Re: What is this and why is it so special

1958/59 Pentax S with probably its original Takumar 55/2.2 lens. There’s a write-up and a couple of reviews on Pentaxforums. > On 9 Nov 2022, at 17:50, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: > > https://shopgoodwill.com/item/154526031 > > I’m guessing the collectors will know. > -- > -- %(real_name)s

Re: November PUG is up

Very interesting to see how different people treat the theme. I agree with ann with this choice of the two photographs. The composition, light and colour in Brian’s are outstanding in my opinion. It seems barbaric to have destroyed a structure like that. > On 8 Nov 2022, at 01:56, ann sanfedele

Re: What is this and why is it so special

No > On 10 Nov 2022, at 14:39, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: > > That would an M39 mount, wouldn’t it? > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the direc

Re: Downtown Minneapolis - Loring Park

> On 19 Nov 2022, at 01:41, Larry Colen wrote: > >  > >> On Nov 18, 2022, at 5:30 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> Rick - I was going to ask that, but I thought you were walking in the park >> while she was in her business meeting .. :-) >> Nice that she puts up with ' walk ahead of me dear, I

Re: Apparently....

Some guys get all the luck… > On 19 Nov 2022, at 05:23, mike wilson wrote: > >  > I was unsubscribed. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the d

Re: Apparently....

Probably makes a nice change from someone trying to sell you something. Unless it was toothpaste. > On 19 Nov 2022, at 23:26, mike wilson wrote: > > Maybe someone was trying to tell me something. Should I change my > toothpaste? > >> On 19/11/2022 11:21 Bob Pdml w

Erwitt-style sequence

Hoping the PDML will accept this link to a short sequence I shot last week. Please remove spaces from the link. I put them there because the PDML always rejects posts I send which contain a link. No idea why. https :// adobe .ly /3ALD4Nb MX, M 120mm f2.8. Y1 filter. Ilford FP4+ -- %(real_

Re: Erwitt-style sequence

Did the link work when you’d removed the spaces? > On 25 Nov 2022, at 13:05, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Made me look :-) > > ann > >> On 11/25/2022 6:12 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> Hoping the PDML will accept this link to a short sequence I shot last week. >> P

Re: Erwitt-style sequence

Great, thanks. > On 25 Nov 2022, at 14:12, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Yup > and yes very Erwittian sequence :-) > > ann -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow th

Re: experiment in posting BW's Erwiitt link

Thanks. I suspect it’s not a question of stateside or elsewhere as I notice that Godfrey has a similar problem. iOS Mail wraps links in a preview. I suspect it formats all mail in a way that the PDML server dislikes as I often get replies rejected for exceeding the maximum size the server like

Re: experiment in posting BW's Erwiitt link

I can change the font in the client easily enough but that doesn’t necessarily change the format of the sent mail to plain text, that would be a different setting. Apple hides these things, probably to protect its users from themselves, and its help desk from its users. In addition, Outlook now

Re: experiment in posting BW's Erwiitt link

It uses Outlook servers even if you don’t have outlook installed as a client. > On 25 Nov 2022, at 19:09, John Sessoms wrote: > > FWIW, I don't think Outlook is required for Hotmail ... at least it wasn't > when I used a Hotmail account. > >> On 11/2

Re: Erwitt-style sequence

Let’s see… > On 25 Nov 2022, at 20:04, John Francis wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 11:12:11AM +0000, Bob Pdml wrote: >> Hoping the PDML will accept this link to a short sequence I shot last week. >> Please remove spaces from the link. I put them there because the PD

Not angles but angels…

< https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/a2be9a31f0c74b91881533f880e5f426 > Let’s see if John’s right. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, ple

Re: Erwitt-style sequence

Amazing. You’re right, both in a reply and as a new email. Thank you. > On 25 Nov 2022, at 20:15, Bob Pdml wrote: > > Let’s see… > >>> On 25 Nov 2022, at 20:04, John Francis wrote: >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 25, 2022 at 11:12:11AM +, Bob Pdml wrote: &g

