Re: OT - OCR software
Hi Scott Quoting Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hey, gang. I have stacks upon stacks of handwritten and typed pages that I'd like to digitize. My scanner came with some OCR software, Omnipage SE, I think, but I've lost the CD. Do any of you use OCR software and can you recommend something? Thanks! -- I use ABBYY Finereader Pro - I need to scan quite a few articles for a web site I maintain. It works so well I've never even looked at anything else. Mine is an old version - came as a magazine cover disk 4 or 5 years ago. You can download a trial version but I don't think it's especially cheap if you want to buy it. http://download.abbyy.com/content/default.aspx There's a free product called 'Simple OCR'. Might be worth a look but I've never played with it. http://www.simpleocr.com/ Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- Find out how you can get spam free email. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/3 -- 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: See ya 'Liz
I've wanted to do a trip as supercargo on a freighter for years. I wonder if it's still even possible. G On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:47 AM, frank theriault wrote: I've always wanted to do a Transatlantic crossing on one of the old liners (notice, I didn't say cruise and I didn't say cruiseship. I think my chances may have run out on that one. -- 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: Fashion Advice
At 02:18 PM 12/03/2008, Boris Liberman wrote: Derby, it is fashion advice ... Now, the question begs to be asked - and what? ;-) Back waxing is my guess. Cheers, Dave Derby Chang wrote: http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/08_03/08_03_fashionadvice/01.htm -- 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 - Handtruck
Brilliant. Seriously, I like it a lot. The motion blur of the foreground figure combined with the static cropped image of the fat man in the background tells a story. Very good. When I first clicked it open, my initial reaction was negative, but within a few seconds the concept registered, and i found it both fascinating and unique. Paul On Mar 10, 2008, at 12:26 PM, frank theriault wrote: I have to admit, I post this with some reluctance. I like it (although I don't know exactly why), but I'm not sure how it will be received. It's either freaking brilliant, or it's pure trash. You decide. ;-) That being said, I of course want everyone to be brutally honest! http://tinyurl.com/yulfd7 http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R9VgHhWq0RI/Brc/ ATRXCujmc-Q/s1600-h/mar_10_08+002.jpg 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.
Re: PESO: Exercising the K85/1.8
Paul Stenquist wrote: Trying some of my manual lenses with the K20D. I shot this with the K85/1.8. ISO 1600, f2.8, 1/125th. Love this lens. I use it with a metal hood from the Super Tak 200/4 on a step up ring. Makes a nice unit, and of course even that long hood won't vignette on the K20 sensor. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7040595size=lg Very nice! -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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 - DownTown San Jose
A group of local photographers got together last Sunday for a couple of hours spent in downtown San Jose. Rather to my surprise I seem to have ended up with a few people shots: http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/ This one: http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/image.php?name=image4 had several of the other shooters (Canon and Nikon users) quite envious; it was fairly tricky light, so I just put the K10D into TAv mode, set the shutter speed and aperture that I wanted, and let the camera adjust the ISO (within reason). -- 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 - Stepping Out For Chinese
Yep, the smile makes it work. Good grab. Paul -- Original message -- From: Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] The smile is good. The tone of that entire photo would lean toward dark and gloomy and that little smile flips the entire mood. frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/11/2008 8:56 AM These two young ladies didn't let the recent snowstorm stop them from heading out for dinner at one of Toronto Chinatown's many restaurants. http://tinyurl.com/3aste3 http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/R9Z-xRWq0SI/Brk/p-tT3b-rmzU/s1600-h/ mar_10_08+005.jpg I like the smile peeking out from under the canopy... ;-) Comments welcome. Thanks. 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. !SIG:47d681a3241446868414482! -- 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: GESO - DownTown San Jose
funny how skaters exercise the world over i see the same kind of attitudes everyday in Paris when I walk across Place de la Bastille ... the photo is fantastic ! he seems so engrossed in his activity ... that's exactly IT congrats... dominique Le 12 mars 08 à 08:00, John Francis a écrit : A group of local photographers got together last Sunday for a couple of hours spent in downtown San Jose. Rather to my surprise I seem to have ended up with a few people shots: http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/ This one: http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/image.php?name=image4 had several of the other shooters (Canon and Nikon users) quite envious; it was fairly tricky light, so I just put the K10D into TAv mode, set the shutter speed and aperture that I wanted, and let the camera adjust the ISO (within reason). -- 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: GESO: See ya 'Liz
It is. Cheers, Dave On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've wanted to do a trip as supercargo on a freighter for years. I wonder if it's still even possible. G On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:47 AM, frank theriault wrote: I've always wanted to do a Transatlantic crossing on one of the old liners (notice, I didn't say cruise and I didn't say cruiseship. I think my chances may have run out on that one. -- 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: Handheld around midnight
Timber wrote: http://www.pbase.com/timbercode/image/94028814 This was made handheld with the f1.2 Porst. Did I told you I love this lens? :D .timber That's it. You just made my list. Just kidding. That's a lovely photograph. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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 - Bad Makeup
Doug Brewer wrote: On Mar 8, 2008, at 1:31 PM, AlunFoto wrote: 2008/3/8, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: General thoughts? It must be confusing to be a baboon. Brightly coloured face, brightly coloured arse. It would be very easy to get the 2 mixed up. Truly confusing. Especially since it's not a baboon, but a mandrill. :-) Jostein Is it Barbara Mandrill? Looks like her. :-) -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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 - girl on a bike
I like it a lot, for the mood, I believe. -- Am 11.03.2008 um 23:00 schrieb Struan Donald: Hi, I figure the best way to start on this sort of list is with a photo: http://flickr.com/photos/mr_stru/2322023174/sizes/m/ ISO 200, f/10, 1/100 sec K100D, kit lens Rather a grabbed shot so cropped square to hide the originally wonky horizon although not the totally blown highlights :( Comments welcome. Struan -- 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 - Stepping Out For Chinese
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The smile makes it work. To niggle a bit, it would be nice if three of their four feet hadn't been amputated. I'd have been happier if we could see all their feet, too. ;-) I got one other pic of them, about 1/2 way across the street, that got all of them, maybe even in better context, but one can't see any of their faces, and they weren't arm-in-arm at that point. This one is much more emotional, but the other is perhaps better composed. Each photo's a compromise, but I'll choose more emotion every time. However, I certainly do agree with your comment WRT the feet. Thanks for looking and commenting! Thanks to Jack and Steve for their kind comments as well. 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 - Churchyard
On 11/3/08, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: I like it. It's great that you're posting more photos! Whadya think about cropping out the sapling, so that the pic is about the two trees and two crosses? I tried it but the upper branches stray in, and also to me, it looks like an old man with a cane --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One from a walk today. http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic47.html -- 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: A few more from GFM 2007
When did Mark lose his hair? Christine Aguila wrote: Scott, nice photos of some nice guys on the list. Mark, you know, you look a little like Ron Howard in this photo. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 1:01 PM Subject: Re: A few more from GFM 2007 On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 10:34 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A few days ago I found a box of unprocessed black and white. Plus, I had a few rolls recently exposed. So I've been doing a lot of donkey work the past two days trying to get it all souped and sleeved. These 3 are from GFM last year. Mamiya C220 and Tri-X. These two are shots of Mark Roberts. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/GrandfatherMountainNPW2007/photo#5175932411065782162 http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/GrandfatherMountainNPW2007/photo#5175932415360749474 And the list guy. http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/GrandfatherMountainNPW2007/photo#5175932415360749490 Great. Now I'll have to poke my eyes out with a sharp stick. Thanks for that! cheers, frank ;-) PS: seriously, nice shots! -f -- 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: Exercising the K85/1.8
Thanks Scott. I should use that lens more. I think I'll get out the K135/2.5 this weekend. Paul On Mar 11, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: Trying some of my manual lenses with the K20D. I shot this with the K85/1.8. ISO 1600, f2.8, 1/125th. Love this lens. I use it with a metal hood from the Super Tak 200/4 on a step up ring. Makes a nice unit, and of course even that long hood won't vignette on the K20 sensor. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7040595size=lg Very nice! -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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 -- First Robin
Nice pics. Many of our American Robins don't migrate. We just see more of them in the spring when there are earthworms for them to feast on. Paul On Mar 11, 2008, at 11:13 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: A harbinger of spring. I went for a walk in Hammonasset state park hoping that a few of the larger birds had returned early, but apparently they're waiting for spring, though I did see an osprey at a distance beyond the lens I was carrying. In fact the only bird I saw besides Seagulls, Ducks, and Sparrows was this guy. I don't know if he had returned a bit early or never left. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20% 20firstrobin.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6 w/smc Pentax F 1.7x AF Adapter. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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: Pentax Interview with John Carlson
Mike: I thought the translation/writing/transcription (?) read awkward as well. Still, I did think the piece was interesting. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 4:57 AM Subject: Re: Pentax Interview with John Carlson From: Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/03/11 Tue AM 12:36:05 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Pentax Interview with John Carlson FYI: http://www.letsgodigital.org:80/en/18496/pentax-interview/ Bizarre. It reads as if it has been translated back into English from Japanese. - 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. -- 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 - DownTown San Jose
Excellent shot. I would pump up the midrange brightness a bit. Somewhat dark on my calibrated monitor. Pauul On Mar 12, 2008, at 3:00 AM, John Francis wrote: A group of local photographers got together last Sunday for a couple of hours spent in downtown San Jose. Rather to my surprise I seem to have ended up with a few people shots: http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/ This one: http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/image.php?name=image4 had several of the other shooters (Canon and Nikon users) quite envious; it was fairly tricky light, so I just put the K10D into TAv mode, set the shutter speed and aperture that I wanted, and let the camera adjust the ISO (within reason). -- 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 - Churchyard
I like it as presented. However, I might clone out that tombstone that intersects the tree. But Frank would not:-). Paul On Mar 12, 2008, at 4:34 AM, Cotty wrote: On 11/3/08, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed: I like it. It's great that you're posting more photos! Whadya think about cropping out the sapling, so that the pic is about the two trees and two crosses? I tried it but the upper branches stray in, and also to me, it looks like an old man with a cane --- Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One from a walk today. http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic47.html -- 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.
