RE: Print Scanner

[jcoyle]

Edd - as they are prints even an ordinary printer with a flat bed scanner will 
work, provided the resolution is set at 600-1200 dpi,
and any post-processing is done with a decent software app such as VueScan or 
Photoshop Elements.  VueScan may be a bit complex for
her, but Elements or even Microsoft Photo have some adjustment capability.
If not, I have used an Epson V500 successfully for the same job.

HTH


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Ed Keeney  
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2023 11:42 AM
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Subject: OT: Print Scanner

Long time lurker.

My sister has been asking me about how to get her old printed photos scanned to 
digital files.  My guess is her family albums of
4x6's.
Should she use a service or buy a bulk scanner (vs flatbed).

The scanners run $200-$600 depending on quality (Epson FastFoto FF-680W being 
the high end, Plustek the low end).  Hard to spend
$600 for what essentially is tool for only a limited amount of time.

Does anyone have any experience with either of these?  Preferences one way or 
the other?

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RE: September PUG is up

[jcoyle]

You're right, Bob - I had trouble recalling exactly where we were.
Good gallery again, as usual.


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: September PUG is up

Very impressive. Probably the best I’ve seen in the year or so I’ve been 
contributing.

A small note for John Coyle - I think that’s Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, 
rather than Hebden Bridge. I know both towns quite well.


> On 4 Sep 2023, at 10:12, Brian W  wrote:
> 
> G'day all
> 
> Enjoy the new gallery here:
> 
> http://pug.komkon.org/
> 
> (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery there).
> 
> Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not 
> infallible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the 
> gallery, let me know.
> 
> +
> 
> Next up: 'Flora'
> 
> Full Submissions Guidelines are here:
> 
> http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html
> 
> You can submit here:
> 
> http://pug.komkon.org/submit/
> 
> Cheers
> Brian
> ++
> Brian Walters
> Western Sydney Australia
> https://eu.zonerama.com/apathyman/
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RE: Australia - Brisbane and Perth

[jcoyle]

The best store for film and processing is FotoFast at Taringa - he carries a 
wide range of film, including medium format, offers a
1-hour service, and has good modern processing equipment.
You can park underneath the building, at 200 Moggill Road - watch out for the 
entrance across the sidewalk, traffic is very busy
there and it's easy to miss!
Locally, I can recommend Lone Pine Koala sanctuary, to see the aforenamed 'drop 
bears', plus kangaroos, birds , a wombat or two etc.
For a view across Brisbane, go to Mount Coot-tha.  We have some good family 
areas too - South Bank, the W=Queensland Museum puts on
some excellent family oriented exhibitions, the Queensland Art Gallery is good 
too.  There are a number of large shopping malls in
the suburbs, the most convenient dependent on where you will be staying.
I'd be happy to meet up if you have time, and just ask if there is anything 
specific you need clarification on.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2023 4:19 AM
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Subject: Re: Australia - Brisbane and Perth

I did a quick Google Maps search of Brisbane and there are a bunch of camera 
stores in Brisbane. Checking just a few via their web
pages, some of them do stock B film ...

You could check them online & search to see if any of them stock the B film 
you prefer to use.

I didn't do a search for Perth ...

HTH.

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> I am planning a trip to Australia end of October. It is a family visit 
> trip so not much photography time other than family photo's. Any 
> suggestions of places to visit in two area's and surroundings if I get 
> a chance? Any places where I can buy black and white film or should I 
> take enough with me. Will probably take the K3 and a mz5n.
> 
> Thanks for any input
> 
> Patrick
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RE: IR Photography

[jcoyle]

That's a very fine image, Ralf - I might try that myself.  My *ist-D has been 
sitting on the shelf for most of the last seven years, it will be nice to fire 
it up again.


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: IR Photography

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

Ralf

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RE: RIP Dan Matyola

[jcoyle]

This is weird - I had a friend request on Facebook from Dan only three days 
ago: perhaps from the administrator of his estate and
his second FB account.
Dan was a very active PDML-er, and will be missed.

John in Brisbane




-Original Message-
From: Bruce Walker  
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Subject: RIP Dan Matyola

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

I'm only a "FB friend" but we've chatted a bunch since I joined the list and I 
know he was a very long time PDML member. His last
reply to the list was also May 2, amazingly.

I located a link to his obit:
https://www.cusickfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Daniel-Matyola?obId=27875827

His FB profiles -- which his cousin has been adding updates to -- is here:
https://www.facebook.com/daniel.j.matyola
https://www.facebook.com/dan.matyola

I liked Dan and I know he was a steadfast PDML contributor. He'll be missed.

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RE: K3-III metering

[jcoyle]

I'd had my first camera for a week, and was on board a ship off Funchal, 
Madeira, and wanted to take a shot of the harbour and city lights.  I had no 
idea how to set the camera, and an experienced fellow passenger helped me out.  
He asked two questions :
"What film are you using?" - K32
"What's the lens?" - Colour-Lanthar f2.8
"Ok - set it at 1/30th and f2.8"  - which I did, and it worked perfectly!

On another occasion, a couple of years later, the sun was setting through light 
rain, and,  from a very high hill, and, with my non-metering Pentax SV, decided 
1/8th at f1.8 might work, this time on K64. It did too, and is one of what I 
consider my best images: PDML-ers may recall it from a PESO or gallery entry a 
long time ago.
So we did get good images by guess and by God,  although we also had a lot of 
misses!


John in Brisbane




-Original Message-
From: Alan C  
Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2023 7:21 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: K3-III metering

Sunny 16 is more applicable to tropical locations with bright light. 
Perhaps something like Sunny 11 in Temperate climates? Those were starting 
points for 100ASA film at 1/100 sec. From there it was all mental arithmetic or 
the use of tables.

Alan C

On 26-Apr-23 08:34 AM, l...@red4est.com wrote:
> Either film is a lot more forgiving, or our standards were a lot lower.
>
> On April 25, 2023 11:07:37 PM PDT, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>> "Sunny F16"
>> "Cloudy F8"
>> "Dark F5.6"
>>
>> All on Kodachrome 64 - it's a wonder we got so many keepers!
>>
>> John in Brisbane
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Ralf R Radermacher 
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2023 11:57 PM
>> To: pdml@pdml.net
>> Subject: Re: K3-III metering
>>
>> 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" :-)
>>
>> Ralf
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RE: K3-III metering

[jcoyle]

"Sunny F16"
"Cloudy F8"
"Dark F5.6"

All on Kodachrome 64 - it's a wonder we got so many keepers!

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Subject: Re: K3-III metering

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" :-)

Ralf

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RE: What made this so valuable?

[jcoyle]

Probably the combination of a body in apparently excellent condition and a 
legendary lens.

John in Brisbane



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Subject: What made this so valuable?

https://shopgoodwill.com/item/164010121
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RE: Vacation suggestion

[jcoyle]

I have, and occasionally use with my non-metered cameras, a Gossen Lunasix 
light meter; selenium cell, so it doesn't need batteries, and can measure a 
quite range of lighting conditions in daylight. No bigger than a cell phone, so 
easy to carry in a pocket.
Don't know if it would be possible to buy one now, even second-hand would be 
rare, I think.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2023 1:45 AM
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> On Apr 19, 2023, at 8:15 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
>>> On Apr 19, 2023, at 7:40 AM, Mark Roberts  
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Ralf R Radermacher wrote:
>>> 
>>> Am 19.04.23 um 15:59 schrieb coll...@brendemuehl.net:
 Except for the 6x7. At 10 shots per roll one must be judicious.
>>> 
>>> ...or take enough film.
>> 
>> When I was shooting with the 67 I would bring along a DSLT with a 
>> lens of the same approximate angle of view, set the ISO to that of 
>> the film I had in the 67 (or an even multiple) and test every shot 
>> with the DSLR before doing the capture with the 67. The ability to 
>> check exposure with the histogram and pre-view the composition is a 
>> great benefit. I ended up with nary a wasted frame.
> 
> I agree with this.  You also get a backup in case something goes wrong with 
> the film processing, color in case you are shooting black and white film.  
> 
> While I’m quite capable of exposing the film correctly, our brains just 
> naturally edit the real world to not “see” certain annoying things, where we 
> can see them on the preview display.

It is a technique that basically locks you into static subjects which can stand 
making multiple exposures over a minute or two as you swap equipment around, 
and also carries the cost of having to lug around yet another camera. Seems 
less than appealing to me. I usually carry the minimum of gear, and 
particularly when I'm carrying a largish and heavy camera to begin with. 

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RE: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

[jcoyle]

Years ago I went back to the UK and as part of the trip was showing my (second) 
 wife places where I used to live.
Outside one house I'd lived in as a teenager, I took a couple of frames with my 
Pentax, at which a woman came storming out telling me I had no right to take a 
picture of her house - fortunately, she calmed down when I explained why. I did 
not attempt to use the reasoning that, being in a public place, I could 
photograph anything ( but not necessarily a person) I wished.
Strangely, in the same trip, I visited my former RAF station and all I needed 
to do was to check with the MP on duty at the guardhouse, to get permission to 
wander around ad take as many as I liked!  It was, though, a medical unit, not 
an operational fighter or bomber unit.
In another thread, people on the small island where I lived are now saying that 
news outlets cannot publish photos taken at school events, because the kids are 
identifiable.  Has this madness gone too far?


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Steve Cottrell  
Sent: Saturday, April 15, 2023 7:58 AM
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Subject: Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

Wow!

I guess we’re more fortunate in the UK. My whole ethos is about communicating 
with people and making them feel at ease. Not always convenient of course but 
without it people do feel threatened. Difficult with cityscape photography I 
grant you. Sheesh!

Cotty

On 14 Apr 2023, at 10:38, Ralf R Radermacher mailto:fotor...@gmx.de>> wrote:

Things have definitely taken a turn for the worse since Dutroux in Belgium and 
the accident of an estranged British housewife in Paris.
Today, we're the perverts trying to snatch pics of their kids.

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RE: PDML Gothic

[jcoyle]

Anne looks great, can't believe it's seven years since we met up and she looks 
just the same!

John in Brisbane



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Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2023 9:26 PM
To: PDML 
Subject: PDML Gothic

I'm in NY for a short visit to deal with some family business and see a couple 
of friends ... And of course I visited Ann while I was here. :) 

PDML Gothic - Manhattan, New York City 2023 :: https://flic.kr/p/2osw7km

The art of the selfie ... gads, it's harder than I think every time I try to 
make one. I made two with my iPhone that I deleted immediately, Ann made one 
with her CoolPix where she had a nice smile and I looked like I'd been smokin' 
dope for a day. This one I made with the Light L16 camera on self timer, camera 
set to about 75mm focal length: I cut my head off partially, but Ann has a 
mischievous look on her face that I like and at least the photo is reasonably 
sharp. The picture of the girl on the wall is one of Ann's paintings, based on 
a photo taken of her by her mom when she was a young girl.

It was a lovely hour! Ann, you're looking great! It was great to see you and 
spend some time together once again! :D

I'm off for another day and a half in Connecticut and then back home... 

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RE: Bob, Dan, Godfrey, Bill, Collin and I are alive...

[jcoyle]

Puts hand up - but I've just picked up a camera for the first time in weeks!


John in Brisbane



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Is anyone else?

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RE: Phone photos

[jcoyle]

Nice to see you back, Marco!
These are very nice shots.
I am constantly amazed at the quality coming out of the tiny lens and sensor on 
modern phones, I've used mine exclusively for on-line sales images, and to add 
to requests for a quote for renovations recently.


John in Brisbane


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> On Mar 23, 2023, at 4:08 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 23, 2023, at 4:03 PM, Marco Alpert  wrote:
>> 
>> For various reasons, I haven’t been doing any “serious" photography for 
>> quite a while now (although I do consistently lurk here). I think I’ve only 
>> taken my K-3 out a few times in the past few years, and then only for some 
>> practical purposes. However, seeing the conversation about the current state 
>> of phone photography, I thought I’d share a few phone photos I took this 
>> past weekend while we were visiting family up in Olympia WA. 
> 
> I will forever remember Olympia as where Mom had a 29 point hand when I was 
> playing cribbage with her.
> 
>> I usually only use the phone for grab shots to record things, but I thought 
>> I’d try some high contrast B These were all edited on the phone using 
>> Snapseed. I could definitely have refined them on the computer once I got 
>> home, but thought I’d leave them as they were as documentation of the 
>> in-phone  process.
>> 
>> https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjAwVC6
> 
> Aesthetically, those are very nice.  Technically, they’re very impressive for 
> a computer that you can hold in your hand.  Some of them seem noisier than 
> I’d expect, but that might be some “artificial grain” effect in the 
> processing.

Good eye. Yeah, on a few of them I was trying out the "add grain" function. 
Seemed like it might work with the high contrast aesthetic.

m



> 
>> 
>> (I haven’t used Flickr in about a decade, so hope I didn’t screw the 
>> link up.)
>> 
>> - Marco
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RE: epson 2400

[jcoyle]

Godfrey's procedures are similar to mine, with the difference that my colour 
printers have always been used for both document and photo printing, thus they 
have been well-exercised. With one (very) early exception, I've always used HP 
printers: currently have a one-year-old HP7770 A3 which does an excellent job, 
and an HP1100 B Laser which I bought in 2007, and is still going strong.  I 
only ever use genuine HP inks and toner, which may help to explain their 
longevity.


John in Brisbane



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> Am 22.03.23 um 20:39 schrieb Henk Terhell:
> Never had any luck with printers and I estimate their life time on my 
> desk is around 3 years.


Hmm. Back in the early '00s, I went through a couple of older Epson 13" dye ink 
printers … they both worked okay, but one of them died from the Piezography 
inkset I used clogging the heads permanently and the other was just starting to 
fail when the R2400 came out. I bought that (Oct 2005) and printed literally 
thousands of prints with it over the next 10-11 years. The P600 came out about 
then, and Ann needed a printer, cheap, so I gave her the R2400 and bought 
myself a P600. 

The R2400 died shortly after Ann got it (but I think she got the job she needed 
done with it) … I've always suspected that the shipment handling probably was 
the death factor. The P600 continues to work perfectly and has similarly 
produced a couple of thousand prints in the years I've had it. 

