Moonrise, Drymen, Scotland

2025-05-27 Thread Mark Roberts
>From our trek along the West Highland Way a couple of weeks ago: https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/54547507779/in/album-72177720326360704 (Full album of photos, too: https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720326360704/with/54540695691) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss M

Re: GESO Tango La Mirada, Marina's birthday

2025-05-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >My local tango teacher... You say that as if having a local tango teacher is a normal thing. Nice photos, though :-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: RIP Sebastião Salgado

2025-05-25 Thread Mark Roberts
rson. The Salt of the Earth is a great documentary about Salgado. Check it out if you can. Just an amazing guy. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

FS Friday: LowePro Photo Trekker AW backpack

2025-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
I haven't used it for years and I'm clearing space here. 40 bucks plus shipping should work out about a quarter of what the latest version sells for. This one is in great condition. Further details upon request. I've got photos online with my craigslist ad: https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/pho/d/

Re: I don't do street photography

2025-03-28 Thread Mark Roberts
#x27;s Kings College Chapel in the background, right? Yep. This is on Free School Lane, which you should know because it leads to the Eagle ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-

The shop in the Photographer's Gallery, Soho

2025-03-25 Thread Mark Roberts
https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/54409616413/in/album-72177720323225263 (BTW: My only Pentax sighting in London was someone using the new Pentax 17 film camera.) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

A few snaps from PDML UK from a couple of weeks ago.

2025-03-24 Thread Mark Roberts
A handful of shots from the Duxford air museum. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720324638167/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to

Re: need new computer - opinion's wanted

2025-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: >Yup. I didn't even bother to look further before hitting the button. > >On 3/22/25 11:48 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Phishing attempts. The first URL he posted points to a web site that >> invites you log in with your ADT smart camera. Needless to

Re: need new computer - opinion's wanted

2025-03-22 Thread Mark Roberts
ADT and is there just to steal your ADT login information. His second email linked to a fake Netgear web site with similar goals. I've reported both sites to their hosts (Namecheap and Unified layer, respectively) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com

Re: OT: Behind the Gare St-Lazare

2025-03-03 Thread Mark Roberts
SjyJwO5JmKzlLaycAvrp0AoiJJ-MKuA4NKvmYyoJleDgF1yN4cpN1PDW86C1QLLOeH1fa16QKjjv8MZgXmfvJ4_dWyM3St8UuFDbbX3QPyouJgRP7OSl0JG1CMjj168m4Wkzw8t9uk74VG3HKNWVW603kSu -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(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

Re: OT: Behind the Gare St-Lazare

2025-03-03 Thread Mark Roberts
ke a good go at mimicking the original reflections with >shadows, if someone jumped in front of the traffic. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the P

Re: PESO 2025 - 012, 013, 014 - GDG

2025-02-01 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >On 2/1/2025 1:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Bob W PDML wrote: >> On 1 Feb 2025, at 01:27, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> Oh yes: I see the problem with the link. The first link should be >> Machine Wall - Santa Clara 2025 :: https://flic.

Re: PESO 2025 - 012, 013, 014 - GDG

2025-02-01 Thread Mark Roberts
>https://share.icloud.com/photos/0b2mh2DyHiDF0NdHV2kclckpA I love walls! https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/53755346884/in/album-72177720317413108 -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: geso - just to see if anyone is here

2025-01-24 Thread Mark Roberts
" if you need to reach me. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(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: geso - just to see if anyone is here

2025-01-23 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: > >some stuff I've shot since January 1 around the neighborhood.. some >Canon sx120 and some Pentax K-5. >https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2025-and-all-that- Love the "Smoke & Convenience" shot. -- Mark Rob

Re: geso - just to see if anyone is here

2025-01-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Suggested new slogan: "The PDML — Where everyone's a lurker" By the way, here's my gallery of shots from my latest trip back to old blighty: https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720323225263/ (It's a bit disjointed, but there's a few good shot

Re: UKPDML next week?

