RE: I am leaving Pentax because it limits me...
Well done Tanja! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia Tanya Love wrote: I'm in a big rush, but I'd just like to add that I just won two silver distinctions and a silver award at the Australian Professional Photography Awards, with nothing other than my K-7! :) You can see my award shots here: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150241867583840.339602.256694448839 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: DRAT!
Only an hour and a half! I had a glitch while renaming files on an external HDD last week. The first go at recovery using ParetoLogic's Data recovery program stopped after 16 hours, with nothing recovered and no explanation other than a 25-digit error code. Then I went back to simple old, good old chkdsk: that took three days! However, it did the job and recovered all 62480 files from the drive, properly named and restored to the correct folders. But I still think I should replace that drive, which is now four years old... John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Saturday, 2 July 2011 1:09 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: DRAT! I've got my final print portfolio for school due in two weeks. Working on one of the images to make everything *PERFECT* before I send it off to the lab for printing, I kept getting these strange errors in Photoshop No more virtual tiles can be allocated. Took a while to figure out my hard-disk was FULL! I ended up moving my image files from 2010 2011 except for the small number of files I need for school off onto the NAS as a temporary solution. But it took 4 hours to copy them over. I just gave up and went to bed. And now the disk cleanup is going to take another hour (according to Windoze estimate). It's been running for half an hour already. Reading PDML while I wait for the computer to finish fooling around. I sure would like to get back to work. I've got a bit to get done yet before I can go out looking for more portfolio quality images this 4th of July weekend. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3736 - Release Date: 06/30/11 -- 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: GPS Geotag your photos (any camera) with iPhone app
On Jul 4, 2011, at 9:04 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 5 July 2011 12:38, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: While it doesn't allow you to do astrophotography, like the new Pentax hotshoe accessory, if GPS is all you were looking for, and you have an iPhone this could be your ticket. That sounds sounds interesting but a bit cludgy for anything like an ordered work-flow. I use very basic logging applications like GPSLogger on my Android which I then import into GeoSetter to embed GPS info in the desired set of images. I take a gps logged picture with my android, then upload my geotagged shots onto flickr, at which point I just drag any photos I want to geotag onto the shots in the map. I bet that if I were clever, I could do something like that in lightroom, and take advantage of the timestamps in the photos for putting them together. -- 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: KEH BGN
It stands for BarGaiN but I guess other, better acronym solutions may also be offered :) Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun 2011/7/5 Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net: Okay, me being a novice here what does BGN stand for? ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bulent Celasun Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 3:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: KEH BGN In more than a handful purchases over a few years, I have never been dissatisfied with their BGNs. Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun 2011/7/4 Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com: Yeah, agree on the five bucks, my main interest was how good is BGN though. Cheers Ecke 2011/7/4 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: I agree with Bulent. I never hesitate to get bgn garde form BH, bit not for 5 USD. On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com wrote: I would certainly go for the EX+ item for those prices. I would seriously consider the BGN one if they were for 60, 100 and 110 USD. I also realize that this probably tells more about myself than KEH categories :) Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun 2011/7/4 Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com: I hear KEH's item ratings are very conservative - given the choice between KEH BGN for $6, EX for $10 and EX+ for $11, will BGN do if looks don't matter or could EX/+ last longer? Thanks Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: (another) PPG oddity
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Well the voting system seems to be fine now, and all the photos in my area are mine... but as I've been voting I've noticed there are several photos coming up with NULL in the camera body column. anyone have an idea what that is about? During that episode when voting was an exercise in deja vu, I noticed whenever you uploaded a photo, the EXIF file was truncated or even removed. Being OC I usually deleted my photo and re-uploaded it again to make sure those information were there. My guess is others would have not noticed that and just merrily went their way without those data there, thus the null. Bong -- 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.
Re: (another) PPG oddity
Could be a Pentax lens on a non-Pentax body? P On 5 Jul 2011, at 06:24, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well the voting system seems to be fine now, and all the photos in my area are mine... but as I've been voting I've noticed there are several photos coming up with NULL in the camera body column. anyone have an idea what that is about? 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. Paul Dunderdale dund...@mcb.net pauldunderd...@mac.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunders/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Nuthatch
Thanks to all who looked and commented. I do see your point Stan. I did look for a vertical crop, but I didn't find one I really liked. None of the solutions I came up with was dynamic enough to communicate the life style of the bird. Always on the run, from one nut to another. So I concluded that this nuthatch needs to be horizontal. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is human to arr is pirate 2011/7/5 Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: On Jul 4, 2011, at 12:09 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/07/nuthatch-spettmeis.html Comments appreciated. Probably last bird photo for a while. I've got a couple of large music events coming up. Really looking forward to it. -- MaritimTim Great detail, classic nuthatch pose. Very nice shot! I would prefer a vertical framing just because these birds are so vertical in their approach to life. But that is a minor quibble. stan -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Are smoked ribs ever OT?
On 7/4/2011 22:38, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: It's for supper tonight and takes hours to smoke. Dry rub. Yum. http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/5901764927/in/photostream/lightbox/ Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott They are always OT (Off the Table) in this household... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Nuthatch
On Jul 5, 2011, at 4:09 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/07/nuthatch-spettmeis.html Very well done. Looks like the kind of bird that doesn't stay still long enough for photos like this. 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.
OT: Update
Just a quick update on my situation. I don't really have time to write a lot which is probably a good thing. It was announced last week at work that we're all losing our jobs. The owner of the company is moving to Auckland at his wife's behest. At the same time the company's financial situation hasn't been so good for a while (don't get me started!) so he is changing focus. The company is going to become a loose set of contractors working 2-3 days a week, and they won't be chasing the more interesting projects. They're just going to concentrate on stamping out simple Wordpress sites and supporting our existing client base. I'm not perturbed by this at all; I think I've indicated here previously that I haven't been very happy there for a while and it looks like it's going to become a lot less interesting so I've told him I'll be leaving the company once the 4 week notice period has lapsed. We can get by on one income and this is the kick I've been needing to do something about my career. There are interesting things happening in the local electronics industry at the moment so I may be able to make a return. Aside from that, not a lot has been happening... we had a nice weekend visiting the in-laws in Motueka (near Nelson) and I have some photos to post when I get around to it. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: (another) PPG oddity
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:30 +0100, Paul Dunderdale dund...@mcb.net wrote: Could be a Pentax lens on a non-Pentax body? According to the 'rules', that's not allowable. The body must be Pentax. When you add data to your images, you can choose Other for non-Pentax lenses, but there is no equivalent field for bodies. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ P On 5 Jul 2011, at 06:24, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well the voting system seems to be fine now, and all the photos in my area are mine... but as I've been voting I've noticed there are several photos coming up with NULL in the camera body column. anyone have an idea what that is about? ann -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Update
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:22 +1200, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Just a quick update on my situation. I don't really have time to write a lot which is probably a good thing. It was announced last week at work that we're all losing our jobs. The owner of the company is moving to Auckland at his wife's behest. At the same time the company's financial situation hasn't been so good for a while (don't get me started!) so he is changing focus. The company is going to become a loose set of contractors working 2-3 days a week, and they won't be chasing the more interesting projects. They're just going to concentrate on stamping out simple Wordpress sites and supporting our existing client base. I'm not perturbed by this at all; I think I've indicated here previously that I haven't been very happy there for a while and it looks like it's going to become a lot less interesting so I've told him I'll be leaving the company once the 4 week notice period has lapsed. We can get by on one income and this is the kick I've been needing to do something about my career. There are interesting things happening in the local electronics industry at the moment so I may be able to make a return. Aside from that, not a lot has been happening... we had a nice weekend visiting the in-laws in Motueka (near Nelson) and I have some photos to post when I get around to it. I was going to say 'that sucks' but you seem to have a positive outlook. I hope things work out the way you want. I haven't heard any further reports of quakes - so I suppose that's a good thing... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Faster than the air-speed velocity of an unladen european swallow -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Tasty Morsel (warning, full-frontal Beaver Shot)
On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:59 -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Good job! And in celebration of the Canadian Holiday, I offer you William Shatner ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7mlKA8670ZY I wish Shatner was Australian. I'd love to see him have a go at 'Advance Australia Fair'. :-) Good shot, Frank. A very attractive pose. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 6:26 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Saw this fellow last night swimming along. Ran beside him along the (very muddy) shore, when he dove. I thought I'd lost him, but after a few minutes I went back about 10 meters, and there he was, munching on some (apparently) tasty green leaves. Got a few shots of him before he went on his way again: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/tasty-morsel.html It was dusk and the sun was behind him, so it's shot @ ISO 1600. I'm glad I brought my Tokina 80-200mm f 2.8 - I needed it wide open for this one! Appropriate that, on this Canada Day long weekend, I was able to photograph our national animal. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PAW78 - Sand
On Mon, 04 Jul 2011 21:45 +0200, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Summer, at last. http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*16-50@50mm, 1/200s, f/11, ISO100. Excellent. Great tone and texture. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
Great to read, Christine! Keep it going. :) Jack --- On Mon, 7/4/11, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, July 4, 2011, 8:35 PM On 7/4/2011 20:46, Christine Aguila wrote: Big thanks, Everyone! Felt good today; feel my old self; I think I'll be just fine! Cheers, Christine Um no excuses please for not improving the diet and giving up the cigs... (ann nags) - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 12:04 PM Subject: Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency) Very nice photo, and i hope all goes well. Dave On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: I was hoping to replace this shot with something from a planned photowalk for today, but that got cancelled. After last night's dinner movie with Darrel, I ended up in emergency with chest pains. EKG good with some slight anomalies, but nothing life threatening, though I will have to go for a stress test next week. Arms all black and blue from blood tests all night long. I'm so tired, I'll be off to bed in a minute. Had a good long chat with my regular doctor who came in to see me this morning before he signed my release papers--the gist--probably time to stop taking the body for granted. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: (another) PPG oddity
Noticed it too. My guess is/was that they were shot with a claimed Pentax that wasn't on the list provided.(?) Jack --- On Mon, 7/4/11, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: (another) PPG oddity To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, July 4, 2011, 10:24 PM Well the voting system seems to be fine now, and all the photos in my area are mine... but as I've been voting I've noticed there are several photos coming up with NULL in the camera body column. anyone have an idea what that is about? 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: (another) PPG oddity
They are upgrading their system to allow for Q. On 7/5/2011 08:24, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well the voting system seems to be fine now, and all the photos in my area are mine... but as I've been voting I've noticed there are several photos coming up with NULL in the camera body column. anyone have an idea what that is about? 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: PESO - Cedar Waxwings?
