Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.
It's a enclosure from Gigaware, I checked the online reviews and it doesn't seem to be problematic, had a front panel activity light, (broke, it and it was my fault), and wonder of wonders a rocker switch for to turn it on and off. It's an IDE drive and my desktop has IDE connectors but I'm loath to tear it apart to see if DataLifeGaurd will recognize the drive if it's directly connected to the motherboard without a USB interface in between, that is unless I were sure that it would work. I've got this system working mostly the way I want it to and don't want to screw that up. rantThe fact that Seatools which is a propitiatory version of Acronis' software recognizes the Western Digital drive and returns both it's model number and it's serial number, points to it being a limitation in the WD software, but still DLG should recognize that the drive is a WD drive and at least test it, it tested and passed all the other USB drives and none of them are Western Digital products.rant Well right now I've got checkdisk running in the background on the drive, it seems to have gotten past the 2/3 mark running overnight. I hope it will generate a meaningful report. So far it seems that the only things that were actually lost were a few large archives of free software that I didn't bother to back up, since I figured I could always download them again. I never used any of it IIRC, so I'm not that worried. It did seem to have a large number of bad sectors in the middle of where my pef's were stored but I have multiple copies of them so that's not a problem. I'd like to thank everyone who responded, everyone's advice was welcome. On 7/10/2013 9:27 AM, John wrote: You mentioned it's in a USB enclosure. Have you tried mounting it in a different USB enclosure. There's a small chance it's not the drive itself. I don't know if it's one of those WD MyBook drives - you did say it was a PRETTY SOLID enclosure in my opinion those WD MyBook drives are anything but. My experience with them is they have VERY flimsy power supplies sometimes what appears as a drive problem is actually a power supply problem On 7/10/2013 1:04 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I can access the drive readily enough from the command line. The backup is still underway, (the program I'm using is aggressively trying to recover some unreadable files, nothing irreplaceable I hope), so I'm not about to attempt to format the drive until that operation completes. I haven't tried Knoppix that may not be necessary. This machine is running WinXP (SP3), and I suspect that running the manufactures disk diagnostic and repair/format utility might do a better job than the windows format, for blocking out any bad sectors. I'm not sure at this point that attempting to save the drive is even a good idea, but being a Yankee, I hate to throw anything that might be useful away, so I'd like to at least try. It's odd that Seagate's utility can at see and test the problematic drive while Western Digital's cannot. On 7/10/2013 12:35 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Does your computer see the drive from the command line? Can you format the drive from there using the DOS format command? If you run Knoppix can your computer see the drive? That's saved my bacon several times. I think you can do an NTFS format from Knoppix if you can mount the drive. -p On 7/9/2013 5:54 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: So I have an interesting problem. I have an older PATA/IDE drive that's been put into a pretty solid USB case for external backups. It's been working well, until now, but has just started to evidence read errors. I figured no problem I'll run a quick diagnostic and if it's going bad, back up everything then try to reformat and recover the hardware. it's a WD drive most of my current drives are Seagate, but Seatools sees it and will run generic short and long tests on it. Long story short, Short test Passed, Long test fails. So I figure I'll download Western Digital's tool and try that, to see if I can get a better handle on what's happening. WD's tool cannot see the drive. OK, so I had to back it up anyway, that's underway. Here's the conundrum. Seatools will test the drive but won't do a low level format on a WD drive. DataLifeGuard doesn't see the drive as a WD drive, just as a logical partition and won't run any tests on it, nor will it low level format a drive it doesn't recognize. Sure the drive is probably toast, but I'd at least like to try to keep it alive. I'm looking for suggestions. I've found several people who've had the same problem with DataLifeGuard recognizing only the logical partition of the drive in question, but no solutions have been posted, to the forums I've checked. I figured I check here because this list is always full of surprises. -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net
Fwd: yikes.. what again?
i missed this in an alternate mailbox yesterday, but maybe it's still of value Original Message Subject: yikes.. what again? Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:22:04 -0400 From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Hey steve.. would you forward this to the list ? Now I'll have to get on the phone to Time Warner too I left in all the header stuff but I'd just like the content to get there Irony hasn't escaped me :-) This message was created automatically by the mail system (ecelerity). A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed: pdml@pdml.net (after RCPT TO): 550-JunkMail rejected - hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]:6832 is in an 550 RBL, see Blocked - see http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?71.74.56.122; Reporting-MTA: dns; hrndva-oedge04.mail.rr.com Arrival-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:14:27 + Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:14:27 + Remote-MTA: dns; pdml.net Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550-JunkMail rejected - hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]:6832 is in an 550 RBL, see Blocked - see http://www.spamcop.net/bl.shtml?71.74.56.122; Status: 5.0.0 Final-Recipient: rfc822; pdml@pdml.net Action: failed -- This is a copy of the original message, including all headers. -- Return-Path: ann...@nyc.rr.com X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.0 cv=KtrPKBqN c=1 sm=0 a=4ldXz2ugVH0r/rE9+uua2A==:17 a=GnK-dJvP4XQA:10 a=x49a4zlv9MUA:10 a=HH1yCCQd5vEA:10 a=05ChyHeVI94A:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=ayC55rCo:8 a=KGjhK52YXX0A:10 a=0Cpn6dmI184A:10 a=g94XD4qq-5v1RTbinl4A:9 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=4ldXz2ugVH0r/rE9+uua2A==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Authenticated-User: X-Originating-IP: 66.108.116.135 Received: from [66.108.116.135] ([66.108.116.135:1883] helo=[66.108.116.135]) by hrndva-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ann...@nyc.rr.com) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id D4/F4-09005-2CA1CD15; Tue, 09 Jul 2013 14:14:27 + Message-ID: 51dc1aa4.2000...@nyc.rr.com Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 10:13:56 -0400 From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Test - are we back yet? References: 51dc1182.2050...@nc.rr.com caodncb1a_uww+ogkhpxzl8ehmbv5vfkmduwo-xlrj1ya0is...@mail.gmail.com 20130709134803.ga4...@panix.com In-Reply-To: 20130709134803.ga4...@panix.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Glad we are back but not getting on the list for a couple of days is minor (sorry guys) compared to the chaos that would be caused by my switching email... the problems with PDML are recent and happened twice but got fixed within a couple of days. (the first time was you all could see me but I had to read the archives to see even my own posts) I've had the same email for about ten years now.. all my friends have it in their address books, all my online business stuff has it. I have Thunderbird and I've got it all set up in a really logical easy to use filing system - none of my mail is left on line (well, if it goes to PDML it is, or ebay messages). Overall, I'm a very happy camper with it. Time-warner cable is the only provider I can use in my area - I don't have and don't want any wi-fi stuff. It was ironic, though, that it bombed out just when I was able to get back to reading a bit more and posting some. Now watch out, there may be a major announcement coming from here of a Pentax sort. and oh yeah, a cat PESO ann On 7/9/2013 09:48, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Tue, Jul 09, 2013, Bob Sullivan wrote: John, You and Ann need to drop 'Roadrunner'. It's a constant challenge to get it to work. Get a reliable service provider. They don't need to drop RR if it provides solid broadband access, they just need another e-mail provider. I certainly would never consider using e-mail from my broadband provider these days. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Tempting alternates
Nice! I'm a fan of Ontario Grown, myself, but I can see how other shots might suit the theme better... So, do I understand correctly that you backlit the sheer in front of the patio door for the high key shots? :) -c On Jul 9, 2013, at 3:36 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: First, two shots in particular: http://flic.kr/p/f4MZEV - Northern Spy http://flic.kr/p/f5cDZU - Apple Saucy A large number of possible candidates for the Temptation PUG emerged from my shoot with Iryna, and here are the best of those. I rejected some because they just didn't say _temptation_ to me, but are otherwise okay shots. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjGFgCHr - The gallery. I'll be adding to this as I get some more time. All shot with K20D, DA* 50-135mm/2.8, 200 ISO, 2 x AFG540FGZ. Lr, Ps. Comments welcome. -- -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 - Grab shot
I like this a lot - the subject background work especially well together, don't they? Glad you are back! :) -c On Jul 9, 2013, at 8:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: ... and test. if this gets through and nothing else does tonight, at least I can read comments http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2012-and-all-that/21847075_D88Ngw/1/2625300581_xMdMdk3/Large Time Warner and Road Runner assure me they are working on the problem. ann with crossed fingers -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: soon to be enabled
Well Ann, you're going to get a huge increase in real resolution, and the files will tax your computer's capabilities. Now that you've got good eyes, you can enjoy it. You might want to check out buydig for a new K-5. They're selling for less than S100 more there than KEH is asking for good used ones. Sometimes buydig also has coupons that can save you a bit more too. On 7/10/2013 11:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: A small set taken with the K85 f1.8 wide open
Those look yum... You find the neatest toys, Darren. Also enjoyed your post about the Kenko Uniplus Tube 25 You make it difficult to keep my LBA in remission! :) -c On Jul 8, 2013, at 4:57 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: This lens is capable of really shallow DOF (and on an APS-C sized sensor). I don't need no steenkin' full frame. These are just some quick grab shots taken over my afternoon break. http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/sets/72157634554848922 CC welcome. -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Tempting alternates
That's right. I had already been doing some shooting with a low key setup where I simulated sunlight coming in through the sheers using the AF540 on top of an 8' stand outside the patio door angled downward 30 degrees or so. That provided most of the light and the softbox on the inside provided fill about 1-2 stops lower. When I decided to switch it up for some high-key beauty shots I cranked the interior softbox a couple of stops up and moved it closer to provide the key light. I was able to leave the outside light as it was configured since it was now just a little hotter than the key and was evenly lighting the sheer behind the subject's head. Normally I'd put the high-key setup a few feet in front of a white surface and front-light that. Thanks, Christine! On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:00 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Nice! I'm a fan of Ontario Grown, myself, but I can see how other shots might suit the theme better... So, do I understand correctly that you backlit the sheer in front of the patio door for the high key shots? :) -c On Jul 9, 2013, at 3:36 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: First, two shots in particular: http://flic.kr/p/f4MZEV - Northern Spy http://flic.kr/p/f5cDZU - Apple Saucy A large number of possible candidates for the Temptation PUG emerged from my shoot with Iryna, and here are the best of those. I rejected some because they just didn't say _temptation_ to me, but are otherwise okay shots. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjGFgCHr - The gallery. I'll be adding to this as I get some more time. All shot with K20D, DA* 50-135mm/2.8, 200 ISO, 2 x AFG540FGZ. Lr, Ps. Comments welcome. -- -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. -- -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: Even more macro enablement?
