Re: LBA

2023-12-25 Thread collinb
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Re: LBA, of a sort

2023-03-06 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Have Fun! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Mar 6, 2023 at 2:07 PM Larry Colen wrote: > Yesterday afternoon a friend posted to facebook that the local Goodwill > had several “big telescopes”. > > Long story short a Celestron

Re: LBA, GAS, happy black Friday to me

2022-11-30 Thread Larry Colen
> On Nov 30, 2022, at 1:17 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: > > Once the knob is loosened, just push in on the knob, it releases a small > hidden safety catch... Aha! Thanks a bunch, that’s it. I did notice that the knob could push in, but didn’t jiggle it properly at the time. I notice a lot

Re: LBA, GAS, happy black Friday to me

2022-11-30 Thread Stanley Halpin
Once the knob is loosened, just push in on the knob, it releases a small hidden safety catch... > On Nov 30, 2022, at 3:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > I mentioned the black Friday deals at KEH and B&H. I was able to resist the > K-3 III temptation, but succumbed to the DFA* 70-200/2.8 for $900

RE: LBA hubris

2013-06-22 Thread Bob W
> -Original Message- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen > Sent: 22 June 2013 05:13 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: LBA hubris > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 09:50:56PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > > Flicker? I hard

Re: LBA hubris

2013-06-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 09:50:56PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: > Flicker? I hardly KNOW her! You don't know my friend Flicker? She just loves to horse around, that's her mane attraction. > > On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Mark Roberts > wrote: > > Stan Halpin wrote: > > > >>On Jun 21, 2013, at

Re: LBA hubris

2013-06-21 Thread Darren Addy
Flicker? I hardly KNOW her! On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:32 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Stan Halpin wrote: > >>On Jun 21, 2013, at 7:57 PM, Rick Womer wrote: >> >>> From: P.J. Alling >>> >>> On 4/21/2013 4:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 07:41:30AM +0200, mike wilson wrote: >>>

Re: LBA hubris

2013-06-21 Thread Mark Roberts
Stan Halpin wrote: >On Jun 21, 2013, at 7:57 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > >> From: P.J. Alling >> >> On 4/21/2013 4:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>> On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 07:41:30AM +0200, mike wilson wrote: On 20/04/2013 20:05, Larry Colen wrote: > On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 05:04:32AM -0600, B

Re: LBA hubris

2013-06-21 Thread Stan Halpin
On Jun 21, 2013, at 7:57 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > > - Original Message - > From: P.J. Alling > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Cc: > Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 7:03 PM > Subject: Re: LBA hubris > > On 4/21/2013 4:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: >>

Re: LBA hubris

2013-06-21 Thread Rick Womer
- Original Message - From: P.J. Alling To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Friday, June 21, 2013 7:03 PM Subject: Re: LBA hubris On 4/21/2013 4:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 07:41:30AM +0200, mike wilson wrote: >> On 20/04/2013 20:05, Larry Co

Re: LBA hubris

2013-06-21 Thread P.J. Alling
On 4/21/2013 4:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 07:41:30AM +0200, mike wilson wrote: On 20/04/2013 20:05, Larry Colen wrote: On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 05:04:32AM -0600, Bill wrote: On 20/04/2013 12:52 AM, David Savage wrote: You don't have to photograph everything. That never

Re: LBA hubris

2013-06-21 Thread P.J. Alling
I shot a Fisher, (aka Fisher Cat), with a what should have been the proper lens, a 500mm mirror, I wasn't very sharp, looking at the EXIF data I realize I'd left the focal length set at 24mm for AS. Only got one shot, before it disappeared behind the tree it was clinging to. You don't often s

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 02:07:24PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > > > okay sorry for the tease, the lens was 15mm, and the distance around > 30 yards, so the bird is about 50 pixels long, shown at 300%; the > only way i found the bird in

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-24 Thread steve harley
on 2013-04-21 12:59 Larry Colen wrote As it was, the photos were clear enough that even cropping them way down, a friend was able to identify the bird for me. well i had a synchronistic experience yesterday; down along the S. Platte River i startled a couple of ducks and realized a black-crow

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely into the >> heron now. >> >>> I'm positively chaffinch at the bit to find another bird pun but, >>> sadly > >> You just have to learn how to live life with no egrets.