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 11:49 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology All About Birds site: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/cedar_waxwing/id The red waxy tips to the wing feathers are not always easy to see. So, I think your ID is spot on. Thanks! I've now taken the question mark off the blog title. I think we have a confirmed species. Thanks to everyone who looked and commented. 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 - Nuthatch
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:09 PM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/07/nuthatch-spettmeis.html Comments appreciated. Probably last bird photo for a while. I've got a couple of large music events coming up. Really looking forward to it. As someone who's only recently tried to capture birds, I really appreciate what a wonderful shot that is! Wonderful feather detail, interesting pose, very nice bokeh, well exposed and composed. I really like the way the trunk and branch frames things. All in all a terrific shot! 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.
PESO - Among Friends
It was so nice to see a young lad ~not~ on a computer or playing a video game. I hope he carries an appreciation of books throughout his life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/07/among-friends.html I actually took a couple of shots (so engrossed he was in his book he never noticed). He changed his body language after I took this one, so this is my favourite (if not the sharpest) shot. I also have a tighter shot, but it turns out I like the light coming in the door and windows in the background. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Update
Dave, I hope you find something new and interesting. It sounds like the whole world is in turmoil down there. I suppose that's to be expected, but it doesn't make anything easier. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 5:22 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Just a quick update on my situation. I don't really have time to write a lot which is probably a good thing. It was announced last week at work that we're all losing our jobs. The owner of the company is moving to Auckland at his wife's behest. At the same time the company's financial situation hasn't been so good for a while (don't get me started!) so he is changing focus. The company is going to become a loose set of contractors working 2-3 days a week, and they won't be chasing the more interesting projects. They're just going to concentrate on stamping out simple Wordpress sites and supporting our existing client base. I'm not perturbed by this at all; I think I've indicated here previously that I haven't been very happy there for a while and it looks like it's going to become a lot less interesting so I've told him I'll be leaving the company once the 4 week notice period has lapsed. We can get by on one income and this is the kick I've been needing to do something about my career. There are interesting things happening in the local electronics industry at the moment so I may be able to make a return. Aside from that, not a lot has been happening... we had a nice weekend visiting the in-laws in Motueka (near Nelson) and I have some photos to post when I get around to it. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Update
On 5/7/11, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: Just a quick update on my situation. I don't really have time to write a lot which is probably a good thing. It was announced last week at work that we're all losing our jobs. The owner of the company is moving to Auckland at his wife's behest. At the same time the company's financial situation hasn't been so good for a while (don't get me started!) so he is changing focus. The company is going to become a loose set of contractors working 2-3 days a week, and they won't be chasing the more interesting projects. They're just going to concentrate on stamping out simple Wordpress sites and supporting our existing client base. I'm not perturbed by this at all; I think I've indicated here previously that I haven't been very happy there for a while and it looks like it's going to become a lot less interesting so I've told him I'll be leaving the company once the 4 week notice period has lapsed. We can get by on one income and this is the kick I've been needing to do something about my career. There are interesting things happening in the local electronics industry at the moment so I may be able to make a return. Best of luck Dave - this sort of thing can be just the ticket for making a new course of action stick. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
On 3/7/11, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: I was hoping to replace this shot with something from a planned photowalk for today, but that got cancelled. After last night's dinner movie with Darrel, I ended up in emergency with chest pains. EKG good with some slight anomalies, but nothing life threatening, though I will have to go for a stress test next week. Arms all black and blue from blood tests all night long. I'm so tired, I'll be off to bed in a minute. Had a good long chat with my regular doctor who came in to see me this morning before he signed my release papers--the gist--probably time to stop taking the body for granted. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ Nice pic Christine. ER's are most unpleasant places at any time of night or day. Get back on track and get well! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Nuthatch
On 4/7/11, Tim Øsleby, discombobulated, unleashed: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2011/07/nuthatch-spettmeis.html Comments appreciated. Lovely shot Tim. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Update
Good luck! It's not a matter of searching for opportunities. It's a matter of being ready when opportunity comes calling. On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:22 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Just a quick update on my situation. I don't really have time to write a lot which is probably a good thing. It was announced last week at work that we're all losing our jobs. The owner of the company is moving to Auckland at his wife's behest. At the same time the company's financial situation hasn't been so good for a while (don't get me started!) so he is changing focus. The company is going to become a loose set of contractors working 2-3 days a week, and they won't be chasing the more interesting projects. They're just going to concentrate on stamping out simple Wordpress sites and supporting our existing client base. I'm not perturbed by this at all; I think I've indicated here previously that I haven't been very happy there for a while and it looks like it's going to become a lot less interesting so I've told him I'll be leaving the company once the 4 week notice period has lapsed. We can get by on one income and this is the kick I've been needing to do something about my career. There are interesting things happening in the local electronics industry at the moment so I may be able to make a return. Aside from that, not a lot has been happening... we had a nice weekend visiting the in-laws in Motueka (near Nelson) and I have some photos to post when I get around to it. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: KEH BGN
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com wrote: I hear KEH's item ratings are very conservative - given the choice between KEH BGN for $6, EX for $10 and EX+ for $11, will BGN do if looks don't matter or could EX/+ last longer? KEH rates very conservatively. I've had the pleasure of doing business with them for many years and they have always sent better than expected. On the other hand, for pricing in that range, I'd just go with EX+. -- 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? No pictures in the Stouffville Town planner Calendar this year
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 8:24 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Sorry to hear, Dave, but Bob S. is right: do your own calendar! Cheers, Christine I am planning on one. I usually do one for the family at Xmas. Dave - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, July 04, 2011 2:55 PM Subject: Re: OT? No pictures in the Stouffville Town planner Calendar this year Dave, Maybe it's time for your own calendar. I'm sure you've got enough pictures. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 11:54 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I have had photos in the last three, made the covers as well, but looks like nada this year. I had been sending in thumbnails as i usually do for the better part of the year, but i was not getting any email replies, which surprised me. Today i decided to look at the general web site for the planner, and i looked up for the local publisher. Seems the lady doing it for three years gave it up and passed it on to another lady, whom i just received an email from. Submission for 2012 are all ready done but i am welcome to submit for 2013 in November. Kinda wish i had known that. Lesson learned,. do follow ups sooner than later. Oh well. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESO - Among Friends
On 11-07-05 7:49 AM, frank theriault wrote: It was so nice to see a young lad ~not~ on a computer or playing a video game. I hope he carries an appreciation of books throughout his life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/07/among-friends.html I actually took a couple of shots (so engrossed he was in his book he never noticed). He changed his body language after I took this one, so this is my favourite (if not the sharpest) shot. I also have a tighter shot, but it turns out I like the light coming in the door and windows in the background. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank That's very good, Frank. I feel this could use some curves adjustments though. The dark tones seem to be choked up, and a few too many of the books disappear into murkiness. It's good to see a bookshop like this one. My current fave is Dencan Books up in The Junction, and you must check it out and say Hi to Eddie if you're ever up there. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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's Oh deer
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 2:02 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: On 7/4/2011 11:12, David J Brooks wrote: Taken from the long weekend near Callander Ontario. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13635472 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13635492 Dave What about this one? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11319436 I think the others are sweet, prefer the one where she seems to be talking to you to the clear shot , but this one that you didn't select is my fave - Thanks Ann. That was from last summer.:-), same place. Dave 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. -- 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: (another) PPG oddity
I think what Bong said may be right... You can't submit anything that wasn't taken using a Pentax _body_ You could use 3rd party lenses though. ann On 7/5/2011 04:30, Paul Dunderdale wrote: Could be a Pentax lens on a non-Pentax body? P On 5 Jul 2011, at 06:24, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well the voting system seems to be fine now, and all the photos in my area are mine... but as I've been voting I've noticed there are several photos coming up with NULL in the camera body column. anyone have an idea what that is about? 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. Paul Dunderdale dund...@mcb.net pauldunderd...@mac.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunders/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Among Friends
This one looks just right... Is that the store on Spadina just south of Bloor? ann On 7/5/2011 07:49, frank theriault wrote: It was so nice to see a young lad ~not~ on a computer or playing a video game. I hope he carries an appreciation of books throughout his life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/07/among-friends.html I actually took a couple of shots (so engrossed he was in his book he never noticed). He changed his body language after I took this one, so this is my favourite (if not the sharpest) shot. I also have a tighter shot, but it turns out I like the light coming in the door and windows in the background. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. 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.
