Re: PAW: 21st century mom

2005-05-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Now that half the club is enjoying the Foggy Albion :) (literately translated from my mother's tongue), I'd still risk posting a PAW. Quick grab, nuff said. But please look and be brutally honest.

Re: OT: Happy Mothers Day

2005-05-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day All, Just got back from a Mothers Day / birthday luncheon. Had a thoroughly enjoyable time with family, good food good wine. So I thought I'd just send a quick Happy Mothers Day greeting to all the Mum's on the list. Thank you, says this

Re: PAW: 21st century mom

2005-05-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I forgot you were using elements. You can approximate the shadow/highlight tool in curves, although it's not as effective. Paul Er, no. Elements 3 has the shadow/highlight tool. No version of Elements, to date, has shipped with the Curves tool.

Re: PAW: 21st century mom

2005-05-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi! Er, no. Elements 3 has the shadow/highlight tool. No version of Elements, to date, has shipped with the Curves tool. ERNR, yes :). Please look here: http://www.earthboundlight.com/phototips/photoshop-elements-curves.html My

Re: OT: Happy Mothers Day

2005-05-08 Thread ernreed2
Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: ...and Happy Birthday. Dave S On 5/9/05, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My Grandmother 84 years young. Thank you, sir! Your grandmother is more than twice my age, so I feel better about my milestone. I hope she is doing very well. ERNR

Re: Another GFM photo

2005-05-07 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Little bear cubs are so cute! It's easy to forget that they grow up into big bears that can rip your face off with one swipe of their paw. This should make the quote file.

Re: RE: Digital profligacy

2005-05-06 Thread ernreed2
Quoting mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Each buys a camera or five Slowcoach! Catch up! 8-) Did he mean at once? Maybe he meant at once! ERNR

Re: PESO PAW - Yellow Doll

2005-05-05 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi! Just a quick grab while walking around waiting to meet a friend for lunch at a nearby cafe. http://home.earthlink.net/~my-pics/yellow-doll.html Galia seems just to have lost her yellow teletubbies doll... It made me smile... It made

Re: Who builds the Optio 50? OEM DSLR lenses

2005-05-04 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The Optio 50 uses Pentax lens elements, but is manufactured by Sanyo, as are Nikon and Canon digital PS cameras. For the most important part -- is the lens SMC? ERNR

Re: PESO - A mini-drama

2005-05-03 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 5/3/05, Mark Stringer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great shots. Your a photographer alert to what's going on around you. Thanks for posting them. - Original Message - From: Marco Alpert [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax List

RE: RE: old lenses (A bit long)

2005-05-03 Thread ernreed2
Quoting mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I alway assumed that the spores would germinate in the suitable microhabitats in the lens, such as the junction of element and body. The filaments (hyphae) would grow out onto the lens surface to a greater or lesser extent and then croak due to lack

Re: Thanks to Bojidar Dimitrov

2005-05-03 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Lindamood, Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Has anyone here said thanks to Boz for his April 30 promise to keep updating his Pentax K-mount page? It's been a terrific resource for many of us for a long time, and it looks as thought he's going to keep it going for us. Thanks, Boz!

Re: Pentax Digital PS: which one?

2005-05-03 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Andre Langevin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A friend wants to buy a Pentax digital PS. What is the best one overall (considering resolution, flare, noise, handling)? To me, S5i seems a good one. Andre Having not tried any of the others, I'm still a big fan of the 550. Since the 550

RE: PDML IS ALIVE (was:Re: Why and How...etc)

2005-05-03 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Indeed PDML is alive. I have just retrieved my archived bookmarks file, so I can quickly access my favorite site: PDML. Gradually my XP machine (QuidNunc) is coming back to live. Got PS CS 2 ordered, maybe arriving tomorrow. Am I correct that

Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.

2005-04-29 Thread ernreed2
Graywolf wrote: A politician can win the popular vote, and not be elected president. In fact it is possible that someone who was not on the ballet could become president, though that never has happened to my knowledge. What you really vote for is something like which party gets to

Re: OT - Film CAMERAS are dead.

