Re: PESO: Some stupid sunflower, or something . . .
Many thanks, Steven. It does look like it's been through a rough storm, doesn't it? We haven't really had anything significant around here since June, though. I'm at a loss as to why it's in that kind of shape. But, I do think it's a much more interesting looking flower that way. -- Walt On 9/11/2011 8:17 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I like a lot, Walt. It looks almost wind blown. On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 7:24 PM, Walt Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, As you can see, I've adopted a minimalist image titling convention. It simplifies things. Aside from that, having packed up and shipped off my K-x to have the viewfinder glass (hopefully) replaced (hopefully) under warranty, I broke out the K100D Super that Mr. Larry Colen so graciously loaned to me while I was out visiting in his eminently beautiful state. I threw the old Tokina SZ-X 28-200 f/3.5-5.3 on there and fired off a few shots to see what it can do. I've shot maybe a total of 5 shots on that lens before, just to see if there was anything wrong with it. I have to say, I don't know why I haven't used it more. I'm extremely surprised at how sharp the thing is. Considering I got it in a bunch of about 5 lenses for which I paid a total of $100, I'm extremely pleased with it. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6134029469/ ISO 800, f/4.5, 1/500, Av Yes, the background is a bit desaturated, and I know some (most?) aren't fond of that sort of gimmickry. But, I'm a contrarian. In any event, comments and critiques are welcome -- even if it's just to bitch about the desaturation. I was just so pleasantly surprised with the sharpness that I had to share. Also, I'm pleasantly surprised with the noise at ISO 800 on the K100D Super. I was expecting much more than is there. Thanks, Larry! -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Some stupid sunflower, or something . . .
On 9/11/2011 8:38 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 11, 2011, at 5:11 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Heh. Work with ISO 1600 and especially 3200 for a while. You'll see noise all right. I can imagine. I very, very rarely go that high with my K-x, so I figure I won't even try with the K100D. I do like the camera a lot, though. I actually like the way if feels in the hand better than I like my K-x, and the vast majority of features that the K-x has that are missing in the K100D are ones that I don't generally use anyway. When shooting RAW, going over ISO 800 in the K100 doesn't gain you anything. Rather than boosting gain in the electronics, it just does the math between the A/D and the data file to simulate the added speed. It's a pretty fine camera, I must say. I *much* prefer the feel of the K100 to the K-x. It has several important features that are missing in the K-x, and even a few that are still missing in the K-r. In good light, i.e. ISO 200, I think that the sensor actually gives better photos than the K-x or K20. It's nothing tangible, but there is just something really sweet about how that camera performs. I was very bummed when I noticed the de-lamination in the viewfinder. I have to agree, Larry. I was really pleased with that shot, and it certainly looked different from what I'm used to getting out of my K-x, though I can't really put my finger on what it is. And, considering I've grown accustomed to peering through the haze of a delaminated viewfinder, I'm not missing a beat by using it as it is. I'm really looking forward to what it'll do with a piece of fast glass like my K 50/1.4. It's definitely an intriguing little machine. -- Walt -- 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 - Twist
On Sep 12, 2011, at 2:45 AM, Bob W wrote: you could probably get some shots of that staircase that would make a nice pair with pictures from that place in the US with the twisty red sandstone - Bryce Canyon? That is exactly the place I was thinking of when I saw the first photo. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness
Anthony Farr wrote: The rest of the world may be irrelevant to you, but it's relevant to the rest of the world. Hell, you're in the rest of the world from where I stand. Mark! Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Frustration Aggravation - part 26
On Sep 12, 2011, at 10:47 AM, Jack Davis wrote: As is invariably the case with me, you'll find them, eventually, exactly where you put them. Going by my experience you'll find them just after you've come back from buying a replacement. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Shopping for an O-GPS1
On Sun, 11 Sep 2011 22:35:40 -0600 William Robb wrote: Before I spend a lot of time shopping for one: A) Has anyone on the list been recently shopping for one? Any strong recommendations on places to check out, or to avoid? I just bought one. I don't shop around, I just go into my local pusher, tell him what the item is worth and pay what he rings it up at. That is what I did at the end of june, when the US price was announced, I told my local shop the limit would be that same amount, in Euro's :-) They ordered and got it in at that price two weeks later ... B) Has anyone that has one run into critical problems that made them decide that it wasn't really worth the money after all? Pure for the GPS function it is a tad expensive, OTOH compared to ANY other GPS unit it has the best camera/software integration. You just need to turn it on, and occassionaly check if it (still) has a fix. The rest is automatic, op to the point that clicking the coordinates from Lightroom brings up a Google Map, usually spot on. It's been good so far. It doesn't work really well inside some buildings. Sofar I have not got it to work inside any building, but most of the ones I tried are 100% brick and concrete (with embedded metal of course). Outside, on a 'cold' start it takes a few minutes to get the first fix, later on when it has switched to low-power, it is just a few seconds after waking up the camera to get it back. If there is too much metal, it gets lost. It's eerie though, the first time you plug coordinates into Google Earth and it points at exactly where you were standing. Indeed, allthough I would like some more 'GPS' awareness in Lightroom, like the direction and altitude. But that is not an O-GPS1 shortcoming ... There are some Lightroom plugins that greatly enhance this functionality, but I still need to install and experiment with that. I am taking it on a hiking trip to Crete in a few weeks, so I can do some proper 'in the field' testing. I will be traveling light, so only the K5 with GPS, the 18-135 and the 100mm macro go along. I have not used the Astro-function sofar, way too much stray light in the middle of the city where I live. Perhaps I will try that in Cretae as well (Matala beach). Regards, JvW BTW: If you have one of these tiny zipper bags that come with some Sandisk SD cards, it is a perfect fit for the O-GPS1 when not in use :-) -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness
Sure thing, it doesn't bother me. Then again my hide is a bit thicker than some of the delicate souls on this list. This is why I blame Larry for everything by default. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 9:31 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Sep 11, 2011, at 6:01 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: ... Oh come on Godfrey, you know that wasn't meant as an attack. The way you wrote it could be considered an ad hominem attack. As long as you want to comment on my writing style, I'll comment on yours, ok? Sure thing, it doesn't bother me. Then again my hide is a bit thicker than some of the delicate souls on this list. ... your writing style is not always the most conducive to love, peace and understanding ... You should be used to it by now. I could care less about love, peace and PC smarminess in a discussion of camera technology and technique. Good, clear information and directly stated opinions are all I find useful. That's kind of where the understanding bit comes in. There are legitimate uses for extraordinary sensitivity. There's never any point to being obsessed with it as some sort of Holy Grail. Unless, for example, it is the performance limitation that keeps you from getting the pictures that you're trying to take. I don't know how being obsessed with something as a Holy Grail helps you in getting the pictures you want to make. People are always looking for technical solutions that'll solve all of their problems. Taking a look at cars you have: ABS, soon to be mandated, even though it has shown not to reduce accidents, just change the likelihood of types of accidents. Passive restraints: that were mandated, even though many of them worked worse than manual seatbelts. Four Wheel Drive: Useful for getting cars in the snow, or mud, to go forward, doesn't help their ability to stop or turn, and just adds weight on dry pavement. Hybrids: In most cases, a pure internal combustion engine car could have lower total overall cost and impact to the environment Most of them are actually useful to some percentage of people (though I would argue against expending resources to save the lives of people too stupid to put on a seatbelt, especially at the expense of my own safety), but are certainly not useful, nor worthwhile to the vast majority. I wouldn't say that I obsess over high ISO quality, but it's been the principal limiting factor that I run up against the most often. Two more stops of speed and I could use f/2.8 zooms in most cases where I now need to us f/1.8 and faster primes. Another stop or two of speed and I could use relatively inexpensive f/4 zooms rather than annoyingly expensive f/2.8 zooms, where I can get away with the zooms today. Even when you aren't pushing the performance envelope, a few more stops of sensor speed, and you could get todays performance without the cost and complexity of image stabilization. I've played with Marco's camera and Voigtlander 25/0.95 lens, and it's a really sweet system, but the poor high ISO sensor performance keeps it from getting as good of shots as I can with my K-5 and an f/1.8 lens. Even with the advantages that EVIL has for manually focusing in a dark room. I won't say that it's a holy grail, but in terms of image quality, I'd say that it, along with the closely related dynamic range, would solve more problems than just about any other measurable quantity. When I run into the limitations of my equipment, I work on thinking up ways to extend the envelope so I can still make my photographs. Or you swap out to another system. -- 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. -- 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: Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2011