GESO: Full gallery for photos from our long weekend in North Bay.
Its not much but lots of deer shots./ 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: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
On 4 July 2011 01:56, Christine Aguila wrote: I was hoping to replace this shot with something from a planned photowalk for today, but that got cancelled. After last night's dinner movie with Darrel, I ended up in emergency with chest pains. EKG good with some slight anomalies, but nothing life threatening, though I will have to go for a stress test next week. Arms all black and blue from blood tests all night long. I'm so tired, I'll be off to bed in a minute. Had a good long chat with my regular doctor who came in to see me this morning before he signed my release papers--the gist--probably time to stop taking the body for granted. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ Take care of yourself Christine and make sure you get better properly before dashing around the place again. Also, don't get yourself sent to this place: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52EEzBNn48g Cheers, 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: GPS Geotag your photos (any camera) with iPhone app
On 2011-07-04 22:04 , Rob Studdert wrote: That sounds sounds interesting but a bit cludgy for anything like an ordered work-flow. I use very basic logging applications like GPSLogger on my Android which I then import into GeoSetter to embed GPS info in the desired set of images. i agree it seems kludgy -- and i think i would prefer something that could export or email me a GPX; there are quite a few apps which can do that (as can the app Darren recommends, with an extra $1 in-app purchase) but looking at the product site i noticed one advantage of the photograph-a-qr-code approach -- it seems the QR code embeds the phone's (correct) time-stamp, and so the process not only geotags, but compares and corrects the camera's timestamps as well (which can be crucial to good geotagging, especially if you've crossed a time zone or two since you last checked your camera) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PAW--Week 26--Grand Staircase (and a night in emergency)
On 2011-07-03 18:56 , Christine Aguila wrote: [...] the gist--probably time to stop taking the body for granted. indeed; perhaps you can use photography to enforce a higher level of activity ... http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ a very delicate shot -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Just resting ?
On 2011-07-03 20:44 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: That being said, I think I won't fiddle with it because when then mail I sent out came back to me the HTTP line WAS stretched out... as it is below. yeah -- plain-text email has an option called 'Format=flowed' (which is turned on by default in Thunderbird) where even if lines appear to have broken, as long as you didn't type a return, the lines will be rejoined at the receiving end -- assuming the recipient's email program is up to snuff i don't use the HTML email composition features in Thunderbird, however if you are composing HTML email (as implied by selctive font sizing) you should be able to insert proper links, rather than relying solely on the recipient email program recognizing URLs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Tasty Morsel (warning, full-frontal Beaver Shot)
On 2011-07-04 07:26 , frank theriault wrote: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/tasty-morsel.html It was dusk and the sun was behind him, so it's shot @ ISO 1600. I'm glad I brought my Tokina 80-200mm f 2.8 - I needed it wide open for this one! satisfying result, but she made you work for it -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: (another) PPG oddity
I ask Carolyn about the null. Will post her answer. Jack --- On Tue, 7/5/11, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: (another) PPG oddity To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 7:56 AM I think what Bong said may be right... You can't submit anything that wasn't taken using a Pentax _body_ You could use 3rd party lenses though. ann On 7/5/2011 04:30, Paul Dunderdale wrote: Could be a Pentax lens on a non-Pentax body? P On 5 Jul 2011, at 06:24, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well the voting system seems to be fine now, and all the photos in my area are mine... but as I've been voting I've noticed there are several photos coming up with NULL in the camera body column. anyone have an idea what that is about? 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. Paul Dunderdale dund...@mcb.net pauldunderd...@mac.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunders/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Tasty Morsel (warning, full-frontal Beaver Shot)
An excellent shot, considering the conditions. Nicely composed and full of interest. Paul On Jul 5, 2011, at 11:41 AM, steve harley wrote: On 2011-07-04 07:26 , frank theriault wrote: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/tasty-morsel.html It was dusk and the sun was behind him, so it's shot @ ISO 1600. I'm glad I brought my Tokina 80-200mm f 2.8 - I needed it wide open for this one! satisfying result, but she made you work for it -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Update
On Jul 5, 2011, at 3:22 AM, David Mann wrote: Aside from that, not a lot has been happening... we had a nice weekend visiting the in-laws in Motueka (near Nelson) and I have some photos to post when I get around to it. I love how two major earthquakes in the last year and losing your job can be summarized as aside from that, not much is happening. :-) In any case, good luck. I've often found that losing a job tended to be better for me in the long run. -- 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.
A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
If you will indulge me... With all of the emphasis these days on digital and Image Quality, it seems that many have forgotten (if they ever even lived at a time when they could KNOW it) what a satisfyingly tactile experience photography was. We have been robbed of much of that tactile experience by our automatic and autofocus digital cameras today. We don't get the satisfying pop of the back when we would load or unload film. We've lost the satisfying tactile experience of advancing the film lever and cocking the shutter, or the act of rewinding the 35mm film into it's canister. Now few of us want to chuck our plastic-bodied, autofocus lenses and digital cameras and go back to film - at least on a regular basis. But we can recapture some of that feeling by putting some vintage glass on our Pentax DSLRs. In my opinion, a m42 to K-mount adapter (that allows infinity focus) is one of the truly must have accessories. My personal preference is for the genuine Pentax brands that require no tools to remove. As most of us know, this opens up the world of m42 Takumar glass to you and your Pentax DSLR. I'm especially thinking of this recently, as I obtained a beautiful black Spotmatic and had it CLA'd by Eric. It feels so great in my hands. I just received an equally gorgeous S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 for it, with caps hood and case. What a beautiful piece of kit that is! Along with it I got a very nice chrome Spotmatic F (my first F) with SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 and S-M-C 35mm f3.5 - all looking as if they were rarely used. There is a feeling I get when handling this equipment that is missing when I pick up my plastic-bodied Pentax-F autofocus lenses and that I have the feeling would be missing even if I owned the new Pentax Limited lenses. The heft of the lens. The buttery smoothness of the focusing action. The all-metal screw-in lens hood with white lettering imprinted around the end. Certainly that tactile experience has very little to do with producing excellent images - but that feeling is an aspect of photography that I originally fell in love with and that I feel again as I handle them now. The closest I can come to that feeling is shooting my DSLR with those superb Takumar lenses on it, and in keeping a film body along for those occasions when I want to recapture that feeling in total. The ability to use this quality glass (easily) is one of the main reasons that I originally went with Pentax for my first DSLR (even though I owned no Pentax glass at the time). Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Fw: Carolyn's Response RE: NULL
--- On Tue, 7/5/11, photogallery___PAIC_MKT photogall...@pentax.com wrote: From: photogallery___PAIC_MKT photogall...@pentax.com Subject: RE: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form To: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 9:36 AM Hi Jack, Thanks for the head's up. I have our web agency working on a fix. Best, Carolyn -Original Message- From: Jack Davis [mailto:jdavi...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 7:50 AM To: photogallery___PAIC_MKT Subject: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form The following email was sent from the Contact Us form in the Artist interface of the Pentax Photogallery site. Caroly, The PDML is wondering what the term null signifies when appearing in place of the camera description upon submitting an image for voting. Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Full gallery for photos from our long weekend in North Bay.
http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2011-simpson2/album/index.html On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Its not much but lots of deer shots./ Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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: Full gallery for photos from our long weekend in North Bay.