2025-01-04 Thread Mark Roberts
mb over the instrument panel and >>throttle levers to get into the cockpit. Any news on a meet-up? >>Cheers >>Eck > >Cotty's threatening lunch on Thursday. Bob W is booked up for the >week. I'll pester Chris Mitchell and see if I can coax him out. -- Mark Roberts

UKPDML next week?

2025-01-01 Thread Mark Roberts
We're going to be in London next week. Anyone up for a pint? Let me know. -- %(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: PUG Themes for 2025

2024-12-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W PDML wrote: >> Looks alright, with the obvious exception of 'self portrait' and the fact >> that the resident felines only have four legs and keep the place free of >> everything six-legged before I could photograph it. You need an extra half a cat. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: The trip so far (no photos yet)

2024-08-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Scott Loveless wrote: >On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 3:41?PM Mark Roberts >wrote: >> >> I ordered the penne a la arribiata. Of course. > >You'll need a tray. No I won't. For I am Vader, Jeff Vader. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send

The trip so far (no photos yet)

2024-08-25 Thread Mark Roberts
Overcame near disaster with airline losing luggage, but we got my bag just in time to make the train to Luxembourg. We arrived in Clervaux, Luxembourg and had dinner at a place called "Pasta La Vista". I ordered the penne a la arribiata. Of course. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To un

Re: Biking Belgium!

2024-08-21 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> On 21/08/2024 23:25 BST Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> mike wilson wrote: >> >> >> On 21/08/2024 22:42 BST Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> >> Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >> >> >> >> >Am 21.

Re: Biking Belgium!

2024-08-21 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >> On 21/08/2024 22:42 BST Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >> >> >Am 21.08.24 um 22:37 schrieb Ralf R Radermacher: >> >> It will be so crowded you won't see much of it. Bruges is best of season. >

Re: Flickr?

2024-08-21 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: >Is anyone else having trouble accessing Flickr? I keep getting this error: > >> 429 Too Many Requests >> You have sent too many requests in a given amount of time. > >I don't see HOW I could be making too many requests, since I haven't >looked at it for several days, and onl

Re: Biking Belgium!

2024-08-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 21.08.24 um 22:37 schrieb Ralf R Radermacher: >> It will be so crowded you won't see much of it. Bruges is best of season. > >Make that off-season. Yes, we've been warned about that. But we'll probably be too tired to do much by the ti

Biking Belgium!

2024-08-21 Thread Mark Roberts
We're off on another bicycling trip next week. This time it's Belgium (with apologies to H2G2 fans for the language!) We start in Luxembourg, actually, but all but the first day is in Belgium, ending up in Bruges. We loved Bruges when we were there in January so we're really looking forward to seei

Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-07-08 Thread Mark Roberts
John Sessoms wrote: >Side note, anyone looked into replacing Windows 10 Home with Windows 10 Pro? Yep, I did that with my laptop just a few months ago. Bought a NOS Windows 10 Pro package on eBay for about $50.00. Worth the price just to be able to decide when to do updates (rather than having th

Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-07-06 Thread Mark Roberts
Bill wrote: >That's pretty much what my build was last year. I ended up with the >Aorus x670E Master but a little less processor, I put in the Ryzen 7 >7700X. I stayed with Gigabyte for the video card, but mine is also a >3060 with 12gb ram. > >When I was bench marking stuff I discovered that m

Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-07-06 Thread Mark Roberts
l...@red4est.com wrote: >Can you post details, my boss would like a faster computer but hates Windows >11. I don't blame him. The privacy intrusion stuff is enough to keep me off Win 11. And there are no improvements that are enticing enough to tempt me. (I'm running the "Open Shell" interface t

Re: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-07-05 Thread Mark Roberts
So in the end, after doing some research based on input from the PDML, I bought a motherboard/CPU package and a new graphics board. I spent several hours today installing the new motherboard (the cooling system I got for the new CPU, although far from the most extensive available, is freakin' HUGE!

