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On Jul 31, 2014, at 8:58 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:

 … From a marketing standpoint, what Sony has done appears to be a head
 scratcher. … 

I don't know anything about a marketing standpoint. 

However, the several folks I know who have acquired one of these cameras, at 
least two of whom have the A7r model as well, seem quite delighted by its 
performance and capabilities. Seems to be more compatible with a wider range of 
short focal length lenses, the sensitivity is way up there, etc. 

I've got the A7 and while I feel it's a bit clunky on ergonomics and menus, 
there is no question that the essential camera (sensor, viewfinder, etc) works 
very well indeed with my SLR lenses from Leica and Nikon. I'm looking forward 
to experimenting with video capture using it too. 

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Re: OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s

2014-08-01 Thread J.C. O'Connell


On 8/1/2014 2:40 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

On Jul 31, 2014, at 8:58 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:


… From a marketing standpoint, what Sony has done appears to be a head
scratcher. …

I don't know anything about a marketing standpoint.

However, the several folks I know who have acquired one of these cameras, at 
least two of whom have the A7r model as well, seem quite delighted by its 
performance and capabilities. Seems to be more compatible with a wider range of 
short focal length lenses, the sensitivity is way up there, etc.

I've got the A7 and while I feel it's a bit clunky on ergonomics and menus, 
there is no question that the essential camera (sensor, viewfinder, etc) works 
very well indeed with my SLR lenses from Leica and Nikon. I'm looking forward 
to experimenting with video capture using it too.

Godfrey

Godfrey, how does the A7 work with FF PENTAX lenses?

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Re: Camera for a 13-year old?

2014-08-01 Thread Brian Walters


Quoting John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au:

Looking to tap the collective wisdom of the list, as I'm a bit out  
of touch with the equipment area.
One of my granddaughters is showing an increasing interest in  
photography, and is outgrowing the
compact digital and the iPad gear she has been using, and will  
probably be given a new camera for
her birthday next month: my question is what would the list  
recommend in these circumstances?  I
don't believe an SLR is the right configuration, but perhaps a  
mirrorless or 4/3 which could also
use some of my Pentax lenses would be the go?  Cost is also a  
consideration, as her twin sister will

be one of the contributors to buying it for her!
TIA





Without knowing the budget, it's a bit difficult.

The Olympus Pen Lite (E-PL5) might be a good choice if $600 or  
thereabouts is not too much.  There is a cheaper Pen but it's mainly  
menu driven and probably a bit limiting.  Pentax lenses can be used  
with a Pentax K - Micro 4/3 adapter (only in manual focus mode), which  
can be had on Ebay for about 20 bucks.  None of the Pens have an  
eye-level viewfinder although there is a clip-on electronic viewfinder  
available (adds about $200).


Another option could be the Lumix G5 - a bit more expensive than the  
E-PL5 but it has a built-in electronic viewfinder.


I'd suggest taking a look at Digital Camera Warehouse's web site - it  
has pretty much all the current mirrorless options listed so you can  
compare prices and features.


http://www.digitalcamerawarehouse.com.au/



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Re: Social media, your photos, and copyright

2014-08-01 Thread David Parsons

Correction:  Only post online if you are okay with your pictures being 'stolen'.

Your pictures can be snagged by anyone, no matter where you post them,
and 95% of the time, you'll never know.

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:50 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:
 On 7/30/2014 12:30 PM, Attila Boros wrote:

 Might be of interest:


 http://www.nyccounsel.com/business-blogs-websites/who-owns-photos-and-videos-posted-on-facebook-or-twitter/


 This is kind of old news. Only post to social media photos you don't care if
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I dunno about Larry but in my case I use my two $400+ AF540's as dumb
slaves because back when I was flush with disposable income I thought
that wireless P-TTL was the awesomest concept ever and I bought two of
them.

Now I'm older and much wiser and realize that I should have bought
cheap stupid flashes and used radio triggers, and invested the extra
money in Apple stock. But at least I can get good use out of them as
powerful light sources.

I do like having one P-TTL flash for on-camera inside event work. They
are built like brick sh*t houses and after a couple of repairs are
pushing 6 years of service. Not a total waste.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:15 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
Crikey, Larry. Why use a $400 flash as a dumb optically triggered
slave? You can get old Vivitar 283/285s for that purpose and they are
a dime a dozen these days. Add a Vivitar Vari-Power Module (admittedly
getting harder to find) and you've got oodles of flexibility on an
optically fired slave.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
When my AF 540 died, I replaced it with a metz 58-2.

For just basic flash operations, it works a lot better. My AF-540 was an
unreliable piece of crap. Unreliable in that it kept breaking and unreliable
in that I could never rely on it to do what I told it to.

The UI of the Metz is not very good. The other problem with the Metz is
that I cannot figure out how to use it as a dumb optically triggered strobe.
It’ll work with the fancy ttl controls, at least in theory, I haven’t had
much luck, but when I want it on a stand, triggered off my studio lights, I
seem to be SOL and just need to get an external optical trigger.

I’ve been looking at the yongnuo and the Midwest photo strobes lately.

On Jul 31, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:

Dan,

I've been heavily relying on flash in what I photograph:
quick dances in a dark room, fill-in flash for my child indoors and
outdoors photos, some candid portraits in dynamic settings.

While I have only tried Pentax AF540 with K-7, I didn't like it,
and bought Metz 58 (not 2 yet), that I've been happily using ever
since, with both K-7 and K-5IIs.
IMHO, it works much better (but not universally perfectly, - so you have
to use it smartly).
I've been using it in two modes: either in A, where the flash decides
when to cut itself off, or in PTTL.
In most cases, I find that A mode works better, especially when
I turn the main flash up, and have the front fill-in sub-flash enabled.
I use PTTL often for forward-facing (typically longer-distance) shots.

Also, PTTL seems to work somewhat better at the very close range (1-3 feet),
maybe because camera's CPU is faster to cut off this powerhouse.

I agree, however, that the buttons of Pentax AF540 are more convenient
than the menues of Metz 58. Those menues are frustrating.
But I choose a better functionality.

Also, there were some problems (and I don't remember all the details),
that Pentax AF540 didn't not keep its settings upon power-cycling, and
it might not allow a manual mode. (Larry might still remember this part,
- he complained about that more recently.)

It looks like Metz 58-2 might have a better hotshoe mount, which is
welcome, as the one in Metz 58 is becoming a bit loose after a lot of
use, and may require occasional adjustment after insertion.

See my earlier response about Metz 58 in this thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg656989.html

HTH,

Igor

Thu Jul 31 16:36:09 EDT 2014
Paul pentax1941 at gmail.com wrote:

I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much
concur with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and
swivel, features that I prefer for better lighting.

The Pentax is a little quicker to use since you can make most changes
via buttons rather than spending time in menus. The secondary flash on
the Metz is very useful for a fill light and the Metz is upgradeable via
a USB cable.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

On 7/31/2014 1:19 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
I've never owned a modern Pentax flash. When it came time to get one,
I looked at the power and features and went with the Metz 58 AF-1. I
think that has been supplanted by the AF-2 now, but it still gets very
decent reviews:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/744545-REG/Metz_MZ_58327PS_mecablitz_58_AF_2_TTL.html

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

That being said, the first review on this page is worth reading:
http://www.amazon.com/Metz-mecablitz-Digital-Pentax-Cameras/product-reviews/B004DUMU8I/ref=pd_sxp_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8showViewpoints=1

Hope this helps.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmatyola at
gmail.com wrote:
I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs.