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:41 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2011-simpson2/album/index.html On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Its not much but lots of deer shots./ Dave Well, at least most of yours are nice and sharp. I spent the weekend being way too casual with the focus, making lots of charming, lovely but blurry shots. I think I've reached a new level of casual snappy sloppies with expensive cameras ... ;-) LOL -- 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: PESO - Among Friends
Nice. It's unusual to find any young person absorbed in a library of paper books these days. At the cafes, most of the readers are either sitting with Kindles, Nooks, and iPads. That is, when they're not communicating. ;-) G On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:49 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: It was so nice to see a young lad ~not~ on a computer or playing a video game. I hope he carries an appreciation of books throughout his life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/07/among-friends.html I actually took a couple of shots (so engrossed he was in his book he never noticed). He changed his body language after I took this one, so this is my favourite (if not the sharpest) shot. I also have a tighter shot, but it turns out I like the light coming in the door and windows in the background. Hope you enjoy. Comments 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. -- 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: Boris PESO #24 - Droplets
Dense as in not too intelligent. What intrigues me about the photo is that the droplets and the leaf seem to be in different planes--as though the drops are suspended above the leaf. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Tue, 7/5/11, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Boris PESO #24 - Droplets To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 1:04 AM On 7/5/2011 00:27, Rick Womer wrote: I like it. And I'm dense. How did you do it? Rick What do you mean dense??? As in unfunny??? Well, I simply lucked this one out. It was shot in Jerusalem Botanical Gardens Tropical Plants Building. As a matter of course they keep rather high temperature and respectively high humidity. So I stood by the leaf of this palm or whatever and the water came down from the sprinklers. I shot few shots with my K-5 and FA 77 mostly towards the leaf in a rain motif and then the rain ended. The light was good and I realized that I had Galia's camera (K-7) with DFA 50 macro attached there. So I used it as it were and this is the result. It was shot handheld and it could have been sharper if I were to use tripod or monopod but I digress. I suppose it answers your question. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
I agree with you about the tactile feel of the smc tak lenses. They were the pinnacle of pentax lenses build quality. Nothing with a K mount quite matches them, and some are quite worse indeed. -- 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 Darren Addy Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 1:02 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: A few words about the love of Good Equipment... If you will indulge me... With all of the emphasis these days on digital and Image Quality, it seems that many have forgotten (if they ever even lived at a time when they could KNOW it) what a satisfyingly tactile experience photography was. We have been robbed of much of that tactile experience by our automatic and autofocus digital cameras today. We don't get the satisfying pop of the back when we would load or unload film. We've lost the satisfying tactile experience of advancing the film lever and cocking the shutter, or the act of rewinding the 35mm film into it's canister. Now few of us want to chuck our plastic-bodied, autofocus lenses and digital cameras and go back to film - at least on a regular basis. But we can recapture some of that feeling by putting some vintage glass on our Pentax DSLRs. In my opinion, a m42 to K-mount adapter (that allows infinity focus) is one of the truly must have accessories. My personal preference is for the genuine Pentax brands that require no tools to remove. As most of us know, this opens up the world of m42 Takumar glass to you and your Pentax DSLR. I'm especially thinking of this recently, as I obtained a beautiful black Spotmatic and had it CLA'd by Eric. It feels so great in my hands. I just received an equally gorgeous S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 for it, with caps hood and case. What a beautiful piece of kit that is! Along with it I got a very nice chrome Spotmatic F (my first F) with SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 and S-M-C 35mm f3.5 - all looking as if they were rarely used. There is a feeling I get when handling this equipment that is missing when I pick up my plastic-bodied Pentax-F autofocus lenses and that I have the feeling would be missing even if I owned the new Pentax Limited lenses. The heft of the lens. The buttery smoothness of the focusing action. The all-metal screw-in lens hood with white lettering imprinted around the end. Certainly that tactile experience has very little to do with producing excellent images - but that feeling is an aspect of photography that I originally fell in love with and that I feel again as I handle them now. The closest I can come to that feeling is shooting my DSLR with those superb Takumar lenses on it, and in keeping a film body along for those occasions when I want to recapture that feeling in total. The ability to use this quality glass (easily) is one of the main reasons that I originally went with Pentax for my first DSLR (even though I owned no Pentax glass at the time). Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Call me Cotty Jr.
It's the first step from mounting the Rokkor-PF 58/1.4 on the K-x. The mount is not yet proper, but it does work. Obviously no coupling. Here's the first shot. http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/rokkor/whole.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/rokkor/center.jpg Got a little more work to do on the mount. Still, it has potential. 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: Call me Cotty Jr.
On 5/7/11, Collin Brendemuehl, discombobulated, unleashed: It's the first step from mounting the Rokkor-PF 58/1.4 on the K-x. The mount is not yet proper, but it does work. Obviously no coupling. Here's the first shot. http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/rokkor/whole.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/rokkor/center.jpg Got a little more work to do on the mount. Klingon Warrior You claim rights to disemboweling lens mounts and you show pictures of mere screws?? I will have you impaled on a Dremel!! / Klingon Warrior -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Boris PESO #24 - Droplets
On 2011-07-02 15:06 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: I think proportionally it works jsut as it is... and it is technically, I think, very fine.. just a bit too Hallmark card like for my tastes, but I think it is a very commercially viable shot , Boris, you should try to do something with it. i feel much the way Ann does -- good technique, but more of a design than a picture; it doesn't have much tension for me; i could see this illustrating an annual report or on a technical book cover -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Call me Cotty Jr.
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 5/7/11, Collin Brendemuehl, discombobulated, unleashed: It's the first step from mounting the Rokkor-PF 58/1.4 on the K-x. The mount is not yet proper, but it does work. Obviously no coupling. Here's the first shot. http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/rokkor/whole.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/rokkor/center.jpg Got a little more work to do on the mount. Klingon Warrior You claim rights to disemboweling lens mounts and you show pictures of mere screws?? I will have you impaled on a Dremel!! / Klingon Warrior This can only get funnier as time goes by ... :-) -- 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: Fw: Carolyn's Response RE: NULL
Well that was quick - good on ya, Jack... Glad you got that quick response.. it might reveal if BOng's idea is what it is -- or ... it may simply get fixed ;-) ann On 7/5/2011 13:17, Jack Davis wrote: --- On Tue, 7/5/11, photogallery___PAIC_MKTphotogall...@pentax.com wrote: From: photogallery___PAIC_MKTphotogall...@pentax.com Subject: RE: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form To: Jack Davisjdavi...@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 9:36 AM Hi Jack, Thanks for the head's up. I have our web agency working on a fix. Best, Carolyn -Original Message- From: Jack Davis [mailto:jdavi...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 7:50 AM To: photogallery___PAIC_MKT Subject: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form The following email was sent from the Contact Us form in the Artist interface of the Pentax Photogallery site. Caroly, The PDML is wondering what the term null signifies when appearing in place of the camera description upon submitting an image for voting. Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:02 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: If you will indulge me... With all of the emphasis these days on digital and Image Quality, it seems that many have forgotten (if they ever even lived at a time when they could KNOW it) what a satisfyingly tactile experience photography was. We have been robbed of much of that tactile experience by our automatic and autofocus digital cameras today. We don't get the satisfying pop of the back when we would load or unload film. We've lost the satisfying tactile experience of advancing the film lever and cocking the shutter, or the act of rewinding the 35mm film into it's canister. Now few of us want to chuck our plastic-bodied, autofocus lenses and digital cameras and go back to film - at least on a regular basis. But we can recapture some of that feeling by putting some vintage glass on our Pentax DSLRs. In my opinion, a m42 to K-mount adapter (that allows infinity focus) is one of the truly must have accessories. My personal preference is for the genuine Pentax brands that require no tools to remove. As most of us know, this opens up the world of m42 Takumar glass to you and your Pentax DSLR. I'm especially thinking of this recently, as I obtained a beautiful black Spotmatic and had it CLA'd by Eric. It feels so great in my hands. I just received an equally gorgeous S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 for it, with caps hood and case. What a beautiful piece of kit that is! Along with it I got a very nice chrome Spotmatic F (my first F) with SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 and S-M-C 35mm f3.5 - all looking as if they were rarely used. There is a feeling I get when handling this equipment that is missing when I pick up my plastic-bodied Pentax-F autofocus lenses and that I have the feeling would be missing even if I owned the new Pentax Limited lenses. The heft of the lens. The buttery smoothness of the focusing action. The all-metal screw-in lens hood with white lettering imprinted around the end. Certainly that tactile experience has very little to do with producing excellent images - but that feeling is an aspect of photography that I originally fell in love with and that I feel again as I handle them now. The closest I can come to that feeling is shooting my DSLR with those superb Takumar lenses on it, and in keeping a film body along for those occasions when I want to recapture that feeling in total. The ability to use this quality glass (easily) is one of the main reasons that I originally went with Pentax for my first DSLR (even though I owned no Pentax glass at the time). As it turns out all of my longest lenses (which are only 200mm) are manual focus. Two of them have no A setting, those being the two that are most used for my nature photography. My only macro lens is MF with no A setting. So for pretty much all my bird, beaver and bug shots I need to manually expose and focus on my DSLR. Quaint though that might be, I've missed dozens of wonderful shots due to having to set everything up as opposed to just pointing and hitting the shutter release. I'd like to tell you how much more fulfilling it is to shoot old school, but honestly, that's just bullshit. All it means is that I missed some really good shots because my equipment isn't up to snuff, and that's damned frustrating. All that being said, the aforementioned lenses (Tokina 80-200mm f2.8, Tamron SP 90mm f2.5 macro and Pentax M 200mm f4.0) are all solid, smooth easy-focusing pieces of glass, and I do enjoy using them. However that joy is mitigated somewhat by their technical limitations as compared to today's equipment. I do, however, love film cameras, and yes, a mechanical camera is just ~different~ from today's all-singing all-dancing electronic marvels. I take my Leica CL out once a year and put a roll of film through it, just to keep it running. Same with my old Yashica Mat. I should take my old Spotties, MX and LXen out, too, but when the hell would I shoot digital? ;-) 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: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