The keys to longevity with these devices is:

1- Keep them in use, don't let them sit and sit. I try to print at least two 
8x10 photographs every other week at least, exercising all the print head 
nozzles 

2- Don't run them with inks past the the ink's expiration date. Most of the 
problems I've had with any of my printers have been when I stuck an expired ink 
cartridge in because I needed to get something done and didn't have a fresh 
cartridge on hand. Because the cartridges are expensive and sometimes I'm not 
printing very much, I keep one spare set only on hand, ordering new 
replacements as they each become exhausted. I mark the cartridges so I know the 
expiration date of what's in the printer, and when I put a cartridge into 
service.

I don't have much more to add to help David's problem, unfortunately. It's been 
too long since I used an R2400 to remember the details of its maintenance and 
error indicators at this point. 

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RE: Hi kids!

[jcoyle]

Sorry to hear that Mark: you may recall I lost my daughter to pancreatic cancer 
7 years ago.  Those years are never easy having to
deal with such an awful disease.


John in Brisbane


 

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Subject: Re: Hi kids!

Thanks. She was in California staying with Lisa's sister in 2020 when she 
started having problems. A visit to the local Urgent Care
and an ultrasound revealed a mass on the pancreas and Lisa said "get your ass 
to Boston NOW" (or words to that effect). She arrived
*two days* before Logan airport shut down for the peak of the pandemic. 
Diagnosed at age 92 and made it well past her 94th birthday.
An amazing woman.

Of course, having a cancer patient in the house meant Lisa and I were "extra 
locked down" because we couldn't afford to bring Covid
back home to her. Very stressful couple of years. We've really spent the last 6 
months or so coming out of our shell.
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RE: Sigma 18-35/1.8

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If it is half as good as the 3.5-4.5 version, it will be a cracking lens.


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Do any of you have the Sigma 18-35/1.8?

What is your opinion of it?

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RE: OS 11 --> Weird problem

[jcoyle]

I fired up the Epson software after trying Henk's suggestion, and while it 
allowed me to select Professional mode, I never got to
see a 'Scan' button!  So I fired up VueScan 64, Version 6497 from April 2022, 
and it immediately offered me the latest upgrade.
Installed it, and  - Lo and Behold! After working out the interface, I am 
cheerfully scanning some Kodachrome 64.
I do find you need to thoroughly understand the way all the parameters need to 
be set under the VueScan interface, but it does work
well under W11.

Thanks for the help!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Subject: Re: OS 11 --> Weird problem

John, I remember the trouble I had installing my Epson V500 under W10. The 
trick was to install the software from the CD and right
click on the file escndv.exe  in the epson folder under program files (x86). 
There you can change compatibility mode to an earlier
windows version. I choose Vista at the time and the professional Epson mode has 
been working fine. My worries are whether this trick
will also work under W11.
You will have to wait forever for a new driver and software  from Epson for 
this old model scanner.

Henk

Op ma 30 jan. 2023 om 02:30 schreef :

> I've also been using W11 since it came out, and it has been basically 
> rock solid - I now have it on a desktop and two laptops, one of which 
> is 10 years old.
> I'll be very happy to see new drivers from Epson for the V500, mine 
> played up last time I used it, in that the interface refused to allow 
> the Professional feature to be used.
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
> > On 29-Jan-23 12:11 PM, Toine wrote:
> > > Using windows 11 from day 1. everything is working fine and never 
> > > seen
> any  lockups, bluescreens etc. It looks like epson is supporting win11 
> for the v500.
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RE: OS 11 --> Weird problem

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I did - it wasn't much better.  I've had Vuescan since 1996, and have found the 
later interface ore complex to work with.


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: OS 11 --> Weird problem

Maybe try vuescan

On Mon, 30 Jan 2023, 12:48 Henk Terhell,  wrote:

> John, I remember the trouble I had installing my Epson V500 under W10. 
> The trick was to install the software from the CD and right click on 
> the file escndv.exe  in the epson folder under program files (x86). 
> There you can change compatibility mode to an earlier windows version. 
> I choose Vista at the time and the professional Epson mode has been 
> working fine. My worries are whether this trick will also work under W11.
> You will have to wait forever for a new driver and software  from 
> Epson for this old model scanner.
>
> Henk
>
> Op ma 30 jan. 2023 om 02:30 schreef :
>
> > I've also been using W11 since it came out, and it has been 
> > basically
> rock
> > solid - I now have it on a desktop and two laptops, one of which is 
> > 10 years old.
> > I'll be very happy to see new drivers from Epson for the V500, mine
> played
> > up last time I used it, in that the interface refused to allow the 
> > Professional feature to be used.
> >
> >
> > John in Brisbane
> >
> >
> > > On 29-Jan-23 12:11 PM, Toine wrote:
> > > > Using windows 11 from day 1. everything is working fine and 
> > > > never
> seen
> > any  lockups, bluescreens etc. It looks like epson is supporting 
> > win11 for the v500.
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RE: OS 11 --> Weird problem

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Thanks Henk - how on earth did you discover that trick?


John in Brisbane



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John, I remember the trouble I had installing my Epson V500 under W10. The 
trick was to install the software from the CD and right
click on the file escndv.exe  in the epson folder under program files (x86). 
There you can change compatibility mode to an earlier
windows version. I choose Vista at the time and the professional Epson mode has 
been working fine. My worries are whether this trick
will also work under W11.
You will have to wait forever for a new driver and software  from Epson for 
this old model scanner.

Henk

Op ma 30 jan. 2023 om 02:30 schreef :

> I've also been using W11 since it came out, and it has been basically 
> rock solid - I now have it on a desktop and two laptops, one of which 
> is 10 years old.
> I'll be very happy to see new drivers from Epson for the V500, mine 
> played up last time I used it, in that the interface refused to allow 
> the Professional feature to be used.
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
> > On 29-Jan-23 12:11 PM, Toine wrote:
> > > Using windows 11 from day 1. everything is working fine and never 
> > > seen
> any  lockups, bluescreens etc. It looks like epson is supporting win11 
> for the v500.
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RE: OS 11 --> Weird problem

[jcoyle]

I've also been using W11 since it came out, and it has been basically rock 
solid - I now have it on a desktop and two laptops, one
of which is 10 years old.
I'll be very happy to see new drivers from Epson for the V500, mine played up 
last time I used it, in that the interface refused to
allow the Professional feature to be used.


John in Brisbane


> On 29-Jan-23 12:11 PM, Toine wrote:
> > Using windows 11 from day 1. everything is working fine and never seen any  
> > lockups, bluescreens etc. It looks like epson is
supporting win11 for the v500.
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How good is old gear?

[jcoyle]

I know we are all impressed by the quality of modern equipment: I was given a 
lesson today in what our older kit could produce.  In
researching an article I am writing, I went back to an image taken on a 
Voigtlander Vito CD 35mm rangefinder camera, the first
camera I ever owned.  Scanned some years ago on an Epson V500, I made an inkjet 
print 39x25cm, and the detail is so good the
portholes on a ship 300 metres away moving at 25 knots and taken from a small 
boat are tack sharp.
No wonder I don't need  to go shopping, not even for Pentax!

John in Brisbane



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RE: What Pentax gear is on your shopping (or wish) list?

[jcoyle]

There is not really anything I want: I'm not very active photographically 
anyway, and my kit encompasses the range 16-500mm, fit
both my film and digital cameras (at least those with a bayonet mount) and for 
older cameras I have enough lens for my occasional
use, ranging from 18-135mm.  Were this not the case, I'd probably have to 
refamiliarise myself with what is current, but I am not
sure that the photography I actually do would significantly benefit from newer 
gear - I use a K5ii and an MZ-S mainly, with
occasional forays into film with an SV, a Spotmatic, or a  Rolleicord.
Which is why I have seldom got  into gear discussions...


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Sunday, 15 January 2023 2:43 PM
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Subject: What Pentax gear is on your shopping (or wish) list?

It was recently observed that there is almost no discussion of Pentax gear, or 
even gear for your Pentax, on this list lately.

Let's get this kick started:  What gear is on your shopping list, or at least 
your wish list? Why do you want it?  Why haven't you
bought it yet?

The two major pieces of kit on my "want" list, are the DFA 24-70/2.8, and the 
K-3 III.

Over the past couple of weeks, I've kind of wanted a weather sealed, "fast", 
daily driver lens.  I already have a Tamron 28-70/2.8
and the DFA 28-105/3.5-5.6 which is WR.  So I do have weather sealed in that 
range, and I do have a f/2.8 lens in that range.  I
also have the 16-50/2.8 which works just fine on my K-3.  So, I already have 
the lenses that pretty much surround that specific bit
of functionality.

As to the K-3 III, what I really want would be a K-1 III, a K-1 with all of the 
nifty features they've added to the K-3 III (though
I don't really need the fancy pentaprism for the larger field of view, because 
it's already bigger), plus a modern sensor.  The K-3
was released almost 7 years ago, I mostly use mine these days when I either 
want a wide angle of view, with a fast lens, or when I
need the best sensor performance available to me in challenging light.  I would 
not be surprised if when you compared the final
images, the K-3 III sensor outperformed the K-1.  

Since a K-1 III isn't available, or even announced, there are a lot of things 
the K-3 III does better than my K-1, but I have barely
had a chance to take any photos at all the past year, and I haven't really had 
any chance to photograph in conditions where I'm up
against the performance limits of either of my Pentax camera bodies.  I have 
very little reason not to hold off on buying a K-3 III
until either the price drops, or they sell a major upgrade to the K-1.  

The 85/1.4 is also kind of on my wish list, but the pricing is such that it 
barely qualifies as an idle fantasy.


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RE: PDML - PDFG ?

[jcoyle]

I use FB for other interests, and yes, it is far more active in the main.  Some 
groups may go a few days without a post, others multiple posts daily.
Of course, Gen Z (or is it now Gen AA) decry FB, but I'm happy for them to use 
their Tik-Tok etc and leave FB to us old fogies.
I'd join a Pentax FB group like a shot, and might even post more images!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Saturday, 7 January 2023 10:30 AM
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Subject: PDML - PDFG ?

Just as a matter of interest, is there any interest in a Pentax Discussion 
Facebook Group?

I admin a FB group with over 800 members, it’s quite fun. Photos are posted 
daily and response is swift. Sure, you battle with the evil that is Meta, but 
if one is selective about viewing habits, it becomes a tool, just like camera 
gear…

Best

Cotty
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RE: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

[jcoyle]

I have:
Asahi Pentax SV
Spotmatic x 2
Spotmatic II
Spotmatic ES
Pentax KM
Pentax ME
Pentax MZ-S
Fed 4L - Russian Leica IIIc copy
Rolleicord

All work, and I regularly use the MZ-S: I am not sure about buying a new model, 
I'm sufficiently ancient that these will see me out
before they pack it in, I think.
It would be good to know that the MZ-S, particularly, might be able to be fully 
serviced, as it is a great camera.

John in Brisbane




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Subject: Re: Pentax is considering releasing a new film camera

On Tue, Dec 20, 2022 at 11:54:35AM -0500, Rick Womer wrote:
> I still have a Super Program in my cabinet. I thought I had a PZ-1p 
> too, but I must have given it away, or lent it to someone and 
> forgotten about it.
> 
> I have no desire to go back to film, though.
> 
> Rick

I believe I have:
  2 MX (one - my first K-mount - bought new; one black bought much later as a 
spare).
  ME Super
  Super Program
  PZ-1P
  MZ-S

and a variety of old lenses, teleconverters, winders; I even have an MX motor 
drive.

I also have an airtight box in my freezer with a couple of dozen rolls of old 
film that have been there 20+ years (even including a
roll or two of Royal Gold 25, IIRC)

Despite that collection I, too, have no desire to go back to shooting any more 
film.
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RE: lens coating maintenance

[jcoyle]

I saw a recent program on TV where a 100-year old telescope was restored, and 
the restorer used methylated spirits on the (glass)
lens to bring them back to what looked like pristine quality.
I intend to try it on an old 500/8 telescopic lens I own...

HTH

John in Brisbane



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Subject: lens coating maintenance

I picked up a Super Mutli Coated Takumar 6x7 75mm.

Mechanics and internals are fine but the front surface has scuffs. No 
scratches. Just dull spots.

Is there any maintenance for such?
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RE: Gorilla

[jcoyle]

I've scanned a considerable number of slides, negatives, and old glossy prints 
using an Epson V500 scanner, with what I think are good quality results.  The 
trickiest were old family negatives from other members of the family processed 
by the local chemist!
The impossible were the tiny negatives from 70's era insta-type cameras, could 
never get a decent image from them, and there are no commercial holders 
available, AFAIK.
Not sure if this helps!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Friday, 2 December 2022 5:40 AM
To: PDML 
Subject: Re: Gorilla

I have the BEOON as well .. it's useful for quickies, but to do a full roll of 
film, or a lot of slides, it isn't convenient or as consistent as other jigs. 

The Essential Film Holder negative carrier, by Andrew Clifforth, is what I've 
been using for some months now. It's a simple jig, not too expensive, and he 
can supply a variety of masks for 35mm strips, mounted slides, and various 120 
formats. Work with any 2x2 inch mounted slides. The website is here: 
https://clifforth.co.uk/index2.html

This and a thin flourescent or LED based light box works great with my copy 
stand and whatever camera/macro lens setup I need for a format. 

Since I setup and do my scanning in my office, I minimize ambient light by 
shutting the blinds and turning off all but my desk lamp at a low setting. I've 
also done a simple black paper shield surrounding the camera and film stage but 
haven't found it particularly necessary. The hardest stuff I have to copy are 
my Polaroids … the ultra-glossy print surface is hellish with respect to 
reflections and keeping it flat!

I'm going to set up and do some scanning later today (it's rainy out, I will be 
home all afternoon it seems). I'll photograph the setup with the EFH in a 
couple of configurations and post some photos.