Slice of Americana

< https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/b1e6f766330e449096314673e45b6b67 > If this gets through I’ll comment, but it keeps getting bounced. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml

Re: Slice of Americana

oday when trying out digitisation of slides using a Pentax helicoidal slide holder and auto extension tubes with a 30mm micro-4/3rds macro lens and LUMIX GX8. > On 27 Nov 2022, at 20:00, Bob Pdml wrote: > > < https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/b1e6f766330e449096314673e4

Fuck the PDML server

It took me four tries to get it to accept my post with a link, and it has now rejected three attempts to reply to ann. Well, fuck it, life’s too short. OT, by the way. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, plea

Gorilla

< https://adobe.ly/3gMZ5V7 > Will comment if the server lets this through. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Gorilla

I wrote a longish reply yesterday to Larry and John in Stan’s thread about scanning, but the server told me to f*ck off even though the only vaguely HTMLy stuff was John and Larry’s email addresses, which the server itself had sent me! Won’t eat its own dog food. Anyway, these photos illustrate

Re: Slice of Americana

Thanks, and thanks to every who looked. I think that was in Raleigh. > On 1 Dec 2022, at 01:13, John Sessoms wrote: > > It was a while back if "3 HAMBURGERS & 3 HOTDOGS" were $5. > > Do you remember where the image of "4 TRACKS" was taken? > >> . -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To u

Re: Organizing photo archives (was Re: Old Shutterbug articles)

Divide and conquer! I retired a couple of years ago with the same intentions. After a few half-hearted first attempts then putting everything in a cupboard for 18 months, I now have a process I’m fairly happy with. Once you’re happy with your set-up you’ll probably be able to raw scan each c

Re: Gorilla

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

Re: Gorilla

Yes, I have an EFH too, although I haven’t used it yet. I plan to try it with a Copipod holding the camera and tubes and will use something to block out whatever extraneous light could get in. Will be interested to see your setup. B > On 1 Dec 2022, at 19:40, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I ha

Re: Slice of Americana

We stayed in Statesville for the week or so we were there. That’s an impressive bit of detective work- you could be right about Winston Salem, I may have got the places confused. My overriding memory is that the place seemed deserted and we jaywalked a lot, since it was a new experience for us

Re: December PUG is up

Thanks! Interesting how so many of them make pairs. I like ‘Leaf’ by Reinhard very much. The almost complementary colours of the leaf and tiles in that beautiful light and shade, with the shape of the leaf almost echoing that of the tile pattern, and of course the beautiful tiles themselves, w

Re: OT: The Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo.

Thanks, that’s very interesting. I’ll look out for the film and for Di Paolo’s photographs. I have recently become very interested in the so-called neo-realist photographers, who I think are not as well-known as they should be. Coincidentally, a favourite film of the Italian neo-realist filmma

Re: Several photo galleries and a few videos from my october 2022 safari to Botswana

Looks like a fabulous trip - I’d love to go there. Great photos. > On 9 Dec 2022, at 15:42, li...@dfsee.com wrote: > > Hi all,, > > As some of you may know, I have been on a two week photo-safari to Botswana, > the Kalahari desert and Okavango Delta in October 2022. > > It was an exhausting b

Re: Happy birthday Ann!

Indeed > On 10 Dec 2022, at 16:03, mike wilson wrote: > > Sto lat. > >> On 10/12/2022 13:18 Comcast wrote: >> >> >> A very happy birthday to Ann, that most charming lady who has done more than >> anyone to keep this list alive and lively! >> >> Paul >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss M

Re: Happy birthday Ann!

