RE: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender
Very Van Gogh-ish. Saves all that mucking about with paint and brushes. Not sure it works for me, though. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Johnson Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2011 12:49 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender I have been playing around with Pixel Bender and here is an example of that experimentation. The plugin does work but for some reason it causes my video driver to crash so I have to deselect the GPU option and then it works but very slowly. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/6003963132/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Here is original that I took this weekend at the Richland Creek Greenway: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/5995846847/in/photostream Well just wanted to share and do hope everyone is staying cool in all this HOT weather.. Jeffery ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - From Fruit to Nuts
I quite like the attitude. I'll have to have a walk around our local churches, although I think they're a bit po-faced WRT signs. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of frank theriault Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2011 9:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - From Fruit to Nuts Oh those whacky Presbyterians: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/08/from-fruit-to-nuts.html I wonder if John Knox would approve such fun and frivolity at the place of worship? ;-) 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.
Happy Birthday Walt
I know that last year was a rough one for you, here's wishing that next year gets better in every way. -- 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.
K-5 at high ISO
I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ If you're curious about the rest of the set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627353833070/ I forgot my bag of light modifiers at home. I tried making a snoot for the 540 out of a ricola bag, but it didn't work so well, so most of these are ambient light. -- 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: K-5 at high ISO
That is nice. The high ISO shots on the K5 have a nice look to them. -Original Message- From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2011 03:01:58 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: K-5 at high ISO I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ If you're curious about the rest of the set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627353833070/ I forgot my bag of light modifiers at home. I tried making a snoot for the 540 out of a ricola bag, but it didn't work so well, so most of these are ambient light. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Walt
On 8/4/2011 4:28 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I know that last year was a rough one for you, here's wishing that next year gets better in every way. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est Many thanks, Larry. I hadn't really thought about how tough the past year was, but now that you mention it, I spent my last birthday in surgery having lymph nodes taken out. On the other hand, I got to go to Arkansas in November, where I met Ted Beilby. Then, I got to go to California, where I met you and John Francis. So, while it started and ended badly, it wasn't a total loss. Thanks again. And here's to better days. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 at high ISO
That is a great shot and example of the high iso of the K-5. I wish my Nikon D2H at 400 was that good, but it is ancient technology at 7 years old.:-)That was one of my major nits with my D2H, among others, that the iso noise was not that great 400 and above. Dave On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:01 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ If you're curious about the rest of the set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627353833070/ I forgot my bag of light modifiers at home. I tried making a snoot for the 540 out of a ricola bag, but it didn't work so well, so most of these are ambient light. -- 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. -- 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 - Fed-Up
Ann, No, I live in Kentucky. I'm just familiar with the safety material and some of its properties. The last time I was in THE CITY was in the mid-70's when I did an internship with the AP. The closest I get now is Newark. k Ann Sanfedele wrote Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:12:16 -0400 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso - Fed-Up Message-ID: 4e39f1f0.2090...@nyc.rr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed wow... ok so do you live in my neighborhood or can you tell that from the photo? -- and, of course, I totally forgot to look at it today -- Wed is family day at the Sal Army and 10% off day at the Trade fair grocer in Queens - so I was busy saving money... What you describe sure makes sense tho. ann On 8/3/2011 11:49, Keith Mosier wrote: On 8/3/2011, Ann Sanfedele wrote: The Moir? pattern could also be caused by the safety material in the glass. It's a tinted, safety glass door. It uses a sandwiched elastomeric material, possibly Butacite?, between two pieces of glass, much like a car windshield. k On 8/2/2011 23:37, Bob Sullivan wrote: Ann, Moire pattern from the screen to be sure. Regards, Bob S. I think that is true but I won't rule out artwork until I go over there and see it. A screen door is unlikely to exist in my neighborhood. 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: Experimenting with Pixel Bender
On 8/4/2011 02:04, John Coyle wrote: Very Van Gogh-ish. Saves all that mucking about with paint and brushes. Not sure it works for me, though. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia Doesn't work for me, either, but I understand the fun element and it is easy to fall in love with the result because of the process. ann -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Johnson Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2011 12:49 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender I have been playing around with Pixel Bender and here is an example of that experimentation. The plugin does work but for some reason it causes my video driver to crash so I have to deselect the GPU option and then it works but very slowly. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/6003963132/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Here is original that I took this weekend at the Richland Creek Greenway: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/5995846847/in/photostream Well just wanted to share and do hope everyone is staying cool in all this HOT weather.. Jeffery ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K-5 at high ISO
I think I would be a little more than fairly happy with that photo. Good work! on Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:02:06 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ If you're curious about the rest of the set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627353833070/ I forgot my bag of light modifiers at home. I tried making a snoot for the 540 out of a ricola bag, but it didn't work so well, so most of these are ambient light. -- 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: K-5 at high ISO
I'd say you did fine - even the one or two where you don't see their eyes are interesting. ann On 8/4/2011 06:01, Larry Colen wrote: I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ If you're curious about the rest of the set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627353833070/ I forgot my bag of light modifiers at home. I tried making a snoot for the 540 out of a ricola bag, but it didn't work so well, so most of these are ambient light. -- 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: Peso - Fed-Up
On 8/4/2011 07:59, Keith Mosier wrote: Ann, No, I live in Kentucky. I'm just familiar with the safety material and some of its properties. The last time I was in THE CITY was in the mid-70's when I did an internship with the AP. The closest I get now is Newark. k That reminds me to go and look this morning - I better write it down! (if you checked out that age activated ADHD vid I pointed to a couple of weeks ago...well ) ann Ann Sanfedele wrote Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:12:16 -0400 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso - Fed-Up Message-ID:4e39f1f0.2090...@nyc.rr.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed wow... ok so do you live in my neighborhood or can you tell that from the photo? -- and, of course, I totally forgot to look at it today -- Wed is family day at the Sal Army and 10% off day at the Trade fair grocer in Queens - so I was busy saving money... What you describe sure makes sense tho. ann On 8/3/2011 11:49, Keith Mosier wrote: On 8/3/2011, Ann Sanfedele wrote: The Moir? pattern could also be caused by the safety material in the glass. It's a tinted, safety glass door. It uses a sandwiched elastomeric material, possibly Butacite?, between two pieces of glass, much like a car windshield. k On 8/2/2011 23:37, Bob Sullivan wrote: Ann, Moire pattern from the screen to be sure. Regards, Bob S. I think that is true but I won't rule out artwork until I go over there and see it. A screen door is unlikely to exist in my neighborhood. 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: K-5 at high ISO
Thanks for posting these, Larry. Well composed with very impressive ISO performance. Jack --- On Thu, 8/4/11, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: K-5 at high ISO To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, August 4, 2011, 3:01 AM I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ If you're curious about the rest of the set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627353833070/ I forgot my bag of light modifiers at home. I tried making a snoot for the 540 out of a ricola bag, but it didn't work so well, so most of these are ambient light. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?