That's very cool, Darren. I've often thought I'd love to try macro with my 50-135. I figured that the SDM pass-through was not terribly useful as manual focus would most likely be required, but for $100 I'll keep an eye out for one of these things. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Tripped across a piece of equipment that I was not aware of this morning and (just in case others didn't know about it either) thought I would pass it along. It is a AF extension tube that works even with SDM lenses. It is called the Kenko Uniplus Tube 25 and it was once made for Pentax, now extremely hard to find. As good fortune would have it, I no more than learned about it and looked and there was one listed on ePray (from Japan) that had only 9 views when I snatched it up (Buy It Now). I'm passing this info along because it can turn your DA* 50-135mm or even your DA 40 XS into a superb macro lens. If you don't believe me check out this French Pentaxian's work. If you only have time to look at ONE, check this out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15251430@N03/9168541564/ Here all ALL of his images tagged with Uniplus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/tags/uniplus/ The macro shots taken with the DA 40 XS can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/tags/pentaxda40mmf28xs/ Macros taken with the combo of the Uniplus Tube and the DA* 50-135mm are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/tags/pentaxda50135mmf28sdm/ I don't own either of those two lenses. He tells me that the Uniplus Tube works with anything over 20mm (with a 20mm the subject is just 1 cm from the front of the lens). I'm curious to see how it works with reducing the minimum focusing distance when used with the Bigma (and how much of the infinity end you lose). If you really want to blow some time, FS999 has a lot of very engaging sets on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/sets/ -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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: soon to be enabled
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, P.J. Alling wrote: Well Ann, you're going to get a huge increase in real resolution, and the files will tax your computer's capabilities. Now that you've got good eyes, you can enjoy it. You might want to check out buydig for a new K-5. They're selling for less than S100 more there than KEH is asking for good used ones. Sometimes buydig also has coupons that can save you a bit more too. According to resellerratings.com, buydig has a 7.2 score vs 9.6 for keh; I'd stick with keh, I've had enough problems even from high-scoring companies. http://www.resellerratings.com/store/BuyDig_Beachtr http://www.resellerratings.com/store/KEH_Camera_Brokers http://www.resellerratings.com/store/B_H_Photo_Video_Pro_Audio -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Stack Focusing Dragonflies in the Field
Simply terrific first attempts Mark! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net Subject: GESO - Stack Focusing Dragonflies in the Field I'm trying to get my insect photos up to the next level, and it seems like stack focusing is part of the process to do that. I worked on it yesterday with mixed results - still have a lot of stacks to go through. But here are the first: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2013/07/06/stack-focusing-dragonflies-in-the-field All taken with Pentax K-5 and A*200 f4. No flash since I needed to grab a fast bunch of images to stack, and no way could the flash keep up. All of these photos got flaws but maybe on a less windy day this will work out. CC appreciated. Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 -- Toothy Grin
Thats good crap Yo MARK! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO -- Toothy Grin Thats good crap Dave On Sun, Jul 7, 2013 at 9:17 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Didn't shoot a lot over the Forth of July weekend. Mostly crap like this... https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20toothygrin.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited. As usual comments are3 welcome but may be totally ignored. -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Computer conundrum for those who care.
Most likely the last update on this subject. After running for over 16 hours Checkdisk exited after phase 2 and reported no errors... However now the disk is no longer accessible beyond Seatools reporting it's model number. So either the drive has failed, or the enclosure has. I'm going to test the drive later with a different USB to IDE adapter, to try to narrow that down. I was however able to recover most of the more or less important data. So there's that. Meanwhile I find it amusing, in a dark sort of way, that windows administrator tools/computer manager/drive management app thinks a drive that just about hangs explorer when it attempts to mount it is healthy. I've got one more utility to try on the drive before I take it out of it's enclosure, so I apparently have a new hobby and it's not photography. On 7/10/2013 7:15 AM, Gerrit Visser wrote: You can always make it into one of these to save it from the dumpster: http://hotchk155.blogspot.ca/2012/02/digital-pov-clock-working-mostly.html Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:59 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care. On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:54 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Sure the drive is probably toast, but I'd at least like to try to keep it alive. I'm looking for suggestions. My advice is to forget the tools. Just get the data off NOW while the drive is still functioning, and never use it for anything important again. Make sure that any important data you retrieve was not corrupted while you have a chance to try again. Then start thinking about how you do your backups. You want to be in a situation where ANY single drive failing without warning will not cost you data. You can ratchet up the paranoia level from there (eg burglary, house burning down etc which could take out multiple backups in one hit). Sorry if I seem a little alarmist but I've been in a similar situation with data I really didn't want to lose. I was lucky that time. ...and your sig does seem kind of appropriate ;) There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. Cheers, Dave -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Computer conundrum for those who care.
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, P.J. Alling wrote: I've got one more utility to try on the drive before I take it out of it's enclosure, so I apparently have a new hobby and it's not photography. All digital photographers are by definition computer hobbyists. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Rolling down the track
Recently had an opportunity to photograph a genuine steam engine on the tracks. I took many pictures and will post some galleries when I get them up on flicker. Meantime for those who have no moral objections to Google plus please look at this link and let me know if the experience works for you. Thanks https://plus.google.com/u/0/100687245332697763729/posts/BbeeSxVWxD5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Computer conundrum for those who care.
On Jul 9, 2013, at 17:54 , P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: So I have an interesting problem. I have an older PATA/IDE drive that's been put into a pretty solid USB case for external backups. It's been working well, until now, but has just started to evidence read errors. I figured no problem I'll run a quick diagnostic and if it's going bad, back up everything then try to reformat and recover the hardware. Question: Now that the drive is exhibiting signs of unreliability... why are you even considering continuing to use it? -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: Rolling down the track
That is SWEET, Don! Love your composition and the rendering. Just a hint of blur in those churning wheels. Love it! On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:15 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Recently had an opportunity to photograph a genuine steam engine on the tracks. I took many pictures and will post some galleries when I get them up on flicker. Meantime for those who have no moral objections to Google plus please look at this link and let me know if the experience works for you. Thanks https://plus.google.com/u/0/100687245332697763729/posts/BbeeSxVWxD5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Even more macro enablement?
One day recently I came across a Tamron 2x teleconverter in a cheap bag of kit. So, basically free. After trying it and researching it, I realized it was just an awful chinese TC that had no redeeming qualities. K-R mount too, but the pin is rounded so it doesn't seat into the screw drive fortunately. It does have A contacts and an aperture lever. Hmm. After much whacking with a screwdriver and hammer, the glass elements shattered one by one. I blew out all the glass dust and voila! instant 25mm extension tube. I find it works best with lenses that have good close focusing ability. The 16-45 superb in its rendering in macro with a tube, but the working distance is extremely short and is unusable below probably 30mm or so. The 70-200 I have does decently and has nice OOF rendering, but just doesn't get nearly as close. It gets better magnification at 70mm. The 35-105 I just acquired does pretty well and can certainly reach 1:1 when you combine with its built in macro mode, though it doesn't give that much more magnification with a tube. I don't see the point personally in having AF. Your DOF is so paper thin even at f11-f16 that its much easier and convenient to just move back and forth. Catch in focus works well here when you want to just grab something in the center. I find it best to just take multiple shots, adjusting focus sightly back and forth. I find the 28-50ish range seems to work best at getting towards 1:1, but you are pretty much focusing a few inches away from your subject like this. I would imagine a 100mm macro would give better OOF rendering and would also give you better slightly better working distance, but even at 100mm, 1:1 requires you to get pretty close. I haven't tried any primes. I like zooms because you can use the zoom to quickly adjust focus and working distance by zooming in and out. I have also tried close up lenses that were good, but I didn't like how they OOF areas as much as there was a pretty decent drop in IQ towards the edge of the frame. They also weren't getting me close enough. The 25mm tube is pretty good for large magnification. Now I just need to get a ring flash.just what I need...more things to lust after... ;) I'll post some pics with the tube a little later on here. It has served me well, though I do get hotspots sometimes. I don't know if the tube is reflecting (its all black inside) or if the rear elements of my problematic lenses aren't coated. It does it with the 35-105, which is likely coated on the rear element, so I'm thinking it might actually be the tube that could use better paint inside. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: That's very cool, Darren. I've often thought I'd love to try macro with my 50-135. I figured that the SDM pass-through was not terribly useful as manual focus would most likely be required, but for $100 I'll keep an eye out for one of these things. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Tripped across a piece of equipment that I was not aware of this morning and (just in case others didn't know about it either) thought I would pass it along. It is a AF extension tube that works even with SDM lenses. It is called the Kenko Uniplus Tube 25 and it was once made for Pentax, now extremely hard to find. As good fortune would have it, I no more than learned about it and looked and there was one listed on ePray (from Japan) that had only 9 views when I snatched it up (Buy It Now). I'm passing this info along because it can turn your DA* 50-135mm or even your DA 40 XS into a superb macro lens. If you don't believe me check out this French Pentaxian's work. If you only have time to look at ONE, check this out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15251430@N03/9168541564/ Here all ALL of his images tagged with Uniplus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/tags/uniplus/ The macro shots taken with the DA 40 XS can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/tags/pentaxda40mmf28xs/ Macros taken with the combo of the Uniplus Tube and the DA* 50-135mm are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/tags/pentaxda50135mmf28sdm/ I don't own either of those two lenses. He tells me that the Uniplus Tube works with anything over 20mm (with a 20mm the subject is just 1 cm from the front of the lens). I'm curious to see how it works with reducing the minimum focusing distance when used with the Bigma (and how much of the infinity end you lose). If you really want to blow some time, FS999 has a lot of very engaging sets on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/sets/ -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net
Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.
