Re: A semi-gallery of recent photos
Thank you. On 5/18/2024 1:10 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: Some cool stuff there, John. I'm partial to the Thomas Wolfe angel. On 5/15/24 1:22 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I don't quite remember which of my photos I've shared here recently, but I know I hadn't yet shared photos from my eclipse trip. Plus, I spent Mother's Day at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Eclipse Photos: https://flic.kr/p/2pRmz2q https://flic.kr/p/2pRoPmh https://flic.kr/p/2pRoPmc https://flic.kr/p/2pRmA7G Cattle Egrets: https://flic.kr/p/2pRh4bT https://flic.kr/p/2pRoU7Q Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Mother's Day at Cades Cove: https://flic.kr/p/2pRoXQb https://flic.kr/p/2pRnRef https://flic.kr/p/2pRmJFk https://flic.kr/p/2pRnRdd https://flic.kr/p/2pRmJFR https://flic.kr/p/2pRnRdt Look Homeward Angel: https://flic.kr/p/2pRhe9i The rest of my Photostream. I don't remember which ones of these I've shared ... eagles & beaver pond. Scroll right until you get to stuff you've already seen: https://flic.kr/p/2pGs9X6 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
A semi-gallery of recent photos
I don't quite remember which of my photos I've shared here recently, but I know I hadn't yet shared photos from my eclipse trip. Plus, I spent Mother's Day at Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Eclipse Photos: https://flic.kr/p/2pRmz2q https://flic.kr/p/2pRoPmh https://flic.kr/p/2pRoPmc https://flic.kr/p/2pRmA7G Cattle Egrets: https://flic.kr/p/2pRh4bT https://flic.kr/p/2pRoU7Q Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Mother's Day at Cades Cove: https://flic.kr/p/2pRoXQb https://flic.kr/p/2pRnRef https://flic.kr/p/2pRmJFk https://flic.kr/p/2pRnRdd https://flic.kr/p/2pRmJFR https://flic.kr/p/2pRnRdt Look Homeward Angel: https://flic.kr/p/2pRhe9i The rest of my Photostream. I don't remember which ones of these I've shared ... eagles & beaver pond. Scroll right until you get to stuff you've already seen: https://flic.kr/p/2pGs9X6 -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: VESO - Back in the Day - all photos taken with a Pentax :-)
Link to your YouTube channel? On 5/13/2024 6:41 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: link to my youtube vid was posted on FB , but I also just published it on instagram.. Here is the link to it there (no commercials on instagram that I can see ) https://www.instagram.com/reel/C67Ja6epd4D/ The music in the background is from my friend Bob Zaidman on guitar , his arrangement of an old tune which may or may not be one you have heard before.. but that shouldn't matter :-) ann -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?
I was up in Great Smokey Mountains National Park for a long weekend, but there was fairly heavy overcast. Lots of people up at Newfound Gap on Saturday night showed me their great cell phone photos & videos they'd taken on Friday night ... when I was asleep in Pigeon Forge. But I don't think I missed anything because it was overcast & raining in Pigeon Forge Friday night too. Bright & sunny most of the day, but the clouds rolled in right around sunset. On 5/11/2024 8:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I’m afraid that even if they’re visible this far south, I can’t get to anyplace dark enough -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Bellbird
It's not the greatest of photos but it's the best of the ones I took. Pretty much describes ALL of my photography. I like the image. On 5/10/2024 4:14 AM, David Mann wrote: The days are getting shorter and the weather's getting colder, and the bellbirds are coming down from their breeding sites in the hills. Here's one I photographed the other day in the banskia tree in our back yard. It's not the greatest of photos but it's the best of the ones I took. These birds don't stay still for long. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/1204/#peso Pentax K5ii, FA*400mm f/5.6 Cheers, Dave -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Problems reading SD cards
UPDATE: It appears the problem WAS in the card reader. I still haven't figured out why it was only affecting cards from the K-3? On 2/21/2024 7:54 PM, John Sessoms wrote: ANYWAY - The K-3 has been giving me fits downloading images today. Adobe Bridge "get media" seems to fail after pulling down about 8 images. I'm having the same problem directly copying from the card to the computer - 8 images & an error. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Curious ...
Very late reply: I have, but the results were not very good. NOT a fault with the camera, but with the brain behind the eye behind the viewfinder. On 6/28/2023 9:29 AM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Anyone here EVER use the double-exposure capacity of the LX? I always thought it was cool, but never needed it so never got one. (The only other PK body I’ve seen with double-exposure is that Promaster 2500 PK) -- -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: May PUG is up
I care, but seldom have anything I think is good enough to submit. I do have a couple of abstracts, but unfortunately taken with the wrong camera (Canon Point 'n Shoot) On 5/6/2024 4:03 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 05.05.24 um 12:43 schrieb Brian Walters: G'day all Enjoy the gallery here: http://pug.komkon.org/ Don't people care any longer? I find it may be one of the smaller but still a really nice gallery. Ralf -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs: Backyard Birds
Those are quite nice. On 4/29/2024 12:09 PM, paul stenquist wrote: Finally getting back to shooting a few birds. A nice morning here, so I sat outside for a bit. The pair of Cardinals are either expecting or doing amazing ritual, but the male has a seed that he will give to the female. The last one is a white throated sparrow. I only see these in spring. I think they go further north for the summer. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w9x0rhc8ifkl721c9mokx/cardinal.jpg?rlkey=w7jteurvhmr19zjs8al2dqifo=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/f6xiwvnr4ed7q2qbsz279/cardinal.pair2.jpg?rlkey=rfee2au9gzji3pe8k9hvuqtey=0 https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/d7s1yfgzocpzwlsqvay0j/white-throated-sparrow..jpg?rlkey=yzznzrjxb2defd14ja5igyo2q=0 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: testing testing
Usually. Sometimes it might take a while before they appear. On 4/19/2024 9:14 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: Do you see your own posts? And I’ve been wondering how your eclipse expedition turned out, did you post and I missed that ? Stan Sent from my iPad On Apr 19, 2024, at 6:07 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I get intermittent non-delivery ... I'll see replies to messages I haven't seen. On 4/13/2024 10:08 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Ann, I had a similar problem not receiving any post from the first of April. Therefore I switched to my gmail address which is OK sofar. Henk Op 2024-04-13 om 15:17 schreef ann sanfedele: post I made in the last few weeks to PESOS didn't show up in my PDML folder.. and since the end of March I haven't gotten -any- PDML list mail at all.. hmmm ann -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: For sale Friday, big list to unload
I believe Cotty is selling gear to raise money to dump into a hole in the water. On 4/17/2024 10:45 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: Gonz ! how you doing? we only got 90% coverage here in the Apple but what there was "was choice" to quote an old Spencer Tracy movie line that popped into my head. I didn't even attempt to photo but could see it from my living room window. Terrific that you got a good view. HOWEVER regarding the long list of gear.. the original list never appeared in my PDML folder - I got nothing between 4/1 and unitl 4/10 .. Not that I could be a customer, but you may want to send your list to the list again as I'm gussing I'm not the only one not to see it.. best, ann On 4/10/2024 3:00 PM, Gonz wrote: Yeah, posted some pics I got. https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjBkV5z Lots of clouds but we had a short break where we could see it pretty well. On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 1:10 PM Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 10, 2024, at 10:57 AM, Gonz wrote: Hi Cotty, good to hear from you. Been well. Sold house in the city, now live in beautiful texas hill country. "The Ranch", as we call it, keeps us very busy. 41 acres of rural beauty with amazing wildflowers almost year round. I hope you were close enough with clear enough skies to enjoy the eclipse Yeah, moving to a tiny place in the country means no space for all of our goodies from our hobbies. Had to unload the most unused stuff. --R On Wed, Apr 10, 2024 at 12:35 PM Steve Cottrell wrote: The Gonzster!! Well as I live and breathe. Hope you’re well. What an amazing list - just open a store!!! :-) Cotty On 5 Apr 2024, at 20:58, Gonz wrote: Without further adieu, here is the list. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- --Gonz -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: testing testing
I get intermittent non-delivery ... I'll see replies to messages I haven't seen. On 4/13/2024 10:08 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Ann, I had a similar problem not receiving any post from the first of April. Therefore I switched to my gmail address which is OK sofar. Henk Op 2024-04-13 om 15:17 schreef ann sanfedele: post I made in the last few weeks to PESOS didn't show up in my PDML folder.. and since the end of March I haven't gotten -any- PDML list mail at all.. hmmm ann -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO: Woodpecker
So I finally got out of the house to make some photographs. I made good use of the bag for the 600/4 I received as a gift from someone here on the list. It works a treat. Went down to Shelley Lake in Raleigh to photograph the eagles' nest. While I was down there waiting for something to happen, this guy showed up: https://flic.kr/p/2pGyX95 Not really sharp because I was shooting through a lot of foliage. The Nest (with babies): https://flic.kr/p/2pGs9X6 Proud Parents: https://flic.kr/p/2pGwEMx ... and I found a beaver pond near my house: https://flic.kr/p/2pGyX7m https://flic.kr/p/2pGwENu https://flic.kr/p/2pGwEM7 -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Richard Sandler
This URL might work. It's "archive.today", which people can take "snapshots" of articles that might be pay-walled somewhere. https://archive.is/E6MS3 On 3/22/2024 5:49 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: the guardian doesnt let me in but I just put his name in google with image search and got tons of stuff.. we were shooting the city at the same time - the 60's through the 80's .. I've only shown others a very few photos that remotely resembled these cringe-worthy records of how it was , in the late 60's and early 70's in NY .. most of them are mean spirited showing everyone and everything in the worst possible light.. (figuratively). They make me sad. ann On 3/22/2024 4:18 AM, mike wilson wrote: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/feb/27/between-the-streets-shades-of-new-york-in-pictures-richard-sandler-the-eyes-of-the-city -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: A strange looking bird
Well ... with "darter" in the name On 3/20/2024 8:41 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Interesting bird! The body looks sharp but the head doesn’t; I’m guessing that they don’t hold still very much. The highlights are also rather intense. I always enjoy your photos of the flora and fauna in the opposite corner of the globe! Rick On Mar 20, 2024, at 12:53 AM, Alan C wrote: An African Snake Darter at Lake Panic, near Skukuza Camp, Kruger Park. Unfortunately back lit. These birds are closely related to Cormorants but swim with their bodies totally immersed giving the impression of a swimming snake. The second image (by a fellow photographer, Ian van Romburgh) shows that very well. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/53599214819/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/51790648710/ K5 & Sigma 170-500 DG -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Rediscovering the world's largest cormorant ...