I hope they’ve got a good pension plan, and dental insurance. But maybe they’re 199 already. > On 12 Dec 2022, at 16:05, Alan C wrote: > > They say the first person who will live to 200 is already alive! > > Alan C > >> On 12-Dec-22 04:55 PM, mike wilson wrote: >> That's my plan as well. My

Re: test 2

At least half of the messages I get from the PDML go into my junk folder, even though I tell Outlook it’s not junk. > On 12 Dec 2022, at 18:41, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Yes. It's very odd that sometimes when I post, from either account, nothing > comes through from the server. And yet test

Re: test 2

12 Dec 2022, at 22:15, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Outlook? you use outlook? .. well no wonder.. > ann > >> On 12/12/2022 1:57 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> At least half of the messages I get from the PDML go into my junk folder, >> even though I tell Outlook it’s not junk

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Re: Meet the new Bob... (List maestro, please read)

It expired. I thought I had renewed it, but I hadn't. I decided not to reclaim it as I'd been thinking of giving it up anyway, this just forced my hand. > On 3 Mar 2019, at 23:39, John wrote: > > Just out of curiosity, what happened with web-options? > >> On 3/3/2019 14:14:13, pdm...@gmail.com

Re: Meet the new Bob... (List maestro, please read)

Grazie > On 4 Mar 2019, at 15:45, Doug Brewer wrote: > > Web-options has been consigned to the outer darkness, sir. > >> On 3/3/19 2:14 PM, pdm...@gmail.com wrote: >> ...same as the old Bob. >> My old domain name, web-options.com, is no more. I have re-subscribed from a >> gmail account (and th

Re: OT: Thunderbird oddity?

> On 6 Mar 2019, at 19:20, John wrote: > > On 3/5/2019 16:10:24, mike wilson wrote: >>> On 05 March 2019 at 21:07 John wrote: >>> >>> >>> On the message pane for Thunderbird I have several buttons - "Reply List", >>> "Reply", "Forward", "Archive", "Junk" and "Delete". But, I've noticed that

Re: cormorant

It needs a speech bubble shouting "Unsubscribe! Unsubscribe!". > On 8 Mar 2019, at 20:19, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > That MUST be a PDML cormorant! > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Fri, Mar 8, 2019 at 11:38 AM John wrote: >> >>> On 3/7/2019 16:

Re: PESO: pallid harrier

Very nice shot. It looks like a wood pigeon with fascist tendencies. > On 10 Mar 2019, at 12:33, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > thanks Paul. yes, it is a raptor. > > On Sun, 10 Mar 2019 08:28:20 -0400 > Paul Stenquist wrote: > >> Nice pics. A raptor? > On Mar 10, 2019, at 3:09 AM, Subash Jeyan

Re: A few PESOs from today

The extra-long toe evolved so that they could grasp coconuts by the husk when transporting them between Africa and Mercia. > On 15 Mar 2019, at 19:20, l...@red4est.com wrote: > > > >> On March 15, 2019 11:13:59 AM PDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" >> wrote: >> Great work, as usual, Larry! The third

Re: iPESO: Escalator

Escalators have deeper risers and treads than stairs, which makes them more difficult to climb and a bit more of a trip hazard. Also, staircases have a landing at regular intervals, which means people can have a bit of a rest without blocking people behind them, whereas escalators just go straig

Re: OT strange noises

You've probably got some Canada geese stuck inside the computer and they can't talk clearly into the mike to let you know, because it's a bit cramped in there. If you leave the computer in a bath full of water for a couple of days the geese will drown and you won't hear the noises any more. B

Re: OT: Question for UK PDMLers

> On 29 Mar 2019, at 20:01, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 29.03.19 um 16:13 schrieb William Robb: >> I thought their was an agreement regarding politics on this forum. > > This isn't politics anymore. It's some kind of surreal comedy to an > extent that even the Belgians are green with env

Re: OT: Question for UK PDMLers

Nobody's running anything. I thought that much was obvious. > On 29 Mar 2019, at 15:09, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I have been trying to follow your latest reality TV show. > > Who is running all of this -- Francis Urquhart or Sir Humphrey Appleby? > > You still have not reached the Americ

Re: OT: Question for UK PDMLers

Cotty is correct in describing it as "democracy in action", and it's been a long time since we've seen this level of engagement in something, but it need not have been as fraught and close to the wire as it has become. The main cause of the problems, following the idiotic referendum, is that Ma