Re: OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s

2014-08-01 Thread Mark Roberts

Have a look at this:
http://petapixel.com/2014/07/30/sony-a7s-astrophotography-review/
 
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Re: PESO - Winter Snow

What Winter?  It's the middle of the summer!  G

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 Snow down to around the  200m level is rare in Tasmania, so when it happens
 you go out in the snow storm and take photographs

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/14613300487/
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Jays

2014-08-01 Thread David J Brooks

Not doing to much photographic wise this year, but I'm stillshooting
back yard birds.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825468

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825469

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825470

K-5 with Sigma 300F4 APO

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PESO: Up, Up Away

The Mass Ascension at the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825480
Comments are invited.

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Re: Jays

If I got the results you do, I'd never stop shooting backyard birds!

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On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:20 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
 Not doing to much photographic wise this year, but I'm stillshooting
 back yard birds.

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825468

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825469

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825470

 K-5 with Sigma 300F4 APO

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

2014-08-01 Thread George Sinos

Cactus has a new remote trigger that seems like magic.
http://www.cactus-image.com/v6.html At $60 it's hard to believe,
but the reviews are good.

I have Nikon and Pentax flashes and it would be a nice backup to be
able to use them all together.

When I get some time I may order a couple and try them out.

George Sinos

www.GeorgesPhotos.net
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On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
I dunno about Larry but in my case I use my two $400+ AF540's as dumb
slaves because back when I was flush with disposable income I thought
that wireless P-TTL was the awesomest concept ever and I bought two of
them.

I do like having one P-TTL flash for on-camera inside event work. They
are built like brick sh*t houses and after a couple of repairs are
pushing 6 years of service. Not a total waste.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
When my AF 540 died, I replaced it with a metz 58-2.

For just basic flash operations, it works a lot better. My AF-540 was an
unreliable piece of crap. Unreliable in that it kept breaking and
unreliable in that I could never rely on it to do what I told it to.

The UI of the Metz is not very good. The other problem with the Metz is
that I cannot figure out how to use it as a dumb optically triggered
strobe. It’ll work with the fancy ttl controls, at least in theory, I
haven’t had much luck, but when I want it on a stand, triggered off my
studio lights, I seem to be SOL and just need to get an external optical
trigger.

I’ve been looking at the yongnuo and the Midwest photo strobes lately.

On Jul 31, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:

Dan,

I've been heavily relying on flash in what I photograph:
quick dances in a dark room, fill-in flash for my child indoors and
outdoors photos, some candid portraits in dynamic settings.

Also, PTTL seems to work somewhat better at the very close range (1-3
feet),
maybe because camera's CPU is faster to cut off this powerhouse.

I agree, however, that the buttons of Pentax AF540 are more convenient
than the menues of Metz 58. Those menues are frustrating.
But I choose a better functionality.

It looks like Metz 58-2 might have a better hotshoe mount, which is
welcome, as the one in Metz 58 is becoming a bit loose after a lot of
use, and may require occasional adjustment after insertion.

See my earlier response about Metz 58 in this thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg656989.html

HTH,

Igor

Thu Jul 31 16:36:09 EDT 2014
Paul pentax1941 at gmail.com wrote:

I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much
concur with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and
swivel, features that I prefer for better lighting.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

If you don't

Re: Jays

2014-08-01 Thread David J Brooks

LOL.

Its the lazy mans birding.:-)

Dave

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
 If I got the results you do, I'd never stop shooting backyard birds!

 Dan Matyola
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 On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 9:20 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
 Not doing to much photographic wise this year, but I'm stillshooting
 back yard birds.

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825468

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825469

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825470

 K-5 with Sigma 300F4 APO

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Re: OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s

The A7s sensitivity is amazing. The EFCS (same as on the A7) works very well; 
first full-frame sensor to have a fully electronic shutter mode is big, even if 
it isn't capable of doing everything.

I've found the A7 to work very well with all of my SLR lenses, which are Leica 
R and Nikon manual focus lenses. From what I have heard, most SLR lenses 
adapted to it similarly provide excellent performance, modulo particular 
lenses. I've found it to be an excellent FF digital SLR surrogate for lenses 
that there is otherwise no replacement digital SLR body that I'm willing to 
spend money on (or none at all like for the Leica R lenses).

Where the A7 and A7r have issues with adapted lenses is when you fit Leica 
M-mount lenses, which have a shorter mount register. Only some wide (less than 
35mm focal length) M-mount lenses work to best advantage, typically the ones 
with retrofocus designs like the Leica Tri-Elmar lenses. The A7s seems to have 
less of these issues … the lower resolution sensor has less of the 
corner/edge/color shifting stuff.

Godfrey

On Aug 1, 2014, at 5:55 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:

 Have a look at this:
 http://petapixel.com/2014/07/30/sony-a7s-astrophotography-review/


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Re: PESO: Up, Up Away

Perfect finale, Dan!

J 

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Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 6:26:16 AM
Subject: PESO: Up, Up  Away

The Mass Ascension at the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825480
Comments are invited.

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Re: Jays

Nice series, Dave. We are under a Scrub Jay siege. We have a back fence feeder 
that has summoned every Jay in this area code.
Scrub Jays (Calif.) look much like those I grew up with in the midwest, except 
these have no top knot.
Same aggressive raucous manner. Make me think of the bb gun I lived with during 
the summer w a y back then. 
I now hunt with a Pentax.

J

  

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From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com
To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 6:20:06 AM
Subject: Jays

Not doing to much photographic wise this year, but I'm stillshooting
back yard birds.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825468

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825469

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825470

K-5 with Sigma 300F4 APO

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Re: PESO: Up, Up Away

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
 Perfect finale, Dan!

Is that your subtle way of telling me you are tired of my balloon images?


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PESO 2014 - 189 - GDG

Another photo from last Saturday morning's walk … 

  https://flic.kr/p/ogwGwL

Thanks for looking! Comments always appreciated. 

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Re: OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s




Darren Addy wrote:

I'm not terribly interested in mirrorless cameras (although I have to


I'm not terribly interested in anything made by Sony these days.

Sony, like HP, used to make wonderful quality equipment, now they seem 
to be run by soulless accountants with no understanding of how their 
companies got to the top in the first place.  They also seem to delight 
in ignoring standards to try to lock users into buying *everything* from 
them.



admit that I love that, thanks to the mirrorless design you can use
about any legacy lens on them (with the proper adapter). But after
reading a petapixel article on the a7s and its potentially being the
best astrophotography (low light) camera on the planet, I had to read
up on it.


There are various technical advantages of mirrorless:

1) shorter registration distance means no retrofocus, which means better 
image quality at wider angle of view.


2) shorter registration distance means that you can use just about any 
lens made.


3) No mirror bouncing around means no mirror bouncing around.

4) Live view works much better for low light manual focus etc. What you 
see is what you get.  With a mirrorless you don't get the huge shutter 
lag while everything bounces around between live view and actually 
taking the photo.


There are certain ergonomic advantages to the pure optical path when 
looking through the viewfinder.





- - -
Can you imagine what the Pentax hoards would say if Pentax came out
with a full frame camera with fewer megapixels than the flagship? This
Sony camera is fewer megapixels than the PREVIOUS Pentax flagships:
the K-5, K-5ii/iis


I would love it if I could buy a K-3 in both 24 and 12 MP versions, with 
the associated advantages to both resolutions.


If you could have one of these A7rs with an astrotracer feature that 
worked with manual focus lenses, that would be seven shades of awesome.


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Re: Some pics from the Concours d'Elegance of America at St. Johns

2014-08-01 Thread Paul Stenquist

Thanks Dan and Attlia. The concours is always fun and pretty low pressure.
Three day shoot at the Mopar Nationals next weekend will be a ball buster.

Paul
On Jul 31, 2014, at 8:16 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:

Interesting and informative as usual, with top-notch photo work.

I guess the Times can afford the best!~ G
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Congrats on a job well done!