Now I feel inspired and inadequate. Thanks Mark! On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:47 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Thanks for posting. Darrel I really enjoyed this. Cheers, Christine On Sep 9, 2011, at 9:58 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Wow. Just wow. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14792580 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Muddlety and Fenway
Ken Waller wrote: Ken Waller wrote: Cute, cute, cute ! Are they litter mates ? Same sex? Yep. Littermates. They're both male (orange tabbies are almost always male). Ther're replacements for our Siamese guy who died at age 17 in June (after years with diabetes, asthma and various GI disorders) and our orange tabby who dies about a year and a half earlier (also about 17 years old). Our last cat - Sammy - was a female orange tabby. Cool! Orange tabby females are very uncommon. Male calicos are even rarer. -- 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: Frustration Aggravation - part 26
I have them John. Send me a PM for ransom demands. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:12 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: When I moved out of my apartment I had a brand-new, unopened set of 4 AA Lithium batteries. I know exactly which pocket, in which camera bag I put them in. They're not there. They're not in any of my camera bags. They're not anywhere in this house that I can think to look. I'll have to go to the store and buy more. If you never hear from me again, you'll know I tripped over them and broke my fool neck walking in the front door. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Harvest Moon
Thanks for the perspective clarification. Look forward to the do over. Not aware of your shooting location, but I wonder if moon rise won't be almost an hour later? I know; picky picky picky. Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 9:17 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Harvest Moon That undergrowth be mature corn. Over the which I was not tall enough to see. We (my neighbor and I) chose the site because of the barn. We wanted a long view, over a field, something interesting (like the barn) mid-distance, with the moon low in the sky. But we miscalculated a bit plus there was low-lying haze on the horizon. The sun didn't set until well after the moon rose, by the time the moon looked like a moon rather than a white blob, it was too high in the sky to be able to make the barn a more prominent element. We'll go back tomorrow, the sun sets a few minutes earlier, the moon rises 20 minutes later, and we have a better feel for the angles now. Back to the undergrowth/corn: I have many shots taken from a few feet to the left, a point which allows me to look along the roadside edge of the corn field. And some from a bit further back, higher on the crown of the road we were on. I felt that this one that used the corn field as the foreground was less cluttered and allowed the focus to be on the barn and moon. Thanks for looking Jack! stan On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Really well done exposure balance. If only the barn were somewhat more prominent. The undergrowth gets in the way, but my guess is it's considered needed to obstruct some unwanted feature(s).(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: PESO: Harvest Moon From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: AAK
Scary! Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 9:26 PM Subject: Re: PESO: AAK Believe it or not, this vehicle belongs to the heavy metal karaoke singer from an earlier PESO: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14097852 . The car matches the man. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 6:57 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: 5450 must be a police code for some sort of drug violation. Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 2:39 PM Subject: PESO: AAK http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=131 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
OT Family Update
http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_xdtsCW#1472584878_Xf8Q2pk-XL-LB http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_xdtsCW#1475356120_VDdNfFz-X2-LB Had a great family time over labor day weekend! Even the cats got along, except when BoBo jumped Spencer from above. It was a hoot! 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: Muddlety and Fenway
On 11-09-12 7:30 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Ken Waller wrote: Ken Waller wrote: Cute, cute, cute ! Are they litter mates ? Same sex? Yep. Littermates. They're both male (orange tabbies are almost always male). Ther're replacements for our Siamese guy who died at age 17 in June (after years with diabetes, asthma and various GI disorders) and our orange tabby who dies about a year and a half earlier (also about 17 years old). Our last cat - Sammy - was a female orange tabby. Cool! Orange tabby females are very uncommon. Male calicos are even rarer. Your two rescue kitties are really sweet looking, Mark. We sort-of rescued a female orange tabby ourselves, about 8 weeks ago. We adopted her from a home where she was being constantly tormented by a very aggressive young male Siamese. After we brought her home she disappeared into the basement where she hid for 4 weeks. We only knew she was still down there because she ate the food, drank and used the litter box. We finally had to trap her to go see the vet (vet's orders!) for blood work after she became a bit ill and stopped eating. We've been socializing her constantly since then and she's a lot less timid and much calmer now. She lets us hold her as long as we're brushing her, something she just loves. Here's one of the first shots I got of her ... http://500px.com/photo/1700161 She's long haired and coloured in light orange and cream. The tabby markings are barely visible. She's going to be the subject of many photos! -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 36--Young Buck
Christine, Very nice. I especially appreciate the good focus which is hard to achieve. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 11:40 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Caught this on a walk in the woods. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Family Update
Beautifully crisp images, Walt. Jack - Original Message - From: Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 7:21 AM Subject: OT Family Update http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_xdtsCW#1472584878_Xf8Q2pk-XL-LB http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_xdtsCW#1475356120_VDdNfFz-X2-LB Had a great family time over labor day weekend! Even the cats got along, except when BoBo jumped Spencer from above. It was a hoot! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Harvest Moon
Right, the moon rises about an hour later each night. Except when it is on a different schedule. It is like when you just get the subway schedule figured out in a new city, and then they do something different on Saturday and then again on Sunday! Or you get the interface figured out on the K20 and they introduce the K-7 with different buttons in different places with different functions . .. Don't ask for an explanation - I saw one and it has to do with latitude and time of year and other stuff which I understand but do not compute very well. In any case, here in mid-Michigan, the official moonrise last night and for the next few nights is: 7:15 7:38 8:01 8:26 stan On Sep 12, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks for the perspective clarification. Look forward to the do over. Not aware of your shooting location, but I wonder if moon rise won't be almost an hour later? I know; picky picky picky. Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 9:17 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Harvest Moon That undergrowth be mature corn. Over the which I was not tall enough to see. We (my neighbor and I) chose the site because of the barn. We wanted a long view, over a field, something interesting (like the barn) mid-distance, with the moon low in the sky. But we miscalculated a bit plus there was low-lying haze on the horizon. The sun didn't set until well after the moon rose, by the time the moon looked like a moon rather than a white blob, it was too high in the sky to be able to make the barn a more prominent element. We'll go back tomorrow, the sun sets a few minutes earlier, the moon rises 20 minutes later, and we have a better feel for the angles now. Back to the undergrowth/corn: I have many shots taken from a few feet to the left, a point which allows me to look along the roadside edge of the corn field. And some from a bit further back, higher on the crown of the road we were on. I felt that this one that used the corn field as the foreground was less cluttered and allowed the focus to be on the barn and moon. Thanks for looking Jack! stan On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Really well done exposure balance. If only the barn were somewhat more prominent. The undergrowth gets in the way, but my guess is it's considered needed to obstruct some unwanted feature(s).(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: PESO: Harvest Moon From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Family Update
Walt, We gotta teach you to smile. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:21 AM, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_xdtsCW#1472584878_Xf8Q2pk-XL-LB http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_xdtsCW#1475356120_VDdNfFz-X2-LB Had a great family time over labor day weekend! Even the cats got along, except when BoBo jumped Spencer from above. It was a hoot! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Harvest Moon
On 11-09-11 9:40 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan Harvest Moon is a classic, Stan; a great mood in that one. I bet it would also make a stunning bw. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 36--Young Buck
Nicely done Dave On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Caught this on a walk in the woods. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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.
Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
I was working a big beer festival this past weekend. I brought the K7 with 16-50 along to take happy snaps while working. To my surprise, when I got there I was told I'd be wearing a radio as well. The damned cord to the earpiece kept tangling up in my camera strap. Completely unworkable. Finally, I overcame the geekiness factor, reached into my camera bag and pulled out The Clip. Screwed the plates down over my belt and snapped the camera into the clip. For the rest of the afternoon (from 1pm until 8:30) I had that camera right there on my hip. Whenever I saw a photo opportunity, I just pulled the camera off, took my shot, and snapped it back. Three different people stopped me to ask what the hell it was, and how could they get one. Final verdict: Absolutely WONDERFUL for this kind of event. Rock-solid, easy to use, and incredibly handy. Also geeky as hell, which is either a positive or a negative depending on your perspective. Here's a photo of the device in action: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/IMG_0780.jpg It never gave me a minutes' pause, even when I was scaling a ladder to take shots from the roof of the brewery. The thing is DAMNED solid! If anyone cares to see the shots I took at this event, there is a gallery here: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/surlyfest/ -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: Muddlety and Fenway
Bruce Walker wrote: Your two rescue kitties are really sweet looking, Mark. We sort-of rescued a female orange tabby ourselves, about 8 weeks ago. We adopted her from a home where she was being constantly tormented by a very aggressive young male Siamese. After we brought her home she disappeared into the basement where she hid for 4 weeks. We only knew she was still down there because she ate the food, drank and used the litter box. We finally had to trap her to go see the vet (vet's orders!) for blood work after she became a bit ill and stopped eating. We've been socializing her constantly since then and she's a lot less timid and much calmer now. She lets us hold her as long as we're brushing her, something she just loves. Here's one of the first shots I got of her ... http://500px.com/photo/1700161 She's long haired and coloured in light orange and cream. The tabby markings are barely visible. She's going to be the subject of many photos! Nice shot of a pretty cat. Our two guys need some socializing but not as much as your rescue kitty. They're still nervous about people but getting more comfortable all the time. -- 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: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
Cool. A beer radio. On 9/12/11 11:04 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: something about cameras or something. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Frustration Aggravation - part 26
Did you look in the freezer, next to your car keys? On 9/11/2011 4:12 PM, John Sessoms wrote: When I moved out of my apartment I had a brand-new, unopened set of 4 AA Lithium batteries. I know exactly which pocket, in which camera bag I put them in. They're not there. They're not in any of my camera bags. They're not anywhere in this house that I can think to look. I'll have to go to the store and buy more. If you never hear from me again, you'll know I tripped over them and broke my fool neck walking in the front door. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Harvest Moon
I like the moon one. I would look great printed big, I think. It caught my attention, because I'm reading some stuff on colour theory -to see if I can improve my colour photography- and the yellow-orange of the moon contrasts well with the violet colour of the sky -opposites in the colour wheel: http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-harmonies.htm and the amount of colour on the yellow moon and the sky is somewhat balanced as you have a lot of violet in the sky vs small amount in the moon (Yellow = 9 / Orange = 8 vs Violet = 3) http://www.framedreality.com/color-in-photography-color-theory and that explains why my eyes go first to the moon, then down to the crops in the bottom, and finish on the barn. It also has a nice calming mood to it. Anyways, what I meant to say is that I like it. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: That undergrowth be mature corn. Over the which I was not tall enough to see. We (my neighbor and I) chose the site because of the barn. We wanted a long view, over a field, something interesting (like the barn) mid-distance, with the moon low in the sky. But we miscalculated a bit plus there was low-lying haze on the horizon. The sun didn't set until well after the moon rose, by the time the moon looked like a moon rather than a white blob, it was too high in the sky to be able to make the barn a more prominent element. We'll go back tomorrow, the sun sets a few minutes earlier, the moon rises 20 minutes later, and we have a better feel for the angles now. Back to the undergrowth/corn: I have many shots taken from a few feet to the left, a point which allows me to look along the roadside edge of the corn field. And some from a bit further back, higher on the crown of the road we were on. I felt that this one that used the corn field as the foreground was less cluttered and allowed the focus to be on the barn and moon. Thanks for looking Jack! stan On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Really well done exposure balance. If only the barn were somewhat more prominent. The undergrowth gets in the way, but my guess is it's considered needed to obstruct some unwanted feature(s).(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: PESO: Harvest Moon From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Harvest Moon
I would look great printed big should read It would look great printed big -not that I wouldn't look good printed big though... On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote: I like the moon one. I would look great printed big, I think. It caught my attention, because I'm reading some stuff on colour theory -to see if I can improve my colour photography- and the yellow-orange of the moon contrasts well with the violet colour of the sky -opposites in the colour wheel: http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-harmonies.htm and the amount of colour on the yellow moon and the sky is somewhat balanced as you have a lot of violet in the sky vs small amount in the moon (Yellow = 9 / Orange = 8 vs Violet = 3) http://www.framedreality.com/color-in-photography-color-theory and that explains why my eyes go first to the moon, then down to the crops in the bottom, and finish on the barn. It also has a nice calming mood to it. Anyways, what I meant to say is that I like it. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: That undergrowth be mature corn. Over the which I was not tall enough to see. We (my neighbor and I) chose the site because of the barn. We wanted a long view, over a field, something interesting (like the barn) mid-distance, with the moon low in the sky. But we miscalculated a bit plus there was low-lying haze on the horizon. The sun didn't set until well after the moon rose, by the time the moon looked like a moon rather than a white blob, it was too high in the sky to be able to make the barn a more prominent element. We'll go back tomorrow, the sun sets a few minutes earlier, the moon rises 20 minutes later, and we have a better feel for the angles now. Back to the undergrowth/corn: I have many shots taken from a few feet to the left, a point which allows me to look along the roadside edge of the corn field. And some from a bit further back, higher on the crown of the road we were on. I felt that this one that used the corn field as the foreground was less cluttered and allowed the focus to be on the barn and moon. Thanks for looking Jack! stan On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Really well done exposure balance. If only the barn were somewhat more prominent. The undergrowth gets in the way, but my guess is it's considered needed to obstruct some unwanted feature(s).(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: PESO: Harvest Moon From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: Indignity
http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=132 Comments are always appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 36--Young Buck
Great image. I think it works well in monochrome (sepia?). Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Caught this on a walk in the woods. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Harvest Moon