On 03/08/2011 9:22 PM, John Francis wrote: An Eye1 doesn't exactly qualify as cheap, though. Was that one of the criteria? -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?
Do you need to calibrate your monitor for grayscale? Also Bill, my spell checker keeps suggesting a bunch of expletives for your name... Norm From: William Robb On 03/08/2011 9:10 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Dear All: What model(s) of color-calibration devices (colorimeters) for computer displays would you recommend? I've been using an X-Rite eye1 for several years, quite happily. When I was running photolabs, X-Rite was the densitometer of choice (I still have one of their lab units around somewhere, so I went with a brand I knew as one who knows colour. I expect they are all good. My spell checker wants to make your name Rhinoceros... -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:22 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: An Eye1 doesn't exactly qualify as cheap, though. I suppose that cheap is in the eye of the beholder, but I don't think that $115 is bad: http://www.amazon.com/X-Rite-i1Display-Calibrator-Laptop-Displays/dp/B000JLO31M/ Less expensive than the Spider 3 Pro (with similar 4 star customer reviews). Spider 3 Express gets similar 4 star reviews for $66 at the budget end. For similar reviews I like to breakdown the star ratings to get a better picture. For example, the X-Rite i1 has the most reviews (120). Out of those 120 it got 13 1-star reviews (10.8%) Spider 3 Pro has 79 reviews with 9 1-star reviews (11.4%) Spider 3 Elements has 34 reviews with 1 1-star review (3%). Even if the next person to review gave it 1-star it would only have 6%). I also look at what percentage give it 4 or 5 star ratings, and if there are more 5s than 4s. All are similar in that regard: X-Rite (74%), Spider 3 Pro (76%), Spider 3 Express (78%). I will be needing to make a decision on one of these in the not-too-distant future, so I appreciate this thread. 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: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender
Reminds me of the old SX-70 film manipulations. I think it has potential, and I love the price (FREE). Like any tool, it can be used for good or ill. Wasn't aware of it before. Thanks! Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Thriving in the Heat
I appreciate the comments and agree with you (the centered/off-center thing was the first thing I thought of when I saw it). This was a manual focus lens and I'm not terribly experienced at handheld macros so I was kind of using the centerpoint AF assist beep but shooting wide open there is SUCH a narrow band of DOF that this was my main concern (that and getting the shot before the skitterish beast jumped away). I do think that the centered-ness is somewhat offset by the overall weight of the composition being off-center. The leaves at the left and the nothingness to the right sort of helps with it not seeming static/symmetrical, doesn't it? Or maybe I'm just wishful thinking. : ) The other thing that I liked about it was the natural warm golden hour light. So many macros are (by necessity) taken with flash (mostly from overhead) and so look sort of textbook/similar to me. I plan on making an overhead flash rig, but I think the lesson from this shot is to perhaps warm it up a bit with gels. Of course, that can also be done in post-processing, but my philosophy is to spend less time in post if you know what you want and can get it in the camera. One other observation... with jumpy subjects the stopdown metering (mirror slap) can be enough to get them to take off so better to meter and lock exposure while farther away and then creep in taking shots as you get closer and closer. Other's techniques are invited/welcome as I'm just learning. 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: PESO: Thriving in the Heat
correction: Not mirror slap on the stopdown metering... just the slamming of the aperture closed and opening again. Obvious not a problem if you are shooting wide open. : ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Digital Body and Manual Lens Question
I need to buy another digital for snapshots. If I pickup a used body, like a K10, what kind of limitations am I facing using my manual focus lenses? Norm smartass preemptive - other than no AF -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question
A lenses: no limitations except manual focus. K-M lenses: manual exposure as well as manual focus. -- 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 Norm Baugher Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:31 AM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question I need to buy another digital for snapshots. If I pickup a used body, like a K10, what kind of limitations am I facing using my manual focus lenses? Norm smartass preemptive - other than no AF -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question
If the manual focus lenses are A series, you'll have all the autoexposure options that the K10 offers. With M and K series lenses, you'll have to use a workaround for exposure. Basically, you set a stop on the aperture ring, and press the green button. That causes the camera to set an exposure. Other than that, manual lenses work fine. Paul On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: I need to buy another digital for snapshots. If I pickup a used body, like a K10, what kind of limitations am I facing using my manual focus lenses? Norm smartass preemptive - other than no AF -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question
Ahh, the infamous green button... What about angle of view issues? Tks, Norm -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:46 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question If the manual focus lenses are A series, you'll have all the autoexposure options that the K10 offers. With M and K series lenses, you'll have to use a workaround for exposure. Basically, you set a stop on the aperture ring, and press the green button. That causes the camera to set an exposure. Other than that, manual lenses work fine. Paul On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: I need to buy another digital for snapshots. If I pickup a used body, like a K10, what kind of limitations am I facing using my manual focus lenses? Norm smartass preemptive - other than no AF -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question
The Pentax DSLR will have a 1.5 focal length multiplier effect, making a 50mm lens have the angle of view of a 75mm lens on your DSLR. A 35mm will be the equiv. of a 52mm lens on 35mm. 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.
Voigtlander LH-6
Check out the technical details: http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-LH-6-Lens-Nokton-Classic/dp/B0014YZIK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1312471768sr=8-1 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Archives only go back to April?
On 8/1/11 1:02 AM, Tim Bray wrote: I was going to make a witty comment online about something that someone said in March, but apparently PDML time began on April 1, 2011. I've never had occasion to visit the archives before; have they always been just a short moving window? -T Thanks for the heads up. The PDML.net archives are now restored to May 2006, when we moved to the current home. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Archives only go back to April?
On behalf of the Internet's tribal memory, thanks! -T On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: On 8/1/11 1:02 AM, Tim Bray wrote: I was going to make a witty comment online about something that someone said in March, but apparently PDML time began on April 1, 2011. I've never had occasion to visit the archives before; have they always been just a short moving window? -T Thanks for the heads up. The PDML.net archives are now restored to May 2006, when we moved to the current home. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Voigtlander LH-6
ROTFL. The last two are truly memorable. BH should hire this guy. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Check out the technical details: http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-LH-6-Lens-Nokton-Classic/dp/B0014YZIK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1312471768sr=8-1 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?