if you're going to fondle it, make sure you lock the bathroom door. And keep the noise down. B If you will indulge me... With all of the emphasis these days on digital and Image Quality, it seems that many have forgotten (if they ever even lived at a time when they could KNOW it) what a satisfyingly tactile experience photography was. We have been robbed of much of that tactile experience by our automatic and autofocus digital cameras today. We don't get the satisfying pop of the back when we would load or unload film. We've lost the satisfying tactile experience of advancing the film lever and cocking the shutter, or the act of rewinding the 35mm film into it's canister. Now few of us want to chuck our plastic-bodied, autofocus lenses and digital cameras and go back to film - at least on a regular basis. But we can recapture some of that feeling by putting some vintage glass on our Pentax DSLRs. In my opinion, a m42 to K-mount adapter (that allows infinity focus) is one of the truly must have accessories. My personal preference is for the genuine Pentax brands that require no tools to remove. As most of us know, this opens up the world of m42 Takumar glass to you and your Pentax DSLR. I'm especially thinking of this recently, as I obtained a beautiful black Spotmatic and had it CLA'd by Eric. It feels so great in my hands. I just received an equally gorgeous S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 for it, with caps hood and case. What a beautiful piece of kit that is! Along with it I got a very nice chrome Spotmatic F (my first F) with SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 and S-M-C 35mm f3.5 - all looking as if they were rarely used. There is a feeling I get when handling this equipment that is missing when I pick up my plastic-bodied Pentax-F autofocus lenses and that I have the feeling would be missing even if I owned the new Pentax Limited lenses. The heft of the lens. The buttery smoothness of the focusing action. The all-metal screw-in lens hood with white lettering imprinted around the end. Certainly that tactile experience has very little to do with producing excellent images - but that feeling is an aspect of photography that I originally fell in love with and that I feel again as I handle them now. The closest I can come to that feeling is shooting my DSLR with those superb Takumar lenses on it, and in keeping a film body along for those occasions when I want to recapture that feeling in total. The ability to use this quality glass (easily) is one of the main reasons that I originally went with Pentax for my first DSLR (even though I owned no Pentax glass at the time). Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Among Friends
very nice shot. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: 05 July 2011 12:50 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Among Friends It was so nice to see a young lad ~not~ on a computer or playing a video game. I hope he carries an appreciation of books throughout his life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/07/among-friends.html I actually took a couple of shots (so engrossed he was in his book he never noticed). He changed his body language after I took this one, so this is my favourite (if not the sharpest) shot. I also have a tighter shot, but it turns out I like the light coming in the door and windows in the background. Hope you enjoy. Comments 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: Fw: Carolyn's Response RE: NULL
Was a little surprised Carolyn wasn't aware. But then, the loop can be very fickle. Jack --- On Tue, 7/5/11, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Re: Fw: Carolyn's Response RE: NULL To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 2:33 PM Well that was quick - good on ya, Jack... Glad you got that quick response.. it might reveal if BOng's idea is what it is -- or ... it may simply get fixed ;-) ann On 7/5/2011 13:17, Jack Davis wrote: --- On Tue, 7/5/11, photogallery___PAIC_MKTphotogall...@pentax.com wrote: From: photogallery___PAIC_MKTphotogall...@pentax.com Subject: RE: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form To: Jack Davisjdavi...@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 9:36 AM Hi Jack, Thanks for the head's up. I have our web agency working on a fix. Best, Carolyn -Original Message- From: Jack Davis [mailto:jdavi...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 7:50 AM To: photogallery___PAIC_MKT Subject: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form The following email was sent from the Contact Us form in the Artist interface of the Pentax Photogallery site. Caroly, The PDML is wondering what the term null signifies when appearing in place of the camera description upon submitting an image for voting. Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
On Jul 5, 2011, at 5:35 PM, frank theriault wrote: ... I'd like to tell you how much more fulfilling it is to shoot old school, but honestly, that's just bullshit. ... MARK! stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Hard Disk Oddity
G'day all For several months one of my external hard drives has been acting a bit 'flaky'. The drive is permanently attached to the PC but when the computer boots there is no sign of the drive in Windows Explorer. However, after about 10-15 minutes, the autoplay window magically appears and the operating system reads the drive, which then becomes available. The drive continues to work properly thereafter - until the next boot when the process starts over again. My question is whether the hard disk itself is on the way to hard disk hell or whether the drive controller is likely to be the culprit. Or could it be a faulty USB cable? Would it be worth extracting the drive from its case and try installing it in a new case? The drive is about three and a half years old. Note that I'm not relying on this drive as a primary back up any more, but it is convenient if it keeps working. And I'm just curious as to why the drive would be behaving like this. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
On 7/5/2011 18:35, Stan Halpin wrote: On Jul 5, 2011, at 5:35 PM, frank theriault wrote: ... I'd like to tell you how much more fulfilling it is to shoot old school, but honestly, that's just bullshit. ... MARK! stan YOu beat me to that Stan -- but I'm sure neither of us had to MARK! that one - ... well, maybe .. we _did_ since he is off gamboling about in Old Erin 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: PESO - Among Friends
Perhaps he will become a digital author as I am not sure how much longer actual books will be around or if they are how affordable they will be for the average family. ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:50 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Among Friends It was so nice to see a young lad ~not~ on a computer or playing a video game. I hope he carries an appreciation of books throughout his life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/07/among-friends.html I actually took a couple of shots (so engrossed he was in his book he never noticed). He changed his body language after I took this one, so this is my favourite (if not the sharpest) shot. I also have a tighter shot, but it turns out I like the light coming in the door and windows in the background. Hope you enjoy. Comments 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: Ghia or Volkswagen's 'Custom Body'
On Jul 4, 2011, at 06:40 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Problem is the exhaust pipes run thru the transmission hump in the middle of the car. That is guaranteed to make you hot. Regards, Bob S. I think Bob is making a funny. If not — Could I see an IPB that shows how they do that on either a Ghia or Beetle? :-) The problem was (still is) the engine oil from the head gasket or pushrod tube seal leaks drip or drizzle down on to the heat exchangers, where it turns to an oily vapor that the engine cooling fan dutifully pushes into the car when the flapper valve is opened, coating you and the inside of the windshield with a light haze of oil. Easy to remove, 'cause the windshield is so small next to my Dodge's half acre of glass. The optional gasoline heater caused the interior to have a kerosene odor. And it needed a costly rebuild every fall after being idle for 4 to 6 months. It's big advantage was you could run through the snow out to your car in your slippers, turn it on, then hurriedly get dressed before it shut off after 15 minutes. You were welcomed to a fully heated car that smelled like kerosene! :-) Ask Paul about the weight and area of the glass in modern front engined cars. It's for streamlining to lower the drag coefficient. Saves gas. I would like to state that my 1990 Dodge Grand Caravan SE with a 3.3 liter V-6 got an average of 14 MPG driving around town, rarely more than 3 or 4 miles at a time, whereas my new used 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan eX with it's 3.8 liter V-6 just rewarded me with 11.9 MPG. Streamlining below 35 mph don't do squat. But I must blame it in part on the fully optioned, with eleven electric motors for the windows, sunroof, and side doors, eX curb weight of 4318 lbs, 4712 with the bolted on towing package, me, the dogs, and my latte in it. Compared to the 1990 with 2 electric windows and a radio at 3453 lbs without the rear third seat, which I sent to the dump as it was taking up too much space in the shed, or 3871 with the same cargo in it. Highway driving the 2004 wins at 29.6 mpg vs the 1990 at 25.8 mpg. Looking up the specs and history, going from 150 hp to 215 hp could cause some of that gas-guzzling increase. Sorry for the ramble. Guess I just love to look up specs and type! :-) Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com I couldn't remember most of what I know today if it weren't for others sharing their knowledge of my past on the Internet. Thank you… On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:28 AM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: And that's a smokey oily too hot! Joseph McAllister Pentaxian http://gallery.me.com/jomac On Jul 4, 2011, at 01:23 , Ecke PDML wrote: But you have to give it to the Vettes that their heaters had more settings than off and too hot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Fw: Carolyn's Response RE: NULL
Oh...Carolyn is *still* around. :-) On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: --- On Tue, 7/5/11, photogallery___PAIC_MKT photogall...@pentax.com wrote: From: photogallery___PAIC_MKT photogall...@pentax.com Subject: RE: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form To: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Date: Tuesday, July 5, 2011, 9:36 AM Hi Jack, Thanks for the head's up. I have our web agency working on a fix. Best, Carolyn -Original Message- From: Jack Davis [mailto:jdavi...@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 7:50 AM To: photogallery___PAIC_MKT Subject: PENTAX Photogallery Contact Us Form The following email was sent from the Contact Us form in the Artist interface of the Pentax Photogallery site. Caroly, The PDML is wondering what the term null signifies when appearing in place of the camera description upon submitting an image for voting. Thanks! Jack -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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.