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net
wrote:
The Times frequently uses a few of my photos, but in a piece for the
website about last Sunday's Concours America, the photo editor chose to
publish all 19 that I submitted. I have to remember for future efforts that
they will crop everything to the same dimension, regardless of how I framed
it. No short and wide pics for the Times. This project was a struggle
because our power went out a few hours after I got home from the event. I
had time to render a few pics on my desktop system, but had to finish the
job on my laptop at the library. Fortunately, I had those first few for
reference.

Not happy with the text. A ham fisted editor worked on it because the auto
section chief was on vacation and the paper was short handed. But that’s
life in the journalism biz.

Anyway, some good looking cars from the show in the pic gallery. My
favorite is the BMW streamlined sports car that opens the set.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/automobiles/st-johns-concours-celebrated-virgil-exner-designs-and-jet-age-pickups.html?ref=automobiles_r=0#
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Re: PESO - Winter Snow

Yup, that's a new snowfall alright.


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 Snow down to around the  200m level is rare in Tasmania, so when it happens
 you go out in the snow storm and take photographs

 https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/14613300487/
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Re: PESO: Up, Up Away

No, but that thought did enter my head as I later thought about it.
It was only my clumsy reaction to what appeared to be a grand exodus.
Keep 'um commin', Dan!

J

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On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
 Perfect finale, Dan!

Is that your subtle way of telling me you are tired of my balloon images?

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Re: Jays

Nice shots Dave!  Makes me want to try that set-up myself.
We have a local Jay, but the squirrels get 'most anything on the ground.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 8:20 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
 Not doing to much photographic wise this year, but I'm stillshooting
 back yard birds.

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825468

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825469

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825470

 K-5 with Sigma 300F4 APO

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New Q on the way

2014-08-01 Thread John Celio

While technically still a rumor, the leaked images of a new Q camera
are pretty convincing:
http://www.slashgear.com/pentax-q-s1-mirrorless-camera-surfaces-in-leaks-01339466/

No details are available for the Q-S1's specs, but for now I'm
assuming it'll be better in more ways than just a metal body. I'd been
dying to buy a Q7 this summer, but I just knew there was going to be a
new one announced the moment I bought it, so I waited. The only
disappointing part of this is that there probably won't be a yellow
and black version like the Q7, which I kinda wanted to get since it
would match my car. ;D

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Re: PESO: Up, Up Away

Great stuff Dan.
Was there no wind as most seem to be ascending vertically above the
field, no spread down wind.
Regards,  Bob S.

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 The Mass Ascension at the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825480
 Comments are invited.

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OT: you are just all up in my cornflakes, buddy

2014-08-01 Thread Bob W-PDML

The hazards of cycloselfies:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXepcKCpCIfeature=youtu.be

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Re: Camera for a 13-year old?




John Coyle wrote:

Looking to tap the collective wisdom of the list, as I'm a bit out of
touch with the equipment area.
One of my granddaughters is showing an increasing interest in
photography, and is outgrowing the
compact digital and the iPad gear she has been using, and will
probably be given a new camera for
her birthday next month: my question is what would the list recommend
in these circumstances? I
don't believe an SLR is the right configuration, but perhaps a
mirrorless or 4/3 which could also
use some of my Pentax lenses would be the go? Cost is also a
consideration, as her twin sister will
be one of the contributors to buying it for her!
TIA


What's the downside of an SLR?



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Flash for K-5IIs

2014-08-01 Thread Bipin Gupta

Hello Darren, glad you liked my advice. When Wolf / Ritz Camera was
shutting down I bought a Quantaray Flash with (2) Modules - Manual aka
old style auto Thyristor + AF with the Focusing Light - for $ 40. The
manual combo is one heck of a terrific Chinese Technology and I get
direct + bounce flash photos 90% of the time right.

I would be called Mr. Gupta. Gupta is my family name or also referred
to as SURNAME.  Surnames in India can identify you by Caste / Tribe
/ Business. Guptas are traditionally Baniyas or Vaishyas or Traders
or Bankers or Business Folks or Industrialists - typically upper
Middle Class today.
Mahatma Gandhi  our current Prime Minister Narendra Modi are Baniyas.
In India we arees classed as OBC or Other Backward Classes which
qualifies us for some benefits  doles - believe me currently nothing.
Bipin is my first name and Bihari my middle name. In Sanskrit or pure
Hindi languages it should be Vipin Vihari or one who Resides in the
Celestial Forest. Bipin = Vipin = Forest. Vihari = Bihari = Reside.
In the North Eastern States of India from where I come the alphabet
V is missing and relaced by B.
My Parents called me Nanhi, commonly used for little children.

With Kind Regards.
Bipin (Nanhi)
camp: Thornhill, Ontario.

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Re: PESO: Up, Up Away

Good luck Jack!  I am not that easy to discourage!  G
Dan Matyola
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 No, but that thought did enter my head as I later thought about it.
 It was only my clumsy reaction to what appeared to be a grand exodus.
 Keep 'um commin', Dan!

 J

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 On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote:
 Perfect finale, Dan!

 Is that your subtle way of telling me you are tired of my balloon images?


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Re: PESO: Up, Up Away

Thanks Bob.

The perspective is a bit deceptive.  The wind was quite gentle and
steady, so. they are moving away from my POV, but slowly.  Because the
wind was light, they stayed in view for much longer than in previous
years, and because it was steady, rather than variable,  they were
more or less aligned with each other as they drifted away.  They all
landed closer to the airport than usual as well.  All in all, the wind
conditions made watching them and photographic them a bit easier than
usual.



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On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:35 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
 Great stuff Dan.
 Was there no wind as most seem to be ascending vertically above the
 field, no spread down wind.
 Regards,  Bob S.

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 The Mass Ascension at the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17825480
 Comments are invited.

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Flash for K-5IIs

2014-08-01 Thread Bipin Gupta

I still use the old light sensing modules by mounting my powerful old
dual head flash guns on them.
I also have slave flash guns bought for peanuts that have the built in
light sensing diodes in them.
My main flash gun is the latest cheap Chinese Yongnuo or the Quantaray
with the AF or M module.
And this set up gives me as good a photo as ones made with expensive
Pentax Flashes or Cactus units.
Regards.
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Re: Social media, your photos, and copyright

True. I don't really make a distinction between online and social media. 
A mailing list like PDML or a site like Flickr are as much social media 
to me as facebook.


On 8/1/2014 7:23 AM, David Parsons wrote:

Correction:  Only post online if you are okay with your pictures being 'stolen'.

Your pictures can be snagged by anyone, no matter where you post them,
and 95% of the time, you'll never know.

On Wed, Jul 30, 2014 at 2:50 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:

On 7/30/2014 12:30 PM, Attila Boros wrote:


Might be of interest:


http://www.nyccounsel.com/business-blogs-websites/who-owns-photos-and-videos-posted-on-facebook-or-twitter/



This is kind of old news. Only post to social media photos you don't care if
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Re: OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s


 On Aug 1, 2014, at 8:31 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
 
 Darren Addy wrote:
 I'm not terribly interested in mirrorless cameras (although I have to
 I'm not terribly interested in anything made by Sony these days.

Were it not for the A7/r/s, I wouldn't be either. Not because of any 'soulless 
accountants' or other mumbo jumbo like that, but because there's little else in 
their product line that I find appealing. 

 There are various technical advantages of mirrorless:
 
 1) shorter registration distance means no retrofocus, which means better 
 image quality at wider angle of view.

That does not play out in reality, or is at least inaccurately stated. Wides 
are a challenge on digital sensors, non-retrofocus wides in particular. The 
best performing wides on any digital sensor are retrofocus or at least 
semi-telecentric designs, to date. It's a matter of getting an orthogonal light 
path to the sensor all the way to the edges rather than retrofocus design 
really. A short mount registration means you have more room to add corrective 
optics behind the primary element groups and less worries about mechanical 
interference. 