I've also used the Spyder 2 and had no problem matching monitor and prints, especially considering the cheap monitor I'm using. Considering what I paid for it, I think it's the Spyder 2 Pro, but I've used it with good results with the latest versions of both the Spyder 2 Pro and Spyder 2 Express software. I recently upgraded to the Spyder 3, so if anyone is interested in getting a cheap start on monitor calibration with the Spyder 2 contact me off list. -p On 8/3/2011 10:38 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I use the very inexpensive Spyder Express (the older 2 version), and it is quite adequate in that my monitor and my prints are a near perfect match. It will only calibrate one monitor, so I have my large monitor set up as the photo viewing area and use my second monitor just for PhotoShop windows and tools. It adjusts the monitor for the ambient light, so I have to work in the same lighting conditions for best accuracy. I think the main advantage of the Pro device is that it allows more adjustment of gamma and the calibration of multiple monitors. I'd like to have it, but the Express version does the job and does it well. That being said, other calibration systems are more highly rated by reviewers, but the Spyder works well for me and my iMac 27 monitor. (It also worked well with my previous frontline monitor, an Apple Cinema Display.) Paul On Aug 3, 2011, at 11:10 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Dear All: What model(s) of color-calibration devices (colorimeters) for computer displays would you recommend? (For Windows - XP and Win7, - if that matters) I am looking for something that would be reasonable - both in functionality (quality, convenience of use) and price. I heard mostly about Spyder. But then even Spyder seems to have several variations (Datacolor DC S3P100 Spyder 3 Pro, Datacolor DC S3EL100 Spyder 3 Elite, Datacolor DC S3X100 Spyder 3 Express). I didn't have a chance to figure out which features are really helpful, and which are just marketing ploy: http://spyder.datacolor.com/s3compare.php Does the Pro version automatically adjust calibration based on the ambient light in real time, or only during the calibration? Also, - how does the multiple display calibration work? Does anybody know? I think I am ready to bite the bullet, - as the monitors I thought were close to calibrated are actually not. Thank you in advance, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Voigtlander LH-6
On 04/08/2011 17:30, Tim Bray wrote: Check out the technical details: http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-LH-6-Lens-Nokton-Classic/dp/B0014YZIK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1312471768sr=8-1 No good if you're a heterosexual woman. Or a homosexual man. Limits the market somewhat. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Enablement
The Fed-X guy left an Epson R2000 on my porch yesterday. It sits half unpacked on a table in the living room while I ponder what to do next. --It's a honking big printer compared to the R800 I've been using --Do I connect it USB, wired network or wireless --Where the hell will I fit it into my office --There's no room on my desk, so now I have to go out and buy a table to put it on I was putting off replacing the R800 but the Epson is giving a $150 rebate on the R2000. That put the price point $50 less than I paid for the R800 seven years ago. How could I resist? -p -Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Voigtlander LH-6
One could always hope for a conversion to take place... -p On 8/4/2011 10:11 AM, mike wilson wrote: No good if you're a heterosexual woman. Or a homosexual man. Limits the market somewhat. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Voigtlander LH-6
On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 05:11:12PM +0200, mike wilson wrote: On 04/08/2011 17:30, Tim Bray wrote: Check out the technical details: http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-LH-6-Lens-Nokton-Classic/dp/B0014YZIK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1312471768sr=8-1 No good if you're a heterosexual woman. Or a homosexual man. Limits the market somewhat. Don't be silly - eveyone knows you can't be a professional photographer if you're a woman (heterosexual or otherwise). And while there doesn't seem to be any bar on homosexual men, there's nothing to say they need to enjoy the attention. (I don't really need to add a smiley-face here, do I?) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement
I've found USB printer connections fast and reliable. I keep my R2880 on the floor. That ensures that it won't be subject to vibration or shaking that can screw up a print. Paul On Aug 4, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: The Fed-X guy left an Epson R2000 on my porch yesterday. It sits half unpacked on a table in the living room while I ponder what to do next. --It's a honking big printer compared to the R800 I've been using --Do I connect it USB, wired network or wireless --Where the hell will I fit it into my office --There's no room on my desk, so now I have to go out and buy a table to put it on I was putting off replacing the R800 but the Epson is giving a $150 rebate on the R2000. That put the price point $50 less than I paid for the R800 seven years ago. How could I resist? -p -Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: ?
From: Bob W it's unlikely that anyone accessed his computer; perhaps the most common vector for this sort of thing is that some site where Paul had registered was hacked and the hacker obtained a list of email addresses and passwords (possibly decrypted via dictionary attack); if his password there was the same as his Comcast email password, the hacker could then log into Paul's Comcast webmail, harvest contact addresses, and send out email in Paul's name via Comcast http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14371738 One problem is you get so many online accounts with every one of them requiring a password, how do you manage the proliferation? I try to make them all highly secure using random combinations of upper-case, lower-case, numbers where possible special characters. But after a while there's just too many to keep track of and remember. How do you keep track of them all and still keep them secure? - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3809 - Release Date: 08/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Capture Camera Clip
From: Charles Robinson My Son, however, just split his C5 vertebra in half in an accident last night and so far I'm not going anywhere until they operate and patch him up. Lucky boy did not paralyze or kill himself. Good that he did not. I'm sorry he was injured and hope he will heal well; not suffer lingering after effects. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3809 - Release Date: 08/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: ?
On 2011-08-04 11:24 , John Sessoms wrote: One problem is you get so many online accounts with every one of them requiring a password, how do you manage the proliferation? I try to make them all highly secure using random combinations of upper-case, lower-case, numbers where possible special characters. But after a while there's just too many to keep track of and remember. How do you keep track of them all and still keep them secure? i have used this tool for about four years; it holds my unique and secure passwords for a few hundred sites and i don't need to remember any of them: http://agilebits.com/products/1Password there are several competitors, but i think this one's the best for Macs iOS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: ?
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:24 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: How do you keep track of them all and still keep them secure? If you have a reasonably good password (that contains at least one number and special character) you can use that same one across multiple sites/services with little to fear. If you want to go one step further, then simply come up with a convention in which you use your reasonably good password and then add something site specific to the front or back (like last three letters, ckr for Flickr, for instance). 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: OT: Capture Camera Clip
On 2011-08-02 18:06 , Charles Robinson wrote: My Son, however, just split his C5 vertebra in half in an accident last night and so far I'm not going anywhere until they operate and patch him up. Lucky boy did not paralyze or kill himself. SO, I may not be going to said festival at all. We'll see what the next 24-36 hours bring us. yeegads, it sounds like a frightening accident; hope he heals well -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: ?
Also... some sites generate a password for you. The first thing you should do with those is use the password provided to log-in and then immediately go to your Profile page and reset it to Your Own password (using the rules above). 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: ?