Masochism. On 7/10/2013 5:27 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jul 9, 2013, at 17:54 , P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: So I have an interesting problem. I have an older PATA/IDE drive that's been put into a pretty solid USB case for external backups. It's been working well, until now, but has just started to evidence read errors. I figured no problem I'll run a quick diagnostic and if it's going bad, back up everything then try to reformat and recover the hardware. Question: Now that the drive is exhibiting signs of unreliability... why are you even considering continuing to use it? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Rolling down the track
On 10/7/13, Don Guthrie, discombobulated, unleashed: Recently had an opportunity to photograph a genuine steam engine on the tracks. I took many pictures and will post some galleries when I get them up on flicker. Meantime for those who have no moral objections to Google plus please look at this link and let me know if the experience works for you. Thanks https://plus.google.com/u/0/100687245332697763729/posts/BbeeSxVWxD5 Interesting choice of composition! Personally I would lose the dead space left of the tree, but it loses nothing in your interpretation. I like it. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Computer conundrum for those who care.
Ok, seriously. I don't know why it's becoming unreliable. If may be something fixable. If so it can be used for temporary storage for unimportant data, or maybe as a scratch drive. However I've been doing a bit of work on it and it's beginning to look like I caught it just in time. It seems to have finished dying over the check disk. Even my usually reliable disk recovery tools can't see the platter anymore. On 7/10/2013 5:27 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Jul 9, 2013, at 17:54 , P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: So I have an interesting problem. I have an older PATA/IDE drive that's been put into a pretty solid USB case for external backups. It's been working well, until now, but has just started to evidence read errors. I figured no problem I'll run a quick diagnostic and if it's going bad, back up everything then try to reformat and recover the hardware. Question: Now that the drive is exhibiting signs of unreliability... why are you even considering continuing to use it? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Even more macro enablement?
Oh, I meant to say the 35-105 doesn't give that much more magnification with the tube in macro mode. The macro mode moves it a lot closer on its own, but with the tube on, it doesn't seem to gain much. I find this curious. I don't know much about tubes other than your are moving your plane of focus closer. Basically you are magnifying the image by moving it behind the sensor plane. If you reduce the flange distance, your close focusing ability diminishes and you will focus past infinity at the other end. I think extension tubes are a great addition to any kit. Especially 25mm. If a lens doesn't do all that great at its minimum focus distance, its not going to get any better if you magnify that. The FA 28-80 was kind of a dog with pretty awful bokeh. I haven't tried the kit 18-55, but imagine it wouldn't be much better since close focus on that lens is pretty subpar. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:45 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: One day recently I came across a Tamron 2x teleconverter in a cheap bag of kit. So, basically free. After trying it and researching it, I realized it was just an awful chinese TC that had no redeeming qualities. K-R mount too, but the pin is rounded so it doesn't seat into the screw drive fortunately. It does have A contacts and an aperture lever. Hmm. After much whacking with a screwdriver and hammer, the glass elements shattered one by one. I blew out all the glass dust and voila! instant 25mm extension tube. I find it works best with lenses that have good close focusing ability. The 16-45 superb in its rendering in macro with a tube, but the working distance is extremely short and is unusable below probably 30mm or so. The 70-200 I have does decently and has nice OOF rendering, but just doesn't get nearly as close. It gets better magnification at 70mm. The 35-105 I just acquired does pretty well and can certainly reach 1:1 when you combine with its built in macro mode, though it doesn't give that much more magnification with a tube. I don't see the point personally in having AF. Your DOF is so paper thin even at f11-f16 that its much easier and convenient to just move back and forth. Catch in focus works well here when you want to just grab something in the center. I find it best to just take multiple shots, adjusting focus sightly back and forth. I find the 28-50ish range seems to work best at getting towards 1:1, but you are pretty much focusing a few inches away from your subject like this. I would imagine a 100mm macro would give better OOF rendering and would also give you better slightly better working distance, but even at 100mm, 1:1 requires you to get pretty close. I haven't tried any primes. I like zooms because you can use the zoom to quickly adjust focus and working distance by zooming in and out. I have also tried close up lenses that were good, but I didn't like how they OOF areas as much as there was a pretty decent drop in IQ towards the edge of the frame. They also weren't getting me close enough. The 25mm tube is pretty good for large magnification. Now I just need to get a ring flash.just what I need...more things to lust after... ;) I'll post some pics with the tube a little later on here. It has served me well, though I do get hotspots sometimes. I don't know if the tube is reflecting (its all black inside) or if the rear elements of my problematic lenses aren't coated. It does it with the 35-105, which is likely coated on the rear element, so I'm thinking it might actually be the tube that could use better paint inside. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:50 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: That's very cool, Darren. I've often thought I'd love to try macro with my 50-135. I figured that the SDM pass-through was not terribly useful as manual focus would most likely be required, but for $100 I'll keep an eye out for one of these things. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Tripped across a piece of equipment that I was not aware of this morning and (just in case others didn't know about it either) thought I would pass it along. It is a AF extension tube that works even with SDM lenses. It is called the Kenko Uniplus Tube 25 and it was once made for Pentax, now extremely hard to find. As good fortune would have it, I no more than learned about it and looked and there was one listed on ePray (from Japan) that had only 9 views when I snatched it up (Buy It Now). I'm passing this info along because it can turn your DA* 50-135mm or even your DA 40 XS into a superb macro lens. If you don't believe me check out this French Pentaxian's work. If you only have time to look at ONE, check this out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15251430@N03/9168541564/ Here all ALL of his images tagged with Uniplus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/tags/uniplus/ The macro shots taken with the DA 40 XS can be seen here:
Re: soon to be enabled
Wow. Forget buying another k-7. If I just wait a little while a k-30 or even k-5 will be cheap enough to consider as a backup. Either would be a step up in IQ. The focus peaking on the k-30 intrigues me too. Too bad the engine is only 12-bit. :( On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, P.J. Alling wrote: Well Ann, you're going to get a huge increase in real resolution, and the files will tax your computer's capabilities. Now that you've got good eyes, you can enjoy it. You might want to check out buydig for a new K-5. They're selling for less than S100 more there than KEH is asking for good used ones. Sometimes buydig also has coupons that can save you a bit more too. According to resellerratings.com, buydig has a 7.2 score vs 9.6 for keh; I'd stick with keh, I've had enough problems even from high-scoring companies. http://www.resellerratings.com/store/BuyDig_Beachtr http://www.resellerratings.com/store/KEH_Camera_Brokers http://www.resellerratings.com/store/B_H_Photo_Video_Pro_Audio -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Rolling down the track
Sweet. not to steel your post buit here are some of mine fro Mat you might like:http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2013-steam1/album/index.html On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Recently had an opportunity to photograph a genuine steam engine on the tracks. I took many pictures and will post some galleries when I get them up on flicker. Meantime for those who have no moral objections to Google plus please look at this link and let me know if the experience works for you. Thanks https://plus.google.com/u/0/100687245332697763729/posts/BbeeSxVWxD5 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW183 - Clouds
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried after reading it, but as Rick said colour makes one of the contrasts so I prefer the colour version. DagT 8. juli 2013 kl. 18:15 skrev Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com: A very strong composition. BW possible? pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 6 Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 23:36:59 +0200 From: DagTli...@thrane.name To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PAW183 - Clouds Message-ID:f7cb1875-441c-4cb5-a9fd-bdc1a14af...@thrane.name Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, FA77mm, 1/250s, f/14, 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.