Re: GESO - DownTown San Jose
Paul's right, not just this one, they'd all benefit from just a tiny mid tone enhancement. Paul Stenquist wrote: Excellent shot. I would pump up the midrange brightness a bit. Somewhat dark on my calibrated monitor. Pauul On Mar 12, 2008, at 3:00 AM, John Francis wrote: A group of local photographers got together last Sunday for a couple of hours spent in downtown San Jose. Rather to my surprise I seem to have ended up with a few people shots: http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/ This one: http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/image.php?name=image4 had several of the other shooters (Canon and Nikon users) quite envious; it was fairly tricky light, so I just put the K10D into TAv mode, set the shutter speed and aperture that I wanted, and let the camera adjust the ISO (within reason). -- 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 - Technique
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/03/10 Mon PM 04:46:13 GMT To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Technique Trying something different. Would have been more impressive if it had appeared two days _before_ you posted it, instead of two days after. - 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: GFM 2008
I plan to be there with PDML West. CW - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 11:42 AM Subject: GFM 2008 Who's planning on going? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7 - Release Date: 3/8/2008 12:00 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.
PESO: Lamps
Two pesos, actually. Two lamp pictures. Both with the K20D and the DA 50-200. Both are at ISO 320. The first is at 160mm focal length, f5.6 at 1/500th. The second is at 138mm focal length, f13 @ a/160th. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047516 -- 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 - Technique
My guesses in-line below. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: Tuesday, 11 March 2008 3:46 AM To: pentax list Subject: PESO - Technique Trying something different. Have a look at this: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare4.html R-D1 + 28mm lens (same angle of view as 42mm lens on full frame 35mm) Then take this simple test: 1. What is noticeable about the picture? A: The spot focus effect with the sot focus periphery 2. How do you think it was achieved? A: You placed an eyeglass lens over the camera lens, perhaps a graduated multifocal lens. This might explain the severe aberrations. I'm also guessing that chromatic aberration was so severe that BW rendition was the only option. Ta. -- Cheers, Cotty -- 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: Two Inspired GESOs
Except that, when you get your K20D (admit it, it's almost inevitable!) the file size will go up, and then you'll have only 2-3 years' capacity. Murphy's and Moore's Laws never sleep. Rick --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A 500G capacity is holding about 4 years work at present, I'm hopefully set for the next 3-4 years archiving now. Godfrey -- 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.photo.net/photos/RickW 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: PESO: Lamps
I like the top one; interesting lamp and nice use of DOF. I'll bet you could get a great pic of it at dusk. The background on the bottom pic is distracting and provokes head-scratching. What is it? Rick --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two pesos, actually. Two lamp pictures. Both with the K20D and the DA 50-200. Both are at ISO 320. The first is at 160mm focal length, f5.6 at 1/500th. The second is at 138mm focal length, f13 @ a/160th. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047516 -- 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.photo.net/photos/RickW 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: Trumpet
That's a good idea, Boris. I have a couple of other trumpet pix to post, and then I may do that. Rick --- Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick, you obviously should post the whole series on one neat web page. I saw your previous images, and now this one - they obviously fit in the series. Boris Rick Womer wrote: Moving along from the flute... this is a view of my son't old trumpet. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7032000 K10D, DA 16-45, f/22 @ 1/6, ISO 800, RAW via LR and PE4 (to get a colored splodge out of the background). Shot under a light box covered with a layer of tissue paper. Rick 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. http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW 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: GREAT general purpose Zoom for the Pentax DSLRS?
for an example, look at my completed auction item photos: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemrd=1item=230231132247 This isnt spam, the auction is already over. These item photos were all taken with the SMC-A 24-50, istDS @ISO200, built in flash, and at 4MP jpeg setting. Manual exposures in the f11 to f22 range at 1/180 top flash speed. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. C. O'Connell Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 11:23 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: GREAT general purpose Zoom for the Pentax DSLRS? Did you have the A version or the F version? I have had both and my A version is better than the F which I sold. Dont forget, I am talking about near range usage and at small fstops like 11-22 because the flash is powerful enough to allow those stops even at iso 200. I have no idea if its any good at infinity or anywhere near wide open, but if used like I am using it, its damn nice, not too expensive, and good build quality too.( I ususally dont like most A lenses in terms of build, but this one aint bad.) jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GREAT general purpose Zoom for the Pentax DSLRS? Tried one out at one point. It was alright, but not any better than the 18-55 DA in its range, larger, heavier, harder to manual focus due to lack of contrast wide open at 24mm. Wasn't much impressed with it on digital. Of course, I may have had a bad sample. -Adam On 3/10/08, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never seen that particular lens. I had a 35~105 years ago that I really liked except it was pretty heavy. My biggest problem is at my age the AF is almost a requirement anymore :-) Walt On 3/10/08, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been using for about a month now the SMC PENTAX-A 24-50/4.0 Zoom almost exclusively ( mostly product photos for ebay on tabletop ) on my *istDS DSLR. Its a two ring zoom so you never get any annoying zoom creep and it holds focus perfectly when zooming. The F4 speed is a little slow but the lens is so contrasty that its easy to focus at 50mm ( I use a split image screen - third party model - in my *istDS ). Anyway, after you figure in the 1.5X lens factor you are left with a 35mm SLR equiv of 36mm to 75mm which is a very versatile super normal lens. This model is extremely contrasty, great color saturation, and freedom from flaring. It works beautifully for tabletop product photography. I have never needed wider or longer, as it has a pretty decent magnification at 50mm and min focus. The constant aperture (F4 thru the zoom range) is great when using manual full power flash like I like to do. Anyway, if you do a lot of ebay or similar product photography for web, I recommend this lens very highly. Much more versitile than a prime or macro 50mm with the 24m capability. I must add I have never used the stock 18-55mm that was sold with the camera, but I doubt it can match this lens, let alone beat it. Maybe it can? Anyone ever compared the two in the 24-50mm range? jco -- 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. -- 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. -- 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 - Glacial Rocks