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread kwaller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Stan Halpin" Subject: Re: LBA hubris On Apr 21, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Steve Cottrell wrote: That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 21, 2013, at 3:05 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: > > On Apr 21, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > >> >> >> Steve Cottrell wrote: >> >>> >>> That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely >>> into the > heron now. > >> I'm positively chaffi

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Stan Halpin
On Apr 21, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Steve Cottrell wrote: > >> >> That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely >> into the heron now. > I'm positively chaffinch at the bit to find another bird pun >> but, > sadly >>

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 12:47:56PM -0600, steve harley wrote: > on 2013-04-20 1:07 Larry Colen wrote > >On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 02:52:30PM +0800, David Savage wrote: > >>You don't have to photograph everything. > >> > >>Sometimes it's more worthwhile to simply put the camera down & enjoy the > >>v

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread steve harley
on 2013-04-20 1:07 Larry Colen wrote On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 02:52:30PM +0800, David Savage wrote: You don't have to photograph everything. Sometimes it's more worthwhile to simply put the camera down & enjoy the view. True, but I had never seen a block crowned night heron before, and I wante

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Larry Colen
Steve Cottrell wrote: > > That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely >into the >>> heron now. >>> I'm positively chaffinch at the bit to find another bird pun >but, sadly >> >>> You just have to learn how to live life with no egrets.

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Christine Aguila
On Apr 21, 2013, at 12:42 PM, "Steve Cottrell" wrote: > > That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely into the >>> heron now. >>> I'm positively chaffinch at the bit to find another bird pun but, sadly >> >>> You just have to learn ho

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely into the >> heron now. >> >>> I'm positively chaffinch at the bit to find another bird pun but, >>> sadly > >> You just have to learn how to live life with no egrets. > And stop being a tit. >

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 21, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > >>> That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely into the > heron now. > >> I'm positively chaffinch at the bit to find another bird pun but, >> sadly > You just have to learn how to live life wi

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
>> That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely into the heron now. > I'm positively chaffinch at the bit to find another bird pun but, >sadly >>> You just have to learn how to live life with no egrets. >> >>> And stop being a tit. >> >>That's my cardinal

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread mike wilson
On 21/04/2013 14:55, Rick Womer wrote: That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely into the heron now. I'm positively chaffinch at the bit to find another bird pun but, sadly You just have to learn how to live life with no egrets. And stop being a tit. That's my

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Rick Womer
- Original Message - From: Larry Colen To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Cc: Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2013 4:27 AM Subject: Re: LBA hubris On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 07:41:30AM +0200, mike wilson wrote: > On 20/04/2013 20:05, Larry Colen wrote: > >On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 05:04:3

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Steve Cottrell
>> >That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely into the >heron now. >> >> I'm positively chaffinch at the bit to find another bird pun but, sadly > >You just have to learn how to live life with no egrets. And stop being a tit. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.n

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Sun, Apr 21, 2013 at 07:41:30AM +0200, mike wilson wrote: > On 20/04/2013 20:05, Larry Colen wrote: > >On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 05:04:32AM -0600, Bill wrote: > >>On 20/04/2013 12:52 AM, David Savage wrote: > >>>You don't have to photograph everything. > >>> > > > >That never occurs to me on a pho

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-20 Thread mike wilson
On 20/04/2013 20:05, Larry Colen wrote: On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 05:04:32AM -0600, Bill wrote: On 20/04/2013 12:52 AM, David Savage wrote: You don't have to photograph everything. That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely into the heron now. I'm positively chaffinch at th

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-20 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 05:04:32AM -0600, Bill wrote: > On 20/04/2013 12:52 AM, David Savage wrote: > >You don't have to photograph everything. > > That never occurs to me on a photo walk when I am completely into the heron now. > > > Mark!!! > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdm

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-20 Thread Bill
On 20/04/2013 12:52 AM, David Savage wrote: You don't have to photograph everything. Mark!!! -- 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 directions.