 2) shorter registration distance means that you can use just about any lens 
 made.

... But results will depend upon the optical match between lens and sensor 
stack. See above. 
 
 3) No mirror bouncing around means no mirror bouncing around.

Shutter vibration is still an issue, note all the hysteria about shutter 
shock lately. A fully electronic shutter will conquer that issues, but non 
work 100% to date. 
 
 4) Live view works much better for low light manual focus etc. What you see 
 is what you get.  With a mirrorless you don't get the huge shutter lag while 
 everything bounces around between live view and actually taking the photo.

There is certainly less mechanical banging about going on. But it's amusing to 
hear you talk about 'much better for low light manual focus' when so many of 
the SLR diehards claim exactly the opposite. :-)
 
 There are certain ergonomic advantages to the pure optical path when looking 
 through the viewfinder.

Ergonomic advantages? Can't imagine what you mean by that. And what is a pure 
optical path?

The main advantage to the Sony A7 for me is the excellent sensor, excellent 
viewfinder, and a modest size (about the same as a Nikon FM2) with great 
compatibility for all my SLR lenses, in several mounts, and a few of my RF 
lenses. Mirrorless or not makes little difference to me, I rate it highly based 
on its functional performance. 

G

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

The *OLD* Vivitar 285HV flashes are getting kind of hard to find. There
are a lot of NEW Chinese made Vivitar flashes, but they are very poor
quality nowhere near as reliable.

There are a number of inexpensive good quality Chinese strobes on the
market, but the Vivitar ones are not amongst them.

I've had trouble mixing the P-TTL flashes with older flashes using
optical slaves because of the preflash.

George Sinos mentioned the Cactus V6. Here's a review from the Strobist
Group on Flickr:

https://www.flickr.com/groups/strobist/discuss/72157644142606469/

I haven't had time to read all of it myself. I just ran across it while
looking for something else, but it may be germane to the discussion here.

For radio slaves, I've been very happy with my experience using Paul C.
Buff's CyberSync. I previously had the no name Chinese 4-channel radio
triggers.

On 8/1/2014 12:15 AM, Darren Addy wrote:

Crikey, Larry. Why use a $400 flash as a dumb optically triggered
slave? You can get old Vivitar 283/285s for that purpose and they are
a dime a dozen these days. Add a Vivitar Vari-Power Module (admittedly
getting harder to find) and you've got oodles of flexibility on an
optically fired slave.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:

When my AF 540 died, I replaced it with a metz 58-2.

For just basic flash operations, it works a lot better. My AF-540 was an
unreliable piece of crap. Unreliable in that it kept breaking and unreliable in
that I could never rely on it to do what I told it to.

The UI of the Metz is not very good. The other problem with the Metz is that I
cannot figure out how to use it as a dumb optically triggered strobe. It’ll
work with the fancy ttl controls, at least in theory, I haven’t had much luck,
but when I want it on a stand, triggered off my studio lights, I seem to be SOL
and just need to get an external optical trigger.

I’ve been looking at the yongnuo and the Midwest photo strobes lately.

On Jul 31, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:

Dan,

I've been heavily relying on flash in what I photograph:
quick dances in a dark room, fill-in flash for my child indoors and
outdoors photos, some candid portraits in dynamic settings.

Also, PTTL seems to work somewhat better at the very close range (1-3 feet),
maybe because camera's CPU is faster to cut off this powerhouse.

I agree, however, that the buttons of Pentax AF540 are more convenient
than the menues of Metz 58. Those menues are frustrating.
But I choose a better functionality.

It looks like Metz 58-2 might have a better hotshoe mount, which is
welcome, as the one in Metz 58 is becoming a bit loose after a lot of
use, and may require occasional adjustment after insertion.

See my earlier response about Metz 58 in this thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg656989.html

HTH,

Igor

Thu Jul 31 16:36:09 EDT 2014
Paul pentax1941 at gmail.com wrote:

I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much
concur with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and
swivel, features that I prefer for better lighting.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

On 7/31/2014 1:19 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

I've never owned a modern Pentax flash. When it came time to get one,
I looked at the power and features and went with the Metz 58 AF-1. I
think that has been supplanted by the AF-2 now, but it still gets very
decent reviews:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/744545-REG/Metz_MZ_58327PS_mecablitz_58_AF_2_TTL.html

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

Hope

Re: New Q on the way

Still no provision for an eye level viewfinder, something I'd want in a 
photographic tool.  I will probably sell well to Japanese school girls, 
who apparently rule the universe.


On 8/1/2014 12:21 PM, John Celio wrote:

While technically still a rumor, the leaked images of a new Q camera
are pretty convincing:
http://www.slashgear.com/pentax-q-s1-mirrorless-camera-surfaces-in-leaks-01339466/

No details are available for the Q-S1's specs, but for now I'm
assuming it'll be better in more ways than just a metal body. I'd been
dying to buy a Q7 this summer, but I just knew there was going to be a
new one announced the moment I bought it, so I waited. The only
disappointing part of this is that there probably won't be a yellow
and black version like the Q7, which I kinda wanted to get since it
would match my car. ;D

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Geso Mackinac Island Trip

2014-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie

Been reading the group regularly and loving the 
bird,balloons,sailboats,Philadelphia etc etc. Just haven't had time to 
comment as I have been traveling. Not that anyone here misses my prose  
posts.


If you have a moment please look at these photos from my trip to 
Michigan in June. Some duplicates I know but that dam bridge just 
demanded my attention. This is a subset and anyway smugmug scrolls very 
quickly. Any comments will be appreciated and not ignored. All taken 
with Pentax cameras.


http://donspix.smugmug.com/Travel/Mackinac-Island-Bridge/

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Re: OT: you are just all up in my cornflakes, buddy


It's only a small gator.

On 8/1/2014 12:41 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

The hazards of cycloselfies:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXepcKCpCIfeature=youtu.be

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Trouble with uploading books from LR 5.6. to Blurb

2014-08-01 Thread Boris Liberman


Guys,

I am in deep shit... We've prepared some 100+ book from our trip to 
Europe last year. I am trying to upload it from LR (first 5.5, now 5.6) 
to Blurb. It renders the PDF, it then goes on to upload the pages. At 
around 80% it produces an error message without giving my reason as to 
why it failed to upload the book.


Any help or hints will be greatly appreciated.

Boris

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

2014-08-01 Thread Paul

Thanks for posting that, Bipin.  I find naming conventions and 
derivations fascinating.


-p

On 8/1/2014 11:56 AM, Bipin Gupta wrote:

Hello Darren, glad you liked my advice. When Wolf / Ritz Camera was
shutting down I bought a Quantaray Flash with (2) Modules - Manual aka
old style auto Thyristor + AF with the Focusing Light - for $ 40. The
manual combo is one heck of a terrific Chinese Technology and I get
direct + bounce flash photos 90% of the time right.

I would be called Mr. Gupta. Gupta is my family name or also referred
to as SURNAME.  Surnames in India can identify you by Caste / Tribe
/ Business. Guptas are traditionally Baniyas or Vaishyas or Traders
or Bankers or Business Folks or Industrialists - typically upper
Middle Class today.
Mahatma Gandhi  our current Prime Minister Narendra Modi are Baniyas.
In India we arees classed as OBC or Other Backward Classes which
qualifies us for some benefits  doles - believe me currently nothing.
Bipin is my first name and Bihari my middle name. In Sanskrit or pure
Hindi languages it should be Vipin Vihari or one who Resides in the
Celestial Forest. Bipin = Vipin = Forest. Vihari = Bihari = Reside.
In the North Eastern States of India from where I come the alphabet
V is missing and relaced by B.
My Parents called me Nanhi, commonly used for little children.

With Kind Regards.
Bipin (Nanhi)
camp: Thornhill, Ontario.