Thanks Fernando. I agree, I think you would look good printed big! Color theory is one of those topics that I can understand but fail to grasp in any detail. Your description is useful. I could fiddle with postprocessing but what I would like to do is to replicate this shot tonight with just a bit more sunset glow on the corn in the foreground, but with the lighting/color about the same in the upper portions. We'll see . . . stan On Sep 12, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Fernando wrote: I like the moon one. I would look great printed big, I think. It caught my attention, because I'm reading some stuff on colour theory -to see if I can improve my colour photography- and the yellow-orange of the moon contrasts well with the violet colour of the sky -opposites in the colour wheel: http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-harmonies.htm and the amount of colour on the yellow moon and the sky is somewhat balanced as you have a lot of violet in the sky vs small amount in the moon (Yellow = 9 / Orange = 8 vs Violet = 3) http://www.framedreality.com/color-in-photography-color-theory and that explains why my eyes go first to the moon, then down to the crops in the bottom, and finish on the barn. It also has a nice calming mood to it. Anyways, what I meant to say is that I like it. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: That undergrowth be mature corn. Over the which I was not tall enough to see. We (my neighbor and I) chose the site because of the barn. We wanted a long view, over a field, something interesting (like the barn) mid-distance, with the moon low in the sky. But we miscalculated a bit plus there was low-lying haze on the horizon. The sun didn't set until well after the moon rose, by the time the moon looked like a moon rather than a white blob, it was too high in the sky to be able to make the barn a more prominent element. We'll go back tomorrow, the sun sets a few minutes earlier, the moon rises 20 minutes later, and we have a better feel for the angles now. Back to the undergrowth/corn: I have many shots taken from a few feet to the left, a point which allows me to look along the roadside edge of the corn field. And some from a bit further back, higher on the crown of the road we were on. I felt that this one that used the corn field as the foreground was less cluttered and allowed the focus to be on the barn and moon. Thanks for looking Jack! stan On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Really well done exposure balance. If only the barn were somewhat more prominent. The undergrowth gets in the way, but my guess is it's considered needed to obstruct some unwanted feature(s).(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: PESO: Harvest Moon From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Harvest Moon
Thanks Bruce. I'll play with this one some more and also keep the BW notion in mind when I go back out for another look at the moon tonight. On Sep 12, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-09-11 9:40 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan Harvest Moon is a classic, Stan; a great mood in that one. I bet it would also make a stunning bw. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Harvest Moon
If you can pull-off that one, I agree, it would improve the shot -a brighter bottom would feel more balanced methinks. I feel that trying that in post might end up looking artificial though. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:55 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Thanks Fernando. I agree, I think you would look good printed big! Color theory is one of those topics that I can understand but fail to grasp in any detail. Your description is useful. I could fiddle with postprocessing but what I would like to do is to replicate this shot tonight with just a bit more sunset glow on the corn in the foreground, but with the lighting/color about the same in the upper portions. We'll see . . . stan On Sep 12, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Fernando wrote: I like the moon one. I would look great printed big, I think. It caught my attention, because I'm reading some stuff on colour theory -to see if I can improve my colour photography- and the yellow-orange of the moon contrasts well with the violet colour of the sky -opposites in the colour wheel: http://www.tigercolor.com/color-lab/color-theory/color-harmonies.htm and the amount of colour on the yellow moon and the sky is somewhat balanced as you have a lot of violet in the sky vs small amount in the moon (Yellow = 9 / Orange = 8 vs Violet = 3) http://www.framedreality.com/color-in-photography-color-theory and that explains why my eyes go first to the moon, then down to the crops in the bottom, and finish on the barn. It also has a nice calming mood to it. Anyways, what I meant to say is that I like it. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: That undergrowth be mature corn. Over the which I was not tall enough to see. We (my neighbor and I) chose the site because of the barn. We wanted a long view, over a field, something interesting (like the barn) mid-distance, with the moon low in the sky. But we miscalculated a bit plus there was low-lying haze on the horizon. The sun didn't set until well after the moon rose, by the time the moon looked like a moon rather than a white blob, it was too high in the sky to be able to make the barn a more prominent element. We'll go back tomorrow, the sun sets a few minutes earlier, the moon rises 20 minutes later, and we have a better feel for the angles now. Back to the undergrowth/corn: I have many shots taken from a few feet to the left, a point which allows me to look along the roadside edge of the corn field. And some from a bit further back, higher on the crown of the road we were on. I felt that this one that used the corn field as the foreground was less cluttered and allowed the focus to be on the barn and moon. Thanks for looking Jack! stan On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Really well done exposure balance. If only the barn were somewhat more prominent. The undergrowth gets in the way, but my guess is it's considered needed to obstruct some unwanted feature(s).(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: PESO: Harvest Moon From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Harvest Moon
Stan, I like this photo to the point of wishing I had taken it. It could have been taken here in IA so it evokes a definite mood for me. Quiet evening a little humid with farm smells gently wafting by. I never have the patience to wait in one place for the moon to be in the right spot. I am glad you did. rom earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO Indignity
Aw if you could just get him a few other dogs to sit around a poker table with cards in their hands. Dogs are so darned patient with their owners. Thanks for the AM smile. From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Indignity Message-ID: caomwt1wbpr1phdsny+t6cq1h3za1kb5s9xg4r5gwfnhvkzq...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=132 Comments are always appreciated. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Black Snake On Bldg. #1
Thanks Larry. I do want to see how it prints before I make any more adjustments but I think your idea might work. Message: 9 Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 18:01:57 -0700 From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Black Snake On Bldg. #1 Message-ID: 32a0336d-39aa-4669-bb9f-df05f0d91...@red4est.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Sep 8, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On 11-09-08 11:39 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: After being absent from the list for the summer (due to illness) I have been catching up w/o participating. Sorry to hear that. I hope you're well recovered. me too Herewith is my 1st offering for CC. http://donspix.posterous.com/black-snake-on-building-one Nice. I like the PoV and composition, Don. I think, though, that the local contrast boosting is a little too obvious (visible as a dark halo around the building edges, against the sky). The dark halo caught my eye too. I'd burn in the rest of the sky to match the darkness of the halo, which I think would make the white building pop a bit more. Overall though, it's a great shot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Family Update
:-)) How's that? I subconsciously think I am smiling, but I guess it is usually inside. :=) Walt On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Walt, We gotta teach you to smile. :-) Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Indignity
Too cute! I agree with the other comment. Get him and his friends together over a poker table. If anyone could actually photograph such a scene rather than a painting that we all know, it would sell like hotcakes!! Walt On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=132 Comments are always appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Frustration Aggravation - part 26
From: Steven Desjardins I have them John. Send me a PM for ransom demands. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:12 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: When I moved out of my apartment I had a brand-new, unopened set of 4 AA Lithium batteries. I know exactly which pocket, in which camera bag I put them in. They're not there. They're not in any of my camera bags. They're not anywhere in this house that I can think to look. I'll have to go to the store and buy more. If you never hear from me again, you'll know I tripped over them and broke my fool neck walking in the front door. Not been to the store. Not going to the store. Looked in my wallet, and all the moths flew away ... I just have to wait until I find the damn batteries. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: September PUG - Self Portrait Gallery is up
