Re: My first exhibition in almost 30 years
2011/1/31 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I have no issue with safety and environmental concerns. But if you are going to do that, then you should also forbid the importation of the same stuff from countries that don't follow those rules. If you can't do that, then consider your rationale about your own rules. Completely agree. Too smart thinking for some, it seems. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: My first exhibition in almost 30 years
Congratulations Ralf :) Le 30 janvier 2011 12:55, Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de a écrit : Hi all, there's a few of my prints on display at the Café Enchanté in Eben-Emael, Belgium. That's right on the Dutch border, 5 km from Maastricht and 20 km from Liège. Further info in my blog. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Mirrorless: This is interesting
Mmm it may work out, specially in Japan. This more of a evolved PS than anything else of course but if price is right, why not. My LX3 may find its replacement. 2011/2/4 Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it: Steven Desjardins wrote: This is interesting and surprising: http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/pentax-mirrorless-system-with-ultratiny-sensor-5x/ To me, it looks like a Chicken Little system. Not interesting at all. My Panny GF1+20mm is arriving today. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Mirrorless: This is interesting
'interesting' might be one word for it. 'Not in the least bit' would be another five. At least, not to me. Now if it were APS-C... - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking for app to help me log f-stop, shutter when taking, film photos?
Sam, Did you ever actually find an iPhone app? I have an Android phone and after searching eh market for data collection found several apps that could be used for this with drop down lists and all sorts of features. If you found something good for the iPhone let us know which app you ended up using. (For teh Android I would probably just use Form Builder for this, though I would use ODK for larger data collection needs) Leon From: Sam Hi all, I am starting to take some film photos w my aunt's old sp1000 and I thought it would be a good time to be a little diligent about noting down the ap/shutter/iso for each photo. This will help me figure out if my camera is metering correctly (and also help me figure out how to reproduce a good shot if I ever make one by accident (somewhat joking here)). So: does anyone know of an app for the iPhone that does this? I've been looking, but my google-Fu is weak. thanks, Sam PS, despite self disparaging jokes, I've been taking photos for a while. I'm more of a pancake DA40 than a nifty-fifty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Mirrorless: This is interesting
M Mount, you say? http://asia.cnet.com/crave/2011/02/02/leica-lens-mount-module-for- ricoh-gxr-system/ Cheers Mike On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:28 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: I much rather migrate to Ricoh GXR system hoping that they will also introduce a K-mount module but even an M-mount will do for me nicely. The system as described in this rumor seems very much like a still- born product to me. Boris On 2/4/2011 3:15 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: and surprising: http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/pentax-mirrorless-system-with- ultratiny-sensor-5x/ There are still rumors that they also plan a different system with a bigger sensor. My theory is they hope to sell a bunch of these in japan and do as well as they can elsewhere. (What do I, know after all ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Mirrorless: This is interesting
'interesting' might be one word for it. 'Not in the least bit' would be another five. I hope Mark! is interested in that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
test - Roman Melihhov - Picasa Web Albums
https://picasaweb.google.com/romancos/Test#5569799441698684482 ^^^ finally got my K-5 and quite satisfied. First off I'd tested dust tracks in the middle of the sensor and it appeared to be clean. Thank 4 clean sensor. Second I made few shots with default JPEG mode at ISO 3200 and I like what I see with DA 35mm f2.4 attached. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Mirrorless: This is interesting
Bob W wrote: 'interesting' might be one word for it. 'Not in the least bit' would be another five. I hope Mark! is interested in that. Oh my, yes. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Pentax Mirrorless: This is interesting
Dario Bonazza wrote: My Panny GF1+20mm is arriving today. Got it! Bunga bunga ;-) Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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-The Big Blizzard
Paul, That's lots of snow. I heard that Racine, Wisconsin (between you and me) got 23.5 inches. My old neighbors will be digging out. Stay warm, Bob S. On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Just a few shots around the neighborhood of the aftermath of the Feb 1 snow. http://www.studio1941.com/big_snow/index.html -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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-The Big Blizzard
Enjoyed the set, Paul. Snow well exposed. Jack --- On Thu, 2/3/11, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net Subject: GESO-The Big Blizzard To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 9:43 PM Just a few shots around the neighborhood of the aftermath of the Feb 1 snow. http://www.studio1941.com/big_snow/index.html -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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-The Big Blizzard
Paul, That's lots of snow. I heard that Racine, Wisconsin (between you and me) got 23.5 inches. My old neighbors will be digging out. Stay warm, Bob S. My sister in Harvard, IL, reported some good drifts, but she does not take pics. Nice to see so many cheeseheads on the list. Go west to Bloomington, WI. My hometown. Alas, those who fail to cross the cheddar curtain may never know the joy of fresh curds. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: From Ru.. Roof with Love (GESO, kind of) -- Cold Weather in Texas
Thu Feb 3 23:30:15 CST 2011 Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/4/2011 6:00 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Apparently, this cold wave has frozen some power generators in TX, causing shortness of the electric power in Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) decided to do rolling blackout - where they'd switch off the power for 15-20 minutes in each area, thus decreasing the demand for the power. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/02/us-ercot-rollingblackots-idUSTRE7116ZH20110202 It occurs to me that R - C = N (like the distance between N and R in alphabet is exactly 3 chars). Thus ERCOT becomes ENOT in my warped mind, which in Russian, as you well know, Igor, happens to be Raccoon... Here you have it, just before my morning cup of tea... Boris Heh... .. And I thought I was nerdy... Boris, you need that cup of tea! :) That sort of numerology can visit one's brain either after some convoluted mixture of alcohols or before the morning cup of tea. :-) By the way, - I didn't manage to interrupt racoons. As Miserere noticed, they saw me (about 1-2 meters behind the glass), and didn't care. This morning the roof is covered with snow (that's about 4th time over ~3 years in Texas that I see a layer of snow on the surface), which is nice to observe from inside of a warm house. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Mirrorless: This is interesting
I'm with you here. On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I would like to see Pentax in the micro 4/3 arena. With a good image processing engine, good lenses, and a good design team all they lack is experience in building an EVF. And rather than creating a new niche mount, sensor, etc, they would be competing in an arena with established standards for mount and sensor. They probably couldn't compete on price or volume, but they could compete on quality. stan On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:33 PM, Jim King wrote: Steven Desjardins wrote on Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:15:43 -0800 and surprising: http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/pentax-mirrorless-system-with-ultratiny-sensor-5x/ There are still rumors that they also plan a different system with a bigger sensor. My theory is they hope to sell a bunch of these in japan and do as well as they can elsewhere. (What do I, know after all ;-) I don't have any telephone to the future, but I'd be mighty surprised if this thing ever surfaces. Pentax almost went broke trying to invent new market segments back in the day; I highly doubt that Hoya will let them chase after this particular rainbow. A new Pentax mirrorless with a larger sensor, OTOH, might just pop up sometime soon... Regards, Jim __ Jim King jamesk8...@mac.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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Mirrorless: This is interesting
Your going to really like that lens. I have it on my E-P1. That m43 package is very addictive. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 2:29 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Steven Desjardins wrote: This is interesting and surprising: http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/pentax-mirrorless-system-with-ultratiny-sensor-5x/ To me, it looks like a Chicken Little system. Not interesting at all. My Panny GF1+20mm is arriving today. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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-The Big Blizzard
Paul Sorenson wrote: Just a few shots around the neighborhood of the aftermath of the Feb 1 snow. http://www.studio1941.com/big_snow/index.html -p Looks so tranquil and inviting... and Ill take a giant leap and say most people who love there put their cars in their garages :-) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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-The Big Blizzard