Re: GPS Geotag your photos (any camera) with iPhone app
You certain can. Google Jeff Friedl's GPS plugin for LR. On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 3:34 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Jul 4, 2011, at 9:04 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 5 July 2011 12:38, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: While it doesn't allow you to do astrophotography, like the new Pentax hotshoe accessory, if GPS is all you were looking for, and you have an iPhone this could be your ticket. That sounds sounds interesting but a bit cludgy for anything like an ordered work-flow. I use very basic logging applications like GPSLogger on my Android which I then import into GeoSetter to embed GPS info in the desired set of images. I take a gps logged picture with my android, then upload my geotagged shots onto flickr, at which point I just drag any photos I want to geotag onto the shots in the map. I bet that if I were clever, I could do something like that in lightroom, and take advantage of the timestamps in the photos for putting them together. -- 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Hard Disk Oddity
I'm no Windows guru but similar things happen on Mac OS X systems. - Back up that disk to another volume. - run a file system and hardware check. I don't know what sw is available on Win to do this, but you should be able to find utilities inexpensively or free. - if the drive checks out, it might be a sign of a failing controller or enclosure interface. Swapping the drive to another known-good enclosure would demonstrate if the enclosure was failing. Use a known good cable of course... At three and a half years old, it's a little young yet to be close to failure by the averages, but why take chances? A two terabyte drive AND quality enclosure is barely two hundred dollars these days. I'd add a new one to the system, clone the data over, then erase and continue using the old one as a temp or work drive, keeping it backed up, until it fails. With a suitably comprehensive backup system, the risk of data loss is small. On Tuesday, July 5, 2011, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all For several months one of my external hard drives has been acting a bit 'flaky'. The drive is permanently attached to the PC but when the computer boots there is no sign of the drive in Windows Explorer. However, after about 10-15 minutes, the autoplay window magically appears and the operating system reads the drive, which then becomes available. The drive continues to work properly thereafter - until the next boot when the process starts over again. My question is whether the hard disk itself is on the way to hard disk hell or whether the drive controller is likely to be the culprit. Or could it be a faulty USB cable? Would it be worth extracting the drive from its case and try installing it in a new case? The drive is about three and a half years old. Note that I'm not relying on this drive as a primary back up any more, but it is convenient if it keeps working. And I'm just curious as to why the drive would be behaving like this. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Happy Birthday
And so my distant ancestors shipped themselves over here in the 1700s. Probably running from the law in Scotland. :-) On Jul 4, 2011, at 05:25 , Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Emma Lazarus The New Colossus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. Keep ancient lands, your storied pomp! cries she With silent lips. Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door! If it doesn’t excite you, This thing that you see, Why in the world, Would it excite me? —Jay Maisel Joseph McAllister pentax...@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.
Re: (another) PPG oddity
Fair enough. Just a thought... P On 5 Jul 2011, at 11:29, Brian Walters wrote: On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 09:30 +0100, Paul Dunderdale dund...@mcb.net wrote: Could be a Pentax lens on a non-Pentax body? According to the 'rules', that's not allowable. The body must be Pentax. When you add data to your images, you can choose Other for non-Pentax lenses, but there is no equivalent field for bodies. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ P On 5 Jul 2011, at 06:24, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well the voting system seems to be fine now, and all the photos in my area are mine... but as I've been voting I've noticed there are several photos coming up with NULL in the camera body column. anyone have an idea what that is about? ann -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. Paul Dunderdale dund...@mcb.net pauldunderd...@mac.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunders/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Strangeness Abounds (July PUG is up!)
G'day' all. http://pug.komkon.org/ (If you see the previous gallery when you click that link, refresh the page in your browser). Lots of strangeness but I think Frank's description comes under the heading of too much information Next up is Monochrome Landscapes. Nominal cut off date for submissions is 30 July, but the form will probably be active for a few days beyond that. Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels * Max file size: 300k * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body or lens used is Pentax. Also - as not all browsers are colour space aware, if you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure the image looks right on line. I usually check the colour space of submitted images but I've been known to forget. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:35 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Quaint though that might be, I've missed dozens of wonderful shots due to having to set everything up as opposed to just pointing and hitting the shutter release. I appreciate the reply, Frank. However, I'm not sure that even if I could wear a suit that had lenses pointing in every direction shooting 8 fps that I would find the experience personally fulfilling, although I couldn't complain as much about missing shots. I'd like to tell you how much more fulfilling it is to shoot old school, but honestly, that's just bullshit. All it means is that I missed some really good shots because my equipment isn't up to snuff, and that's damned frustrating. I agree, which is why I said that few of us are chucking our digital gear. The point of my post wasn't that old school was more fulfilling, but that it did have a tactile element that many of us may have forgotten, that is, until we hold it in our hands again and a pleasant sensation tingles some long unused neurons in our brains. (I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.) : ) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Happy Birthday
On Jul 4, 2011, at 10:56 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: Good thing you didnt say Happy Birthday Joe :-) ann HEY! 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.
The Limited took one for the team, and a PESO
I was out for dinner in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at a decent joint featuring really snazzy sandwiches, draft beer, and live music. Check the picture at https://plus.google.com/107606703558161507946/posts/fb6ZAa3Vid6 Anyhow, we rearranged some tables and during the 30 seconds in which the K-5 with the 40mm Limited was sitting unguarded on the floor the waiter kicked it down a couple of stairs. Hard floor. It seems to have landed on the lens. Now the 40mm won't focus further than about halfway out; put it in manual and you can't physically turn the focus ring. Pain and anguish, etc, but I'm glad the lens took the fall for the camera. Anyhow, this is my first Pentax lens breakage. Anyone have insights as to whether this is apt to be fixable? One goes to a dealer, I suppose, and they send it off? -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The Limited took one for the team, and a PESO
The lens is probably repairable, but the bill might come close to the cost of a replacement. It may be more important to have the camera checked out to make sure the lens mounting flange remains in alignment. You might be able to determine this yourself by checking for a flat focus field with a longish lens at wide open aperture. But I think I'd want an experienced tech to give the camera a once over. Paul On Jul 5, 2011, at 7:27 PM, Tim Bray wrote: I was out for dinner in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at a decent joint featuring really snazzy sandwiches, draft beer, and live music. Check the picture at https://plus.google.com/107606703558161507946/posts/fb6ZAa3Vid6 Anyhow, we rearranged some tables and during the 30 seconds in which the K-5 with the 40mm Limited was sitting unguarded on the floor the waiter kicked it down a couple of stairs. Hard floor. It seems to have landed on the lens. Now the 40mm won't focus further than about halfway out; put it in manual and you can't physically turn the focus ring. Pain and anguish, etc, but I'm glad the lens took the fall for the camera. Anyhow, this is my first Pentax lens breakage. Anyone have insights as to whether this is apt to be fixable? One goes to a dealer, I suppose, and they send it off? -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
[no subject]
G'day all Just the occasional posting of the FAQ link for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know (or has forgotten) the rules. Rules? Rules??!! We don't need no stinkin' rules!! http://pug.komkon.org/general/mini-faq.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The Limited took one for the team, and a PESO
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:27 -0300, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I was out for dinner in Porto Alegre, Brazil, at a decent joint featuring really snazzy sandwiches, draft beer, and live music. Check the picture at https://plus.google.com/107606703558161507946/posts/fb6ZAa3Vid6 Anyhow, we rearranged some tables and during the 30 seconds in which the K-5 with the 40mm Limited was sitting unguarded on the floor the waiter kicked it down a couple of stairs. Hard floor. It seems to have landed on the lens. Now the 40mm won't focus further than about halfway out; put it in manual and you can't physically turn the focus ring. Ouch! Looks like it was a fun night. Pity it ended unhappily. I hope the lens can be fixed without too much more pain. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ Pain and anguish, etc, but I'm glad the lens took the fall for the camera. Anyhow, this is my first Pentax lens breakage. Anyone have insights as to whether this is apt to be fixable? One goes to a dealer, I suppose, and they send it off? -T -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 FAQ
Hmm... No Subject. There was supposed to be a subject. So now there is. +++ G'day all Just the occasional posting of the FAQ link for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know (or has forgotten) the rules. Rules? Rules??!! We don't need no stinkin' rules!! http://pug.komkon.org/general/mini-faq.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Call me Cotty Jr.