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Re: Geso Mackinac Island Trip

Some nice shot there Don.
The light on the bridge was terrific and you did a good job capturing it.
Love the detail in the bridge, and I like the color better than BW.
And some of those light over the water with tree on the left are excellent.
I enjoyed the trip...
Regards,  Bob S.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote:
 Been reading the group regularly and loving the
 bird,balloons,sailboats,Philadelphia etc etc. Just haven't had time to
 comment as I have been traveling. Not that anyone here misses my prose 
 posts.

 If you have a moment please look at these photos from my trip to Michigan in
 June. Some duplicates I know but that dam bridge just demanded my attention.
 This is a subset and anyway smugmug scrolls very quickly. Any comments will
 be appreciated and not ignored. All taken with Pentax cameras.

 http://donspix.smugmug.com/Travel/Mackinac-Island-Bridge/

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Re: Camera for a 13-year old?

2014-08-01 Thread Darren Addy

You may think me crazy, but I think a superb camera for a 13 year old
would be one of the original Pentax Q or Q10s.
Their image quality will surprise you, they are now FAR less expensive
NEW than even a used a APS-C DSLR, they have interchangable lenses and
they are a BLAST to use.

You can get a Q10 in the snazzy RED with the zoom lens for a whole
$187 shipped from newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4P01PF0326nm_mc=KNC-GoogleMKPcm_mmc=KNC-GoogleMKP-_-pla-_-Camcorders-_-9SIA4P01PF0326ef_id=UxVHtgWNyMFM:20140801184420:s

If I were 13 years old today, I'd be THRILLED with such an excellent
and versatile gift. (They can get add'l lenses for future gifts, for
example).

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 John Coyle wrote:

 Looking to tap the collective wisdom of the list, as I'm a bit out of
 touch with the equipment area.
 One of my granddaughters is showing an increasing interest in
 photography, and is outgrowing the
 compact digital and the iPad gear she has been using, and will
 probably be given a new camera for
 her birthday next month: my question is what would the list recommend
 in these circumstances? I
 don't believe an SLR is the right configuration, but perhaps a
 mirrorless or 4/3 which could also
 use some of my Pentax lenses would be the go? Cost is also a
 consideration, as her twin sister will
 be one of the contributors to buying it for her!
 TIA


 What's the downside of an SLR?



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Re: New Q on the way

2014-08-01 Thread Darren Addy

Yes, asahiman on dpreview has confirmed this is real. There will also
be a fullframe zoom that reaches to 400mm+ announced at Photokina.

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 1:27 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
 Still no provision for an eye level viewfinder, something I'd want in a
 photographic tool.  I will probably sell well to Japanese school girls, who
 apparently rule the universe.


 On 8/1/2014 12:21 PM, John Celio wrote:

 While technically still a rumor, the leaked images of a new Q camera
 are pretty convincing:

 http://www.slashgear.com/pentax-q-s1-mirrorless-camera-surfaces-in-leaks-01339466/

 No details are available for the Q-S1's specs, but for now I'm
 assuming it'll be better in more ways than just a metal body. I'd been
 dying to buy a Q7 this summer, but I just knew there was going to be a
 new one announced the moment I bought it, so I waited. The only
 disappointing part of this is that there probably won't be a yellow
 and black version like the Q7, which I kinda wanted to get since it
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Re: Geso Mackinac Island Trip

Reviewing this gallery was a thoroughly interesting, rich experience. 
Very well done. Don!

J

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To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 11:23:40 AM
Subject: Geso Mackinac Island Trip

Been reading the group regularly and loving the 
bird,balloons,sailboats,Philadelphia etc etc. Just haven't had time to 
comment as I have been traveling. Not that anyone here misses my prose  
posts.

If you have a moment please look at these photos from my trip to 
Michigan in June. Some duplicates I know but that dam bridge just 
demanded my attention. This is a subset and anyway smugmug scrolls very 
quickly. Any comments will be appreciated and not ignored. All taken 
with Pentax cameras.

http://donspix.smugmug.com/Travel/Mackinac-Island-Bridge/

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Re: OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s

I find myself mostly in agreement with your assessment of Sony, except 
for the part about used to make wonderful quality equipment. I never 
had a Sony consumer electronics product that worked for even one day 
past the end of the manufacturer's warranty.


On 8/1/2014 11:31 AM, Larry Colen wrote:



Darren Addy wrote:

I'm not terribly interested in mirrorless cameras (although I have to


I'm not terribly interested in anything made by Sony these days.

Sony, like HP, used to make wonderful quality equipment, now they seem
to be run by soulless accountants with no understanding of how their
companies got to the top in the first place.  They also seem to delight
in ignoring standards to try to lock users into buying *everything* from
them.


admit that I love that, thanks to the mirrorless design you can use
about any legacy lens on them (with the proper adapter). But after
reading a petapixel article on the a7s and its potentially being the
best astrophotography (low light) camera on the planet, I had to read
up on it.


There are various technical advantages of mirrorless:

1) shorter registration distance means no retrofocus, which means better
image quality at wider angle of view.

2) shorter registration distance means that you can use just about any
lens made.

3) No mirror bouncing around means no mirror bouncing around.

4) Live view works much better for low light manual focus etc. What you
see is what you get.  With a mirrorless you don't get the huge shutter
lag while everything bounces around between live view and actually
taking the photo.

There are certain ergonomic advantages to the pure optical path when
looking through the viewfinder.




- - -
Can you imagine what the Pentax hoards would say if Pentax came out
with a full frame camera with fewer megapixels than the flagship? This
Sony camera is fewer megapixels than the PREVIOUS Pentax flagships:
the K-5, K-5ii/iis


I would love it if I could buy a K-3 in both 24 and 12 MP versions, with
the associated advantages to both resolutions.

If you could have one of these A7rs with an astrotracer feature that
worked with manual focus lenses, that would be seven shades of awesome.



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Re: OT: you are just all up in my cornflakes, buddy

Somewhere in the commentary he says it's 9-feet long. That's a fairly 
healthy size.


On 8/1/2014 2:29 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:

It's only a small gator.

On 8/1/2014 12:41 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

The hazards of cycloselfies:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXepcKCpCIfeature=youtu.be

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Re: Geso Mackinac Island Trip

Very nice, especially the first and third images and the first image
of the natural rock arch.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote:
 Been reading the group regularly and loving the
 bird,balloons,sailboats,Philadelphia etc etc. Just haven't had time to
 comment as I have been traveling. Not that anyone here misses my prose 
 posts.

 If you have a moment please look at these photos from my trip to Michigan in
 June. Some duplicates I know but that dam bridge just demanded my attention.
 This is a subset and anyway smugmug scrolls very quickly. Any comments will
 be appreciated and not ignored. All taken with Pentax cameras.

 http://donspix.smugmug.com/Travel/Mackinac-Island-Bridge/

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Re: OT: you are just all up in my cornflakes, buddy

2014-08-01 Thread Bob W-PDML

He's bigging it up as a story for his grandchildren.
B

 On 1 Aug 2014, at 20:08, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:
 
 Somewhere in the commentary he says it's 9-feet long. That's a fairly healthy 
 size.
 
 On 8/1/2014 2:29 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
 It's only a small gator.
 
 On 8/1/2014 12:41 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
 The hazards of cycloselfies:
 
 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXepcKCpCIfeature=youtu.be
 
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Re: Camera for a 13-year old?


On 8/1/2014 2:10 AM, John Coyle wrote:

Looking to tap the collective wisdom of the list, as I'm a bit out of touch 
with the equipment area.
One of my granddaughters is showing an increasing interest in photography, and 
is outgrowing the
compact digital and the iPad gear she has been using, and will probably be 
given a new camera for
her birthday next month: my question is what would the list recommend in these 
circumstances?  I
don't believe an SLR is the right configuration, but perhaps a mirrorless or 
4/3 which could also
use some of my Pentax lenses would be the go?  Cost is also a consideration, as 
her twin sister will
be one of the contributors to buying it for her!
TIA


John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia


Don't know how it might fit into your cost considerations, but maybe one 
of the higher end compact cameras?