Re: Quick survey

2024-06-24 Thread Mark Roberts
ry of Congress adopted DNG as its archiving format.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(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: Motherboard upgrade: Seeking advice from all (but it's probably gonna be mostly from Larry)

2024-06-18 Thread Mark Roberts
e for less horsepower than the 3060, for reasons of both heat and noise. I'll also be recording audio in my computer room and I want as quiet a system as I can get (I currently have a fanless graphics card). -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s

Another UK pano

2024-06-18 Thread Mark Roberts
Just discovered 5 images on my hard drive that I forgot to stitch after our Cumbria Way walk. Here's the result: https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/53800935843/in/album-72177720317448943/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_n

Re: Pentax 17

2024-06-17 Thread Mark Roberts
5vmq Interesting. Not my cup of tea, but I'm so far outside the intended demographic I might as well be in orbit. At first I thought the portrait mode framing was odd, but then I remembered this camera is being targeted at an audience who regards that as default because they've grown u

Re: Adobe Brouhaha

2024-06-06 Thread Mark Roberts
It calls to mind an old gem from the PDML quotations list (I forget what year): "Any harm I can do Adobe will be done with a song in my heart" - Mike Wilson Jun 6, 2024 1:59:19 PM Larry Colen : > There seems to be a lot of sound and fury going around the net about this > section of Adobe licens

Re: New photos on line

2024-05-31 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: >I think the sheep were probably Lisa's idea. Mark's more of a Llama type of >guy. Doug Brewer and I have history with llamas. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe s

New photos on line

2024-05-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Many are rough versions but I've got photos posted from both our Isle of Islay walk (new ones added since my last post) and from the Cumbria Way walk. Islay: https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720316943057 Cumbria Way: https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720

Re: PDML UK 2024

2024-05-24 Thread Mark Roberts
We had the most amazing luck with the weather throughout our trip. Getting rain-free days all through the week on Islay and almost entirely rain-free days during our Cumbria Way walk through the Lake District. A major rain storm floods out the northwestern UK while we're staying in Carlisle but rai

Hello from Carlisle!

2024-05-23 Thread Mark Roberts
So how's *your* day going? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjkkm6x0v5po.amp We're in on high ground in the center of the city but we're concerned about our train tomorrow. Check out the second photo in that BBC article (the busses in the flooded car park); we just walked through there 10 minute

Re: PDML UK 2024

2024-05-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >I’m on the south coast filming today and staying in an area with no signal!!! >:-) Sometimes I suspect you're always "in an area with no signal" ;-P -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pe

Re: PDML UK 2024

2024-05-21 Thread Mark Roberts
gt; > On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 4:07 PM Mark Roberts > wrote: > >> Dr Lisa and I just had a great evening out with Mike and Kathy Wilson in >> Carlisle. (No photos to post but I'll have some from the Lake District >> soon.) The evening of food, drink and merrime

PDML UK 2024

2024-05-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Dr Lisa and I just had a great evening out with Mike and Kathy Wilson in Carlisle. (No photos to post but I'll have some from the Lake District soon.) The evening of food, drink and merriment concluded with a phone call to Doug Brewer. Much merriment occurred. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mai

Holiday photos

2024-05-14 Thread Mark Roberts
uy it in a heartbeat). Next: Getting on a train to Ulverston in the lake district for the serious walking stage of our trip. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

2024-05-11 Thread Mark Roberts
In some ways I'm ideally situated now: Good northerly location (Scotland) and far away from any significant light pollution. AND the weather has been pretty clear - unusual for Scotland. But we've been doing long hikes during the day and I've been too exhausted to stay up until it's dark enough to

Re: OT: Richard Sandler

2024-03-27 Thread Mark Roberts
ann sanfedele wrote: >the guardian doesnt let me in They've obviously heard about you. Probably from Cotty... ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSU

FS Friday: K-5 and DA-L 55-300

2024-03-15 Thread Mark Roberts
tm/226046234043 K-5 https://www.ebay.com/itm/226047350280 -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(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.

Got myself a new lens

2024-03-14 Thread Mark Roberts
ality seems excellent. I'll take some test shots soon to check out the optics but if it's as good as the older one I'lkl be very happy indeed. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an emai

Re: Has anyone else been having trouble uploading to flickr?