Peter, Nothing really grabs my attention in this pic. Maybe some severe cropping would help, or a higher-contrast rendering. Rick --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually I didn't. I was a bit heavy handed on the highlight contrast in RSE. New version is in the same location. Jack Davis wrote: Did you intend to blow out these rocks? If so, fine, but I'd like to see more texture/detail. Jack --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20glacialrocks.html Equipment Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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. Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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. http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW 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: PESO: Lamps
Thanks Rick. The background on the second pic is the copper canopies above the lamps. Paul -- Original message -- From: Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] I like the top one; interesting lamp and nice use of DOF. I'll bet you could get a great pic of it at dusk. The background on the bottom pic is distracting and provokes head-scratching. What is it? Rick --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two pesos, actually. Two lamp pictures. Both with the K20D and the DA 50-200. Both are at ISO 320. The first is at 160mm focal length, f5.6 at 1/500th. The second is at 138mm focal length, f13 @ a/160th. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047516 -- 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.photo.net/photos/RickW 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: Lamps
Crisp renderings of pleasing shapes. Jack --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two pesos, actually. Two lamp pictures. Both with the K20D and the DA 50-200. Both are at ISO 320. The first is at 160mm focal length, f5.6 at 1/500th. The second is at 138mm focal length, f13 @ a/160th. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047516 -- 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: Two Inspired GESOs
Or if I get very busy and my annual file accretion doubles... etc. That would be the best reason to require more storage space! Right now I have no particular need or desire to buy any more camera equipment ... what I've got is doing very good work. Godfrey On Mar 12, 2008, at 5:22 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Except that, when you get your K20D (admit it, it's almost inevitable!) the file size will go up, and then you'll have only 2-3 years' capacity. Murphy's and Moore's Laws never sleep. --- Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A 500G capacity is holding about 4 years work at present, I'm hopefully set for the next 3-4 years archiving now. -- 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 - DownTown San Jose
I think one of the guys that was on the Saturday SF Zoo outing went to the SJ Sunday outing, John. He mentioned it to us but I already had other plans. http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/ http://www.jfwaf.com/DownTown/image.php?name=image4 Nice bunch of photos. I like the skater shot too, needs a little tweak on curves on my screen but it's otherwise very nice. The light was a bit harsh last Sunday, both here and in SF; too clear. Godfrey -- 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 - Glacial Rocks
Pretty much my feeling accept 'more contrast' was a particular problem with the first version. Jack --- Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter, Nothing really grabs my attention in this pic. Maybe some severe cropping would help, or a higher-contrast rendering. Rick --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually I didn't. I was a bit heavy handed on the highlight contrast in RSE. New version is in the same location. Jack Davis wrote: Did you intend to blow out these rocks? If so, fine, but I'd like to see more texture/detail. Jack --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20glacialrocks.html Equipment Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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. Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs -- 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. http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW 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. 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: Seeking lens advice
Thanks, Tim. I really like the DA 40, too. Today I picked up a DA* 50-135 and will see how far that and the DA 40 will get me. By the time I know if I really need a wide angle I'll hopefully also know how the K200D performs at higher ISO settings, so then I can decide wether the extra speed of the DA* 16-50 is worth the extra cash, or if the DA 21 will be all right for me. My guess is that it will. Marcus -- Am 11.03.2008 um 17:17 schrieb Tim Bray: On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:50 AM, Marcus A. Hofmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But the bundled 18-55mm/3.5-5.8 lens is kind of dissapointing, especially when compared to the 40mm/f2.8 limited that I also bought with the camera (mainly beacuse it was so cute), which produces beautifully sharp and crisp images. So I am now stuck with the 40mm prime and need to buy some more glass. I shoot almost exclusively with the adorable little 40mm pancake and the almost-as-adorable 21mm 3.2. I might add that I will be taking the thing into the mountains a lot, and I like to sit in a cafe on a sunday and shoot passers by in the street. For mountains, you totally can't beat the pure 21mm wide-angle. -Tim -- 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: Lamps
Paul, Nice pictures. I wish the iron hanger above the lamp on the first picture was more separated from the background. The dark iron seems to blend in to the background on the right. I really like the geometry in the second photo. I suppose the very top of that first lamp was not in a good positiion to include in the photo? The lamps and the awnings make it an interesting catch. You seem to be enjoying and productive with that new K20D! And the Grace photos are always winners... Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two pesos, actually. Two lamp pictures. Both with the K20D and the DA 50-200. Both are at ISO 320. The first is at 160mm focal length, f5.6 at 1/500th. The second is at 138mm focal length, f13 @ a/160th. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047516 -- 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: Two Inspired GESOs
On Mar 12, 2008, at 7:22, Rick Womer wrote: Except that, when you get your K20D (admit it, it's almost inevitable!) the file size will go up, and then you'll have only 2-3 years' capacity. Don't know if you've been paying much attention to which gear Godfrey's been using for most of his most-recently-posted images, but it doesn't appear that the K10D is getting much of a workout these days. -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: Two Inspired GESOs
Godfrey, Your camera equipment is doing very good work indeed! Can your pots and pans cook too? :-) Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 8:56 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right now I have no particular need or desire to buy any more camera equipment ... what I've got is doing very good work. -- 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 Scene Modes vs. Raw
On 3/9/08, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Adam Maas Subject: Re: Pentax Scene Modes vs. Raw As far as I'm aware, only Canon does the utterly crippled scene modes (No RAW, no ISO selection, etc). My Canon using buddy found some sort of hack (The Undutchables?) that revised the firmware to allow a bunch of this sort of stuff to be shot in RAW instead of jpeg, but I never saw the point. The idea behind scene modes is to allow in camera processing to give you a specific type of output. It seems to me that using a scene specific shooting mode, and then outputting to raw is somehow defeating the purpose of the scene modes. Or, I might be misunderstanding the whole thing, sine my eyes glaze over and my ears bleed anytime he starts talking about his Canon stuff William Robb Scene modes are primarily specialized AE modes on non-Canon bodies. Some also specify rendering options, but that's less common. -- 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: GREAT general purpose Zoom for the Pentax DSLRS?