G


> On Dec 1, 2022, at 2:07 AM, Bob Pdml  wrote:
> 
> Thanks Godfrey. 
> 
> One thing I’m doing differently from my first attempts is to use the tubes 
> and slide holder instead of the Leitz Beoon which I originally used. The 
> reason for this is to prevent unwanted light altering the colour balance - 
> I’m too lazy to do it in the dark! The Beoon of course handles several 
> formats.
> 
> My current method doesn’t handle unmounted slides and negatives. I’m not 
> aware of a film strip holder that will fit the Pentax slide holders I have, 
> they’re all too thick, so I may need to experiment with butchering a plastic 
> slide mount, or I may have to close the curtains and switch the lights off.
> 
>> On 1 Dec 2022, at 01:11, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
>> 
>> Great set of photos, Bob! 
>> 
>> Yes, I have discontinued using film and flatbed scanners for the most 
>> part, do almost all my negative and transparency scanning using a 
>> copy camera setup now … similar to yours in some ways, but a 
>> different camera and lens mix. *
>> 
>> It's an easy setup to master if you have a few basic pieces so I agree: 
>> anyone wanting to do film to digital capture nowadays and who already has an 
>> interchangeable lens camera should try the copy camera approach first, 
>> before spending money on any kind of scanner.
>> 
>> G
>> 
>> * My setup varies depending upon what format and film type I'm capturing. I 
>> work with formats from Minox 8x11 to 6x9cm so I need a range of different 
>> film holders and lenses.
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RE: Who was here in 2005?

[jcoyle]

My guess would be Margaret Sullivan or Wendy Beard.


John in Brisbane



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To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Who was here in 2005?


Who can identify any of these people?
(I know who they are - I was asking who else remembers them)

This was taken on a PDML outing to Hakone Gardens in San Jose in 2005.
Camera: *ist-D
Exposure: 1/125 @ f/5.6, ISO 200
Lens:  ? The EXIF says focal length 220mm.
   I don't seem to have a good EXIF extractor on ths computer!



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RE: Halooooo.......?

[jcoyle]

Less active photographically nowadays, and my son and his wife are here on 
holiday from Hong Kong, and my eldest grandchild from my side graduated from 
high school this week!  So a busy period.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Subject: Halo...?

Where is everyone?

Only sixteen posts in the past week, by my count.

Only four of us have posted photos, and they’ve gotten very few comments.

How about some pix and commentary, friends?

Rick

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RE: Heat wave

[jcoyle]

Not far behind you Alan - 25°C for us - but then I grew up in the UK!

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Heat wave

Welcome to Phalaborwa. We turn on the heaters when it goes under 40°C!

Alan C

On 07-Sep-22 02:25 AM, John Francis wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 06, 2022 at 11:50:57PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote:
>> Here, down to a balmy 21 or so daytime, big fat low revolving over us 
>> dumping good amounts of rain. The grass has lost the bright yellow glow and 
>> patches of green are returning. Rain til the weekend. Happier days.
>>
>> Cot
> What is this grass of which you speak?   :-)
>
>
> I stopped watering the grass several years ago when it became painfully 
> obvious that:
>
>1) California didn't have enough water to meet existing requirements,
>   let alone the increases expected from population growth.
>
>2) It was extremely unlikely that California would be able to get the
>   votes required to change the allocation system, so there was no way
>   to prevent long-established agriculture, etc., having first rights
>   to take as much water as they wanted to grow crops; there wasn't
>   even a way to require efficient irrigation systems (too expensive)
>   or to prevent crops such as almonds (or even hay) being exported.
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RE: catching up on a hot summer day (Where's Ann been?)

[jcoyle]

Don't know how I missed this earlier, Anne - but so glad things are beginning 
to get better!
Reminds me that, just before we were coming to the USA in 2016, I had a similar 
fall - tripped on a kerb, fractured my right eye socket, almost degloved my 
right hand and had a number of other scrapes and bruises.  Did not overnight in 
hospital, but had some excellent repair work done by very kind and efficient 
staff, and allowed to go home.  Three weeks later, I'm meeting Anne on 7th.East 
for an excellent lunch!
Keep safe, Anne us oldies gotta hang around a bit longer.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: John Sessoms  
Sent: Monday, 8 August 2022 9:25 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: catching up on a hot summer day (Where's Ann been?)

Glad to hear that you're doing better.

On 8/7/2022 1:54 PM, ann sanfedele wrote:
> OK so here's the story...
> I had a mild stroke in the middle of June.. an over night in the 
> emergency room at NYU LAngone  and a bunch of tests before and during 
> the stay there.
> some placque build-up in carotid artery , the one where stuff goes to 
> your face, not your brain... and it resulted in a speech impediment 
> but nothing more serious. the slurry comes and goes.. mostly gone, but 
> if I'm really tired it shows up.  I'm on the generic version of Plavix 
> and Crestor now.. and a tiny aspirin a day.  My blood pressure has 
> been steady-on for years on a small amount of amlodipine though they 
> saw my white coat readings in hospital and tried to foist a double 
> dose on me.. that didn't happen. On a follow up visit a week after 
> hospital adventure I showed date and time stamped photos of the 
> readings I had gotten at home since out of hospital and 
> nurse-practitioner agreed that someone who had readings around 120/65 
> at my age should not be increasing Bp lowering drugs.
> 
> I have lost 12 lbs (on purpose) since early June.. don't eat anything 
> that once had 4 legs, and as I love to cook it isn't difficult for me 
> to make tasty stuff that is healthy.  I'm doing some kind of 
> combination of Mediterranian and DASH I guess, my own design but it is 
> working. I get a CT scan in Sept .
> and I have to get a cardio doc but won't be doing anything about that yet.
> 
> about a week after being released from the hospital I got out on a 
> relative cool day for a bit but then got caught in the heat and was a 
> mess - heat exhaustion.  .. a week later I had another outing  being 
> more cautious, minimum amount of walking to get two chores done and 
> earl in am so the weather was ok.. a few steps from  my doorway I took 
> a header .. not a balace issue - I was side stepping to avoid some 
> kids unloading a truck and caught my toe on the curb.. nothing broke, 
> but bruised left boob and ribcage, scraped knee , and broke glass 
> frames - that thankfully broke in jus the right place that I was able 
> to do a temp repair - one lens fell out but didnt break and was 
> recovered quickly.  I frightened the teens because my eyebrow ridge 
> was bleeding profusely - didn't hurt at all.. one of them brought lots 
> of paper napkins from a deli on the corner and helped me to my front 
> door. Got home safely to wait for my groceries to get delivered... I 
> have not been out of the apartment since then (7/26) ..
> 
> I'm all but completely recovered from the fall but I will not be 
> leaving my apartment until the temperture is no higher than 75 f in 
> the morning and lowered humidity... even then I won't venture beyond 
> one or two blocks without getting on an air conditioned bus.
> 
> Hoping that the CT scan in September and my good diet will allow me to 
> drop the Plavix (clopidogrel) I guess I'll be taking statins for my 
> choleterol for quite a while..
> 
> I really did this to myself... eating poorly since I turned 85...being 
> rather cavelier (I got this far.. so..) and allowed myself too much 
> wicked stuff on my plate..
> I weigh 132 now and am aiming for 130..
> 
> THe really good news is that I appear to be a Covid -dodger- haven't 
> had it at all (knock wood) and I was testing myself every day after 
> being in  the hospital emergency room ..
> 
> anyway - here I am
> ann
> 

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RE: OT: I've been everwhwre

[jcoyle]

I could probably add one more - Jersey, one of the Channel Islands

John in Brisbane



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Subject: RE: OT: I've been everwhwre

I've been to 36:
England
Scotland
Northern Ireland
France
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Germany
The Netherlands
Madeira
Menorca
Finland
Czech Republic
Austria
Saint Helena
Ascension Island
South Africa
Kenya
Egypt
Greece
Turkey
New Zealand
United States
China
Singapore
Hong Kong
Japan
Viet Nam
Taiwan
Dubai
Abu Dhabi
Muscat
Bahrein
Oman
New Caledonia
Australia

John in Brisbane







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Sent: Monday, 1 August 2022 6:48 AM
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Subject: Re: OT: I've been everwhwre

As I was about to say, before my finger slipped and set that last post out 
prematurely, I doubt I will ever now be able to make that
trip and add Hungary and Slovakia to my world list.

This is a very cowsmopolitan group;  I would be interested in hearing about how 
widely others here have traveled.

Countries Visited: (33)

USA
Canada
Mexico
Bermuda
Cuba
Jamaica
Aruba
Dominican Republic
China
Japan
South Korea
Thailand
VietNam
Philippines
Turkey
Morocco
England
Wales
Ireland
Spain
France
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Greece
Liechtenstein
Czech Republic
Norway
Sweden
Denmark

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 4:43 PM Daniel J. Matyola 
wrote:

> Ann's comments on another thread got me to thinking about travel goals 
> that I abandoned because of COVID, and my unsatisfied bucket list.
>
> I think Ann has visited all 50 states.  To my dismay, I just counted
> 11 US states into which I have never set foot (although I have flown 
> over many of them).
>
> On the other hand, I HAVE visited 33 countries, including the US.  I 
> had planned to add 2 more on a river cruise that was cancelled because 
> of COVID, and I don't know if I Dan Matyola 
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RE: OT: I've been everwhwre

[jcoyle]

I've been to 36:
England
Scotland
Northern Ireland
France
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Germany
The Netherlands
Madeira
Menorca
Finland
Czech Republic
Austria
Saint Helena
Ascension Island
South Africa
Kenya
Egypt
Greece
Turkey
New Zealand
United States
China
Singapore
Hong Kong
Japan
Viet Nam
Taiwan
Dubai
Abu Dhabi
Muscat
Bahrein
Oman
New Caledonia
Australia

John in Brisbane







-Original Message-
From: Daniel J. Matyola  
Sent: Monday, 1 August 2022 6:48 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
Subject: Re: OT: I've been everwhwre

As I was about to say, before my finger slipped and set that last post out 
prematurely, I doubt I will ever now be able to make that
trip and add Hungary and Slovakia to my world list.

This is a very cowsmopolitan group;  I would be interested in hearing about how 
widely others here have traveled.

Countries Visited: (33)

USA
Canada
Mexico
Bermuda
Cuba
Jamaica
Aruba
Dominican Republic
China
Japan
South Korea
Thailand
VietNam
Philippines
Turkey
Morocco
England
Wales
Ireland
Spain
France
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
Switzerland
Austria
Italy
Greece
Liechtenstein
Czech Republic
Norway
Sweden
Denmark

Dan Matyola
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On Sun, Jul 31, 2022 at 4:43 PM Daniel J. Matyola 
wrote:

> Ann's comments on another thread got me to thinking about travel goals 
> that I abandoned because of COVID, and my unsatisfied bucket list.
>
> I think Ann has visited all 50 states.  To my dismay, I just counted 
> 11 US states into which I have never set foot (although I have flown 
> over many of them).
>
> On the other hand, I HAVE visited 33 countries, including the US.  I 
> had planned to add 2 more on a river cruise that was cancelled because 
> of COVID, and I don't know if I Dan Matyola 
> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
> *
>
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RE: July PUG is up

[jcoyle]

Don't often comment, but Rick's foggy view stands out this time.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Brian W  
Sent: Friday, 8 July 2022 11:24 AM
To: PDML 
Subject: July PUG is up

G'day all

Enjoy the new gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/

(you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery there).

Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not 
infallible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it
in the gallery, let me know.

+

The theme for August is 'On the Road'

Full Submissions Guidelines are here:

http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html

You can submit here:

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Cheers
Brian
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RE: OT: Why It's Illegal to Take Photos of the Eiffel Tower at Night

[jcoyle]

While in Paris on several occasions during the 1970's, I took a number of 
photos of the Eiffel Tower at night: since these predated any grant of 
copyright, I think I would contest any claim upon the copyright by a third 
party, and also amongst others on the grounds I am not a EU citizen and 
therefore not subject to their laws while outside the territory.
On a more general note, I agree that the world has gone crazy, with corporates 
trying to control images beyond any reasonable extent, and suing, in the USA, 
companies outside the USA for trade mark infringement where the defendant has 
used the brand long before the existence of the appellant's brand.

I refer to the response of the commander of US forces at Bastogne - "Nuts".


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Ralf R Radermacher  
Sent: Friday, 1 July 2022 7:39 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: OT: Why It's Illegal to Take Photos of the Eiffel Tower at Night

Am 30.06.22 um 20:57 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola:
 >
https://www.cntraveler.com/story/why-its-illegal-to-take-photos-of-the-eiffel-tower-at-night

The company running the Eiffel Tower (SETE) have the rights not to the tower 
itself but the nightly illumination.

fotocommunity.de have a special agreement with them to the effect that you may 
publish those photos via your account on their website if you add a mention 
transferring the SETE the rights to the image.

And it's not only the Eiffel Tower. There's a rule in Belgium saying that you 
aren't allowed to publish photos of the Atomium in Brussels regardless if 
they've been taken by day or night.

As of January 28, 2022, it is no longer allowed to take and publish photos of 
the two Belgian nuclear power stations near Liège and Antwerp.

The whole world is goin crazier by the day.

Ralf

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RE: Anybody home?

[jcoyle]

Here but very quiet - not doing much photography nowadays


John in Brisbane


On 6/22/2022 6:16 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
 Not seeing any traffic for the last few days, and wondering where 
 everyone is?
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RE: New computer woes.

[jcoyle]

That's what I meant Larry - I use them all the time now.  I was somewhat 
surprised that my latest HP box came with a wired mouse and keyboard.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Sunday, 5 June 2022 4:03 PM
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Subject: Re: New computer woes.



> On Jun 4, 2022, at 10:48 PM,   
> wrote:
> 
> Forgive my asking the obvious - and I know you're very experienced!
> USB or hard-wired mouse?
> If USB - mouse battery Ok?  USB port functions correctly with other devices?

I think you mean bluetooth, not USB.  USB is hard wired.

Or there are some USB dongle wireless mice.

> If hard-wired - will it work on another PC?
> 
> In either case - drivers up-to-date?
> No particles blocking the optical sensor?
> 
> In either case, if you have another mouse, remove it from devices in the 
> system and install an old one and test.
> 
> HTH
> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: John Sessoms 
> Sent: Sunday, 5 June 2022 12:29 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Subject: OT: New computer woes.
> 
> I've started having a problem where the mouse pointer just disappears & won't 
> come back.
> 
> Windoze10 (came preinstalled on the new computer I bought when my old 
> computer died).
> 
> I've done the two things Micro$oft recommends - ♦ UNCHECKED the box that says 
> "Hide the mouse pointer while typing", and ♦ CHECKED the box that says "Show 
> the location of the pointer when I press the CTRL key.
> 
> When the pointer disappears pressing CTRL causes an expanding circle to flash 
> momentarily on the scree showing where the mouse pointer is supposed to be.
> 
> But at the same time I can't move the pointer with the mouse. No matter how I 
> move the mouse, the pointer is frozen in the same position.
> 
> The only way I've found to bring the mouse pointer back when it 
> malfunctions this way is use keyboard commands CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring 
> up a log off screen (using the tab key to move the focus to the 
> appropriate
> box) and then powering off the computer.
> 
> Not very satisfactory.
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RE: New computer woes.