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:24 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: One problem is you get so many online accounts with every one of them requiring a password, how do you manage the proliferation? For years, I've used password management software. I currently have a couple of hundred passwords in my database; as you say, that's far too many to remember, especially if they're all unique, random, and complex. I currently use Keepass 2. Obviously, it's important not to lose the database, so it's on my USB flash drive, and is also synchronized with Dropbox to multiple computers and the cloud. http://keypass.info/ The passwords that I use most often, I memorize through habit and repetition. In several recent hacker attacks, the hackers publicly posted password lists from the sites they cracked. Those password lists were then available for anyone in the world to try logging into Gmail, bank accounts, PayPal, etc. with the same credentials. I therefore consider it essential to use different passwords on different sites (and not by modifying the same basic password in an obvious way... e.g. MyPassw0rdFacebook - MyPassw0rdPayPal). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: ?
On 2011-08-04 11:39 , Matthew Hunt wrote: I currently use Keepass 2. Obviously, it's important not to lose the database, so it's on my USB flash drive, and is also synchronized with Dropbox to multiple computers and the cloud. good idea; the one i use explicitly supports Dropbox sync and iPhone/iPad sync; on top of that, the set of files 1Password stores is actually a self-contained secure website that you can load in any browser and retrieve your passwords http://keypass.info/ should be http://keepass.info -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 at high ISO
On Aug 4, 2011, at 5:47 AM, Keith Mosier wrote: I think I would be a little more than fairly happy with that photo. Good work! Thanks Keith, also Dave, Ann, Jack, Steve and anyone else who comments. Livia is a fun subject to photograph. She's also an amazing guitar player, especially since she's only 17. on Thu, 04 Aug 2011 03:02:06 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ If you're curious about the rest of the set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627353833070/ I forgot my bag of light modifiers at home. I tried making a snoot for the 540 out of a ricola bag, but it didn't work so well, so most of these are ambient light. -- 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. -- 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: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question
On 2011-08-04 08:45 , Paul Stenquist wrote: If the manual focus lenses are A series, you'll have all the autoexposure options that the K10 offers. With M and K series lenses, you'll have to use a workaround for exposure. Basically, you set a stop on the aperture ring, and press the green button. That causes the camera to set an exposure. Other than that, manual lenses work fine. note that with the green button, if you normally use exposure compensation you have to apply it as a shutter adjustment after using the green button, every time; this is what keeps me from using my M lenses much, but i find using an A lens very satisfactory -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: ?
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14371738 One problem is you get so many online accounts with every one of them requiring a password, how do you manage the proliferation? I try to make them all highly secure using random combinations of upper-case, lower-case, numbers where possible special characters. But after a while there's just too many to keep track of and remember. How do you keep track of them all and still keep them secure? Well, my first rule is, I don't tell anyone about my password policy... B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?
On 2011-08-03 09:10 , Igor Roshchin wrote: What model(s) of color-calibration devices (colorimeters) for computer displays would you recommend? (For Windows - XP and Win7, - if that matters) I am looking for something that would be reasonable - both in functionality (quality, convenience of use) and price. I heard mostly about Spyder. But then even Spyder seems to have several variations (Datacolor DC S3P100 Spyder 3 Pro, Datacolor DC S3EL100 Spyder 3 Elite, Datacolor DC S3X100 Spyder 3 Express). i've been shopping for a calibrator too; i have what i think is the the original Spyder, but i haven't found software that will drive it on Mac OS X 10.5 or above the Spyder 3 Express has an attractive price, but i'm put off by notes that none of the Spiders read or adjust luminance; can anyone address how much that might matter? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: ?
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 1:54 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: http://keypass.info/ should be http://keepass.info Good catch, thanks. Google's started rewriting URLs in search results so that you go through Google first (presumably so they can tell what results are most popular). That screws me up whenever I try to right click and copy a result from the Google results page. I thought this one was short enough that I could just type it accurately, but obviously not. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: MiniGESO - Oh, what a tangled web we weave...
On 04/08/2011 07:12, Ann Sanfedele wrote: so I'd guess it was just the pattern of the back or whatever of the dead insect - a beatle of some sort maybe? I hear the sound of multiple, dead Scrabble enthusiasts rotating at high speed It's a spider with (almost certainly) her legs drawn in. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?
On 2011-08-04 08:04 , Darren Addy wrote: On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 10:22 PM, John Francisjo...@panix.com wrote: An Eye1 doesn't exactly qualify as cheap, though. I suppose that cheap is in the eye of the beholder, but I don't think that $115 is bad: http://www.amazon.com/X-Rite-i1Display-Calibrator-Laptop-Displays/dp/B000JLO31M/ Less expensive than the Spider 3 Pro (with similar 4 star customer reviews). hmmm ... this appears to be a 10-year-old product that is now discontinued and may have problems with current Windows or Mac systems; many of the good reviews are from a few years ago; no wonder it's cheaper Spider 3 Express gets similar 4 star reviews for $66 at the budget end. For similar reviews I like to breakdown the star ratings to get a better picture. i use the reviews on Amazon a lot, but to help avoid being misled i think you have to actually read a good number of them, note when the reviews were posted, look at comments on the glowing or most helpful reviews, and sometimes check the reviewer's other reviews; personally i don't trust the raw star statistics -- often the curve is an inverted bell, with fours, fives, and a cluster of one-star reviews; for the product above the one-stars are where one learns it is discontinued, but often one-stars are whiners who didn't like how something was packaged, had a bad experience with an Amazon partner, or something like that; fives are sometimes useful, and sometimes starry-eyed geek-wannabees or shills; it's the twos, threes and fours from which i often learn the most, and if there are lots of ones but few twos or threes (or none at all), i don't trust the entire spread -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question
On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:58 AM, steve harley wrote: On 2011-08-04 08:45 , Paul Stenquist wrote: If the manual focus lenses are A series, you'll have all the autoexposure options that the K10 offers. With M and K series lenses, you'll have to use a workaround for exposure. Basically, you set a stop on the aperture ring, and press the green button. That causes the camera to set an exposure. Other than that, manual lenses work fine. note that with the green button, if you normally use exposure compensation you have to apply it as a shutter adjustment after using the green button, every time; this is what keeps me from using my M lenses much, but i find using an A lens very satisfactory My experience with everything but the K-5 is that no matter what lens I use I have to chimp the histogram and tweak the exposure on 80-90% of the shots. Come to think of it Chimp the histogram could make a good T-shirt. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Peso - Fed-Up
From: Ann Sanfedele On 8/2/2011 23:37, Bob Sullivan wrote: Ann, Moire pattern from the screen to be sure. Regards, Bob S. I think that is true but I won't rule out artwork until I go over there and see it. A screen door is unlikely to exist in my neighborhood. ann I have, on rare occasions, seen those kinds of patterns in safety glass tempered glass when shooting with a polarizer. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3809 - Release Date: 08/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Voigtlander LH-6
Check out the technical details: http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-LH-6-Lens-Nokton- Classic/dp/B0014YZIK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1312471768sr=8-1 it must be the Voigtlander branding that does it. I have the Leica equivalent and I can assure you none of those things happen to me. Or maybe it's because I'm old, bald, fat, ugly, dull. And, most importantly, poor. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?