On Jul 5, 2011, at 12:48 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: It's the first step from mounting the Rokkor-PF 58/1.4 on the K-x. The mount is not yet proper, but it does work. Obviously no coupling. Here's the first shot. I am curious to see how this experiment turns out. That is the lens that came on my first SLR, I know it well. My plan for that lens is to wait for a good EVIL camera and get an adapter. http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/rokkor/whole.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/rokkor/center.jpg Got a little more work to do on the mount. Please show us what you did to make it fit. Still, it has potential. 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. -- 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: OT - Hard Disk Oddity
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:09 -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: I'm no Windows guru but similar things happen on Mac OS X systems. - Back up that disk to another volume. - run a file system and hardware check. I don't know what sw is available on Win to do this, but you should be able to find utilities inexpensively or free. - if the drive checks out, it might be a sign of a failing controller or enclosure interface. Swapping the drive to another known-good enclosure would demonstrate if the enclosure was failing. Use a known good cable of course... At three and a half years old, it's a little young yet to be close to failure by the averages, but why take chances? A two terabyte drive AND quality enclosure is barely two hundred dollars these days. I'd add a new one to the system, clone the data over, then erase and continue using the old one as a temp or work drive, keeping it backed up, until it fails. With a suitably comprehensive backup system, the risk of data loss is small. Thanks for the feedback, Godders. The disk (a Western Digital 'My Book') has already been backed up to another - I went out and bought a 1.5 terabyte backup drive a few weeks ago when my other external drive (a Western Digital 'Essentials') died suddenly (that one was actually younger than the 'My Book' but my son installed it in a new enclosure and it seems to be OK so it was probably a faulty controller in that case). I originally bought the 'My Book' for my old PC which didn't have a large internal hard disk, so I was using the My Book drive as a second drive. I've since upgraded to a new PC with a large internal drive so I don't really need the external one any more. But, as you say, it could be useful as a temp or work drive so I'll double check the cable and then try it in a new enclosure. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Tuesday, July 5, 2011, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all For several months one of my external hard drives has been acting a bit 'flaky'. The drive is permanently attached to the PC but when the computer boots there is no sign of the drive in Windows Explorer. However, after about 10-15 minutes, the autoplay window magically appears and the operating system reads the drive, which then becomes available. The drive continues to work properly thereafter - until the next boot when the process starts over again. My question is whether the hard disk itself is on the way to hard disk hell or whether the drive controller is likely to be the culprit. Or could it be a faulty USB cable? Would it be worth extracting the drive from its case and try installing it in a new case? The drive is about three and a half years old. Note that I'm not relying on this drive as a primary back up any more, but it is convenient if it keeps working. And I'm just curious as to why the drive would be behaving like this. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: GPS Geotag your photos (any camera) with iPhone app
If you know where you were when you took the photo, you can always call it up in Google maps right click on the spot where you were standing. What's Here? will give you Longitude Latitude (or vice versa) you can add that to your metadata keywords. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3744 - Release Date: 07/04/11 -- 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.
OT video camera shootout
Various video cameras and video enabled DSLRs. Unfortunately no K-5, just the D7000 and about three Canons. 12 cameras total http://www.zacuto.com/the-great-camera-shootout-2011/episode-one -- 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: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
On 6/07/11 3:02 AM, Darren Addy wrote: If you will indulge me... With all of the emphasis these days on digital and Image Quality, it seems that many have forgotten (if they ever even lived at a time when they could KNOW it) what a satisfyingly tactile experience photography was. We have been robbed of much of that tactile experience by our automatic and autofocus digital cameras today. We don't get the satisfying pop of the back when we would load or unload film. We've lost the satisfying tactile experience of advancing the film lever and cocking the shutter, or the act of rewinding the 35mm film into it's canister. Now few of us want to chuck our plastic-bodied, autofocus lenses and digital cameras and go back to film - at least on a regular basis. But we can recapture some of that feeling by putting some vintage glass on our Pentax DSLRs. In my opinion, a m42 to K-mount adapter (that allows infinity focus) is one of the truly must have accessories. My personal preference is for the genuine Pentax brands that require no tools to remove. As most of us know, this opens up the world of m42 Takumar glass to you and your Pentax DSLR. I'm especially thinking of this recently, as I obtained a beautiful black Spotmatic and had it CLA'd by Eric. It feels so great in my hands. I just received an equally gorgeous S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 for it, with caps hood and case. What a beautiful piece of kit that is! Along with it I got a very nice chrome Spotmatic F (my first F) with SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 and S-M-C 35mm f3.5 - all looking as if they were rarely used. There is a feeling I get when handling this equipment that is missing when I pick up my plastic-bodied Pentax-F autofocus lenses and that I have the feeling would be missing even if I owned the new Pentax Limited lenses. The heft of the lens. The buttery smoothness of the focusing action. The all-metal screw-in lens hood with white lettering imprinted around the end. Certainly that tactile experience has very little to do with producing excellent images - but that feeling is an aspect of photography that I originally fell in love with and that I feel again as I handle them now. The closest I can come to that feeling is shooting my DSLR with those superb Takumar lenses on it, and in keeping a film body along for those occasions when I want to recapture that feeling in total. The ability to use this quality glass (easily) is one of the main reasons that I originally went with Pentax for my first DSLR (even though I owned no Pentax glass at the time). Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska I just bought a Mamiya RB67 Pro and shooting my first roll of film in years certainly was fun. -- Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Hard Disk Oddity
From: Brian Walters G'day all For several months one of my external hard drives has been acting a bit 'flaky'. The drive is permanently attached to the PC but when the computer boots there is no sign of the drive in Windows Explorer. However, after about 10-15 minutes, the autoplay window magically appears and the operating system reads the drive, which then becomes available. The drive continues to work properly thereafter - until the next boot when the process starts over again. My question is whether the hard disk itself is on the way to hard disk hell or whether the drive controller is likely to be the culprit. Or could it be a faulty USB cable? Would it be worth extracting the drive from its case and try installing it in a new case? The drive is about three and a half years old. Note that I'm not relying on this drive as a primary back up any more, but it is convenient if it keeps working. And I'm just curious as to why the drive would be behaving like this. Is this perchance a Western Digital MyBook external drive? - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3744 - Release Date: 07/04/11 -- 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: PESO - Among Friends
I expect the paper book has about as much chance of survival as the Vinyl LP album. I don't do E-books myself. The batteries in a paperback never die, you don't have to figure out how to recharge 'em and if you stick it in the bottom of your ruck-sack something sharp happens to pierce the cover it's still likely to be readable. And MWR always has a ready supply to swap with you when you finish your current read. From: Jeffery Johnson Perhaps he will become a digital author as I am not sure how much longer actual books will be around or if they are how affordable they will be for the average family. ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2011 6:50 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Among Friends It was so nice to see a young lad ~not~ on a computer or playing a video game. I hope he carries an appreciation of books throughout his life: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/07/among-friends.html I actually took a couple of shots (so engrossed he was in his book he never noticed). He changed his body language after I took this one, so this is my favourite (if not the sharpest) shot. I also have a tighter shot, but it turns out I like the light coming in the door and windows in the background. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1388 / Virus Database: 1516/3744 - Release Date: 07/04/11 -- 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: GESO: Full gallery for photos from our long weekend in North Bay.
