This is the non-Pentax lens I have that's on my "prise from my cold dead
hands" list.
Small, cracking price / performance ratio and hand holdable.
Peter
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From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax Discuss"
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 4:29 PM
Subject:
If I understand your directions correctly, you're talking about Green Park.
Walk through it and you appear on Piccadilly, close to the Ritz (Hotel that
is, not Camera).
Peter
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From: "Boris Liberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 5:56 A
I love it when these things happen, especially when I'm doing the selling.
I was lucky enough to sell a K 200mm f/2.5 last year that I'd bought from a
dealer for £129.
With 10 minutes to go, it was valued at 3170, and when the auction ended it
had reached £309!!! VVVBG.
- Original Messa
This thread is giving me a problem.
Previously, I could look at my K 2.5/200mm and think, nice lens, chance of a
decent image, took some good close ups of the pipers at the Edinburgh
Military Tattoo.
Now I look at it and think green buttons, DSLR compatibility, open aperture
metering, marke
f you'd like to send it to me, you'll no longer have to look at it and
decrease your stress level.
Peter Jordan wrote:
This thread is giving me a problem.
Previously, I could look at my K 2.5/200mm and think, nice lens,
chance of a decent image, took some good close ups of the pipe
My vote is for something that I could dial in the film equivalent for shots
at the picture taking stage. (This shot would look good on Velvia, and the
next would be better on Provia), together with enough resolution to produce
prints of equivalent quality to my standard 35mm set up (I haven't a
Call me a luddite if you will, but every time I see a bright, sharp set of
Velvia trannys from my LX or 645 I am convinced that as far as image quality
goes, film still rules.
One day perhaps, but for now, I'll stick to film.
Peter
- Original Message -
From: "Bill D. Casselberry" <[E
I'm both touched and very worried!
- Original Message -
From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: anybody still shoot film?
Peter Jordan wrote:
Call me a luddite if you will, but every time I see a
Don't do that to me. $2995 is more than I can afford but not too much
that I can convince myself it's way too expensive.
For me it needs to be half that price (so I can buy one) or $10,000 (so
I know I can never afford one).
Peter
Stan Halpin wrote:
> BTW, I am expecting the 645D to come in at
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX2.
Beautifully made, (rebadged as Leica), panoramic mode, opportunity for
creative control, nice lens. What more could a man ask for?
Beaker wrote:
> Hi-
>
> Anyone have a favorite pocketable digital camera? It may be time to
> look for one...
>
> Thanks
> Mike Beacom
>
>
Yesterday was sunny and springlike in Scotland, so I decided to burn up
some of my last rolls of Velvia. I had some film in my PZ-1 and an LX
with a partly used roll in it, so I packed a bag and headed into the hills.
There is a lovely glade with photogenic waterfall near us and I set up
the tr
The two inspire me to a very different style of photography.
Since getting an istDL, I've found myself using it in a much less
thoughtful mode, using the digital experience to take several shots of
the subject with varying exposures, angles, focal lengths etc.
When I use my 645 I find myself sp
I bought mine about 4 or 5 years ago for GBP 129 from a UK retailer
called MXV who have very sharp second hand prices.
I kept it for a couple of years, but wasn't using it much, so put it on
ebay UK. I couldn't believe my luck when it sold for GBP 320! Silly
money by any standards.
That went a
ROTFLMAO :-)
David Mann wrote:
> On Mar 29, 2007, at 2:44 AM, William Robb wrote:
>
>> Water inside the camera will eventually cause rust, and a camera
>> that stops
>> working.
>> Same with the lens.
>
> That's why real pros use Canon. Plastic doesn't rust.
>
> - Dave
>
>
>
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Thinking about it in retrospect, I was fairly stupid to go wandering
around the top of a waterfall. It was probably only a 20 foot drop, but
that can do you serious damage.
My household insurance has an all risks add on which will cover me and I
will send everything away for a check and service
I've moved to Thunderbird recently as an email client, and for some
reason this post with its mention of the world's favourite photographer
(no, not you Cotty), same up with a message "Thunderbird thinks this
email might be junk"
Does this mean I have an email client with a good taste filter bu
I saw a version of this exhibit in Kendal a couple of weeks ago and can
testify that it is definitely worth a visit.
