Re: K20D long-lens, high ISO samples
At 04:46 PM 4/03/2008, Wilko Bulte wrote: Quoting Adam Maas, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 08:36:20PM -0500 .. Nikon does lens data WAY better than Leica. Database in the camera, enter your lens data, press a button and twirl a wheel to pick the lens, no mod to the lens necessary. Of course, Nikon's only using this Is that better? Playing with wheels buttons, it should Just Work(TM) when you attach the lens. Seeing as there isn't any communication between the lens body I reckon that system sounds quite good. I'll even go so far as to say it'd be nice to see that system implemented by Pentax. (it'll never happen, but it would be desirable for those with a lot of K, M A glass) Cheers, Dave -- 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: Peso Plans trains and automobiles
Hey Dave, Did you ever have two hands on the wheel? g Jostein 2008/3/4, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Well, no train, but.. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/NTS%20PHOTOS/?action=viewcurrent=plane-5584.jpg Not a great work of art, but i think its neat Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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: PESO: hardcore industrial kitsch
From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] I like the way the sun reflects from the steam I hope it's steam Mark! - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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: K20D focus adjustment
So it seems the older F and FA lenses may have some fine tuning then. Wonder what the A lenses will do, i have more of them than F and FA ones. I hope by adjusting my K10D i did not throw things out of wack. But then again i panic about things like that,:-) K20D will have to wait. I'm more interested in getting a good F2.8 or F4 zoom for the horse ring. I plan to make the K10D the mane camera if a lens comes out soon enough. However if i make money early on my shows, i might have enough for both Dave Dave On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've now adjusted focus for two of my lenses, the FA 50/1.4 and the FA 35/2. The FA 35/2 came in at +2. The FA 50/1.4 came in at -3. So it seems that it's more a matter of lens variation than camera baseline. I haven't tested the DA lenses yet, but they appear to be spot on in informal look sees. For adjustment I shoot a crisply printed sheet off a tripod. I run the range from -6 to +6 in steps of two. When I have the winner, I do one step in each direction. It only take a few minutes. It makes me think that an overall adjustment is a real compromise. Lens specific is great. Another big plus for this camera. Paul -- 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. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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: K20D PEF Files On a Mac?
OK On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pentax Photo Lab processed shots may look less noisy, but they lose detail as well. If you saw the 1600 ISO shots I posted, I think you'd have to agree that they're coparable to ISO 400 K10D shots in terms of noise -- with no loss of detail. They're all ACR processed. I have never seen any benefit to using the Pentax software. In the past or now. ACR used correctly -- or lightroom, which is the same code -- is far superior. Paul -- Original message -- From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not IMO. Pics processed with Pentax Photo lab, especially high ISO shots, have their noise controlled much better Shame that the program is such a PITA to use. CHeers, Dave On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ACR works splendidly with the K20D DNG files. Paul -- Original message -- From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] The K20D .pef formt is different enought that ACR doesn't know what to do with them. I'm waiting for an Adobe update as ACR doesn't seem to handle the RAW files as well as the supplied Pentax software (urgh) Cheers, Dave -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: Peso Wings
wow, huge undeed! Neat picture :) rg2 On 3/3/08, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Holy Sh*t! Those things are huge. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:58 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more from this past trip. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/NTS%20PHOTOS/?action=viewcurrent=_MOR5512.jpg Equipment Express hauls the wind tower wings. They had a load parked beside us in Wyoming Ontario. Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: K20D focus adjustment
I think most lenses will benefit from some fine tuning of the focal point. Although it remains to be seen how accurate the DA lenses might be. The kind of adjustments I'm making are quite fine, and the difference isn't critical for most subjects. About the only place where it comes into play is with wide-open portraits, where eye focus is critical. Of course, those should be manual focused anyway in the studio. But for situations like wedding photography or even my coffee shop portraits, pinpoint autofocus accuracy is an advantage. A lenses aren't autofocus, of course, so they just sit there silently without complaint:-). Paul On Mar 4, 2008, at 6:48 AM, David J Brooks wrote: So it seems the older F and FA lenses may have some fine tuning then. Wonder what the A lenses will do, i have more of them than F and FA ones. I hope by adjusting my K10D i did not throw things out of wack. But then again i panic about things like that,:-) K20D will have to wait. I'm more interested in getting a good F2.8 or F4 zoom for the horse ring. I plan to make the K10D the mane camera if a lens comes out soon enough. However if i make money early on my shows, i might have enough for both Dave Dave On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've now adjusted focus for two of my lenses, the FA 50/1.4 and the FA 35/2. The FA 35/2 came in at +2. The FA 50/1.4 came in at -3. So it seems that it's more a matter of lens variation than camera baseline. I haven't tested the DA lenses yet, but they appear to be spot on in informal look sees. For adjustment I shoot a crisply printed sheet off a tripod. I run the range from -6 to +6 in steps of two. When I have the winner, I do one step in each direction. It only take a few minutes. It makes me think that an overall adjustment is a real compromise. Lens specific is great. Another big plus for this camera. Paul -- 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. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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. -- 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: Peso Wings
Amazing! I didn't know they were anywhere near that large. Nice shot. Paul On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Holy Sh*t! Those things are huge. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:58 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more from this past trip. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/NTS%20PHOTOS/? action=viewcurrent=_MOR5512.jpg Equipment Express hauls the wind tower wings. They had a load parked beside us in Wyoming Ontario. Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: K20D long-lens, high ISO samples
Quoting Adam Maas, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 08:36:20PM -0500 .. On 3/3/08, Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Timber, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 11:23:01PM +0100 .. Paul, You really want me to go totally broke? I am trying to surmount the temptation, but you make it very hard :D Couldn't you just post images to show something bad about the K20D to save me from running dangerously low on money? :D All the pictures are very impressive. As I read on a german page at the Photokina there will be 2 announcements from Pentax... a 'one numbered' and a 'three numbered' digital. If Pentax manages to make this sensor with Full Frame and releases a K2D with the same pricing policy (so cheaper than Nikon's D3 and Canon's 1D series... maybe somewhere around Canon EOS 5D?) then I believe the two giants could have a very serious With proper aperture stuff so I can fit my beloved M-lenses, and an exchangable focusing screen, so that I can stick a split-image screen in it. Viewfinder like the MX, or, even better, the LX. Autofocus for those who want it/think they need it. A hack to retrofit lens data info onto older lenses like Leica did for the M8 glass. We can dream, can we? Wilko Nikon does lens data WAY better than Leica. Database in the camera, enter your lens data, press a button and twirl a wheel to pick the lens, no mod to the lens necessary. Of course, Nikon's only using this Is that better? Playing with wheels buttons, it should Just Work(TM) when you attach the lens. for EXIF and matrix metering, while Leica's got certain image optimizations also applied. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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. --- end of quoted text --- -- Wilko -- 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: Heads-up: IE7 and GMail entanglement