The latest iteration of the Spyder 3 Pro software helps with luminance. It reads it, recommends a target luminance level and walks you through manually adjusting it. Older software versions come on the CD, but after I installed it, I was asked if I wanted to download/install the most recent version. -p On 8/4/2011 1:05 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2011-08-03 09:10 , Igor Roshchin wrote: What model(s) of color-calibration devices (colorimeters) for computer displays would you recommend? (For Windows - XP and Win7, - if that matters) I am looking for something that would be reasonable - both in functionality (quality, convenience of use) and price. I heard mostly about Spyder. But then even Spyder seems to have several variations (Datacolor DC S3P100 Spyder 3 Pro, Datacolor DC S3EL100 Spyder 3 Elite, Datacolor DC S3X100 Spyder 3 Express). i've been shopping for a calibrator too; i have what i think is the the original Spyder, but i haven't found software that will drive it on Mac OS X 10.5 or above the Spyder 3 Express has an attractive price, but i'm put off by notes that none of the Spiders read or adjust luminance; can anyone address how much that might matter? -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - From Fruit to Nuts
From: Steven Desjardins LOL. I see these slogan sermon announcements all over Virginia. It seems they always go for the cutesy angle. Having grown up Catholic in New England, they always make me laugh. It's not a right or wrong issue and obviously it's accepted and expected down here, but it's one of those cultural differences I've never been able to get over. I keep expecting to see a drive-through window. That's something more generally associated with California, but they actually exist all over: http://thefuntimesguide.com/images/blogs/church_billboard.jpg http://farm1.static.flickr.com/40/123168156_e7184080c9.jpg - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3809 - Release Date: 08/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 at high ISO
On 2011-08-04 04:01 , Larry Colen wrote: I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ you don't make it easy to resist the K-5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: ?
Bob W wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14371738 One problem is you get so many online accounts with every one of them requiring a password, how do you manage the proliferation? I try to make them all highly secure using random combinations of upper-case, lower-case, numbers where possible special characters. But after a while there's just too many to keep track of and remember. How do you keep track of them all and still keep them secure? Well, my first rule is, I don't tell anyone about my password policy... That's my second rule. I won't tell anyone what my first rule is... -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - From Fruit to Nuts
http://jceworld.blogspot.com/2011/03/australia-drive-through-confession-by.html From: Michael Beacom What a concept, drive-through confession! Cheers Mike On Aug 3, 2011, at 10:21 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: LOL. I see these slogan sermon announcements all over Virginia. It seems they always go for the cutesy angle. Having grown up Catholic in New England, they always make me laugh. It's not a right or wrong issue and obviously it's accepted and expected down here, but it's one of those cultural differences I've never been able to get over. I keep expecting to see a drive-through window. On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 7:44 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Oh those whacky Presbyterians: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/08/from-fruit-to-nuts.html I wonder if John Knox would approve such fun and frivolity at the place of worship? Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3809 - Release Date: 08/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?
From: William Robb On 03/08/2011 9:10 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Dear All: What model(s) of color-calibration devices (colorimeters) for computer displays would you recommend? I've been using an X-Rite eye1 for several years, quite happily. When I was running photolabs, X-Rite was the densitometer of choice (I still have one of their lab units around somewhere, so I went with a brand I knew as one who knows colour. I expect they are all good. My spell checker wants to make your name Rhinoceros... X-Rite also makes the ColorMunki, which appears to be the preferred system in the Windoze world. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3809 - Release Date: 08/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 at high ISO
On Aug 4, 2011, at 11:29 AM, steve harley wrote: On 2011-08-04 04:01 , Larry Colen wrote: I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ you don't make it easy to resist the K-5 Alcoholics in recovery shouldn't hang out in bars. If you're trying to resist the K-5, you shouldn't read the PDML. -- 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: Voigtlander LH-6
The onlhy woman who ever came close to hitting on me because of what what was mounted on my camera was realty, really, impressed with my SMCP FA 28-200mm . So I guess size matters more than anything else. On 8/4/2011 11:30 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Check out the technical details: http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-LH-6-Lens-Nokton-Classic/dp/B0014YZIK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1312471768sr=8-1 -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Password Protection (WAS RE: ?)
From: steve harley On 2011-08-04 11:24 , John Sessoms wrote: One problem is you get so many online accounts with every one of them requiring a password, how do you manage the proliferation? I try to make them all highly secure using random combinations of upper-case, lower-case, numbers where possible special characters. But after a while there's just too many to keep track of and remember. How do you keep track of them all and still keep them secure? i have used this tool for about four years; it holds my unique and secure passwords for a few hundred sites and i don't need to remember any of them: http://agilebits.com/products/1Password there are several competitors, but i think this one's the best for Macs iOS Bookmarked - I'll take a closer look at it. One thing I want to look for is whether there are options for syncing it on more than one computer that doesn't require an online service such as Dropbox. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3809 - Release Date: 08/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:13 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: On 03/08/2011 9:10 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: What model(s) of color-calibration devices (colorimeters) for computer displays would you recommend? I've been using an X-Rite eye1 for several years, quite happily. When I was running photolabs, X-Rite was the densitometer of choice (I still have one of their lab units around somewhere, so I went with a brand I knew as one who knows colour. I expect they are all good. X-Rite also makes the ColorMunki, which appears to be the preferred system in the Windoze world. The Eye One Display calibration and profiling package (then sold by Gretag-Macbeth, now Xrite) was recommended to me independently by colleagues on both the Displays and ColorSync engineering teams at Apple when I asked them. They had every calibration tool, from the bottom to the top of the market, at their disposal and said that the Eye One Display was both the most consistent and the most reliable. I bought mine (the Eye One Display 2 model by that time) in late 2004 and have been completely satisfied with its performance despite all the system and technology changes it has been updated to manage over the past seven years. It's been replaced by the i1 Display Pro package, which is just about the same price I paid with much more functionality. I don't know how it compares in detail to the ColorMunki model, but I'll likely do the research soon and pick one or the other as my calibration utility since my Eye One Display 2 hardware is getting old and does not support the integration of ambient room lighting into the calibration and profiling. -- 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: Voigtlander LH-6
On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 8:30 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Check out the technical details: http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-LH-6-Lens-Nokton-Classic/dp/B0014YZIK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1312471768sr=8-1 I have had many women fall in love with me because of my use of a top-notch lens hood. Sadly, I cannot reciprocate. -- 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: Password Protection (WAS RE: ?)