There are some awesome shots there.
Peter
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From: "Bill Sawyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Mark Cassino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Kenn
It says in the press release, "The image circle in the DA-series lenses is
designed to perfectly match the size of the CCD (23.5mm x 15.7mm)
incorporated in PENTAX's digital SLRs, optimizing the performance of these
cameras."
My reading of that means that the image circle will be smaler than the
d
ubject: Re: Introducing the remarkable new Pentax *Ist D
>
> ----- Original Message -
> From: "Peter Jordan"
> Subject: Re: Introducing the remarkable new Pentax *Ist D
>
>
> > It says in the press release, "The image circle in the DA-series lenses
is
>
You have a wonderful sense of humour. I love the idea of mounting this on a
110 .
Peter (another one)
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 3:42 PM
Subject: 1000mm K series & tripod No Reserve
>
>
> << Peter, I think the co
I'm afraid I'm joining this thread very late and am going back to the
original OT thread.
A few years ago I worked about 20 miles from Prestwick Airport in bonnie
Scotland.
Sleeping in the office one morning, I was awoken by a horrendous noise that
was Concorde passing low and slow over the offic
The gravest possible insult!!
Implying that I might be a Y***shireman.
I'm from t'other side of the Pennines doing missionary work with the local
savages.
A peat bog is too good for them!!
Peter
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From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Apologies for the stupid question, but if all PDMLers are invited, to the
GFM, where and when is it?
Most folks seem to have their planning well advanced, but some of us must
have missed out on the original details.
Peter
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From: "Bill Owens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[
> Easy question to answer:
>
> http://www.grandfather.com/events/nphoto.htm
>
> Bill
>
> ----- Original Message -
> From: "Peter Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:39 AM
> Subject: Re: GFM
Does anyone know where Kodak process Kodachrome sent to their UK "lab"?
I can remember a good few years ago that they closed down processing in
Wimbledon and moved it somewhere else, (France?).
I'm not a regular Kodachrome user, but fired off a few reels last week, and
sent them away. They are ta
I've also just received a message apparently from Rob Brigham.
This had a .scr attachment and interestingly enough went to an e-mail
address I had stopped using for PDML messages a couple of months ago.
If you've sent out a neat screen saver Rob, sorry, but I suspect it's really
a virus.
Peter
I have just received the 85mm f/1.4 A* that I picked up from a UK retailer.
What a beauty!!! Can hardly wait to start using it.
Playing with the lens on a camera body, the focus ring seems to move very
easily and lightly. Looking at another A lens, my 20 f/2.8 also seems to
glide around much more
I've finally started to scan some of my 35mm trannies, and quickly come to
the conclusion that I don't know what I'm doing.
I can make scans and some of them look OK, but I have 1001 questions to ask
around, how to prepare the trannies, the optimum dpi, final image size, best
format to hold the sc
Well done.
If the *istD has reached Tyneside, electricity and running water can't be
far behind!!.
Peter
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From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 1:06 PM
Subject: *ist D reaches Tyneside!!!
> Hi,
>
> Saw on in
I'm thinking of moving my photography from the 70s to the 80s (or even
beyond) and embrace this new fangled autofocus thing.
I'm considering buying an autofocus camera to replace an LX.
Reading between the lines on some recent posts, people seem to value their
PZ-1p higher than the MZ-S.
My impr
Despite the alleged demise of MF prices, some things still do go for silly
prices.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2962301044&category=468
8&rd=1
Yes it is a rare lens, and apparently a good performer, but $238 is a lot of
money.
Peter
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From: <[
I had the identical problem with an LX a few years ago.
It happened to me with perfect timing when I was 3000 miles from home and on
holiday with 1 body. There is a lesson there.
However I got mine fixed and CLAd at Asahi Photo in London for just under a
hundred quid, which seemed like a good dea
I managed something almost as dumb this weekend.