PESO - Silver Bean Cafe
Something of an icon in Cortez, Colorado and excellent use of an old Airstream trailer. Good coffee, too :-) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1855-K5-1peso.html -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW183 - Clouds
Thanks Tick, Steve, Brian, Marco, Dave, knarf, Bruce and Philip too :-) DagT 10. juli 2013 kl. 02:21 skrev Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: Outstanding! Hard v. soft, grey v. blue and white, rectangular v. irregular--a wonderful study of contrasts. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: DagT li...@thrane.name To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 5:36 PM Subject: PAW183 - Clouds http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, FA77mm, 1/250s, f/14, 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Stack Focusing Dragonflies in the Field
These are really, really good. Are you freezing the insects or just trying to work as fast as humanly possible? You know you can freeze them temporarily right? My metz 54 flash when it was in working order would throw out enough light for macro like this and recycle instantly. Its not a ring light though, and that's probably what you want. Honestly, if I was getting shutter speeds like that with 800, I would just keep working with the natural light. These look amazing. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:09 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Simply terrific first attempts Mark! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net Subject: GESO - Stack Focusing Dragonflies in the Field I'm trying to get my insect photos up to the next level, and it seems like stack focusing is part of the process to do that. I worked on it yesterday with mixed results - still have a lot of stacks to go through. But here are the first: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2013/07/06/stack-focusing-dragonflies-in-the-field All taken with Pentax K-5 and A*200 f4. No flash since I needed to grab a fast bunch of images to stack, and no way could the flash keep up. All of these photos got flaws but maybe on a less windy day this will work out. CC appreciated. Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Even more macro enablement?
After much whacking with a screwdriver and hammer, the glass elements shattered one by one. I blew out all the glass dust and voila! instant 25mm extension tube. I find it works best with lenses that have good close focusing ability. Hey, I'll bet that would work with the SMC Pentax-F 1.7x AF Adapter too! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Silver Bean Cafe
Very good, Brian. Love the all-metal theme going on there. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Something of an icon in Cortez, Colorado and excellent use of an old Airstream trailer. Good coffee, too :-) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1855-K5-1peso.html -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Silver Bean Cafe
Was the coffee as good as the picture? Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 11/07/13 8:08 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Something of an icon in Cortez, Colorado and excellent use of an old Airstream trailer. Good coffee, too :-) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1855-K5-1peso.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Even more macro enablement?
NOO! On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:26 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: After much whacking with a screwdriver and hammer, the glass elements shattered one by one. I blew out all the glass dust and voila! instant 25mm extension tube. I find it works best with lenses that have good close focusing ability. Hey, I'll bet that would work with the SMC Pentax-F 1.7x AF Adapter too! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: soon to be enabled
Congratulations - you'll enjoy your new gadget! As far as numbering, I don't change the file number, but I do add to it. I started getting confused, well, more confused, about the time I had three different IMPG-2132 files and decided it was time for a new strategy. On import, files are renamed with a mmdd prefix. I also use the camera's capability to change the impg to something like _K5_. The final file name then is mmdd_K5_, and there is no chance of confusion with an image taken on the same day with a different camera, or with an image with the same camera 1 shots ago. stan On Jul 10, 2013, at 11:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: soon to be enabled
Congratulations on getting the K-5. To paraphrase the Men's Wearhouse guy...You're gonna like the way it works...I guarantee it I still shoot PEFs and let Lightroom convert to DNG upon import as the Adobe conversion gives a slightly smaller file size. If I think I'll need a quick turnaround to put up a gallery, I'll shoot RAW+JPG with the JPG set to the smallest file size so they're web-ready. -p On 7/10/2013 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- 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: soon to be enabled
Ann I get Lightroom to add the date to the start of each file name so it makes it easier to find pictures taken on a particular occasion. I only use raw, dng version. I you need a jpeg on site you can always process it individually in the camera. I normally leave the AWB alone and do any colour correction in Lightroom. For a wedding you need to concentrate on the action not camera settings. The higher ISO performance of these cameras is amazing so a flash is often not needed. Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 11/07/13 1:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Silver Bean Cafe
great image, pleasing colors. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Something of an icon in Cortez, Colorado and excellent use of an old Airstream trailer. Good coffee, too :-) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1855-K5-1peso.html -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Silver Bean Cafe
Very nice! Paul via phone On Jul 10, 2013, at 8:39 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: great image, pleasing colors. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Something of an icon in Cortez, Colorado and excellent use of an old Airstream trailer. Good coffee, too :-) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1855-K5-1peso.html -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Urban Photography
Thanks, Dave! And thanks to all who looked and commented. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Sent: July 8, 2013 7/8/13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Urban Photography Frank, one of ther best so far this year. Dave On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 11:06 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/urban-photography.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Feeding Time for Grebelings
This was in Col. Sam Smith Park right next to the Lake Shore Yacht Club. Wish I'd have seen the young ones piggy-backing dad. They're too big for that now. I saw them try to climb up but parent was having none of it. I think the reason this year was so successful for breeding is that they attached huge pink and white floating balls to the floating nests. I guess the scared predators away. Certainly scared photographers away. They were so ug-lee! But the results speak for themselves. Thanks for the comments, Gerrit, Bruce, Dan and everyone else who commented and looked. I'm glad I got to capture it, even if not the most technically proficient photo. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Gerrit Visser gerrit...@gmail.com Sent: July 7, 2013 7/7/13 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO - Feeding Time for Grebelings That is lovely, almost moving! And a calm day for once. I think we had a picnic in the same basin on June 20. Only saw 2 little ones at the time. One was on dad's back but fell off when dad climbed onto the nest. gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 6:19 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Feeding Time for Grebelings I don't know if that's really what baby grebes are called; I guess I should look it up. So the excitement is that for the first time that anyone remembers the local red necked grebe eggs have hatched and no less than five baby grebes have been spotted around the lakeside park near my apartment! I was thrilled to spot this parent feeding a little one: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/07/feeding-time-for-grebelings.html?m =1 It was a one shot deal. The next dive the parent came up quite far away and the little one drifted over, out of my range. I did continue shooting but they were too small and blurry. I watched with fascination for half an hour while mom or dad (don't know which) performed dive after dive, coming up with a small fish each time for baby. Then they retired to their nest. So this isn't the sharpest shot ever, but it was the only one I got. As a document it's okay, but not a great nature photo, to very sure. Still, I hope you enjoy it. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Aussi Power Run
Thanks, Walt! And thanks to everyone else who commented. I didn't expect so much positive feedback, especially considering my own lukewarm feelings. Also thanks to all who looked. Much appreciated. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Walt ldott...@gmail.com Sent: July 9, 2013 7/9/13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Aussi Power Run Same here. In fact, it makes the shot a little more interesting to me. -- Walt On 7/9/2013 5:52 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Frank the slight OOF on the subject workd for me Dave On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 5:45 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I don't often show misses, but this one's so close I had to share. Sadly, I missed the focus (see how the guys behind him are sharp?), but otherwise I think it would have been a fine shot: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/aussi-power-run.html?m=1 Oh well. Hope you enjoy anyway. Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Feeding Time for Grebelings
That is a lovely area for picnics and nature watching. What amazed me is that the cormorants left them alone! We used to live at Palace Place, another great area, near the recent fog photo that you took. I have a working photo blog now so I will try to post process some of the same birds in the next few days. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RE: PESO - Feeding Time for Grebelings This was in Col. Sam Smith Park right next to the Lake Shore Yacht Club. Wish I'd have seen the young ones piggy-backing dad. They're too big for that now. I saw them try to climb up but parent was having none of it. I think the reason this year was so successful for breeding is that they attached huge pink and white floating balls to the floating nests. I guess the scared predators away. Certainly scared photographers away. They were so ug-lee! But the results speak for themselves. Thanks for the comments, Gerrit, Bruce, Dan and everyone else who commented and looked. I'm glad I got to capture it, even if not the most technically proficient photo. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Gerrit Visser gerrit...@gmail.com Sent: July 7, 2013 7/7/13 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO - Feeding Time for Grebelings That is lovely, almost moving! And a calm day for once. I think we had a picnic in the same basin on June 20. Only saw 2 little ones at the time. One was on dad's back but fell off when dad climbed onto the nest. gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 6:19 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Feeding Time for Grebelings I don't know if that's really what baby grebes are called; I guess I should look it up. So the excitement is that for the first time that anyone remembers the local red necked grebe eggs have hatched and no less than five baby grebes have been spotted around the lakeside park near my apartment! I was thrilled to spot this parent feeding a little one: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/07/feeding-time-for-grebelings.html?m =1 It was a one shot deal. The next dive the parent came up quite far away and the little one drifted over, out of my range. I did continue shooting but they were too small and blurry. I watched with fascination for half an hour while mom or dad (don't know which) performed dive after dive, coming up with a small fish each time for baby. Then they retired to their nest. So this isn't the sharpest shot ever, but it was the only one I got. As a document it's okay, but not a great nature photo, to very sure. Still, I hope you enjoy it. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: soon to be enabled