REGARDING THE DIFFRACTION PROBLEMS AT SMALL FSTOPS : From what I have read and found via experience to be pretty true, is that diffraction limit of a good designed lens is roughtly 1600/f-stop. this means that at F-16 with a really good lens, you can still resolve up to approx 100 lines/mm which is definately very sharp, even is small formats like 35mm film or Pentax DSLRs. Even F22 could go about 70 lpmm and F32 50 lpmm which is not great but not completely horrible either. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DagT Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:59 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GREAT general purpose Zoom for the Pentax DSLRS? Well, nothing is very sharp with f:22 and K10D as diffraction is dominant, but most things are sharp at f:11. My problems wtih the lens were at f:4-f:8. Apart from that I agree that the mechanics of the A24-50 is very good and that it is smaller than DA*16-50. DagT Den 11. mars. 2008 kl. 18.55 skrev J. C. O'Connell: that's good to know but are you talking much sharper at F11-F22? I cant see how there would be a big difference in that range, the A24-50 is really good in that range on digital size sensor. The A24-50 is also much smaller and lighter tha the 16-50 isnt it? That matters to me when the camera is hanging on my neck for long periods... jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DagT Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 12:21 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GREAT general purpose Zoom for the Pentax DSLRS? I tried the A version on K10D this summer. I´ve had it since the mid 80s and it has been great with film, but compared to my primes in that range it wasn´t not sharp enough for my use on K10D. My DA*16-50 is much better. DagT Den 11. mars. 2008 kl. 04.22 skrev J. C. O'Connell: Did you have the A version or the F version? I have had both and my A version is better than the F which I sold. Dont forget, I am talking about near range usage and at small fstops like 11-22 because the flash is powerful enough to allow those stops even at iso 200. I have no idea if its any good at infinity or anywhere near wide open, but if used like I am using it, its damn nice, not too expensive, and good build quality too.( I ususally dont like most A lenses in terms of build, but this one aint bad.) jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Adam Maas Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 10:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: GREAT general purpose Zoom for the Pentax DSLRS? Tried one out at one point. It was alright, but not any better than the 18-55 DA in its range, larger, heavier, harder to manual focus due to lack of contrast wide open at 24mm. Wasn't much impressed with it on digital. Of course, I may have had a bad sample. -Adam On 3/10/08, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Never seen that particular lens. I had a 35~105 years ago that I really liked except it was pretty heavy. My biggest problem is at my age the AF is almost a requirement anymore :-) Walt On 3/10/08, J. C. O'Connell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been using for about a month now the SMC PENTAX-A 24-50/4.0 Zoom almost exclusively ( mostly product photos for ebay on tabletop ) on my *istDS DSLR. Its a two ring zoom so you never get any annoying zoom creep and it holds focus perfectly when zooming. The F4 speed is a little slow but the lens is so contrasty that its easy to focus at 50mm ( I use a split image screen - third party model - in my *istDS ). Anyway, after you figure in the 1.5X lens factor you are left with a 35mm SLR equiv of 36mm to 75mm which is a very versatile super normal lens. This model is extremely contrasty, great color saturation, and freedom from flaring. It works beautifully for tabletop product photography. I have never needed wider or longer, as it has a pretty decent magnification at 50mm and min focus. The constant aperture (F4 thru the zoom range) is great when using manual full power flash like I like to do. Anyway, if you do a lot of ebay or similar product photography for web, I recommend this lens very highly. Much more versitile than a prime or macro 50mm with the 24m capability. I must add I have never used the stock 18-55mm that was sold with the camera, but I doubt it can match this lens, let alone beat it. Maybe it can? Anyone ever compared the two in the 24-50mm range? jco -- 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
Re: Seeking lens advice
Adam, thank's for the explanation. Looks like I missunderstood something there. Obviously, there are a lot of new things to learn after so many years. ;-) Marcus -- Am 11.03.2008 um 18:08 schrieb Adam Maas: No, there's a fair difference between those two lenses. The 28 would perform on the K200D like the 40 would on a 35mm body, not like the 40mm does on the K200D. The crop factor always applies as focal length is focal length. The only difference between a 40mm FF lens and 40mm DA lens is the latter won't necessarily cover a 35mm frame. Ironically, the DA 40mm is actually a 35mm full-frame design, being an update of the SMC-M 40mm f2.8 Pancake (albeit a very thorouhg update, the original did not use Aspherical elements). -Adam On 3/11/08, Marcus A. Hofmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your thoughts, j.c. I am just thinking that a full- frame 28mm prime would perform like a, well, somewhere around 50mm prime with the K200D's smaller sensor. That would be awfully close to the DA 40 that I already have, and I am not sure if I really need two primes with such similar focal lengths. But I can see the idea behind it. It's appreciated. Marcus -- Am 11.03.2008 um 13:35 schrieb J. C. O'Connell: I would get a good 28mm prime. The sma-A F2.8 is nice if you like manual focus, the later F and FA versions would do if you want AF. But in any case a 28mm prime is very useful/high quality on DSLR. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus A. Hofmann Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:51 AM To: Pentax-Discuss List Mail Subject: Seeking lens advice Hello. I have recently bought a new K200D. I did photograph a lot until about 15 years ago, but have only used p+s cameras since then. So I figured the K200D would be more than sufficient to get back into photography. I am actually very satisfied with the camera. But the bundled 18-55mm/3.5-5.8 lens is kind of dissapointing, especially when compared to the 40mm/f2.8 limited that I also bought with the camera (mainly beacuse it was so cute), which produces beautifully sharp and crisp images. So I am now stuck with the 40mm prime and need to buy some more glass. My old analog setup contained a 50mm/1.4 Minolta prime (which I still own), a 28-85mm/2.8-something Minolta and a 100-400mm Minolta that I loved (but which I sold). I've been digging around a little and come up with the following lenses that seem like what I want, and I'd like to ask those of you that own one of these for their opinions. Alternatives are also welcome. smc DA* 50-135mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM and smc DA* 16-50mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM or smc DA 21mm/3,2 ED [IF] SDM I might also get something like the smc DA* 200mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM later, depending on how much I'll actually use the camera. So I was wondering if the image quality of the 16-50mm/2,8 is comparable to that of the 40mm/2,8 limited, or if I should rather go with the 21mm and 40mm limiteds instead of the 16-50mm zoom. Is the 50-135mm worth the money, and are there alternatives? I like the fact that it is weather sealed a lot. Can I use the old 50mm/1.4 Minolta (from the late 80's) on the K200D with an adaptor? Is that recommendable? I might add that I will be taking the thing into the mountains a lot, and I like to sit in a cafe on a sunday and shoot passers by in the street. Thanks for any advice. Marcus -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: Lamps
Thanks Bob. You're right the top of the lamp in the second pic was obscured by a bracket, so I cropped accordingly. I can fix that separation of the bracket on the first pic. Good suggestion. In fact, I may reshoot it at dusk with the light switched on. It won't require much effort: it's on my garage. Paul -- Original message -- From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul, Nice pictures. I wish the iron hanger above the lamp on the first picture was more separated from the background. The dark iron seems to blend in to the background on the right. I really like the geometry in the second photo. I suppose the very top of that first lamp was not in a good positiion to include in the photo? The lamps and the awnings make it an interesting catch. You seem to be enjoying and productive with that new K20D! And the Grace photos are always winners... Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two pesos, actually. Two lamp pictures. Both with the K20D and the DA 50-200. Both are at ISO 320. The first is at 160mm focal length, f5.6 at 1/500th. The second is at 138mm focal length, f13 @ a/160th. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047516 -- 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.
AF problems of my K10D
Hi! It seems that AF of my K10D is slowly deteriorating. It started with my new FA 43/1.9 Ltd that would not focus sometimes. That is, the lens would be in focus, but electronics would not confirm - lost shot. Today I went to the Jerusalem zoo with Galia's class. I took Tamron 28-75/2.8 - fine lens that focuses very fast and precise. Few times I would point the lens at a sitting or standing buy or girl under bright sun and the lens would go back and forth around focus point and never converge. It wouldn't give up, it would just back and forth - very annoying. I switched to forced central point AF and went on shooting, but I am really starting to fear that my K10D is going to the service. Any ideas as to how to reset the darn thing or how to verify it so that I can present a solid case to the local service people. The story such as above may not impress them... Thanks. Boris -- 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: Two Inspired GESOs
No, but sometimes I feel like training them ... ;-) G On Mar 12, 2008, at 7:59 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Your camera equipment is doing very good work indeed! Can your pots and pans cook too? :-) -- 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: AF problems of my K10D
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! It seems that AF of my K10D is slowly deteriorating. It started with my new FA 43/1.9 Ltd that would not focus sometimes. That is, the lens would be in focus, but electronics would not confirm - lost shot. Today I went to the Jerusalem zoo with Galia's class. I took Tamron 28-75/2.8 - fine lens that focuses very fast and precise. Few times I would point the lens at a sitting or standing buy or girl under bright sun and the lens would go back and forth around focus point and never converge. It wouldn't give up, it would just back and forth - very annoying. I switched to forced central point AF and went on shooting, but I am really starting to fear that my K10D is going to the service. Any ideas as to how to reset the darn thing or how to verify it so that I can present a solid case to the local service people. The story such as above may not impress them... Thanks. Boris Try to blow some air over the AF sensors, maybe they're just dirty. -- Best regards, Alex Sarbu -- 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: AF problems of my K10D