Setting out for only the second time with my new photo backpack on my pack,
I'd gone about 100 yds from the car when I heard a horrible clunk. Looking
round, there was my FB-1/FC-1 lying on the ground.
To use Cotty's phrase from another post I was
For some unknown reason, all messages stopped coming on Friday.
I didn't get a message to say I'd been unsubscribed because my server had
been bouncing e-mails, (which I've had in the past thanks to btinternet), my
e-mail address that I use is still working, and looking at the digests, the
list co
eep this one alive and kicking as
> long as possible. ESPECIALLY, since you beat the Aussies.
>
> cheers,
> frank
>
> "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The
pessimist
> fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
>
>
>
>
>
I have the very magazine here.
The other two are the N***n 45mm f/2.8P AF which looks like a cross between
the 40mm pancacke and the 43mm FA Limited, and the Voigtlaender Heliar 50mm
f/3.5.
FWIW, they describe the 31 Limited as having "remarkable performance".
Peter
- Original Message -
For PCs, if you download the KLM world timetable, it has an option of using
a world map as a screensaver that does just what your Mac app does.
It also has the option of showing you where all the KLM flights are supposed
to be at the moment.
I think the website is imaginatively called www.klm.com
I live in a village in Scotland and my home address gives much amusement to
locals when people try to pronounce it.
I live in a place called "Haugh of Urr". Prize to any correct
pronunications.
In Scotland, it seems that the local like confusing foreigners with strange
pronunciations of place nam
Looking at some of the products they've had to sell (or to be more accurate
the products they haven't had to sell:- 2 year wait for *istD, LX Mk 2 etc),
there must be a distinct shortage of Japanese sales reps now!!!
Peter
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From: "Dr E D F Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sadly Haugh means a low boggy place.
I live in a swamp by the River!!!
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From: "mike.wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 3:56 PM
Subject: re: OT: Weird place names
> Hi,
>
> Jostein wrote:
>
> > Scottish place-names w
Cotty,
Do you think we should introduce our former colonial brethren on the list to
Father Ted?
It would establish "feck" in it's rightful place in the pantheon of useful
words.
Peter
- Original Message -
From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sat
There is a town in Southern Germany called, Wank.
JFK got gently laughed at for his famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" line. (In
German a Berliner is a doughnut.)
It's a pity (insert name of least favourite politician here) doesn't go to
Wank and tell the world what they already know.
Peter
Thanks for the tip. I'll try that, but to be honest I do prefer Gianfranco's
answer. It sounds much less expensive!!!
I'll let you know how I get on.
Peter
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentax-discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 10:54 AM
S
I posted about some lousy digital printing at my local (UK) Jessops store.
The saga has continued.
I took the prints back shortly before Christmas and was greeted at the desk
by some youth with the magnificent title "Acting Assistant Manager" on his
badge. I vaguely recognised him as someone in my
Vengeful, no; but wicked sense of humour?
- Original Message -
From: "Cotty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "pentax list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 4:50 PM
Subject: RE: The weirdest booking ever...
> On 2/1/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
>
> >Tanya, Tanya, Tanya
This may be technically correct, but I wouldn't suggest standing in the
centre of Glasgow or Edinburgh and shouting it out loud.
Not unless you want to be hear the traditional Scottish farewell, "Pick your
window". (a rough translation of this is "please choose how you wish to
leave this room")
:
I thought it was for close ups of branded filters.
Peter
- Original Message -
From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: PUG Submissions for 2004
> Hi,
>
> > Also, noticed that August is for B&W submissions. Is that fo
Some might argue that the 77 limited is the poor mans 50 (75) f/1.4.
;-)
Peter
- Original Message -
From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: FS Friday: 50mm f/1.4
> So that would be a 75mm lens ... kind of l
I've searched the archive and not found any post on this topic, so excuse me
if this question has already been asked.
Is there a way of getting CS to read istDL2 RAW files?
I've downloaded the latest plug in from Adobe that mentions DS2 and DL, but
that still gives me a file format error.