2005-04-29 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Both my college and the local high school use K1000's in photo classes. It would not be too hard to replace these with a ZX-M. Professor at my local college grumbled to me that the ZX-M bodies weren't tough enough to handle this duty. I don't know

Re: OT: Developng questions

2005-04-29 Thread ernreed2
Quoting P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think Kodak still makes a transparency kit for BW film. It was meant for use with Plus-X not Tri-X however. Thought they made one for T-Max 100, or is that one history?

Re: RAW files and Photoshop Elements 2.0

2005-04-28 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wednesday 27 April 2005 21:55, Christian wrote: FJW FJW - Original Message - FJW From: Peter Smekal [EMAIL PROTECTED] FJW To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net FJW Sent: Wednesday, April 27, 2005 3:45 PM FJW Subject: RAW files and Photoshop

Re: PDML Mini-FAQ

2005-04-28 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Tom Reese [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Frank Theriault wrote: Yes, Tom's mini-faq is very helpful. He did a great job compiling it. Agreed. One question is left unanswered though: is film dead or not? 'Cause it's a *MINI*-faq! ERNR

Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.

2005-04-27 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think a republic does not have to be a democracy. A democracy on the other hand pretty much has to be a republic if it is the government of much more than a town. The way we elect the president in the US is diffinately not a democratic process. As Frank

Re: Corrupt card recovery

2005-04-27 Thread ernreed2
Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: G'day John, It may very well have been the card. It was a 256 Sandisk Ultra II. I don't use it much anymore and have had no problems at all since I got the same card in 1GB. Have you discussed this with Sandisk? The Ultra II has a lifetime warranty.

Re: Concerned

2005-04-27 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]: He must either think 1) Barabara Streisand is bullpucky, 2) Barbara Streisand's politics are bullpucky, or 3) Barbara Streisand is a white male. Or maybe he's simply Barbara Streisand's supervisor or employer. I'm sure there's more than one B.S. in the

Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.

2005-04-26 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quoting Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]: American Marxist phobia is actually more a thing of the fifties and sixties. It's really quite dead. However, there are little pockets of folks with rather extreme views who keep it alive in bits and

Re: Film is dead...

2005-04-26 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: First rule of salesmanship: Make the customer like you. Speaking as a customer, you're absolutely right. ERNR

Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.

2005-04-26 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Collin, May I humbly suggest that you pour out your rational and reasoned concern about GPL software propagating marxist ideas somewhere else? Dragging your religious views into it isn't exactly going to help your case either. This hardly looks

Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.

2005-04-26 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Give Mr. Robb the grand prize and a big pat on the back for finding the secret clue! Tom C. From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Take a course in philosophy, will ya.

Re: OT: Spider (was: Where's Cotty?)

2005-04-21 Thread ernreed2
Quoting P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Which begs the question, if he'd never caught any how did the ranger know... Bob W wrote: When we told the ranger back at the camp he just laughed, and said this particular elephant amused himself by chasing tourists, but had never caught any, and

Re: Counting pictures with the *istD

2005-04-21 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is it in any way possible to change the display of numbers on the image count I have tried several solutions with no success. Each image is a name IMGP1234, the closest I came was with the photo lab software that allowed me to save it as ABC12345 but

Re: Cornwall

2005-04-20 Thread ernreed2
Quoting John Forbes [EMAIL PROTECTED]: A liking for seagulls is directly proportional to how far one lives from the sea. Quote file!!

Re: Stupid Computer Week.

2005-04-20 Thread ernreed2
Quoting P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (long sad story snipped) Sympathies from here.

Re: PESO: An attempt at product photography

2005-04-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.photosynth.ca/photo/f/bowls.html What do you think? I think they're kinda cool.

Re: OT: Spider (was: Where's Cotty?)

2005-04-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: More likely that with no proper roof the car is often occupied by spiders (Arachnids) and the driver frequently leaps out yelling Spider!. OK, I like *this* answer!!

Re: A question for color film users

2005-04-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (poetic memories of darkroom work -- good reading but too long to quote) ... but I notice no mention of the SMELL. That eau de fixer that stayed in the nose for hours and took the joy right out of the next meal. I miss a few things about the chemical

Re: GESO

2005-04-18 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I also wish they'd decide how to spell the guy's name. First it was with a K. Then a G. Now a Q. Sheesh... I remember a news item many years ago about this. Seems that he always signed stuff in Arabic, so nobody (in the West) knew how he'd want

Re: Where's Cotty?