Peter Fairweather wrote: On 28/02/2008, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiosity I looked up the visitor stats for my web site by browser: Internet Explorer 7 26% Internet Explorer 6 23% Internet Explorer 5.5 2.9% Internet Explorer 5 2.9% Firefox 26% Mozilla 2.9% Opera 5.7% Safari 5.7% The four flavors of IE have just under 55%, but Firefox (all versions) at 26% is way above the general average. I must attract an educated crowd :) (That's probably literally true: I put all my class material on line, so I expect a large part of the traffic is from my students, whom I advise to use Firefox.) And the conclusion is? Can't draw any conclusions from this data. Sample size is too small and knowing just the browser type isn't very helpful. It would be nice to break down browser type by physical location, for example: If you have a site for a local, brick-and-mortar business and all your IE6 visitors are from, say, Ulan Bator, you could switch over to PNG graphics (which IE6 doesn't support completely) without worrying too much about losing customers. But in browser compatibility and visitor stats, you can get into a chicken-and-egg situation: Is a decision not to support older browsers justified by their lack of presence amongst your site visitors? Or are these people not visiting your site much *because* of your lack of support? -- 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: K20D focus adjustment
- Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:10 AM Subject: Re: K20D focus adjustment I think most lenses will benefit from some fine tuning of the focal point. Although it remains to be seen how accurate the DA lenses might be. The kind of adjustments I'm making are quite fine, and the difference isn't critical for most subjects. About the only place where it comes into play is with wide-open portraits, where eye focus is critical. Of course, those should be manual focused anyway in the studio. But for situations like wedding photography or even my coffee shop portraits, pinpoint autofocus accuracy is an advantage. A lenses aren't autofocus, of course, so they just sit there silently without complaint:-). Manual focus lenses should be more dependant on how accurately the screen is placed, although I do find myself, from time to time, using the AF confirmation with manual focus lenses, in which case, I expect focus accuracy may benefit from being tuned in with them as well. 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Zenitar 16mm PK
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008, Charles Robinson wrote: On Mar 3, 2008, at 17:06, Timber wrote: Charles Robinson wrote: Zenitar 16mm Could you share your opinion about this lens? I am planning to buy one MC Zenitar f2.8 16mm and any comment would be welcomed. The best would be if you can link some PEF files with this lens :D I have no PEF files with it, sorry. I REALLY loved this lens when I used it on film. I became less-than- excited about it on Digital. I kept reading over and over how many people enjoyed it, and I just wasn't feeling the excitement. But I decided to try it out more and more often, just to see if I was missing something. After about a year of fiddling around with it, I *do* get in the mood to grab it every now and then to capture a tight spot. Most of the bendy photos on this page are from the Zenitar http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2008/kitchen_wall/ And when I'm in a small space like a two-seat airplane, it's handy for self-portraits: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2008/SanFrancisco/pages/page_79.html So it's gone from being a lens I LOVE to a lens which is convenient from time to time. I no longer want to get rid of it, like I was planning on doing about a year ago. -Charles I got this lens for my -DS after reading all about it online. I agree that it's not quite as exciting as a fisheye with the 1.5x crop. It's more like a regular ultra-wide with bad barrel distortion. Since it's the fastest wide I've got however, I tend to use it for that when light's low. Besides, with the panotools, it's not too hard to convert from fisheye to rectilinear if you can't handle it for a shot. It's fairly heavy, has a somewhat exposed front element, and has a tendency to flare in bad situations. Since nobody provided a PEF, I've got one available. This one was taken in pretty challenging conditions of flat lighting under a canopy. You can see some flare and CA where the bright sky goes through the canopy. I've also included the same image converted to a rectilinear projection via panotools. This was probably taken about f/8. http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~papenfuss/imgp1714_small.jpg http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~papenfuss/imgp1714.jpg http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~papenfuss/imgp1714_rectilinear.jpg http://filebox.ece.vt.edu/~papenfuss/imgp1714.pef.zip Cheers, -Cory * * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * * Electrical Engineering* * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * * -- 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: K20D long-lens, high ISO samples
On 3/4/08, Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Adam Maas, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 08:36:20PM -0500 .. Nikon does lens data WAY better than Leica. Database in the camera, enter your lens data, press a button and twirl a wheel to pick the lens, no mod to the lens necessary. Of course, Nikon's only using this Is that better? Playing with wheels buttons, it should Just Work(TM) when you attach the lens. 5 seconds and free and supports any mountable lens(Albeit not 100% accurately) vs instant and a costly mod (For a few dabs of paint) only doable by Leica with no support for 3rd party lenses. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: K20D long-lens, high ISO samples
On 3/4/08, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 3/4/08, Wilko Bulte [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Adam Maas, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 08:36:20PM -0500 .. Nikon does lens data WAY better than Leica. Database in the camera, enter your lens data, press a button and twirl a wheel to pick the lens, no mod to the lens necessary. Of course, Nikon's only using this Is that better? Playing with wheels buttons, it should Just Work(TM) when you attach the lens. 5 seconds and free and supports any mountable lens(Albeit not 100% accurately) vs instant and a costly mod (For a few dabs of paint) only doable by Leica with no support for 3rd party lenses. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. Oh, and I should note that all this enables is matrix metering, EXIF data and accurate metering display data. Otherwise you still get metering and aperture display is by delta rather than absolute(It shows how many stops you've stopped down rather than the actual aperture). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: K20D long-lens, high ISO samples
On 3/4/08, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 04:46 PM 4/03/2008, Wilko Bulte wrote: Quoting Adam Maas, who wrote on Mon, Mar 03, 2008 at 08:36:20PM -0500 .. Nikon does lens data WAY better than Leica. Database in the camera, enter your lens data, press a button and twirl a wheel to pick the lens, no mod to the lens necessary. Of course, Nikon's only using this Is that better? Playing with wheels buttons, it should Just Work(TM) when you attach the lens. Seeing as there isn't any communication between the lens body I reckon that system sounds quite good. I'll even go so far as to say it'd be nice to see that system implemented by Pentax. (it'll never happen, but it would be desirable for those with a lot of K, M A glass) Cheers, Dave Dave, It's essentially the same setup as the SR lens length input, just with quick access stored items and max aperture. Quicker than the Pentax setup, but similar. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: K20D long-lens, high ISO samples
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:55 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, It's essentially the same setup as the SR lens length input, just with quick access stored items and max aperture. Quicker than the Pentax setup, but similar. As I thought. But I do like the idea of a in camera lens database for EXIF purposes. Cheers, Dave -- 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.
