. Their number has exploded over the
last 15 years.

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Re: PUG - The one that didn't make it

2023-04-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 29.04.23 um 20:33 schrieb Underpaid N. Overpentaxed:

Looks like a pun in a pic


Might well be. According to their website PrimaPlant's business is the
import and wholesale of palm trees.

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Re: PESO: One More Tree #1

2023-04-29 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 29.04.23 um 21:14 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola:


The first is an image I recently submitted as a PESO, but should have save
for the May PUG, as it really fits the theme:

http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2023/2/13/bent


Really beautiful. Thanks for sharing.

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Re: K3-III metering

2023-04-25 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 25.04.23 um 15:45 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi:


My best "meter" for difficult situations like that is a Kodak Pocket Photo 
Guide. It has an exposure calculator based on descriptions of scene type, and I've found 
its suggestions to be right on the mark nearly all the time.


"f8 and be there" :-)

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Re: K3-III metering

2023-04-24 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 24.04.23 um 20:46 schrieb Larry Colen:

The K-3 III metering seems to fall down “when things go pear shaped at night”.


As you might know, I like to do the odd night shot, mostly industrial
scenes. As a matter of fact, I've never relied on any camera's metering
under those conditions.

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Re: PESO: Ile d'Aix

2023-04-24 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 24.04.23 um 12:42 schrieb Alan Cole:

Yes. What I meant was "Does it serve the same purpose as a dry dock?"


It does indeed.

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Re: PESO: Ile d'Aix

2023-04-24 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 24.04.23 um 05:17 schrieb Alan C:

A very appealing image, Ralf. A lot of detail visible when zoomed in. Is
a floating dock actually a dry dock?


A floating dock... well... it floats. It can be submerged partially to
let the vessel drive in and then raised again to lift the vessel out of
the water.

A dry dock is a basin with a gate that can be pumped dry once the vessel
is inside. Like a lock with a gate at one end only.

Am I making sense?

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Re: ACR Enhanced Noise Reduction

2023-04-22 Thread Ralf R Radermacher

Am 22.04.23 um 20:53 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi:


Anyway, I continue to be glad it's working well for you. It really doesn't 
matter what sort of software you use as long as you're happy with it and it 
gets the job you want done properly. :)


Amen to that.

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