Re: OT: Question for UK PDMLers

> On 29 Mar 2019, at 22:58, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 29.03.19 um 23:19 schrieb Steve Cottrell: > > > ...assuming the lng extension is the de facto outcome of current > proceedings, which I believe will happen > > It simply has to. We'll be in Dunkirk over Easter and we'll have to

Re: OT: Question for UK PDMLers

> On 30 Mar 2019, at 11:12, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 30/3/19, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> To me the sensible, democratic way forward is what they should have done >> in the first place. Withdraw article 50 with a binding commitment to re- >

Re: OT: Question for UK PDMLers

er's work regarding how we got into > this situation. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Sat, Mar 30, 2019 at 8:40 AM Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> >> That's how things could be resolved in a rational societ

Re: GESO 2019 - 020-026 - GDG

You should send that one back, it's faulty. The pictures have come out upside down. > On 4 Apr 2019, at 15:49, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Um, er ... > > https://live.staticflickr.com/7828/47478919112_5c1309f1e5_b.jpg > > ]:-) > > G > — > No matter where you go, there you are. > >> On Apr

Re: For UK people: Don McCullin exhibit at the Tate Britain

Saw it with Chris a few weeks ago. A stunning exhibition. I've been familiar with his work since the 1970s, have met and talked to him [1] for quite a long time, and I have several of his books. But even so, seeing it all in one place, an entire lifetime's work, is really extraordinary. And to t

Re: PESO - Love Me

Reminds me of my favourite cinema: https://thelexicinema.co.uk/sites/thelexicinema.co.uk/files/about.jpg B > On 15 Apr 2019, at 20:30, Bulent Celasun wrote: > > From Amsterdam... but may not be what you might expect. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/32673697257/in/dateposted-publi

OT: Veneration of the Crown of Thorns

This is a photo I took about 10 years ago, in Notre Dame de Paris. Sad to see it in flames today, especially so close to Easter. https://polvareda.net/2019/04/15/veneration-of-the-crown-of-thorns-notre-dame-de-paris/ B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

Re: OT: Veneration of the Crown of Thorns

lose to when it >> started. >> WHen I was there I couldn't get inside because of work being done on it..and >> tht was back in 81.. >> ann >>> On 4/15/2019 7:02 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >>> This is a photo I took about 10 years ago, in Notre Dame de Pari

Re: OT, looking for some GB travel advice for a couple of friends

If they're in that area they should also visit Wells., which is still medieval, and Britain's smallest city. http://www.visitwellssomerset.co.uk/ Stonehenge too, of course. There's so much good food in London it can be impossible to choose and you end up eating McDonalds... I would recommend a

Re: OT, looking for some GB travel advice for a couple of friends

Maiden Castle is in Dorset, not really the Cotswolds, but doable if they have a car. I love Maiden Castle and the whole of West Dorset. If they are literary-historical types and are in the area I recommend a trip to Bincombe with a copy of Hardy's "The Melancholy Hussar". > On 16 Apr 2019, at

Re: GESO Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

French people are saying 'typical Macron, promising something when he has no idea whether it is possible or not'. One article i read suggests that it will take up to 40 years. The bishop has already said it will be closed for at least 5 or 6. One of the problems is that there aren't enough oak

Re: apologies of my relative silence

> On 17 Apr 2019, at 14:09, ann sanfedele wrote: > > > I shall return! :-) > ann > Good, but take enough time! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the d

Re: GESO Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

m, but I expect the oak will be replaced with > some kind of engineered wood beams. Nor will it surprise me if there's a lot > of international support for the reconstruction. > >> On 4/17/2019 13:52:11, Bob Pdml wrote: >> French people are saying 'typical Macron, pro

Re: Geso swans and stuff

Someone left the price tag on one of those swans. They'll get in trouble because all the swans in the world belong to the Queen. She likes upping them. The pigs are nicer than the swans. Lord Emsworth would approve. > On 19 Apr 2019, at 15:11, David J Brooks wrote: > > Happy Easter to those t