PESO - Rosie by the Window (once again)
A week or two ago I posted a horrendous version of this. Today's version is a different frame of the same shoot, where I metered on the inside of the room (without the window): http://tinyurl.com/2rcyzr http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R81QIzBtIRI/Bm0/74AV0ykcRJ0/s1600-h/feb_27_08+001.jpg I think this version is a bit more palatable. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: PESO: Antarctica Slide Scan
Gorgeous! Why were you in Antartica, Walt? It is one of the places I'd like to visit someday. On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/Lake-Vanda-Antarctica.jpg This is one of the slides I had scanned at Costco. It shows Dr. Sam Travis, Univ. of Nebraska (1977) pointing out Lake Vanda in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica. It had been so long that I had viewed some of these slides I am slowly recollecting some of the places and people involved. Damn sure is terrible to get so old and forgetful! Walt -- 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. -- 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: PESO: Antarctica Slide Scan
Wow! Very dramatic. Excellent shot. And a rather nice scan. I missed this earlier. Paul -- Original message -- From: Amita Guha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gorgeous! Why were you in Antartica, Walt? It is one of the places I'd like to visit someday. On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/Lake-Vanda-Antarctica.jpg This is one of the slides I had scanned at Costco. It shows Dr. Sam Travis, Univ. of Nebraska (1977) pointing out Lake Vanda in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica. It had been so long that I had viewed some of these slides I am slowly recollecting some of the places and people involved. Damn sure is terrible to get so old and forgetful! Walt -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: K20D examples (again)
Thanks for posting these, Bob. I remember the Downers Grove train station from my days in Chicago. I'm thinking that the K20D is more resistant to sensor bloom than previous Pentax digitals. My 400/5.6 and A2X-S combination was very bad in that regard with both the D and the K10, but I didn't have any serious bloom problems while shooting birds last weekend. Too soon to say for sure, but it looks like a major improvement in that regard. Paul -- Original message -- From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've put two samples up on Photo.net. They are basically DNG's converted to jpegs and compressed to 2-3 megs. If you click on the photos you can go to a full sized image for each. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=814433 The train station image was taken during active snow, and those are flakes, not noise you see with the 77mm limited. The Tree on sky with the A 20mm shows little if any purple fringing on the branches. I'm very happy with the K20D... Regards, Bob S. -- 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. -- 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: Peso Wings
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 8:58 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more from this past trip. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/NTS%20PHOTOS/?action=viewcurrent=_MOR5512.jpg Equipment Express hauls the wind tower wings. They had a load parked beside us in Wyoming Ontario. This is the best of the series yet. Awesome shot! A most impressive piece of equipment. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: PESO - Rosie by the Window (once again)
I do like this better. It's just a very difficult situation. Ideally, you'd want your production assistant to position a large reflector across from the window to push light back on the cat. What's that? You didn't have a production assistant or a large reflector handy? Hmmm. Then I guess this is going to have to work. Seriously, a good job with tough light. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] A week or two ago I posted a horrendous version of this. Today's version is a different frame of the same shoot, where I metered on the inside of the room (without the window): http://tinyurl.com/2rcyzr http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R81QIzBtIRI/Bm0/74AV0ykcRJ0/s1600-h/ feb_27_08+001.jpg I think this version is a bit more palatable. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- 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.
K20D examples (again)
I've put two samples up on Photo.net. They are basically DNG's converted to jpegs and compressed to 2-3 megs. If you click on the photos you can go to a full sized image for each. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=814433 The train station image was taken during active snow, and those are flakes, not noise you see with the 77mm limited. The Tree on sky with the A 20mm shows little if any purple fringing on the branches. I'm very happy with the K20D... Regards, Bob S. -- 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: PESO - Rosie by the Window (once again)
Yes, that's much better. Godfrey On Mar 4, 2008, at 7:41 AM, frank theriault wrote: A week or two ago I posted a horrendous version of this. Today's version is a different frame of the same shoot, where I metered on the inside of the room (without the window): http://tinyurl.com/2rcyzr http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R81QIzBtIRI/ Bm0/74AV0ykcRJ0/s1600-h/feb_27_08+001.jpg I think this version is a bit more palatable. -- 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: PESO - Rosie by the Window (once again)
Production assistant? Paul it's a snapshot of a cat! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do like this better. It's just a very difficult situation. Ideally, you'd want your production assistant to position a large reflector across from the window to push light back on the cat. What's that? You didn't have a production assistant or a large reflector handy? Hmmm. Then I guess this is going to have to work. Seriously, a good job with tough light. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] A week or two ago I posted a horrendous version of this. Today's version is a different frame of the same shoot, where I metered on the inside of the room (without the window): http://tinyurl.com/2rcyzr http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R81QIzBtIRI/Bm0/74AV0ykcRJ0/s1600-h/ feb_27_08+001.jpg I think this version is a bit more palatable. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- 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: PESO - Rosie by the Window (once again)
It's called being facetious, Peter. -- Original message -- From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Production assistant? Paul it's a snapshot of a cat! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do like this better. It's just a very difficult situation. Ideally, you'd want your production assistant to position a large reflector across from the window to push light back on the cat. What's that? You didn't have a production assistant or a large reflector handy? Hmmm. Then I guess this is going to have to work. Seriously, a good job with tough light. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] A week or two ago I posted a horrendous version of this. Today's version is a different frame of the same shoot, where I metered on the inside of the room (without the window): http://tinyurl.com/2rcyzr http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R81QIzBtIRI/Bm0/74AV0ykcRJ0/s1600-h/ feb_27_08+001.jpg I think this version is a bit more palatable. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- 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. -- 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: PESO - Rosie by the Window (once again)
Alright It's frank! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's called being facetious, Peter. -- Original message -- From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Production assistant? Paul it's a snapshot of a cat! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do like this better. It's just a very difficult situation. Ideally, you'd want your production assistant to position a large reflector across from the window to push light back on the cat. What's that? You didn't have a production assistant or a large reflector handy? Hmmm. Then I guess this is going to have to work. Seriously, a good job with tough light. Paul -- Original message -- From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] A week or two ago I posted a horrendous version of this. Today's version is a different frame of the same shoot, where I metered on the inside of the room (without the window): http://tinyurl.com/2rcyzr http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R81QIzBtIRI/Bm0/74AV0ykcRJ0/s1600-h/ feb_27_08+001.jpg I think this version is a bit more palatable. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- 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. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- 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.