Heh. You wish... Marnie the almost akaless :-) In a message dated 9/10/2011 3:36:09 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: Fun seeing that again. I hadn't changed enough to warrant a new submission, so this old one will suffice. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
On 9/12/2011 11:04, Charles Robinson wrote: Here's a photo of the device in action: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/IMG_0780.jpg Um - is that a camera on a clip or are you just happy to see me? (sorry - can't help myself) ann It never gave me a minutes' pause, even when I was scaling a ladder to take shots from the roof of the brewery. The thing is DAMNED solid! If anyone cares to see the shots I took at this event, there is a gallery here: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/surlyfest/ -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: PESO: Harvest Moon
Well, that far north it's probably a result of the northern lights effect. =) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, September 12, 2011 7:53 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Harvest Moon Right, the moon rises about an hour later each night. Except when it is on a different schedule. It is like when you just get the subway schedule figured out in a new city, and then they do something different on Saturday and then again on Sunday! Or you get the interface figured out on the K20 and they introduce the K-7 with different buttons in different places with different functions . .. Don't ask for an explanation - I saw one and it has to do with latitude and time of year and other stuff which I understand but do not compute very well. In any case, here in mid-Michigan, the official moonrise last night and for the next few nights is: 7:15 7:38 8:01 8:26 stan On Sep 12, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Thanks for the perspective clarification. Look forward to the do over. Not aware of your shooting location, but I wonder if moon rise won't be almost an hour later? I know; picky picky picky. Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 9:17 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Harvest Moon That undergrowth be mature corn. Over the which I was not tall enough to see. We (my neighbor and I) chose the site because of the barn. We wanted a long view, over a field, something interesting (like the barn) mid-distance, with the moon low in the sky. But we miscalculated a bit plus there was low-lying haze on the horizon. The sun didn't set until well after the moon rose, by the time the moon looked like a moon rather than a white blob, it was too high in the sky to be able to make the barn a more prominent element. We'll go back tomorrow, the sun sets a few minutes earlier, the moon rises 20 minutes later, and we have a better feel for the angles now. Back to the undergrowth/corn: I have many shots taken from a few feet to the left, a point which allows me to look along the roadside edge of the corn field. And some from a bit further back, higher on the crown of the road we were on. I felt that this one that used the corn field as the foreground was less cluttered and allowed the focus to be on the barn and moon. Thanks for looking Jack! stan On Sep 11, 2011, at 10:32 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Really well done exposure balance. If only the barn were somewhat more prominent. The undergrowth gets in the way, but my guess is it's considered needed to obstruct some unwanted feature(s).(?) Jack - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2011 6:40 PM Subject: PESO: Harvest Moon From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
That looks cool. I don't wear belts normally, but I suppose I could work something out. Thanks for the report. Marnie the almost akaless :-) (I'm a wuss, I think my equipment is too heavy.) In a message dated 9/12/2011 8:04:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, charl...@visi.com writes: I was working a big beer festival this past weekend. I brought the K7 with 16-50 along to take happy snaps while working. To my surprise, when I got there I was told I'd be wearing a radio as well. The damned cord to the earpiece kept tangling up in my camera strap. Completely unworkable. Finally, I overcame the geekiness factor, reached into my camera bag and pulled out The Clip. Screwed the plates down over my belt and snapped the camera into the clip. For the rest of the afternoon (from 1pm until 8:30) I had that camera right there on my hip. Whenever I saw a photo opportunity, I just pulled the camera off, took my shot, and snapped it back. Three different people stopped me to ask what the hell it was, and how could they get one. Final verdict: Absolutely WONDERFUL for this kind of event. Rock-solid, easy to use, and incredibly handy. Also geeky as hell, which is either a positive or a negative depending on your perspective. Here's a photo of the device in action: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/IMG_0780.jpg It never gave me a minutes' pause, even when I was scaling a ladder to take shots from the roof of the brewery. The thing is DAMNED solid! If anyone cares to see the shots I took at this event, there is a gallery here: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/surlyfest/ -Charles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: Rancher's Respite (or I'll Be in My Office)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6140581211/in/photostream/lightbox/ Comments and evicerations welcome. 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: the body I wish pentax would build
I think the discussion of bodies is a good direction. If Pentax could take everything they have learned and executed up until now (in the K-5) and add a few features: USB 3.0 connectivity A second card slot A built-in intervalometer An articulating live view screen The most radical idea (that NO one has done yet, to my knowledge)... an IR block that can be flipped-up or slid out of the way for infrared shooting. If implemented, this should not be off the sensor when lenses are removed from the body. (Pressing the unlock lens button should automatically re-engage it). It would be interesting to have the capability to automatically shift the focus in the AF for infrared with Pentax DA lenses also. This would make this model especially attractive to the astrophotography market, which Pentax seems to be acknowledging with their GPS unit. 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: the body I wish pentax would build
Sony had the night mode on several fixed lens video and still cameras in the early 2000s which flipped the IR-block filter out of the way of the sensor. Then the product liability suits rolled in when users discovered that nylon fabrics are essentially transparent to IR illumination and thousands of peepers at the beach had the opportunity to photograph people in see-through bathing suits. Sony responded by crippling the night-mode at first (it could only be used with the lens wide open and at exposure times between 1/30-1/60 second, effectively destroying pictures at the sunny beach) and later dropped it entirely. I doubt any manufacturer is going to put that into a consumer camera again as a standard function any time soon. An expensive, special purpose astronomical camera ... sure. Astronomers rarely spend their time peeping at nekkid girls on the beach because they're sleeping during daylight hours ... ];-) On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I think the discussion of bodies is a good direction. If Pentax could take everything they have learned and executed up until now (in the K-5) and add a few features: USB 3.0 connectivity A second card slot A built-in intervalometer An articulating live view screen The most radical idea (that NO one has done yet, to my knowledge)... an IR block that can be flipped-up or slid out of the way for infrared shooting. If implemented, this should not be off the sensor when lenses are removed from the body. (Pressing the unlock lens button should automatically re-engage it). It would be interesting to have the capability to automatically shift the focus in the AF for infrared with Pentax DA lenses also. This would make this model especially attractive to the astrophotography market, which Pentax seems to be acknowledging with their GPS unit. 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. -- 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: the body I wish pentax would build
Hm. The K-5 already has the intervalometer. See pg 152 in the manual) http://www.pentaximaging.com/support/manuals-and-literature/ The second card slot would be nice, the articulating screen even better. Not so sure about USB 3 - card readers are cheap. -p On 9/12/2011 1:15 PM, Darren Addy wrote: I think the discussion of bodies is a good direction. If Pentax could take everything they have learned and executed up until now (in the K-5) and add a few features: USB 3.0 connectivity A second card slot A built-in intervalometer An articulating live view screen The most radical idea (that NO one has done yet, to my knowledge)... an IR block that can be flipped-up or slid out of the way for infrared shooting. If implemented, this should not be off the sensor when lenses are removed from the body. (Pressing the unlock lens button should automatically re-engage it). It would be interesting to have the capability to automatically shift the focus in the AF for infrared with Pentax DA lenses also. This would make this model especially attractive to the astrophotography market, which Pentax seems to be acknowledging with their GPS unit. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- 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: Frustration Aggravation - part 26