From: Darren Addy On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:24 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: How do you keep track of them all and still keep them secure? If you have a reasonably good password (that contains at least one number and special character) you can use that same one across multiple sites/services with little to fear. If you want to go one step further, then simply come up with a convention in which you use your reasonably good password and then add something site specific to the front or back (like last three letters, ckr for Flickr, for instance). I have done that using a reasonably strong password. I had two versions; with and without special characters. Some sites require special characters, some sites allow special characters and some sites don't allow special characters. Some sites still don't even allow/use mixed case passwords, only lowercase characters. But back at the end of 2010 my email address showed up on the list of emails compromised when Gawker got their password file hacked. I didn't even know I had a Gawker account. I got an email from some group informing me, as a courtesy, that my email and password for Gawker were on a list that had been published on some hacker's forum. The implication was that both my email address and the strong password I was using for everything were compromised when the site was hacked. I couldn't get any information from Gawker about what had happened and ended up changing about a hundred passwords to make each of them a unique strong password. As it turned out, I did *NOT* have a Gawker account. Gawker allowed someone else to use my email address to create an account on the site without verifying it with me. The account was not mine and did not contain MY password. I had largely forgotten about that, but I still hope some day to repay Gawker with interest. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3809 - Release Date: 08/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Voigtlander LH-6
From: Bob W Check out the technical details: http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-LH-6-Lens-Nokton- Classic/dp/B0014YZIK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1312471768sr=8-1 it must be the Voigtlander branding that does it. I have the Leica equivalent and I can assure you none of those things happen to me. Or maybe it's because I'm old, bald, fat, ugly, dull. And, most importantly, poor. That's what you get for spending all your money buying Leica. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3809 - Release Date: 08/03/11 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Voigtlander LH-6
Check out the technical details: http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-LH-6-Lens-Nokton- Classic/dp/B0014YZIK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1312471768sr=8-1 it must be the Voigtlander branding that does it. I have the Leica equivalent and I can assure you none of those things happen to me. Or maybe it's because I'm old, bald, fat, ugly, dull. And, most importantly, poor. That's what you get for spending all your money buying Leica. maybe if I sell it all I can be 21 again B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Password Protection (WAS RE: ?)
On 2011-08-04 13:47 , John Sessoms wrote: From: steve harley http://agilebits.com/products/1Password Bookmarked - I'll take a closer look at it. One thing I want to look for is whether there are options for syncing it on more than one computer that doesn't require an online service such as Dropbox. well, it can wifi-sync _or_ Dropbox-sync between a computer and an iPhone or iPad, but i think it depends on Dropbox for computer-to-computer syncing; i have no qualms doing that because the entire package is strong-encrypted before it reaches Dropbox there is a detailed discussion of 1Password and Dropbox here (it's worth knowing a lot about the security software you use): http://blog.agilebits.com/2011/07/dropbox-terms/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 at high ISO
On 2011-08-04 13:16 , Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 11:29 AM, steve harley wrote: On 2011-08-04 04:01 , Larry Colen wrote: I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ you don't make it easy to resist the K-5 Alcoholics in recovery shouldn't hang out in bars. If you're trying to resist the K-5, you shouldn't read the PDML. i guess it is a test of my resolve; i'm still able to practice well and get satisfying shots with my K200d; the best beer in the world is the one you're drinking -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question
On 2011-08-04 12:15 , Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:58 AM, steve harley wrote: note that with the green button, if you normally use exposure compensation you have to apply it as a shutter adjustment after using the green button, every time; this is what keeps me from using my M lenses much, but i find using an A lens very satisfactory My experience with everything but the K-5 is that no matter what lens I use I have to chimp the histogram and tweak the exposure on 80-90% of the shots. it is my perhaps naive belief that practice can improve my second-guessing of the exposure on my K200d; for my most-used lenses, and for most scenes in normal daylight and bright overcast, +0.7 is quite reliable and i don't have to chimp; even with M lenses i can green-button and then dial the shutter two clicks slower (still a pain), occasionally checking the histogram; and i'm slowly getting better at perceiving when the compensation should be different, in other words, knowing when to chimp -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Voigtlander LH-6
On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 09:42:50PM +0100, Bob W wrote: Check out the technical details: http://www.amazon.com/Voigtlander-LH-6-Lens-Nokton- Classic/dp/B0014YZIK8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1312471768sr=8-1 it must be the Voigtlander branding that does it. I have the Leica equivalent and I can assure you none of those things happen to me. Or maybe it's because I'm old, bald, fat, ugly, dull. And, most importantly, poor. That's what you get for spending all your money buying Leica. maybe if I sell it all I can be 21 again Better than that - you can be 21 three times over! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 at high ISO
On Thu, Aug 04, 2011 at 03:05:20PM -0600, steve harley wrote: i guess it is a test of my resolve; i'm still able to practice well and get satisfying shots with my K200d; That's what I said about my K10D (Heck, most of the time the *ist-D is plenty good enough). That lasted through the K20D era. The K-7 was tempting, but there were just enough things wrong with it (or if not exactly wrong, at least capable of being tweaked a little) to make me want to hang on for the K-7s (which turned out to be the K-5 instead). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: ?
On 8/4/2011 2:53 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14371738 One problem is you get so many online accounts with every one of them requiring a password, how do you manage the proliferation? I try to make them all highly secure using random combinations of upper-case, lower-case, numbers where possible special characters. But after a while there's just too many to keep track of and remember. How do you keep track of them all and still keep them secure? Well, my first rule is, I don't tell anyone about my password policy... That's my second rule. I won't tell anyone what my first rule is... Rule 4. There is no rule 4. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which Monitor Color Calibration device?