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Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
It's old enough that it does NOT have a catalytic convertor for someone to steal isn't it? On 3/5/2024 2:37 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Thank you, Larry. Hmm. My Lancia is a 1967 model ... I seem to recall the Alfa Romeo type 105 chassis replaced the Giulia Sprint and its siblings, starting around 1965 or 1966, but I'd have to look them up to be certain. Doesn't matter really ... the Giulia Sprint and Guiletta Spider are lovely cars and a delight to drive. My Fulvia's muffler lost a dime sized hole out of the end of the main muffler last week, and the muffler is cracking all the way around now. But that small additional opening netted a rather pretty exhaust sound. So I've ordered an Abarth system to replace the stock exhaust and give the car a little more aural character ... the stock Fulvia Coupé exhaust is rather quiet, but that little V4 makes such a pretty sound it deserves a more sporting system to highlight it. :) onwards! G On Mar 4, 2024, at 2:41 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 4, 2024, at 8:06 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Minox 35... I still have my Minox 35GT-E, which I purchased new in 1998. It is a lovely camera and has made many great photos for me. I've currently got it loaded with some Tri-X and may take it on my two-week excursion to the Right Coast tomorrow. Regards terminology, cameras like this, the Rollei 35, the Voigtländer Perkeo II, etc, are "scale focus" cameras ... they have no rangefinder or TTL viewing system, you focus by setting a distance on the focusing scale. A true "zone focusing camera" is even simpler than this: the focusing scale has no distance markings, just symbols to indicate far, intermediate distances, and close up. We may not always agree on everything, but I do admire and respect your cyclopedic (Polyphemian?) knowledge on so many topics. I did think of you yesterday when I passed a light blue Giullia(?) sprint of similar vintage to yours. As I was driivng unfortunately as I was driving, getting a photo wasn't feasible. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: flooding in the dunes (and test)
I still haven't seen Henk's original post, but I noticed a distinct lack of PDML the last week or so and then suddenly today a flood (mostly about the new film camera) Those are both great images. I'm not sure which I like more. On 3/4/2024 1:02 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Beautiful shots, Hank. Love the light! Paul On Mar 4, 2024, at 12:50 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: After some days not receiving posts from pdml on my outlook mail account (though I was able to send mail), I decided to revert to my mail account of the internet provider. As a test here this mail with link to two pictures of today of exmoor ponies in the dunes. Due to heavy rainfall during this winter my daily walk in the dunes, even with boots on, is quite an adventure. https://flic.kr/p/2pBA4jo https://flic.kr/p/2pBu2KM Henk -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
If you read along with the English subtitles, he says they interviewed a lot of young people to find out what THEY wanted in a film camera. Face it Larry, you're "over the hill". On 3/3/2024 3:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 3, 2024, at 9:29 AM, Bill wrote: On 3/3/2024 9:04 AM, Comcast wrote: As a medium, film suffers in comparison to digital in that it is less capable of low light reproduction and when pushed, image quality drops precipitously. The solution has always been larger formats. My best film work was generally on 6x7 or 6x6 film. Half a f a 35 mm frame has no appeal whatsoever. Am I missing something here? Paul Yeah, you are not in the target market for a half frame P camera just like the target market for this camera is interested in a view camera. I remember when I was a kid all of the anti-drug propaganda that was made by adults who were desperately trying to send out messages that were "cool", and failing miserably. I also look at every fashion trend that I think is incredibly lame, but which is the hot buzz, from wearing trousers hanging so low that half your underwear is visible to "stanced" cars, that I think is incredibly lame, but nonetheless is "cool". I can't tell whether this is a case of Ricoh cluelessly trying to be cool, my being clueless at what actually is cool, or both. There is a lot to be said in favor of the not just being a 'me too' company and trying new things. I personally would prefer a K-1 III, and I'd also prefer a UI that put less effort into being a large heavy expensive point and shoot, and more into making it easier to get the best possible raw file. Unfortunately, once again, I am not what large companies perceive as their target market, otherwise I would have been able to find a sporty rear wheel drive hatchback (estate or shooting brake) car that gets >35MPG on the freeway, has a manual transmission and doesn't have all sorts of "features" where the car does things that the driver doesn't explicitly tell it to do. Over on the Forum of Pentax this camera is getting quite a bit of buzz from people who still treat photography as a fun experiment. You mean that there are people who think that photography is actually fun? I was quite surprised that it is a vertical half frame, but the logic behind that decision is that a vertical format is what the target market is already comfortable with. I'm inclined to suggest that one of the biggest advantages of film is that every frame does cost money, it is what forces you to slow down and think about each shot. If Ricoh were really thinking outside the box, they would take a film SLR and replace the focusing screen with a sensor. The viewfinder would be electronic, and it would be able to take digital images either as proofs or cheap snaps, but when you wanted, you could flip a switch and expose a frame of film. bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
Target market is YOUNG PEOPLE, not veteran photographers. On 3/3/2024 10:04 AM, Comcast wrote: As a medium, film suffers in comparison to digital in that it is less capable of low light reproduction and when pushed, image quality drops precipitously. The solution has always been larger formats. My best film work was generally on 6x7 or 6x6 film. Half a f a 35 mm frame has no appeal whatsoever. Am I missing something here? Paul On Mar 3, 2024, at 4:01 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: More news on the Pentax film camera: https://youtu.be/xqRQTOkhOJU?si=PssAjafiIoYaxbuW As for me, with a least a dozen film camera's accumulating dust on the shelf is not fair to these to invest in a new one. Henk -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
I'd play with film more if I had a reliable place to get it processed. On 3/3/2024 4:01 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: More news on the Pentax film camera: https://youtu.be/xqRQTOkhOJU?si=PssAjafiIoYaxbuW As for me, with a least a dozen film camera's accumulating dust on the shelf is not fair to these to invest in a new one. Henk -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Snowdrop
Beautiful, ... but you know that as we get older getting down there isn't as much of a problem as getting back up again. On 3/3/2024 8:51 PM, Comcast wrote: The snowdrops bloomed yesterday. As I’ve done for many a year, I got down on the ground — more or less — and photographed a bloom. k-1, DFA 100/2.8 macro, f13 1/250th. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ewfysku994twcsd9puqoe/snowdrop.24.jpg?rlkey=csl5k56dysa7eqgjdu7so7udb=0 Paul -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Problems reading SD cards
Bookmarked that link. I may be able to find the part from Amazon in the U.S. if I need it, but having the part bookmarked gives me the NAME to look up. On 2/24/2024 1:47 AM, mike wilson wrote: Transfer the guts of the new machine to the case of the old. You should be able to either plug the drive straight into the motherboard via an existing socket or use a card in one of the PCIE slots. For example: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rivo-Controller-Expansion-Profile-Non-Raid/dp/B0828FY1B2/ref=sr_1_4 On 23/02/2024 17:11 GMT John Sessoms wrote: I'll look into both possibilities. The hard part is going to be figuring out if I actually have the media for Photoshop CS6 Extended and if so where did I put it when I moved? I hope I don't have to replace the Photoshop computer. For one thing, it has a LightScribe Blue-ray/DVD/CDROM burner & new computers you can't even get a DVD player. They don't even build the chassis with a bay to install one anymore. On 2/22/2024 4:21 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Since Win7 was working for you have you considered backing everything up and re-installing Win7? If all you use that computer for is photo processing there shouldn't be a lot of software to re-install. OTOH, if you have a computer running (or able to run) Win10, Win10 has a compatibility mode that you can activate that allows you to run aged games and software. -p On 2/21/2024 6:54 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I spent today doing some maintenance on my photography - making sure I have all of my images copied off of the memory cards onto the computer & batch