Bob - I think that 23.5 inches was just the blizzard total, too. Didn't count what fell from lake effect and the Alberta clipper that dropped a bunch on Monday. We got about 18 inches from the blizzard here in New Berlin, on top of the 7 inches from the clipper. I have 4 foot drifts on the south side of our house where the wind swirled around. Fortunately it was cold enough so the snow is not that heavy wet stuff. -p On 2/4/2011 7:17 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Paul, That's lots of snow. I heard that Racine, Wisconsin (between you and me) got 23.5 inches. My old neighbors will be digging out. Stay warm, Bob S. On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:43 PM, Paul Sorensonallarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Just a few shots around the neighborhood of the aftermath of the Feb 1 snow. http://www.studio1941.com/big_snow/index.html -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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-The Big Blizzard
I like the swing set shot. So lonely Dave On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Just a few shots around the neighborhood of the aftermath of the Feb 1 snow. http://www.studio1941.com/big_snow/index.html -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO-The Big Blizzard
Thanks Jack. +1 dialed in for exposure comp and the KX did the rest. Minimal adjustment in LR3 -p On 2/4/2011 7:18 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Enjoyed the set, Paul. Snow well exposed. Jack --- On Thu, 2/3/11, Paul Sorensonallarou...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Paul Sorensonallarou...@earthlink.net Subject: GESO-The Big Blizzard To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, February 3, 2011, 9:43 PM Just a few shots around the neighborhood of the aftermath of the Feb 1 snow. http://www.studio1941.com/big_snow/index.html -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 (non-Pentax): Crystals
lovely shot Dave On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 11:03 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: One hallway section of the Mall of America has been redesigned. It's shiny, white, and too bright - almost like a surgical theater. However, for decoration there are a couple of lights which have streams and streams of crystals hanging down from them like a big square column - 3 stories tall. Those look nice. Here is the view from directly underneath: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/DSCF7087.jpg (taken with the Fuji F30) -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO-The Big Blizzard
You know they're fresh when they squeak. :-) *GO PACK* -p On 2/4/2011 7:28 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Paul, That's lots of snow. I heard that Racine, Wisconsin (between you and me) got 23.5 inches. My old neighbors will be digging out. Stay warm, Bob S. My sister in Harvard, IL, reported some good drifts, but she does not take pics. Nice to see so many cheeseheads on the list. Go west to Bloomington, WI. My hometown. Alas, those who fail to cross the cheddar curtain may never know the joy of fresh curds. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Snow on a Fedora
Good job. Just enough flakes to make it interesting Dave On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:09 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: As I said elsewhere on this list, the Storm of the Decade had lost much of its strength by the time it got to Toronto, so we only got around 10 - 15 cm. (maybe 4 to 6 inches) - a far cry from what they predicted, and a far cry from what other parts of Southern Ontario and the US Midwest got. It was actually quite pretty as it fell. I caught this young man for my Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats blog: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post_03.html Here's the url for the blog, with a few more fun hats: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.com/ Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax Mirrorless: This is interesting
Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: 'interesting' might be one word for it. 'Not in the least bit' would be another five. I hope Mark! is interested in that. Oh my, yes. And by the way, I agree with the sentiment. This has to be some kind of joke Pentax is playing on rumor-mongers: An interchangeable-lens camera aimed at the market segment that's least interested in interchangeable lenses. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: GESO-The Big Blizzard
Thanks Dave. I had that same feeling. -p On 2/4/2011 8:49 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I like the swing set shot. So lonely Dave On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 12:43 AM, Paul Sorensonallarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Just a few shots around the neighborhood of the aftermath of the Feb 1 snow. http://www.studio1941.com/big_snow/index.html -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Snow on a Fedora
Another great set, Frank. Tough for me to pick a favorite--they're all great--and fun! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 7:09 PM Subject: PESO - Snow on a Fedora As I said elsewhere on this list, the Storm of the Decade had lost much of its strength by the time it got to Toronto, so we only got around 10 - 15 cm. (maybe 4 to 6 inches) - a far cry from what they predicted, and a far cry from what other parts of Southern Ontario and the US Midwest got. It was actually quite pretty as it fell. I caught this young man for my Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats blog: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post_03.html Here's the url for the blog, with a few more fun hats: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.com/ Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO-The Big Blizzard
Very nice set, Paul. Those windblown eaves are something. I like the mailbox shot . They plow better by your house. :-). Side streets here still a mess. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:43 PM Subject: GESO-The Big Blizzard Just a few shots around the neighborhood of the aftermath of the Feb 1 snow. http://www.studio1941.com/big_snow/index.html -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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-The Big Blizzard
Looks, of course, can be deceiving. It was still windy with a wind chill of about -10F when I took these. Most people who *live* here put their cars in their garages, too. :-) Except me. Our two car garage is filled with the remnants of when I had a remodeling business. I do have a system, though, of parking in the driveway that minimizes the amount of snow clearing I have to do in order to get the cars out and on the road. -p On 2/4/2011 8:31 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Paul Sorenson wrote: Just a few shots around the neighborhood of the aftermath of the Feb 1 snow. http://www.studio1941.com/big_snow/index.html -p Looks so tranquil and inviting... and Ill take a giant leap and say most people who love there put their cars in their garages :-) ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: snow pic from a chicago friend
HAR! Fun one, Paul. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 6:16 AM Subject: snow pic from a chicago friend A south sider, obviously: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12537512 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Reporting in from Chicago with pics
He skipped the snoozing and went straight to boozing! :-). Thanks, Chris. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:39 PM Subject: RE: Reporting in from Chicago with pics Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: We survived! Darrel I are fine as is my family. I was able to get a gallery together that covers the last 23 hours--from 3pm yesterday until 2 pm today. We have another snow day tomorrow. We really can't get anywhere. There are captions underneath each pic with time. I discovered that my K7 is an hour ahead--forgot to make it fall back when we changed the clock in the fall. We're really quite tired. The snow shoveling takes it out of you. Everyone stay safe. I wish our east coast folks the best. Paul Sorenson--sure hope you power is back on. Big cheers from the city of big snow, Christine http://www.caguila.com/caguila/blizzard2011/index.html Wow! Quite a fall - glad to hear all's well. Good to see Darrel working hard. Where's the shot of him snoozing after all that effort? Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Reporting in from Chicago with pics
Thanks everyone! Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 7:12 PM Subject: Re: Reporting in from Chicago with pics On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Everyone: We survived! Darrel I are fine as is my family. I was able to get a gallery together that covers the last 23 hours--from 3pm yesterday until 2 pm today. We have another snow day tomorrow. We really can't get anywhere. There are captions underneath each pic with time. I discovered that my K7 is an hour ahead--forgot to make it fall back when we changed the clock in the fall. We're really quite tired. The snow shoveling takes it out of you. Everyone stay safe. I wish our east coast folks the best. Paul Sorenson--sure hope you power is back on. Big cheers from the city of big snow, Christine http://www.caguila.com/caguila/blizzard2011/index.html Terrific photo-report, Christine! Thanks for sharing it with us. 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: OT: compact cameras
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: A friend just asked me if there are any other compact cameras with the Canon s90-like features (big sensor, adjustable f-stop setting for low light capability, etc.)? I think we can assume she's not looking at an M9 or an X100. Any other recommendations? Big sensor is a bit of an overstatement with respect to the Canon S90 or anything else in this class. The Panasonic LX-5, Leica D-Lux 5 and Olympus XZ-1 are all related cameras in this class and competitive with the S90/S95 on features and performance. There seem to be a bazillion other cameras in this size class out there, I don't know how they rank. The 'big sensor' step up would be an Olympus Pen E-P2, Panasonic Lumix GF2, Sony Alpha NEX, etc. That is, FourThirds and APS-C format cameras with interchangeable lenses in a compact form factor, but not as compact as the above. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: I think I worked out my missing catalog problem
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:16 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Ah, that wasn't what I meant. How did you get to a point where you had
a {filename}.lrcat.lrcat in the first place?
rm -rf *clue*
I have no idea. Lightroom must have decided that it was a good idea.