2024-02-17 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >When I got home last night I tried another spin on the mount shasta photo >based on the feedback I got. I tried to upload it, and it didn't work. It is >still not working this morning > >I'm getting an error message about CloudFront attempting to establish a >connection.

Re: February PUG is up

2024-02-10 Thread Mark Roberts
Brian Walters wrote: >G'day all > >Enjoy the gallery here: > >http://pug.komkon.org/ Ooh, I love Brian Walters' shot! -- %(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 di

Re: PESOs (5) - Fisheye Fun NEW LINK

2024-02-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Rick Womer wrote: >This link should work without begging for money: > >https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2024/January-2024/Fisheye-Fun Cool! I like the shot of the piano keyboard. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss

Re: P30?

2024-02-03 Thread Mark Roberts
Could be. Its variant the P30n, by the way, is the famed Pentax "Ned". Feb 3, 2024 4:57:28 AM Bob W PDML : > https://www.instagram.com/p/C24TyRFNwjY/?igsh=MXJkcTNnd3VlMTBkOQ== > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE fro

Got my K-3ii

2024-01-29 Thread Mark Roberts
My almost-new K-3ii arrived today. It is indeed almost indistinguishable from a new camera and came in original box with everything except a camera strap. I'm looking forward to trying it out tomorrow. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net t

Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-26 Thread Mark Roberts
ll the photos by adjusting the "Capture Time" by the number of hours necessary to get the correct time. Takes just a few seconds. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(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: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Just found a K-3ii with fewer than 3500 shutter actuations on eBay. I should have it some time next week. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-22 Thread Mark Roberts
hoot to both SD cards at once, just in case of memory card failure or one-off file corruption, the latter of which has happened to me a few times. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml

Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-20 Thread Mark Roberts
Alan C wrote: >It seem only the K3ii has built in GPS like the K1. All right, so the K-3ii it is, then. A quick look around the web shows they seem to be holding their value pretty well, which is a good sign. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pd

Pentax APS-C cameras

2024-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
What is the most recent Pentax APS-C camera that has built-in GPS like the K-1? We're doing another bicycle trip in the summer and I'd like something more compact than my K-1 but more capable than a phone. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 61

Re: Impressed again

2024-01-19 Thread Mark Roberts
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 19.01.24 um 02:38 schrieb Mark Roberts: >> During our recent trip to Amsterdam and Bruges (got home on Monday) I >> used just one lens the whole time: The old FA*28-70 f/2.8 (on the >> K-1). And having looked through most of the images I'

Greetings from Amsterdam

2024-01-07 Thread Mark Roberts
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e800101.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(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

Re: Stupid Lightroom Question

2024-01-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >Why do they insist on having software "help" me, when I don't ask it to? Man, that's the perennial question of software, isn't it? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Amsterdam and Bruges!

2023-12-31 Thread Mark Roberts
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 31.12.23 um 18:14 schrieb Mark Roberts: >> Heading out on a trip at the end of the week. As the subject line >> suggests, the destinations are Amsterdam and Bruges. Any suggestions >> for specific things to add to our itinerary would be most welc

Amsterdam and Bruges!

2023-12-31 Thread Mark Roberts
Heading out on a trip at the end of the week. As the subject line suggests, the destinations are Amsterdam and Bruges. Any suggestions for specific things to add to our itinerary would be most welcome. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to

Re: Headphone query (waaaay off-topic, I know)

2023-12-12 Thread Mark Roberts
le App Store you can't have it. That said, there are some good media players available. Try VLC Media Player to start with. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.n

Toyota's new "Pentax commercial"

2023-12-12 Thread Mark Roberts
https://kosmofoto.com/2023/12/toyotas-new-us-tv-commerical-may-make-you-want-to-buy-a-spotmatic/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Let's test the list!

2023-12-06 Thread Mark Roberts
By the way, I'd like to apologise for the errant apostrophe in "Server God's". I don't know what got into me. Mark Roberts wrote: >Are the Server God's happy? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Dis

Let's test the list!