renaming by Camera Type & Sequence Number ... so that IMGP5432 from the K-2 becomes K3-05432 Part of the reason for this is the default for Pentax Raw files is "IMGP" and a couple of my cameras have rolled over past and the K-1 numbering was reset when I had to send it in for repair after I fell & yanked the screen off the back. So it's K10D-1, K20D-0, K-3-0 & K-1-1 ... I pretty much kept up with it WHILE I was downloading images from the camera up until Covid (when I got lazy and sometimes wouldn't download the images for months after I took them) ANYWAY - The K-3 has been giving me fits downloading images today. Adobe Bridge "get media" seems to fail after pulling down about 8 images. I'm having the same problem directly copying from the card to the computer - 8 images & an error. When the error comes Windoze says the DCIM folder is empty & can't even see the card to eject it. If I just pull the card reader out & plug it in again the sub-folders are still there in DCIM and I can go into the sub-folder and copy images manually ... but if I select more than 8 at a time it's going to have the same error copying. If I just select 8 images they seem to copy fine and then I can select 8 more and they'll copy, but rarely works for a third batch of 8. Repeat remove & reinsert & select the next 8 ... I only had the problem with the K-3 cards - 2-32GB Sandisk Extreme SDHC and 1-32GB Sandisk Ultra SDXC. I'm pretty sure I only lost a single image to corruption. Sucks, but at least it's not worse. I copied all the images over to my file server. I don't know if it's the camera, the cards, the card reader or the computer. I hope it's not the computer because it's Windows 7 & Photoshop CS6 Extended (which I don't think will run on Windoze 10 & Windoze 10 definitely would not install on this computer (I shall not repeat my previous rant about the attempt to install Windows 10 ...) I'll shut the Photoshop computer down tomorrow, open it up & give it a good cleaning inside & see where we go from here. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
K-1 vs K-1 Mark II
What are the differences? -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Problems reading SD cards
I'll look into both possibilities. The hard part is going to be figuring out if I actually have the media for Photoshop CS6 Extended and if so where did I put it when I moved? I hope I don't have to replace the Photoshop computer. For one thing, it has a LightScribe Blue-ray/DVD/CDROM burner & new computers you can't even get a DVD player. They don't even build the chassis with a bay to install one anymore. On 2/22/2024 4:21 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Since Win7 was working for you have you considered backing everything up and re-installing Win7? If all you use that computer for is photo processing there shouldn't be a lot of software to re-install. OTOH, if you have a computer running (or able to run) Win10, Win10 has a compatibility mode that you can activate that allows you to run aged games and software. -p On 2/21/2024 6:54 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I spent today doing some maintenance on my photography - making sure I have all of my images copied off of the memory cards onto the computer & batch renaming by Camera Type & Sequence Number ... so that IMGP5432 from the K-2 becomes K3-05432 Part of the reason for this is the default for Pentax Raw files is "IMGP" and a couple of my cameras have rolled over past and the K-1 numbering was reset when I had to send it in for repair after I fell & yanked the screen off the back. So it's K10D-1, K20D-0, K-3-0 & K-1-1 ... I pretty much kept up with it WHILE I was downloading images from the camera up until Covid (when I got lazy and sometimes wouldn't download the images for months after I took them) ANYWAY - The K-3 has been giving me fits downloading images today. Adobe Bridge "get media" seems to fail after pulling down about 8 images. I'm having the same problem directly copying from the card to the computer - 8 images & an error. When the error comes Windoze says the DCIM folder is empty & can't even see the card to eject it. If I just pull the card reader out & plug it in again the sub-folders are still there in DCIM and I can go into the sub-folder and copy images manually ... but if I select more than 8 at a time it's going to have the same error copying. If I just select 8 images they seem to copy fine and then I can select 8 more and they'll copy, but rarely works for a third batch of 8. Repeat remove & reinsert & select the next 8 ... I only had the problem with the K-3 cards - 2-32GB Sandisk Extreme SDHC and 1-32GB Sandisk Ultra SDXC. I'm pretty sure I only lost a single image to corruption. Sucks, but at least it's not worse. I copied all the images over to my file server. I don't know if it's the camera, the cards, the card reader or the computer. I hope it's not the computer because it's Windows 7 & Photoshop CS6 Extended (which I don't think will run on Windoze 10 & Windoze 10 definitely would not install on this computer (I shall not repeat my previous rant about the attempt to install Windows 10 ...) I'll shut the Photoshop computer down tomorrow, open it up & give it a good cleaning inside & see where we go from here. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Problems reading SD cards
On 2/22/2024 4:55 PM, Bob W PDML wrote: If you put the cards back in the camera can you still see all the photos in preview? Yes. The photos were all still there on the card when I looked at the little TV screen on the back. I finally did manage to copy them all (except for one that was corrupted) over to the computer ... by various means. I figured out it was pulling down approximately 8 images before the error would occur, so I went over to Windows where I could pull up the DCIM folder & view the sub-folders. I made a DCIM "copy" folder on my desktop and then copied the sub-folders one at a time. When it would error out, I'd remove the card reader from the USB and reinsert it. I could see which files had copied before the error, so I'd take the next 8 files & copy them ... then the NEXT 8 until I got an error ... At which point repeat removing & reinserting the card reader and carry on ... Once I had all the photos (verified I can see & open them from Bridge) I have since reformatted the cards. Can you use the camera as the card reader? That is, connect the camera to the computer and download from there. I don't have the necessary equipment to do it that way so I don't know. Can you download to a non-Windows device, such as a phone? Ditto ... EXCEPT I did the process I outline above on a different Windoze computer (my game & goofing off computer) and then copied the images over to my file server and then pulled them from the file server to the Photoshop Computer. Since then I've been going through ALL of my photos on the Photoshop Computer & verifying them. It's been 20 years plus 1 week since I got my *ist-D. The *ist-D, K10D & K20D have all rolled over past at least once. I'm up to 2016 so far. The only thing I've run into is there are periods when I didn't rename the photos upon uploading ... IMGP to istD-0; IMGP to istD-1 and so on for the K10D, K20D, K-3 & K-1 (the K-1 got the numbers reset when I had to send it in for repair, so it's already at "K-1_1" even though it hadn't rolled over). And I've found duplicate folders where one will have the images IMGP1234 and the other will have Kxx-01234. Takes me a while to compare the folders and make sure there are no images I haven't duplicated in renamed images folder. I keep ALL of my images - good, bad & ugly - because having gaps in the numbering confuses me and I worry I've lost images somewhere, but once I have verified that I have all the images in both folders I will delete the folder that doesn't have the images renamed. Anyway, I've got less than 10 years worth of images still left to verify ... so back to work. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Problems reading SD cards