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GESO monthly faves, twofer

I didn't put up a link to my June faves because I was on the road, so 
here's a twofer:

June:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157644787006728/
July:
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GESO - Fjellet


A handful of snapshots from up in the mountains (as we say):

http://se.toralf.net/post/93422282973/fjellet

Hope you like them. Comments welcome, as always.

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Re: GESO - Fjellet

I really like theses, especially the goats and the crumbling unpainted building.

Dan Matyola
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 A handful of snapshots from up in the mountains (as we say):

 http://se.toralf.net/post/93422282973/fjellet

 Hope you like them. Comments welcome, as always.

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Re: GESO - Fjellet

Good sharp well exposed lot, Toralf!

J

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Subject: GESO - Fjellet

A handful of snapshots from up in the mountains (as we say):

http://se.toralf.net/post/93422282973/fjellet

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Re: GESO - Fjellet


On 01/08/14 22:21, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

I really like theses, especially the goats and the crumbling unpainted building.

Thanks.

I'm quite happy with those myself. It was going to be a photo of one 
goat, you know, but then another decided it would have its 15 minutes of 
fame :-) But two goats may work, too.


- Toralf


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A handful of snapshots from up in the mountains (as we say):

http://se.toralf.net/post/93422282973/fjellet

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Re: GESO - Fjellet


On 01/08/14 22:38, Jack Davis wrote:

Good sharp well exposed lot, Toralf!

Thanks.

- T


J

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To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 1:08:04 PM
Subject: GESO - Fjellet

A handful of snapshots from up in the mountains (as we say):

http://se.toralf.net/post/93422282973/fjellet

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Re: Geso Mackinac Island Trip

2014-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie


On 8/1/14, 2:06 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:

Some nice shot there Don. The light on the bridge was terrific and you
did a good job capturing it. Love the detail in the bridge, and I like
the color better than BW. And some of those light over the water with
tree on the left are excellent. I enjoyed the trip... Regards, Bob S.



On

Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 1:23 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote:

Been reading the group regularly and loving the
bird,balloons,sailboats,Philadelphia etc etc. Just haven't had time to
comment as I have been traveling. Not that anyone here misses my prose 
posts.

If you have a moment please look at these photos from my trip to Michigan in
June. Some duplicates I know but that dam bridge just demanded my attention.
This is a subset and anyway smugmug scrolls very quickly. Any comments will
be appreciated and not ignored. All taken with Pentax cameras.

http://donspix.smugmug.com/Travel/Mackinac-Island-Bridge/



Thank you Bob. I had a great time there and am happy to share the fun. 
Thanks for your input.


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Re: Geso Mackinac Island Trip

2014-08-01 Thread Don Guthrie

Jack thanks for the view and kind words. I am glad you enjoyed the 
vicarious trip.

On 8/1/14, 2:06 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:

Message: 10
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 18:53:43 + (UTC)
From: Jack Davisjdavi...@comcast.net
To: PDMLpdml@pdml.net
Subject: Re: Geso Mackinac Island Trip
Message-ID:
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Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

Reviewing this gallery was a thoroughly interesting, rich experience.
Very well done. Don!

J

- Original Message -
From: Don Guthrieshark50...@gmail.com
To: PDMLpdml@pdml.net
Sent: Friday, August 1, 2014 11:23:40 AM
Subject: Geso Mackinac Island Trip

If you have a moment please look at these photos from my trip to
Michigan in June. Some duplicates I know but that dam bridge just
demanded my attention. This is a subset and anyway smugmug scrolls very
quickly. Any comments will be appreciated and not ignored. All taken
with Pentax cameras.

http://donspix.smugmug.com/Travel/Mackinac-Island-Bridge/

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OT: This might just actually be ...


http://themetapicture.com/mans-greatest-invention/

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Re: GESO - Fjellet

2014-08-01 Thread Bob W-PDML

The goatherd looks lonely.

You still have milk churns! Must be 30 years since I saw a milk churn on a 
British farm. It's all in bulk tanks now.

Looks like a wonderful place.

B

 On 1 Aug 2014, at 21:08, Toralf Lund tor...@toralf.net wrote:
 
 A handful of snapshots from up in the mountains (as we say):
 
 http://se.toralf.net/post/93422282973/fjellet
 
 Hope you like them. Comments welcome, as always.
 
 - Toralf
 
 

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs




Darren Addy wrote:

Crikey, Larry. Why use a $400 flash as a dumb optically triggered
slave? You can get old Vivitar 283/285s for that purpose and they are
a dime a dozen these days. Add a Vivitar Vari-Power Module (admittedly
getting harder to find) and you've got oodles of flexibility on an
optically fired slave.


Because I *have* a $400 flash, that works great in P-ttl when I need 
that.  Buying dumb strobes means buying and storing more stuff.


Not that I mind buying camera gear, but with limited resources I'm 
prioritizing things like food and the house at the moment.



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Re: OT: This might just actually be ...

Or not...

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 3:58 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:
 http://themetapicture.com/mans-greatest-invention/

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Re: OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s

My father had a wonderfully compact, for the time, and beautifully 
finished Sony pocket AM/FM radio manufactured in the late 1960'a that 
would not look out of place next to an iPhone, IIRC it was sold as a 1, 
(ONE?), transistor unit.  It had the best reception of any radio in the 
house, and retained that title for at least 20 years.  Those kinds of 
products started SONY's reputation which was only burnished by the 
introduction of the original Walkman, followed by the Trinatron CRT 
Televisions and Computer monitors.  Unfortunately SONY, as well as HP 
and a lot of other fine manufactures from the US, Japan, and Europe all 
hired Harvard MBA graduates.  The rest is history, and in most ways, so 
are they.


On 8/1/2014 3:06 PM, John wrote:
I find myself mostly in agreement with your assessment of Sony, except 
for the part about used to make wonderful quality equipment. I never 
had a Sony consumer electronics product that worked for even one day 
past the end of the manufacturer's warranty.


On 8/1/2014 11:31 AM, Larry Colen wrote:



Darren Addy wrote:

I'm not terribly interested in mirrorless cameras (although I have to


I'm not terribly interested in anything made by Sony these days.

Sony, like HP, used to make wonderful quality equipment, now they seem
to be run by soulless accountants with no understanding of how their
companies got to the top in the first place.  They also seem to delight
in ignoring standards to try to lock users into buying *everything* from
them.


admit that I love that, thanks to the mirrorless design you can use
about any legacy lens on them (with the proper adapter). But after
reading a petapixel article on the a7s and its potentially being the
best astrophotography (low light) camera on the planet, I had to read
up on it.


There are various technical advantages of mirrorless:

1) shorter registration distance means no retrofocus, which means better
image quality at wider angle of view.

2) shorter registration distance means that you can use just about any
lens made.

3) No mirror bouncing around means no mirror bouncing around.

4) Live view works much better for low light manual focus etc. What you
see is what you get.  With a mirrorless you don't get the huge shutter
lag while everything bounces around between live view and actually
taking the photo.

There are certain ergonomic advantages to the pure optical path when
looking through the viewfinder.




- - -
Can you imagine what the Pentax hoards would say if Pentax came out
with a full frame camera with fewer megapixels than the flagship? This
Sony camera is fewer megapixels than the PREVIOUS Pentax flagships:
the K-5, K-5ii/iis


I would love it if I could buy a K-3 in both 24 and 12 MP versions, with
the associated advantages to both resolutions.