2005-04-18 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As for Morgans, I probably know more about them than most people who own them. I was fasinated buy them (both the 3-wheelers, and the 4-wheelers) when I was younger. I liked the flat grill +4 of the 50's best. Until this thread, I'd never heard of Morgan

Re: Gone Again and a GFM note

2005-04-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think we have too many immigrants who came from somewhere where the government had the right to walk all over their people, and who see no problem with that happening here. How long until they start building the concentration camps and gas chambers?

Re: Gone Again and a GFM note

2005-04-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I did not mean that personally, Eleanor. I was speaking generally. I meant to crop the quote and did not. I apologize. Thank you for that. ERNR

RE: PESO Studio abstract

2005-04-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My thought for the day: It's really difficult to make relatively boring objects appear interesting without obscuring their identity. I tried to make relatively boring objects interesting AND maybe obscure their identity in this image

Re: WTB: Original cases for Pentax-A 20mm. f.2,8 Pentax-A 100mm. f.2,8 Macro (with full inner foam)...

2005-04-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Ezio Capoccetti [EMAIL PROTECTED]: What's the best Pentax AF 50mm, between the F and AF series, and between the f.1,4 and f.1,7? And you know also how and where I can buy it? In Italy I met difficulty to find the normal lens and the FA 35mm. f.2 it's hard to find. We've had some

Re: Gone Again and a GFM note

2005-04-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's of little interest to citizens of other foreign countries; for them, passports are already required. I'm not sure whether my resident alien card (aka green card) is sufficient; I always use my passport, just to be sure. Back when I had a green

Re: Gone Again and a GFM note

2005-04-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Ann Sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: It's of little interest to citizens of other foreign countries; for them, passports are already required. I'm not sure whether my resident alien card (aka green card) is

Re: Re: Hurrah for Shel Disrobing the Emperor

2005-04-15 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Strange. All my non-photographer friends who shoot occasional snaps are more than happy with digital. My kids, who never could be bothered with film, are happily snapping away with digital. They e-mail a lot of pics and print a few. ... What Steady said about his

RE: Great Camera Raw Article in Photoshop User

2005-04-14 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I saw the article yesterday and just briefly looked at it. Now you've made me want to take time to give it a good read. Jeff, BTW, is a consultant for Adobe's Photoshop and, iirc, has done some development work for them. Shel [Original

RE: Great Camera Raw Article in Photoshop User

2005-04-14 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The article is a nice condensation of some of the main points found in other places, and it includes some good demos. From what I recall of the Adobe white papers, it goes well beyond the information found there. The most important and complete Camera Raw resource

Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

2005-04-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like to be able to go all the way back to the original RAW-converted image at any time in my adjustment workflow to see exactly what the rendering adjustments have done. Easy with adjustment layers, a pain when

Re: Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX

2005-04-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: From: Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/04/12 Tue PM 12:21:12 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: Re: A pic from second roll of film in MX On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 8:34:58 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: OT: Warning about Nigeria Buyer

2005-04-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks for the warning, Richard. Interesting how Nigerians have become international scam specialists. I wonder if it could be as little as one family of very busy Nigerian scam artists? ERNR

Re: Cheap digital PS

2005-04-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Bill Owens [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The Wally World where I work has just received a shipment of 3MP PS digital cameras. I haven't seen any results yet, but the specs are pretty impressive for a $60.00 digital. It has 16MB of internal memory, 1.5 inch LCD screen and an SD card slot.

Re: Pentax ist DS shutter.

2005-04-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (with all the stupid shutter emulation sounds turned off, of course ;-) As an aside (to this remark specifically) I have actually found ONE use for the stupid shutter emulation sounds! When supervising use of my Optio by my children, it's

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 05:34:12 -0400, Bill Owens wrote: [...] Pentax Optio 50 [...] 5MP, 1.8 inch LCD, SD slot and uses AA batteries (2). [...] Cost is $197.00 US, pretty reasonable for a 5MP IMHO. Pretty annoying since I just spent almost a

Re: Cheap digital PS

2005-04-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: Bill Owens Subject: Cheap digital PS The Wally World where I work has just received a shipment of 3MP PS digital cameras. I haven't seen any results yet, but the specs are pretty impressive for a

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] BTW, something on another thread causes me to inquire: Do Optios that use AA batteries like NiMH? Check the specs for the camera you are interested in. I think most of them are

Re: Speaking of inexpensive PS

2005-04-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Butch Black [EMAIL PROTECTED]: According to DP review the Pentax Optio 50 that Bill Owens was talking about uses AA's http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Pentax/pentax_optio50.asp Also according to Bill Owens' post ...