I don't think it's Adobe because I had problems just copying using Windoze with Adobe not involved ... I HOPE it's not the computer because I don't know how I'd transfer CS6 to a new computer. It could be the card reader is getting old. I looked online for a new reader, but haven't yet found one I like. I found a bunch more files I have to rename to get my catalog in order. Don't know if I'm going to get them done before I shut the computer down to clean it out. On 2/22/2024 1:33 AM, mike wilson wrote: Unlikely to be the cards if you are getting exactly the same error on all three. My default position is to blame Adobe, which seems to have a more than 50% success rate. For hardware problems, I would look at the card reader. On 22/02/2024 00:54 GMT John Sessoms wrote: I spent today doing some maintenance on my photography - making sure I have all of my images copied off of the memory cards onto the computer & batch renaming by Camera Type & Sequence Number ... so that IMGP5432 from the K-2 becomes K3-05432 Part of the reason for this is the default for Pentax Raw files is "IMGP" and a couple of my cameras have rolled over past and the K-1 numbering was reset when I had to send it in for repair after I fell & yanked the screen off the back. So it's K10D-1, K20D-0, K-3-0 & K-1-1 ... I pretty much kept up with it WHILE I was downloading images from the camera up until Covid (when I got lazy and sometimes wouldn't download the images for months after I took them) ANYWAY - The K-3 has been giving me fits downloading images today. Adobe Bridge "get media" seems to fail after pulling down about 8 images. I'm having the same problem directly copying from the card to the computer - 8 images & an error. When the error comes Windoze says the DCIM folder is empty & can't even see the card to eject it. If I just pull the card reader out & plug it in again the sub-folders are still there in DCIM and I can go into the sub-folder and copy images manually ... but if I select more than 8 at a time it's going to have the same error copying. If I just select 8 images they seem to copy fine and then I can select 8 more and they'll copy, but rarely works for a third batch of 8. Repeat remove & reinsert & select the next 8 ... I only had the problem with the K-3 cards - 2-32GB Sandisk Extreme SDHC and 1-32GB Sandisk Ultra SDXC. I'm pretty sure I only lost a single image to corruption. Sucks, but at least it's not worse. I copied all the images over to my file server. I don't know if it's the camera, the cards, the card reader or the computer. I hope it's not the computer because it's Windows 7 & Photoshop CS6 Extended (which I don't think will run on Windoze 10 & Windoze 10 definitely would not install on this computer (I shall not repeat my previous rant about the attempt to install Windows 10 ...) I'll shut the Photoshop computer down tomorrow, open it up & give it a good cleaning inside & see where we go from here. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Problems reading SD cards
I spent today doing some maintenance on my photography - making sure I have all of my images copied off of the memory cards onto the computer & batch renaming by Camera Type & Sequence Number ... so that IMGP5432 from the K-2 becomes K3-05432 Part of the reason for this is the default for Pentax Raw files is "IMGP" and a couple of my cameras have rolled over past and the K-1 numbering was reset when I had to send it in for repair after I fell & yanked the screen off the back. So it's K10D-1, K20D-0, K-3-0 & K-1-1 ... I pretty much kept up with it WHILE I was downloading images from the camera up until Covid (when I got lazy and sometimes wouldn't download the images for months after I took them) ANYWAY - The K-3 has been giving me fits downloading images today. Adobe Bridge "get media" seems to fail after pulling down about 8 images. I'm having the same problem directly copying from the card to the computer - 8 images & an error. When the error comes Windoze says the DCIM folder is empty & can't even see the card to eject it. If I just pull the card reader out & plug it in again the sub-folders are still there in DCIM and I can go into the sub-folder and copy images manually ... but if I select more than 8 at a time it's going to have the same error copying. If I just select 8 images they seem to copy fine and then I can select 8 more and they'll copy, but rarely works for a third batch of 8. Repeat remove & reinsert & select the next 8 ... I only had the problem with the K-3 cards - 2-32GB Sandisk Extreme SDHC and 1-32GB Sandisk Ultra SDXC. I'm pretty sure I only lost a single image to corruption. Sucks, but at least it's not worse. I copied all the images over to my file server. I don't know if it's the camera, the cards, the card reader or the computer. I hope it's not the computer because it's Windows 7 & Photoshop CS6 Extended (which I don't think will run on Windoze 10 & Windoze 10 definitely would not install on this computer (I shall not repeat my previous rant about the attempt to install Windows 10 ...) I'll shut the Photoshop computer down tomorrow, open it up & give it a good cleaning inside & see where we go from here. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs (5) - Fisheye Fun NEW LINK
The fruit stand is not obviously fishy. On 2/6/2024 5:20 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: Rick, you got a nicely cleaned fisheye. I'm surprised that I would not have recognized some pics as taken with a fisheye, in particular of the playground and the fruit market. For me that is the way this lens should be used to not looking overdone. Henk Op 2024-02-06 om 04:10 schreef Rick Womer: So I dusted off my fisheye lens. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs (5) - Fisheye Fun
Requires me to login? On 2/5/2024 9:32 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I haven’t posted any pix since October. The drought is hereby over. I’m taking a photography course at the Fleisher Art Memorial, and this weeks assignment was to shoot something we’d photographed before, in a new way. So I dusted off my fisheye lens. https://www.smugmug.com/app/organize/January-2024/Fisheye-Fun Comments always appreciated. Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: January PUG comments
Thank you. On 2/5/2024 2:01 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: Two of the images in last month’s PUG are burned into my mind - I can’t stop seeing them! John’s Eclipse was just a masterwork in minimalism. All other things equal, I think I prefer eclipse images where the sun is just emerging out of the shadow, but still John’s image is just about as good as you can get IMNSHO. No distracting elements, nicely framed, just the sun and moon. And then there is Paul Sorenson’s Fiesta!! I like the colors, the overall composition, the placement of the objects within… Nicely conceived and nicely done. The PUG is always a treat. Thanks again Brian. Stan -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 2024 North America Solar Eclipse
On 2/2/2024 5:58 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 2, 2024, at 2:27 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I have confirmed reservations for San Antonio, TX April 6 - April 10 (plus reservations for 2 overnight stays going & coming). Excellent. My sister lives in Collinsville, North of Dallas. I'll be staying with her, we'll probably watch it from the place of a friend of hers about 120 miles away. 480 miles day 1, 452 miles day 2 & two days rest before & after the eclipse ... 452 & 480 returning. Made damn sure I printed out the confirmation emails and double-checked they have the correct dates (after the fiasco with that hotel in Albuquerque). I'll likely couch surf with friends in Albaquerque, it's about halfway. My most Banzai trip was Austin to San Francisco, solo, in 24 hours. Leaving Austin at midnight and napping in rest stops on the way. I've located a Texas Safety Rest area on of I-10, near Kerrville, that's approximately 12 miles off the center-line that I think I can set up in. I should get at least 4 minutes of totality from that location. You should plan on getting there very early. For the last eclipse, I scoped out a place a couple days ahead, and it was jam packed and had to find another. That's why my plan has me arriving in the area two days ahead of the eclipse. It'll give me time to scope out the area ahead of time. In 2017 I didn't settle on a location until the morning before & ended up driving all day & all night to get to Hopkinsville, KY. (weather predicted to be SEVERE CLEAR on the Saturday before ...) Didn't have any problems finding a place to set up. The small shopping center that had the JCPenney store was renting out spaces (about the size 4 parking spaces) for $20. Last October's trip was a practice run. Because it wasn't a TOTAL eclipse, I found most people I talked to didn't even know there was going to be an eclipse ... except for the people at the "National Museum of Nuclear Science & History" (where I bought a new pair of eclipse glasses because I'd left mine at home). San Antonio is right on the edge of the path of totality. All of the hotels I checked (Kerrville, TX) in the path of totality appear to be well aware of the eclipse ... the normally $90/night hotels have prices jacked up to $600-$800/night. The one I found in San Antonio DOES NOT have their prices jacked up. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 2024 North America Solar Eclipse
Make that 480, 452 & 480 outbound (April 4, 5, & 6) and reversed home-bound (April 10, 11, & 12). On 2/2/2024 5:27 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I have confirmed reservations for San Antonio, TX April 6 - April 10 (plus reservations for 2 overnight stays going & coming). 480 miles day 1, 452 miles day 2 & two days rest before & after the eclipse ... 452 & 480 returning. Made damn sure I printed out the confirmation emails and double-checked they have the correct dates (after the fiasco with that hotel in Albuquerque). I've located a Texas Safety Rest area on of I-10, near Kerrville, that's approximately 12 miles off the center-line that I think I can set up in. I should get at least 4 minutes of totality from that location. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Thumb drive fart under pressure