Look in the car John. You took them out of the pocket when you took the camera out for a walk/ride. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:00 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Steven Desjardins I have them John. Send me a PM for ransom demands. On Sun, Sep 11, 2011 at 5:12 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: When I moved out of my apartment I had a brand-new, unopened set of 4 AA Lithium batteries. I know exactly which pocket, in which camera bag I put them in. They're not there. They're not in any of my camera bags. They're not anywhere in this house that I can think to look. I'll have to go to the store and buy more. If you never hear from me again, you'll know I tripped over them and broke my fool neck walking in the front door. Not been to the store. Not going to the store. Looked in my wallet, and all the moths flew away ... I just have to wait until I find the damn batteries. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Indignity
Thanks, Walter and Don. Bandit is very calm and very patient. He puts up with almost anything except being ignored. Finding three other dogs so tolerant would be unlikely. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: Too cute! I agree with the other comment. Get him and his friends together over a poker table. If anyone could actually photograph such a scene rather than a painting that we all know, it would sell like hotcakes!! Walt On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=132 Comments are always appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
Just what I need, another thing trying to pull down my pants. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:22 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: That looks cool. I don't wear belts normally, but I suppose I could work something out. Thanks for the report. Marnie the almost akaless :-) (I'm a wuss, I think my equipment is too heavy.) In a message dated 9/12/2011 8:04:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, charl...@visi.com writes: I was working a big beer festival this past weekend. I brought the K7 with 16-50 along to take happy snaps while working. To my surprise, when I got there I was told I'd be wearing a radio as well. The damned cord to the earpiece kept tangling up in my camera strap. Completely unworkable. Finally, I overcame the geekiness factor, reached into my camera bag and pulled out The Clip. Screwed the plates down over my belt and snapped the camera into the clip. For the rest of the afternoon (from 1pm until 8:30) I had that camera right there on my hip. Whenever I saw a photo opportunity, I just pulled the camera off, took my shot, and snapped it back. Three different people stopped me to ask what the hell it was, and how could they get one. Final verdict: Absolutely WONDERFUL for this kind of event. Rock-solid, easy to use, and incredibly handy. Also geeky as hell, which is either a positive or a negative depending on your perspective. Here's a photo of the device in action: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/IMG_0780.jpg It never gave me a minutes' pause, even when I was scaling a ladder to take shots from the roof of the brewery. The thing is DAMNED solid! If anyone cares to see the shots I took at this event, there is a gallery here: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/surlyfest/ -Charles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Indignity
Some animals just put up with things like that. My daughter had a cat that allowed herself to be dressed in American Girl doll clothing. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Walter and Don. Bandit is very calm and very patient. He puts up with almost anything except being ignored. Finding three other dogs so tolerant would be unlikely. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Walter Hamler hamlerwal...@gmail.com wrote: Too cute! I agree with the other comment. Get him and his friends together over a poker table. If anyone could actually photograph such a scene rather than a painting that we all know, it would sell like hotcakes!! Walt On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 11:39 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=132 Comments are always appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
PAW88 - Lisa Bona
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA15mm, 1/40s, f/8.0, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
On Sep 12, 2011, at 15:48, Steven Desjardins wrote: Just what I need, another thing trying to pull down my pants. TWSS -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: PAW88 - Lisa Bona
On 9/12/2011 2:26 PM, DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA15mm, 1/40s, f/8.0, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ Interesting shot, do you have some HDR going on there? The alcove with the ATM and Lisa looks almost HDRed but the street doesn't. It seems almost like two disjoint photos, the girl is a lot more interesting, to me, than the empty street. I see two possible crops that I'd try, one is a square crop of just the left side, maybe including some of the cobbled sidewalk. Another would be a crop in a similar aspect ratio cutting off the top and the right side probably just to the left of the stoplight. You may be trying to juxtapose the pretty girl with the chubby guy walking away, but I don't think he's a strong enough element to work as a counterpoint. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness
On 9/11/2011 10:32 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 8:28 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: I couldn't find a camera with the 10MP Panasonic sensor that could reach iso6400. Olympus 410 and above, 510 and above and the Panasonic DMC-L10 all top out at iso1600. The Olympus E-3 tops out at iso3200, but its sensor is quoted as being 10.1MP and I can't verify that it's the same unit as the 10MP sensor. Easy to obtain higher ISOs: set the highest and underexpose by the number of stops required. Boost in processing. I was never interested in any of the E-xxx bodies because of the viewfinders, but the E-1, E-3 and E-5 are superb. Even the ancient E-1 with it's old, slow hardware now produces superb results at ISO 3200 and even ISO 6400 if you know what you're doing when you expose and process the raw files. The E-5 produces very clean results at ISO 6400 almost without any processing at all. Overall, though, this obsession with ultra high ISO settings and the desire for noiseless results is, to me, utter and complete nonsense. You don't shoot enought wildlife with a 600mm f4.0 lens ! Often Godfrey seems to believe that the world revolves around him. I guess we're all guilty of that, but Godfrey often seems to be less self aware, especially when feelings begin to run high. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
Um, that seems like a too much information moment. On 9/12/2011 4:48 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Just what I need, another thing trying to pull down my pants. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:22 PM,eactiv...@aol.com wrote: That looks cool. I don't wear belts normally, but I suppose I could work something out. Thanks for the report. Marnie the almost akaless :-) (I'm a wuss, I think my equipment is too heavy.) In a message dated 9/12/2011 8:04:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, charl...@visi.com writes: I was working a big beer festival this past weekend. I brought the K7 with 16-50 along to take happy snaps while working. To my surprise, when I got there I was told I'd be wearing a radio as well. The damned cord to the earpiece kept tangling up in my camera strap. Completely unworkable. Finally, I overcame the geekiness factor, reached into my camera bag and pulled out The Clip. Screwed the plates down over my belt and snapped the camera into the clip. For the rest of the afternoon (from 1pm until 8:30) I had that camera right there on my hip. Whenever I saw a photo opportunity, I just pulled the camera off, took my shot, and snapped it back. Three different people stopped me to ask what the hell it was, and how could they get one. Final verdict: Absolutely WONDERFUL for this kind of event. Rock-solid, easy to use, and incredibly handy. Also geeky as hell, which is either a positive or a negative depending on your perspective. Here's a photo of the device in action: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/IMG_0780.jpg It never gave me a minutes' pause, even when I was scaling a ladder to take shots from the roof of the brewery. The thing is DAMNED solid! If anyone cares to see the shots I took at this event, there is a gallery here: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/surlyfest/ -Charles -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Indignity
Lucky for you he has no dignity. On 9/12/2011 11:39 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=132 Comments are always appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: *ist-Ds battery longevity?