[jcoyle]

Forgive my asking the obvious - and I know you're very experienced!
USB or hard-wired mouse?
If USB - mouse battery Ok?  USB port functions correctly with other devices?
If hard-wired - will it work on another PC?

In either case - drivers up-to-date?
No particles blocking the optical sensor?

In either case, if you have another mouse, remove it from devices in the system 
and install an old one and test.

HTH

John in Brisbane


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Sent: Sunday, 5 June 2022 12:29 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
Subject: OT: New computer woes.

I've started having a problem where the mouse pointer just disappears & won't 
come back.

Windoze10 (came preinstalled on the new computer I bought when my old computer 
died).

I've done the two things Micro$oft recommends - ♦ UNCHECKED the box that says 
"Hide the mouse pointer while typing", and ♦ CHECKED the box that says "Show 
the location of the pointer when I press the CTRL key.

When the pointer disappears pressing CTRL causes an expanding circle to flash 
momentarily on the scree showing where the mouse pointer is supposed to be.

But at the same time I can't move the pointer with the mouse. No matter how I 
move the mouse, the pointer is frozen in the same position.

The only way I've found to bring the mouse pointer back when it malfunctions 
this way is use keyboard commands CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up a log off screen 
(using the tab key to move the focus to the appropriate
box) and then powering off the computer.

Not very satisfactory.

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RE: Tori and friends

[jcoyle]

The Gazelle, particularly the soft top version, has always been a very 
good-looking car.
Looking really good now, 


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2022 3:42 PM
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Subject: Tori and friends

You may remember that last summer a friend of mine bought a ’59 Singer Gazelle 
and I helped her getting running well enough to take it to a local British Car 
show, and then towed it down to her place in Watsonville. In the intervening 
time Tori has done a lot of work on the car, including body work (with a little 
help) and repainting (her first paint job).  The car isn’t likely to win the 
Concourse at Pebble Beach, but it’s still an impressive achievement.  Damned 
impressive in fact.

I was heading to a party about 20 minutes from her on Saturday and hadn’t seen 
the car for several months so I stopped by to get some photos of it.  She asked 
me to take it for a short drive, during which the cable for the column shifter 
came loose, so I manually moved it to have 3rd and 4th rather than 1st and 2nd, 
drove back, fixed it, and suggested that for the next round of photos she 
replace her gimme cap with some sort of scarf.  She went one better and put on 
a bit of a pinup costume.

The full sunlight was a bit of a challenge, but we did have some pretty clouds 
in the background.

For those that just want one photo:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/52111568366/in/album-72177720299395937/

For those that want the full set:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72177720299395937

You may note that some of the photos are not of a ’59 Gazelle, but of a ’38 
Minx.  The person that sold the Gazelle to ths car lot she bought it from is a 
bit of a Rootes group fanatic.  I had first heard of Doug when I was working 
with his brother Mike, about 20 years ago, and Mike mentioned that Doug had 
“Tigerized” a Hillman Husky.  An idea that had crossed my mind on more than one 
occasion when I was driving a girlfriend’s husky back in college.

Tori connected with Doug, a very handy resource because he had done a lot of 
mechanical restoration on Nigel (the Gazelle).  It turned out that Doug had a 
’38 Minx sitting around, but not the resources to fix it up, along with all of 
his other projects.  That is going to be Tori’s next project.  

For reference, the “before” photos of Nigel, when we were fixing it up at my 
house:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719893638527

And the day of the car show:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719972549480

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RE: PESOs (4) - Laurel Hill Hearse

[jcoyle]

I'm not sure it was ever used for funerals!  The skeletal hand mirror brackets 
and the slogan on the side window suggest a somewhat
jokey design - and the two-tone jars a bit too!  But, good subject.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Rick Womer  
Sent: Tuesday, 31 May 2022 6:17 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
Subject: PESOs (4) - Laurel Hill Hearse

Our photo class visited Laurel Hill Cemetery last week. It was founded in 1836 
on the outer fringe of Philadelphia, but of course it
has been engulfed by the city over the decades. 

In front of the administration building is this antique Pontiac hearse, which 
attracted photographic interest. Note the brackets
holding the wing mirrors.

https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2022/May-2022/Laurel-Hill/

Comments always appreciated!

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RE: New Toys

[jcoyle]

Hi Alan - an A35? That was possibly the most uncool car of the era - but with 
that motor it would have shocked many a boy racer!  Mind you, that comes from 
one who had a bog standard 850 Mini.  At one time the speedo jammed at 80 
mph(!) and I got stopped by the police for driving too slowly (guessing I was 
doing roughly the 30mph speed limit): I was silently praying he wouldn't notice 
the speedo reading.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Alan C  
Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 5:35 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: New Toys

Long ago, in Rhodesia, I had an  A35 van (1000cc BMC engine, hot cam, twin 
SU's) in BRG with a light grey roof. Then came the Mini's.

Alan C

On 18-Apr-22 09:07 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> Maybe - but British Racing Green is pretty cool!
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Alan C 
> Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:32 PM
> To: pdml@pdml.net
> Subject: Re: New Toys
>
> Aren't sports cars supposed to be red?
>
> Alan C
>
> On 18-Apr-22 02:42 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>> The latest version is getting great reviews in the motoring press in 
>> Australia.  Friend of mine has an older model (2005) and loves it.
>> Like the colour - I had my 1973 Escort resprayed in a very similar colour.
>>
>>
>> John in Brisbane
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Larry Colen 
>> Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:53 AM
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
>> Subject: Re: New Toys
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Apr 17, 2022, at 5:25 AM, Alan C  wrote:
>>>
>>> Looks good, Larry. Known at the MX-5 over here - a very popular ladies 
>>> sports car, still in high demand.
>> This is actually my fourth Miata/Eunos/Mx-5, but my first NB, the others 
>> were all NAs.  They have a reputation here of being a “woman’s car”.  I’m 
>> fine with them being popular with women, particularly attractive women that 
>> I might want an opportunity to chat with.
>>
>> In the motorsports community there is a saying “the answer is always miata”. 
>>  They are fun to drive, get decent gas mileage and are just a little bit 
>> more reliable than an anvil.  The best racing I have ever seen is in a class 
>> called Spec Miata.  In the last race I did with the SCCA, I qualified mid 
>> grid, a friend was gridded directly in front of me with a qualifying time 
>> .030 seconds faster than mine, the guy next to me was .030 slower.  So, on a 
>> 3 mile (5km) track,  about .060 seconds which works out to about 10ft (3m) 
>> separated the qualifying times of four cars, or two rows of the grid.
>>
>>
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RE: New Toys

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Maybe - but British Racing Green is pretty cool!


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: New Toys

Aren't sports cars supposed to be red?

Alan C

On 18-Apr-22 02:42 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> The latest version is getting great reviews in the motoring press in 
> Australia.  Friend of mine has an older model (2005) and loves it.
> Like the colour - I had my 1973 Escort resprayed in a very similar colour.
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Larry Colen 
> Sent: Monday, 18 April 2022 2:53 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Subject: Re: New Toys
>
>
>
>> On Apr 17, 2022, at 5:25 AM, Alan C  wrote:
>>
>> Looks good, Larry. Known at the MX-5 over here - a very popular ladies 
>> sports car, still in high demand.
> This is actually my fourth Miata/Eunos/Mx-5, but my first NB, the others were 
> all NAs.  They have a reputation here of being a “woman’s car”.  I’m fine 
> with them being popular with women, particularly attractive women that I 
> might want an opportunity to chat with.
>
> In the motorsports community there is a saying “the answer is always miata”.  
> They are fun to drive, get decent gas mileage and are just a little bit more 
> reliable than an anvil.  The best racing I have ever seen is in a class 
> called Spec Miata.  In the last race I did with the SCCA, I qualified mid 
> grid, a friend was gridded directly in front of me with a qualifying time 
> .030 seconds faster than mine, the guy next to me was .030 slower.  So, on a 
> 3 mile (5km) track,  about .060 seconds which works out to about 10ft (3m) 
> separated the qualifying times of four cars, or two rows of the grid.
>
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RE: New Toys

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The latest version is getting great reviews in the motoring press in Australia. 
 Friend of mine has an older model (2005) and loves it.
Like the colour - I had my 1973 Escort resprayed in a very similar colour.


John in Brisbane



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> On Apr 17, 2022, at 5:25 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> 
> Looks good, Larry. Known at the MX-5 over here - a very popular ladies sports 
> car, still in high demand.

This is actually my fourth Miata/Eunos/Mx-5, but my first NB, the others were 
all NAs.  They have a reputation here of being a “woman’s car”.  I’m fine with 
them being popular with women, particularly attractive women that I might want 
an opportunity to chat with.  

In the motorsports community there is a saying “the answer is always miata”.  
They are fun to drive, get decent gas mileage and are just a little bit more 
reliable than an anvil.  The best racing I have ever seen is in a class called 
Spec Miata.  In the last race I did with the SCCA, I qualified mid grid, a 
friend was gridded directly in front of me with a qualifying time .030 seconds 
faster than mine, the guy next to me was .030 slower.  So, on a 3 mile (5km) 
track,  about .060 seconds which works out to about 10ft (3m) separated the 
qualifying times of four cars, or two rows of the grid.


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RE: Baby Rhino

[jcoyle]

Love it - just like any two-year old of any species which has just found its 
legs!


John in Brisbane



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Subject: OT: Baby Rhino

You just have to watch this. Remember to turn on the sound.

https://www.facebook.com/11059944147/videos/1461669047584005

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RE: OT; I'm Tired

[jcoyle]

Same for me Paul, but some time ago, when I passed 80, I cut back.  Even on my 
overseas trips I carry only one body, (K5ii), 16-45 and 50-200 zooms, and a 
50mm Macro: together with a decent flash I feel I'm covered for my sort of 
photography.
I have used a Nikon Coolpix with a 4.5-36mm, f3.7-6.6 lens and have been 
satisfied with the results for walk-around shooting - and it has an amazing 
battery life!


John in Brisbane



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Subject: OT; I'm Tired

I never thought I’d say it, but at 74, I’m worn out. I don’t know how much 
longer I can keep carrying big glass and a full frame camera on a walk through 
the woods. Yes, my k-3 is lighter, but it’s still a lot of camera with a lens 
that’s long enough to shoot wildlife. 

Here’s the camera I want: 
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=sony%20rx10=0=yes=ma
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RE: PESOs (3) - Warm February Afternoon

[jcoyle]

Nice images, Rick.
WRT climate - that sort of warm winter day is not unprecedented.  In 1965, I 
was working for a shipping company that had one tanker for which we could not 
find a new charter as she came to the end of the then current charter.  Given 
that she did not need a refit, it was decided to lay up the vessel at Falmouth, 
in the south-west of England.  So a colleague and I travelled down from London, 
boarded the ship (while she was under way!), paid off the crew, and stayed on 
board while she was taken up the River Fal to lay up at King Harry's Ferry.  We 
dined on board that night, on the foredeck, in February with a temperature, 
although it was evening, of about 18C, and had a very pleasant meal!
It can happen!


John in Brisbane


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Subject: PESOs (3) - Warm February Afternoon

The sun was getting low at about 4pm, and the light was nice. Two from the 
cemetery, one from our neighborhood park:

https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2022/February-2022/Warm-February-Afternoon/

(66F / 19C in late February. Whaddya mean we’ve screwed up the climate?)

Comments always appreciated.

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RE: Testing...

[jcoyle]

Loud and clear in Oz - about as far as you can be from the source!

John in Brisbane



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Subject: Testing...

1, 2, 3
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RE: Big problem in lightroom classic

[jcoyle]

This is not the first time Larry or others have reported this sort of issue 
with LR: I'm just glad I decided I couldn't work with it, and my PS, Bridge, 
and self-organised directory structures under several versions of Windows have 
worked well over twenty years and half-a-dozen computers and external drives 
combinations.

Good luck sorting it out and maintaining a reliable  structure!


John in Brisbane


On Mon., Feb. 14, 2022, 12:10 a.m. Larry Colen,  wrote:

> My lightroom workflow involves importing my files onto my SSD, using 
> that for the initial processing then, in lightroom, moving the files 
> onto my primary long term copy and also duplicating onto my first and 
> second level backups.
>
> I know better than to move files around outside of lightroom, 
> lightroom gets confused and bad things happen.
>
> It turns out that in lightroom classic if I move the directories from 
> one drive to another it gets really confused and loses them.  I just 
> spent the past hour or two cleaning up the mess.  Fortunately I was 
> able to find the files (in some really messed up locations).
>
> In the process of cleaning up I lost the edits of my photos from 
> today, no big problem.  When I got nervous because I wasn’t sure what 
> was happening and immediately moved my photos from they paying job I’m 
> working on and then tried to back them up and lost them (for a bit) that was 
> a big problem.
>
> I’ve found them, restored things but am just a wee bit annoyed at Adobe.
> The bug report I’m about to file may be a bit strongly worded.
>
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OT; Brilliant photograpyy

[jcoyle]

Worth a look!

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity=tkliwinihilisci=a.4859932557378431&__cft__[0]=AZVd6-yQN-dlhXAc7eqDOz99uWl
ZhlLPRK2K7ikx4gXPFZJS0cu9TKKBLbi3jYXuFSCu8oCA4RfnrC4X96sf_YDUcXARvN-GP9SPW8mE2HXFswAZy7bN7IqZlvM9iS9ISecEJiesDN_y9nCiB4m
j_SlJoGpazP-BGmoXg4gVrmUIPi2Ve7OMO-eubEuqxYQ6jOXnTNF4sSYi0cudx5N1jkNY&__tn__=-UC%2CP-y-R


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RE: Pentax Spotting

[jcoyle]

I've told this story before: mine was  an Asahi Pentax SV, bought for me by a 
nurse travelling via Singapore while I was
living on St. Helena in 1968: the camera arrived about four months after she 
left, due to there only being sea mail
service to the island!
It was stolen in 1975 in the East End of London, but I bought it's exact twin 
in Adelaide about 15 years ago, and it
still works like new.