Re: GESO Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris.

the joints tighten up as the wood seasons in >>>>> the building, reducing to neglibility the need for joint maintenance. >>>>> The system works, as can be seen in the large number of buildings that >>>>> are approaching a millenium in age. In contr

Re: PESO: spotted owlet

Lovely - a very striking picture > On 21 Apr 2019, at 05:05, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > from today's birding, a spotted owlet: > > http://something-feathered.in/2019/04/21/spotted-owlet/ > > kp | sigma 150-500 OS HSM @500mm, cropped > > comments appreciated, subash > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT: For the English on this list

> On 23 Apr 2019, at 18:35, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 23/4/19, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> On this date, we all celebrate England's greatest gift to the world: >> https://www.theweek.co.uk/92984/william-shakespeares-best-poems > > Surely some mistake? > > Fish and

Re: Heading for Ireland & the UK

For a first-time visitor I would recommend all the usual top tourist sites, otherwise you may feel you haven't really seen London. I can strongly recommend the open-top bus tours which, on a nice day, give you a very good and enjoyable overview of central London and the main sights, and is a n

Re: Heading for Ireland & the UK

P.s. I forgot to mention the Royal Academy, which is superb. I would also mention the Courtauld Gallery, which is my favourite in London, but it's closed at the moment; it's situated in Somerset House, which is well worth a visit in its own right. > On 24 Apr 2019, at 08:32, Bo

Re: Heading for Ireland & the UK

http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 3:33 AM Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> For a first-time visitor I would recommend all the usual top tourist >> sites, otherwise you may feel you haven't really seen London. >> >&g

Re: OT : annsan's diagnosis and a photo note too

Love that photo - congratulations on the sale! Naproxen is good for gout too! Do as the doctor says, eat plenty of plain fat-free yogurt. Jump rope if you can. Congratulations on all your other vitals! Stay active. B > On 26 Apr 2019, at 19:24, ann sanfedele wrote: > > Bottom line: somewher

Re: PESO Keep out

A bridge like that calls for Indiana Jones! > On 28 Apr 2019, at 22:25, Larry Colen wrote: > > Yesterday we explored Elk City Road, heading up the Yaquina river and found > this suspension bridge in a slight state of disprepair > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/40759680913/in/album-72157

Re: Grandfather Mountain Video Request

> On 1 May 2019, at 14:45, Postmaster wrote: > > Alan C wrote: > >> Cotty >> >> Many thanks. An interesting bit of nostalgia. I'd love to be able to >> attend a gathering like that. Being a relatively new PDML member I >> don't know who the "stars" are. Perhaps someone could assist with th

Re: My sister's ass

> On 5 May 2019, at 07:40, John wrote: > >> On 5/4/2019 09:17:01, Larry Colen wrote: >> I haven't had a lot of time for taking photos, even less for processing >> them, but it turns out that my sister has a really cute ass. >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/46855094735/in/album-7215770

Re: Eckythump!

The best thing about Viz, apart from being inordinately funny, is it's all in Geordie, and I feel sorry for foreigners and other unfortunate people who can't think in Geordie while they're reading it. > On 6 May 2019, at 17:06, mike wilson wrote: > > >> On 06 May 2019 at 13:45 Mark Roberts w

Re: Pentax sighting

> On 6 Jun 2019, at 17:32, mike wilson wrote: > > >> On 06 June 2019 at 16:00 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >> >> >> I don't understand why people are so enamored of Rolex, especially in the >> US. > > "The name's Bond; James Bond." I can't remember what he wore in the books, but in the film

Re: Pentax sighting

> On 6 Jun 2019, at 19:31, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > P. J. Alling wrote on 6/6/19 8:51 AM: >> I thought the reviewer was more than a bit pretentious. > > We're talking about dropping $11,000 on a watch that isn't any more accurate > than a $20 electronic Timex, and less accurate than a cel

Re: OT: 75 Years Ago

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Re: I survived the reception