Finding a thumb drive small enough it can be formatted FAT16 has been kind of problematic for a while. I'd ask the instructor what he/she exactly means by "MS-DOS-formatted" On 1/30/2024 11:59 PM, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 07:57:30PM -0500, Rick Womer wrote: I???m taking a photography course at the Fleisher Art Memorial here in Philly. As per our first assignment last week, I brought in ten .jpg images on an MS-DOS-formatted flash drive, as did my classmates. Three different MS-DOS computers in the classroom did not recognize my flash drive =at all=. I don???t know what computers my 8 classmates use, but none of them had a problem. Any ideas? Rick MS-DOS? Really? I believe MS-DOS defaults to FAT16, while Windows went to FAT32 a long, long time ago (with, I believe, Win95). If they really are MS-DOS machines then there may be a reason why they can't read your "MS-DOS-formatted flash drive"; the FAT32 partition size limit is 32GB, and today's thumb drives are larger than that. Larger drives will probably use either NTFS or exFAT; Most modern systems can read and write either of these, but it's possible that the classroom computers can only read one of those formats, and your disks (but not, presumably, your classmates disks) are formatted using the other one. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
2024 North America Solar Eclipse
I have confirmed reservations for San Antonio, TX April 6 - April 10 (plus reservations for 2 overnight stays going & coming). 480 miles day 1, 452 miles day 2 & two days rest before & after the eclipse ... 452 & 480 returning. Made damn sure I printed out the confirmation emails and double-checked they have the correct dates (after the fiasco with that hotel in Albuquerque). I've located a Texas Safety Rest area on of I-10, near Kerrville, that's approximately 12 miles off the center-line that I think I can set up in. I should get at least 4 minutes of totality from that location. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Taking aim at my pocketbook
Bwahahaha ... You KNOW you're gonna' buy it so why resist? On 2/1/2024 6:03 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 1, 2024, at 2:16 PM, John Francis wrote: On Thu, Feb 01, 2024 at 01:16:05PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: I just found out that Samyang makes a 135 f/2 in K-mount. I don't have any specific need for that focal length and speed, though if it was autofocus it could be nice for photographing musicians. It's just about one stop between and 85/1.4 and a 200/2.8 in length and speed, so in reality I'd be better off just cropping down my 85/1.4. But, shiny! I'd guess you'd probably be better off putting a 1.4x TC behind your 85/1.4 than using a lens that sells for about the same price as the TC, no matter how shiny ... I'd be even better off saving my money, especially when I hardly have any chance to play with cameras these days. (Ricoh show the HD PENTAX-DA AF REAR CONVERTER 1.4x AW as being compatible with the HD PENTAX D-FA* 85mmF1.4ED) I picked up an FA* 85/1.4 on ebay for less than a third of what the dfa 85 costs. There's a long whinge to be had about how few new Pentax lenses there are, and that they seem to have been designed in conjunction with Gold's Gym and a consortium of finance companies. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Looking to do some repair
Never had any problems figuring out how to take things apart. On 1/27/2024 4:57 PM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Need to disassemble part of the 6x7. Can’t see how the shutter release is removed. I’m thinking the round chrome part probably screws on, but not sure which direction the thread goes.. And I can’t find a disassembly document on it. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax APS-C cameras
On 1/23/2024 8:42 AM, Bob W PDML wrote: On 23 Jan 2024, at 13:30, John Sessoms wrote: […] I'll have to think about changing over to UTC. At least then ALL of the times will be "WRONG", rather than just blocks of them. It doesn’t have to be UTC of course - it could be any time you choose as the reference time, eg the time in your home town, or in Ulan Batar, as long as all the cameras have the same time. It’s not like you look at the camera to tell the time in whatever non-home timezone you may find yourself, you have a watch for that, presumably. I have a hard time even remembering to "Spring Forward/Fall Back" ... the "fall back" part isn't that big of a problem, but the week after "spring forward" I'd be late for my own hanging. What I've got is I got the *ist-D early in 2004 and set the time to "New York" (aka Eastern US time zone) and shipped out to Iraq a couple of weeks later. I didn't notice the time zone setting until I'd been in country for several months. And after I did notice, I was back home for several months before I noticed the camera was still on "Moscow" time (Iraq time zone) So I've got more than a year's worth of photos where the time is off by 12 hours. It's not a world shaking problem, but it BUGS ME - like ALWAYS being pursued by a cloud of mosquitos. Low level irritation, but constant and forever. Whenever I've tried to fix it in post it ends up screwing with the DATE (trying to change Date Taken to the current computer date/time). To a lesser extent I've had the same "problems" with the K10D, K20D, K-3 & the K-1. A camera that could automagically determine the local time zone & keep the internal clock updated would suit me just fine. My cell phone can do it, why can't my camera? I use the cell phone camera occasionally, but I like my DSLRs more. I couldn't have done the eclipse on my cell phone. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax APS-C cameras
On 1/22/2024 5:07 PM, Bob W PDML wrote: On 22 Jan 2024, at 21:36, John Sessoms wrote: Can it reset the clock to LOCAL time? That's the biggest problem I have with the clock - traveling to a different time zone and forgetting to set the camera's clock to the correct time zone, i.e. I have the camera set to "New York" (because it doesn't have a setting for "Eastern" time or "Raleigh, NC" and I'm in Albuquerque ... or halfway round the world, so the clock may be off anywhere 2 to 12 hours. I’d expect the satellites to transmit UTC. Local time is a function of UTC and the time zone offset and savings time, derived from the GPS coordinates. If I were you I’d set all my cameras to UTC, then you shouldn’t have any problems merging image files from different cameras and getting the date/time sorting all stuffed up. Then photograph a town name from time to time so you have an embedded record of where you were. Modern operating systems can recognise and select text in image files, so you can copy and paste it into the metadata if you want to. Wouldn't be a problem if it had been in one of the little towns. I'm pretty good at sorting out the landmarks. It's the photos "I know it was out in the middle of nowhere along the highway between Stephenville and San Angelo" that give me fits. That's where the built in GPS would come in handy. I'll have to think about changing over to UTC. At least then ALL of the times will be "WRONG", rather than just blocks of them. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax APS-C cameras
On 1/22/2024 2:41 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 21, 2024, at 11:25 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I don't NEED it, but if I have it built into the camera I don't have to fiddle with the phone whenever I want to use it. I don't use it often, but occasionally I'll want to know where I was (in more than a general way) when I took a photo. Another side benefit of it, is that it can set the camera's clock to within a few nanoseconds, and it makes it easier to keep different camera's clocks synchronized. Can it reset the clock to LOCAL time? That's the biggest problem I have with the clock - traveling to a different time zone and forgetting to set the camera's clock to the correct time zone, i.e. I have the camera set to "New York" (because it doesn't have a setting for "Eastern" time or "Raleigh, NC" and I'm in Albuquerque ... or halfway round the world, so the clock may be off anywhere 2 to 12 hours. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax APS-C cameras
I don't NEED it, but if I have it built into the camera I don't have to fiddle with the phone whenever I want to use it. I don't use it often, but occasionally I'll want to know where I was (in more than a general way) when I took a photo. On 1/21/2024 6:08 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: S … All this discussion of GPS equipped cameras … I'm curious: Why do we need GPS location information in our photographs? Oh, I can see some uses for it, for specific purposes, but in general … I don't know why I'd want it. I figure when I want GPS location info, I just snap a photo with my iPhone at the same time I take a picture with any other camera, then copy-paste the GPS location information from the iPhone image into the other camera's photo. I haven't used it more than once or twice in the past ten years. G -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax APS-C cameras
I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think any of the APS-C cameras have built in GPS. According to Ricoh, the K-3/K-3 Mark III, K-5/K-5II/K-5IIs can take the O-GPS1 module - discontinued according to Ricoh, but if you don't already have it you can probably find one NOS or used at KEH ... They'll all do the GPS function & ASTROTRACER. On 1/19/2024 6:37 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: What is the most recent Pentax APS-C camera that has built-in GPS like the K-1? We're doing another bicycle trip in the summer and I'd like something more compact than my K-1 but more capable than a phone. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Which would you prefer in a lens?