K10D v K20D
Anyone done or planning to do a side by side image comparison between the K10 and the K20 (Paul)? Images comparing enlarged segments of a detailed scene. Shot, of course, with the same lens and done withing a very short time span. Jack Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping -- 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: K20D focus adjustment
This is pretty interesting. I've never really noticed any BF or FF problems, but I tend to use my FA 20-35 or my 50 1.4 in daylight. Dof probably saves me. I'd be really curious to know how much this adjustment differs from, say, one FA 50 1.4 to another. Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/4/2008 7:10 AM I think most lenses will benefit from some fine tuning of the focal point. Although it remains to be seen how accurate the DA lenses might be. The kind of adjustments I'm making are quite fine, and the difference isn't critical for most subjects. About the only place where it comes into play is with wide-open portraits, where eye focus is critical. Of course, those should be manual focused anyway in the studio. But for situations like wedding photography or even my coffee shop portraits, pinpoint autofocus accuracy is an advantage. A lenses aren't autofocus, of course, so they just sit there silently without complaint:-). Paul On Mar 4, 2008, at 6:48 AM, David J Brooks wrote: So it seems the older F and FA lenses may have some fine tuning then. Wonder what the A lenses will do, i have more of them than F and FA ones. I hope by adjusting my K10D i did not throw things out of wack. But then again i panic about things like that,:-) K20D will have to wait. I'm more interested in getting a good F2.8 or F4 zoom for the horse ring. I plan to make the K10D the mane camera if a lens comes out soon enough. However if i make money early on my shows, i might have enough for both Dave Dave On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've now adjusted focus for two of my lenses, the FA 50/1.4 and the FA 35/2. The FA 35/2 came in at +2. The FA 50/1.4 came in at -3. So it seems that it's more a matter of lens variation than camera baseline. I haven't tested the DA lenses yet, but they appear to be spot on in informal look sees. For adjustment I shoot a crisply printed sheet off a tripod. I run the range from -6 to +6 in steps of two. When I have the winner, I do one step in each direction. It only take a few minutes. It makes me think that an overall adjustment is a real compromise. Lens specific is great. Another big plus for this camera. Paul -- 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. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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. -- 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. !SIG:47cd3c8c241441053587964! -- 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: OT Stupid Purolator
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Must be. Did you go get it or let them redeliver. Went to pick it up. Couldn't wait for them to try and deliver it again. Wendy -- 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: K20D focus adjustment
Yes, it is interesting. I'm going to recheck my FA50/1.4. The target I used with my FA35/2 was better than the one I used previously, so it was easier to pick the best frame. But in picking the best frame, the difference is so slight, I have to go to at least 100% magnification of a hi-res image to see the focus variation from one step to the next. And even then, it requires close scrutiny. It can't be seen in the on-camera display, even at highest magnification. So a lens that's off by one or two steps on the K20 scale is still quite acceptable, and the difference wouldn't be seen in normal viewing of a print. But it's nice to know that they can be zeroed in. I'll also be curious to see if they change after a few months of use. Could be normal wear and tear causes some slight variation. Paul -- Original message -- From: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is pretty interesting. I've never really noticed any BF or FF problems, but I tend to use my FA 20-35 or my 50 1.4 in daylight. Dof probably saves me. I'd be really curious to know how much this adjustment differs from, say, one FA 50 1.4 to another. Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/4/2008 7:10 AM I think most lenses will benefit from some fine tuning of the focal point. Although it remains to be seen how accurate the DA lenses might be. The kind of adjustments I'm making are quite fine, and the difference isn't critical for most subjects. About the only place where it comes into play is with wide-open portraits, where eye focus is critical. Of course, those should be manual focused anyway in the studio. But for situations like wedding photography or even my coffee shop portraits, pinpoint autofocus accuracy is an advantage. A lenses aren't autofocus, of course, so they just sit there silently without complaint:-). Paul On Mar 4, 2008, at 6:48 AM, David J Brooks wrote: So it seems the older F and FA lenses may have some fine tuning then. Wonder what the A lenses will do, i have more of them than F and FA ones. I hope by adjusting my K10D i did not throw things out of wack. But then again i panic about things like that,:-) K20D will have to wait. I'm more interested in getting a good F2.8 or F4 zoom for the horse ring. I plan to make the K10D the mane camera if a lens comes out soon enough. However if i make money early on my shows, i might have enough for both Dave Dave On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've now adjusted focus for two of my lenses, the FA 50/1.4 and the FA 35/2. The FA 35/2 came in at +2. The FA 50/1.4 came in at -3. So it seems that it's more a matter of lens variation than camera baseline. I haven't tested the DA lenses yet, but they appear to be spot on in informal look sees. For adjustment I shoot a crisply printed sheet off a tripod. I run the range from -6 to +6 in steps of two. When I have the winner, I do one step in each direction. It only take a few minutes. It makes me think that an overall adjustment is a real compromise. Lens specific is great. Another big plus for this camera. Paul -- 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. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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. -- 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. !SIG:47cd3c8c241441053587964! -- 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. -- 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: Battery Charger for K10D
I've been using a CTA branded travel charger for NP400 batteries since I bought my K10D with no problems at all. I bought this one from BH Photo for $23, but the same thing is available branded in several different ways, for instance from BestBatt.com, for even less ($19.20 at BestBatt.com). Here's the BH URL: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/387550-REG/ CTA_Digital_MRNP400_MR_NP400_Mini_Charger_100_240v.html or http://tinyurl.com/2rjpwu I use this same charger tailored to the Pentax K10D, Panasonic L1 and Olympus E-1 batteries. They are cheap, effective, and work flawlessly. They also come with an automotive 12V plug for recharging on the road. I hope that was electrifying information. Godfrey On Feb 28, 2008, at 4:30 PM, Steve Desjardins wrote: OK, I'll admit defeat. I can't find the damned charger for the K10D. Since I don't want to pay $60 USD for a new Pentax one, has anyone had a good experience with one of the cheaper generic ones? Thanks. Oh yeah, and I plan to charge it to my credit card. Just thought I'd get the electrical puns started. -- 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: OT Stupid Purolator
I had a similar problem when I was getting my Sigma EF500 Super back for getting rechipped. Got the Purolator we missed you note on the door at home. Called them and they delivered to work the next day. I was quite happy about how it was handled. dk On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:04 PM, wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Must be. Did you go get it or let them redeliver. Went to pick it up. Couldn't wait for them to try and deliver it again. Wendy -- 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. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
PESO Camargue Horses
Hi all, I'm following this mailing list since a couple of months, and this is my first post. I really appreciate any critique or comment on this photo: http://picasaweb.google.it/paolo.vercesi/20080302IsolaDellaCona/photo#5173230268807381794 taken a couple of day ago with a K100D and Samsung 50-200. Best regards. -- Paolo P.S. Thank you list owner for your suggestion. -- 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: K20D examples (again)