Am
At the moment I'm still in "kid with new toy" mode, but do find that I'm
taking lots more (bad) shots than usual. I subscribe to the film is cheap
school and thought I took lots of film shots, but have tried all sorts of
things this week, most of which have resulted in files to bin.
I went ou
ith a hex
file editor and found "Pentax *ist DS2" (as well as the 'D', 'DS' and
'DL' models) listed in two places. In a DS PEF file, I found the same
string... I think that if I edited a of Camera Raw v3.3 and changed
the 'S' to an 'L' on
Just had a play with the AF280T which seems to fire at full power whatever I
do with the camera.
It's actually quite easy to set the aperture to get the right flash with a
static subject, but will be a PITA in real life.
Peter
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From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTEC
Congratulations, and hope Mrs W is fine. 10lb 2 oz is a BIG baby.
Peter
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From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Sunday, May 14, 2006 6:57 AM
Subject: OT: "It's a baby, Rodney!"
Newest list member. Will probably be some time before she can send an
art
I know we're not supposed to post live auctions, but I love this guy's
salesmanship.
Anybody want an LX and Z-1p so I can buy this instead
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/THE-ULTIMATE-IN-PENTAX-SLRs-THE-FANTASTIC-SF7-c1990_W0QQitemZ7630088922QQcategoryZ15240QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Peter
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I can testify to the use of having a different looking bag. I had a bright
red pull along case and recently, I looked out of the aircraft window as the
plane was loading to see a baggage handler wheeling my bag away from the
plane.
Grabbing the nearest stewardess (not literally) resulted in my
I know we're not supposed to post live auctions, but I feel nobody on the
list will be going for this
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Pentax-K-Mount-SMC-M-50MM-f1-2-superb-condition_W0QQitemZ200031144040QQihZ010QQcategoryZ4688QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I think this is a case of a little knowledge being a danger
So we have a podcast via Pop Photo and now a video on YouTube.
Do we get a feeling that someone at Pentax has just completed a course on
modern marketing methods 1.01?
If they decide to use viral marketing where they give products to
trendsetters who can be seen using the new cool stuff, then I
There is an inevitable trade off between image size, camera size and
convenience.
Each of us will have a point at which they feel comfortable in this
continuum. For some who value image quality above all, they're willing to
carry a 10x8 field camera around with them, for others it's a Minox 35m
Two have sold on ebay UK in the past two years, both for less than GBP450
(say USD 850).
Peter
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From: "David S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: 300*F4.5
> Vic MacBournie wrote:
>> Do you have
ng for what 99% of their street price new? Ok,
so in the UK the new price would be £999.00. So for you guys it's just
a bargain.
Peter Jordan wrote:
>Two have sold on ebay UK in the past two years, both for less than GBP450
>(say USD 850).
>
>Peter
>
>- Original Message ---
You're too late. Some of us have got there already! vvvbg
Peter
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From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 9:20 PM
Subject: RE: 645D estimated street price - unbeleivable it must be a
mistake!
>I think I'll go buy all the used 645 gla
Try these for size.
http://www.jennyoz.com/Shop_Products.asp?sub_cat_id=4
Do you think they'd do an LX to special order?
Peter
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My first was also an instamatic.
Am I unique (or stupid, or both) in only using slide film in my instamatic.
I have a box full of square format slides somewhere in the study.
I graduated from that to a Zenit E (compulsory for any budding photographer
in the 1970s UK), then on to an ME Super and
I know the words "Cotty " and "understated" are rarely used in the same
sentence, but as a fellow Brit I hear him saying in a typically British
understated way, "enough children, you're all clearly very tired and
fractious so it's time to come in, drink your Ovaltine and go to bed"
For the sake
I had a near miss a few years ago when I sold a laptop. I received an email
from the buyer, shortly after his paypal payment had landed, giving delivery
details.
As it happened, I was away from home and when I arrived back a few days
later, I prepared to package up the laptop when I got an emai
I've just realised what I've been missing thanks to having a certain someone
on my blocked senders list. It's a bit like not having regular colonic
irrigations.