Balance in between ... On 12/18/2023 12:09 PM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Which would you prefer in a lens?\ \ 1\. Best rendering. Detail may not be as fine, but the formation of the image is closer to reality. 2\. Some pincushion distortion, but better detail. 3\. Balance in between. Minimal distortion and good detail. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT maps help
Can you export a route you created on your desktop to your IOS device? On 12/15/2023 2:42 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Thanks Bob I can drag them on the desk top just not on the iOS units Dave Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada On Thu, Dec 14, 2023 at 4:12 AM Bob W PDML wrote: You can add stops either by press/holding a waypoint or by using Add Stop on the … menu. You can rearrange the stops by dragging them around in the list. As far as I know you can’t drag them around on the map. On 14 Dec 2023, at 04:53, Stan Halpin wrote: I know what you mean, have used G maps that way myself. On iOS, I don’t see a way. I know that, when driving, if I turn off the selected route, Maps quickly adjusts, does a silent recalc, and on from there. But for planning, I seem to be stuck just choosing from the three route options offered up. Sent from my iPad On Dec 13, 2023, at 6:58 PM, David J Brooks wrote: I joined some iPad and iPhone groups but they don’t really have any advice for me so here his my questions, On my iMac with google maps if I don’t like the directions I can grab points and move them to the streets I want to take, but with my iPhone and iPad I can’t, is there a way to do it or not with iOS devices, iPad 9th generation iPhone 12 mini Any ideas Dave Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Headphone query (waaaay off-topic, I know)
So, why can't you uninstall the new software & re-install the old software? On 12/12/2023 12:05 PM, Rick Womer wrote: One of my non-photographic passions is listening to classical music. I have a pair of Sennheiser PXC 550 II headphones that I like a lot, usually playing recordings stored on my iPhone. I learned that Sennheiser had "upgraded" its software from the venerable-but-versatile Captune to Smart Control. I installed Smart Control on my phone. Big mistake. With all but the latest headphones, Smart Control is stupid compared to Captune, able to do nothing but select a recording, start, stop, and change the volume. Most annoying is the absence of a graphic equalizer, which I used a lot with Smart Control. I emailed Sennheiser customer support, and their response was basically “Suck it up, sucker!” Sooo… Can anyone recommend an iPhone music player app with a graphic equalizer, compatible with my headphones? Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Let's test the list!
The list software may have ideas of its own. When I was subscribed to the list using my Earthlink email address I'd regularly get blocked by the SPAM Blacklist software y'all subscribed to. Some "business" customer of Earthlink would SPAM & the server node would get blacklisted ... then MY posts would get rejected if my outgoing mail happened to hit the same server node. Earthlink's "technical support" /s couldn't do anything about it. On 12/7/2023 2:36 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: In all the many years I've had this list, I've only ever blocked one person, and it wasn't you, Otis. On 12/6/23 3:21 PM, Otis C. Wright, Jr. wrote: The last time I "tested" the list I was banned for over a year. I'm reluctant to go down that road again... Otis Wright -- -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Happy Birthday, Ann!
And hopefully, many more to come. On 12/10/2023 12:12 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: Yes, have a wonderful day On December 10, 2023 7:42:46 AM PST, Paul Stenquist wrote: Happy birthday to the First Lady of the list! Hope you have a wonderful day!! Paul -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Let's test the list!
I'd get an electrician in to check whether the neutral connection has been compromised. On 12/7/2023 6:40 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: Rick, have you spoken to your power provider? I mean, we're aware of your history with electronic equipment and some software packages, but this kind of event is not normal. On 12/7/23 5:48 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I don't know about the server gods, but some gods somewhere weren't happy with my photo computer . On the night of November 13 it seems that our house had a massive power surge. The victims were (1) my photo computer setup, consisting of a Mac Mini and two on-line OWC hard drives. A few days later we learned that the control circuit board and some of the wiring for our house's minisplit AC/heating system were partially melted (we are now using our hot water heating system). We're waiting for a new circuit board and valves for the minisplit system, and I've been chipping away at the computer problems. The OS on the Mac needs replacing, and both external drives have media and file system errors on Disk Utility which are making them flaky. So, in the midst of other activities, I've been chipping away at the problem. I'm shifting files from two other external hard drives (which aren't in daily use) so that I can shift my files off the damaged drives and reformat them. Then I'll be able to transfer a bunch of files, reformat the external drives they were on, transfer files back, and hope that Lightroom cooperates in getting everything accessible. Stay tuned. Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: wishlist items
But even then you could buy clock drives for them - even electric clock drives. On 12/6/2023 11:35 PM, Alan Cole wrote: Nice stuff - toys for boys! But how technology has progressed. Eons ago I had a 6" reflector mounted on a heavy wooden tripod with a manual equatorial mount. One had to slowly rotate a knob on the end of a flex drive to keep the object of interest in view. Crude by comparison but it worked. Alan C On Wed, Dec 6, 2023 at 9:26 PM Larry Colen wrote: On Dec 6, 2023, at 10:48 AM, John Sessoms wrote: On 12/5/2023 2:13 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I was doing some idle poking around on ebay, KEH etc. for some wishlist items and one thing that I'm actively looking for. I figure that it's worth mentioning them here in case anybody is looking to sell one of them, or has some important advice about any of these. The one thing that I'm actively looking for is an equatorial mount. I'm planning on heading out to visit my sister and catch the total eclipse in April. At the 2018 eclipse I just used a tripod and had to keep adjusting it every few minutes to keep the sun in the frame. https://www.amazon.com/Star-Adventurer-Pro-Pack-S20512/dp/B07NY44782 I bought the Pro Pack. Used it with my Tokina 80-200 f/2.8 to photograph the annular eclipse in October, and that's the setup I plan to use in April. I searched the used market and didn't find anything that was as good a value. My only complaint is the counter-weight is a bit light for longer lenses ... I was afraid it wouldn't be sufficient for my 300/2.8. ... and NEVER gonna try to mount the 600/4 on it. It seems that the two most recommended for work with a DSLR are that one and the iOptron https://www.ioptron.com/product-p/3550.htm -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: wishlist items
I looked at the iOptron, in fact that was the one I really wanted, but no one had it in stock when I needed to buy (so I could learn to use it before I needed it). On 12/6/2023 2:09 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Dec 6, 2023, at 10:48 AM, John Sessoms wrote: https://www.amazon.com/Star-Adventurer-Pro-Pack-S20512/dp/B07NY44782 I bought the Pro Pack. Used it with my Tokina 80-200 f/2.8 to photograph the annular eclipse in October, and that's the setup I plan to use in April. It seems that the two most recommended for work with a DSLR are that one and the iOptron https://www.ioptron.com/product-p/3550.htm -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Let's test the list!