John in Brisbane


-Original Message-
From: ann sanfedele  
Sent: Wednesday, 5 January 2022 6:59 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Pentax Spotting

3mmm   ?  hmmm :-)

My first pentax was the 1000 with th standard recommended combo of lenses to 
cover everything... 50,28,135  the 28mm
instead of the 35mm was suggeted to me but I can't remember who clue me about 
it..it was a great decision.  I still have
that 28mm I bought in 1975.

ann

On 1/4/2022 3:44 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
> I purchased my spotty from a PX in the far East.
>
> I was looking for a Minolta 101 SLR, which a friend had let me try, 
> but it was sold out.  The PX camera guy said that Asahi made the best 
> glass in the world, and also showed me ads that indicated Honeywell 
> was selling it under its own name in the states,  Those two factors 
> led me to buy the Asahi Pentax Spotmatic, with 3 lenses, 50mm,3mmm and 
> a 135mm, with a set of filters.
>
> Dan Matyola
> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
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> Virus-free.
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> On Tue, Jan 4, 2022 at 1:18 PM Nolan Hinshaw  wrote:
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>> On Jan 3, 2022, at 22:04, Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
>>> Since regular TV is so terrible these days, I have been 
>>> binge-watching
>> some
>>> of my old favorites from previous decades.
>>>
>>> Tonight was an old episode of Six Feet Under, from the second season.
>>> Claire Fisher was planning to attend an arts school, and working on 
>>> her portfolio.  She breaks out her camera, and it's an ASAHI Pentax, 
>>> clearly labeled as such.  Looks just like the spotty I purchased 
>>> back in 1967!
>> That was what I bought back then, the S1A, with bellows and slide copier.
>> I was stationed in Italy with a guy in security who'd make regular 
>> trips to Japan and I tasked him to bring me all that stuff on one 
>> trip, which he did, and I think I didn't pay a whole lot for it - 
>> much less than for a Honeywell-branded spotty, at any rate.
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RE: PESO: Cheerio, Miss Sophie!

[jcoyle]

Not sure about that, Mike - I seem to recall seeing it in the UK before I left, 
in 1981, thus it was familiar to me when
it showed in OZ

John in Brisbane



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Subject: RE: PESO: Cheerio, Miss Sophie!

Never broadcast on British TV until 2018.  Frinton's drunks were a regular 
appearance in other shows.  I particularly
liked his snapped cigarette prop.

> On 02 January 2022 at 03:00 jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> 
> Happy New Year to all - and the Miss Sophie sketch featured for years on both 
> British and Australian TV! I find it
hilarious still.
> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Ralf R Radermacher 
> Sent: Saturday, 1 January 2022 8:39 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Subject: PESO: Cheerio, Miss Sophie!
> 
> One of the many very discrete outlets in Calais, catering for the needs of 
> their customers from across the Channel:
> 
> https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/cheerio-miss-sophie-fotoralfbe/459
> 34356
> 
> There's a story behind the title of the photo and everybody in Germany knows 
> it. As long as I can remember, the
following sketch has been a fixture on many German TV channels, on New Year's 
Eve. Miss Sophie celebrates her 90th
birthday with her dearest friends. There's just one little problem: she has 
outlived them all by decades. So, her Butler
James has to stand in...
> 
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n7VI0rC8ZA
> 
> A happy new year to all of you.
> 
> Ralf
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RE: PESO: Cheerio, Miss Sophie!

[jcoyle]

Happy New Year to all - and the Miss Sophie sketch featured for years on both 
British and Australian TV! I find it hilarious still.

John in Brisbane




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Sent: Saturday, 1 January 2022 8:39 AM
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Subject: PESO: Cheerio, Miss Sophie!

One of the many very discrete outlets in Calais, catering for the needs of 
their customers from across the Channel:

https://www.fotocommunity.com/photo/cheerio-miss-sophie-fotoralfbe/45934356

There's a story behind the title of the photo and everybody in Germany knows 
it. As long as I can remember, the following sketch has been a fixture on many 
German TV channels, on New Year's Eve. Miss Sophie celebrates her 90th birthday 
with her dearest friends. There's just one little problem: she has outlived 
them all by decades. So, her Butler James has to stand in...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n7VI0rC8ZA

A happy new year to all of you.

Ralf

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RE: Seasonal greetings

[jcoyle]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all fellow Pentaxians!

John in Brisbane
(32C and thunder today, a wet Christmas promised!)



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Subject: Seasonal greetings

Happy saturnalia!  About an hour late, actually, but better than never.  I'm 
going to try to keep the festivities going
until things go back to normal, so I might be away for quite a while.
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RE: OT: Dyspeptic Rant on Modern CD players

[jcoyle]

I'm with Rick on this: my CD player (which also handles USB sources) will show 
videos and stills with an easy and informative display, is 35x18x3cm and sits 
on the stack of other devices connected to my TV.
In any case, why should I be forced to spend either the time or the money in 
converting these high quality sources, Deutsche Gramophon vinyl and CD's, into 
another format which is just as likely to be replaced in the future by some 
other whiz-kids brainchild?
I'm still mad at having to buy an external CD/DVD player to connect to my 
latest generation PC: do the PC manufacturers think we have thrown away our 
source software discs?  I admit to being an old fart, but I still use Lotus 
software written in 1990 when I need to have a secure file (on the grounds 
no-one else nowadays would be able open it, even if they recognised the file 
type).
And of course, how many backup files are no longer accessible because either 
the creation or restore software exists (hello Microsoft), or the media is now 
"obsolete"?


John in Brisbane




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Subject: Re: OT: Dyspeptic Rant on Modern CD players

My collection is overwhelmingly classical, and consists of about 150 CDs and 
twice that many LPs. 

I have no desire to spend time ripping them to alternative methods of storage.

Rick

> On Dec 14, 2021, at 5:36 PM, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> Am 14.12.21 um 22:54 schrieb Bob Pdml:
> 
>> Get rid of them all. I got rid of mine years ago because they, and the 
>> player, took up so much space. The cases are just more useless plastic, and 
>> at London property prices I figured I could get better value out of the 
>> square footage.
> 
> I buy most of my music on second-hand cds from German ebay dealer 
> Medimops. Their prices are most attractive and shipping is free. They 
> have a lot of stuff that wouldn't be available from the usual 
> streaming sites.
> 
> Once they arrive, I rip them and store them as uncompressed alac files 
> on a NAS. This way, I can access them at various places in our flat. 
> The Cds are stored in the basement.
> 
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RE: Vintage Cameras was: Fulvia ... Almost Home - GDG

[jcoyle]

Hi Bob - the 1926 is one of the box type - as I said, unbranded but a search 
for similar styles of box camera gave a couple of very close matches.  I 
suspect that there were multiple variations around the fittings to the standard 
box due to supply issues or minor changes to them.

I just recalled I also have some Spotmatics, an ESII, a KMD and an ME, most of 
which work.


John in Brisbane


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Sent: Monday, 13 December 2021 9:58 AM
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Subject: Re: Vintage Cameras was: Fulvia ... Almost Home - GDG


> On 12 Dec 2021, at 23:42, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> Godfrey's mention of his ancient cameras leads me to wonder who else likes 
> collecting these engineering beauties?
> I'll start with a Rolleicord from 1955, a Fed 4L from 1969,  and of course an 
> SV from 1967. Of no great quality, to say the least, I inherited from my 
> mother a number of box cameras, some branded as Kodak and others not.  One I 
> think I have dated to 1926, would still work, and it was made in England!
> 
> John in Brisbane

Most of us are of an age when the cameras we bought new are now vintage…

What is your 1926 English camera?

Somewhere in the family we have my father’s camera which he bought used in 1956 
for the Melbourne Olympics - it was twenty years old at the time. An Agfa of 
some sort, very difficult to use. My oldest is a 1958 Leica M3. Not 
particularly old by Leica standards. After that it’s the MX I bought new in 
1979, which brings me back to the first sentence…

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Vintage Cameras was: Fulvia ... Almost Home - GDG

[jcoyle]

Godfrey's mention of his ancient cameras leads me to wonder who else likes 
collecting these engineering beauties?
I'll start with a Rolleicord from 1955, a Fed 4L from 1969,  and of course an 
SV from 1967. Of no great quality, to say the least, I inherited from my mother 
a number of box cameras, some branded as Kodak and others not.  One I think I 
have dated to 1926, would still work, and it was made in England!

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi  
Sent: Monday, 13 December 2021 4:36 AM
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Subject: Re: PESO 2021 - Fulvia ... Almost Home - GDG

I doubt this little Fulvia Coupe will ever spend time on the roads of England 
or Germany. 

It was originally sold new in Los Angeles, California, during 1967; lived 
around there until 2002. Something happened, its then owner took it apart about 
1995, lost interest but kept it, and left it dismantled in the sun. It was sold 
to the last owner, transported to and restored in the Chicago area. It was used 
lightly there for the next 19 years, kept in a heated garage, and not used on 
the road in rain very much, or winter at all. 

I've now brought it back to California where it lives in a nice dry garage, 
covered when not in use. It has no rust at all ... Most of the mechanicals and 
cosmetics are in excellent shape: my shape up is basically catching up on 
regular maintenance from years of light use and doing upgrades to things that 
will make reliability a non-issue (like, a modern ignition system and modern 
electric fuel pump…). What isn't in great shape will be soon.

Whatever the history of Lancia cars from then was… eh? It no longer matters. 
Lancia itself disappeared into the maw of FIAT in 1968. 

I don't need to drive very much anymore, and I have a modern car as well. I 
walk and bicycle 90% of the time. This 1967 Lancia Fulvia Coupe is a Car Toy, a 
thing to enjoy and smile about, study the engineering and history of, work on 
when desired and/or needed, and drive when the conditions align. The Signora 
Fulvia will be coddled and catered to for the remainder of my stewardship. 
Concerns about long-term durability and daily-use reliability no longer apply. 
LOL!

…Kinda like my 1939 Berning Robot II, 1953 Voigtländer Perkeo II, and 1954 
Kodak Retina IIc cameras… ;)

G
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> On Dec 12, 2021, at 6:59 AM, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> Am 12.12.21 um 15:00 I wrote:
> 
>> Take these cars to England or Germany and see what happens.
> 
> Not to forget a friend here in Germany who had a Beta HPE. That car 
> spent more time in the workshop than on the road. In the end, he gave 
> up and bought a Toyota.
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RE: PESO 2021 - Fulvia ... Almost Home - GDG

[jcoyle]

It was one of the cars I lusted after in my youth - but they had a poor 
reputation for reliability, and so when I needed to buy one for general family 
use, I got a Mini!
Yours is looking rally nice though.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi  
Sent: Sunday, 12 December 2021 12:35 PM
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Subject: PESO 2021 - Fulvia ... Almost Home - GDG

The work on my 1967 Lancia Fulvia continues … I stopped by the shop on Thursday 
morning and it was almost ready to come home. All of the items on my "get it 
ready for driving" list but one had been completed, that one being fitting the 
H4/H1 halogen headlamp upgrade units. So I snapped a few exposures with the 
iPhone 11 Pro, using the Moment camera app, and asked them to call me if they 
finished the work by end of day. 

Fulvia, Almost Ready #1 :: https://flic.kr/p/2mQ4P5g Fulvia, Almost Ready #2 :: 
https://flic.kr/p/2mQ6Tti Fulvia, Almost Ready #3 :: https://flic.kr/p/2mQ8aPt

Since I'm putting in the halogen headlamps, the driving lights seemed redundant 
for the kind of driving and roads I'll use the Fulvia on, so I had the mechanic 
remove them. To my eye, the front end looks cleaner without them. 

As it turned out, the headlamps were fitted an hour or so later, so I caught a 
ride to the shop and drove the car home. Ah, what fun!

There's more stuff to do, of course, it is a 50+ year old car… :D It's nice to 
have it starting easily and running nicely now. 

enjoy!

G
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RE: That article on me

[jcoyle]

No sucks in that lot Larry, and a good write-up: Now I can say I know an 
exhibited photographer!

John in Brisbane



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Subject: Re: That article on me

I will say that a major reason that my photography sucks a lot less than it 
otherwise would have is the PDML, specifically reading people’s critique of 
each others work the first few years that I was active on the list.  

Having people who will tell you when your work sucks is very valuable, but not 
nearly as valuable as having them tell you why, and how to make it suck less.

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RE: PESO: Riverwalk Nights

[jcoyle]

That's 'very high ISO'
☹


John in Brisbane



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Subject: RE: PESO: Riverwalk Nights

Nice shot, and really shows what very ISO can do.  Rather like the Right Bank 
in Paris.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Monday, 29 November 2021 12:41 AM
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Subject: PESO: Riverwalk Nights

I decided to spend some time with the K3 III handheld at night to see what high 
ISO looks like.  Looks pretty good, not something for every shot but this was 
at 12800 ISO.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cleopold73/51711078209

Corey

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RE: PESO: Riverwalk Nights

[jcoyle]

Nice shot, and really shows what very ISO can do.  Rather like the Right Bank 
in Paris.

John in Brisbane



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Sent: Monday, 29 November 2021 12:41 AM
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Subject: PESO: Riverwalk Nights

I decided to spend some time with the K3 III handheld at night to see what high 
ISO looks like.  Looks pretty good, not
something for every shot but this was at 12800 ISO.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/cleopold73/51711078209

Corey

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RE: PESO - Slackrope

[jcoyle]

Like it - happens in a park near me as well.
He doesn't seem to be taking much interest in her progress at all.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Monday, 15 November 2021 12:21 PM
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Subject: PESO - Slackrope

http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo17/peso5.html

Comments, as always, welcomed.