Suggestions? I thought those were mandatory, It could be worse I suppose, My spell checker kept wanting to change Theriault to Diphtheria. I never thought Frank was that bad. On 8/4/2011 9:08 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: Do you need to calibrate your monitor for grayscale? Also Bill, my spell checker keeps suggesting a bunch of expletives for your name... Norm From: William Robb On 03/08/2011 9:10 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Dear All: What model(s) of color-calibration devices (colorimeters) for computer displays would you recommend? I've been using an X-Rite eye1 for several years, quite happily. When I was running photolabs, X-Rite was the densitometer of choice (I still have one of their lab units around somewhere, so I went with a brand I knew as one who knows colour. I expect they are all good. My spell checker wants to make your name Rhinoceros... -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 at high ISO
On Aug 4, 2011, at 2:05 PM, steve harley wrote: On 2011-08-04 13:16 , Larry Colen wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 11:29 AM, steve harley wrote: On 2011-08-04 04:01 , Larry Colen wrote: I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ you don't make it easy to resist the K-5 Alcoholics in recovery shouldn't hang out in bars. If you're trying to resist the K-5, you shouldn't read the PDML. i guess it is a test of my resolve; i'm still able to practice well and get satisfying shots with my K200d; the best beer in the world is the one you're drinking A talented photographer can get great shots with any camera. The difference a good camera makes is which shots that they can get. There's no way that I could have put the 18-250 on my K100, or even my K20 and gotten a decent shot in that lighting if the subject was moving at all. If you don't need the performance of the K-5 for the photos that you're taking today, then wait a while. In a year or two, you should be able to either get performance that makes the K-5 look like the K-x, or the performance of the K-5 for the price of a K-x. -- 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: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question
A or K? With A lenses of course you lose autofocus, and for AS to work properly the focal length of the lens when the image is captured, for best results. Which makes A zoom lenses less than optimal using AS. Of course that's also true for the original K mount zoom lenses as well, except you also lose open aperture metering. On 8/4/2011 10:30 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: I need to buy another digital for snapshots. If I pickup a used body, like a K10, what kind of limitations am I facing using my manual focus lenses? Norm smartass preemptive - other than no AF -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question
I've been using Digital for so long that I've even stopped thinking about AOV issues. However just multiply the FL by 1.5 and that's the AOV equivalent on 35mm film. So a 20mm ~30mm, 24mm - 35mm, etc. Super wide is now simply wide, Wide is Normal, Normal is portrait, Portrait is medium telephoto and telephoto become extreme telephoto. The 40mm and 43mm lenses are interesting cases, they go from being shortish, (actually true normal) to longish normal. Like an old 58mm normal lens. On 8/4/2011 10:57 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: Ahh, the infamous green button... What about angle of view issues? Tks, Norm -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:46 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Digital Body and Manual Lens Question If the manual focus lenses are A series, you'll have all the autoexposure options that the K10 offers. With M and K series lenses, you'll have to use a workaround for exposure. Basically, you set a stop on the aperture ring, and press the green button. That causes the camera to set an exposure. Other than that, manual lenses work fine. Paul On Aug 4, 2011, at 10:30 AM, Norm Baugher wrote: I need to buy another digital for snapshots. If I pickup a used body, like a K10, what kind of limitations am I facing using my manual focus lenses? Norm smartass preemptive - other than no AF -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 at high ISO
On 4 August 2011 11:01, Larry Colen wrote: I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ If you're curious about the rest of the set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627353833070/ I forgot my bag of light modifiers at home. I tried making a snoot for the 540 out of a ricola bag, but it didn't work so well, so most of these are ambient light. That's an excellent shot Larry - and the rest are good too. Ambient is good for gig photography - especially if you can get high ISO performance as good as that. I thought she'd switched to left handed in this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007733745/ But the exit sign's a bit of a give away. Chris 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: Boris Peso #29 - Nocturne
On 3 August 2011 17:57, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! Here is a nocturn(al flower)e... http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2011/08/peso-2011-29-nocturne.html Have your brutal and honest say... Thanks. -- Boris Interesting Boris. First impression was that's very good. Then, not so sure. When you look more closely, I'm not sure on which bit I'm supposed to be concentrating. Still interesting though... 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: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender
On 4 August 2011 07:04, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Very Van Gogh-ish. Saves all that mucking about with paint and brushes. Not sure it works for me, though. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia Certainly got the Vincent swirling clouds in violet haze look - interesting experiment, but not for me. Chris (Thanks to Don McLean of course) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Johnson Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2011 12:49 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender I have been playing around with Pixel Bender and here is an example of that experimentation. The plugin does work but for some reason it causes my video driver to crash so I have to deselect the GPU option and then it works but very slowly. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/6003963132/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Here is original that I took this weekend at the Richland Creek Greenway: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/5995846847/in/photostream Well just wanted to share and do hope everyone is staying cool in all this HOT weather.. Jeffery ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K-5 at high ISO
On Aug 4, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: On 4 August 2011 11:01, Larry Colen wrote: I was photographing some friends playing in a bar tonight, and decided to see how the K-5 would do with the 18-250. In order to shoot Livia at 250mmm, 1/40 Sec and f/6.3 I had to crank the ISO up to 12,800. I'm fairly happy with the photograph but close to ecstatic to see what the K-5 can do under these conditions: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007734165/in/set-72157627353833070/ If you're curious about the rest of the set: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157627353833070/ I forgot my bag of light modifiers at home. I tried making a snoot for the 540 out of a ricola bag, but it didn't work so well, so most of these are ambient light. That's an excellent shot Larry - and the rest are good too. Ambient is good for gig photography - especially if you can get high ISO performance as good as that. Thank you. Ideally, I like to use a gridded strobe as fill, just on the musicians face, to bring color balance in, and increase sharpness. With a grid on the strobe, and just enough for fill, the flash doesn't act like a photon grenade, and people hardly notice it. I thought she'd switched to left handed in this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6007733745/ I was expecting the flyer in the upper right corner to be a bit more prominent. In many ways I liked the lighting from that angle better than what I could get straight on. But the exit sign's a bit of a give away. I suppose I could flip it and let people wonder how I got a flyer to levitate in mid air over her. Chris 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. -- 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: K-5 at high ISO
On 2011-08-04 15:34 , Larry Colen wrote: A talented photographer can get great shots with any camera. The difference a good camera makes is which shots that they can get. well aware of that; and it depends what kind of shots one wants to get ... i used to love shooting at dusk with 800 film, 20/2.8 lens, hand holding at 1/8, 1/4 second ... the results weren't that great, but i've since developed the technique side a bit, and sometime soon i'll work on the equipment side -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Voigtlander LH-6
On 4/8/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I have had many women fall in love with me because of my use of a top-notch lens hood. Sadly, I cannot reciprocate. Is that a top-notch lens hood in your pocket or are you just happy to see me? -- 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: was Capture Camera Clip now my injured son