To do a *full* system reset on the camera, pull the battery and let it sit for two-three days. You'll know it has fully reset if when you fit a battery and turn it on it comes up asking for you to set the date. Other possibles: dirty AF sensors or a poor electrical connection between lens and body. I occasionally find I get this behavior with almost any lens. I remove and replace the lens and it goes away. Godfrey On Mar 12, 2008, at 9:28 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! It seems that AF of my K10D is slowly deteriorating. It started with my new FA 43/1.9 Ltd that would not focus sometimes. That is, the lens would be in focus, but electronics would not confirm - lost shot. Today I went to the Jerusalem zoo with Galia's class. I took Tamron 28-75/2.8 - fine lens that focuses very fast and precise. Few times I would point the lens at a sitting or standing buy or girl under bright sun and the lens would go back and forth around focus point and never converge. It wouldn't give up, it would just back and forth - very annoying. I switched to forced central point AF and went on shooting, but I am really starting to fear that my K10D is going to the service. Any ideas as to how to reset the darn thing or how to verify it so that I can present a solid case to the local service people. The story such as above may not impress them... -- 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: Lamps
The second image really does it for me. Well done ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Lamps Two pesos, actually. Two lamp pictures. Both with the K20D and the DA 50-200. Both are at ISO 320. The first is at 160mm focal length, f5.6 at 1/500th. The second is at 138mm focal length, f13 @ a/160th. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047516 -- 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: AF problems of my K10D
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: To do a *full* system reset on the camera, pull the battery and let it sit for two-three days. You'll know it has fully reset if when you fit a battery and turn it on it comes up asking for you to set the date. Other possibles: dirty AF sensors or a poor electrical connection between lens and body. I occasionally find I get this behavior with almost any lens. I remove and replace the lens and it goes away. Godfrey Godfrey, do you mean that you unmount the lens and then mount it back? Thanks. Boris -- 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: Lamps
Thanks Ken. I should put it in my Woodward folder. It's the clothing store on the corner of Woodward and Merrill. Paul -- Original message -- From: Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] The second image really does it for me. Well done ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Lamps Two pesos, actually. Two lamp pictures. Both with the K20D and the DA 50-200. Both are at ISO 320. The first is at 160mm focal length, f5.6 at 1/500th. The second is at 138mm focal length, f13 @ a/160th. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047516 -- 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: AF problems of my K10D
Before taking the camera in for repair, I would first test under controlled conditions. If you're using the multipoint autofocus a lot of different things can throw it off, particularly monochromatic scenes. Center point is good so long as you have somthing contrasty to point at. Test with some medium and high contrast targets. And with Pentax lenses. You have to confirm that it's the camera and not the lens. Paul -- Original message -- From: Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi! It seems that AF of my K10D is slowly deteriorating. It started with my new FA 43/1.9 Ltd that would not focus sometimes. That is, the lens would be in focus, but electronics would not confirm - lost shot. Today I went to the Jerusalem zoo with Galia's class. I took Tamron 28-75/2.8 - fine lens that focuses very fast and precise. Few times I would point the lens at a sitting or standing buy or girl under bright sun and the lens would go back and forth around focus point and never converge. It wouldn't give up, it would just back and forth - very annoying. I switched to forced central point AF and went on shooting, but I am really starting to fear that my K10D is going to the service. Any ideas as to how to reset the darn thing or how to verify it so that I can present a solid case to the local service people. The story such as above may not impress them... Thanks. Boris -- 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: AF problems of my K10D
On Mar 12, 2008, at 10:20 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: To do a *full* system reset on the camera, pull the battery and let it sit for two-three days. You'll know it has fully reset if when you fit a battery and turn it on it comes up asking for you to set the date. Other possibles: dirty AF sensors or a poor electrical connection between lens and body. I occasionally find I get this behavior with almost any lens. I remove and replace the lens and it goes away. Godfrey Godfrey, do you mean that you unmount the lens and then mount it back? yes. I think part of what's going on is that you're just getting over the honeymoon period with a new camera body and some of its idiosyncracies are becoming apparent to you. I know that for the first six months I used the K10D, it seemed to be about as flawless as I could hope for. Now that I'm used to its performance and capabilities, every little niggle it might have is immediately apparent when I go to use it. And particularly since I have two other cameras now, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, that I've used a lot too. Picking any one of them up now reminds me of how it differs from the last one I used, each with its own special joy and particular annoyance. Things that I don't remember the K10D doing I find by looking at photos I took with it 11 months ago ... yes, it did that all along. I was simply not seeing it. And so forth. Imperfect tools, imperfect perceptions... but by and large all the kit I have works well enough that I'm the weak link in the system. ;-) Godfrey -- 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: AF problems of my K10D
Godfrey, in a nutshell you're telling me, that my K10D is perfectly normal and that except, may be cleaning (last cleaned by local service almost a year ago), it requires no special attention at all. That's what I've been thinking but this is the very first time since 2002 (when I bought my first AF film body by Pentax) the AF of any camera I ever held in my hands behaved that strangely. In fact, my simple ZX-L (MZ-6) still works perfectly well in all regards, including AF. Which liquid I could use to clean the mount contacts on the body? Perhaps it is time I cleaned the mount properly?! Generally I don't hmmm treat my gear any specially. I try not to abuse it but that's about as far as it gets. Cheers. Boris -- 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 2008 - 25 - GDG
I am disappointed that I left the Bay area before BART was operational. Never have been back to try it out. The Metro in DC was nice to ride when I was there, especially to go in to the museums, etc. Great shot. Walt On 3/11/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday, I rode BART into SF for a visit to the Coit Tower. This father and his son had great faces ... we talked for a bit, then junior got all excited about something on the wall ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/25-dadnson.jpg Dad And Son - BART 2008 Panasonic L1 + ZD 11-22/2.8-3.5 ISO 400 @ f/5.6 @ 1/25, FL=11mm Comments and critique always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- 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: One hummingbird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Hello everyone. This is my second post. I am not used to it, so excuse my mistake if there is some. This one is about a lovely hummingbird caught with a Pentax K10D, 100 mm macro lens, at the balcony with red flowers just in front of country cottage, Lake Vaudray, Quebec, Canada. I intend to post some more in a near future. Comments are welcome and appreciated. Gaëtan Beauchamp http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7048205 -- 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 Stouffville snow panorama
I must be living in the past. I sent this out days ago and it just arrived at my inbox. P. J. Alling wrote: Click the larger button on the navigation bar, (below the picture). Cotty wrote: On 9/3/08, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7037177 Shot this around 9am this morning after the storm went through. It was a pretty good one to. Like the old days.:-) Five shots using doubletake trial version. K10D, DA 50 F2.8, WP in CSI Tried clicking on it but it won't go any bigger - that as big as it gets? -- 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: AF problems of my K10D
Unless they are visibly crudded up, I'd just polish them gently with a microfiber cloth at first. Boris Liberman wrote: Godfrey, in a nutshell you're telling me, that my K10D is perfectly normal and that except, may be cleaning (last cleaned by local service almost a year ago), it requires no special attention at all. That's what I've been thinking but this is the very first time since 2002 (when I bought my first AF film body by Pentax) the AF of any camera I ever held in my hands behaved that strangely. In fact, my simple ZX-L (MZ-6) still works perfectly well in all regards, including AF. Which liquid I could use to clean the mount contacts on the body? Perhaps it is time I cleaned the mount properly?! Generally I don't hmmm treat my gear any specially. I try not to abuse it but that's about as far as it gets. Cheers. Boris -- 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: One hummingbird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
Nice exposure. While the wing is blurred as is more or less expected the bird itself looks a little over sharpened, like you were trying to over come subject movement with too much USM. I think it would look better if thats the case if you had let the bird be a little soft from it's movement. Gaëtan Beauchamp wrote: Hello everyone. This is my second post. I am not used to it, so excuse my mistake if there is some. This one is about a lovely hummingbird caught with a Pentax K10D, 100 mm macro lens, at the balcony with red flowers just in front of country cottage, Lake Vaudray, Quebec, Canada. I intend to post some more in a near future. Comments are welcome and appreciated. Gaëtan Beauchamp http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7048205 -- 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: AF problems of my K10D
Yes, same thought here. Maybe a little drop of denatured alcohol on the cloth. It's certainly possible that it does need some sort of service. But likely it is simply either just a little dirty or you are noticing these quirks more. I don't abuse my camera equipment, but I don't treat it particularly specially either. It seems to fare pretty well regardless. Godfrey On Mar 12, 2008, at 12:20 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Unless they are visibly crudded up, I'd just polish them gently with a microfiber cloth at first. Boris Liberman wrote: Godfrey, in a nutshell you're telling me, that my K10D is perfectly normal and that except, may be cleaning (last cleaned by local service almost a year ago), it requires no special attention at all. That's what I've been thinking but this is the very first time since 2002 (when I bought my first AF film body by Pentax) the AF of any camera I ever held in my hands behaved that strangely. In fact, my simple ZX-L (MZ-6) still works perfectly well in all regards, including AF. Which liquid I could use to clean the mount contacts on the body? Perhaps it is time I cleaned the mount properly?! Generally I don't hmmm treat my gear any specially. I try not to abuse it but that's about as far as it gets. -- 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.