I saw this one, but no prior one (wiseass or otherwise). On 12/6/2023 7:40 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: I replied but did not see my reply come up in my PDML inbox.. only in my sent folder. Just made my usual wiseass Jokey reply.. did it get through? I saw the email below of course and all the asnwer to it but mine I think my Thunderbird update may be responsible ann On 12/5/2023 2:27 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Are the Server God's happy? -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: wishlist items
On 12/5/2023 2:13 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I was doing some idle poking around on ebay, KEH etc. for some wishlist items and one thing that I'm actively looking for. I figure that it's worth mentioning them here in case anybody is looking to sell one of them, or has some important advice about any of these. The one thing that I'm actively looking for is an equatorial mount. I'm planning on heading out to visit my sister and catch the total eclipse in April. At the 2018 eclipse I just used a tripod and had to keep adjusting it every few minutes to keep the sun in the frame. https://www.amazon.com/Star-Adventurer-Pro-Pack-S20512/dp/B07NY44782 I bought the Pro Pack. Used it with my Tokina 80-200 f/2.8 to photograph the annular eclipse in October, and that's the setup I plan to use in April. I searched the used market and didn't find anything that was as good a value. My only complaint is the counter-weight is a bit light for longer lenses ... I was afraid it wouldn't be sufficient for my 300/2.8. ... and NEVER gonna try to mount the 600/4 on it. There are a couple of lenses on my wishlist. I don't have an immediate need for them, but they're always on the back of my mind and I could be motivated by a particularly good deal. 85/1.4 I can find an FA* 85/1.4, with hood on ebay (from Japan) for $650, which is about half of what a dfa 85/1.4 would cost, even used. I love my 77/1.8 but when photographing musicians I always seem to want a bit more reach and a bit more speed. Sigma 18-35/1.8 Now that my K-3 III is my daily driver body, and my K-1 is my special purpose body, the 18-35 would be very handy for shooting indoors and save me from swapping between my 20/1.8 and 31/1.8. 24-70/2.8 I've got the tamron 28-75/2.8 and it's a great fair weather daily driver, but for foul weather I'm stuck with the 28-105 which is generally fast enough for outdoors which is where I usually need weather sealing. A modern "long" lens. My 50-500 bigma has given me many years of good service, but its focus is a bit slow and a bit noisy. There have been many times that I've tried to photograph a critter and as soon as I tried to autofocus the noise of the lens scared the beast away. Can't really help with any of the other. I too would like to have the 85/1.4. What do you think would be a *fair* price for a 50-500 "Bigma"? What does the list think would be a fair price? I have one that I don't think I'll ever use again now that I do have the 600/4. I also found out that the "HD Pentax-DA 1.4x AW AF Rear Converter" (which I DID get from KEH) noticeably vignettes on Full Frame. I think I can crop in and/or dodge the corners sufficiently that it won't matter that much ... otherwise I'll just have to take that into account & live with it. But I don't know why Ricoh Pentax didn't make it so it would work with their "flagship" camera? -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Another Cobra Pic
Beautiful. ... and a pretty good image too. On 11/29/2023 9:28 AM, paul stenquist wrote: Another pic from last week’s shoot of a genuine ’64 Cobra. This car is numbers matching and unmolested. It was never raced and has only had two owners. It’s among the world’s best examples of a Mark II Cobra. K-1 with D FA 150-450, f5.6, 300mm https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/myonlwtx6jrspwo7wft7c/cobra8.jpg?rlkey=wruirumzc2t613qw4qo2x17pt=0 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The unending quest
Well, FWIW, I'm still using the Lowepro Mini Trekker AW. I've used it since the days I mostly carried only 3 lenses - Tokina 28-70 f/2.8; Tokina 80-200 f/2.8 and Sigma 300 f/2.8 plus one body (K10D or K20D) with the other carried on my sling with FA-50 f/1.4 mounted ... or alternatively with the other body carried on the sling with the 28-70 f/2.8 mounted & the FA-50 f/1.4 in the bag. Plus a Sigma 1.4 tele-converter, strobe, spare batteries, chargers & a few other accessories. [... and later the K-3 & K20D ... and later still the K-1/K-3 and most recently K-1/K-3 with the IR converted K20D - 1 in the bag, 1 on the sling & the K20D on a neck strap] If I need to carry any more than that I have the Lowepro Nature Trekker AW II. Haven't thought about looking for another bag for a while, but I might get a Lowepro CompuTrekker AW - just looking at them it seems to be the same as my workhorse Mini Trekker, but with room for a laptop. I also HAVE the Lowepro Fastpak 350 - got it real cheap from Tiger Direct when they had a retail store in the area. Didn't take too long to figure out WHY it was so cheap - didn't have enough carrying capacity to be useful. You do realize that IF you could find a general purpose, all-around bag suitable for EVERY occasion, it wouldn't be an unending quest. Had a GREAT Thanksgiving. Everything I cooked WORKED. I've still got leftovers to pack away, just as soon as I take a nap ... On 11/23/2023 4:51 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I hope that everyone is enjoying their American day of gluttony.I have a topic of conversation that is about as prone to consensus as family thanksgiving debates about politics or religion should prove as popular with y'all as off topic threads about whisky or an interminable pun thread: gear storage and transport, aka camera bags and related. I will observe that preferences for camera bags, tend to be even more personal than preferences in the bedroom, and one’s individual needs, even more diverse. Hell, my camera bag needs will change dramatically depending on whether I’m driving some place for astrolandscapes, or going for a hike in the woods. So… Before you tell me what works for you, think about what I say about my needs, and first let me know of what you think would solve my problems, then you can mention why your preference is the one true camera bag. For many years, I used a Lowepro Fastpak 350, it was big enough to hold all, or then most, of my lenses. Then two things happened, they stopped making them, and I got my K-1. With my K-1 I got a bunch more full frame wider angle of view lenses, many of which are modern designs which are also bigger and heavier. There just wasn’t room in the 350, and I replaced that with a Tenba, which was a bit bigger, and also had external straps for a tripod which worked until I expanded my lens collection even more. Now that bag is just way to effing heavy if I want to be prepared “for whatever”. Also, my job moved to Riverside (about 400 miles south of my home base in Santa Cruz) and I’m spending most of my time there, where I now need to rethink how I store the gear that I’m not immediately using. I’ve been muddling along, and yesterday saw an ad for a think tank rolling airporter bag. At first the system looks awesome, if pricey and there’s a Neewer 2 in 1 for less than half the price, that also has backpack straps. But, I really don’t need wheels, and don’t plan to do much flying in the near future anyways. Besides I have a Pelican case, which in many ways is great, but all that protection weighs a lot and takes up a lot of space. One challenge that I face is that lenses tend to come in three size ranges: small: classic Pentax primes, and most micro 4/3 Medium: modern primes and classic zooms Large: modern zooms, and classic telephoto The challenge is that a camera bag that fits medium/large lenses could carry the small lenses stacked two deep, or stacked over a compartment filled with speedlights etc. but end up with the smaller lenses rattling around loosely. I have found myself with three systems: Micro 4/3: I carry my micro 4/3 on my bike. It does better than my phone (though my phone is catching up) and is about half the weight of my APS Pentax. APS DSLR: My K-3 III makes a great daily driver system. In most shooting situations the results are either indistinquishable from my K-1, or often better. It also has the advantage of the lenses being lighter, and my telephotos have greater reach (yeah I could crop on the K-1 but it still has a faster frame rate, and better autofocus). Full Frame DSLR: When I need a wider angle of view the K-1 still works better than the K-3III because physics. The K-1 lenses all work on the K-3 III but often at the cost of weighing twice as much. What I think that I’d like is a few camera bags, one primarily dedicated to each camera body, with the lenses I most use with that body, and
Re: happy thanksgiving
It will be if the turkey finishes cooking on time. Going well SO FAR! I hope all the rest of y'all have a good turkey day. 56°F outside (about 13°C), but it's sunny, so if the kitchen gets a little too warm all I gotta' do is open the back door & let a little cooler air in. Got family coming, so I gotta' get back to work. On 11/23/2023 12:44 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Happy Thanksgiving to my US odf A friends, hope everyone has a safe holiday. Ours was a month ago in nicer weather, just saying,:-) Dave Try this again using the correct email account ... -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: testing..