Charles, The tree was taken with the A 20/2.8 lens. Because of the conditions, making the station sharp was a problem. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 4, 2008, at 10:07, Bob Sullivan wrote: I've put two samples up on Photo.net. They are basically DNG's converted to jpegs and compressed to 2-3 megs. If you click on the photos you can go to a full sized image for each. http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=814433 The train station image was taken during active snow, and those are flakes, not noise you see with the 77mm limited. My only nit with that station photo is that the flakes (somewhere in a plane behind the cars but ahead of the station) appear to be the only things in sharp focus! The Tree on sky with the A 20mm shows little if any purple fringing on the branches. Which lens was this one taken with? The branches on the left edge seem kinda smeary/blurry. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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. -- 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: PESO Camargue Horses
It's a very attractive photo, well rendered. You might try cropping at either the right or the left (probably the left) to move the horses off center a bit. Paul -- Original message -- From: Paolo Vercesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I'm following this mailing list since a couple of months, and this is my first post. I really appreciate any critique or comment on this photo: http://picasaweb.google.it/paolo.vercesi/20080302IsolaDellaCona/photo#5173230268 807381794 taken a couple of day ago with a K100D and Samsung 50-200. Best regards. -- Paolo P.S. Thank you list owner for your suggestion. -- 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. -- 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: K20D focus adjustment
Does that mean it will only work for horses and lions? --- David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I plan to make the K10D the mane camera if a lens comes out soon enough. Dave Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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: Pentax sighting: Shutter movie trailer
Hey, I unsubscribed a year ago and nobody noticed! I guess that should tell me something .-) Anything, thanks Jostein. After hearing about that movie I´ve started thinking about making more spirit photographs, the ones I have are here: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=366144 The whole thing started with a journalist I met who referred to some unmanipulated images prooving that ghosts existed. DagT PS: OK, thanks to Jostein I think I´m back. Nothing much has happened here, just a new domain name, a lens or two, a black MX and a 17mm fisheye on it´s way, as a very OT Razzle45 LF camera... Den 3. mars. 2008 kl. 16.06 skrev AlunFoto: I hope Dag Thrane is reading this thread. He has some fabulously spiritual shots. Jostein 2008/3/3, Joe Wilensky [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just saw this on TV last night and took a screen grab from the trailer online. I saw a different TV trailer, though, that showed the Pentax twice. A Hasselblad, a Leica and some digitals can also be seen in the trailers and online gallery from the movie. http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/Pentax_sighting.jpg Anyone want to share any stories about spirit photography? The movie makes it seem that ghosts or spirits can show up on both film and digital capture, though film gets a plug in the synopsis: A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved. ... Joe -- 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: Pentax sighting: Shutter movie trailer
Fun stuff, Dag. Nicely done. Paul -- Original message -- From: DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey, I unsubscribed a year ago and nobody noticed! I guess that should tell me something .-) Anything, thanks Jostein. After hearing about that movie I´ve started thinking about making more spirit photographs, the ones I have are here: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=366144 The whole thing started with a journalist I met who referred to some unmanipulated images prooving that ghosts existed. DagT PS: OK, thanks to Jostein I think I´m back. Nothing much has happened here, just a new domain name, a lens or two, a black MX and a 17mm fisheye on it´s way, as a very OT Razzle45 LF camera... Den 3. mars. 2008 kl. 16.06 skrev AlunFoto: I hope Dag Thrane is reading this thread. He has some fabulously spiritual shots. Jostein 2008/3/3, Joe Wilensky [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just saw this on TV last night and took a screen grab from the trailer online. I saw a different TV trailer, though, that showed the Pentax twice. A Hasselblad, a Leica and some digitals can also be seen in the trailers and online gallery from the movie. http://homepage.mac.com/wilensky/Pentax_sighting.jpg Anyone want to share any stories about spirit photography? The movie makes it seem that ghosts or spirits can show up on both film and digital capture, though film gets a plug in the synopsis: A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved. ... Joe -- 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. -- 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.
PESO: Ivan
Just to redress the balance http://www.pbase.com/image/93750466 K10D, Sigma 180/3.5 Wendy -- 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: Online photography/art magazine
P. J. Alling wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: P. J. Alling wrote: Interesting. Gimmicky yet pretentious. Funny, but pretentious is the one word I wouldn't apply to it. They just present the images without a lot of twaddle. That and the quality of photography pretty much sum up the few good things I have to say, though. Their over all design is quite, pretentious. Think about it, this is a site for someone who's never deigned to use a web site before. They're quite consciously invoking the interface of a paper book, which is somehow better than the metaphor used in general web design. Oh yes, pretentious it is. That's not pretentiousness, it's oversimplification. Thought the result doesn't work well, I admire their attempt to simplify the typical web interface, which is quite preferable to the common tactic of making it more complex. -- 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: PESO Camargue Horses
What Paul said. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO Camargue Horses It's a very attractive photo, well rendered. You might try cropping at either the right or the left (probably the left) to move the horses off center a bit. Paul -- Original message -- From: Paolo Vercesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I'm following this mailing list since a couple of months, and this is my first post. I really appreciate any critique or comment on this photo: http://picasaweb.google.it/paolo.vercesi/20080302IsolaDellaCona/photo#5173230268 807381794 taken a couple of day ago with a K100D and Samsung 50-200. Best regards. -- Paolo P.S. Thank you list owner for your suggestion. -- 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.
GESO: Gerberas
Just for a change (for me anyway) Some flower pics http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/gerbera K10D Sigma 180/3.5 macro (warning: the first 4 in the gallery are Canon shots) Wendy -- 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: PESO Camargue Horses
Nice capture. I feel it could use a tiny bit more contrast, however. I did note a suggestion that the left side be cropped to move the image out of the center. The idea is a good one and while I don't generally disagree with either Paul or Ken, in this case, and without having tried it, I'd guess that the larger house would then too heavily weight the left side of the frame. That may or may not be the case. You might try a little off the right for a comparison. Thanks for sharing. Jack --- Paolo Vercesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm following this mailing list since a couple of months, and this is my first post. I really appreciate any critique or comment on this photo: http://picasaweb.google.it/paolo.vercesi/20080302IsolaDellaCona/photo#5173230268807381794 taken a couple of day ago with a K100D and Samsung 50-200. Best regards. -- Paolo P.S. Thank you list owner for your suggestion. -- 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. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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.
