[nikonf4] Re: JPhotog.com

  • From: mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 09:13:05 -0700

I'm talking the spam filters at the ISP level... like how comcast keeps
blocking the list from time to time.


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>       Nope, not even there either.
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> Koichi Yasutani - a.k.a. Steve + MP
> Lakewood, WA U.S.A.
> 2010 / 11 / 2         21:47 PDT
>
> On Nov 2, 2010, at 0820 , Mark Stein wrote:
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>> Probably hung up in a spam filter...
>>
>> At 09:21 PM 11/1/2010 -0700, you wrote:
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>>>        Neither did I.  I think that F4@xxxxxxxxxxx is toast on my end.
>>>
>>> On Nov 1, 2010, at 0903 , Eric Welch wrote:
>>>
>>> > That's odd. I didn't get either one. I didn't see them in my spam
>>> filters either.
>>> >
>>> > Eric
>>> >
>>> > For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple,
>>> and wrong. - H. L. Mencken
>>> >
>>> > On Nov 1, 2010, at 8:35 AM, WiltW@xxxxxxx wrote:
>>> >
>>> >> Both messages which I sent, one to f4@xxxxxxxxxxx  and the other to
>>> nikonf4@freelists arrived in my AOL mailbox.
>>> >>
>>> >> --wilt
>>> >>
>>> >> In a message dated 11/1/2010 8:22:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>>> WiltW@xxxxxxx writes:
>>> >> 'pieces of graining' or 'pieces of training'...neither mean anything
>>> to most folks, even if one is right and the other is wrong!   Could
>>> you explain?
>>> >>
>>> >> --wilt
>>> >>
>>> >> In a message dated 10/31/2010 10:41:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
>>> ericwelch@xxxxxx writes:
>>> >> Dang spell check. I meant graining.
>>> >>
>>> >> Eric
>>> >>
>>> >> For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple,
>>> and wrong. - H. L. Mencken
>>> >>
>>> >> On Oct 31, 2010, at 10:38 AM, Eric Welch <photoew@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> This is the real deal from our exhibit on high end gold pieces. We
>>> have some pieces of training in gold that are mind-boggling it
>>> takes such precision.
>>> >>>
>>> >>> Eric
>>> >>>
>>> >>> For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple,
>>> and wrong. - H. L. Mencken
>>> >>>
>>> >>> On Oct 31, 2010, at 10:34 AM, Dave <downsouthdave@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> >>>
>>> >>>> Ah! Atocha treasure, or repros made from the originals as
>>> patterns? We saw the Atocha traveling display years ago in
>>> Claremont, CA. That whole recovery is a fascinating story. Nice
>>> treatment!
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> From: Eric Welch <ericwelch@xxxxxx>
>>> >>>> To: nikonf4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >>>> Sent: Sat, October 30, 2010 1:58:03 PM
>>> >>>> Subject: [nikonf4] D7000 images
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Got my Nikon D7000 yesterday. It's quite nice. I like it a lot.
>>> The customizability is really extensive. The LCD on the back is
>>> gorgeous, and the controls are laid out in a logical way. Noise
>>> performance is great. ISO 1600 is really, really clean. I haven't
>>> shot enough at high ISOs to really say yet how good, but up to
>>> 25,600 seems to be usable for some things. Overall, it's the best
>>> DX camera Nikon makes by far. And for the price it really makes
>>> the D300s look dated. AF is very fast, and accurate.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> The only thing that's not great so far is that when it focuses
>>> during video you can hear the lenses focusing. I don't even notice
>>> the noise from my AF-S lenses as I'm shooting, but it's there in
>>> the video sound track. So you really need an external mic to make
>>> audio work well apparently. Could this be a major reason other
>>> cameras don't have AF during video other than the D3100?
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> One think Koichi would like is that you can set it so that with
>>> non-G lenses you set the aperture with the ring on the lens
>>> instead of with a command dial.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> I've got two photos you can download. Both less than 1 meg, though
>>> they are full size jpegs. When I created them I didn't have an NEF
>>> converter for it yet. Got that this morning from Adobe labs where
>>> Adobe Camera RAW 6.3 is still in beta.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Here are the links:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Unmodified:
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> files.me.com/ericwelch/ b1is5f
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> Added noise reduction in CS5 and tweaked colors and contrast.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> files.me.com/ericwelch/ 4juu68
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> It's from the Atocha, a Spanish galleon that sank off Florida in
>>> 1622. We have it on exhibit in the entrance to our library. Mostly
>>> high intensity incandescent light with some daylight coming in
>>> from a skylight directly above. Colombian emeralds obviously and
>>> gold probably from there too.
>>> >>>>
>>> >>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuestra_Se%C3%B1ora_de_Atocha
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