pentax reliability grief
The good news is that my 15-30 does seem to focus. I haven't done any real photography with it yet, but I've put it on my K-1 a couple of times and it seems to be working. Yay. This afternoon I put my 16-50 on my K-3 for a friend to use, and it wouldn't focus. Even worse, it wouldn't manually focus, either. With a bit of fiddling it would intermittently focus. This evening I did some checking and it works just fine on the K-1 and the K-3 II, it just doesn't work reliably on the K-3. Huh? It almost seems as if the screw drive is intermittently stuck in an engaged mode. Meanwhile, my K-1 has developed a sticky lens release button. I'll push it in to release a lens, and it won't always pop back out to secure the lens in place. It seems like it just needs some cleaning or lube, but I'm not at all inclined to send it to precision. If there were an approved lubricant for it, I'd apply it myself. I'm just not happy with Pentax reliability, weather sealing, or repair services 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: PESO (2): two starlings
Thanks for the tip, Subash. CTRL +/- works like a bomb! Alan C On 05-Dec-18 03:19 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 17:40:45 -0500 ann sanfedele wrote: Love the saturation of color in the second shot particularly - but both nice bird portraits. thank you Ann. and Alan and Jack. I also finally fingured out how too make your photos, and those photo.net guys photos shrink for my comfortable viewing.. For others who have suffered from images that are too large on their monitors I did this in firefox: right clicked on image, then clicked on"view image" from drop down screen... once that is done, I can then use keyboard with CTRL - to shrink it . wp automatically resizes the images depending on the monitor it is viewed on. may be i should switch to a theme which doesn't do this. On 12/4/2018 8:44 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: sunday birding in chennai: http://something-feathered.in/2018/12/04/two-starlings/ --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Precision Camera Repair.
That's life. Either way you pay your money & take your chance. Alan C On 05-Dec-18 03:50 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: It's beginning to look like I'm going to have to get my K-5 II repaired. However none of the reviews of Precision that I've read on line gives me warm fuzzy feelings. In fact I get the feeling that they're the same A-holes, maybe even the very same, who made such a "good" impression on me when I was selling cameras retail, forty years ago. It doesn't seem reasonable to send the camera to them for a fixed fee of $303.00, (I could drop it off, I suppose, and save the shipping, maybe. Precision is headquartered, only about a 40 minute drive from me), but then I might want to strangle someone and it might prove to be too easy to do. This is especially galling since KEH.com has a Bargain, K-5II in stock that I could get for $285.00 with free shipping, and four times the warranty. It almost seems that they don't want us to repair our equipment. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
December PUG is up
G'day all, A bit larger gallery this month. Some excellent work, as usual - Ken's "Show Me the Monet" is one favourite (great title too!). Others are Matthew's "Red Light" - simple & effective - and Henk's "Water in the Form of Art". View 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. + Next up: 'Gathering'. Full Submissions Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html You can submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ 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.
Precision Camera Repair.
It's beginning to look like I'm going to have to get my K-5 II repaired. However none of the reviews of Precision that I've read on line gives me warm fuzzy feelings. In fact I get the feeling that they're the same A-holes, maybe even the very same, who made such a "good" impression on me when I was selling cameras retail, forty years ago. It doesn't seem reasonable to send the camera to them for a fixed fee of $303.00, (I could drop it off, I suppose, and save the shipping, maybe. Precision is headquartered, only about a 40 minute drive from me), but then I might want to strangle someone and it might prove to be too easy to do. This is especially galling since KEH.com has a Bargain, K-5II in stock that I could get for $285.00 with free shipping, and four times the warranty. It almost seems that they don't want us to repair our equipment. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 (2): two starlings
On Tue, 4 Dec 2018 17:40:45 -0500 ann sanfedele wrote: > Love the saturation of color in the second shot particularly - but > both nice bird portraits. thank you Ann. and Alan and Jack. > I also finally fingured out how too make your photos, and those > photo.net guys photos shrink for my comfortable viewing.. > For others who have suffered from images that are too large on their > monitors I did this in firefox: > right clicked on image, then clicked on"view image" from drop down > screen... once that is done, I can then use keyboard with CTRL - > to shrink it . wp automatically resizes the images depending on the monitor it is viewed on. may be i should switch to a theme which doesn't do this. > On 12/4/2018 8:44 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > sunday birding in chennai: > > > > http://something-feathered.in/2018/12/04/two-starlings/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 (2): two starlings
Love the saturation of color in the second shot particularly - but both nice bird portraits. I also finally fingured out how too make your photos, and those photo.net guys photos shrink for my comfortable viewing.. For others who have suffered from images that are too large on their monitors I did this in firefox: right clicked on image, then clicked on"view image" from drop down screen... once that is done, I can then use keyboard with CTRL - to shrink it . ann On 12/4/2018 8:44 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: sunday birding in chennai: http://something-feathered.in/2018/12/04/two-starlings/ k5iis, sigma 150-500 OS HSM @500mm and cropped... comments appreciated. ~subash -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Happy Holidays
Lovely shot Paul!Happy Holidays to you and yours. JayT Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPad On Monday, December 3, 2018, 9:14 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I didn’t decorate very much for the holidays after my wife died, but now the lady I’m seeing is really into it, so we did it up pretty big inside and out. She found some laser projection lamps at a hardware store, so we stuck them in the ground and aimed them at the house. The dots move constantly, so I had to compromise on the shutter speed to get a decent shot. The is f4 at 1/66h, about ISO 6400, K-w and D FA 24/70/2.8 Paul https://www.photo.net/photo/18509687/Happy-Holidays -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 (2): two starlings
Both terrific natural settings and great detail, Subash! Much prettier than our white speckled US starlings. J seen hear in the US. Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 4, 2018, at 5:44 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > > sunday birding in chennai: > > http://something-feathered.in/2018/12/04/two-starlings/ > > k5iis, sigma 150-500 OS HSM @500mm and cropped... > > comments appreciated. > > ~subash > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.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 (2): two starlings
Very nice, Subash. The first image looks almost like a painting! Alan C On 04-Dec-18 03:44 PM, Subash Jeyan wrote: sunday birding in chennai: http://something-feathered.in/2018/12/04/two-starlings/ k5iis, sigma 150-500 OS HSM @500mm and cropped... comments appreciated. ~subash --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 (2): two starlings
sunday birding in chennai: http://something-feathered.in/2018/12/04/two-starlings/ k5iis, sigma 150-500 OS HSM @500mm and cropped... comments appreciated. ~subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