PESO: Sisters... (my first f1.2 photo :D)
Hi list http://www.pbase.com/timbercode/image/93762659 Picture was made with my new toy, the Porst MC Color Reflex f1.2/55mm. I just started to make pictures with it 2 or 3 hours ago but we're in deep love already :D During weekend I will try to make some more f1.2 pictures, but my very first impressions about this lens is IMPRESSIVE! :D Cheers, Timber -- 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: GESO: Gerberas
Striking stuff, Wendy. Very nicely done and rendered! Jack --- wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for a change (for me anyway) Some flower pics http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/gerbera K10D Sigma 180/3.5 macro (warning: the first 4 in the gallery are Canon shots) Wendy -- 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. Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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: PESO: Ivan
Beautifull! The dog and the picture. Both! Timber -- amazed :D wendy beard wrote: Just to redress the balance http://www.pbase.com/image/93750466 K10D, Sigma 180/3.5 Wendy -- 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: PESO: Sisters... (my first f1.2 photo :D)
Nice portrait. Congratulations on the lens. On 3/4/08, Timber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list http://www.pbase.com/timbercode/image/93762659 Picture was made with my new toy, the Porst MC Color Reflex f1.2/55mm. I just started to make pictures with it 2 or 3 hours ago but we're in deep love already :D During weekend I will try to make some more f1.2 pictures, but my very first impressions about this lens is IMPRESSIVE! :D Cheers, Timber -- 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. -- 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: PESO: Ivan
Pretty dog, pretty pic -T On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Timber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beautifull! The dog and the picture. Both! Timber -- amazed :D wendy beard wrote: Just to redress the balance http://www.pbase.com/image/93750466 K10D, Sigma 180/3.5 Wendy -- 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. -- 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: PESO: Sisters... (my first f1.2 photo :D)
Lovely picture. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Timber Sent: 04 March 2008 20:41 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Sisters... (my first f1.2 photo :D) Hi list http://www.pbase.com/timbercode/image/93762659 Picture was made with my new toy, the Porst MC Color Reflex f1.2/55mm. I just started to make pictures with it 2 or 3 hours ago but we're in deep love already :D During weekend I will try to make some more f1.2 pictures, but my very first impressions about this lens is IMPRESSIVE! :D Cheers, Timber -- 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. -- 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: Zenitar 16mm PK
From: Timber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/03/03 Mon PM 11:06:57 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Zenitar 16mm PK Charles Robinson wrote: Zenitar 16mm Could you share your opinion about this lens? I am planning to buy one MC Zenitar f2.8 16mm and any comment would be welcomed. The best would be if you can link some PEF files with this lens :D When I bought mine (strictly, it was bought for me) in 2000, quality control was patchy. There are many out there that are not up to scratch. Buy from a reputable source and/or test thoroughly. It is robust, sharp but does seem to enhance colours a little. The lens cap is absolutely rubbish. 8-) Very big DOF. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- 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: PESO Camargue Horses
Bienvenue, bemvindo, or whatever. Do you live in the Camargue? By a strange coincidence I was thinking about the Camargue last night, and wondering whether or not to visit Les Saintes Maries de la Mer for one of the gipsy festivals. I was listening to some rumba gitano and looking at pictures of the Camargue and the wildlife, and thinking how nice it would be to visit. The nearest I've been before is Sete and Arles, but never into the Camargue. I went to Arles a long time ago when I was hitchhiking around France. We were picked up by a photographer and we stayed at his house in Arles for a couple of nights. I'm fairly sure it was Lucien Clergue, but at the time I had never heard of him, so it didn't really click. Bob Hi all, I'm following this mailing list since a couple of months, and this is my first post. I really appreciate any critique or comment on this photo: http://picasaweb.google.it/paolo.vercesi/20080302IsolaDellaCon a/photo#5173230268807381794 taken a couple of day ago with a K100D and Samsung 50-200. Best regards. -- Paolo P.S. Thank you list owner for your suggestion. -- 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: PESO: Sisters... (my first f1.2 photo :D)
Well done. It's an unique way of looking at sisters -- one in focus and one as part of the background. But it works. Paul -- Original message -- From: Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nice portrait. Congratulations on the lens. On 3/4/08, Timber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list http://www.pbase.com/timbercode/image/93762659 Picture was made with my new toy, the Porst MC Color Reflex f1.2/55mm. I just started to make pictures with it 2 or 3 hours ago but we're in deep love already :D During weekend I will try to make some more f1.2 pictures, but my very first impressions about this lens is IMPRESSIVE! :D Cheers, Timber -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: Zenitar 16mm PK
Hi, I also have the zenitar... but since I'm oldfashioned I use it on my pentax me ^_- some bad scans: http://xjapan.de/Katrin/photography/japan2004/TokyoImpressions/Japan2004_0048.jpg and here are some with that lens... http://xjapan.de/Katrin/2_6_0_various.htm ~Katrin Am 3 Mar 2008 um 21:31 hat Charles Robinson geschrieben: On Mar 3, 2008, at 17:06, Timber wrote: Charles Robinson wrote: Zenitar 16mm Could you share your opinion about this lens? I am planning to buy one MC Zenitar f2.8 16mm and any comment would be welcomed. The best would be if you can link some PEF files with this lens :D I have no PEF files with it, sorry. I REALLY loved this lens when I used it on film. I became less-than- excited about it on Digital. I kept reading over and over how many people enjoyed it, and I just wasn't feeling the excitement. But I decided to try it out more and more often, just to see if I was missing something. After about a year of fiddling around with it, I *do* get in the mood to grab it every now and then to capture a tight spot. Most of the bendy photos on this page are from the Zenitar http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2008/kitchen_wall/ And when I'm in a small space like a two-seat airplane, it's handy for self-portraits: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2008/SanFrancisco/pages/page_79.html So it's gone from being a lens I LOVE to a lens which is convenient from time to time. I no longer want to get rid of it, like I was planning on doing about a year ago. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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. ** Desert Rose Chris' Katrin's X Japan homepage! Please visit it! http://www.desertrose.de From now on I will try to live for you and for me. I will live with love...with dreams... and forever with tears.. ** -- 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: PESO: Ivan
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Timber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Beautifull! The dog and the picture. Both! What he said. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: GESO: Gerberas
Wendy, Enjoyed your Gerber Daisies. Your shots make it look easy to take good pictures. I noticed the shift from Canon to Pentax in photo #5, along with a major color shift. Did you change flowers or were they the same with a color shift based on camera or post processing? The vivid color really makes the flowers and the shots as well. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:43 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Striking stuff, Wendy. Very nicely done and rendered! Jack --- wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for a change (for me anyway) Some flower pics http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/gerbera K10D Sigma 180/3.5 macro (warning: the first 4 in the gallery are Canon shots) Wendy -- 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. Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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. -- 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: PESO: Sisters... (my first f1.2 photo :D)