That looks very impressive - congratulations. > On 15 Jun 2019, at 19:48, Larry Colen wrote: > > Here are some photos of the show/reception, I also uploaded the catalog I > made for the show to flickr. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157709096789553 > > -- > -- PDML P

Re: PESO - confluence of circumstances

Nice. Would have been nicer still if she was called Leda and the duck was a swan... > On 16 Jun 2019, at 17:18, Doug Brewer wrote: > > Sometimes you are prepping for a shot and something unexpected happens. If > you have your wits about you, you grab what may turn out to be one of your > all

Re: GESO: Fathers' Day Cactus

We used to eat them a lot in Morocco when we were kids. The local Berber women sell them at the roadside and are very expert at removing the prickles. > On 18 Jun 2019, at 06:02, Alan C wrote: > > "A word of caution about prickly pears: there are invasive". And how. > > Prickly Pears were int

Re: GESO (7) - Toledo Procession

May 19 has no religious significance whatsoever. As it's the only such day in the year the atheists of Spain have adopted it as their Feast of No Saints which they celebrate with a parade through the streets of the statue of the Decidedly Most Maculate Indeed Whore of Knowledge of Good and Evil,

Re: GESO (12) - Toledo Cathedral

Quite a few Spanish cathedrals were built on top of mosques, or otherwise incorporated former mosques into their plan, and this makes them very distinctive compared to cathedrals elsewhere in Yurp. > On 29 Jun 2019, at 22:43, Rick Womer wrote: > > This is an unusual place: It does not have the

Re: PESO 2019 - 070 - GDG

Nice. Reminds me a little of one of my all-time favourite pictures: https://imagescdn.juno.co.uk/full/CS610919-01B-BIG.jpg B > On 4 Jul 2019, at 21:04, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Yes, from yet another cycle ride... > > https://flic.kr/p/2grb5nf > > enjoy! > > G > — > -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: Sharper lenses

Thank God for small mercies: "calculated the efficacy with 500 rays, and the resulting average satisfaction for all examples was 99.99%. Which, of course, is great news for gear reviewers on YouTube, as they will still be able to argue about the 0.01% of sharpness difference amo

Re: Sharper lenses

I once made a short presentation to a French class about an ongoing strike at the Nutella factory [1], but I was marked down because I didn't explain what form the strike took; what really matters to French people apparently is not the strike itself or its causes and the underlying grievances, b

Re: PESO: For more diversity

Excellent! Interesting to see the waypoint marker too - people must make a special effort to go there. > On 6 Jul 2019, at 17:45, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > For more diversity in the forest of traffic signs. > > An ongoing series that gets added to whenever I discover a new species... > >

Re: Sharper lenses

PDML by something called Barracuda. I > can unblock myself by sending a barrage of personal information, which isn't > going to happen without further evidence. Anyone know if this is genuine or > just a phishing exercise? > >> On 06 July 2019 at 17:21 Bob Pdml wrote: >>

Re: Sharper lenses

e on 7/6/19 11:35 AM: >>> I seem to be blocked from mailing to PDML by something called Barracuda. I >>> can unblock myself by sending a barrage of personal information, which >>> isn't going to happen without further evidence. Anyone know if this is >>> g

Re: Sharper lenses

>> mike wilson wrote on 7/6/19 11:35 AM: >>>> I seem to be blocked from mailing to PDML by something called Barracuda. >>>> I can unblock myself by sending a barrage of personal information, which >>>> isn't going to happen without further evidence. An

Re: Sharper lenses

I thought he had the same name as you... > On 6 Jul 2019, at 20:36, mike wilson wrote: > > Vince says I am 100% the real deal. > >> On 06 July 2019 at 20:04 Bob Pdml wrote: >> >> >> Ask his next-door neighbour... >> >>> On 6 Jul 2019,

Re: OT: Email seems to be back

Recently PDML has consisted entirely of John's difficulties with emailing the PDML, so once his email is sorted out there will be nothing on PDML for him to read or reply to. That's some catch, that Catch-22. > On 10 Jul 2019, at 19:05, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I read you loud and clear

Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

>> All this is good and well for people living in the suburbs or the >> countryside. But what about us city dwellers? Most people in Europe live >> in urban appartments and we have no roof to put our PV systems and no >> garages or driveways to charge our cars. We can't just dangle a cable >> out

Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

So did I when I lived there! That was 1963-65 though... > On 13 Jul 2019, at 19:06, l...@red4est.com wrote: > > Heh, when I lived in Singapore I got around on bicycle. That was some scary > traffic > >> -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

Yes, we were there during the riots. My older brother and I walked home from school one day through the middle of a riot. Our next door neighbour was a very friendly man called Mr Lee and I thought he was the prime minister. > On 13 Jul 2019, at 19:59, Larry Colen wrote: > > >

Re: Moss Landing Pelican taking off

We have them in London, on the Serpentine. They eat the pigeons and small children. On a sunny day in the park, with a little imagination and a bottle or two of Lambrini, you can easily picture yourself on the upper reaches of the Limpopo. > On 14 Jul 2019, at 06:09, Alan C wrote: > > That's

Re: Moss Landing Pelican taking off

> On 14 Jul 2019, at 18:20, mike wilson wrote: > > >> >> We have them in London, on the Serpentine. They eat the pigeons and small >> children. On a sunny day in the park, with a little imagination and a bottle >> or two of Lambrini, you can easily picture yourself on the upper reaches of

Re: GESO: New Toy

> On 15 Jul 2019, at 19:25, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > >> Am 15.07.19 um 19:57 schrieb Larry Colen: >> >> I'm really looking forward to the macros you get of lions and elephants >> with that lens. > > Ha! Reminds me of when they explained to me how to catch elephants when > I was a kid, with

Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

> On 16 Jul 2019, at 18:37, John wrote: > >> > > I don't think the speed restriction would be that much of a problem the way I > envision using it. > > Since I retired, more than 90% of my driving takes me someplace within 10 > miles of my house. And the speed limits between here and ther

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

https://tinyurl.com/y6mkb3ut https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/775e41e7fe91462d820fd3ba97d4cc07/assets/b162bb4ac7564d6ea31f8a468fdb09d4 > On 20 Jul 2019, at 18:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > And today is the day, 50 years on, that Mankind first touched

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

> On 21 Jul 2019, at 20:42, William Robb wrote: > >> >> On 21/7/19, Alan C, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> AI. There is no such thing. Machines only react to mountains of info in >>> their databases. They are incapable of original thought. The problems >>> with driverless cars occur when s

Re: Thoughts on 50th...

> On 21 Jul 2019, at 16:29, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> If Skynet exists in the future, I'm sure they'll be paying you a little >> visit a few years ago > > That's it! We know Skynet won't ever exist in the future because they > haven't visited us in the past. > >

Re: PESO 2019 - 089 - GDG

Good shot, good story. My French cinema teacher plays the accordion, and plays it very well (goes with le territoire, I suppose). > On 23 Jul 2019, at 18:11, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > This young man was playing music in the parking lot of the shopping center as > I arrived at the bicycle s

Pushing up daisies

A shot from Highgate cemetery on Sunday: https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/775e41e7fe91462d820fd3ba97d4cc07/assets/d808ccf41e01446a84156c8e2cdec833 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRI

Re: Pushing up daisies

> On 23 Jul 2019, at 23:54, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 23/7/19, Bob Pdml, discombobulated, unleashed: > >> A shot from Highgate cemetery on Sunday: > > <https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/775e41e7fe91

Re: Pushing up daisies

> On 23 Jul 2019, at 22:44, Bill wrote: > >> On 7/23/2019 2:00 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> A shot from Highgate cemetery on Sunday: >> https://lightroom.adobe.com/shares/00f4c7321374431ea848517ce1613814/albums/775e41e7fe91462d820fd3ba97d4cc07/assets/d808ccf41e01446a84156c8e

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