-Marco

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RE: GESO - Bedford PA

[jcoyle]

Excellent gallery, Mark - particularly liked the drunken barrel!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Monday, 8 November 2021 3:25 AM
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Subject: GESO - Bedford PA

It's been a long time since I posted a GESO, though I am still shooting as much 
as ever.  So here is a small gallery of shots from southern Pennsylvania and 
western Maryland, taken in late August:

https://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/cumberland-md-bedford-pa?blog=9

Almost everything was shot with an Mz-S and Tamron 28-75 f2.8 lens and a 
variety of film stocks, mostly outdated. The shots from Old Bedford Village 
were made with a Sigma EX 70-200 f2.8 lens.

We were on a genealogical vacation and my wife was hunting for info on her 
ancestors who lived in those parts long ago, so the trip was confined to small 
towns, back roads, cemeteries and the boondocks...

Mark

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RE: PESO-Paris Street 2007

[jcoyle]

One of my favourite areas - that's on the corner of Rue Poulbot and Rue 
Norvins.  Many years ago my wife and I walked along the Rue des Abbesses, in 
the same area, and found a perfect bistro for dinner by pure chance.  Going 
over the hill behind Sacré-Coeur can also be interesting, as it seems quite 
different to the touristy area of Montmartre.  Paris rewards getting off the 
beaten track as Rick says in another post. 

John in Brisbane






-Original Message-
From: Stanley Halpin  
Sent: Friday, 5 November 2021 7:04 AM
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Subject: PESO-Paris Street 2007

A long story which I’ll save for another time, but in short I was reminded of 
two things: I have quite a few image sorting/filing projects left unfinished, 
and, it has been a long time since I have looked back at what I did a few years 
ago. This one caught my eye.

K-20D, DA 16-45/4.0

Somewhere in Paris…   https://zenfolio.page.link/VU2Z5

stan
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Why we are not posting - WAS: November PUG is Up

[jcoyle]

Like many others it seems, the last two years have been a mix of Covid 
restrictions and health problems - in mine, chemotherapy took me out of action 
for six months this year, and I am only now beginning to carry a camera around 
with me again when walking.  Restrictions on travel have obviously reduced 
photo opportunities, not just overseas but at home as well (and I've never had 
much interest in still life and macro shots).  Family photos I have also cut 
back on, as no-one much is interested in prints any more, and digital images 
get a "Thanks" and quickly are deleted, it seems.
While age is also a factor (I'm 82), apart from the chemo I am in pretty good 
health, with no other major issues, so my sympathies got to fellow Pentaxians 
such as Ann and Stan, who have far more day-to-day problems to cope with than I 
do.
Hope to get more active this coming year,


John in Brisbane


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RE: PUG Themes for 2022

[jcoyle]

Culled below - and I hope to get more active next year!

John in Brisbane


Aerial/From on High
River View
Red
Three
Close to Home
Geology
Open Gallery
On the Road
Jetty
Historic
Underfoot
Rainy


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RE: AnnaMarie and Virgil

[jcoyle]

You're ahead of the game compared to me Larry - I was once asked to take photos 
of a pet's grave to send to the owner in another country!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Larry Colen  
Sent: Sunday, 17 October 2021 12:27 PM
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Subject: AnnaMarie and Virgil

A friend’s cat is getting old and has not been doing well. She asked me to get 
some photos before he passed on, we did what we could with the late afternoon 
light.

Here’s one I like of both of them
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/51596669257/in/album-72157720026912844/

Full set for those that are interested:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157720026912844

I have learned that there is an entire skill set to getting photos of cats, 
they are no more cooperative when cameras are involved than they are at any 
other time.

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RE: PESO 2021 - 155,156 - GDG

[jcoyle]

Excellent outcomes - good dynamic range and no grain!  I think the Saturday 
Morning at the café shot had as smooth a  rendition as I used to get with 
Panatomic-X and Microdol-X.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi  
Sent: Monday, 11 October 2021 5:19 AM
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Subject: PESO 2021 - 155,156 - GDG

Experimenting with shooting HP5 at ISO 100 ... Helpful when all you have in 
stock is HP5 and you want to shoot in daylight with a shutter limited to 1/500 
sec.

  https://flic.kr/p/2mz9o3u :: Saturday Morning by the Cafe - San Jose 2021
  https://flic.kr/p/2mz67YW :: Cypress - Santa Clara 2021

Essentially, to get the slower speed with HP5, I dilute HC-110 concentrate to 
1+61 and process otherwise my normal way. I usually use 1+49 for ISO 320-400. 

Enjoy! 

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RE: How do I correct an old image like this?

[jcoyle]

Nice spec!


John in Brisbane



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Sent: Monday, 4 October 2021 4:12 PM
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Subject: Re: How do I correct an old image like this?



> On Oct 3, 2021, at 10:17 PM, John Francis  wrote:
> 
> On Sun, Oct 03, 2021 at 07:32:51PM -0400, John wrote:
>> I think it's something you should be able to fix during the scan.
>> 
>> I use Vuescan. I have version 9 x64 (9.6.24) and it has tools to do 
>> the color correction during the scan.
>> 
>> https://www.hamrick.com/
>> 
>> I highly recommend it. Once you pay for it, you get "free" updates 
>> for life (I'm guessing HIS lifetime).
> 
> I suspect it's whichever of his and your lifetimes runs out first ...
> (unless you've got some way of requesting updates from beyond the 
> grave)

There’s an RFC for TCP via Avian carrier
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1149

Why not TCPIP via Ouija board?


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RE: How do I correct an old image like this?

[jcoyle]

I tend to agree with Paul - I've used VueScan for donkey's years, on a number 
of scanners, and still am not entirely comfortable with the interface.  I 
prefer to deal, for example,  with dust spots post the scan, but VueScan has a 
tool to do them during the scan: this often leads to a softer image than I 
would want. The Epson software is good (Perfection V500 with all updates).


John in Brisbane


-Original Message-
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Sent: Saturday, 2 October 2021 7:38 AM
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Subject: Re: How do I correct an old image like this?

In my experience the Epson software is far superior to Vuescan on an Epson 
flatbed. I get perfect scans with Rpson software on an Epson 850P. Same was 
true of earlier Epson flatbeds I own. I found it impossible to get good scans 
with Vuescan due to the clunkiness of its controls,

Paul

> On Oct 1, 2021, at 4:01 PM, Ralf R Radermacher  wrote:
> 
> Am 01.10.21 um 21:13 schrieb Gonz:
>> My scanner is an epson 4990.
> 
> Nothing wrong with that. You might want to try the demo version of Vuescan:
> 
> http://www.hamrick.com
> 
> Ralf
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RE: How do I correct an old image like this?

[jcoyle]

Hi Gonz - from your low-res Flickr image, I used the following process in PS:
Auto Tone
Auto Colour
Auto Contrast
Image Adjustments:
Brightness reduced
Contrast +10%
Shadows/Highlights:
Mid-Tones +15%

And then resized it to 300dpi
The result is at 
www.epraxisdata.com/Img002_adjusted.jpg

not brilliant, but perhaps it would work better on a decent scan.


John in Brisbane





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Sent: Friday, 1 October 2021 1:52 AM
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Subject: How do I correct an old image like this?

Scanned an old negative.  Played around with the usual knobs, but cant seem to 
get it to look decent.  There is not
enough dynamic range here it seems.  I've seen articles somewhere where they 
make old photos like this pop out almost to
new.  How does this work?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/66982297@N02/51535604096/in/dateposted/


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RE: GESO British car show

[jcoyle]

Great series of lovely classic cars, Larry.  My favourites of the era were:
the E-type, of course
Triumph TR3's and 4's (didn't like the style of the later ones)
AH 3000 - any version

Funnily enough, I always liked the quirky little car marketed in the UK as the 
Californian (L16454 in your set).
When I was in the RAF, I regularly hitch-hiked the 180 miles from camp to my 
home on the south coast.  The best trip ever was in a Jaguar XK140 from the 
camp gates to South London - 110 miles - then a Rolls Royce  (who cares which 
model) driven by the owner, for once, from South London to my front door!  
Never did as well as that again. By contrast, on another trip one leg was in a 
Humber Snipe from the 1930's.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2021 7:24 PM
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Subject: GESO British car show

Sunday week we found out about the local british car show this last Sunday.  We 
got the car registered on Wednesday and discovered that it would make it about 
two miles before over heating.  We tried a couple of small repairs, but there 
is no longer a local radiator shop where we can get it boiled out, so rather 
than trying something ambitious and risking the car not running at all, we kind 
of cheated, loaded the car into my trailer, drove to Boulder Creek early in the 
morning, then drove two miles to a diner we like before meeting folks for the 
show at 10.   As we were about to leave, some folks were having a small reunion 
and doing some sort of video about it and asked if they could use Nigel, the 
Singer, in the video. Of course Tori said yes

We still got to the meeting point on time, I saw a couple of people I knew in 
the parking lot. One was someone I had not yet met in person, but had seen him 
driving past in his MGB while I was riding my bike around the block and found 
him on facebook.  The other was Larry, someone who had loaned me his trailer on 
a couple of weekends something like 30 years ago, when I started racing. Larry 
was driving a rather pretty Caterham 7. As it turns out Larry was parked next 
to Larry in a Jaguar Mark 4, a few cars down from where Tori and I were parked.

It was an impressive show, we got the 49th spot out of 50 a couple days before 
the show.  One person substituted his 356 for a broken Triumph.  Years ago, 
there used to be a big Britcar show in Palo Alto the weekend after Labor day 
which would get 300-500 cars, drawing people from all over this part of 
California, so a little over 50 cars including a few that just showed up and 
parked across the street for a fist try was pretty impressive.

With about fifty british cars, most over 40 years old in the show, a tow truck 
did make a rescue on Sunday afternoon.  A toyota corolla that broke down while 
driving through Boulder Creek.

I tried to get photos of most of the cars, plus some of the other interesting 
cars that drove or stopped by, so it’s a rather large gallery, 124 photos if 
flickr cooperates. I just put the K-1 on Av, bracketing nominal and two stops 
under as a safety.  

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719972794900

Also a few silly shots at the Brookdale lodge of the folks using Nigel to shoot 
the video of their reunion:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719972549480

I apologize for the size of the galleries, the goal of them is to show off the 
cars rather than my photographic skills.

Larry


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RE: PESO: fortress from the air

[jcoyle]

Nice, Henk - the fortress seems to be in remarkable condition for its age.


John in Brisbane


-Original Message-
From: Henk Terhell  
Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2021 7:49 PM
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Subject: PESO: fortress from the air

I recently got myself a new toy, a DJI mini 2 drone, to get some pictures of 
the nearby wooded dune area.

Here a picture I took today at 58 meter of the remain of a fortress built in 
the 12th century in the centre of our
village.
https://www.flickr.com/gp/mxer/39X10H

Henk
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RE: PESO Tori and Nigel

[jcoyle]

A nice car in their day - I lusted after one when I owned a Hillman Minx!


John in Brisbane




-Original Message-
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Sent: Wednesday, 22 September 2021 9:38 AM
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Subject: PESO Tori and Nigel

Once the car is registered we need to take it someplace more scenic than my 
front yard for some photos. Also, Tori wants
to do a photo shoot wearing something a bit nicer than scruffy work clothes. 
Even so, I think this is a fun one.  She
hated the faded blue top so she bought a bottle of black dye and that made a 
big difference.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/51501260803/in/album-72157719893638527/

Full set
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719893638527

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RE: Dumb Photoshop Question

[jcoyle]

Great - even though I did not spot that!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Sunday, 12 September 2021 11:12 PM
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Subject: Re: Dumb Photoshop Question

On 9/11/2021 8:39 PM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> The only area I can see this might happen is if your History settings are set 
> to create a new object (snapshot, etc.).
> In that case, on my copy PS will use the name "Open" , but not "untitled".
> I could not get it to change the file name in the way it does on your system.
> Sorry not to have been much help.

Help you did. In the file saving options, there is a check box for "save 
in background" that was checked.
I unchecked that, and life is back to normal.

Thanks

bill


> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Bill 
> Sent: Sunday, 12 September 2021 6:17 AM
> To: pdml@pdml.net
> Subject: Re: Dumb Photoshop Question
> 
> On 9/9/2021 10:53 PM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>> Hi Bill - can you say when this happens?  I can find nowhere in the "File" 
>> menu in PS where this happens on my
system.
>> The only similar event is when I select "Open as copy" from the Camera Raw 
>> "Open" dropdown, when the suffix "-x" is
>> added to the original file name, where x starts at 1.
> 
> OK,  did some screen shots:
> 
> Here you can see the open file with the correct file name
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/2mogiv2
> 
> And here, the drop down menu showing the Save As command that I am used
> to using
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/2mokb6t
> 
> And finally, what happens when I try to use the Save As command:
> 
> https://flic.kr/p/2mooYZk
> 
> Note, Photoshop has dropped the lettered prefix in favor of "untitled",
> and is using the numbered suffix.
> 
> It's curious. As I mentioned, if I use the Export command, it works fine.
> 
> thanks
> 
> 
> bill
> 
> 
>>
>> John in Brisbane
>>
>>
>
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RE: Dumb Photoshop Question

[jcoyle]

The only area I can see this might happen is if your History settings are set 
to create a new object (snapshot, etc.).
In that case, on my copy PS will use the name "Open" , but not "untitled".
I could not get it to change the file name in the way it does on your system.
Sorry not to have been much help.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Subject: Re: Dumb Photoshop Question

On 9/9/2021 10:53 PM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> Hi Bill - can you say when this happens?  I can find nowhere in the "File" 
> menu in PS where this happens on my system.
> The only similar event is when I select "Open as copy" from the Camera Raw 
> "Open" dropdown, when the suffix "-x" is
> added to the original file name, where x starts at 1.

OK,  did some screen shots:

Here you can see the open file with the correct file name

https://flic.kr/p/2mogiv2

And here, the drop down menu showing the Save As command that I am used 
to using

https://flic.kr/p/2mokb6t

And finally, what happens when I try to use the Save As command:

https://flic.kr/p/2mooYZk

Note, Photoshop has dropped the lettered prefix in favor of "untitled", 
and is using the numbered suffix.