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Timber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list http://www.pbase.com/timbercode/image/93762659 Picture was made with my new toy, the Porst MC Color Reflex f1.2/55mm. I just started to make pictures with it 2 or 3 hours ago but we're in deep love already :D During weekend I will try to make some more f1.2 pictures, but my very first impressions about this lens is IMPRESSIVE! :D Beautiful photo! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: PESO Camargue Horses
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Paolo Vercesi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm following this mailing list since a couple of months, and this is my first post. I really appreciate any critique or comment on this photo: http://picasaweb.google.it/paolo.vercesi/20080302IsolaDellaCona/photo#5173230268807381794 taken a couple of day ago with a K100D and Samsung 50-200. Well done! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
Interesting use of Flickr
http://www.pixel-peeper.com/ 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 directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Sisters... (my first f1.2 photo :D)
Lovely photo Timber. You clearly have her attention. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:40 PM, Timber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi list http://www.pbase.com/timbercode/image/93762659 Picture was made with my new toy, the Porst MC Color Reflex f1.2/55mm. I just started to make pictures with it 2 or 3 hours ago but we're in deep love already :D During weekend I will try to make some more f1.2 pictures, but my very first impressions about this lens is IMPRESSIVE! :D Cheers, Timber -- 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. -- 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: PESO: Antarctica Slide Scan
On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 5:19 PM, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v699/newtmaker/Lake-Vanda-Antarctica.jpg This is one of the slides I had scanned at Costco. It shows Dr. Sam Travis, Univ. of Nebraska (1977) pointing out Lake Vanda in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica. It had been so long that I had viewed some of these slides I am slowly recollecting some of the places and people involved. Damn sure is terrible to get so old and forgetful! GREAT photo! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: GESO: Gerberas
On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Striking stuff, Wendy. Very nicely done and rendered! Yes, it is! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: PESO: Sisters... (my first f1.2 photo :D)
They were just next to each other :D And in my heart they are both in focus! :P On this photo Édua is in focus because she just had her 2nd birthday on first of march :D so she's in focus just a little more now :D I really like the very narrow DOF of this lens, and it's quite sharp even open wide and from f4 to f11 it's razor sharp (at least for my amateur eye :D)! Mechanically and build quality it feels massive, quite heavy (especially compared to Pentax SMC A f1.7/50mm). Ahhh... I am in love. Really! :D .timber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well done. It's an unique way of looking at sisters -- one in focus and one as part of the background. But it works. Paul -- 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.
PESO - lol
Just checking... http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=343691 DagT -- 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: Zenitar 16mm PK
On Mar 4, 2008, at 15:31, Katrin wrote: Hi, I also have the zenitar... but since I'm oldfashioned I use it on my pentax me ^_- some bad scans: http://xjapan.de/Katrin/photography/japan2004/TokyoImpressions/Japan2004_0048.jpg and here are some with that lens... http://xjapan.de/Katrin/2_6_0_various.htm I LOVED the Zenitar on the ME Super. The same shot that I keep trotting out over and over from my film days is here: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/twinsdays/97/Fish_grp.JPG (gotta re-scan that sometime and ease up the contrast a bit - scanned from a bad print) and what the heck: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/twinsdays/98/on_the_way.jpg (with a self-timer on the dashboard) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- 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: OT: ROTFLMAO
David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 4:43 PM, Christian Florida is an environmental disaster... Piranhas and South American cichlids (oscars, peacock bass, etc) breeding in the rivers, god-only-knows how many species of parrot flying around and breeding and of course all the non-native snakes. Not sure if the snakes are breeding, but there are certainly enough of them. Stupid, irresponsible pet owners... I had cichlids for years back in the 80's. Tough bastards. I had a pair of Oscars. cool fish, I swear they had personalities. -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- 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: K10D v K20D
Please don't, I've seen some worryingly good photos from the K20D. Looks about the best IQ around. Must buy a lottery ticket to raise the cash. Peter -- 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: Peso Wings
Paul, there are some wind mills on the hills just south of the Mackinac Bridge. You can see them for miles. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Peso Wings Amazing! I didn't know they were anywhere near that large. Nice shot. Paul On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Holy Sh*t! Those things are huge. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:58 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more from this past trip. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/NTS%20PHOTOS/? action=viewcurrent=_MOR5512.jpg Equipment Express hauls the wind tower wings. They had a load parked beside us in Wyoming Ontario. Dave -- 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: K10D v K20D
LoL.. I just checked out a dpreview lister's well done (it appears)test comparison which includes both ISO 100 ISO 400. Lister states that ISO 800 1600 are coming. I admonish you..DON'T LOOK!! (image difference very obvious) Jack --- Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please don't, I've seen some worryingly good photos from the K20D. Looks about the best IQ around. Must buy a lottery ticket to raise the cash. Peter -- 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. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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: Peso Wings
Too bad Frank didn't lean out the window when he was driving on the bridge to get a photo that shows the bridge, the wind turbines(not mills FWIW), the island, and any freighters passing by on the straits... CW Loves that area way more now that he doesn't live there... especially since it was 13*F up there this morning :) - Original Message - From: Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:48 AM Subject: Re: Peso Wings Paul, there are some wind mills on the hills just south of the Mackinac Bridge. You can see them for miles. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Peso Wings Amazing! I didn't know they were anywhere near that large. Nice shot. Paul On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Holy Sh*t! Those things are huge. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:58 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more from this past trip. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/NTS%20PHOTOS/? action=viewcurrent=_MOR5512.jpg Equipment Express hauls the wind tower wings. They had a load parked beside us in Wyoming Ontario. Dave -- 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1310 - Release Date: 3/4/2008 8:35 AM -- 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: GESO: Gerberas
On 4/3/08, wendy beard, discombobulated, unleashed: Just for a change (for me anyway) Some flower pics http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/gerbera K10D Sigma 180/3.5 macro (warning: the first 4 in the gallery are Canon shots) Wow - very nice Wendy. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: Gerberas
All very nicely captured composed. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GESO: Gerberas Just for a change (for me anyway) Some flower pics http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/gerbera K10D Sigma 180/3.5 macro (warning: the first 4 in the gallery are Canon shots) Wendy -- 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: GESO: Gerberas
What Cotty said. Nice pics. The black background works beautifully. Paul -- Original message -- From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 4/3/08, wendy beard, discombobulated, unleashed: Just for a change (for me anyway) Some flower pics http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/gerbera K10D Sigma 180/3.5 macro (warning: the first 4 in the gallery are Canon shots) Wow - very nice Wendy. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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. -- 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.