Ok so it seems that almost no one has any thoughts about this and unfortunately everything suggested I've tried. I guess I'll have to keep my Ds with out batteries, and remember to take them out when I'm done. Thanks to everyone who replied. On 9/8/2011 2:47 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Yes I know the Ds is hopelessly outdated, but I've been using it as my backup/carry anywhere camera, and until recently it was serving admirably. Now however it's acquired a new annoying behavior, to wit, after loading a new set of lithium batteries it will totally drain them, in less than a week, even when turned off. Now my *ist D has always been a battery hog, but the Ds now even seems to beat that. I have now idea what might be wrong but I was wondering if anyone else had a clue. Needless to say it's not worth getting it repaired, a good used one from KEH is going for less than the repair bill would be. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Often Godfrey seems to believe that the world revolves around him. I guess we're all guilty of that, but Godfrey often seems to be less self aware, especially when feelings begin to run high. What always perplexes me is why you and so many others prefer to talk about me rather than the subject I'm trying to have a discussion with someone about. -- 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: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness
On 12 September 2011 06:01, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 11-09-11 1:07 PM, Anthony Farr wrote: Here's a photograph with some serious shadow banding: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/UZHmptXW4qsffklRS3lX_aAuqTB9pnndhHCi9-Fvgfs?feat=directlink Here's my repair: https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/a75LaelivUllMwgs9RCR56AuqTB9pnndhHCi9-Fvgfs?feat=directlink My hat's off to you, Anthony! You did a really remarkable cleanup on that image. A great shot too. Thanks for the compliment, Bruce. The concept of the cleanup is simple, but the execution can be tiresome. I select the subject elements of the picture, the parts that I don't want to blast with extreme editing, that is, and past them as a new layer, above the old. It'd be nice if it was as easy as clicking the magic wand once or twice, but anything complex will probably need to be selected by hand. Thank God for graphics tablets. Then I ran surface blur, IIRC, on the background layer. It was the smoothing effect that didn't cause the tones to spread and mix, which would cause haloes and shadows to spread out from the untreated parts of the image. FInally, I tweaked the levels, reintroduced some artificial noise on the backgroung layer so it would match the untreated top layer, flattened the layers and saved as jpeg. regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
Heh. I am a GIRL! (Well, a woman.) LOL. Marnie the almost akaless :-) In a message dated 9/12/2011 4:20:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, webstertwenty...@gmail.com writes: Um, that seems like a too much information moment. On 9/12/2011 4:48 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Just what I need, another thing trying to pull down my pants. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:22 PM,eactiv...@aol.com wrote: That looks cool. I don't wear belts normally, but I suppose I could work something out. Thanks for the report. Marnie the almost akaless :-) (I'm a wuss, I think my equipment is too heavy.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness
On 13 September 2011 10:15, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: What always perplexes me is why you and so many others prefer to talk about me rather than the subject I'm trying to have a discussion with someone about. It doesn't matter what they say as long as they're talking about you. It sure beats being ignored. regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness
On 9/12/2011 8:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Often Godfrey seems to believe that the world revolves around him. I guess we're all guilty of that, but Godfrey often seems to be less self aware, especially when feelings begin to run high. What always perplexes me is why you and so many others prefer to talk about me rather than the subject I'm trying to have a discussion with someone about. Unfortunately Godfrey your opinion is often the subject. You expand your desires to cover the whole world and contract the desires of others to cover only themselves making your opinion the only correct one. We are all guilty of it, you however seem to be completely unaware when you do it. I've read this thread, and once again you've succeeded in making it almost entirely about your opinions, which then makes the conversation about you. I'm sorry but that's the way I see it. I've stayed out of this until now, but you know, when I was doing newspaper work, I would have killed to get high ISO images that were relatively clean. The higher the better. But you see you never had that need so it's irrelevant to /everyone/. I personally have never found myself in a situation where I needed more than 5 frames per second, but you know I recognize that some photographers might /need/ even higher fps rates. I seldom make prints bigger than 8x10 but you know, it would really be nice to be able to. In your world it seems if you don't need it nobody does.. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
Amusement aside, I actually meant it. I can't imagine anything that heavy on my belt. Not being well endowed in the hip department, I'd be hiking up the pants all day ;-) I wonder if they make a suspender version? On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:37 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Heh. I am a GIRL! (Well, a woman.) LOL. Marnie the almost akaless :-) In a message dated 9/12/2011 4:20:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, webstertwenty...@gmail.com writes: Um, that seems like a too much information moment. On 9/12/2011 4:48 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Just what I need, another thing trying to pull down my pants. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:22 PM,eactiv...@aol.com wrote: That looks cool. I don't wear belts normally, but I suppose I could work something out. Thanks for the report. Marnie the almost akaless :-) (I'm a wuss, I think my equipment is too heavy.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
You can clip it onto something else. Some people clip onto the shoulder strap of their camera bag. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 9:35 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Amusement aside, I actually meant it. I can't imagine anything that heavy on my belt. Not being well endowed in the hip department, I'd be hiking up the pants all day ;-) I wonder if they make a suspender version? On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 8:37 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Heh. I am a GIRL! (Well, a woman.) LOL. Marnie the almost akaless :-) In a message dated 9/12/2011 4:20:32 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, webstertwenty...@gmail.com writes: Um, that seems like a too much information moment. On 9/12/2011 4:48 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Just what I need, another thing trying to pull down my pants. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 1:22 PM,eactiv...@aol.com wrote: That looks cool. I don't wear belts normally, but I suppose I could work something out. Thanks for the report. Marnie the almost akaless :-) (I'm a wuss, I think my equipment is too heavy.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
Cool gadget. Nice pics in the gallery too. Looks like a fun time. Cheers, Christine On Sep 12, 2011, at 10:04 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: I was working a big beer festival this past weekend. I brought the K7 with 16-50 along to take happy snaps while working. To my surprise, when I got there I was told I'd be wearing a radio as well. The damned cord to the earpiece kept tangling up in my camera strap. Completely unworkable. Finally, I overcame the geekiness factor, reached into my camera bag and pulled out The Clip. Screwed the plates down over my belt and snapped the camera into the clip. For the rest of the afternoon (from 1pm until 8:30) I had that camera right there on my hip. Whenever I saw a photo opportunity, I just pulled the camera off, took my shot, and snapped it back. Three different people stopped me to ask what the hell it was, and how could they get one. Final verdict: Absolutely WONDERFUL for this kind of event. Rock-solid, easy to use, and incredibly handy. Also geeky as hell, which is either a positive or a negative depending on your perspective. Here's a photo of the device in action: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/IMG_0780.jpg It never gave me a minutes' pause, even when I was scaling a ladder to take shots from the roof of the brewery. The thing is DAMNED solid! If anyone cares to see the shots I took at this event, there is a gallery here: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/surlyfest/ -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 Family Update
Awful nice family portrait, Walt. Cheers, christine On Sep 12, 2011, at 9:21 AM, Walter Hamler wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_xdtsCW#1472584878_Xf8Q2pk-XL-LB http://walthamler.smugmug.com/Photography/Micro-Four-Thirds-Gallery/16211247_xdtsCW#1475356120_VDdNfFz-X2-LB Had a great family time over labor day weekend! Even the cats got along, except when BoBo jumped Spencer from above. It was a hoot! Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW--Week 36--Young Buck
Thanks, Bob S., Dave, and Dan! Cheers, Christine On Sep 12, 2011, at 10:45 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Great image. I think it works well in monochrome (sepia?). Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Caught this on a walk in the woods. Cheers, Christine http://aguilapaw.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW88 - Lisa Bona
Love the woman's edgy expression! Cheers, Christine On Sep 12, 2011, at 4:26 PM, DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA15mm, 1/40s, f/8.0, ISO100. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Harvest Moon
That's pretty, Stan. Cheers, Chrisitne On Sep 11, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: From earlier this evening: http://smhalpin.posterous.com/harvest-moon The previous two entries in the blog include a color and a BW version of an egret. Comments on any or all are welcome. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 -- Wading Birds
Nice! Cheers, Christine On Sep 10, 2011, at 3:43 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: OK, so a little truth in advertising they're not all birds... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20wadingbirds.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: AAK
That's a hoot! cheers, Christine On Sep 11, 2011, at 4:39 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=131 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Rancher's Respite (or I'll Be in My Office)
Good one! Cheers, Christine On Sep 12, 2011, at 12:27 PM, Darren Addy wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6140581211/in/photostream/lightbox/ Comments and evicerations welcome. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Capture Camera Clip in use - LOVE IT!