It's curious. As I mentioned, if I use the Export command, it works fine.

thanks


bill


> 
> John in Brisbane
> 
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Bill 
> Sent: Friday, 10 September 2021 11:51 AM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Subject: Dumb Photoshop Question
> 
> I've been using the subscription version of Photoshop for a short while,
> and have run into a decidedly odd and irritating behaviour.
> Photoshop insists on changing the filename to "untitled-xxx.xxx rather
> than using the original filename.
> The only explanation I've been able to find involves Apple changing
> something in their operating system, but I'm not using an Apple machine.
> Anyone know how to fix it?
> 
> thanks
> 
> bill
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RE: Dumb Photoshop Question

[jcoyle]

Hi Bill - can you say when this happens?  I can find nowhere in the "File" menu 
in PS where this happens on my system.
The only similar event is when I select "Open as copy" from the Camera Raw 
"Open" dropdown, when the suffix "-x" is
added to the original file name, where x starts at 1.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Bill  
Sent: Friday, 10 September 2021 11:51 AM
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Subject: Dumb Photoshop Question

I've been using the subscription version of Photoshop for a short while, 
and have run into a decidedly odd and irritating behaviour.
Photoshop insists on changing the filename to "untitled-xxx.xxx rather 
than using the original filename.
The only explanation I've been able to find involves Apple changing 
something in their operating system, but I'm not using an Apple machine.
Anyone know how to fix it?

thanks

bill
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RE: ADVICE PLEASE

[jcoyle]

I remember plane-spotting for Vampires and Venoms flying out of the FAA base in 
Hampshire - and Spitfires (Mk19) were
the first I ticked off in my spotter's book.
First actual air show I went to was at Biggin Hill: the sight of Spitfires 
coming up out of the valley in a low pass was
something else!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Steve Cottrell  
Sent: Friday, 20 August 2021 6:10 AM
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Subject: Re: ADVICE PLEASE

Holy Moses!

Cot

On 19 Aug 2021, at 19:41, John  wrote:

I remember when they flew the Grumman F-11 Tiger.
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RE: August PUG is up

[jcoyle]

 A nice gallery, really like Henk's minimalist contribution.
Living where I do, not a snow picture taken for over 30 years!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Brian W  
Sent: Wednesday, 4 August 2021 8:06 PM
To: PDML 
Subject: August PUG is up

G'day all

Enjoy the new gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/

(you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery there).

Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not
infalible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the gallery, let
me know.

+

Next up for July: 'Mailboxes'.

Full Submissions Guidelines are here:

http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html

You can submit here:

http://pug.komkon.org/submit/

Cheers
Brian
++
Brian Walters
Western Sydney Australia
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RE: Unrest, Riots, Arson & Looting in South Africa

[jcoyle]

Hope it settles down soon: Zuma could probably make an appeal to his supporters 
to stop the rioting, but I doubt he
will.
Stay safe, Alan.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Alan C  
Sent: Thursday, 15 July 2021 8:32 PM
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Subject: OT: Unrest, Riots, Arson & Looting in South Africa

Just to let you know.

Sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma, South Africa 
has descended into a near state of anarchy in several densely populated 
areas no doubt orchestrated by Zuma supporters. The level of destruction 
is very serious & will lead to many problems in the near future 
especially the distribution of essential goods because delivery trucks 
have been burned on the highways too.

The authorities have been slow to react but Taxi Associations & 
vigilanties are fighting back to save their infrastructure from pillage. 
The Police & Army have been overwhelmed.

Fortunately there are no problems in the Lowveld yet but roadblocks have 
been set up on the main roads into Phalaborwa as a precaution after 
intelligence suggested that hordes may be on their way.

Please look on the internet if you want more details & commentary.


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RE: Stupid freakin' Lightroom...

[jcoyle]

Another reason why I don't use LR!  I prefer to have my own system for 
organising images, which has never let me down.
Sorry I can't actually help, except perhaps -  is it possible to create a new 
catalogue?

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Wednesday, 14 July 2021 10:55 AM
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Subject: Stupid freakin' Lightroom...

I haven’t been very active for a while because I’ve been spending my time 
trying to sort out a Lightroom problem (with 1 1/2 hours on a chat yesterday, 
1/2 hour last week, and a several hours on the computer).

When I launch LR 10.3 (with photos stored on my own drives, not in  Adobe’s 
cloud), the catalog window says that I have 44,000 missing photos, and 94,000 
photos overall. I actually have 50,000-ish actual photos, and a casual scan 
doesn’t show any missing.’

So, two Adobe on-line techs and I have tried to figure this out. Yesterday the 
tech came to the conclusion that my catalog must be corrupted. So today, I used 
LR to open a backup of my catalog from just before the “missing photos” notice 
appeared; LR still told me the same thing. The “missing photos” persisted even 
when I opened catalog backups from 1 month, 3 months, and a year ago (at which 
point some of the “missing photos” hadn’t been taken yet!).

At this point this is probably just a distracting annoyance, but it’s become 
harder to trust LR with anything.

Ideas anyone?

Rick
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RE: The ist D

[jcoyle]

Just goes to show how good it was (and still is in the right circumstances).
Your video says to me, a good photographer found a tool that suited his style 
of working, which cannot be beaten.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Subject: The ist D

Hi PDML,

I uploaded a little video "review" of the old ist D:

https://youtu.be/D7AppzyiFII

"Review" between quotes because I'm not talking specs or anything, nobody
should care about that by now. It's more about my history with it and about
the photos I took.

Planning to do the K10D next and the K5 after that.

Comments welcome!

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RE: OT I briefly owned a Leica

[jcoyle]

Great gallery Paul - so evocative of Paris as I knew it. I'm told it's all 
changed in the years since I was last there (2005).


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Wednesday, 23 June 2021 11:26 PM
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Subject: Re: OT I briefly owned a Leica

I’ve owned both a iiic and my current iiif. In truth, the rangefinder 
viewfinder location becomes second nature after a short period of regular use. 
I find the Barnack Leicas delightful in the hand. One of my best photography 
memories is having shot several rolls of film during a 10 hour self directed 
walking tour of Paris some twenty years ago. 

https://www.photo.net/gallery/311283#//Sort-Newest/All-Categories/All-Time/Page-1

Paul

> On Jun 23, 2021, at 9:08 AM, P. J. Alling  wrote:
> 
> No I'm talking about where the viewfinder and rangefinder windows are 
> located on the /back/ of the camera.  They are separate and IIRC not all that 
> easy to shift ones view from rangefinder to viewfinder.  Quick focus and 
> compose in my memory problematic.   I find it a lot easier to shift from the 
> focus window to viewfinder window on the Kodak Medalist, who's ergonomics 
> could best be described as; "Ergonomics, what's that?"
> 
> I'm talking about the IIIc not the much better M3.
> 
> Leica IIIcs also not particularly rare. I think they were one of the most 
> produced Leicas, when I was looking into getting the shutter repaired, it was 
> actually less expensive to get a copy with a working shutter than get the 
> jammed shutter fixed. Probably still is since I checked prices and they often 
> sell for well less than $500 US on ebay, usually, unless they're in extremely 
> nice condition, less than $300.
> 
> On 6/23/2021 3:10 AM, mike wilson wrote:
 On 23 June 2021 at 01:15 "P. J. Alling"  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> .the viewfinder and rangefinder
>>> windows are too far apart...
>> Are you talking just about aesthetics?  The further apart the windows are, 
>> the smaller the effect on accuracy at longer distances and from slop in 
>> linkages.  I don't know if there is an inverse effect on accuracy at shorter 
>> distances.
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RE: June is an odd month...

[jcoyle]

I've done no shooting for a year: busy with my mother's estate, then COVID kept 
us isolated, then chemotherapy meant I was physically not well enough to 
venture out, nor much inspired for indoor stuff.
Just beginning to get back to some strength, but still a way to go.  Not sure 
the muse is still hanging around for me, though, she's had a long dry spell.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Thursday, 10 June 2021 10:31 AM
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Subject: June is an odd month...

I’ve done almost no shooting this month. It’s been hot and humid, the spring 
flowers are fading, and the muse has been very quiet.

Looking back in Lightroom, a June photo-slump seems to be a pattern: In three 
of the last five years, I have taken zero photos during June; in 2018 I shot an 
ordination (otherwise no pix), and in 2015 I took on few pics on my way to and 
from work on one day.

I’m looking forward to having the muse sing in me again.

Rick
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RE: Covid

[jcoyle]

Glad to hear that - I have to wait at least another month for my first jab, due 
to the side-effects of my ongoing
treatment.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2021 12:32 AM
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Subject: OT: Covid

Ann & I have had our first Pfizer jabs. No.2 in 6 weeks.

Alan C
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RE: Recent departure(s) and my reflections on "online communities"

[jcoyle]

Stan, I think you summed up the Pentax list group in exactly the terms I would 
use.  There is a degree of camaraderie that I am not sure would be found always 
even in a group which could meet physically, and that's a wondrous thing!
Like you, Jan and I on our travels have met up with Ann  in New York, Larry and 
John in San Francisco, Mark in Boston, a whole bunch including Christine in 
Chicago, Dario in Ravenna, and all but one of our Australian members, current 
or past at various times.
I note that normally, whenever one of our group has an issue, people  do reach 
out, as was done for me when my daughter -in-law died, then again when my 
daughter died, but it does not always happen.  I made note to myself to ensure 
I do in future.


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Sent: Friday, 28 May 2021 3:51 AM
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Subject: Recent departure(s) and my reflections on "online communities"

There was a bit of discussion (and consternation) here recently when one of the 
longtime members of this group declared “I am outta here” or words to that 
effect.

I copy/pasted much of the ensuing discussion and sent it on to the dear 
departed (sorry, can’t resist using that phrase!) Just in case he had signed 
off before the discussion occurred.  And I asked “so, what’s up with you?”

In brief, the individual has understandably been under a bit of stress. 
Spending long periods listening to warning sirens while huddled with your 
family in bomb shelters can do that to you. 

All of this got me to reflecting on this group. This is an interesting group. I 
am not sure if I was the first to make this sort of move, but back at least 20 
years ago I was at least one of the first to use the List to make connections 
when I traveled. Frank and Dave and others in Toronto, including an evening at 
a Blue Jays baseball game. Bob and Cotty and others in England. Gianfranco and 
Dario and others in Italy: Venice, Rome, Naples,Ravenna…  Lasse and others in 
Sweden and Aland. Boris in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem and Haifa. Henk and others in 
Amsterdam and Amersfoort. Rob and a bunch of others in Sydney and Melbourne and 
Adelaide. Jostein in Oslo (and Salisbury and Tenerife) and Paul and Bob in 
Milwaukee. And Mark in Boston and of course the Chicago weekend organized by 
Mark and Christine. And the Grandfather gatherings.  And photo meetups for 
weekends in D.C. And that is just me and off the top of my head. I can recall 
hearing of many NYC meetups and others, often on occasion of visitors from 
outside the U.S. passing through on business or vacation. Larry and John on the 
West Coast, Ann and Dan on the East Coast have provided something of a nexus in 
those regions.

An interesting group. Formed around a common interest in photography in 
general, the proper and effective use of Pentax gear in particular. Not exactly 
tight knit, but close enough that we can ask favors of one another, close 
enough that we can (mostly) trust one another when buying/selling gear, close 
enough that we can share our feeble attempts at artistry without fear of 
ridicule and humiliation. Maybe close enough that we could reach out to someone 
in difficulty and without feeling like an intrusive stranger? I do know that 
there is no generic answer, we members are not all alike. But, for me, for some 
of us, maybe, we could work a bit on thinking about reaching out to provide 
comfort to one another occasionally? Just a thought. 

And now back to my regularly scheduled attempt to get a decent shot of the 
Oriole at the feeder…

Stan
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RE: PESO: Mansion

[jcoyle]

Hey Ann - I resemble that remark!  Bear in mind we had to climb four steep 
flights in our own apartment as well as those
in yours when we came to see you!
Jan and I now rely on the two flights up or down to our garage for 
stairs-oriented fitness, the main thrust is a daily
1k walk to get the post and papers.

John

-Original Message-
From: ann sanfedele  
Sent: Saturday, 22 May 2021 5:27 AM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: PESO: Mansion

  I'm counting on the 3 flights of stairs to get to my apartment for 
that as well..

  I won't out those of you who have come to visit and were groaning in 
the ascent :-) You know who you are

ann


On 5/21/2021 1:26 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:
> Am 21.05.21 um 19:13 schrieb Rick Womer:
>
>> We live in a 3-storey row house, with the laundry in the cellar; so 
>> declining fitness may cause us to move at some point.
>
> Our dear old friend Madeleine in Boulogne who sadly left us at the
> tender age of 94, last year, kept telling us that her doctor attributed
> her longevity not lastly to the stairs in her house which kept her fit
> for many years.
>
> Ralf
>
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RE: Out I bow

[jcoyle]

Very sorry to hear you feel unwelcome, Boris, I hope it is nothing I have said, 
done, or not done.
Personally, I wish you peace and happiness with your family, and would very 
much like to see you come back.

Regards

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: Boris Liberman  
Sent: Sunday, 23 May 2021 3:14 PM
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Subject: Out I bow

Good day to you wherever and whenever you are.

Good times were had aplenty in the past years, but no more. I no longer
feel welcome here, merely my presence is tolerated. It stands to good
reason, that at least half of what contributed to this is on me, as it
always takes two to tango.

I wish you all the best wherever your path takes you and I'd gladly
assist you in any way I can, should you be nearby. You know where to find
me.

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RE: Peso - Hibiscus at the Union Square Farm Market - May 5th

[jcoyle]

Just looked at the gallery including this one, all nice and really like the 
monochrome bridge image.  
Would I be right in thinking the overall contrast from the lens is lower than 
you might expect from Pentax glass, but
the sharpness is good?


John in Brisbane



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Subject: Peso - Hibiscus at the Union Square Farm Market - May 5th

I"m loving this camera, I must admit

https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Trying-out-the-Nikon-Coolpix-P520/i-CcvWvWg/A

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RE: Is it Murphy / Sod, or...?

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Thanks Paul - not certain yet, I see my GP tomorrow and my oncologist the week 
after.   My gut feeling is I will have to have further treatment, but not as 
aggressive as the first batch, hopefully.

John

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Subject: Re: Is it Murphy / Sod, or...?

Sorry to hear you had to undergo that. Hope you’re solidly in remission.