LOL ... I'm sure Lightroom didn't construct anything with that sort of
filename by itself. ;-)
There is no reason why that should be a problem, a first semester programming
student should be able to have it parse out lrcat.lrcat.lrcat and have it
work.
Maybe and maybe not. I've seen a lot of what first semester CS
students produce ... it ain't pretty.
--
Godfrey
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Re: Pentax Mirrorless: This is interesting
If it weren't such a technical tour de force the Auto 110 would have been a joke as well, and interchangeable lens camera aimed directly the same market segment. I just don't think that the market allows this kind of quirkiness these days. On 2/4/2011 9:53 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: 'interesting' might be one word for it. 'Not in the least bit' would be another five. I hope Mark! is interested in that. Oh my, yes. And by the way, I agree with the sentiment. This has to be some kind of joke Pentax is playing on rumor-mongers: An interchangeable-lens camera aimed at the market segment that's least interested in interchangeable lenses. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Snow on a Fedora
Kind of like the PDML. On 2/4/2011 9:52 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Good job. Just enough flakes to make it interesting Dave On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 8:09 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: As I said elsewhere on this list, the Storm of the Decade had lost much of its strength by the time it got to Toronto, so we only got around 10 - 15 cm. (maybe 4 to 6 inches) - a far cry from what they predicted, and a far cry from what other parts of Southern Ontario and the US Midwest got. It was actually quite pretty as it fell. I caught this young man for my Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats blog: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post_03.html Here's the url for the blog, with a few more fun hats: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.com/ Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Mirrorless: This is interesting
If it weren't such a technical tour de force the Auto 110 would have been a joke as well, and interchangeable lens camera aimed directly the same market segment. I just don't think that the market allows this kind of quirkiness these days. I suspect it does. Look at the interest the Fuji X100 has generated. There are a lot of people out there looking for distinctive cameras. I even saw someone buy on of those new Auto 110 lookalikes a couple of weeks ago, and the buyer clearly hadn't a clue but wanted something different looking. The product lifecycle of cameras is so much shorter now than it was when film was king, it seems as though the economics have changed enough for the camera makers do even more wacky cameras now, without it being such a risk. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT Screen brightness or print problem
I finally got around to hooking up my Epson 2400. I needed to clean the heads so all are fine now. I do not have my iMac calibrated but i wanted to see how it would print out and match the screen. Test print is coming out darker than the screen by a fair amount using LR 3 to adjust and print. If i lower the brightness of the screen by 5-6 clicks i get on screen what the print looks like. Is this a classic case of get the dam monitor calibrated or maybe a print setting. ?? I have checked those several times and cannot see any change it what i had been doing on the P C. No colour adjustment set, proper paper specs set etc. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax Mirrorless: This is interesting
Mark Robertswrote: An interchangeable-lens camera aimed at the market segment that's least interested in interchangeable lenses. Mark! (and my thought exactly) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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-The Big Blizzard
Thanks, Christine. The city, here, does do a pretty good job of clearing the streets. The only problem was, by the time the snow stopped and the wind died a little, the windrow in front of my driveway from the plowing was about 3 1/2 feet high and 5 feet wide. All of which added tremendously to the time it took to clear out the drive. I remember what the side streets were like from the '67 blizzard. Hope you get cleared out faster now. -p On 2/4/2011 9:05 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Very nice set, Paul. Those windblown eaves are something. I like the mailbox shot . They plow better by your house. :-). Side streets here still a mess. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 11:43 PM Subject: GESO-The Big Blizzard Just a few shots around the neighborhood of the aftermath of the Feb 1 snow. http://www.studio1941.com/big_snow/index.html -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: OT Screen brightness or print problem
Probably best to calibrate the monitor. Don't mess with the printer settings to remedy a too dark print. A stopgap solution might be to reduce how bright the monitor is, but...don't do it by reducing the brightness, drop the contrast setting down to about 40 or 50 percent and try another print. Make further incremental adjustments from there. Don't forget to re-set the monitor to its default settings, though, before you do a proper calibration. I keep a batch of 4x6 paper around to do test printing. When that looks good, I can usually count on getting a good print on larger sheets. There's an interesting discussion of this problem here... http://shutterbug.com/techniques/digital_darkroom/0809prints/ -p On 2/4/2011 10:01 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I finally got around to hooking up my Epson 2400. I needed to clean the heads so all are fine now. I do not have my iMac calibrated but i wanted to see how it would print out and match the screen. Test print is coming out darker than the screen by a fair amount using LR 3 to adjust and print. If i lower the brightness of the screen by 5-6 clicks i get on screen what the print looks like. Is this a classic case of get the dam monitor calibrated or maybe a print setting. ?? I have checked those several times and cannot see any change it what i had been doing on the P C. No colour adjustment set, proper paper specs set etc. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax Mirrorless: This is interesting
You mean like brightly colored DSLRs. ;-) Again, I think these things might sell in Japan, which is just fine with Pentax. No expert opinion here, just my noting the Japanese fetish with technogoodies over the years. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Mark Robertswrote: An interchangeable-lens camera aimed at the market segment that's least interested in interchangeable lenses. Mark! (and my thought exactly) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: compact cameras
The m43 cameras like the epl1 or epl2 or the gf2 can be had for under $600. The epl1 might even be on sale. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: A friend just asked me if there are any other compact cameras with the Canon s90-like features (big sensor, adjustable f-stop setting for low light capability, etc.)? I think we can assume she's not looking at an M9 or an X100. Any other recommendations? Big sensor is a bit of an overstatement with respect to the Canon S90 or anything else in this class. The Panasonic LX-5, Leica D-Lux 5 and Olympus XZ-1 are all related cameras in this class and competitive with the S90/S95 on features and performance. There seem to be a bazillion other cameras in this size class out there, I don't know how they rank. The 'big sensor' step up would be an Olympus Pen E-P2, Panasonic Lumix GF2, Sony Alpha NEX, etc. That is, FourThirds and APS-C format cameras with interchangeable lenses in a compact form factor, but not as compact as the above. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: compact cameras
Oh, yeah, Oly just released a very nice compact: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/749909-REG/Olympus_228000_XZ_1_Digital_Camera.html But I would still buy an m43. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: The m43 cameras like the epl1 or epl2 or the gf2 can be had for under $600. The epl1 might even be on sale. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: A friend just asked me if there are any other compact cameras with the Canon s90-like features (big sensor, adjustable f-stop setting for low light capability, etc.)? I think we can assume she's not looking at an M9 or an X100. Any other recommendations? Big sensor is a bit of an overstatement with respect to the Canon S90 or anything else in this class. The Panasonic LX-5, Leica D-Lux 5 and Olympus XZ-1 are all related cameras in this class and competitive with the S90/S95 on features and performance. There seem to be a bazillion other cameras in this size class out there, I don't know how they rank. The 'big sensor' step up would be an Olympus Pen E-P2, Panasonic Lumix GF2, Sony Alpha NEX, etc. That is, FourThirds and APS-C format cameras with interchangeable lenses in a compact form factor, but not as compact as the above. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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. -- Steve Desjardins -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: From Ru.. Roof with Love (GESO, kind of) -- Cold Weather in Texas