On Aug 4, 2011, at 12:37, steve harley wrote: yeegads, it sounds like a frightening accident; hope he heals well He's been out of the O/R for about 18 hours now. C5 vertebra was removed and replaced with a titanium cage. Front of C4-C6 were fused, then they flipped him over and fused C3-C6 as well. Today he's up and about. Sitting, walking, eating normal food. He's off the I/V fluids and just taking some wonderfully powerful painkillers for a while. That's a hell of a bullet he dodged. By all rights he should be a quadriplegic and perhaps on a ventilator - if not dead. If anyone cares to read more: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/caseyrobinson/mystory -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: was Capture Camera Clip now my injured son
Charles Robinson wrote: He's been out of the O/R for about 18 hours now. C5 vertebra was removed and replaced with a titanium cage. Front of C4-C6 were fused, then they flipped him over and fused C3-C6 as well. Today he's up and about. Sitting, walking, eating normal food. He's off the I/V fluids and just taking some wonderfully powerful painkillers for a while. That's a hell of a bullet he dodged. By all rights he should be a quadriplegic and perhaps on a ventilator - if not dead. If anyone cares to read more: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/caseyrobinson/mystory Wow, that's scary as hell! Even living with a physician who's involved in some pretty cutting-edge stuff I'm constantly amazed about what medical technology (and highly trained doctors) can do these days. Glad to hear he's doing so well. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT: was Capture Camera Clip now my injured son
On Aug 4, 2011, at 12:37, steve harley wrote: yeegads, it sounds like a frightening accident; hope he heals well He's been out of the O/R for about 18 hours now. C5 vertebra was removed and replaced with a titanium cage. Front of C4-C6 were fused, then they flipped him over and fused C3-C6 as well. Today he's up and about. Sitting, walking, eating normal food. He's off the I/V fluids and just taking some wonderfully powerful painkillers for a while. that's good to hear. That's a hell of a bullet he dodged. By all rights he should be a quadriplegic and perhaps on a ventilator - if not dead. If anyone cares to read more: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/caseyrobinson/mystory -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: was Capture Camera Clip now my injured son
Wow. What a terrible accident and an amazing comeback. You must have gone through hell, Charles. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:56 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 12:37, steve harley wrote: yeegads, it sounds like a frightening accident; hope he heals well He's been out of the O/R for about 18 hours now. C5 vertebra was removed and replaced with a titanium cage. Front of C4-C6 were fused, then they flipped him over and fused C3-C6 as well. Today he's up and about. Sitting, walking, eating normal food. He's off the I/V fluids and just taking some wonderfully powerful painkillers for a while. That's a hell of a bullet he dodged. By all rights he should be a quadriplegic and perhaps on a ventilator - if not dead. If anyone cares to read more: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/caseyrobinson/mystory -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender
Neat effect, but not the best shot to show it of. Maybe a starry night? On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: On 4 August 2011 07:04, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Very Van Gogh-ish. Saves all that mucking about with paint and brushes. Not sure it works for me, though. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia Certainly got the Vincent swirling clouds in violet haze look - interesting experiment, but not for me. Chris (Thanks to Don McLean of course) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Johnson Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2011 12:49 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender I have been playing around with Pixel Bender and here is an example of that experimentation. The plugin does work but for some reason it causes my video driver to crash so I have to deselect the GPU option and then it works but very slowly. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/6003963132/sizes/l/in/photostream/ Here is original that I took this weekend at the Richland Creek Greenway: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/5995846847/in/photostream Well just wanted to share and do hope everyone is staying cool in all this HOT weather.. Jeffery ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: was Capture Camera Clip now my injured son
Frightening, but I'm so pleased to hear that the surgery was successful. Great news. Paul On Aug 4, 2011, at 6:56 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 12:37, steve harley wrote: yeegads, it sounds like a frightening accident; hope he heals well He's been out of the O/R for about 18 hours now. C5 vertebra was removed and replaced with a titanium cage. Front of C4-C6 were fused, then they flipped him over and fused C3-C6 as well. Today he's up and about. Sitting, walking, eating normal food. He's off the I/V fluids and just taking some wonderfully powerful painkillers for a while. That's a hell of a bullet he dodged. By all rights he should be a quadriplegic and perhaps on a ventilator - if not dead. If anyone cares to read more: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/caseyrobinson/mystory -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender
Full moon perhaps will keep that in mind... ___ 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 Steven Desjardins Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 7:35 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender Neat effect, but not the best shot to show it of. Maybe a starry night? On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: On 4 August 2011 07:04, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Very Van Gogh-ish. Saves all that mucking about with paint and brushes. Not sure it works for me, though. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia Certainly got the Vincent swirling clouds in violet haze look - interesting experiment, but not for me. Chris (Thanks to Don McLean of course) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jeffery Johnson Sent: Thursday, 4 August 2011 12:49 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender I have been playing around with Pixel Bender and here is an example of that experimentation. The plugin does work but for some reason it causes my video driver to crash so I have to deselect the GPU option and then it works but very slowly. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/6003963132/sizes/l/in/photost ream/ Here is original that I took this weekend at the Richland Creek Greenway: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/5995846847/in/photostream Well just wanted to share and do hope everyone is staying cool in all this HOT weather.. Jeffery ___ You can see my latest captures by visiting my Flickr page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender
Yeah that is what I liked about it and it does have other effects besides the oil paint effect. Let me know if you have issues with it crashing your video driver. ___ 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 Darren Addy Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 9:08 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Experimenting with Pixel Bender Reminds me of the old SX-70 film manipulations. I think it has potential, and I love the price (FREE). Like any tool, it can be used for good or ill. Wasn't aware of it before. Thanks! Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: was Capture Camera Clip now my injured son
Charles, That's frightening. Hope he recovers fully. Your lucky to have him alive. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 5:56 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Aug 4, 2011, at 12:37, steve harley wrote: yeegads, it sounds like a frightening accident; hope he heals well He's been out of the O/R for about 18 hours now. C5 vertebra was removed and replaced with a titanium cage. Front of C4-C6 were fused, then they flipped him over and fused C3-C6 as well. Today he's up and about. Sitting, walking, eating normal food. He's off the I/V fluids and just taking some wonderfully powerful painkillers for a while. That's a hell of a bullet he dodged. By all rights he should be a quadriplegic and perhaps on a ventilator - if not dead. If anyone cares to read more: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/caseyrobinson/mystory -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
FS: Sigma 24mm f/2.8 Super Wide II A lens
I finally found the AF version of this lens, so the manual-focus A version is for sale. Very nice on the digital bodies! Correct Sigma tulip hood (not pictured) is included. Filter size is 52mm. $150 USD includes shipping/insurance in the continental U.S. Photos at http://gallery.me.com/wilensky#101094 (first four photos are of this lens). Also available (inquire if interested): Pentax SMC-M 28mm f/2 lens, BGN condition; Pentax P5 camera body, EX condition; Pentax black KX body with split image screen, BGN condition and wonky meter. Joe Wilensky -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: ?
On 2011-08-04 14:53, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: That's my second rule. I won't tell anyone what my first rule is... Rule 1: Cardio. Rule 2: Double Tap. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Foundation is now in
On Aug 3, 2011, at 16:59 , William Robb wrote: On 02/08/2011 5:39 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: Yep, I can just see you sitting under a beach umbrella in your easy chair, sipping a beverage, and watching the crew you had hired accomplishing these tasks one at a time. I helped a bit, but mostly I just stayed out of the way. As would I. 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… -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