Paul

> On May 8, 2021, at 11:17 PM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> Thanks Larry.  Hopefully it won't be long...
> 
> Best
> 
> John
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Larry Colen  
> Sent: Sunday, 9 May 2021 9:50 AM
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> 
> 
> 
>> On May 8, 2021, at 12:09 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
>> 
>> Me too, recovering from 4 months of chemotherapy.  Took my first photos in 
>> that time  (family only, so not for
> posting) yesterday.
> 
> Ouch!  Get well soon!
> 
> 
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Thanks Larry.  Hopefully it won't be long...

Best

John

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> On May 8, 2021, at 12:09 AM, jco...@iinet.net.au wrote:
> 
> Me too, recovering from 4 months of chemotherapy.  Took my first photos in 
> that time  (family only, so not for
posting) yesterday.

Ouch!  Get well soon!


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RE: Is it Murphy / Sod, or...?

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Thanks Dan!

John in Brisbane



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Wish you a rapid and complete recovery, John!

Dan Matyola
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On Sat, May 8, 2021 at 3:09 AM  wrote:

> Me too, recovering from 4 months of chemotherapy.  Took my first photos in
> that time  (family only, so not for posting) yesterday.
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Paul Stenquist 
> Sent: Saturday, 8 May 2021 7:55 AM
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>
> I’m out of commission, recovering from another full knee replacement. Back
> soon.
>
> Paul
>
> > On May 7, 2021, at 5:34 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> >
> > Are AnnSan and I seem to be the only PDMLers who have posted photos
> this week?
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> > Or, is my Gmail account (which got screwed up last weekend, then fixed)
> still screwed up?
> >
> > Rick
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RE: Is it Murphy / Sod, or...?

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Me too, recovering from 4 months of chemotherapy.  Took my first photos in that 
time  (family only, so not for posting) yesterday.

John in Brisbane



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I’m out of commission, recovering from another full knee replacement. Back soon.

Paul

> On May 7, 2021, at 5:34 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
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> Are AnnSan and I seem to be the only PDMLers who have posted photos this 
> week?
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> Or, is my Gmail account (which got screwed up last weekend, then fixed) still 
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RE: It's about that time, kids

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Bob's issue may be a UK only issue - like Paul I've used PayPal for many years 
and never had a problem.

ohn in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Subject: Re: It's about that time, kids

I’ve been using it several times a week for over 10 years. No problems. In 
fact, they helped me retrieve funds from a dishonest merchant.

Paul

> On May 3, 2021, at 4:20 PM, Bob Pdml  wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 3 May 2021, at 19:46, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
>> 
>> PayPal is free and safe. What’s the problem here?
>> 
>> Paul
> 
> I had an account with them a few years ago and paid for a few things with my 
> credit card through the account, re-entering my credit card details each 
> time. After a while I had a message from them saying I could no longer do it 
> that way but would have to link to a bank account. 
> 
> I have heard a number of horror stories over the years from trustworthy 
> people, including a member of my family, who linked bank accounts and ended 
> up in some sort of dispute which ended with PP taking money from their 
> accounts which, in my informants’ opinions, they weren’t entitled to do.
> 
> So basically Paypal can fuck off.
> 
> 
>> 
 On May 3, 2021, at 2:38 PM, John  wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
 
 Send him a check in the mail?
>>> 
>>> I can do that if Doug wants to send me a snail mail address?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 5/2/2021 14:31:07, Larry Colen wrote:
>>> On May 2, 2021, at 11:05 AM, mike wilson  
>>> wrote:
>> 
>> It allowed you to pay without an account, though.  Any way to do that 
>> without the gateway it provided?
 
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RE: Catching up with Gracie

[jcoyle]

That shows considerable talent, Paul - hope she does really well at something 
she clearly loves doing.

John in Brisbane



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Subject: Catching up with Gracie

Since last you saw her, Grace has become an accomplished artist/illustrator. At 
16, she gets some commissions. She was
working on this for her portfolio. (She hopes to enroll in a major art school 
when she graduates in August, a full year
ahead of time.) As you might expectGrandpa is proud.

https://www.photo.net/photo/18650135/Portfolio-Piece

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RE: PESO: R I P Ashley

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Very sorry to hear about Ashley, Ann,  she was such a great companion for you.

John in Brisbane




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> July 16th 2005 - April 18th, 2021  Best cat ever.. so glad to have
> had her for almost 16 years.
> 
> https://annsan.smugmug.com/The-Kitty-Corner/Ashley-ultimate-alpha-tabby/i-WsJL79X/A
> 
> And with apologies to the late poet and my friend James Wright for my 
> altering the first two lines of COMPLAINT
> 
> "She's gone. She was my cat, my moon or more
>   She chased the roaches out and scratched the door."
> 
> Actually, Jim would probably not have minded.. , he had an impish wit.
> 
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RE: PDML Debutante

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Welcome to the nut house, Peter, you should fit in well!

John in Brisbane



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Subject: PDML Debutante

I will introduce myself to the PDML. My name is Peter Stevens, my 
location is in Newark, Delaware. I have been lurking on this list for 
some time and finally made the jump to join in.

My camera of choice has always been a Pentax starting with a ME Super 
followed by an MZ-S, a DS2, a K7 and aK3 II. I will admit to a Lens 
Buying Addiction, there being no twelve step process for LBA other than 
poverty.  Any limitations to my photographic pursuits are of my own and 
not the photo equipment.

As for my photographic interests, I will photograph any thing and 
immediately regret it 95% of the time. The other 4.9% i regret when I 
look at them later.

My ability to write frequently needs the reader to guess my intent or 
meaning, my brain to finger connection spotty at best. So any of my 
emails should never be taken seriously.
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RE: DP initial review of K-3 III

[jcoyle]

You and me both Ralf!  Just working through selling or giving away the last of 
my mother's stuff, much of which is fetching zilch or a tenth of what my 
parents paid for it.  Also just sold all my D kit, enough, as the buyer said, 
to set up a complete darkroom at his school for the kids, so I was happy enough 
with that.  Included two enlargers and three enlarging lenses, which together 
cost more than I got for the lot.  Selling has not been helped by COVID 
restrictions, that's for sure.


John in Brisbane



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Am 05.04.21 um 14:35 schrieb John:

> I have the LX & K1000 out & I need to use them to clear all of the film
> out of my refrigerator, but I don't currently have a local lab to
> process the film & I have yet to establish a relationship with an
> on-line lab.

Just posted a photo of my lab in 2001. That was before I got the Jobo
ATL2+ automatic film processor. Last film developed in 2009. Everything
with the exception of that processor is still there.

Plus, the room is now chock full with the belongings of my mother from
when we cleared out her flat after she moved into an old peoples' home.
Cutlery, china, all sorts of decorations. Too good to throw away, not
worth enough to be sold. :-/

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RE: OT: (or not OT:) process vs. outcome

[jcoyle]

Well, Bill, I have to say your woodwork puts mine to intense shame!

John in Brisbane



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> On Mar 27, 2021, at 7:35 PM, Bill  wrote:
> 
> Hey Stan, check these out and tell me what you think:
> 
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/11819824@N03/51076525698/in/dateposted-public/
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/11819824@N03/51076525673/in/dateposted-public/
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/11819824@N03/51008038010/in/dateposted-public/
> 
> I made this from recovered birch hardwood flooring.
> 
> bill
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/27/2021 2:32 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:
>> There was a recent brief discussion here between Darren and PJ about the 
>> benefits (or not) of AI advances which will, among other things, provide far 
>> greater accuracy in camera’s autofocusing systems.
>> The topic got me to thinking about two woodworking classes I took a few 
>> decades ago. The first was a two-semester, 32 week class on the use of shop 
>> tools for woodworking. Taught in a local (Northern Virginia) high school 
>> Shop class facility by the local high school Shop instructor, we spent 3-4 
>> hours one evening each week learning how to safely and efficiently use 
>> circular saws, table saws, jointers, planers, drill press, sanders, routers, 
>> etc. Each class started with the guy's about 30 minutes of 
>> lecture/demonstration for the 8-10 of us in the class, and then the rest of 
>> our time was working on our own project(s) with observation, oversight, and 
>> occasional intervention by the instructor as needed. Before that class, I 
>> acted as though the little lines on the tape measure were primarily for 
>> decoration, filling in space between the bigger marks at the 1/2” and 1” 
>> markers. By the end of the class I had learned that 1/4” precision in 
>> measurement and sawing/planing was usually just about good enough but finer 
>> was better.
>> The following year, through a different Adult Ed system, I took a class in 
>> the use of hand tools. This one was taught in a guy's workshop basement on 
>> the Maryland side of D.C. The guy taught, demonstrated, and let the 5-6 of 
>> us practice with his tools. I learned that it was possible to work to 1/64” 
>> precision, but 1/128” was better if one was going to handcraft a wooden 
>> jewelry box or the like. A huge part of the difference was learning how to 
>> use good quality hand tools, being careful, slow, deliberate, thoughtful… I 
>> never did build a jewelry box but sometimes I look at the dining table I 
>> built with power tools to 1/8” or 1/16” precision, and I think what an 
>> interesting challenge it would have been to do that table more slowly, 
>> deliberately, thoughtfully…
>> I find a real pleasure in using good tools. Somebody with an iPhone or Canon 
>> might be able to fire off 10-15 shots while I am slowly carefully 
>> thoughtfully manually focusing my oh so primitive Pentax lenses, but the 
>> process itself is intrinsically satisfying to me. Maybe I could get the same 
>> outcome some other faster more mechanized way, but I would miss the pleasure 
>> of working with fine tools.
>> Stan
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RE: (or not OT:) process vs. outcome

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At one time I was an apprentice with an aircraft manufacturer, and part of our 
training was in the use of tools to make metal objects (I still have a set 
square and a drill setting tool I made). Working to 1/4 inch precision would 
have been far too generous when I was tasked with making a retort stand for the 
test laboratory, so I slowed down and worked to probably a 1/64th degree.  Lo 
and behold, the stand stood and would hold retorts!
I think Stan has nailed it with regard to slow and steady, rather than the 
opposite.
BTW, I was hopeless at woodwork at school - everything I tried was an 
abomination!

John in Brisbane



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Sent: Sunday, 28 March 2021 6:33 AM
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Subject: OT: (or not OT:) process vs. outcome

There was a recent brief discussion here between Darren and PJ about the 
benefits (or not) of AI advances which will, among other things, provide far 
greater accuracy in camera’s autofocusing systems.

The topic got me to thinking about two woodworking classes I took a few decades 
ago. The first was a two-semester, 32 week class on the use of shop tools for 
woodworking. Taught in a local (Northern Virginia) high school Shop class 
facility by the local high school Shop instructor, we spent 3-4 hours one 
evening each week learning how to safely and efficiently use circular saws, 
table saws, jointers, planers, drill press, sanders, routers, etc. Each class 
started with the guy's about 30 minutes of lecture/demonstration for the 8-10 
of us in the class, and then the rest of our time was working on our own 
project(s) with observation, oversight, and occasional intervention by the 
instructor as needed. Before that class, I acted as though the little lines on 
the tape measure were primarily for decoration, filling in space between the 
bigger marks at the 1/2” and 1” markers. By the end of the class I had learned 
that 1/4” precision in measurement and sawing/planing was usually just about 
good enough but finer was better.

The following year, through a different Adult Ed system, I took a class in the 
use of hand tools. This one was taught in a guy's workshop basement on the 
Maryland side of D.C. The guy taught, demonstrated, and let the 5-6 of us 
practice with his tools. I learned that it was possible to work to 1/64” 
precision, but 1/128” was better if one was going to handcraft a wooden jewelry 
box or the like. A huge part of the difference was learning how to use good 
quality hand tools, being careful, slow, deliberate, thoughtful… I never did 
build a jewelry box but sometimes I look at the dining table I built with power 
tools to 1/8” or 1/16” precision, and I think what an interesting challenge it 
would have been to do that table more slowly, deliberately, thoughtfully…

I find a real pleasure in using good tools. Somebody with an iPhone or Canon 
might be able to fire off 10-15 shots while I am slowly carefully thoughtfully 
manually focusing my oh so primitive Pentax lenses, but the process itself is 
intrinsically satisfying to me. Maybe I could get the same outcome some other 
faster more mechanized way, but I would miss the pleasure of working with fine 
tools. 

Stan
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RE: OT a bit of personal news

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Jan and I are so sorry to hear of the loss of your mother, Larry, but, as with 
mine last year, when the time comes it can be something of a relief.  The grief 
will last a while, but will fade.
As to the rest of your news, sounds almost like a clean start for you - which 
can sometimes be a really good thing.  Good luck with the job search, it's not 
easy at 60!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
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Subject: OT a bit of personal news

The good news is that I’ll be driving up to the Oregon coast tomorrow, a place 
that I’ve found very rich in photographic opportunities.

The fraught news is that I’m doing so to bury my mother who passed away this 
morning.  She was 90 years old, and over the past few years there was less and 
less of her there.  In short she had a critical case of time to go.  My 
emotions are a mixture of pain and relief, but I’ve basically said goodbye for 
the last time every time I’ve seen her for the past four years.

I also got fired today.  I’ve been hating my job more every day for a while 
now, so this also isn’t entirely bad news.  Finances may get a bit tricky for a 
bit, but with luck I’ll be able to get a new job that is actually in my career. 
 Even light construction is nowhere near as much fun at 60 as framing houses 
was when I was 20.  

One bit of unequivocal good news, my Pentax 18-270 lens arrived today.  It’s 
been a bit awkward carrying both the 16-50 and the 55-300 on my bike, plus I’d 
invariably have the wrong lens mounted for whatever photo presented itself. A 
few days ago I found it on Ebay for $200 and I decided that buying it would be 
one of my better mistakes this week.  We’ll see how the IQ works out.  If it is 
as good as my Tamron 18-250 was it should definitely be adequate.  I do wish it 
were weather sealed, but I’m less likely to ride my bike in the rain.  

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Larry Colen
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RE: for discussion

[jcoyle]

Very occasionally I have seen a potential photo, and have then gone out 
specifically to try to capture it.
More often, by usually carrying a camera with me, serendipity gives me 
something worth at least a shot, if not a more
serious attempt at catching a really good photo - and sometimes I'm up to the 
job!


John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: David J Brooks  
Sent: Wednesday, 24 March 2021 12:21 AM
To: Pentax Discuss 
Subject: for discussion

My philosophical question of the year, do we go and look for a photo or
does the photo look for us.??

Dave the confused camera guy

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