If you could have one of these A7rs with an astrotracer feature that
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August PUG - Last Call

2014-08-01 Thread Brian Walters


G'day all

I'll be closing submissions on Sunday evening (Sydney time).

Theme:  Decrepit.

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
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Re: GESO - Fjellet


On 01/08/14 23:06, Bob W-PDML wrote:

The goatherd looks lonely.

You still have milk churns! Must be 30 years since I saw a milk churn on a 
British farm. It's all in bulk tanks now.
Well, I guess we don't really have them here, either, generally. There 
is some more modern equipment in this place, too, I suppose, but things 
are still done in a quite traditional way (by the handful of people who 
still keep livestock there.) Which I rather like.


Looks like a wonderful place.
Yes, it's really nice. You know, a lot of people around here have some 
kind of summer residence in mountain areas, but many of their locations 
have developed from rural areas to something more like towns, and the 
simple cabins have been replaced with what's more like houses with all 
modern facilities. This place is not like that.


Thanks for looking.

- T


B


On 1 Aug 2014, at 21:08, Toralf Lund tor...@toralf.net wrote:

A handful of snapshots from up in the mountains (as we say):

http://se.toralf.net/post/93422282973/fjellet

Hope you like them. Comments welcome, as always.

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Re: New Q on the way

2014-08-01 Thread Brian Walters


Quoting John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com:


While technically still a rumor, the leaked images of a new Q camera
are pretty convincing:
http://www.slashgear.com/pentax-q-s1-mirrorless-camera-surfaces-in-leaks-01339466/

No details are available for the Q-S1's specs, but for now I'm
assuming it'll be better in more ways than just a metal body. I'd been
dying to buy a Q7 this summer, but I just knew there was going to be a
new one announced the moment I bought it, so I waited. The only
disappointing part of this is that there probably won't be a yellow
and black version like the Q7, which I kinda wanted to get since it
would match my car. ;D



A can of spray paint and some masking tape should fix that...

It looks as if they've done away with finger grip on the left of  
previous models but I'm wondering what the black round blob on the  
left is.


Obviously Ricoh is serious about the Q series but it looks as if Fuji  
or Olympus will be getting my next lot of camera dollars.



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Re: OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s

Hmm. 

- My Sony Walkman AM/FM Pocket Radio, purchased in 1985, is still working 
perfectly. As is my Sony Walkman CD Player, purchased in 1991. 
- My Sony Trinitron 19 television set, purchased in 1989, had the power supply 
fail in 2003. It was easily repairable, but not economical to do so. I held off 
buying a replacement until 2005, which was a Sony Bravia flat panel television 
set. It's still working perfectly …
- My Sony DSC-F707, purchased new in 2002, I gave to a friend in New York in 
2004. He's still using it. 
- My Sony ruggedized digital camera (2Mpixel thing, can't remember the model) 
is still being used by my partner. In 2009, Sony replaced its sensor and 
completely overhauled it for free. 

I have nothing against Sony products. They've generally worked very well for 
me.  When they have something that suits my need or fancy, I have no problem 
buying what they offer. 
I cannot see the point of all the brand bashing. 

Godfrey

On Aug 1, 2014, at 3:04 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:

 My father had a wonderfully compact, for the time, and beautifully finished 
 Sony pocket AM/FM radio manufactured in the late 1960'a that would not look 
 out of place next to an iPhone, IIRC it was sold as a 1, (ONE?), transistor 
 unit.  It had the best reception of any radio in the house, and retained that 
 title for at least 20 years.  Those kinds of products started SONY's 
 reputation which was only burnished by the introduction of the original 
 Walkman, followed by the Trinatron CRT Televisions and Computer monitors.  
 Unfortunately SONY, as well as HP and a lot of other fine manufactures from 
 the US, Japan, and Europe all hired Harvard MBA graduates.  The rest is 
 history, and in most ways, so are they.
 
 On 8/1/2014 3:06 PM, John wrote:
 I find myself mostly in agreement with your assessment of Sony, except for 
 the part about used to make wonderful quality equipment. I never had a 
 Sony consumer electronics product that worked for even one day past the end 
 of the manufacturer's warranty.


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Re: OT: you are just all up in my cornflakes, buddy


On 8/1/2014 3:08 PM, John wrote:
Somewhere in the commentary he says it's 9-feet long. That's a fairly 
healthy size.


On 8/1/2014 2:29 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:

It's only a small gator.

On 8/1/2014 12:41 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

The hazards of cycloselfies:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8hXepcKCpCIfeature=youtu.be

B






It doesn't look 9ft long, looks like 3-4 feet, and he says in his 
recording that he's going to tell his kids and grand kids it was a 12 
footer, to make it more impressive.  So who you gonna believe his 
commentary or your own lying eyes?


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Camera for a 13-year old?

2014-08-01 Thread Bipin Gupta

It would be fun for your 13 year old to use some of your lenses as he
moves up and learns, so the K-500 with the 50mm f1.8 Lens would be the
best buy.
You could borrow his camera in emergencies. I have seen great deals on
the K-500.
As an 8-year old my Father gave me a British made Ensign Ful Vue Flex
TLR camera - cast magnesium - built in yellow filter + 3-Apertures and
2-speeds with B  T.
At 13 he gave me a Yashica TLR, a full fledged camera with a Kako
Japanese Flash Gun. In college he gave me a Pentax Spotmatic and
allowed me to use his Leica gear.
We had a full Leica Lab with an Enlarger at home and enjoyed
developing + printing our own photos.
Trust a 13 year old as a big boy - what joy for a teen. He will love
it and love you for this great gift as I did my Father.
Regards.
Nanhi
camp: Thornhill, Ontario.

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RE: Camera for a 13-year old?

2014-08-01 Thread John Coyle

Thanks Bipin - your message arrived seconds after I sent my response to Larry, 
etc!
The K500 sounds like a good suggestion


John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia



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Subject: Camera for a 13-year old?

It would be fun for your 13 year old to use some of your lenses as he moves up 
and learns, so the
K-500 with the 50mm f1.8 Lens would be the best buy.
You could borrow his camera in emergencies. I have seen great deals on the 
K-500.
As an 8-year old my Father gave me a British made Ensign Ful Vue Flex TLR 
camera - cast magnesium -
built in yellow filter + 3-Apertures and 2-speeds with B  T.
At 13 he gave me a Yashica TLR, a full fledged camera with a Kako Japanese 
Flash Gun. In college he
gave me a Pentax Spotmatic and allowed me to use his Leica gear.
We had a full Leica Lab with an Enlarger at home and enjoyed developing + 
printing our own photos.
Trust a 13 year old as a big boy - what joy for a teen. He will love it and 
love you for this great
gift as I did my Father.
Regards.
Nanhi
camp: Thornhill, Ontario.

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Re: Geso Mackinac Island Trip

2014-08-01 Thread Ann Sanfedele


Don -
Really enjoyed these... Mackinac Island is a special place to me , 
mainly from my childhood, but I did get back there when we were driving 
back from Alaska in OCtober, 1989. We took the ferry and only stayed on 
the island two hours... Richard wasnt up to much of a hike.
I only got a very few shots on slide film then... and not sure now which 
trip it was :-( - but before digital days.  Don't have any that I know 
were taken there in the 40's by my mother or father. Loved the Ester 
Williams movie with Van Johnson and Laurence Melchior (sp?) that was 
made on the island.


That wooded path is particularly appealing, several of the bridge shots
are very strong.  The bridge wasn't there in the 40's. And in '89 I'm 
sure I lobbied for the ferry.. but we may not have been able to drive

there anyway unless we had reservations to stay on the island.

All this is a long way of saying I'm grateful for your photos of the place.

ann


On 8/1/2014 14:23, Don Guthrie wrote:

Been reading the group regularly and loving the
bird,balloons,sailboats,Philadelphia etc etc. Just haven't had time to
comment as I have been traveling. Not that anyone here misses my prose 
posts.