Bollards
There was some discussion of this nautical term a while back. I knew I had taken a photo of an interesting looking bollard, nothing special, more a record shot than anything else, but pretty much a classic bollard. So here it is. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20bollards.html Equipment: Pentax *ist D/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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.
PESO -- Bollards was [Re: Bollards]
Sorry to screw up anyones sorting system. P. J. Alling wrote: There was some discussion of this nautical term a while back. I knew I had taken a photo of an interesting looking bollard, nothing special, more a record shot than anything else, but pretty much a classic bollard. So here it is. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20bollards.html Equipment: Pentax *ist D/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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.
Price for the DA 300/4 and 200/2.8
BH is listing them for $1299.95 and 999.95 respectively. Hard to resist at those prices. I expect I'll need the 300/4 early on, as a 300 prime has long been a gap in my lens lineup. Neither is in stock as of yet. 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.
Re: Price for the DA 300/4 and 200/2.8
I can resist at those prices. Jim A. On Mar 12, 2008, at 12:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BH is listing them for $1299.95 and 999.95 respectively. Hard to resist at those prices. I expect I'll need the 300/4 early on, as a 300 prime has long been a gap in my lens lineup. Neither is in stock as of yet. 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. -- 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 Scene Modes vs. Raw
On Mar 9, 2008, at 11:48 AM, William Robb wrote: ...It seems to me that using a scene specific shooting mode, and then outputting to raw is somehow defeating the purpose of the scene modes. ... I've never used them. To me, the notion of scene modes ought to be as progam pre-sets for configuration parameters tailored to specific shooting circumstances. They should not imply capture or in-camera processing modes and settings, they should be applying appropriate, well-known settings for exposure and focusing. If they're doing something other than that, well, it's no wonder I've never used them. None of my current cameras even have them... ;-) Godfrey -- 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: Price for the DA 300/4 and 200/2.8
Compared to what the equivalent FA lenses sell for on ebay they're a just a bargain. However I think I'm happy enough with the A*300 f4.0, (if only it focused just a little closer). Jim Apilado wrote: I can resist at those prices. Jim A. On Mar 12, 2008, at 12:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BH is listing them for $1299.95 and 999.95 respectively. Hard to resist at those prices. I expect I'll need the 300/4 early on, as a 300 prime has long been a gap in my lens lineup. Neither is in stock as of yet. 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. -- 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: Tamron SP AF 2.8 28-75mm XR DI
True, Adam. I did notice it, but it never occured to me, that this was something special, which it actually is, I guess :-) Regards jens -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Adam Maas Sendt: 12. marts 2008 02:25 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: Tamron SP AF 2.8 28-75mm XR DI On 3/11/08, Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Susan (Jens) wrote on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:41:11 -0700 Thanks a lot, Paul, Ken, Adam and John. I'm glad I seem to have made a good choise. Also the Tamron is lighter and smaller, but of cource doesn't go with my MZ-S, which I very rarely use :-) Ah, but it *does* work just fine on a film body. In this case, the DI designation only implies that it has been modified (probably with extra/better coating of the rear element) for use on digital. The image circle covers a 24x36mm frame completely. Regards, Jim Not to mention it includes a aperture ring. -- 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1325 - Release Date: 11-03-2008 13:41 -- 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: Price for the DA 300/4 and 200/2.8
The prices are good. Whether I need them or not is all that is in question ... and at present, I can't say that I need such long lenses at all. G On Mar 12, 2008, at 12:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BH is listing them for $1299.95 and 999.95 respectively. Hard to resist at those prices. I expect I'll need the 300/4 early on, as a 300 prime has long been a gap in my lens lineup. Neither is in stock as of yet. -- 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: Tamron SP AF 2.8 28-75mm XR DI
I do, Peter. But I guess I only a couple of lenses without an aperture ring. I own loads of old Pentax lenses, which I really love a lot :-) Regards Jens -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af P. J. Alling Sendt: 12. marts 2008 03:59 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: Tamron SP AF 2.8 28-75mm XR DI Adam Maas wrote: Not to mention it includes a aperture ring. If you go in for that sort of thing... Adam Maas wrote: On 3/11/08, Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Susan (Jens) wrote on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:41:11 -0700 Thanks a lot, Paul, Ken, Adam and John. I'm glad I seem to have made a good choise. Also the Tamron is lighter and smaller, but of cource doesn't go with my MZ-S, which I very rarely use :-) Ah, but it *does* work just fine on a film body. In this case, the DI designation only implies that it has been modified (probably with extra/better coating of the rear element) for use on digital. The image circle covers a 24x36mm frame completely. Regards, Jim Not to mention it includes a aperture ring. -- 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. -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1325 - Release Date: 11-03-2008 13:41 -- 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: See ya 'Liz
Cool. I poked around a little bit and found several shipping lines offering supercargo transport fares. Not cheap, but could be an interesting way to travel and gain some photo opportunities. Godfrey On Mar 12, 2008, at 1:12 AM, David Savage wrote: It is. Cheers, Dave On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 3:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've wanted to do a trip as supercargo on a freighter for years. I wonder if it's still even possible. G On Mar 10, 2008, at 11:47 AM, frank theriault wrote: I've always wanted to do a Transatlantic crossing on one of the old liners (notice, I didn't say cruise and I didn't say cruiseship. I think my chances may have run out on that one. -- 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: Tamron SP AF 2.8 28-75mm XR DI
Thanks, Jim - I'm embarased to say I didn't know :-) Regards Jens (PS Sorry guys about the name confusion - I use my girlfriends (Susan) email until we move into our now home sometime in April). -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Jim King Sendt: 12. marts 2008 01:43 Til: pdml@pdml.net Emne: RE: Tamron SP AF 2.8 28-75mm XR DI Susan (Jens) wrote on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:41:11 -0700 Thanks a lot, Paul, Ken, Adam and John. I'm glad I seem to have made a good choise. Also the Tamron is lighter and smaller, but of cource doesn't go with my MZ-S, which I very rarely use :-) Ah, but it *does* work just fine on a film body. In this case, the DI designation only implies that it has been modified (probably with extra/better coating of the rear element) for use on digital. The image circle covers a 24x36mm frame completely. Regards, Jim -- 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. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1325 - Release Date: 11-03-2008 13:41 -- 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: Bollards
:-) Thanks, P.J. Jostein 2008/3/12, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There was some discussion of this nautical term a while back. I knew I had taken a photo of an interesting looking bollard, nothing special, more a record shot than anything else, but pretty much a classic bollard. So here it is. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20bollards.html Equipment: Pentax *ist D/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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. -- 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: Price for the DA 300/4 and 200/2.8
If I had the A*300/4, I would probably be content as well. But I haven't had a 300 since I sold my SMC Tak 300/4 a few years back. And since I shoot both cars and nature, I'd like a lens in that focal length. Sometimes my A 400/5.6 is just too long. That extra stop is great to have as well. If I were a wealthy man, I'd want an even faster long telephoto, but $1299 is pretty much my ceiling on lens expenditures. However, I'm thankful that it's going to be that affordable. Paul -- Original message -- From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Compared to what the equivalent FA lenses sell for on ebay they're a just a bargain. However I think I'm happy enough with the A*300 f4.0, (if only it focused just a little closer). Jim Apilado wrote: I can resist at those prices. Jim A. On Mar 12, 2008, at 12:56 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BH is listing them for $1299.95 and 999.95 respectively. Hard to resist at those prices. I expect I'll need the 300/4 early on, as a 300 prime has long been a gap in my lens lineup. Neither is in stock as of yet. 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. -- 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: Seeking lens advice