2023-12-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Are the Server God's happy? -- %(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: Computers! Aargh!

2023-11-14 Thread Mark Roberts
Sorry to hear about your troubles, Rick. Sometimes I feel that you are to computers what Dave Brooks is to spell-checkers. Nov 14, 2023 9:28:32 PM Rick Womer : > I’ve accumulated a lot of photos recently, from travel and walks through > groves of autumn color. > > Today I sat down to post some

Re: Hello all, been a while …

2023-10-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Brendan MacRae wrote: >Some may remember me selling a venerable Pentax-A* 85mm f1.4 for a >1967 Austin-Healey Sprite a long time ago. Well, it's almost >finished...it's only been 12 years... Show us some photos! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstec

Re: Good find today (not Pentax)

2023-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 30.09.23 um 17:55 schrieb Mark Roberts: >> John Francis wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 05:18:50PM +0100, Bob W PDML wrote: >>>> ??? >>>>> On 29 Sep 2023, at 00:52, John Sessoms wrote: >>>>> >

Re: Good find today (not Pentax)

2023-09-30 Thread Mark Roberts
John Francis wrote: >On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 05:18:50PM +0100, Bob W PDML wrote: >> ??? >> > On 29 Sep 2023, at 00:52, John Sessoms wrote: >> > >> > ???[???] I don't even think the hole is still there in the wall. [???] >> >> I looked on street view- the hole???s still there, but the wall has g

Re: Photos from the latest trip

2023-09-06 Thread Mark Roberts
dn't get to spend enough time in Prague, so we'll have to go back. Very crowded and touristy, but the architecture is magnificent. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdm

Photos from the latest trip

2023-09-06 Thread Mark Roberts
We got home two days ago and have almost overcome the jet lag. I've managed to put up a gallery of photos from our bicycle trip across Austria and the Czech Republic. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720311016868 -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multi

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

2023-08-29 Thread Mark Roberts
-river-thames-and-beyond-in-pictures At first glance, I thought the bloke in the kayak (second photo) was Bob W! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from t

Salzburg to Prague

2023-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
We're off to Austria tomorrow, doing a bicycle trip that starts from Salzburg and ends up in Prague. It shouldn't be a very strenuous trip, as they're saying 36 miles is the most we'll be covering in a day, so that ought to leave plenty of time for some photography. Photos

Photos from Colorado

2023-08-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Not content with the UK and Austria trips that are bookending our summer, the Dr and I went to visit some friends in Colorado for a week. Here are a few snaps: https://flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720310376906 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: August PUG is Up

2023-08-09 Thread Mark Roberts
Stan Halpin wrote: >Ralf, your shot was very nicely done! And all the rest in the gallery were >quite nice as well. Another good month. Thanks Brian! We can always count on Ralf for a great photo. THis one looks kind of like a real-life Mondrian. -- Mark Roberts - Photography &

Some snaps from Colorado

2023-08-09 Thread Mark Roberts
We're flying back home tomorrow after a week in Colorado. I've posted a few shots from our adventures. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720310376906 -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Ma

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
BTW, regarding the original set of photographs (nice stuff) that started this thread: I will never be able to look at an F4 Phantom without thinking of Dan Matyola. (Also, I think the F100 Super Saber has to be the ugliest jet fighter ever.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multim

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

2023-08-03 Thread Mark Roberts
ernable here. Otherwise, they are almost >identical externally. If you're into jet plane geekery you might enjoy this fellow's stuff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCQbBfie3ZA -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)

DP Review has been bought from Amazon

2023-06-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Looks like Gear Patrol had purchased DP Review from Amazon: https://www.gearpatrol.com/about/a44214660/gear-patrol-dpreview-acquisition/ -- %(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

Re: Whatever became of this lens?