On 2011-09-12 21:54, David Parsons wrote: You can clip it onto something else. Some people clip onto the shoulder strap of their camera bag. On 9/12/2011 4:48 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Just what I need, another thing trying to pull down my pants. Anyone know of a lighter weight, modern materials version of the old US Army A.L.I.C.E. load bearing harness that was made out of twenty-million denier cotton (circa the Stone Age thru the 1970s)? Either X or Y versions. -- 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: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness
On 13 September 2011 10:57, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/12/2011 8:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Often Godfrey seems to believe that the world revolves around him. I guess we're all guilty of that, but Godfrey often seems to be less self aware, especially when feelings begin to run high. What always perplexes me is why you and so many others prefer to talk about me rather than the subject I'm trying to have a discussion with someone about. Unfortunately Godfrey your opinion is often the subject. I love the PDML, nothing changes. ;-) -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO -- Bored
Not that urgent, but this didn't seem to get to the list. If it does I apologize for the double post. Just another pet picture. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20bored.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 -- Bored
PJ, Is that a cocker spaniel? I thought all dogs were dumb when we had one. Then my folks got a german shepherd! What a difference. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:54 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Not that urgent, but this didn't seem to get to the list. If it does I apologize for the double post. Just another pet picture. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20bored.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness
On 9/12/2011 7:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Often Godfrey seems to believe that the world revolves around him. I guess we're all guilty of that, but Godfrey often seems to be less self aware, especially when feelings begin to run high. What always perplexes me is why you and so many others prefer to talk about me rather than the subject I'm trying to have a discussion with someone about. Well, Godfrey, here's an example of how it is that you often become the subject. You start off by saying something like this: Overall, though, this obsession with ultra high ISO settings and the desire for noiseless results is, to me, utter and complete nonsense. Then, you go on to write something like this: Good, clear information and directly stated opinions are all I find useful. Essentially, what you've said is that you value a certain quality in the arguments that you don't seem to value in your own. In your initial statement, you state that you find both the obsession with ultra high ISO settings AND the desire for noiseless results to be utter and complete nonsense. Those are two completely different things. One can have a desire for noiseless results without having an obsession with ultra high ISO settings. Yet, you've lumped everyone into the same pile as if they were one and the same. Leaving aside the fact that ultra high ISO settings are a completely relative concept, if the desire for noiseless results were somehow utter and complete nonsense. there'd be no reason whatsoever to have an ISO setting below 800 on any camera as long as you shoot entirely in RAW. But, as long as there are people who are eager to forward histrionics as clear information and directly stated opinion, the most histrionic person in the crowd will always be the center of attention. -- 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: PESO -- Bored
American Cocker. He's a bit frenetic, but hardly dumb. I've had a couple of English Cockers and they were very bright dogs. This guy is an escape artist and most of his intelligence is channeled in that direction, and he's very willful, which pretty much means he won't do anything unless he want's to. On 9/13/2011 12:13 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: PJ, Is that a cocker spaniel? I thought all dogs were dumb when we had one. Then my folks got a german shepherd! What a difference. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 10:54 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Not that urgent, but this didn't seem to get to the list. If it does I apologize for the double post. Just another pet picture. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20bored.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax F 70-210mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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-x videos
On 11/09/2011 21:19, Larry Colen wrote: Very cool. I've never seen a steam roller that actually ran on steam before. On Sep 11, 2011, at 3:22 AM, mike wilson wrote: Nothing more than video snapshots, all about 90s or less. K-x and 18-55 with a rather sticky zoom ring, it appears. Let's see if this works. http://www.youtube.com/user/bardzodobra#p/u You missed the steam lorry (chain driven, to boot) as 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: OT: Warning for the UK and Europe- touring band headed your way
On 11/09/2011 19:42, Stan Halpin wrote: Meg's nephew Dave Harding and his Alt Country rock band (Richmond Fontaine) will be back in the UK Sept 15-27, then across the channel for another 5 nights. Later in October they'll be back over for another three weeks, with several dates in Spain, then on to Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Ireland . . . See their website http://www.richmondfontaine.com/ for detailed tour dates and some music samples so you can decide if you want to go hear them. Their new album got a 5-star review from the Irish Times, was named Americana Album of the Month by Uncut, four stars from Q magazine . . . More to the point for this group - if you like doing stage photography, or if you would like to give it a try, these guys are very open. I could probably arrange a VIP pass for you if you are interested. stan Sept 23rd, Newcastle. I think that's quite a small venue but I'll try to give it a go. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K-Q adapter and an OT rant about corporate silliness
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:57 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote (in part): Unfortunately Godfrey your opinion is often the subject. You expand your desires to cover the whole world and contract the desires of others to cover only themselves making your opinion the only correct one. My response: That's a rather silly opinion which I disagree with completely. You're entitled to hold whatever opinion you want, but that doesn't make it correct. I can state whatever opinion I want, but you don't have to agree with it. You see ... I can respond to your absurd opinion and not turn the whole conversation into a discussion about PJ Alling and his ridiculous opinion. I really don't care what you agree or disagree with. I'll continue to state my opinions when I care to. Respond or not, it doesn't bother me. You might consider taking that approach when you disagree with my histrionics in the future. BTW, I've never read Walt Gilbert's comments in the past, he's not participated in any useful way in this discussion between me and Anthony Farr, so he pipes in simply to make insinuating remarks. I find that rather obnoxious, frankly. I don't care to read Walt Gilbert's comments any further so I've put him on my delete list. He should do the same with me since I seem to upset him so. On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 5:57 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/12/2011 8:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 4:22 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Often Godfrey seems to believe that the world revolves around him. I guess we're all guilty of that, but Godfrey often seems to be less self aware, especially when feelings begin to run high. What always perplexes me is why you and so many others prefer to talk about me rather than the subject I'm trying to have a discussion with someone about. Unfortunately Godfrey your opinion is often the subject. You expand your desires to cover the whole world and contract the desires of others to cover only themselves making your opinion the only correct one. We are all guilty of it, you however seem to be completely unaware when you do it. I've read this thread, and once again you've succeeded in making it almost entirely about your opinions, which then makes the conversation about you. I'm sorry but that's the way I see it. I've stayed out of this until now, but you know, when I was doing newspaper work, I would have killed to get high ISO images that were relatively clean. The higher the better. But you see you never had that need so it's irrelevant to /everyone/. I personally have never found myself in a situation where I needed more than 5 frames per second, but you know I recognize that some photographers might /need/ even higher fps rates. I seldom make prints bigger than 8x10 but you know, it would really be nice to be able to. In your world it seems if you don't need it nobody does.. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