If you have a moment please look at these photos from my trip to
Michigan in June. Some duplicates I know but that dam bridge just
demanded my attention. This is a subset and anyway smugmug scrolls very
quickly. Any comments will be appreciated and not ignored. All taken
with Pentax cameras.

http://donspix.smugmug.com/Travel/Mackinac-Island-Bridge/



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RE: Camera for a 13-year old?

2014-08-01 Thread John Coyle

Thanks Brian, Darren, and John for thoughts.  Larry, I just think that an SLR 
might be daunting for
a youngster, although I am sometimes inclined to give an older SLR (like an SV 
with the accessory
meter) so that the basics can be learnt while still having quality results.  
There is little more
disappointing for someone starting out than getting crap results, IMO.
Still debating!


John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia



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On 8/1/2014 2:10 AM, John Coyle wrote:
 Looking to tap the collective wisdom of the list, as I'm a bit out of touch 
 with the equipment
area.
 One of my granddaughters is showing an increasing interest in 
 photography, and is outgrowing the compact digital and the iPad gear 
 she has been using, and will probably be given a new camera for her 
 birthday next month: my question is what would the list recommend in 
 these circumstances?  I don't believe an SLR is the right 
 configuration, but perhaps a mirrorless or 4/3 which could also use some of 
 my Pentax lenses would
be the go?  Cost is also a consideration, as her twin sister will be one of the 
contributors to
buying it for her!
 TIA


 John Coyle
 Brisbane, Australia

Don't know how it might fit into your cost considerations, but maybe one of the 
higher end compact
cameras?



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Re: Trouble with uploading books from LR 5.6. to Blurb

2014-08-01 Thread Igor Roshchin


Boris,

It's nice to hear from you.
While I don't have an answer, I thought, this thread might be useful to
you:
https://support.blurb.com/entries/24620879-Problems-with-book-upload-from-Lightroom-5-3
(you may have seen it already...)

It looks like it is a common problem, and most likely for large(r)
books.
Moreover, some people (see the comments here:
https://forums.adobe.com/message/5551459 )
seem to have problems uploading the book they had uploaded previously.

The only consistent solution is after trying several possibilities
recommended by the Blurb support which did not work I was advised to
create a pdf and to upload it to the Blurb dropbox. 
Somebody else reported that keeping the computer active helps...
(so that it doesn't go in any type of power-saving mode). That sounds
like some voodoo, but I can see it being responsible in some cases. E.g. 
when the power-saving mode includes stopping the HDD or something, possibly
creating some pause in the upload stream, if the software on Blurb
website is sensitive to that, it can consider the the connection broken.


Cheers,

Igor



Boris Liberman Fri, 01 Aug 2014 11:35:27 -0700 wrote:

Guys,

I am in deep shit... We've prepared some 100+ book from our trip to 
Europe last year. I am trying to upload it from LR (first 5.5, now 5.6) 
to Blurb. It renders the PDF, it then goes on to upload the pages. 
At around 80% it produces an error message without giving my re
ason as to why it failed to upload the book.


Any help or hints will be greatly appreciated.

Boris

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Re: OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s

2014-08-01 Thread J.C. O'Connell


On 8/1/2014 3:06 PM, John wrote:
I find myself mostly in agreement with your assessment of Sony, except 
for the part about used to make wonderful quality equipment. I never 
had a Sony consumer electronics product that worked for even one day 
past the end of the manufacturer's warranty.


I have been enjoying my hi end Sony ST--SA5ES FM stereo tuner for over 
20 years.





On 8/1/2014 11:31 AM, Larry Colen wrote:



Darren Addy wrote:

I'm not terribly interested in mirrorless cameras (although I have to


I'm not terribly interested in anything made by Sony these days.

Sony, like HP, used to make wonderful quality equipment, now they seem
to be run by soulless accountants with no understanding of how their
companies got to the top in the first place.  They also seem to delight
in ignoring standards to try to lock users into buying *everything* from
them.


admit that I love that, thanks to the mirrorless design you can use
about any legacy lens on them (with the proper adapter). But after
reading a petapixel article on the a7s and its potentially being the
best astrophotography (low light) camera on the planet, I had to read
up on it.


There are various technical advantages of mirrorless:

1) shorter registration distance means no retrofocus, which means better
image quality at wider angle of view.

2) shorter registration distance means that you can use just about any
lens made.

3) No mirror bouncing around means no mirror bouncing around.

4) Live view works much better for low light manual focus etc. What you
see is what you get.  With a mirrorless you don't get the huge shutter
lag while everything bounces around between live view and actually
taking the photo.

There are certain ergonomic advantages to the pure optical path when
looking through the viewfinder.




- - -
Can you imagine what the Pentax hoards would say if Pentax came out
with a full frame camera with fewer megapixels than the flagship? This
Sony camera is fewer megapixels than the PREVIOUS Pentax flagships:
the K-5, K-5ii/iis


I would love it if I could buy a K-3 in both 24 and 12 MP versions, with
the associated advantages to both resolutions.

If you could have one of these A7rs with an astrotracer feature that
worked with manual focus lenses, that would be seven shades of awesome.






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Re: New Q on the way

2014-08-01 Thread Igor Roshchin


Brian Walters Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:29:27 -0700 wrote:

 Quoting John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com:
 
 
 While technically still a rumor, the leaked images of a new Q camera
 are pretty convincing:
 
 http://www.slashgear.com/pentax-q-s1-mirrorless-camera-surfaces-in-leaks-01339466/
 
 No details are available for the Q-S1's specs, but for now I'm
 assuming it'll be better in more ways than just a metal body. I'd been
 dying to buy a Q7 this summer, but I just knew there was going to be a
 new one announced the moment I bought it, so I waited. The only
 disappointing part of this is that there probably won't be a yellow
 and black version like the Q7, which I kinda wanted to get since it
 would match my car. ;D
 
 
 
 A can of spray paint and some masking tape should fix that...

... or a 6-pack of both of them. ;-)
After all, matching is a 2-way process. :-)

Cheers,

Igor




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Geso - Second day trip to Philly

2014-08-01 Thread Ann Sanfedele


Stopped in Bristol, Pa briefly on the way to break up the trip
Had a few chores to do in Philly - which included having some Scrapple
at the Reading Terminal Market and bringing some home for a friend.
discovered Turkey scrapple!

Thenk a bit of a walkabout in a neighborhood Rick Womer recommended.

http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/A-Day-Trip-to-Philly/

ann

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Re: PESO - Winter Snow

2014-08-01 Thread David Mann

On Aug 1, 2014, at 6:38 pm, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote:

 Snow down to around the  200m level is rare in Tasmania, so when it happens 
 you go out in the snow storm and take photographs
 
 https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/14613300487/

So that's where our winter went.  We've had 23°C today... but it's forecast to 
only reach 10 tomorrow.

Cheers,
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Re: Geso Mackinac Island Trip

2014-08-01 Thread David Mann

Looks like such a nice place to stay.  Love all the bikes.

The path through the trees is my favourite.

Cheers,
Dave

On Aug 2, 2014, at 6:23 am, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote:

 Been reading the group regularly and loving the 
 bird,balloons,sailboats,Philadelphia etc etc. Just haven't had time to 
 comment as I have been traveling. Not that anyone here misses my prose  
 posts.
 
 If you have a moment please look at these photos from my trip to Michigan in 
 June. Some duplicates I know but that dam bridge just demanded my attention. 
 This is a subset and anyway smugmug scrolls very quickly. Any comments will 
 be appreciated and not ignored. All taken with Pentax cameras.
 
 http://donspix.smugmug.com/Travel/Mackinac-Island-Bridge/
 
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Re: Camera for a 13-year old?