2023-06-16 Thread Mark Roberts
hat as a generic photo with certain postings?) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(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: GFM 2023

2023-06-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Oh, and definitely NOT Tom Rittenhouse. Jun 12, 2023 5:41:16 PM Mark Roberts : > Yep. Doug and Nico. I think they're the only ones you'd recognize in those > shots. The new nature museum facility is amazing. > > Jun 12, 2023 11:16:39 AM Steve Cottrell : > >> In

Re: GFM 2023

2023-06-12 Thread Mark Roberts
he left chomping? And is that Tom Rittenhouse on > the right with the beard?? > > Cot > > > >> On 9 Jun 2023, at 21:20, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> A couple of new photos added. Two stream shots that aren't as good as >> the first one and a

Re: GFM 2023

2023-06-09 Thread Mark Roberts
A couple of new photos added. Two stream shots that aren't as good as the first one and a quick phone grab of the interior of the new nature museum at Grandfather Mountain. It's quite splendid. More later.... Mark Roberts wrote: >The 2023 Nature Photography Weekend gets underwa

GFM 2023

2023-06-08 Thread Mark Roberts
r.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720308917375 More to come! -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(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 abov

GESO: Our just-completed Pennine Way walk

2023-05-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Finishing up (finally) in Scotland a couple of weeks ago. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720308386495 -- %(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

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: >>> Never mind. My brother recently informed me I'm also a "rat bastard" >>> after I showed him the bass guitar I bought recently. ;-) > >> Don’t fret. > >You’re a nut. I'm not nutty enough to play an Irish Bouzouki,

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: >> On May 22, 2023, at 2:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> mike wilson wrote: >> >>> Thought you were leaving today? >> >> Ah, yes. I sent that this morning. I must have been offline at the >> time so it didn&#

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
7;m also a "rat bastard" after I showed him the bass guitar I bought recently. ;-) >> On 22/05/2023 21:35 Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> Doug Brewer wrote: >> >> >wait a sec. I'm reasonably certain my parents were married when they >

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-22 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: >wait a sec. I'm reasonably certain my parents were married when they >found me. Sorry. I'm still on Lindisfarne so I suppose you should be a "Scurvy Dog" then? I can never keep these things straight. -- Mark Roberts - Photography &

PDML-UK Part 2

2023-05-20 Thread Mark Roberts
'll try to post some soon but despite the best of intentions it may not happen till we get back to the States. Then I'll have to act fast because the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend is coming up fast... -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertst

Re: Pentax Film Camera News

2023-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
I think a new, fixed-lens film camera is the sort of thing a lot of my students would go for. They'd never dream of entering the murky world of second-hand, 30-year-old film cameras. (Nor should they be.) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.ne

Hello from somewhere in Scotland

2023-05-16 Thread Mark Roberts
...in a field a couple of miles outside village of Kirk Yetholm. We'll be finishing our epic Pennine Way walk soon. Photos later. -- %(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 fol

Photos soon (or eventually)

2023-05-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Dr. Lisa and I are walking the final section of the Pennine Way after our meeting with Bob W. It's proving eventful so far. I'll have photographic evidence soon... -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please vi

UKPDML

2023-05-07 Thread Mark Roberts
h! Most of our walk will be in Northumberland but it keeps dodging across the Stots border (follows Hadrian's wall for a fair bit) and finishes up in Scotland. Any lurkers fancying a meet-up? Just drop us a note. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.c

Re: Nature Photo Weekend Details Announced for June 9-11 Event

2023-04-28 Thread Mark Roberts
rying to determine what works best. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(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: Pentax K3 Mark III Monochrome Matte Black Edition

2023-04-21 Thread Mark Roberts
From my days as a components engineer at an electronics firm, I would be very surprised if the minimum order for a specialized item like this sensor wasn't at least 1000 units. Apr 21, 2023 10:35:47 AM Ralf R Radermacher : > Am 21.04.23 um 15:28 schrieb mike wilson: >> I wonder how big a "run"

Re: Vacation suggestion

2023-04-19 Thread Mark Roberts
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.

Re: Vacation suggestion

2023-04-19 Thread Mark Roberts
ew, 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. -- Mark Robert

Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

2023-04-14 Thread Mark Roberts
I just read through the comments section on DPreview. Reminded me of why I haven't looked at DPreview for years. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSC

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