Love is in the air.;-) On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:53 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Thu Feb 3 23:30:15 CST 2011 Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/4/2011 6:00 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Apparently, this cold wave has frozen some power generators in TX, causing shortness of the electric power in Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) decided to do rolling blackout - where they'd switch off the power for 15-20 minutes in each area, thus decreasing the demand for the power. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/02/us-ercot-rollingblackots-idUSTRE7116ZH20110202 It occurs to me that R - C = N (like the distance between N and R in alphabet is exactly 3 chars). Thus ERCOT becomes ENOT in my warped mind, which in Russian, as you well know, Igor, happens to be Raccoon... Here you have it, just before my morning cup of tea... Boris Heh... .. And I thought I was nerdy... Boris, you need that cup of tea! :) That sort of numerology can visit one's brain either after some convoluted mixture of alcohols or before the morning cup of tea. :-) By the way, - I didn't manage to interrupt racoons. As Miserere noticed, they saw me (about 1-2 meters behind the glass), and didn't care. This morning the roof is covered with snow (that's about 4th time over ~3 years in Texas that I see a layer of snow on the surface), which is nice to observe from inside of a warm house. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Screen brightness or print problem
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:01 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I finally got around to hooking up my Epson 2400. I needed to clean the heads so all are fine now. I do not have my iMac calibrated but i wanted to see how it would print out and match the screen. Test print is coming out darker than the screen by a fair amount using LR 3 to adjust and print. If i lower the brightness of the screen by 5-6 clicks i get on screen what the print looks like. Is this a classic case of get the dam monitor calibrated or maybe a print setting. ?? I have checked those several times and cannot see any change it what i had been doing on the P C. No colour adjustment set, proper paper specs set etc. Yes, it's a get the darn monitor calibrated moment. ;-) 1- Set room illumination to a reasonable reading level. 2- Calibrate and profile the display. * 3- check the adjustments you've made on screen using the Lights Out mode with a *white* fill. Once it looks right, you're ready to print. * Note that in some circumstances and with some displays, it's hard to get the brightness down to the right level. Particularly with today's very bright, very contrasty LCD displays. If you do all this and the prints are still a little dark, raise the room illumination so that your eye when adjusting the images on screen sees them a little darker. My display calibration targets using the Eye One Display 2 colorimeter and its software application are 120 luminance, 1.8 gamma and 5500K white point. I find this works beautifully in my normal room illumination with color managed output to the R2400. You can choose other targets if you prefer, what's important is that you choose your targets, calibrate and then have a working reference for your eyes that does the right thing. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: OT: compact cameras
I've seen the E-PL1 adverised as low as $400 from buy.com (and even a bit cheaper than that, if you are less picky about who you buy from). Amazon currently want $450 for it. On Fri, Feb 04, 2011 at 11:33:02AM -0500, Steven Desjardins wrote: The m43 cameras like the epl1 or epl2 or the gf2 can be had for under $600. The epl1 might even be on sale. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:49 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: A friend just asked me if there are any other compact cameras with the Canon s90-like features (big sensor, adjustable f-stop setting for low light capability, etc.)? I think we can assume she's not looking at an M9 or an X100. ? ?Any other recommendations? Big sensor is a bit of an overstatement with respect to the Canon S90 or anything else in this class. The Panasonic LX-5, Leica D-Lux 5 and Olympus XZ-1 are all related cameras in this class and competitive with the S90/S95 on features and performance. There seem to be a bazillion other cameras in this size class out there, I don't know how they rank. The 'big sensor' step up would be an Olympus Pen E-P2, Panasonic Lumix GF2, Sony Alpha NEX, etc. That is, FourThirds and APS-C format cameras with interchangeable lenses in a compact form factor, but not as compact as the above. -- Godfrey ? godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Reporting in from Chicago with pics
Well, showed the pics to the girls. Anat brought a warm coat, probably because she felt cold :-). Galia asked why the trees were out of leaves and we had to explain her that this how it goes usually. Julia kept chuckling throughout. Boris On 2/3/2011 12:54 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: We survived! Darrel I are fine as is my family. I was able to get a gallery together that covers the last 23 hours--from 3pm yesterday until 2 pm today. We have another snow day tomorrow. We really can't get anywhere. There are captions underneath each pic with time. I discovered that my K7 is an hour ahead--forgot to make it fall back when we changed the clock in the fall. We're really quite tired. The snow shoveling takes it out of you. Everyone stay safe. I wish our east coast folks the best. Paul Sorenson--sure hope you power is back on. Big cheers from the city of big snow, Christine http://www.caguila.com/caguila/blizzard2011/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Reporting in from Chicago with pics
On 2/3/2011 6:06 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Guessing Boris doesn't have a gas stove. No, actually we do have such a thing. But is hmmm, well, aren't you supposed to use it for cooking? Puzzled. 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.
FS: LX body (BGN), AF Sigma DC 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 (EX+), more
LX body: BGN or user condition, definitely, with wear and some marks, but really quite nice for a user LX. No sticky mirror syndrome; see pics at link below and/or e-mail for more details. I do have the standard screen installed and an additional SA-23 screen for more precise focusing with large-aperture lenses. Lenses available too if you're interested. Body, strap, caps, with standard and SA-23 focusing screen, $200. Sigma DC 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5: This is the older version of this lens, the one without image stabilization (though on the Pentax bodies, you don't need it)! EX+ condition, includes original caps and hood. $250, includes shipping insurance in the continental U.S. Outside the U.S. will be slightly more with shipping. Photozone review at http://www.photozone.de/pentax/147-sigma-af-17-70mm-f28-45-dc-pentax-k-review--test-report Photos of LX and lens at http://gallery.me.com/wilensky#101094 Also available (inquire if interested): Pentax SMC-M 28mm f/2 lens, BGN condition; Pentax P5 camera body, EX condition; Pentax black KX body with split image screen, BGN condition. Joe Wilensky -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Screen brightness or print problem
On Feb 4, 2011, at 11:29 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Probably best to calibrate the monitor. Don't mess with the printer settings to remedy a too dark print. A stopgap solution might be to reduce how bright the monitor is, but...don't do it by reducing the brightness, drop the contrast setting down to about 40 or 50 percent and try another print. IMac monitors don't have a contrast adjustment. However, the calibration tool will handle that. The brightness setting on the the type of IMac monitor that David is using will have to be cranked way down at some point. But I agree: Don't tweak the printer settings. Let PhotoShop handle printing completely, using the right icc profiles for your paper and printr. Make further incremental adjustments from there. Don't forget to re-set the monitor to its default settings, though, before you do a proper calibration. I keep a batch of 4x6 paper around to do test printing. When that looks good, I can usually count on getting a good print on larger sheets. There's an interesting discussion of this problem here... http://shutterbug.com/techniques/digital_darkroom/0809prints/ -p On 2/4/2011 10:01 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I finally got around to hooking up my Epson 2400. I needed to clean the heads so all are fine now. I do not have my iMac calibrated but i wanted to see how it would print out and match the screen. Test print is coming out darker than the screen by a fair amount using LR 3 to adjust and print. If i lower the brightness of the screen by 5-6 clicks i get on screen what the print looks like. Is this a classic case of get the dam monitor calibrated or maybe a print setting. ?? I have checked those several times and cannot see any change it what i had been doing on the P C. No colour adjustment set, proper paper specs set etc. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Screen brightness or print problem