RE: GFM PDML

2005-04-06 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Tan and Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED]: sigh! this time last year, I was in full swing in the middle of these discussions and counting my pennies and also the days until I would be arriving for GFM! Yep ... This time last year I still thought I was going to GFM to meet all y'all

Re: Taking, Making, Creating Images

2005-04-06 Thread ernreed2
Quoting John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: William Robb mused: I've noticed quite a trend over the past couple of decades in the media. A lot of what can be described kindly as opinion pieces, or unkindly as outright propoganda is finding it's way into the news and being presented as

Re: Pentax 645

2005-04-06 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Sylwiusz [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 2005-04-06, at 23:13, Mark Roberts wrote: * Multi-segment (matrix) metering (reputed to be truly excellent in its 645 implementation) It is very interesting that 645n (and nII) matrix is doubled. One is bigger and second one smaller. It is clearly

Re: Very sad news

2005-04-03 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Don Nelson is living proof that the term Southern Gentleman has not yet become an oxymoron: He's a class act through and through. Well put! I do hope all the best for him. I don't know him very well, but have also found him to be a great guy in my own

Re: quick, which remote

2005-04-01 Thread ernreed2
Quoting John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED]: My friend had a wireless remote for his Nikon DSLR when we were up in Canada. Now I have serious remote envy... Which remote works with the *ist D? Remote Control F ... and the one from the WR-90, which btw also works the Optio 550. Someone

Re: quick, which remote

2005-04-01 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Frits Wüthrich [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I think this is incorrect. I have an remote control F that fits my PZ-1. I have a CS-205 I think it is called that fits the *istD. The significant difference is the connector. Fritz, I believe you are talking about cable releases and the other answers

Re: Odd idea about manual focus

2005-03-29 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Having said that, the isDS viewfinder is as bright as that of my Leica R8 and I don't have all that much trouble focusing either camera. Jim That was the selling point AFAIWC,when i tried the camera in the store.

Re: Enablement, The best 35mm camera ever!!!! With actual Pentax content now included!!!

2005-03-29 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Quasi Modo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As someone who went straight from the MZ-60 to D, and am now going back the other way looking for a capable film backup body, what film camera has roughly the same feature-set as the D, especially insofar as hyper-modes, auto-focus, and information in the

Re: Enablement, The best 35mm camera ever!!!! With actual Pentax content now included!!!

2005-03-29 Thread ernreed2
Quoting John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The one drawback is that it's got a fairly primitive auto-focus system when compared to the *ist-D; it has auto-focus, but only one sensor. But it's still the camera I'd recommend as being close to the *ist-D. But for all its youth and many sensors,

Re: Future of DA lenses

2005-03-29 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Pentax depends on a lot of people wanting something that they are selling right now to stay in business. Isn't that true of most businesses?

Re: Single camera bags

2005-03-27 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, I don't like to change lenses either, so when I'm shooting I prefer to have a small bag or belt system just for film and bits pieces. Thought that's what pockets were for. Yes and no. It's easy for things to fall out of pockets. I wouldn't want

Re: *ist portrait zooms

2005-03-27 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED]: With the 50mm being a fine portrait length, does this make the FA 28-70/4 AL a really practical inexpensive portrait zoom? Does anyone use it as such? I use it as a general purpose zoom. ERNR

Re: just call me the Imelda Marcos of camera bags

2005-03-27 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's the first mention of the Domke F-2 in this thread. My most used bag is still a beat up F-2. It's so old that it's brown with tan trim, a color that hasn't been made in quite a while I don't think. I'm

Re: Football Tricks

2005-03-26 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Keith Whaley [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Cotty wrote: Saturday afternoon. A lad with a football and a dad with a camera Football? But... it's perfectly round! http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/photoessays/essays/footytricks.html Well, actually, Keith, although footballs *are*

Re: PESO -- You are what you eat.