I hav used the smc DA* 50-135mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM on a single occation. It seems to be an excellent lens for portratis and such. It would be a nice supplement for the 40 mm. Regards jens -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Marcus A. Hofmann Sendt: 12. marts 2008 16:13 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: Seeking lens advice Adam, thank's for the explanation. Looks like I missunderstood something there. Obviously, there are a lot of new things to learn after so many years. ;-) Marcus -- Am 11.03.2008 um 18:08 schrieb Adam Maas: No, there's a fair difference between those two lenses. The 28 would perform on the K200D like the 40 would on a 35mm body, not like the 40mm does on the K200D. The crop factor always applies as focal length is focal length. The only difference between a 40mm FF lens and 40mm DA lens is the latter won't necessarily cover a 35mm frame. Ironically, the DA 40mm is actually a 35mm full-frame design, being an update of the SMC-M 40mm f2.8 Pancake (albeit a very thorouhg update, the original did not use Aspherical elements). -Adam On 3/11/08, Marcus A. Hofmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your thoughts, j.c. I am just thinking that a full- frame 28mm prime would perform like a, well, somewhere around 50mm prime with the K200D's smaller sensor. That would be awfully close to the DA 40 that I already have, and I am not sure if I really need two primes with such similar focal lengths. But I can see the idea behind it. It's appreciated. Marcus -- Am 11.03.2008 um 13:35 schrieb J. C. O'Connell: I would get a good 28mm prime. The sma-A F2.8 is nice if you like manual focus, the later F and FA versions would do if you want AF. But in any case a 28mm prime is very useful/high quality on DSLR. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus A. Hofmann Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:51 AM To: Pentax-Discuss List Mail Subject: Seeking lens advice Hello. I have recently bought a new K200D. I did photograph a lot until about 15 years ago, but have only used p+s cameras since then. So I figured the K200D would be more than sufficient to get back into photography. I am actually very satisfied with the camera. But the bundled 18-55mm/3.5-5.8 lens is kind of dissapointing, especially when compared to the 40mm/f2.8 limited that I also bought with the camera (mainly beacuse it was so cute), which produces beautifully sharp and crisp images. So I am now stuck with the 40mm prime and need to buy some more glass. My old analog setup contained a 50mm/1.4 Minolta prime (which I still own), a 28-85mm/2.8-something Minolta and a 100-400mm Minolta that I loved (but which I sold). I've been digging around a little and come up with the following lenses that seem like what I want, and I'd like to ask those of you that own one of these for their opinions. Alternatives are also welcome. smc DA* 50-135mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM and smc DA* 16-50mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM or smc DA 21mm/3,2 ED [IF] SDM I might also get something like the smc DA* 200mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM later, depending on how much I'll actually use the camera. So I was wondering if the image quality of the 16-50mm/2,8 is comparable to that of the 40mm/2,8 limited, or if I should rather go with the 21mm and 40mm limiteds instead of the 16-50mm zoom. Is the 50-135mm worth the money, and are there alternatives? I like the fact that it is weather sealed a lot. Can I use the old 50mm/1.4 Minolta (from the late 80's) on the K200D with an adaptor? Is that recommendable? I might add that I will be taking the thing into the mountains a lot, and I like to sit in a cafe on a sunday and shoot passers by in the street. Thanks for any advice. Marcus -- 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. -- 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. -- 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. Version: 7.5.518 / Virus
PESO - winter moon
http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=353011 I love SR. This is hand held, 16mm, 1/8s, 1:2.8 and ISO400. Comments are welcome. 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: Bollards
P. J. Alling wrote: There was some discussion of this nautical term a while back. I knew I had taken a photo of an interesting looking bollard, nothing special, more a record shot than anything else, but pretty much a classic bollard. So here it is. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20bollards.html Equipment: Pentax *ist D/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. Now, THOSE are bollards! As you can see, multi-purpose ones at that! g keith -- 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: Seeking lens advice
I ordered one today. I have a wedding coming up, and I struggle with the DA 50-200 indoors. Just too slow. It's fine for outdoor ceremonies, but low light work is asking too much of it. Even with the expanded low-light capabilit of the K20D I feel it's too much of a compromise. I got away with it once before but lost too many shots due to camera shake. Paul -- Original message -- From: Susan [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hav used the smc DA* 50-135mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM on a single occation. It seems to be an excellent lens for portratis and such. It would be a nice supplement for the 40 mm. Regards jens -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af Marcus A. Hofmann Sendt: 12. marts 2008 16:13 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: Seeking lens advice Adam, thank's for the explanation. Looks like I missunderstood something there. Obviously, there are a lot of new things to learn after so many years. ;-) Marcus -- Am 11.03.2008 um 18:08 schrieb Adam Maas: No, there's a fair difference between those two lenses. The 28 would perform on the K200D like the 40 would on a 35mm body, not like the 40mm does on the K200D. The crop factor always applies as focal length is focal length. The only difference between a 40mm FF lens and 40mm DA lens is the latter won't necessarily cover a 35mm frame. Ironically, the DA 40mm is actually a 35mm full-frame design, being an update of the SMC-M 40mm f2.8 Pancake (albeit a very thorouhg update, the original did not use Aspherical elements). -Adam On 3/11/08, Marcus A. Hofmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for your thoughts, j.c. I am just thinking that a full- frame 28mm prime would perform like a, well, somewhere around 50mm prime with the K200D's smaller sensor. That would be awfully close to the DA 40 that I already have, and I am not sure if I really need two primes with such similar focal lengths. But I can see the idea behind it. It's appreciated. Marcus -- Am 11.03.2008 um 13:35 schrieb J. C. O'Connell: I would get a good 28mm prime. The sma-A F2.8 is nice if you like manual focus, the later F and FA versions would do if you want AF. But in any case a 28mm prime is very useful/high quality on DSLR. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marcus A. Hofmann Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 6:51 AM To: Pentax-Discuss List Mail Subject: Seeking lens advice Hello. I have recently bought a new K200D. I did photograph a lot until about 15 years ago, but have only used p+s cameras since then. So I figured the K200D would be more than sufficient to get back into photography. I am actually very satisfied with the camera. But the bundled 18-55mm/3.5-5.8 lens is kind of dissapointing, especially when compared to the 40mm/f2.8 limited that I also bought with the camera (mainly beacuse it was so cute), which produces beautifully sharp and crisp images. So I am now stuck with the 40mm prime and need to buy some more glass. My old analog setup contained a 50mm/1.4 Minolta prime (which I still own), a 28-85mm/2.8-something Minolta and a 100-400mm Minolta that I loved (but which I sold). I've been digging around a little and come up with the following lenses that seem like what I want, and I'd like to ask those of you that own one of these for their opinions. Alternatives are also welcome. smc DA* 50-135mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM and smc DA* 16-50mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM or smc DA 21mm/3,2 ED [IF] SDM I might also get something like the smc DA* 200mm/2,8 ED [IF] SDM later, depending on how much I'll actually use the camera. So I was wondering if the image quality of the 16-50mm/2,8 is comparable to that of the 40mm/2,8 limited, or if I should rather go with the 21mm and 40mm limiteds instead of the 16-50mm zoom. Is the 50-135mm worth the money, and are there alternatives? I like the fact that it is weather sealed a lot. Can I use the old 50mm/1.4 Minolta (from the late 80's) on the K200D with an adaptor? Is that recommendable? I might add that I will be taking the thing into the mountains a lot, and I like to sit in a cafe on a sunday and shoot passers by in the street. Thanks for any advice. Marcus -- 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
Re: Bollards
and very nice bollards they are too. Actually, *extremely* nice bollards. They have the authentic 'used', rusty look. Just a pity about the green hose - it sort of spoils the mood. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There was some discussion of this nautical term a while back. I knew I had taken a photo of an interesting looking bollard, nothing special, more a record shot than anything else, but pretty much a classic bollard. So here it is. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20bollards.html Equipment: Pentax *ist D/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- Find out how you can get spam free email. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/3 -- 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 - winter moon
Wow! Great shot. I love it. Wouldn't change a thing. Paul -- Original message -- From: DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=353011 I love SR. This is hand held, 16mm, 1/8s, 1:2.8 and ISO400. Comments are welcome. 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. -- 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: Bollards
I thought so too when I first took the shot. However on reflection I find it adds a bit of modernity, so this isn't actually an attempt to record a bygone era, but an attempt to record the present. Brian Walters wrote: and very nice bollards they are too. Actually, *extremely* nice bollards. They have the authentic 'used', rusty look. Just a pity about the green hose - it sort of spoils the mood. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney, Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There was some discussion of this nautical term a while back. I knew I had taken a photo of an interesting looking bollard, nothing special, more a record shot than anything else, but pretty much a classic bollard. So here it is. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20bollards.html Equipment: Pentax *ist D/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Vote for Cthulhu. Why settle for a lesser evil... -- Dr. Jerry Pournelle -- Find out how you can get spam free email. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/3 -- 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 -- Bollards was [Re: Bollards]
Believe I'd prefer it without the water hose. I very much like every thing else. Jack --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry to screw up anyones sorting system. P. J. Alling wrote: There was some discussion of this nautical term a while back. I knew I had taken a photo of an interesting looking bollard, nothing special, more a record shot than anything else, but pretty much a classic bollard. So here it is. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20bollards.html Equipment: Pentax *ist D/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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. 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 - winter moon
Have I mentioned that I hate you? DagT wrote: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=353011 I love SR. This is hand held, 16mm, 1/8s, 1:2.8 and ISO400. Comments are welcome. DagT -- 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: AF problems of my K10D
Paul, 99% of the times it works correctly. I mean, it works no different as it used to work before. It is just that these seemingly malfunctions appear more often and they become more and more annoying. Boris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before taking the camera in for repair, I would first test under controlled conditions. If you're using the multipoint autofocus a lot of different things can throw it off, particularly monochromatic scenes. Center point is good so long as you have somthing contrasty to point at. Test with some medium and high contrast targets. And with Pentax lenses. You have to confirm that it's the camera and not the lens. 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.