Peter
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From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
Sent: Friday, January
There is a chance that I may be there then. I'm currently spending about
half my life in Houston and could be there at the end of the month. Will
keep in mind and let you know if my dates fit.
Peter
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From: "Amita Guha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail Li
I was tempted to look at my calendar to see if it was April 1st. For that
thing to function would require a huge amount of work.
Peter
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: Out-Cotty'd
> Po
Actually it's a ancient Scottish game called deck the kilt wearer. Sort of
10 pin bowling using large Scotsmen as pins.
Peter
- Original Message -
From: "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2007 3:53 AM
Subject: Re: PESO: Scottis
Well you Cotty, when you were younger, more handsome and had more hair! ;-)
Cotty wrote:
> On 14/2/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>
>> I'm not confusing anything you total bag of shit.
>> Now shut the fuck up and go die painfully.
>>
>
> I always try and visualise peo
I have a sigma 12 - 24 and can attest to the fact that at least my
sample is a cracker. Only negative is that it isn't the world's smallest
lens. It's about the same size and bulk as my other Sigma, 28 - 70 F/2.8.
Peter
Boris Liberman wrote:
> Hi!
>
> My FAJ 18-35 is a good lens but I want even
I use NiMH rechargeables in mine without any problems at all.
Peter
P.S. Welcome to the sisterhood!!
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From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "PDML List"
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 2:59 AM
Subject: 645 question ...
>A very kind individual has lo
Darwin awards are for removing your DNA from the gene pool. It may be that
the effects of the blast in that general (or do I mean genital) area may
have done that anyway.
Peter
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From: "Brendan MacRae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
Sent: Friday
Q. What do you call a geordie in a suit?
A. The accused
Peter
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From: "mike wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: OT - One for the Darwin Awards...
>
> I can assure you that nobody in that pa
I may be way behind here, but there is also a K10D manual posted there as
well!!!
Peter
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From: "Manuel Magalhães" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'"
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: RE: New K10D brochure
> Thanks Pedro,
>
> You co
This strikes a very personal chord.
We're going to Egypt on vacation over Xmas, with our 3 17 - 22 y.o. kids. I
suspect we will have a lot of anger, hate and war as the family get used to
being together far more than normal.
This will undoubtedly start at the airport at 0500 tomorrow morning!
8 rolls of Velvia 120 back from lab to sort today, plus 3 35mm Velvias to go
for processing.
Just packing for our Xmas trip to Egypt. Planning on taking Digital P&S and
LX rather than istDL for more serious work.
Peter
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From: "Mark Erickson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
ROTFLMAO!
Who say the US doesn't do irony!
Peter
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From: "Cameron Hood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Discussion Group Pentax"
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 10:37 AM
Subject: Seen this review of Windoze Vista?
> From the New York Times:
>
> http://tinyurl.com/yn3c
I'm a business strategy consultant which involves a huge amount if travel to
interesting places, but with no time to take photos when I get there.
Peter
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From: "Mike Hamilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 6:18 AM
So I'm not alone on the list with strange qualifications
And, yes, that story seems to relate to some half-assed 5S implementation.
Peter
6 Sigma Master Black Belt
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From: "David Mann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List"
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2
It's a bit like my dog explaining quantum mechanics.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mtf.htm
Thew most accurate and understandable line in the whole piece?
"MTF is way beyond the scope of this website"
Out of the mouths of babes, sucklings and kenny boy!
Peter
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wrote:
>
>> He has a "Diffraction page", and I am very afraid.
>>
>> Peter Jordan wrote:
>>
>>> It's a bit like my dog explaining quantum mechanics.
>>>
>>> http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mtf.htm
>>>
>&
Yes, but think of the hours of endless pleasure he gives us all.
I think he is a national treasure who should be preserved for all time.
Shall I order a tank and some formaldehyde?
Peter
William Robb wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: "P. J. Alling"
> Subject: Re: Another gem from
A few years ago, I bought an A 85 / 1.4 ( I seem to remember I got it
from Cotty, but my mind may be playing tricks here). I sold it a little
later to fund the purchase of some 645 stuff as part of my master plan
to have some great lenses for when the 645D came along.