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-20 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Apr 20, 2013 at 02:52:30PM +0800, David Savage wrote: > You don't have to photograph everything. > > Sometimes it's more worthwhile to simply put the camera down & enjoy the view. True, but I had never seen a block crowned night heron before, and I wanted to find out what it was. Apart

Re: LBA hubris

2013-04-19 Thread David Savage
You don't have to photograph everything. Sometimes it's more worthwhile to simply put the camera down & enjoy the view. On 20 April 2013 14:07, Larry Colen wrote: > After work I went for a photo walk with my new lens. I specifically > chose to *only* bring the DA 35 macro. > I took a bunch of

Re: LBA Strikes Again

2009-07-29 Thread P. J. Alling
Yea, yea, yea, you suck. William Robb wrote: My local pusher called just after lunch. My DA*15/4 LTD arrived today. Cool little lens. William Robb -- 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 d

Re: LBA ?.. Kenko and soligor P/AF extention tube sets

2009-06-26 Thread Miserere
Christian, One more 'Pentax Quirk' to add to the list. I'm not bothered about the AF, although somebody using them to shorten the min focus distance of a long lens might be. However, I'm surprised we haven't seen some enterprising Chinese store on Ebay selling new P/KA tubes. They could make a sm

Re: LBA ?.. Kenko and soligor P/AF extention tube sets

2009-06-26 Thread Christian
Miserere wrote: Did you say **AF** tubes Damn, I'd be happy simply with P/KA tubes, which generally go for $200 or so on Ebay, if they show up at all. Good find, James! I hope you didn't pay $300 for each :-) --M. I had a great set of Vivitar AF extension tubes. They were like

Re: LBA ?.. Kenko and soligor P/AF extention tube sets

2009-06-26 Thread Miserere
Did you say **AF** tubes Damn, I'd be happy simply with P/KA tubes, which generally go for $200 or so on Ebay, if they show up at all. Good find, James! I hope you didn't pay $300 for each :-) --M. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -

Re: LBA ?.. Kenko and soligor P/AF extention tube sets

2009-06-26 Thread P. J. Alling
I saw a set of these in one of the few local camera shops that still carried a more or less traditional group of products. They wanted $170.00 for them new in a box. I passed at the time but I wondered how well they worked. James wrote: Just picked up one set each of these. Almost impossiab

Re: LBA

2009-06-18 Thread Luka Knezevic-Strika
it's mine! it's fine! well, i'll say no more before the first dime of photos On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Miserere wrote: > MARK!! > > 2009/6/17 David J Brooks : > >> Welcome to the 'hood. >> >> I should take mine out for a walk this summer. It probably has to have >> a pee soon anyway. >>

Re: LBA

2009-06-18 Thread Miserere
MARK!! 2009/6/17 David J Brooks : > Welcome to the 'hood. > > I should take mine out for a walk this summer. It probably has to have > a pee soon anyway. > > Dave > > -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.EnticingTheLight.com -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Re: LBA

2009-06-17 Thread Gasha
YES! G. Luka Knezevic-Strika wrote: So, should I buy a pentax 67 with a prism, a 105 2.5 lens and in a very nice condition for 250 euros? -- 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 a

Re: LBA

2009-06-17 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 8:25 AM, Luka Knezevic-Strika wrote: > will do in an hour. > and destiny had it, a one-day job came up that will cover half :) > Welcome to the 'hood. I should take mine out for a walk this summer. It probably has to have a pee soon anyway. Dave -- Documenting Life in

Re: LBA

2009-06-17 Thread Luka Knezevic-Strika
will do in an hour. and destiny had it, a one-day job came up that will cover half :) On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:04 PM, Juriy Lukin wrote: > 2009/6/17 Luka Knezevic-Strika : >> So, >> should I buy a pentax 67 with a prism, a 105 2.5 lens and in a very >> nice condition for 250 euros? > > Yes. Buy i