Re: PESO -- Bollards was [Re: Bollards]
I didn't have much choice, it was there and cloning it out was more work, (and a bigger alteration to the story), than I was willing to continence. Jack Davis wrote: Believe I'd prefer it without the water hose. I very much like every thing else. Jack --- P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry to screw up anyones sorting system. P. J. Alling wrote: There was some discussion of this nautical term a while back. I knew I had taken a photo of an interesting looking bollard, nothing special, more a record shot than anything else, but pretty much a classic bollard. So here it is. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20bollards.html Equipment: Pentax *ist D/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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. Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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 - girl on a bike
* at 11/03 18:24 -0600 William Robb said: Hi, I figure the best way to start on this sort of list is with a photo: http://flickr.com/photos/mr_stru/2322023174/sizes/m/ ISO 200, f/10, 1/100 sec K100D, kit lens Rather a grabbed shot so cropped square to hide the originally wonky horizon although not the totally blown highlights :( Im impressed by the level of flare control for a kit zoom lens. Did you happen to shoot a sequence? I'd like it better if the rider was right in front of the sun's glow. Only the one sadly. I was half way into getting into getting into the car so getting as far as the one was about as much multi tasking as I can manage ;) Nicely done, overall. thanks Struan -- 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 - Churchyard
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One from a walk today. http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic47.html R-D1 + 28mm Ultron 2.8 handheld ISO400 1/15th at f8 PS CS with Power Retouche mono conv. Comments and corpses welcome. Beautiful composition, beautiful conversion. 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: Handheld around midnight
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Timber [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.pbase.com/timbercode/image/94028814 This was made handheld with the f1.2 Porst. Did I told you I love this lens? :D Beautiful! 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 - girl on a bike
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Welcome to the list. A nice pic and a good start. You could straighten the horizon a little more with a bit of clockwise rotation. I realize the path the girl is on is slightly uphill, but the horizon isn't quite aligned. I'd also burn in the sky, first with the midrange tool, then with the highlight tool. Finally, I'd clone that water tank out of there. But some would say I'm extreme. So take it with a grain of salt. Paul Geez, Paul... ;-) cheers, frank ps: Struan, I like the photo ~just as it is~! ;-) -f -- 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 - winter moon
Thanks! DagT Den 12. mars. 2008 kl. 22.04 skrev [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Wow! Great shot. I love it. Wouldn't change a thing. Paul -- Original message -- From: DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=353011 I love SR. This is hand held, 16mm, 1/8s, 1:2.8 and ISO400. Comments are welcome. 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: PESO - winter moon
It´s been a while so I don´t remember, but thanks anyway .-) DagT Den 12. mars. 2008 kl. 23.15 skrev P. J. Alling: Have I mentioned that I hate you? DagT wrote: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=353011 I love SR. This is hand held, 16mm, 1/8s, 1:2.8 and ISO400. Comments are welcome. 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: PESO - girl on a bike
* at 11/03 22:01 -0400 Paul Stenquist said: Welcome to the list. A nice pic and a good start. Thanks You could straighten the horizon a little more with a bit of clockwise rotation. I realize the path the girl is on is slightly uphill, but the horizon isn't quite aligned. I'd also burn in the sky, first with the midrange tool, then with the highlight tool. Finally, I'd clone that water tank out of there. But some would say I'm extreme. So take it with a grain of salt. Is that all? ;) Anyway, I like the water tank ( which I actually think is a thing for cleaning golf clubs or some other such golf related thing ). Plus cloning stuff out never feels right to me. Struan -- 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 - winter moon
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:15 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have I mentioned that I hate you? I'm quite certain we've hated him for a long time. cheers, frank ps: great shot, Dag. I hate you, too. ;-) 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: Bollards
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and very nice bollards they are too. Actually, *extremely* nice bollards. They have the authentic 'used', rusty look. Just a pity about the green hose - it sort of spoils the mood. I still think it's a green braided nylon rope. And I still likes things nautical. Agh... 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: Exercising the K85/1.8
On 3/12/08, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Scott. I should use that lens more. I think I'll get out the K135/2.5 this weekend. I love the K135 2.5. -- 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 - winter moon
Wow. Hard to believe that's moonlight! Nice pic! Rick --- DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=353011 I love SR. This is hand held, 16mm, 1/8s, 1:2.8 and ISO400. Comments are welcome. 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.photo.net/photos/RickW __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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 - winter moon
Den 12. mars. 2008 kl. 23.10 skrev frank theriault: On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:15 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have I mentioned that I hate you? I'm quite certain we've hated him for a long time. Oh well, so I guess I´m doing some good, somewhere... ps: great shot, Dag. I hate you, too. ;-) Thanks Frank 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: AF problems of my K10D
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Imperfect tools, imperfect perceptions... but by and large all the kit I have works well enough that I'm the weak link in the system. You know the word. -- 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 -- Bollards was [Re: Bollards]
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Believe I'd prefer it without the water hose. I very much like every thing else. Jack Looks like braided nylon rope to me... I like the pic a lot, BTW. Very nautical. I likes nautical. 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: Bollards
Good to see they're tied down so as not to escape. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Bollards There was some discussion of this nautical term a while back. I knew I had taken a photo of an interesting looking bollard, nothing special, more a record shot than anything else, but pretty much a classic bollard. So here it is. http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20%20bollards.html Equipment: Pentax *ist D/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- 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 - winter moon
Very nice capture. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2008 4:42 PM Subject: PESO - winter moon http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=353011 I love SR. This is hand held, 16mm, 1/8s, 1:2.8 and ISO400. Comments are welcome. 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: PESO: Lamps
Thanks Jack. -- Original message -- From: Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Crisp renderings of pleasing shapes. Jack --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Two pesos, actually. Two lamp pictures. Both with the K20D and the DA 50-200. Both are at ISO 320. The first is at 160mm focal length, f5.6 at 1/500th. The second is at 138mm focal length, f13 @ a/160th. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047512 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7047516 -- 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. -- 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.