Hi David, The iMac 21.5 has a monitor similar to my old (not very old) imac 24. To get a match to that 2400 printer. You'll probably end up with the brightness turned all the way down, particularly if you're working in dim light. There are expensive calibration devices that can help you determine that. But you can also go with a bargain calibration device, like the ColorVision Spyder2 Express that I use. You do need to calibrate at least for color accuracy. The Spyder2 does a good job on that. I think it sells for about $70. I see BH now has a Spyder3 Express. I assume that's somewhat of an upgrade. It sells for about $100. Once your monitor is accurate in terms of color balance, saturation and white point (Spyder2 can handle all that quite well), you'll just have to deal with brightness. A bit of trial and error works best here. Once you get a print that you consider perfect, simply tweak the monitor brightness adjustment to match. As I said, I think you'll find that you have to turn it all the way down, or almost all the way down. You can spend more money and try to dial the monitor in more precisely before you ever make a print, but I think you'll find some manual tweaking will still be needed. The printer and monitor are two different animals, and coupled with the operator's subjective judgement, that means that it's all somewhat imprecise science. But a decent calibration tool will ensure that you're close on color balance and saturation. That's almost impossible to achieve manually. Paul On Feb 4, 2011, at 11:01 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I finally got around to hooking up my Epson 2400. I needed to clean the heads so all are fine now. I do not have my iMac calibrated but i wanted to see how it would print out and match the screen. Test print is coming out darker than the screen by a fair amount using LR 3 to adjust and print. If i lower the brightness of the screen by 5-6 clicks i get on screen what the print looks like. Is this a classic case of get the dam monitor calibrated or maybe a print setting. ?? I have checked those several times and cannot see any change it what i had been doing on the P C. No colour adjustment set, proper paper specs set etc. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: I guess that was a milestone
From: Larry Colen I just got a call from Costco about some photos I just had printed, that they would need a signed release from the photographer before they could give me the photos that had been taken by a professional. When I informed them that I was the photographer, they said it was no problem then. It's usually a corporate policy handed down to photo-labs that they are not allowed to reproduce copyrighted works without the copyright holder's permission. And, again usually, there's no guidance on how to go about implementing the policy. That's left up the the local lab operator. The corporate policy is intended to protect the CORPORATION, not the lab operator. The DMCA was written by assholes for assholes! If you go to a mini-lab and have them print copyrighted photos, the law allows the copyright holder to sue the owner of the equipment. It's aimed at the manufacturers of pirated music CDs. Corporate policy not to print copyrighted works shifts the onus down onto the lab operator. More about this later. They gave no consideration to how it would affect something like shoot 'n burn wedding photographers. If you do shoot 'n burn, as a consideration to the customer, the CD or DVD should include a JPEG image of a copyright release just to save your customer (and the poor schmuck running the photo-lab) some hassle. When I was running the lab and copyrighted images came through on an online order, the first thing I did was compare the copyright notice to the customer's name ... an order from Larry Colen to print images (c)2010 Larry Colen wouldn't have rated phone call. Permission to print your own copyrighted images is implicit in the order. I have only ever encountered one instance where a lab operator didn't understand this. She was just smart enough to understand the no copyrighted images, but dumb enough she couldn't understand the part about without the copyright holder's permission. I didn't even bother to complain. An order from Larry Colen to print images (c)2010 LC Photography might rate a call just for clarification, but if you used my lab frequently, I'd have remembered it for subsequent orders. About those corporate policies ... When it *is* corporate policy not to print copyrighted material, if you decline to print the photos and the customer raises hell - even in a situation where the customer is clearly intentionally stealing the photographer's work (BIG watermark PROOF - (c) STUDIO NAME - DO NOT COPY) - the lab operator who follows the corporate policy will get a written reprimand for failing to provide good customer service. BTDT-GTTS! - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: New on posterous
From: Collin Brendemuehl In the early 70s I helped my dad a local pastor tear down an old farm house. These things often contain hidden treasures. Because insulation was not used as much in the early 20th c., newspaper was the cheap and readily available alternative. We found a bunch of NY Times of the Lindbergh landing. Lots of other miscellaneous goodies as well. Many a treasure, a lot of valuable history, is lost to the bulldozer. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl It's a shame really. Most places now-a-days have a local Habitat for Humanity group who can send a crew out to disassemble old buildings like that and salvage much of the materials for re-use. It may take the property owner a bit longer to get his lot cleared, but the long term benefits of going that route are considerable. And that's not even counting the tax deduction you get for your charitable donation. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Reporting in from Chicago with pics
From: Christine Aguila Hi Everyone: We survived! Darrel I are fine as is my family. I was able to get a gallery together that covers the last 23 hours--from 3pm yesterday until 2 pm today. We have another snow day tomorrow. We really can't get anywhere. There are captions underneath each pic with time. I discovered that my K7 is an hour ahead--forgot to make it fall back when we changed the clock in the fall. We're really quite tired. The snow shoveling takes it out of you. Everyone stay safe. I wish our east coast folks the best. Paul Sorenson--sure hope you power is back on. Big cheers from the city of big snow, Christine http://www.caguila.com/caguila/blizzard2011/content/_IGP6709_large.html That's not how we used to do it. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Re-emerging, announcing enablement
From: Walter Gilbert Hi all, In my absence from the list -- which, to the extent it was noticed, must have been greatly appreciated -- I've managed to procure a few goodies for a not-bad price, I think, but thought I'd get the opinions of folks more knowledgeable than myself. I actually got a whole bunch of stuff -- filters, hoods, and one useless lens which I haven't the foggiest notion what it might be other than an 80-200/4.5 macro with a bent bayonet. Beyond that, however, I got the following: Tokina SZ-X 28-200 3.5-5.3 Pentax SMC FA 28-80 3.5-4.7 Sigma 24-70 3.5-5.6 UC . . . and last but not least: SMC PENTAX 1:1.4/50 All lenses are in fair to excellent condition, except for the M-50/1.4, which appears to have never been attached to anything. The threads don't even appear to have ever had a filter screwed into them. There is something odd about the lens, that I thought I'd ask about, though nothing performance-wise. It's just that the printing around the front element is ever-so-slightly different from what I've seen in images of the same lens around the web. The imprint says: ASAHI OPT. CO., JAPAN -- Pentax SMC M-50/1.4 -- 1093350 The other lenses I've seen have mm appended after the 50 -- except for those labeled SMC TAKUMAR, instead of SMC PENTAX. Is this indicative of anything significant at all? I'm in absolute love with the lens, whatever the case. It took some effort to convince myself to take it off the K-x in order to try out the other lenses. But, I finally did (and regretted it, as they all pale considerably). Whatever the case, I think I got a pretty damned good deal on it all, considering I'm out a grand total of $200.00 US collectively. I figure I came out OK by way of enablement for that kind of dough. Best, Walt Just took a look. Both of mine look like: 7190696 ASAHI OPT. CO., JAPAN -- SMC PENTAX-M 1:1.4 50mm or you could read them as: SMC PENTAX-M 1:1.4 50mm -- 7190696 ASAHI OPT. CO., JAPAN - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Re-emerging, announcing enablement
From: Walter Gilbert Oops! I botched some cut n' pasting when I was editing the original message for clarity -- as is typical. Mine actually says: 1093350 ASAHI OPT. CO., JAPANSMC PENTAX 1:1.4/50 Sorry for the confusion. Yours is the *K* 50/1.4 http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/lenses/primes/normal/K50f1.4.html - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: test - Roman Melihhov - Picasa Web Albums
On Feb 4, 2011, at 3:50 AM, Roman Melihhov wrote: https://picasaweb.google.com/romancos/Test#5569799441698684482 ^^^ finally got my K-5 and quite satisfied. First off I'd tested dust tracks in the middle of the sensor and it appeared to be clean. Thank 4 clean sensor. Second I made few shots with default JPEG mode at ISO 3200 and I like what I see with DA 35mm f2.4 attached. I've been photographing belt tests at the dojo this week, and I could really use ISO 3200 performance like that. sigh -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I guess that was a milestone
I'm curious what prompted the lab to conclude the photos were taken by a professional? I suspect a copyright notice included in the image. If so, does the copyright notice say Larry Colen or does it say something else? If the copyright says Larry Colen and the order is from Larry Colen, they're a bunch of dummies. If the copyright says something else, and the order says Larry Colen, they're just practicing good CYA. From: P. J. Alling I don't know if I'd feel complemented, insulted or annoyed. Probably all three. On 2/2/2011 4:45 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I just got a call from Costco about some photos I just had printed, that they would need a signed release from the photographer before they could give me the photos that had been taken by a professional. When I informed them that I was the photographer, they said it was no problem then. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I guess that was a milestone
From: Walter Gilbert Happened to me at Walmart ... and then the lady said, You must have some camera! Not sure how to reconcile that. The answer is It's adequate. I just know how to use it. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Re-emerging, announcing enablement