Anyway, my lack of 85 /1.4
Well not exactly.
I found this amusing and depressing at the same time.
http://www.glumbert.com/media/irack
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Brilliant. Have fired off to my kids whose knowledge of geography as I
understand it is truly awful.
Amazingly as a Brit, I did better on US states than European countries.
Break up of Yugoslavia and Soviet Union has clearly confused the hell
out of me.
Peter
ann sanfedele wrote:
> jjust want
Navigation clearly done by a female.
(wait for incoming flames)
Cotty wrote:
> The Tour de France, right?
>
> In England.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
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The pun is on a par with the one my sone hit me with the previous day which he
said was international Star Wars Day (May the 4th be with you).
I'll get my coat.
Peter
On 6 May 2012, at 22:56, wrote:
>> Rather Dada. You should call it "Ceci ce n'est pas la Mayonnaise".
>
> Is this suppose
I'm sorry bit I can't take anything about "legacy" serious since watching the
excellent BBC comedy Twenty Twelve which has more than a good dose of reality
in it.
I know some people who work for LOCOG (the real life equivalent of the Olympic
Deliverance organisation in the series) and they say
Just out of interest, I looked at my lens price tracker for this lens.
The most recent one went for £1810 on eBay UK, but in 2002 a couple of UK shops
were offering specimens at £475 and, wait for it, £254.
Should have started buying Macro lens futures back then.
Peter
On 14 May 2012, at 02:3
ympics.
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> The only thing that can stop it now is the mightiest force in all of nature
> - the London traffic.
>
> B
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>> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of
>> Peter Jordan
>>
>> I'm sorry bit I can't tak
OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds
had just been.
That's 33 rolls of film which at say $10 for film plus D&P would have been a
good chunk of change.
Peter
On 25 Sep 2012, at 13:15, Mark Roberts wrote:
> A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. Acc
On 26 Sep 2012, at 13:03, Postmaster wrote:
> Peter Jordan wrote:
>
>> OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where
>> hummingbirds had just been.
>>
>> That's 33 rolls of film which at say $10 for film plus D&P would have been a
>&
But I thought that buying myself a new camera would make me a better
photographer.
You mean it doesn't work like that?
Peter
On 11 Sep 2012, at 00:59, Mark Roberts wrote:
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> Agreed. These new cameras aren't going to tempt many people to upgrade
> from a K-5. They're probably not intended
ROFLMAO
On 8 Oct 2012, at 21:25, Anthony Farr wrote:
> On 9 October 2012 06:49, Mark Roberts wrote:
>> Steven Desjardins wrote:
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>>> OMG. FF on FB? WTF?
>>
>> LOL!
>>
> ROFL
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Ah, the sound of logic.
I looked at my 645 lenses that get used once every Preston Guild (look it up)
the other day and was thinking about selling them, but then I again, I might
buy a 645D which I will never be able to afford, but then again I might…..
We are driven by our emotions and at time
Numpty is very much used in Scotland, "Yer big numpty" is an often heard term
of gentle abuse.
Chav is very much used, especially for Essex Boys and Girls (who are an
archetype, not necessarily inhabitants of Essex). Burberry baseball caps form
part of the uniform.
I was looked at within stare
That reminds me of a lineI heard from someone involved in D&P during film days.
Q - How do you define an amateur film?
A - It has summer holidays at the start and end with Christmas in the middle
Peter
On 2 Nov 2012, at 19:49, Larry Colen wrote:
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> On Nov 2, 2012, at 12:47 PM, Daniel J. Maty
Welcome to my world.
Peter
On 30 Oct 2012, at 17:01, John Sessoms wrote:
> Can't remember if I've shared this before or not:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oHBG3ABUJU&list=FLs95ZaMyUReHMecAIfNV0mQ&index=1&feature=plpp_video
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I cam across these by accident yesterday.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cycleologist/sets/72157607766753951/with/2915281383/
Apart from having a few good shots in them, they bring back some intensely
personal memories. About 25 years ago, I was the site services manager at the
plant. The first 6
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