Everyone - This is what I ordered from KEH tonight http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Digital-Camera-Bodies/1/sku-DP029991177660?r=FE# ... then got and email saying they wouldnt take my credit card money until they saw that they have the item in stock for sure. (tomorrow) fingers crossed ... Thanks for all the good input re the K-5 - I do have a good card reader that reads both CFs and SD's so I'm all set there. Definitely well get a spare battery. Have been happy with the PEF's the istD puts out, why would I need to DNG? (serious question) Can't imagine anything larger that an 16 gb sd card would be needed but I'll get a 32 as several of you mention it. I'll get to scout out the venue before the event (though I've been thre once before) It will be a relatively small wedding - maybe 65 to 70 and not a formal affair - Groom will not be wearing a tie. Bride is wearing (oh dear) _black_. should I worry about my friend the groom???:-) I'll only be shooting officially for a couple of hours.. posed pics before, then the very short ceremony. And the venue unencumbered by people, probably. In answer to the lens question, I doubt I'll be using the manual primes jsut the 18-55 kit lens and the 55-300, maybe. I'm not even sure I'll bother with that. I'll bring the istd bondy for backup. And pack my bag with the flash and rubber-band and card reflector - but hope I don't have to bring it out. I've done a fair number of weddings over the years, but all with film. Though the events I've shot with digital is basically the same kind of shooting . I want to get comfortable with the camera fast as I can. Not too fancy. ann On 7/10/2013 11:35, David J Brooks wrote: Ann. I have shot a few indoor events, no flash with iso around 3200 or higher and they came out fine in AWB. I shoot DNG's, my LR can handle the Pefs but my PS is old and does not handle the PEFs. I find LR 4 handles any noise just fine. I used to shoot raw/jpeg so i could load up a jalbum quikly Dave On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: soon to be enabled
P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Feeding Time for Grebelings
aw - Love that you got the decisive moment on this one - and the reflections are nice too. How nice even to witness it. ann -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 6:19 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Feeding Time for Grebelings I don't know if that's really what baby grebes are called; I guess I should look it up. So the excitement is that for the first time that anyone remembers the local red necked grebe eggs have hatched and no less than five baby grebes have been spotted around the lakeside park near my apartment! I was thrilled to spot this parent feeding a little one: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/07/feeding-time-for-grebelings.html?m =1 It was a one shot deal. The next dive the parent came up quite far away and the little one drifted over, out of my range. I did continue shooting but they were too small and blurry. I watched with fascination for half an hour while mom or dad (don't know which) performed dive after dive, coming up with a small fish each time for baby. Then they retired to their nest. So this isn't the sharpest shot ever, but it was the only one I got. As a document it's okay, but not a great nature photo, to very sure. Still, I hope you enjoy it. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Mist
Excellent shot Frank. Did you try cloning out the birds in the top right corner? My eyes went straight to them! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, 10 July 2013 10:40 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Mist Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Mist
I was feeling unwell on Monday so was at home. About 5:30pm the skies opened up and it rained so hard it seemed the rain was going ~up~ as it was bouncing so violently on the window sills. Then after about five minutes of the deluge the power went out. Don't know when it came back on but it was there when we awoke the next morning. No flooding around us just no power for about ten or twelve hours. We got off lucky. A few small pockets of Mississauga were without power this morning but I think it is all on now. Hope your friends downtown got through ok. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Sent: July 10, 2013 7/10/13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Mist Did you lose power the other day? I wrote Fred and Greta when I saw the flooding on the news but they were ok where they are. would like to see your color version of this foggy scene ann On 7/10/2013 08:39, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Swallow on a Cat Tail
Yup - keeper... I first read the subject line as ... on a Cat's tail :-) ann On 7/5/2013 15:35, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: My last barn swallow pic for a while (unless I'm really lucky this weekend), this one features a different look. It was overcast and not very bright so instead of bumping up the ISO I decided to open the aperture to (I think) f5.6. I think the narrower dof is kind of cool: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/07/swallow-on-cat-tail.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: soon to be enabled
Give or take 800 angels on a 32gb using DNG on a K5. Not sure if anyone mentioned it, the shutter is very quiet compared to K100D et al. Not silent but quiet. jpg takes more processing power in the camera, plus you want Raw anyway to processing :-) So may as well just shoot raw. I switched to raw only before our last trip and ain't going back. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 9:28 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: soon to be enabled P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: soon to be enabled
I made a quick on-line search, and it looks like you can get 2 - good quality 32GB Class 10 SDHC cards for slightly less than the cost of a single 64GB SDXC Class 10 card of the same quality. I'm not sure where BH is located in relation to where Ann lives, but if I'm calculating it correctly it comes out to about a $2 savings getting 2x32GB Cl 10 over 1x64GB Cl 10. Might be worth the walk if you're going out to exercise anyway? Plus the benefit of not having all your eggs in one basket. On 7/10/2013 2:03 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: Realistically, I doubt that you need more than a 32G card, which was at the peak for storage/dollar the last time I checked. A year ago, I shot for a week at dance/music events and used less than 32G per day. As people know, I am not shy about taking extra shots with digital, just to make sure that one of them turns out. Twice on my Alaska trip I ran through a 32GB card in a single day, so if Ann's at all worried about storage, my strong advice would be to go for 64GB (I'm glad I took my primary's advice about getting a pair of 32GB cards in addition to the pair of 16GB I started with). This was very little video, very little continuous shooting, and a fair number of bracket shots. Per previous e-mail, this was DNG, no JPEG. Another option might be to go for the EyeFi, but that would be pretty spendy -- just mentioning it for the record. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Computer conundrum for those who care.
On 7/10/2013 2:33 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: It's a enclosure from Gigaware, I checked the online reviews and it doesn't seem to be problematic, had a front panel activity light, (broke, it and it was my fault), and wonder of wonders a rocker switch for to turn it on and off. Still, seems like you've got two possible points of failure there - the enclosure or the drive and you won't really know which it is until you isolate the fault. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How do you photograph dark skinned people?
I have nothing to share except that a mix of skin colors is nothing compared to a black bride in a white dress. On 4/20/2013 12:15 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: Request please share resources for photographing dark skinned people. There is still a greater challenge, that of photographing a group of people with yellow, brown, white, black skin or every other races of mankind. Regards. Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: soon to be enabled
Ann, that is =excellent=. You're gonna love it. Except for testing purposes, I've not used the flash with the camera in ~9000 exposures. The low light sensitivity is wonderful. I use straight DNG output (~300 shots fit on an 8GB card), rename them on import into Lightroom (Bloggs Weddg 8-13 #__), and processing is simple from that point. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 11:09 AM Subject: soon to be enabled I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Mist
Very nice! With the weather in TO I've been reading about, I'm surprised it's Mist rather than Deluge. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:39 AM Subject: PESO - Mist Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Rolling down the track
Who'd it belong to where was it going? On 7/10/2013 5:50 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 10/7/13, Don Guthrie, discombobulated, unleashed: Recently had an opportunity to photograph a genuine steam engine on the tracks. I took many pictures and will post some galleries when I get them up on flicker. Meantime for those who have no moral objections to Google plus please look at this link and let me know if the experience works for you. Thanks https://plus.google.com/u/0/100687245332697763729/posts/BbeeSxVWxD5 Interesting choice of composition! Personally I would lose the dead space left of the tree, but it loses nothing in your interpretation. I like it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: soon to be enabled
Maybe not the best comparison, since he got fired last month. ;-D On 7/10/2013 8:12 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Congratulations on getting the K-5. To paraphrase the Men's Wearhouse guy...You're gonna like the way it works...I guarantee it I still shoot PEFs and let Lightroom convert to DNG upon import as the Adobe conversion gives a slightly smaller file size. If I think I'll need a quick turnaround to put up a gallery, I'll shoot RAW+JPG with the JPG set to the smallest file size so they're web-ready. -p On 7/10/2013 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso - Grab shot
Well, I'm afraid I disagree with Gerrit--I think the grafitti face right above the rider makes the left side cluttered and distracting; so this one doesn't quite work for me. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Gerrit Visser gerrit...@gmail.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 9:32 PM Subject: RE: Peso - Grab shot I love how the figure in the background seems to be part of the rider. A smidgin earlier or later and it wouldn't work as well. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 8:24 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Peso - Grab shot ... and test. if this gets through and nothing else does tonight, at least I can read comments http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2012-and-all-that/21847075_ D88Ngw/1/2625300581_xMdMdk3/Large Time Warner and Road Runner assure me they are working on the problem. ann with crossed fingers -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: How do you photograph dark skinned people?
On 7/10/2013 10:31 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I have nothing to share except that a mix of skin colors is nothing compared to a black bride in a white dress. On 4/20/2013 12:15 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: Request please share resources for photographing dark skinned people. There is still a greater challenge, that of photographing a group of people with yellow, brown, white, black skin or every other races of mankind. Regards. Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. For a black bride in a white dress, expose for the skin tones, and let the entire dress blow out white if it has to. It looks far more natural than the alternative. -- J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: soon to be enabled
On Jul 10, 2013, at 8:28 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: P.s. to my earlier response... Christine, your mention of the lowlight green thingy very useful - which reminded me I certainly will be shutting off any thing that makes noise, too! I'm thinking of only shooting in raw,as I always do - that would be faster, right? How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. A LOT!!! :-)) I only shoot on 8gig cards, so I don't know exactly how many frames fit on a 32 bigger. I think I get about 200 frames on an 8 gig card with RAW. I use 8 gigs because of the all eggs in one basket fear. Yep, you can turn off beeps on the K-5. You'll be amazed at how quiet the shutter is too. Can't wait to see your test/practice shots, Ann. You're going to have a lot of fun playing with the K-5 before your shoot. Cheers, Christine ann On 7/10/2013 13:29, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Ann: Wow! What fun! You'll love the K-5. AWB is pretty darn good. It's my go-to white balance and in Lightroom 4 any necessary tweakings are easy-peasy. High ISO settings are excellent like others have said. But if it is a bit dark, auto-focusing can be a little challenging. The K-5 does have an auto-assistant focus lamp, so in really low light a green light will stream to the subject, which can elicit some funny facial and body responses. You'll want to turn that off though during serious, solemn moments were there should be no distraction. Easy to do in the Menu Options. I shoot DNG--you have that option with K-5--, so no conversions are needed, and I hardly ever shoot jpegs--always RAW. I don't renumber any of my RAW files either. I just stick the memory card in my Lexar card reader, then import to my processing software, which is Lightroom. Very excited for you. Hope you enjoy what I think is a great camera. Big cheers, Christine On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:09 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How do you photograph dark skinned people?