From: Walter Gilbert The greatest thing is that the guy I got the 50/1.4 from acted like he has scads and scads of old Pentax glass around. Apparently, after serving in WWII, he was deployed to Japan as part of the occupying force, and stayed there for quite a while afterward. It would have been *QUITE* a while. Pentax introduced the K-mount in 1975 - 20 years after the war was over. 8-D - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I guess that was a milestone
On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:18 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I'm curious what prompted the lab to conclude the photos were taken by a professional? She said that they looked like they were done professionally. I've got copyright notices in the exif of my files (I think) and have never had this come up. She was actually correct in that these were some photos that I did in an attempt to sell quickie portraits at dance events. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Re-emerging, announcing enablement
I probably should have been more clear in my description as I didn't mean to imply that he literally brought all the lenses over from Japan. What I was really trying to say was that he's been in the photography business going back that far -- though I don't know just how long he did stay over there after the war. I doubt it was quite that long, but he gave the impression that it was a not-insignificant period of time. He even talked for a while about an attempt by the people at Sony to buy lenses from Asahi Optical, but that the guy who created Asahi resisted it for a long time due to some bad blood between himself and one of the people behind Sony's efforts. Apparently, for a long time he thought Sony was going to try and buy him out completely, and for reasons attributable to Japanese business culture, he refused to even talk to them. I wish I could remember more of the details. It was fascinating to listen to the guy talk about it, but he jumped from one tangent to the next, and it was hard to keep track of it all. I'm looking forward to going back to talk to the guy again, though. -- Walt On 2/4/2011 2:21 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Walter Gilbert The greatest thing is that the guy I got the 50/1.4 from acted like he has scads and scads of old Pentax glass around. Apparently, after serving in WWII, he was deployed to Japan as part of the occupying force, and stayed there for quite a while afterward. It would have been *QUITE* a while. Pentax introduced the K-mount in 1975 - 20 years after the war was over. 8-D - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Reporting in from Chicago with pics
From: Boris Liberman Thanks for the good news, Christine. As long as you have power you can always make yourself a nice hot cup of tea or coffee... My regards to Darrel as he surely had a workout lately. Fascinating pictures to those of us who don't know or don't remember what a serious snow is. I'd show these to my girls tonight, surely will get Galia's brow to raise... You don't need power to make tea or coffee. You just need some way to boil water. We don't get snow like that around here, but we do get hurricanes and the occasional freezing rain/sleet/ice storm. Longest I was ever without power was a month or so after Hurricane Fran in 1996. I've got two little gasoline stoves in my camping kit which doubles as my hurricane/ice storm emergency kit. One of them is an old army surplus Coleman squad stove and the other is a fancy-smancy little folding MSR stove I got from REI. I keep a couple of SIG bottles full of Coleman fuel for them, but in a pinch they'll both burn regular unleaded gasoline. The main thing to remember is to vent whatever space you use them in if you ever need to use them indoors. I've got a sheltered back porch location I can use if I need to use them at home. Life's a b*tch when the power is off for longer than a few hours, but at least I won't go completely out of my mind because I can't get a cup of coffee. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: snow pic from a chicago friend
From: Boris Liberman So, Paul, I wonder what comes first - shoveling snow and then drinking some beer to warm up or drinking beer and shoveling snow as an appetizer /wink/. Surely you got weather... Boris On 2/3/2011 2:16 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: A south sider, obviously: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12537512 How do you know they're filled with beer and not just additional ink for writing your name in the snow? - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Reporting in from Chicago with pics
Reminds me of a short story. Here... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/handwriting.html -p On 2/4/2011 1:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: http://www.caguila.com/caguila/blizzard2011/content/_IGP6709_large.html That's not how we used to do it. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I guess that was a milestone
On 04/02/2011 2:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:18 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I'm curious what prompted the lab to conclude the photos were taken by a professional? She said that they looked like they were done professionally. I've got copyright notices in the exif of my files (I think) and have never had this come up. She was actually correct in that these were some photos that I did in an attempt to sell quickie portraits at dance events. That would be enough. A Costco type of lab is not going to start digging around in the EXIf trying to determine ownership. For that matter, they may not even have a way of viewing EXIF data. I know the labs I ran at Wal-Mart had no way of doing it as they came from the factory. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Super Tak 35/3.5
I have a beautiful copy of this lens. Looks like it was never used. I used it briefly on a Spotmatic many years ago but soon replaced it with the Super Multi Coated 35/2. I normally keep it on the H3V in my display case. But today was a slow day, and I ran out of work t his afternoon. So I mounted the old super tak and an adapter on the K-5 and walked out in the yard. I don't think I've ever used one of my old M42 lenses on a digital camera. Trudged through a foot and a half of snow to the garden and shot some maiden hair grass and my goose weather vane. Nice lens -- as its reputation suggests. Both at f11 I believe. Shutter speeds around 1/150th, ISO 200 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12552273 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12552272 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Super Tak 35/3.5
The first one has a nice rendering of the texture of the weather vane. On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I have a beautiful copy of this lens. Looks like it was never used. I used it briefly on a Spotmatic many years ago but soon replaced it with the Super Multi Coated 35/2. I normally keep it on the H3V in my display case. But today was a slow day, and I ran out of work t his afternoon. So I mounted the old super tak and an adapter on the K-5 and walked out in the yard. I don't think I've ever used one of my old M42 lenses on a digital camera. Trudged through a foot and a half of snow to the garden and shot some maiden hair grass and my goose weather vane. Nice lens -- as its reputation suggests. Both at f11 I believe. Shutter speeds around 1/150th, ISO 200 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12552273 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12552272 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Super Tak 35/3.5
I don't think I've ever used one of my old M42 lenses on a digital camera. The main reason I chose a Pentax DSLR. Tons of inexpensive fun. I like both of your shots. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K5
Thanks all you guys! I'm going to give all these a try! Bob... - I don't mind if you don't like my manners. I don't like them myself. They're pretty bad. I grieve over them on long winter evenings. -- Humphrey Bogart, The Big Sleep -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 1:56 PM On Thu, 03 Feb 2011 18:56:22 +, you wrote: I wonder ... can a PDA be programmed as a remote for it? And can that remote then be set on a timer function? NoviRemote lets your PDA control just about anything http://www.novii.tv/palm/classic/ Herre are the codes it needs for Pentax: http://www.robertstech.com/materials/pentaxir.zip Seems to be available only for the Palm O.S. though. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Super Tak 35/3.5
Ditto. Especially the DOF of the 1st. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -Original Message- From: Darren Addy [mailto:pixelsmi...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 4, 2011 04:25 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: Re: PESO - Super Tak 35/3.5 I don't think I've ever used one of my old M42 lenses on a digital camera. The main reason I chose a Pentax DSLR. Tons of inexpensive fun. I like both of your shots. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Snow on a Fedora
On 2/4/2011 9:52 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Good job. Just enough flakes to make it interesting On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 10:26 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.comreplied: Kind of like the PDML. I don't know how you'd edit it to make sense, but I'd definitely say: MARK! 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 - Super Tak 35/3.5
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: The first one has a nice rendering of the texture of the weather vane. Agreed! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO-The Big Blizzard
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Enjoyed the set, Paul. Snow well exposed. Me too, and I agree wrt the exposure. 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 -- Ice storm aftermath.
