Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-14 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/12/2009 7:40:04 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, miser...@gmail.com writes: Nope, not a chick. More of a rooster. But I hear chicks dig scars, do they not? --M. = Maybe some. But I don't dig tattoos either, so I am not one to go by. Besides I am probably too old

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-13 Thread Luiz Felipe
...P. J., it almost looks like you know (bible sense) my daughter's mother... ;-) I don't know if I'm meeting the wrong chicks or I sport the wrong type of scars... most ask whyinhell I don't get plastic surgery. Well, they're part of my history and late at night the scars don't show

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-13 Thread mike wilson
Luiz Felipe wrote: ...P. J., it almost looks like you know (bible sense) my daughter's mother... ;-) I don't know if I'm meeting the wrong chicks or I sport the wrong type of scars... most ask whyinhell I don't get plastic surgery. Well, they're part of my history and late at night the scars

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks Miserere. :-) I recall I voted for some of the photos in the Pentax gallery. I think it's a shame they didn't make it. Jostein PS how are the dancing lessons going? :-) 2009/8/12 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: 2009/8/11 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: IIRC, there was some bloke who wanted

RE: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Subject: A question of curiosity Hi! Have anyone of you taken their K10D, K20D or even K-7 up on the plane and have anyone of you subjected your gear to g-forces up above? -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread Miserere
2009/8/12 Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu: Actually, just dropping your camera on the floor is the most serious g forces you will typically encounter. I dropped the K10D from about 1m onto concrete. My heart dropped about the same distance. The flash popped open. Within 0.0042 secs I had

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread Miserere
2009/8/12 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Thanks Miserere. :-) I recall I voted for some of the photos in the Pentax gallery. I think it's a shame they didn't make it. Jostein PS how are the dancing lessons going? :-) Pretty well--I was learning the Foxtrot just this morning. Thanks for

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/12/2009 10:23:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, miser...@gmail.com writes: But that's OK, chicks dig scars. --M. = You're a chick? Funny, I never realized that. Marnie aka Doe ;-) - We can't solve problems by using

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread Miserere
2009/8/12 eactiv...@aol.com: In a message dated 8/12/2009 10:23:12 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, miser...@gmail.com writes: But that's OK, chicks dig  scars. --M. = You're a chick? Funny, I never  realized that. Marnie aka Doe  ;-) Nope, not a chick. More of a rooster. But I

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Miserere wrote: 2009/8/12 eactiv...@aol.com: In a message dated 8/12/2009 10:23:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, miser...@gmail.com writes: But that's OK, chicks dig scars. --M. = You're a chick? Funny, I never realized that. Marnie aka Doe ;-) Nope, not a chick. More

A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! Have anyone of you taken their K10D, K20D or even K-7 up on the plane and have anyone of you subjected your gear to g-forces up above? -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread Doug Brewer
Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Have anyone of you taken their K10D, K20D or even K-7 up on the plane and have anyone of you subjected your gear to g-forces up above? K10 and K20 have both traveled in planes with no ill effects, K7 will fly Labor Day weekend. In fact, all of my working (or In Use

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread Boris Liberman
No, I was asking about small private aircraft, you know flying for fun and pulling some sharp turns and gee-numbers. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Doug Brewerd...@alphoto.com wrote: Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Have anyone of you taken their K10D, K20D or even K-7 up on the plane and have

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread AlunFoto
2009/8/11 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: No, I was asking about small private aircraft, you know flying for fun and pulling some sharp turns and gee-numbers. IIRC, there was some bloke who wanted to send a camera into space with a weather balloon. He chose a Pentax K10D to do the job because

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 11, 2009, at 13:46 , Boris Liberman wrote: Have anyone of you taken their K10D, K20D or even K-7 up on the plane and have anyone of you subjected your gear to g-forces up above? The K-7 sensor is moveable, as you all know. At the Viral Pentax Tour this noon in Seattle, one of the

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread Joseph McAllister
Most private aircraft are not built for much stress, so I would not want nor expect a pilot of one to pull any exceptional G forces. The FAA load limits for standard aircraft are Positive 2.5 to 3.8, Negative 1.0 to 1.52. Transport aircraft are lower numbers in negative Gs (1.0). Utility

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread Graydon
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 01:46:26PM -0700, Boris Liberman scripsit: Have anyone of you taken their K10D, K20D or even K-7 up on the plane and have anyone of you subjected your gear to g-forces up above? I've flown with my K20D more than once; since this was plain commercial aviation, no notable

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread Bong Manayon
Hi Boris, I will be taking up a K10D a K7 in a couple of weeks time for an aerial survey; no aerobatics though but will hopefully live to tell you about it :-) Bong On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:46 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Have anyone of you taken their K10D, K20D or even

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread Miserere
2009/8/11 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: IIRC, there was some bloke who wanted to send a camera into space with a weather balloon. He chose a Pentax K10D to do the job because it seemed to be the sturdiest alternative available. The camera survived the return impact and delivered a great series

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/11/2009 6:49:13 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, miser...@gmail.com writes: Shameful (yet relevant) plug: http://enticingthelight.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/photos-from-the-edge-of-spa ce/ --M. == Cool plug, though. Marnie aka Doe :-)

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-11 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Doug Brewer Subject: Re: A question of curiosity Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Have anyone of you taken their K10D, K20D or even K-7 up on the plane and have anyone of you subjected your gear to g-forces up above? I don't know if this counts