Incident metering for exposure and a 18% grey card or a Gretag Macbeth Color Checker for white balance. On 7/10/2013 10:31 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I have nothing to share except that a mix of skin colors is nothing compared to a black bride in a white dress. On 4/20/2013 12:15 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: Request please share resources for photographing dark skinned people. There is still a greater challenge, that of photographing a group of people with yellow, brown, white, black skin or every other races of mankind. Regards. Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How do you photograph dark skinned people?
From: J.C. O'Connell On 7/10/2013 10:31 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: I have nothing to share except that a mix of skin colors is nothing compared to a black bride in a white dress. On 4/20/2013 12:15 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: Request please share resources for photographing dark skinned people. There is still a greater challenge, that of photographing a group of people with yellow, brown, white, black skin or every other races of mankind. Regards. Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. For a black bride in a white dress, expose for the skin tones, and let the entire dress blow out white if it has to. It looks far more natural than the alternative. Not if she paid $3k+ for a Vera Wang dress you don't. You better capture every frickin' tiny little detail! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: soon to be enabled
Great news, Ann. You're going to enjoy your new camera. The only thing I can suggest is that you shoot extensively with K-5 before you do any serious work (such as your friend's wedding) with it. It has very different rhythm than *istD (or K10D for that matter, which is from where I transitioned to K-7). I do suggest that you set your K-5 to output DNGs. I don't even remember if it can do PEFs. And certainly - welcome back! On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Mist
It certainly works. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 3:39 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Even more macro enablement?
I've known about the existence of such an extension tube for quite a while. But I can hardly remember a time when I might have seen it either offered for sale or photographs taken with its help. It is a curious item. The most curious thing is why Pentax did not produce such thing on their own. Also, some people take cheap macro converters that provide variable magnification ratio by means of zooming (say, Panagor macro converter, which I used to have and which, by the way, is a fine macro converter on its own merit), remove the optics and effectively get themselves a zoom macro ring. Well, but now that you got your wonder-extension-tube, you ought to take pictures with it and post them here. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Tripped across a piece of equipment that I was not aware of this morning and (just in case others didn't know about it either) thought I would pass it along. It is a AF extension tube that works even with SDM lenses. It is called the Kenko Uniplus Tube 25 and it was once made for Pentax, now extremely hard to find. As good fortune would have it, I no more than learned about it and looked and there was one listed on ePray (from Japan) that had only 9 views when I snatched it up (Buy It Now). I'm passing this info along because it can turn your DA* 50-135mm or even your DA 40 XS into a superb macro lens. If you don't believe me check out this French Pentaxian's work. If you only have time to look at ONE, check this out: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15251430@N03/9168541564/ Here all ALL of his images tagged with Uniplus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/tags/uniplus/ The macro shots taken with the DA 40 XS can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/tags/pentaxda40mmf28xs/ Macros taken with the combo of the Uniplus Tube and the DA* 50-135mm are here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/tags/pentaxda50135mmf28sdm/ I don't own either of those two lenses. He tells me that the Uniplus Tube works with anything over 20mm (with a 20mm the subject is just 1 cm from the front of the lens). I'm curious to see how it works with reducing the minimum focusing distance when used with the Bigma (and how much of the infinity end you lose). If you really want to blow some time, FS999 has a lot of very engaging sets on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/fs999/sets/ -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: soon to be enabled
On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I couldn't imagine taking more than 200-300 shots in a day before my Alaska cruise, I was wrong; do you really want to take a chance? Given what you've said about your discomfort with the small size of SD cards, IMO you really should get a 64GB card. I also recommend bringing a spare SD card reader, they're cheap. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.
On Jul 11, 2013, at 8:51 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: All digital photographers are by definition computer hobbyists. I thought it went the other way around. When cameras went digital all the computer hobbyists suddenly became expert photographers. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Mist
On Jul 11, 2013, at 12:39 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Lovely photo. It suits the mood I've been in all day. Another commenter mentioned the birds... I like them but it'd be nicer if they were further to the left. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW183 - Clouds
Sorry for the misspelling, Rick :-( Sendt fra min iPad Den 11. juli 2013 kl. 00:08 skrev DagT li...@thrane.name: Thanks Tick, Steve, Brian, Marco, Dave, knarf, Bruce and Philip too :-) DagT 10. juli 2013 kl. 02:21 skrev Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: Outstanding! Hard v. soft, grey v. blue and white, rectangular v. irregular--a wonderful study of contrasts. Cheers, Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: DagT li...@thrane.name To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, July 7, 2013 5:36 PM Subject: PAW183 - Clouds http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, FA77mm, 1/250s, f/14, 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: soon to be enabled
On 7/10/2013 11:48 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 10, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote: How many angels fit on the head of a 32gb card? I can't imagine shooting more than 300 to 400 frames - if that. The Pentax K-5 II was getting 900 DNGs per 32GB card. I couldn't imagine taking more than 200-300 shots in a day before my Alaska cruise, I was wrong; do you really want to take a chance? Given what you've said about your discomfort with the small size of SD cards, IMO you really should get a 64GB card. I also recommend bringing a spare SD card reader, they're cheap. Also, you might want to consider using something like a pair of tweezers to get the SD card out of the K-5. I found it a little more difficult to pull out of the slot than on any of my other bodies due to the weather sealing. It holds it fairly snugly, and if you don't use the right touch when you press and release it, it doesn't eject the card quite as far and it can be a little tough to grasp with your fingertips. -- 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: The oddest thing
Possibly the sensor positioning mech was shut down in that time, the CCD would then slump to the bottom of the camera creating a shift effect. On 9 July 2013 03:32, CollinB coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/sets/72157634547270776/ These images were taken just moments apart. The camera was not moved and the object was flipped vertically in the same position. So why the cropping? Well, best that I can figure is that, with the camera on since last Wed., even though asleep, the CPU required a reset. It was fixed by removing and re-inserting the battery. Still, this is the oddest thin I've seen yet with a DSLR. K30, A50/2.8 Macro Collin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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.
Re: can you see me now?
On Jul 10, 2013, at 12:39 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Let's remember Murray is a Scot - happily no one HERE has called him English - but The NY Times took some heat briefly for saying it was a great day for ENGLAND and Murray Yeah for some reason he's English when he wins and Scottish when he loses. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - The Kiss
On 9/7/13, Marco Alpert, discombobulated, unleashed: Thanks, Cotty. (There are certainly worse influences to hint of.) Yes, sorry - I meant that in a positive way! :-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Spider Rock
On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1754-K5-1peso.html That rock must be very popular with the climbers. Looks like a very impressive place, the scale seems vast. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: 50 years of LOUD - attn guitar freaks
On Jul 9, 2013, at 7:35 PM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Thanks Dave. Half a million quid to set that up. It would cost them 15 grand each test if done externally so good value over time. I used to work at an electronics company... our solution for RF testing was a large tent out the back of our section. It wasn't very good but it wasn't half a million quid either. We'd aim to get a bit of margin under the limits to have good confidence of passing, then we'd go to an external lab for the kind of testing we can use for compliance purposes. It probably wasn't much help to have a cellphone tower less than 100 metres away :) Plus good clear line-of-sight to every commercial radio TV transmitter in the city. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.
On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:54 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Sure the drive is probably toast, but I'd at least like to try to keep it alive. I'm looking for suggestions. My advice is to forget the tools. Just get the data off NOW while the drive is still functioning, and never use it for anything important again. Make sure that any important data you retrieve was not corrupted while you have a chance to try again. Then start thinking about how you do your backups. You want to be in a situation where ANY single drive failing without warning will not cost you data. You can ratchet up the paranoia level from there (eg burglary, house burning down etc which could take out multiple backups in one hit). Sorry if I seem a little alarmist but I've been in a similar situation with data I really didn't want to lose. I was lucky that time. ...and your sig does seem kind of appropriate ;) There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT Computer conundrum for those who care.
You can always make it into one of these to save it from the dumpster: http://hotchk155.blogspot.ca/2012/02/digital-pov-clock-working-mostly.html Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:59 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT Computer conundrum for those who care. On Jul 10, 2013, at 10:54 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Sure the drive is probably toast, but I'd at least like to try to keep it alive. I'm looking for suggestions. My advice is to forget the tools. Just get the data off NOW while the drive is still functioning, and never use it for anything important again. Make sure that any important data you retrieve was not corrupted while you have a chance to try again. Then start thinking about how you do your backups. You want to be in a situation where ANY single drive failing without warning will not cost you data. You can ratchet up the paranoia level from there (eg burglary, house burning down etc which could take out multiple backups in one hit). Sorry if I seem a little alarmist but I've been in a similar situation with data I really didn't want to lose. I was lucky that time. ...and your sig does seem kind of appropriate ;) There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: July PUG is up!!