2005-03-26 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: No the turkey is not a scavenger. Yes, humans are scavengers, along with bears, pigs, wolverine, hyena, bald eagles, and yes vultures. As far as I know all omnivores are. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com Idiot Proof == Expert Proof

Re: Quietest Pentax

2005-03-25 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Of my mechanical Pentaxes, the MX is relatively quiet. My LX, in comparision is like an elephant in high heels walking down a deserted hallway with no carpet (that is to say, LOUD). Oh, yes, in comparison with an M-series, the LX is on the loud

Re: PESO - Deadmans part 2

2005-03-24 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (regarding sea urchin spines) Sometimes the best protection is to avoid contact altogether! Sometimes???

Re: OT: peace

2005-03-23 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We've gone months now with no threads on religion/faith, politics, war. or even the semantic use of N* C*. For that matter, N* C* haven't really been used @ all for a while now. At least not in any quantity. We are at peace. That's a

Re: OT: peace

2005-03-23 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED]: We are a group of people who stay in contact in a daily basis. It is only natural that politics and religion, being the most important facets of life imho, will come up here and there. Given some things you've said in the past, I was genuinely

Re: OT Stop bath

2005-03-22 Thread ernreed2
Quoting mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You can use your nose. Once it stops smelling like vinegar it will be knackered. Or your nose will be 8-))) With fixer in the area, the nose might indeed be done for.

RE: FA 35/2 available

2005-03-22 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi Paul, Glad to learn that you got the lens you want. I'm curious about this particular optic. It seems to be quite desirable. Apart from the focal length, how might it compare with the 31mm Ltd, which also seems to make Pentax users sit up

Re: FA 35/2 available

2005-03-22 Thread ernreed2
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:39:12 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the market for one and am almost to the point of buying a gasp non-Pentax lens. Oh my goodness, don't do THAT! ERNR

Re: Re: PESO: Gotcha - Jerusalem

2005-03-22 Thread ernreed2
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Before leaving it, a point of correction: GWB isn't a Jr.) Are we talking family history or mental ability? William Robb We're talking what the man's name actually is.

Re: FA 35/2 available

2005-03-22 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mar 22, 2005, at 3:31 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 07:39:12 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in the market for one and am almost to the point of buying a gasp non-Pentax lens. Oh my

Re: DianeArbus on The Connection

2005-03-22 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As Paul Stenquist noted some time ago, our own Frank Theriault is probably the Diane Arbus of our day. In all honesty, I do not think this is *at all* complimentary to Frank. It may be excessively flattering to Diane Arbus. ERNR

Re: OT Stop bath

2005-03-21 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know what kind of shipping restrictions there might be on stop bath. I just buy it at my local camera store. It's not very expensive. However, if you're in a rural area, I suppose that could be a problem. If I run out of stop bath, I just shorten my

Re: Re: PESO: Gotcha - Jerusalem

2005-03-21 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:44:13 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/03/21 Mon PM 03:39:13 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Gotcha - Jerusalem Veitnam War:

Re: OT Stop bath

2005-03-21 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't know what kind of shipping restrictions there might be on stop bath. I just buy it at my local camera store. It's not very expensive. However, if you're in a rural area, I suppose that could be a problem. If I run out of

Re: OT Stop bath

2005-03-21 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:39:47 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not that I do bw developing at all these days, but I've been wondering since back when I *did* do it -- as a point of interest, is there any variety of vinegar

Re: PESO: Gotcha - Jerusalem, and a little rant

2005-03-20 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: regarding http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/cat/2213/display/2790694 I'd like to see this in BW, or with a slight sepia tone. People shoot too much color, perhaps because it's what they're used to seeing, or because it's simpler to do (esp in

Re: More DA Limiteds

2005-03-19 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mar 19, 2005, at 8:02 AM, Sung Nee wrote: The 40 is so restricted in its usefulness The normal lens is the most versatile lens on earth. And for a *istD/DS, that would be something in the range of 28-35mm. A 28/2 would be perfect