Re: LBA

2009-06-17 Thread Juriy Lukin
2009/6/17 Luka Knezevic-Strika : > So, > should I buy a pentax 67 with a prism, a 105 2.5 lens and in a very > nice condition for 250 euros? Yes. Buy it as fast as possible :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDM

Re: LBA

2009-06-17 Thread Derby Chang
Luka Knezevic-Strika wrote: So, should I buy a pentax 67 with a prism, a 105 2.5 lens and in a very nice condition for 250 euros? Yes. Join the Brotherhood D -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailm

Re: LBA

2009-06-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Wait a minute this is the PDML, your answer doesn't compute. David Savage wrote: 2009/6/17 Luka Knezevic-Strika : So, should I buy a pentax 67 with a prism, a 105 2.5 lens and in a very nice condition for 250 euros? If you still shoot film: yes. Otherwise no. I hardly ever shoot mine

Re: LBA

2009-06-16 Thread P. J. Alling
You're asking this question on the PDML? The answer is obvious... Luka Knezevic-Strika wrote: So, should I buy a pentax 67 with a prism, a 105 2.5 lens and in a very nice condition for 250 euros? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to U

Re: LBA

2009-06-16 Thread Mark Roberts
Luka Knezevic-Strika wrote: >So, >should I buy a pentax 67 with a prism, a 105 2.5 lens and in a very >nice condition for 250 euros? Yes. -- 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 ab

Re: LBA

2009-06-16 Thread David Savage
2009/6/17 Luka Knezevic-Strika : > So, > should I buy a pentax 67 with a prism, a 105 2.5 lens and in a very > nice condition for 250 euros? If you still shoot film: yes. Otherwise no. I hardly ever shoot mine. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: LBA

2009-06-16 Thread Doug Brewer
Luka Knezevic-Strika wrote: So, should I buy a pentax 67 with a prism, a 105 2.5 lens and in a very nice condition for 250 euros? yep -- 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

Re: LBA: Sigma 28/1.8 DG macro

2009-03-29 Thread Derby Chang
Thibouille wrote: Got a nice price on that one so decided to give it a shot. It is quite big but quite well manufactured it seems. I like the focs ring which can be put in AF mode and won't turn when AFing (not as cool as QuickShift though). Couple shots when the usual crappyBelgian weather dec

Re: LBA vintage T-Novoflexar 400/5.6

2008-06-24 Thread Toine
I remember myself as a teenager looking in the brochures with great envy. In the last years I have collected all the novoflexars (400mm 600mm 560mm Telyt) just for fun (they can be found for very little money), The T was missing in my collection. The standard 400 and 600 novoflexars are nice not gr

Re: LBA vintage T-Novoflexar 400/5.6

2008-06-24 Thread P. J. Alling
They had a reputation for being fast, (for their focal length) and very sharp in the center of their image circle, and much less so at the edges and in the corners. A friend in College, (University to non Americans), had a Novoflex 600mm he used in a Nikon F to photograph "critters". The slid

Re: LBA: smc Takumar 35mm f3.5

2008-05-31 Thread Mat Maessen
On 5/31/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had the 300/4 SMC Takumar. It was a very good lens. Very sharp. I'm sorry > that I sold it. I have the 400/5.6 SMC Takumar. If the 300/4 is anything like it, snatch that lens up right quick. Or tell me where the shop is. :-) -Mat --

Re: LBA: smc Takumar 35mm f3.5

2008-05-31 Thread pnstenquist
I had the 300/4 SMC Takumar. It was a very good lens. Very sharp. I'm sorry that I sold it. Paul -- Original message -- From: Bran Everseeking <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > smc Takumar 35mm f3.5 makes a dandy normal lens for the K10D. original > caps and all > > what i

Re: LBA: smc Takumar 35mm f3.5

2008-05-31 Thread P. J. Alling
It's a sweet little lens, very well built creates great images on film. I find it a bit dim and sometimes difficult focusing in anything but bright light. Bran Everseeking wrote: > smc Takumar 35mm f3.5 makes a dandy normal lens for the K10D. original > caps and all > > what i left in the shop