Great gallery, as usual. Many stand outs here but my favorite is Eric's Bee - super details and colors! Mark On 7/6/2013 7:34 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all A fairly small gallery this month and, as usual, you'll find it here: http://pug.komkon.org/ (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous Gallery there) Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not infallible. So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the gallery, let me know. + We have an extra gallery for July: 'Open Gallery' - closing date 20 July. Quite a few submissions so far - there's no theme, just submit an image you'd like to share. What could be easier? :-) The August theme is 'Signs of the Times'. Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels * Max file size: 300k * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body or lens used is Pentax. * If you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure that the image is displayed correctly on line. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Mist
Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spider Rock
I doubt very much that any climbing of Spider rock is allowed. It is an important part of Navajo folklore and history and though a National Monument, it is on Navajo Nation land. Despite your battle with the light , Brian, I really like this shot.. I've photographed it from about the same spot (like, yeah, that's where the overlook is :-) ) and we hiked down to the White House. Dave - Spider rock is about 800 feet - The canyon at this point really isn't all that vast by high country standards and gets pretty narrow - flash flooding there is always a hazard. Now lets see if -this- mail gets to you all ann On 7/10/2013 05:35, David Mann wrote: On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1754-K5-1peso.html That rock must be very popular with the climbers. Looks like a very impressive place, the scale seems vast. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Mist
Did you lose power the other day? I wrote Fred and Greta when I saw the flooding on the news but they were ok where they are. would like to see your color version of this foggy scene ann On 7/10/2013 08:39, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Damn damage!
I'll be going back to the store today, to find out how they're going to resolve the issue. Either they'll get another one delivered to me *undamaged* or refund my purchase, but I don't yet know which it's going to be. On 7/10/2013 12:31 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: Hard luck! There's me going on about my good fortune amp wise and this happens... Chris On 8 July 2013 19:57, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Not the GESO I was hoping to post. Fedex attempted to deliver my amplifier this morning. It was dropped somewhere in transit. There was a bit of visible damage on the outside of the carton which prompted me to open it while the delivery driver waited. The concealed damage was considerably worse. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157634552778170 K-20D, ISO 6400. It's pretty obvious the carton must have been dropped from sufficient height it landed inverted on the upper right front corner. I refused the shipment have already been over to the music store about getting it replaced or the purchase canceled. I was so shook up I botched up some of the photos I took to document the damage. I needed the high ISO because the light is so dim on my front porch my hands were shaking so bad it was giving SR a fit. But after we repacked it, I took some more photos of the outside of the carton outdoors didn't think to reset the ISO they're so far overexposed they're for all practical purposes useless. The first image shows the corner the carton must have landed on when it was dropped. Front side, rear, side -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Computer conundrum for those who care.
You mentioned it's in a USB enclosure. Have you tried mounting it in a different USB enclosure. There's a small chance it's not the drive itself. I don't know if it's one of those WD MyBook drives - you did say it was a PRETTY SOLID enclosure in my opinion those WD MyBook drives are anything but. My experience with them is they have VERY flimsy power supplies sometimes what appears as a drive problem is actually a power supply problem On 7/10/2013 1:04 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I can access the drive readily enough from the command line. The backup is still underway, (the program I'm using is aggressively trying to recover some unreadable files, nothing irreplaceable I hope), so I'm not about to attempt to format the drive until that operation completes. I haven't tried Knoppix that may not be necessary. This machine is running WinXP (SP3), and I suspect that running the manufactures disk diagnostic and repair/format utility might do a better job than the windows format, for blocking out any bad sectors. I'm not sure at this point that attempting to save the drive is even a good idea, but being a Yankee, I hate to throw anything that might be useful away, so I'd like to at least try. It's odd that Seagate's utility can at see and test the problematic drive while Western Digital's cannot. On 7/10/2013 12:35 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Does your computer see the drive from the command line? Can you format the drive from there using the DOS format command? If you run Knoppix can your computer see the drive? That's saved my bacon several times. I think you can do an NTFS format from Knoppix if you can mount the drive. -p On 7/9/2013 5:54 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: So I have an interesting problem. I have an older PATA/IDE drive that's been put into a pretty solid USB case for external backups. It's been working well, until now, but has just started to evidence read errors. I figured no problem I'll run a quick diagnostic and if it's going bad, back up everything then try to reformat and recover the hardware. it's a WD drive most of my current drives are Seagate, but Seatools sees it and will run generic short and long tests on it. Long story short, Short test Passed, Long test fails. So I figure I'll download Western Digital's tool and try that, to see if I can get a better handle on what's happening. WD's tool cannot see the drive. OK, so I had to back it up anyway, that's underway. Here's the conundrum. Seatools will test the drive but won't do a low level format on a WD drive. DataLifeGuard doesn't see the drive as a WD drive, just as a logical partition and won't run any tests on it, nor will it low level format a drive it doesn't recognize. Sure the drive is probably toast, but I'd at least like to try to keep it alive. I'm looking for suggestions. I've found several people who've had the same problem with DataLifeGuard recognizing only the logical partition of the drive in question, but no solutions have been posted, to the forums I've checked. I figured I check here because this list is always full of surprises. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Spider Rock
Yes you got to us, Ann. G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I doubt very much that any climbing of Spider rock is allowed. It is an important part of Navajo folklore and history and though a National Monument, it is on Navajo Nation land. Despite your battle with the light , Brian, I really like this shot.. I've photographed it from about the same spot (like, yeah, that's where the overlook is :-) ) and we hiked down to the White House. Dave - Spider rock is about 800 feet - The canyon at this point really isn't all that vast by high country standards and gets pretty narrow - flash flooding there is always a hazard. Now lets see if -this- mail gets to you all ann On 7/10/2013 05:35, David Mann wrote: On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1754-K5-1peso.html That rock must be very popular with the climbers. Looks like a very impressive place, the scale seems vast. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Mist
Quite nice -- a classic composition. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 8:39 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Damn damage!
Thanks. By now it's just a dull ache of aggravation; what am I going to have to go through to get a good one? On 7/10/2013 1:07 AM, Walt wrote: Holy smokes, John. I can fully understand how you'd be that shaken up, and I'm one of the world's worst guitar players. Sorry that happened to you. It had to be gut-wrenching. -- Walt On 7/8/2013 1:57 PM, John wrote: Not the GESO I was hoping to post. Fedex attempted to deliver my amplifier this morning. It was dropped somewhere in transit. There was a bit of visible damage on the outside of the carton which prompted me to open it while the delivery driver waited. The concealed damage was considerably worse. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/sets/72157634552778170 K-20D, ISO 6400. It's pretty obvious the carton must have been dropped from sufficient height it landed inverted on the upper right front corner. I refused the shipment have already been over to the music store about getting it replaced or the purchase canceled. I was so shook up I botched up some of the photos I took to document the damage. I needed the high ISO because the light is so dim on my front porch my hands were shaking so bad it was giving SR a fit. But after we repacked it, I took some more photos of the outside of the carton outdoors didn't think to reset the ISO they're so far overexposed they're for all practical purposes useless. The first image shows the corner the carton must have landed on when it was dropped. Front side, rear, side -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spider Rock
On 7/10/2013 5:35 AM, David Mann wrote: On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1754-K5-1peso.html That rock must be very popular with the climbers. Looks like a very impressive place, the scale seems vast. Cheers, Dave It's illegal to climb. The Navajo own the canyon the spire is one of their sacred places. The National Park goes around the rim. There are only a couple of places where you are permitted to go into the canyon without being accompanied by a Navajo guide. They run packaged jeep tours that are kind of expensive for what you get. Individual tours - the kind where you can stop get out long enough to set up a tripod - are even more so. Moot point when I was there, because it had rained recently and all of the tours were canceled due to flash floods inside the canyon. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Tempting alternates
On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:39 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: On 7/9/2013 2:36 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I rejected some because they just didn't say_temptation_ to me, but are otherwise okay shots. Bruce, I'm at a loss as to how they could possibly say anything else. It's very subjective, isn't it! To my wife, the heels say temptation and she tried to persuade me that that was the shot to use for PUG. She's a shoe person, and a recovering shoeholic. Iryna, the girl in all the shots, immediately made the heels shot her Facebook cover photo. She teaches ballroom dancing and she too is a shoe person. She's off the wagon. I like a well-turned ankle, especially in heels, as much as the next person, but shoes just don't call out to me. :-) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spider Rock
yayay we are both back! I wrote something similar to you about Spider Rock. which you will eventually see :-) still crossing fingers the problem is solved ann On 7/10/2013 09:45, John wrote: On 7/10/2013 5:35 AM, David Mann wrote: On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:12 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1754-K5-1peso.html That rock must be very popular with the climbers. Looks like a very impressive place, the scale seems vast. Cheers, Dave It's illegal to climb. The Navajo own the canyon the spire is one of their sacred places. The National Park goes around the rim. There are only a couple of places where you are permitted to go into the canyon without being accompanied by a Navajo guide. They run packaged jeep tours that are kind of expensive for what you get. Individual tours - the kind where you can stop get out long enough to set up a tripod - are even more so. Moot point when I was there, because it had rained recently and all of the tours were canceled due to flash floods inside the canyon. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Tempting alternates