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 1:02 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: We had a relatively mild Ice Storm yesterday, this little tree still looks a bit bejeweled. Unfortunately I had turned SR off and had no solid support to brace myself against. I didn't realize it until I examined the file later, a web shot is all this will ever be. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20icestormaftermathI.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited. Notes: Converted to BW using Fotomatic B*W Plus Green filter applied. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. Rather ethereal. 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 - Inot the Mist
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: snip By that I mean that there are multiple centers of interest. My eye is drawn to them and enjoys them, but they don't parse into a coherent whole. I agree. Thanks for the comment, Godfrey. Much appreciated. 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
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Robert Blakely b...@blakely.com wrote: Just a quick shot of a birthday gift for my daughter... http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=53125id=10539506680l=740b513c54 Quite lovely. She must have been thrilled with it! 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 -- Half-track
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:06 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Connecticut has a rather small military hardware museum, the outdoor exhibits were covered by the last snow storm. I thought it would make an interesting photographic opportunity. I was probably wrong. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20halftrackI.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Notes: Converted to BW with Fotomatic BW Plus green filter applied. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. Cool vehicle, well seen, well rendered. Very nice photo! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: IHD
I was taken by those white specs as well. However, given their location in the crotch of branches, I really think they are images of the sun being refracted by water, or more likely ice, trapped there. Then there's that scratch in Fog3 that is also likely ice on the branch, just parallel to the ground, refracting the sunlight. The Sun Dogs are refractions through the ice crystals in the freezing fog. There are more rare items like that. Look here. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110110.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100807.html --- 360° Pano http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100504.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100402.html And other interesting ripples in the sky! http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101128.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100811.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100223.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100320.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100913.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101130.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap101204.html Joe On Feb 3, 2011, at 12:49 , J.C. O'Connell wrote: It looks like hot pixels (white spots) as well as dust (dark spots). -- J.C. O'Connell (mailto:hifis...@gate.net) Join the CD PLAYER DISC Discussions : http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdplayers/ http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/cdsound/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Charles Robinson Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2011 2:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: IHD On Feb 3, 2011, at 8:12, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I Hate Dust And dust removal does not always get it off. But we do have a fog of ice crystals this morning. Quite beautiful, despite those stupid spots on my pics! (I don't have this issue with film! Then again, I don't have to wait hours for my pics, either.) http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/pentax/fog1.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/pentax/fog2.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/pentax/fog3.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/pentax/fog4.jpg Cool Sundogs, Collin. Just curious what platform you're shooting with? Seems I had some dust on my ist-DS, and my K10D was a virtual magnet for the stuff. I've had my K7 for over half a year and so far... NO dust. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Inot the Mist
I'm going to disagree on the multiple centers of interest, and here's why. The dark areas form a nice triangle in the composition. If you draw lines bisecting the triangle's angles, they overlap directly on the woman in the middle. To me, center of interest does not mean your eye locks on one spot, and one spot only. It should be directed to explore the frame, but keep coming back to one thing. The hooded woman does add an element of mystery/mood. I think this is a terrific shot and is one I would be proud to have taken. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: IHD
From: Eric Weir On Feb 3, 2011, at 9:12 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I Hate Dust And dust removal does not always get it off. But we do have a fog of ice crystals this morning. Quite beautiful, despite those stupid spots on my pics! (I don't have this issue with film! Then again, I don't have to wait hours for my pics, either.) http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/pentax/fog1.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/pentax/fog2.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/pentax/fog3.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/pentax/fog4.jpg I don't know if you're serious about dust or just wisecracking, but if you're serious what you're seeing may not be dust. The image looks very much like/identical to a phenomenon I've experienced before in extremely cold weather. Looks exactly what shows in your images: a ring around the sun with two large bright spots at the circumference aligned with the sun. You can see exactly what he's talking about in this one. http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/pentax/fog2.jpg Just above the central tree that has the sun behind it. It might not be on the senso. I've seen these kind of spots from dust on the rear element of a lens. Easy way to figure it out is to shoot up into a clear blue sky. Then change lenses shoot again. If the spots are in both images, it's on the sensor. If it's the sensor, there's plenty on the list who can tell you how to go about cleaning it yourself. Personally, I find it more convenient to just take my camera back once a year to the independent camera store where I bought it and have their tech clean the sensor. Since I bought the camera there, they don't charge me for the cleaning. Regularly they charge $35.00. It would still be a bargain even if I have to pay. The Pentax O-ICK1 cleaning kit is $44.95 from Adorama, but it's also on indefinite back order from Pentax. I understand all the arguments for doing it myself, but on the other side is the fact that the camera store I use is insured. If I screw it up, I have to pay out of pocket to get the camera fixed. If they screw it up, their insurance covers the cost of repair. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: IHD
From: Eric Weir On Feb 3, 2011, at 10:44 AM, Eric Weir wrote: The image looks very much like/identical to a phenomenon I've experienced before in extremely cold weather. Looks exactly what shows in your images: a ring around the sun with two large bright spots at the circumference aligned with the sun. With Wikipedia's help I was able to remember what it's called: Sun Dog. That is, if it's not dust. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_dog Technically, Sun Dogs are caused by dust - water vapor coalesced around dust motes and froze creating thousands of millions of of billions of teeny-tiny prisms floating in the air. They're not on the sensor. I think the spots Collin is concerned with actually are on the sensor. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I guess that was a milestone
From: Chris Mitchell Walter Gilbert wrote: Sent: 03 February 2011 03:42 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: I guess that was a milestone Ha! Indeed. Can you imagine how nice Eric Clapton's guitars must be? Er, well they are actually - he sold a load a few years ago and made enough money to keep his rehab centre going for a few years. His Fender Strat - called Blackie - fetched a record $959,500. Chris PS I know what you mean though :-) I hate it when a guitar that needs to be played, and should be played becomes an investment and can never be played again. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: More IHD
From: Collin Brendemuehl http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/pentax/ihd.jpg Perhaps I should learn cloning. Yet all the bioethicists I talk to recommend against it. What to do, what to do ... These don't look like they're in the same location as the spots in the other images you showed. I'd give cleaning the rear elements on your lenses a try. I think you've got a combination of dirt on the lenses dirt on the sensor. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I guess that was a milestone
John Sessoms wrote: Can you imagine how nice Eric Clapton's guitars must be? Er, well they are actually - he sold a load a few years ago and made enough money to keep his rehab centre going for a few years. His Fender Strat - called Blackie - fetched a record $959,500. Chris PS I know what you mean though :-) I hate it when a guitar that needs to be played, and should be played becomes an investment and can never be played again. Me too! But it went to a good cause... Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Mirrorless: This is interesting
From: P. J. Alling If it weren't such a technical tour de force the Auto 110 would have been a joke as well, and interchangeable lens camera aimed directly the same market segment. I just don't think that the market allows this kind of quirkiness these days. I'm sure the market allows it. Might not reward it, but it allows it. On 2/4/2011 9:53 AM, Mark Robertswrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: 'interesting' might be one word for it. 'Not in the least bit' would be another five. I hope Mark! is interested in that. Oh my, yes. And by the way, I agree with the sentiment. This has to be some kind of joke Pentax is playing on rumor-mongers: An interchangeable-lens camera aimed at the market segment that's least interested in interchangeable lenses. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Screen brightness or print problem
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:01 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I finally got around to hooking up my Epson 2400. I needed to clean the heads so all are fine now. I do not have my iMac calibrated but i wanted to see how it would print out and match the screen. Test print is coming out darker than the screen by a fair amount using LR 3 to adjust and print. If i lower the brightness of the screen by 5-6 clicks i get on screen what the print looks like. Is this a classic case of get the dam monitor calibrated or maybe a print setting. ?? ?I have checked those several times and cannot see any change it what i had been doing on the P C. No colour adjustment set, proper paper specs set etc. Yes, it's a get the darn monitor calibrated moment. ;-) Which gets you half-way there. Once the monitor is calibrated you need to make a printer profile for the paper you're using so the prints will come out looking like what you see on your calibrated monitor. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Reporting in from Chicago with pics