Re: Pulled the trigger

2005-03-18 Thread ernreed2
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: Francis Alviar Subject: Pulled the trigger Evening guys and gals. I just pulled the trigger and purchased a used *ist DS in EX+ condition. I'm hoping it will be a keeper but just in case it's not I have

Re: 645D Photos (under glass) here

2005-03-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Alin Flaider [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Perhaps these are all the available customizations, with B aimed to Canon fans. ;o) Servus, Alin AC So do I. I think the body shape of B looks really stupid, but it's just me. G Nope, it's not just you. However, doesn't matter what *I*

Re: Camera bags/backpacks

2005-03-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]: When the hot weather arrives, go to the corner drug store or Wal-Mart and buy some of those foam rubber covers for keeping your beer can cold on the beach. They cost $1.00 each, they can hold viewfinders (or lenses for that matter), and they are

Re: 645D Photos (under glass) here

2005-03-17 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Frantisek [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RS I think the B camera is short for Butt-ugly Yes, some of them look like they have left them for too long out in the sun... and the poor beast had melted... Yeah, but Canon has sold a huge number of SLRs that look like that happened to them. :-(

Re: Survey: How do you do exposure?

2005-03-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Godfrey DiGiorgi mused: Personally, I find all these variations on the theme of Program mode too much to think about. I use Program mode with the EV compensation control for simplicity when I don't really have to watch the focus zone or

Re: OT: Take the Knarf Quiz !!

2005-03-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, Actually, it's probably some obscure Canadian National Holiday... like celebrating the return of the Canadian Geese. actually, I think it was Commonwealth Day yesterday, so half the world was celebrating their great good fortune in belonging heart

Re: Visiting New York city in June - which camera shop should I visit?

2005-03-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Stuart Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi all, I am taking my wife to Ney Work city for a birthday weekend in June and it seems a good opportunity to buy some additional odds and ends for my Pentax *ist D. I hope that means it's YOUR birthday you're celebrating ...

Re: Just call me Gramps!

2005-03-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Don Sanderson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well, I've just joined the ranks of Grandfatherhood. Congrats on your new status!

Re: OT: Take the Knarf Quiz !!

2005-03-16 Thread ernreed2
Quoting frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:48:23 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: eh -- well, a common language is kinda useful though ... I believe that (other than Canada's 20% who speak French as a first language) we call the language

Re: PESO: Off to visit Frank

2005-03-13 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3193740size=lg *istD, ISO 400, A400/5.6, f6.7 @ 1/750, handheld Steady Stenquist lives up to his name again! Nice shot -- and the subject line (above) isn't bad either. ERNR

Re: PESO - NorCal: Godfrey, Bruce, and John

2005-03-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You shouldn't have to mess with your operating system at all. In Internet Explorer go to View, Toolbar and Customize and add the FONT Size button. Then you can select how large fonts appear in web pages you visit. Not that you were directly addressing

Re: Pentax meets Canon

2005-03-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: - Original Message - From: Subject: Re: Pentax meets Canon Uh, guys? I'm not generally first in line to complain about offensive stereotyping, but this thread's starting to veer dangerously close ... Lighten up a bit.

Re: A short DSLR users survey

2005-03-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Rob Studdert [EMAIL PROTECTED]: OK we've now got quite a few DSLR owners on board with a bit of use behind them, how about a quick informal usage survey? For those DSLR users with 35mm gear who thought before buying their DSLR that their 35mm film usage would: Remain

Re: Totally OT: It's tax time!

2005-03-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting D. Glenn Arthur Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: much snippage Oh, and I analyze stuff way too much. (stunned look), Glenn, I never noticed that about you! ERNR

RE: PAW PESO - NORCAL: Dad and Daughter

2005-03-12 Thread ernreed2
Quoting Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thanks to everyone for their comments. I may be starting to get the hang of this digi-raw business, although it may be more luck than skill that I've gotten to this point. Nonetheless, all your comments and explanations have been very helpful and

Re: PESO - NorCal: Godfrey, Bruce, and John

2005-03-11 Thread ernreed2
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Maybe it's just me but everything looks too small and too far away at high resolutions. It annoys me. No, m'dear, it's not just you. ERNR in the process of transitioning to transitions lenses (wry grin)

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