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:48 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:41 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2011-simpson2/album/index.html On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:07 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Its not much but lots of deer shots./ Dave Well, at least most of yours are nice and sharp. Thats because the beer came out after the camera didi:-) I spent the weekend being way too casual with the focus, making lots of charming, lovely but blurry shots. I think I've reached a new level of casual snappy sloppies with expensive cameras ... ;-) LOL Well thats what PDML is all about right:-) Dave -- 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. -- 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: OT - Hard Disk Oddity
On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:56 -0400, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Brian Walters G'day all For several months one of my external hard drives has been acting a bit 'flaky'. The drive is permanently attached to the PC but when the computer boots there is no sign of the drive in Windows Explorer. However, after about 10-15 minutes, the autoplay window magically appears and the operating system reads the drive, which then becomes available. The drive continues to work properly thereafter - until the next boot when the process starts over again. My question is whether the hard disk itself is on the way to hard disk hell or whether the drive controller is likely to be the culprit. Or could it be a faulty USB cable? Would it be worth extracting the drive from its case and try installing it in a new case? The drive is about three and a half years old. Note that I'm not relying on this drive as a primary back up any more, but it is convenient if it keeps working. And I'm just curious as to why the drive would be behaving like this. Is this perchance a Western Digital MyBook external drive? Perchance, it is. A My Book 500GB. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Hard Disk Oddity
I have a 1TB that does the same thing. It will randomly drop off and reconnect. I got it second hand and am only using it as a dump area, so nothing critical for me goes on it. On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 20:56 -0400, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Brian Walters G'day all For several months one of my external hard drives has been acting a bit 'flaky'. The drive is permanently attached to the PC but when the computer boots there is no sign of the drive in Windows Explorer. However, after about 10-15 minutes, the autoplay window magically appears and the operating system reads the drive, which then becomes available. The drive continues to work properly thereafter - until the next boot when the process starts over again. My question is whether the hard disk itself is on the way to hard disk hell or whether the drive controller is likely to be the culprit. Or could it be a faulty USB cable? Would it be worth extracting the drive from its case and try installing it in a new case? The drive is about three and a half years old. Note that I'm not relying on this drive as a primary back up any more, but it is convenient if it keeps working. And I'm just curious as to why the drive would be behaving like this. Is this perchance a Western Digital MyBook external drive? Perchance, it is. A My Book 500GB. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
I've owned most of the SMC Taks at one time or another, and I still have a few. Very nice equipment, but I'm not much of a fondler. And while some of today's less expensive lenses don't begin to compare, the DA* lenses are very pleasing. I dont own any of the FA Limiteds, but I expect that they qualify as a worthy successor to the Taks as well. Unlike most others, I prefer the SMC taks and Super Taks with the metal focusing barrels to those with the rubber grip. It's also important, or at lease relevant, to note that many of the SMC Pentax K series lenses are virtually identical to their SMC Tak predecessors. Paul On Jul 5, 2011, at 1:02 PM, Darren Addy wrote: If you will indulge me... With all of the emphasis these days on digital and Image Quality, it seems that many have forgotten (if they ever even lived at a time when they could KNOW it) what a satisfyingly tactile experience photography was. We have been robbed of much of that tactile experience by our automatic and autofocus digital cameras today. We don't get the satisfying pop of the back when we would load or unload film. We've lost the satisfying tactile experience of advancing the film lever and cocking the shutter, or the act of rewinding the 35mm film into it's canister. Now few of us want to chuck our plastic-bodied, autofocus lenses and digital cameras and go back to film - at least on a regular basis. But we can recapture some of that feeling by putting some vintage glass on our Pentax DSLRs. In my opinion, a m42 to K-mount adapter (that allows infinity focus) is one of the truly must have accessories. My personal preference is for the genuine Pentax brands that require no tools to remove. As most of us know, this opens up the world of m42 Takumar glass to you and your Pentax DSLR. I'm especially thinking of this recently, as I obtained a beautiful black Spotmatic and had it CLA'd by Eric. It feels so great in my hands. I just received an equally gorgeous S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 for it, with caps hood and case. What a beautiful piece of kit that is! Along with it I got a very nice chrome Spotmatic F (my first F) with SMC Takumar 50mm f1.4 and S-M-C 35mm f3.5 - all looking as if they were rarely used. There is a feeling I get when handling this equipment that is missing when I pick up my plastic-bodied Pentax-F autofocus lenses and that I have the feeling would be missing even if I owned the new Pentax Limited lenses. The heft of the lens. The buttery smoothness of the focusing action. The all-metal screw-in lens hood with white lettering imprinted around the end. Certainly that tactile experience has very little to do with producing excellent images - but that feeling is an aspect of photography that I originally fell in love with and that I feel again as I handle them now. The closest I can come to that feeling is shooting my DSLR with those superb Takumar lenses on it, and in keeping a film body along for those occasions when I want to recapture that feeling in total. The ability to use this quality glass (easily) is one of the main reasons that I originally went with Pentax for my first DSLR (even though I owned no Pentax glass at the time). Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Hard Disk Oddity
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Thanks for the feedback, Godders. The disk (a Western Digital 'My Book')... Say no more. I've had one of my own and three clients' WD My Book enclosures go bad all of a sudden. Mine was a 2T WD MyBook RAID enclosure. I pulled the two 1T drives out, put them into quality enclosures (Other World Computing Mercury Elite Pro quad interface) after the WD enclosure died and have been running them for the past three years this way. Same for the clients' MyBooks. The drives are likely all right, it's the enclosure that sucks. Almost like Sigma lenses ... ]'-) I still have one of those MyBook RAIDs running. It's occasionally flakey. One of these days I'll get a Mercury Elite Pro RAID enclosure, move the drives over, and reformat, reload them from the other archive drive. Meanwhile, there's no risk of data loss as the enclosure is the second archive backup, not used for day-to-day work and mirrored from the first archive backup. -- 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: Call me Cotty Jr.
It'll never work. The screws are out of focus. Rick --- On Tue, 7/5/11, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: It's the first step from mounting the Rokkor-PF 58/1.4 on the K-x. The mount is not yet proper, but it does work. Obviously no coupling. Here's the first shot. http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/rokkor/whole.jpg http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/rokkor/center.jpg Got a little more work to do on the mount. Still, it has potential. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
On 2011-07-05 17:23 , Darren Addy wrote: I agree, which is why I said that few of us are chucking our digital gear. The point of my post wasn't that old school was more fulfilling, but that it did have a tactile element that many of us may have forgotten, that is, until we hold it in our hands again and a pleasant sensation tingles some long unused neurons in our brains. (I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine.) i still fire up the turntable now and then, just to hear the crackles and remember the motions, hand sutras almost, of withdrawing the LP from its sleeve with my middle finger on the center hole and the edge against my palm, switching fluidly to hold the edge by both thumbs and middle fingers as i gently drop it onto the spindle, then the way i clean the record and brace my backmost pinky knuckle against the deck while index fingering the needle onto the platter then withdrawing from the equipment and enjoying the imperfect sound, the shortness of a side, the way the artist arranged the songs with the two sides in mind ... ah, but that is just once every month or two; i have 49,000 songs on a server upstairs that i play through my Apple TV most of the time; almost done ripping all my CDs and then good riddance to them (but i'll keep my LPs for now) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Hard Disk Oddity
On 2011-07-05 19:55 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: [...] I pulled the two 1T drives out, put them into quality enclosures (Other World Computing Mercury Elite Pro quad interface) after the WD enclosure died and have been running them for the past three years this way. Same for the clients' MyBooks. The drives are likely all right, it's the enclosure that sucks. Almost like Sigma lenses ... ]'-) often enough with such things it's the power supply that goes bad; i have had a power supply go bad with an Other World Computing two-drive RAID case as well; it was easy enough to replace the power supply (maybe it could be done with Brian's WD drive?) and OWC admitted they'd had a batch of power supplies that were unreliable but still made me pay for the replacement; the same RAID case also has a flaky fan that needs help to get going on the few occasions i power it down -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Happy Birthday
Joe, We've heard it all before... Too many of those damned Micks coming over here and taking the good jobs. Too many of those damned Pollacks... Too many of those damned Guineas... Too many of those damned Jews... Too many of those damned Camel Jockey's... Too many of those damned Indians... I fit in too many of those categories to want to make an issue of it. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: Not immigration barriers, but uncontrolled illegal floods of people, the majority of whom work and earn money to send home to their families, without paying taxes, but availing themselves of all the perks this country provides to it's poor and disenfranchised citizens. It's not that they are crossing into the US illegally, but in the incredible quantities of them. They are now beginning to make a perceivable effect on the country's economy. Especially to the economy of the states to which most of them flow in the west and southwest. On Jul 4, 2011, at 06:19 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Dan, A sentiment I never tire of reading... And I am ashamed of our countrymen who are trying to erect immigration barriers. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com Gaudeamus igitur, juvenes dum sumus... http://tinyurl.com/ndmfhb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
When the Cotty Jr. thread prompted me to pull out my SRT-101 with the rokkor 58/1.4, this thread immediately came to mind. One of my biggest motivations for a mirrorless system will be the opportunity to use many of these old lenses, and quite possibly be able to take pictures even better than they've ever done before. I can think of hundreds, or thousands of reasons why modern lenses aren't made to the same level of finish as the lenses of 40 or 50 years ago. Yes, there are people that would pay an extra few hundred dollars for a lens that feels in your hand like a supertak 50/1.4, but most people wouldn't. I wonder if there is an opportunity for a business that takes modern lenses and crafts metal housings to vintage levels of finish. How many people would pay $2,000 to retrofit something like the DA* 55/1.4? I've gone back and shot film now and then over the past 5 years and every time I'm struck by the difference in the process of taking pictures, and also the process of developing or post-processing them. I also almost always notice the difference in image quality between what I can get with my new gear, and with the older gear. And that's in the situations where the old cameras can take the photos. Note, I didn't say that the images with the new gear were prettier, but with my gear, the digital images are almost always technically superior. I often think that I should spend some time emulating the rhythm of shooting with my film camera, even if I'm shooting digital. I know that with a film camera I'm quite capable of thinking through almost every aspect of a shot, and getting a keeper with only one or two frames. I've also found that taking a test shot will point out things that I've forgotten, or just didn't notice, and that the histogram will allow me to do a much better job of correcting my exposure, or any other detail that I didn't immediately notice. And yet, there is nothing like holding a camera that your hands have known for 38 years. -- 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: OT - Hard Disk Oddity
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: often enough with such things it's the power supply that goes bad; i have had a power supply go bad with an Other World Computing two-drive RAID case as well; it was easy enough to replace the power supply (maybe it could be done with Brian's WD drive?) and OWC admitted they'd had a batch of power supplies that were unreliable but still made me pay for the replacement; the same RAID case also has a flaky fan that needs help to get going on the few occasions i power it down Agree ... nothing's perfect. I've (knock on wood) had no problems with the OWC enclosures to date, and neither have my clients. But I do keep a spare enclosure just in case. The WDs I've had and seen that failed weren't power supply failures ... they were firmware failures. The RAID's firmware code just bricked it, and the others the interface died. -- 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: A few words about the love of Good Equipment...
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: If you will indulge me... With all of the emphasis these days on digital and Image Quality, it seems that many have forgotten (if they ever even lived at a time when they could KNOW it) what a satisfyingly tactile experience photography was. ... Digital capture, image quality, and a superb, tactile experience in using a fine camera and lens are not mutually exclusive. Buy the right equipment: you get it whether you want to use auto-focus ... automation or not. -- 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.