From: Paul Sorenson Reminds me of a short story. Here... http://home.earthlink.net/~allaround6/images/handwriting.html -p On 2/4/2011 1:31 PM, John Sessoms wrote: http://www.caguila.com/caguila/blizzard2011/content/_IGP6709_large.html That's not how we used to do it. Yeah, I like that one, but I don't see how it's the boy's father's problem. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Screen brightness or print problem
On Feb 4, 2011, at 6:53 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:01 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I finally got around to hooking up my Epson 2400. I needed to clean the heads so all are fine now. I do not have my iMac calibrated but i wanted to see how it would print out and match the screen. Test print is coming out darker than the screen by a fair amount using LR 3 to adjust and print. If i lower the brightness of the screen by 5-6 clicks i get on screen what the print looks like. Is this a classic case of get the dam monitor calibrated or maybe a print setting. ?? ?I have checked those several times and cannot see any change it what i had been doing on the P C. No colour adjustment set, proper paper specs set etc. Yes, it's a get the darn monitor calibrated moment. ;-) Which gets you half-way there. Once the monitor is calibrated you need to make a printer profile for the paper you're using so the prints will come out looking like what you see on your calibrated monitor. icc printer profiless are available for printing all the Epson premium papers on the R2400 as well as a variety of other popular papers. In my experience, which is considerable in this area, the profiles are very good. Paul - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I guess that was a milestone
From: William Robb On 04/02/2011 2:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:18 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I'm curious what prompted the lab to conclude the photos were taken by a professional? She said that they looked like they were done professionally. I've got copyright notices in the exif of my files (I think) and have never had this come up. She was actually correct in that these were some photos that I did in an attempt to sell quickie portraits at dance events. That would be enough. A Costco type of lab is not going to start digging around in the EXIf trying to determine ownership. For that matter, they may not even have a way of viewing EXIF data. I know the labs I ran at Wal-Mart had no way of doing it as they came from the factory. You could get to the EXIF on the Kodak/Noritsu systems at Target if you knew how to sign off as Operator and sign on as Supervisor. I never felt any need to look at EXIF data, but I noticed the menu option once or twice while I was fixing stuff while talking on the phone with my tech. I knew enough about computers I could fix stuff over the phone that other stores had to wait for a tech to make an on-site visit to fix. It's the main reason I had such good up-time for my lab. The techs were always busy - too many calls, not enough techs. When *every* call is a priority red call, none of the calls is really a priority. The Operator program automatically launched at start-up, but there were semi-hidden menus you could get to that would let get behind the program desktop to the OS desktop where you could close programs and re-launch them to sign on as Supervisor or Service. Service got you to the technicians menus. My tech would call me and have me log in to the program as service to see if it was a problem that could be fixed without him having to make a trip out to the store. Supervisor didn't really do much that Operator couldn't do except that you could change the options the Operator could see. Had to go in there a couple of times when automatic updates didn't download to the system properly. A failed automatic update was NOT a priority red call. You might not get service on that for weeks, but you could get a phone call the same day. Supervisor was where you could turn on/off whether EXIF data would be visible to the Operator, and you could change printer options such as allowing the system to print 8x12s as well as 8x10s on the 8 inch roll paper. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3421 - Release Date: 02/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: I guess that was a milestone
On 04/02/2011 6:36 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: William Robb On 04/02/2011 2:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 4, 2011, at 12:18 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I'm curious what prompted the lab to conclude the photos were taken by a professional? She said that they looked like they were done professionally. I've got copyright notices in the exif of my files (I think) and have never had this come up. She was actually correct in that these were some photos that I did in an attempt to sell quickie portraits at dance events. That would be enough. A Costco type of lab is not going to start digging around in the EXIf trying to determine ownership. For that matter, they may not even have a way of viewing EXIF data. I know the labs I ran at Wal-Mart had no way of doing it as they came from the factory. You could get to the EXIF on the Kodak/Noritsu systems at Target if you knew how to sign off as Operator and sign on as Supervisor. I never felt any need to look at EXIF data, but I noticed the menu option once or twice while I was fixing stuff while talking on the phone with my tech. I knew enough about computers I could fix stuff over the phone that other stores had to wait for a tech to make an on-site visit to fix. It's the main reason I had such good up-time for my lab. The techs were always busy - too many calls, not enough techs. When *every* call is a priority red call, none of the calls is really a priority. The Operator program automatically launched at start-up, but there were semi-hidden menus you could get to that would let get behind the program desktop to the OS desktop where you could close programs and re-launch them to sign on as Supervisor or Service. Service got you to the technicians menus. My tech would call me and have me log in to the program as service to see if it was a problem that could be fixed without him having to make a trip out to the store. Supervisor didn't really do much that Operator couldn't do except that you could change the options the Operator could see. Had to go in there a couple of times when automatic updates didn't download to the system properly. A failed automatic update was NOT a priority red call. You might not get service on that for weeks, but you could get a phone call the same day. Supervisor was where you could turn on/off whether EXIF data would be visible to the Operator, and you could change printer options such as allowing the system to print 8x12s as well as 8x10s on the 8 inch roll paper. You must have been running more recent software than what I had. We ran our machines (3101 series) in supervisor mode and it just plain wasn't in the options that we had available to us. I ended up putting a copy of IrfanView onto the machine so that I could check EXIF if I needed to. Our machines weren't hooked up to the internet, we were just networked to the kiosks, so we only got updates very rarely. Anyway, the point you seemed to miss in your need to find some way to make the other person wrong was that a Costco employee is very unlikely to check EXIF data in an attempt to determine ownership. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I guess that was a milestone
On Feb 4, 2011, at 4:52 PM, William Robb wrote: Anyway, the point you seemed to miss in your need to find some way to make the other person wrong was that a Costco employee is very unlikely to check EXIF data in an attempt to determine ownership. I don't think he was trying to prove anything wrong. The only thing he might have been trying to prove is what a geek he is. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: test - Roman Melihhov - Picasa Web Albums
Very nice image! Dan On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 6:50 AM, Roman Melihhov ro...@blakout.net wrote: https://picasaweb.google.com/romancos/Test#5569799441698684482 ^^^ finally got my K-5 and quite satisfied. First off I'd tested dust tracks in the middle of the sensor and it appeared to be clean. Thank 4 clean sensor. Second I made few shots with default JPEG mode at ISO 3200 and I like what I see with DA 35mm f2.4 attached. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Mountain Lion (no rusty barbed wire in sight)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/4149215384/ Hope I haven't shared this one before. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Screen brightness or print problem
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Once the monitor is calibrated you need to make a printer profile for the paper you're using so the prints will come out looking like what you see on your calibrated monitor. icc printer profiless are available for printing all the Epson premium papers on the R2400 as well as a variety of other popular papers. In my experience, which is considerable in this area, the profiles are very good. I agree with Paul 100%. The Epson profiles for their papers on the R2400 are excellent. And same goes for the Hahnemühle papers. Making custom paper profiles is better done by having them made for you. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: GESO-The Big Blizzard
Thanks, Frank -p On 2/4/2011 4:08 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:18 AM, Jack Davisjdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Enjoyed the set, Paul. Snow well exposed. Me too, and I agree wrt the exposure. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Screen brightness or print problem
Here's another vote for using the paper manufacturer's profiles. Canson is another paper brand for which icc profiles are available and they produce excellent results. In fact, Canson Infinity series has become my paper of choice. -p On 2/4/2011 8:59 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:31 PM, Paul Stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Once the monitor is calibrated you need to make a printer profile for the paper you're using so the prints will come out looking like what you see on your calibrated monitor. icc printer profiless are available for printing all the Epson premium papers on the R2400 as well as a variety of other popular papers. In my experience, which is considerable in this area, the profiles are very good. I agree with Paul 100%. The Epson profiles for their papers on the R2400 are excellent. And same goes for the Hahnemühle papers. Making custom paper profiles is better done by having them made for you. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
FS Friday on ebay
Now you know I'm totally back to Pentax... http://cgi.ebay.com/Canon-EOS-300D-Digital-Rebel-w-18-55mm-kit-Lens-used-/190497284565?pt=Digital_Camerashash=item2c5a85e1d5 ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
KMP Page
Who mentioned that Bojidar's site hasn't recently updated? It seems to have just been updated... http://kmp.bdimitrov.de/ -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