But that vortex, and its compromises, are why the finger is soft. I'm using hotshoe flashes as my main light source (for various reasons including portability). But they aren't very powerful, especially used at 1/4 power which is what I normally use so the recycle times are fast enough to keep up with me and the subject. As this is a headshot I'm zoomed in with a tele to fill the frame and even at F8 the DoF is slim. I wanted the focus to extend from her eyes to her fingers and F8 wasn't quite enough. I compromised and focused on her eyebrows. I was able to sharpen her eyes enough in post (Nik sharpener has focus recovery that works well), but I left her finger. So I could have stopped down one or two stops to F11 or F16. And I might even have done that except I'd either have to spend about 5 minutes adjusting the flashes up two stops each -- one is inside a softbox that has to be velcroed open and the other was outside on the patio eight feet up on a stand -- or bump the ISO up to 800 which would make the shot unacceptably noisy. If I'd been using AC strobes I could have adjusted them from their power pack or from a wireless remote on top of the camera. *That* would be heaven. Some day. :-) On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Gerrit Visser gerrit...@gmail.com wrote: A bit better than ok! After getting a bit of background on these tonight I have to say it is still Northern Spy for me. The only minor distraction is the slightly out of focus finger. Trying not to get sucked into the lighting/setup vortex... Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 3:37 PM To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List Subject: GESO - Tempting alternates First, two shots in particular: http://flic.kr/p/f4MZEV - Northern Spy http://flic.kr/p/f5cDZU - Apple Saucy A large number of possible candidates for the Temptation PUG emerged from my shoot with Iryna, and here are the best of those. I rejected some because they just didn't say _temptation_ to me, but are otherwise okay shots. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjGFgCHr - The gallery. I'll be adding to this as I get some more time. All shot with K20D, DA* 50-135mm/2.8, 200 ISO, 2 x AFG540FGZ. Lr, Ps. Comments welcome. -- -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. -- -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: Fw: GESO - Tempting alternates
Appreciate it, Jack. And thanks Walt and Gerrit and everyone who had a look. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: - Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 1:56 PM Subject: Re: GESO - Tempting alternates Of the gallery, I much prefer #1 and am trying to decide about #3. No's 2,4 5 .. not so much. Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12:36 PM Subject: GESO - Tempting alternates First, two shots in particular: http://flic.kr/p/f4MZEV- Northern Spy http://flic.kr/p/f5cDZU- Apple Saucy A large number of possible candidates for the Temptation PUG emerged from my shoot with Iryna, and here are the best of those. I rejected some because they just didn't say _temptation_ to me, but are otherwise okay shots. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjGFgCHr- The gallery. I'll be adding to this as I get some more time. All shot with K20D, DA* 50-135mm/2.8, 200 ISO, 2 x AFG540FGZ. Lr, Ps. Comments welcome. -- -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. -- -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: Fw: GESO - Tempting alternates
I like Apple Saucy best. ann On 7/10/2013 10:15, Bruce Walker wrote: Appreciate it, Jack. And thanks Walt and Gerrit and everyone who had a look. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: - Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 1:56 PM Subject: Re: GESO - Tempting alternates Of the gallery, I much prefer #1 and am trying to decide about #3. No's 2,4 5 .. not so much. Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12:36 PM Subject: GESO - Tempting alternates First, two shots in particular: http://flic.kr/p/f4MZEV- Northern Spy http://flic.kr/p/f5cDZU- Apple Saucy A large number of possible candidates for the Temptation PUG emerged from my shoot with Iryna, and here are the best of those. I rejected some because they just didn't say _temptation_ to me, but are otherwise okay shots. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjGFgCHr- The gallery. I'll be adding to this as I get some more time. All shot with K20D, DA* 50-135mm/2.8, 200 ISO, 2 x AFG540FGZ. Lr, Ps. Comments welcome. -- -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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Mist
You did everything good possible with this shot, Frank. Effective. Jack - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:39 AM Subject: PESO - Mist Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Mist
Lovely, great effect. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:40 AM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Mist Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Mist
The west end lost power for about 16 hours, came back on just in time to make the morning cappucinno's! Another blip this AM. They pumped 1 million gallons of water out of one of the local switching stations. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ann Sanfedele Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 8:59 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Mist Did you lose power the other day? I wrote Fred and Greta when I saw the flooding on the news but they were ok where they are. would like to see your color version of this foggy scene ann On 7/10/2013 08:39, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Juvenile Grackle
Thanks Jack. It is that, I suppose, technically proficient. As a document of what a young grackle looks like it certainly works. Would have preferred a more pleasing environment to shoot him in but there you go. I appreciate the comments from all and thank all who looked. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Sent: July 9, 2013 7/9/13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Juvenile Grackle Another technically well done bird shot. Jack From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 3:37 PM Subject: PESO - Juvenile Grackle Adult grackles are not the most attractive birds; juveniles are downright ugly (although that little tuft on his head is kind of cute): http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/07/juvenile-grackle.html?m=1 The gravel pathway makes for a pretty unattractive background but it's fitting, somehow. ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Mist
What Jack said. The grain really adds to the mood of it. On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: You did everything good possible with this shot, Frank. Effective. Jack - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 5:39 AM Subject: PESO - Mist Haven't had much sun lately so ya gotta go with what ya get: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/07/mist.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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: Fw: GESO - Tempting alternates
Are you a shoeholic too, Ann? ;-) Thanks! On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I like Apple Saucy best. ann On 7/10/2013 10:15, Bruce Walker wrote: Appreciate it, Jack. And thanks Walt and Gerrit and everyone who had a look. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: - Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 1:56 PM Subject: Re: GESO - Tempting alternates Of the gallery, I much prefer #1 and am trying to decide about #3. No's 2,4 5 .. not so much. Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12:36 PM Subject: GESO - Tempting alternates First, two shots in particular: http://flic.kr/p/f4MZEV- Northern Spy http://flic.kr/p/f5cDZU- Apple Saucy A large number of possible candidates for the Temptation PUG emerged from my shoot with Iryna, and here are the best of those. I rejected some because they just didn't say _temptation_ to me, but are otherwise okay shots. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjGFgCHr- The gallery. I'll be adding to this as I get some more time. All shot with K20D, DA* 50-135mm/2.8, 200 ISO, 2 x AFG540FGZ. Lr, Ps. Comments welcome. -- -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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spider Rock
Impressive structures! The light serves to bring them into relief so works for you here, imo. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: In Canyon de Chelly, Arizona. We were there in the middle of the day so it's a bit harsh - you take the light you're given... https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP1754-K5-1peso.html Comments and suggestions most welcome. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Lemmy Merckx
A bit of a motorhead maybe? ;-) On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:24 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Eddy Merckx is perhaps the greatest road racer (cyclist) ever. After he retired he made bikes. Very good ones. His lesser known brother Lemmy made lesser good bikes: http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/07/lemmy-merckx.html?m=1 Whoever made the Lemmy Merckx downtube decal used exactly the same lettering as on Eddy's steel frames. I think it's quite funny (but not all will share my humour. Don't know this guy but he's got a messenger look about him. Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso - Grab shot
I love the shot Ann. And it looks like Road Runner has evaded the blacklisting coyote once again. You're back on the air! On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 8:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: ... and test. if this gets through and nothing else does tonight, at least I can read comments http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2012-and-all-that/21847075_D88Ngw/1/2625300581_xMdMdk3/Large Time Warner and Road Runner assure me they are working on the problem. ann with crossed fingers -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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: Fw: GESO - Tempting alternates
ha - not at all - haven't worn anything but flat sandals and sneakers in the past 30, hmm maybe even 40 years... although I am particular about those sooo... I like the spin you took on this one - the other's are pleasant enough but obvious. The profile one of those is the nicest I think, but this one as a comic element - what would happen to you if you tried to get that apple? and all that other stuff - nice light, etc. ann On 7/10/2013 10:50, Bruce Walker wrote: Are you a shoeholic too, Ann? ;-) Thanks! On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I like Apple Saucy best. ann On 7/10/2013 10:15, Bruce Walker wrote: Appreciate it, Jack. And thanks Walt and Gerrit and everyone who had a look. On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: - Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 1:56 PM Subject: Re: GESO - Tempting alternates Of the gallery, I much prefer #1 and am trying to decide about #3. No's 2,4 5 .. not so much. Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, July 9, 2013 12:36 PM Subject: GESO - Tempting alternates First, two shots in particular: http://flic.kr/p/f4MZEV- Northern Spy http://flic.kr/p/f5cDZU- Apple Saucy A large number of possible candidates for the Temptation PUG emerged from my shoot with Iryna, and here are the best of those. I rejected some because they just didn't say _temptation_ to me, but are otherwise okay shots. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjGFgCHr- The gallery. I'll be adding to this as I get some more time. All shot with K20D, DA* 50-135mm/2.8, 200 ISO, 2 x AFG540FGZ. Lr, Ps. Comments welcome. -- -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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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.
soon to be enabled
I good firend of mine is getting married in August.. he wanted to hire me to shoot the wedding - but only the portraits and the brief wedding ceremony - not the reception (so I can eat and socialize) someone else is doing that. At first i begged off... my *istD isn't up to that and especially after this recent battery episode, not high enough ISO, etc But the I realized I could do it for him inexpensively by wedding photog in nY standards for sure - the price of a K-5! His check is in the mail and as soon as I get it I'll be looking for the best price (well, I already am doing that) Saw an LN at KEH for about $550... I need to get it soon and practice. Have enough for that and spare batteries... don't need to have a brand new one. IF anyone notices a better deal than that KEH one or has some sage words about making the K-5 behave well , or some things to watch out for in switching from the D... I'm hoping to shoot without using flash at all. How does the AWB fare? My habit with the D is to simply load all the raw files onto my computer from the card reader without renumbering/renaming the raw files - do any of you do both the PEF and the jpgs? any suggestions at all are welcome. boy, it is nice to be back! Regards, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