PESO: Lead Sled
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Re: Peso Wings
erit wasn't Frank, but Dave Brooks ! The bridge was closed a few days ago due to falling ice. I love that area cause it means when I see it, I'm about to enter the Upper Peninsula. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Peso Wings Too bad Frank didn't lean out the window when he was driving on the bridge to get a photo that shows the bridge, the wind turbines(not mills FWIW), the island, and any freighters passing by on the straits... CW Loves that area way more now that he doesn't live there... especially since it was 13*F up there this morning :) - Original Message - From: Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:48 AM Subject: Re: Peso Wings Paul, there are some wind mills on the hills just south of the Mackinac Bridge. You can see them for miles. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Peso Wings Amazing! I didn't know they were anywhere near that large. Nice shot. Paul On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Holy Sh*t! Those things are huge. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:58 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more from this past trip. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/NTS%20PHOTOS/? action=viewcurrent=_MOR5512.jpg Equipment Express hauls the wind tower wings. They had a load parked beside us in Wyoming Ontario. Dave -- 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: K20D PEF Files On a Mac?
I don't use the new Pentax software much, but it does produce cleaner results now than the first version, just not as sharp as other converters I've been using. (I find the interface clunky as well). Paul Stenquist wrote: To be fair, I should add that I haven't tried the Pentax software since the first version that came with the *istD. Am I missing something? That first version delivered noisy results and didn't allow for stretching the dynamic range like ACR does. The results were not pleasing. I didn't know that anyone was using Pentax software for RAW conversion. Is your claim of superiority based on comparisons? Should I give it another chance? Paul On Mar 1, 2008, at 10:46 PM, David Savage wrote: OK On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pentax Photo Lab processed shots may look less noisy, but they lose detail as well. If you saw the 1600 ISO shots I posted, I think you'd have to agree that they're coparable to ISO 400 K10D shots in terms of noise -- with no loss of detail. They're all ACR processed. I have never seen any benefit to using the Pentax software. In the past or now. ACR used correctly -- or lightroom, which is the same code -- is far superior. Paul -- Original message -- From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Not IMO. Pics processed with Pentax Photo lab, especially high ISO shots, have their noise controlled much better Shame that the program is such a PITA to use. CHeers, Dave On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 12:13 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ACR works splendidly with the K20D DNG files. Paul -- Original message -- From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] The K20D .pef formt is different enought that ACR doesn't know what to do with them. I'm waiting for an Adobe update as ACR doesn't seem to handle the RAW files as well as the supplied Pentax software (urgh) Cheers, Dave -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- 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: GESO: Gerberas
Well spotted :-) The Pentax ones are the more accurate colour. There is one in the bunch which is different and much pinker, without the white band but the bunch is the same in shots 2 and 5, just shuffled around a bit. The Canon ones are redder than they should be. Interestingly, I processed all shots in Capture One and used daylight as the white balance temperature to convert to. The Canon shots are a tiny bit darker too which contributes a bit to the redness. I quite liked it, so I left it as it was rather than try and colour match the series Wendy On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wendy, Enjoyed your Gerber Daisies. Your shots make it look easy to take good pictures. I noticed the shift from Canon to Pentax in photo #5, along with a major color shift. Did you change flowers or were they the same with a color shift based on camera or post processing? The vivid color really makes the flowers and the shots as well. Regards, Bob S. http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/gerbera -- 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: Peso Wings
Bloody Canadians, the both of 'em. CW ;) - Original Message - From: Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:15 PM Subject: Re: Peso Wings erit wasn't Frank, but Dave Brooks ! The bridge was closed a few days ago due to falling ice. I love that area cause it means when I see it, I'm about to enter the Upper Peninsula. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Peso Wings Too bad Frank didn't lean out the window when he was driving on the bridge to get a photo that shows the bridge, the wind turbines(not mills FWIW), the island, and any freighters passing by on the straits... CW Loves that area way more now that he doesn't live there... especially since it was 13*F up there this morning :) - Original Message - From: Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 10:48 AM Subject: Re: Peso Wings Paul, there are some wind mills on the hills just south of the Mackinac Bridge. You can see them for miles. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Peso Wings Amazing! I didn't know they were anywhere near that large. Nice shot. Paul On Mar 3, 2008, at 11:34 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Holy Sh*t! Those things are huge. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 7:58 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One more from this past trip. http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v408/divad_b/NTS%20PHOTOS/? action=viewcurrent=_MOR5512.jpg Equipment Express hauls the wind tower wings. They had a load parked beside us in Wyoming Ontario. Dave -- 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.21.4/1310 - Release Date: 3/4/2008 8:35 AM -- 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: K10D v K20D
Meh! I don't need to do tests. Cheers, Dave On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 8:26 AM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LoL.. I just checked out a dpreview lister's well done (it appears)test comparison which includes both ISO 100 ISO 400. Lister states that ISO 800 1600 are coming. I admonish you..DON'T LOOK!! (image difference very obvious) Jack --- Peter Fairweather [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please don't, I've seen some worryingly good photos from the K20D. Looks about the best IQ around. Must buy a lottery ticket to raise the cash. Peter -- 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: A silly idea
Charles Robinson wrote: My goodness. I emailed that on 2/29 and it shows up in my mailbox on 3/3? The list has definitely been wonky lately -- Christian http://photography.skofteland.net -- 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: K20D examples (again)
On 3/4/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for posting these, Bob. I remember the Downers Grove train station from my days in Chicago. I'm thinking that the K20D is more resistant to sensor bloom than previous Pentax digitals. My 400/5.6 and A2X-S combination was very bad in that regard with both the D and the K10, but I didn't have any serious bloom problems while shooting birds last weekend. Too soon to say for sure, but it looks like a major improvement in that regard. Paul I think that may be a characteristic of CMOS sensors. I've noticed that Canon types complain about bloom alot less, and my D300 is certainly more resistant to it than any other body I've owned other than the EOS 10D. And all the other DSLR's were CCD sensors. M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- 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: PESO - lol
Hey Dag! You came through! Nice pic too. Jostein 2008/3/4, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just checking... http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=343691 DagT -- 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. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- 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.