FWIW, received here and sorted into the PDML folder. On 11/17/2023 11:07 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: to see if this lands in my PDML folder inbox ann -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Stabilized Eclipse Video
On 11/16/2023 3:06 PM, Larry Colen wrote: That indicates that it is not a total eclipse. The diamond ring shows up when just a very small amount of the sun starts poking out from behind the moon, and in an annular eclipse, there is always some sun visible. If he puts music to the video, it should be Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon". I thought about that, but the cut "Eclipse" is only 2 minutes & 6 seconds, so it's not long enough ... and I don't have a license to use that music anyway. I also thought of going with "Also Sprach Zarathustra" ... but that's kind of a cliché and also the "Sunrise" fanfare is even shorter than "Eclipse". On Nov 16, 2023, at 11:59 AM, mike wilson wrote: Interesting that you didn't get any level of "diamond ring" effect. I'm not sure what that indicates. On 16/11/2023 01:36 GMT John Sessoms wrote: https://flic.kr/p/2pg1zWk Wasn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be. One of my schemes actually worked which smoothed production immensely. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Stabilized Eclipse Video
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_eclipse This was an Annular eclipse. The moon is not quite close enough to earth to completely cover the sun, leaving an annulus - a thin ring of sun visible around the moon at maximum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annulus_(mathematics) The one next April will be a TOTAL eclipse & should have the diamond ring. On 11/16/2023 2:59 PM, mike wilson wrote: Interesting that you didn't get any level of "diamond ring" effect. I'm not sure what that indicates. On 16/11/2023 01:36 GMT John Sessoms wrote: https://flic.kr/p/2pg1zWk Wasn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be. One of my schemes actually worked which smoothed production immensely. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso Shelby Snake
Very nice. Is that the original color? I seem to remember you could have any color you wanted as long as it was blue. On 11/15/2023 8:33 PM, Comcast wrote: Those who know cars, are probably aware that 99 out of 100 Cobras one sees are replicas. This one is the real thing: a ‘64 without the bulging fenders and huge heavy engine of later models. Shot it today for Hagerty. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/b42wxao0rpyun3d8mdiin/cobra1.lowres.JPG?rlkey=vew351z96zg7shyoo8wcoo8bq=0 Paul -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Stabilized Eclipse Video
https://flic.kr/p/2pg1zWk Wasn't as difficult as I thought it was going to be. One of my schemes actually worked which smoothed production immensely. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
October Annular Eclipse
I made a short video of my eclipse photos from my recent trip. https://flic.kr/p/2pfZXbt Rough first approximation. The astro-tracker worked fairly well, but there's a little bit of drift. I'm working on a better version that has all the sun images aligned & I'll crop out most of the negative space ... but if I wait until I get it right I'll probably never get it finished. This is GOOD ENOUGH for now. I'll replace it IF/WHEN I figure out how to do it better. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: test 1 - godfreydigio...@me.com
I saw this one. On 11/11/2023 11:49 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: replies and messages I've sent don't seem to be getting to the list. I'm testing both my email addresses to see if either of these get there. G -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Print Scanner
If it's all 4x6 prints, the low end Epson would probably be the best bet (lowest cost). The software bundled with the scanner should also be good enough. The main thing is scanning takes time. On 11/10/2023 8:41 PM, Ed Keeney wrote: Long time lurker. My sister has been asking me about how to get her old printed photos scanned to digital files. My guess is her family albums of 4x6's. Should she use a service or buy a bulk scanner (vs flatbed). The scanners run $200-$600 depending on quality (Epson FastFoto FF-680W being the high end, Plustek the low end). Hard to spend $600 for what essentially is tool for only a limited amount of time. Does anyone have any experience with either of these? Preferences one way or the other? -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: November PUG is up
If you don't have something topical you can still post an image for the "open gallery". On 11/8/2023 5:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Nov 8, 2023, at 1:46 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 07.11.23 um 22:17 schrieb Brian W: G'day all A small gallery this month - see it here: http://pug.komkon.org/ Small but excellent. Still trying to figure out the link to shipping in Henk's photo... That's beyond my ken as well. Your photo definitely make me LOL -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peso: Prince in IR
I'm finally beginning to look through the photos I've been taking this year including the ones from my recent trip. Starting with something frivolous - my little buddy in IR, in his car seat on our first day on the road. I was just messing around with the K20D I had converted. I don't really have the hang of it yet. Don't really know what's going to make a good IR subject. Anyway ... https://flic.kr/p/2pecoPm -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: System Renewal
Cool! Congratulations. On 10/30/2023 6:36 PM, Comcast wrote: My 8 year old iMac 27 Retina K5 gave up the ghost. It had been getting flakey for awhile. When writing it would sometimes freeze and restart. I sometimes had to grabs snapshot of the screen if I didn’t have a recent save, and then type the text back in after a restart. Finally, it refused to start. The big loss was its 5k monitor which can’t be used separately. I had wanted to upgrade to a silicon Mac that could run the latest photoshop AI tools, so it’s timely, I bought a Mac Mini M2 Pro with much more processing power than my old iMac. For a monitor I bought a 32-inch LG 4K IPS screen, I’ll keep my old 27-inch IPS Dell as a second screen.all considered a fairly economical solution. Paul -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Grand Canyon Shot
That's what led me to conclude it might be a juvenile Golden Eagle. On 10/9/2023 8:46 PM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: There are condors there but the beaks are different. The condors are few. I saw more ravens than anything else. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: On the Road Again ...
I knew about the Balloon Festival, but didn't realize it was going to still be going on when I get there. Maybe I'll get lucky & get a photo of eclipse + balloons. On 10/8/2023 4:45 PM, Adam Montoya wrote: Last day is actually Sunday the 15th. Lots of people showing up in Albuquerque/New Mexico on the 14th to watch the Solar Eclipse as well. Adam --- Original Message --- On Sunday, October 8th, 2023 at 2:06 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Looks like he will just be getting there on the last day .. probably why it was possible. I'm getting reports on FB from a friend . Was there for a combo Scrabble tourney and balloon watching back in 1982.. It's a lot crazier these days! ann On 10/8/2023 2:48 PM, Adam Montoya wrote: I'm amazed you were able to get reservations because we got Balloon Fiesta going on over here. Enjoy the Balloons. The trees are changing color at the top of Sandia right now, so a drive up Highway 536 (takes you up to the Crest) might be in order. -Adam --- Original Message --- On Friday, October 6th, 2023 at 5:52 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I've made reservations. Confirmed reservations. I intend to be in Albuquerque a week from Saturday (14 Oct) ... and this time I've ALREADY made sure I have the instructions in the glove box. Put a copy in there a few minutes ago. After that? Maybe I should turn left or something ... I'm sure I can find SOMETHING out there worth taking a photo of. Also, already double checking cameras, tripods, astro-tracker ... charging up batteries in advance, cleaning lenses ... made damn sure I have my filters. Double checked what time the clinics at the VA open so I can stop by there on the way out of town & get my flu shot and Covid booster. On the road again, Just can't wait to get on the road again, -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- ann sanfedele photography https://annsan.smugmug.com https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Grand Canyon Shot
I was wondering if it might be a Condor. On 10/8/2023 2:30 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: Very nice. Is that some sort of eagle? On October 8, 2023 11:06:21 AM PDT, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101533246@N02/53243596951/in/album-72177720308767271/ To my 77mm album I added the full-frame and crop of a bird shot at the Grand Canyon. 77mm on the K1. -- -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: On the Road Again ...
I've been there & I'm planning to visit again AFTER the eclipse. THEN - Hwy 60W to see the Very Large Array. The biggest thing I have to do is NOT to pack in too many activities so that none of them get the attention they deserve. On 10/6/2023 11:19 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Bosque del Apache NWR is south of Albuquerque and is well worth the drive, Especially early in the morning of around sunset time. Ken Waller -Original Message- From: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Oct 6, 2023 7:52 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: On the Road Again ... I've made reservations. Confirmed reservations. I intend to be in Albuquerque a week from Saturday (14 Oct) ... and this time I've ALREADY made sure I have the instructions in the glove box. Put a copy in there a few minutes ago. After that? Maybe I should turn left or something ... I'm sure I can find SOMETHING out there worth taking a photo of. Also, already double checking cameras, tripods, astro-tracker ... charging up batteries in advance, cleaning lenses ... made damn sure I have my filters. Double checked what time the clinics at the VA open so I can stop by there on the way out of town get my flu shot and Covid booster. On the road again, Just can't wait to get on the road again, -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO 2023 - Walking (262-268) - GDG
I'm pretty sure Godfrey has more than one camera and/or lens. On 10/5/2023 6:50 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Take ONE camera, ONE lens, only shoot in B+W (film) or large/fine jpeg in MONO, wear a macintosh and trilby, and dance away clicking as you go. Guaranteed great shots :-) Cotty On 4 Oct 2023, at 23:10, Rick Womer wrote: Shortly we’re going to be taking a trip to France (first “real” trip since before the pandemic), and that could shake some inspiration loose. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
On the Road Again ...
I've made reservations. Confirmed reservations. I intend to be in Albuquerque a week from Saturday (14 Oct) ... and this time I've ALREADY made sure I have the instructions in the glove box. Put a copy in there a few minutes ago. After that? Maybe I should turn left or something ... I'm sure I can find SOMETHING out there worth taking a photo of. Also, already double checking cameras, tripods, astro-tracker ... charging up batteries in advance, cleaning lenses ... made damn sure I have my filters. Double checked what time the clinics at the VA open so I can stop by there on the way out of town & get my flu shot and Covid booster. On the road again, Just can't wait to get on the road again, -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Ann-San
The storm passed by off the coast, so where I am here inland there was just a bit of light rain, kind of a moderately rainy day ... the kind where you curl up with a good book & enjoy watching it out a window. On 9/30/2023 8:03 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Right where I am it was not a big problem... but as much as only a few bocks away there certainly were - and in other sections, oy. there were walls of water cascading down subway stairs.. many subway lines suspended service. But it was calm enough for me to talk a few blocks to keep my flu shot appointment at the local CVS.. it wasn't windy, just a downpour and my sturdy poncho kept most of me dry. But you must ahve gotten a bit too muchw ater down your way too ,JOhn how did you fare? ann On 9/30/2023 12:15 AM, John Sessoms wrote: I hope you're doing Ok. I saw news that y'all had flash flooding in NYC. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Ann-San
I hope you're doing Ok. I saw news that y'all had flash flooding in NYC. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT PESO Path to somewhere
But it's a nice looking path. On 9/29/2023 9:08 PM, Bill wrote: OT because it's taken with Fuji equipment. https://flic.kr/p/2p47wyP Taken at the Kohan Reflection Garden, New Denver BC. New Denver is a town in BC that had a Japanese/ Canadian internment camp built beside it during WWII. The garden was established in 1989 to honour those Canadian citizens whose freedoms were taken from them at that time. Fuji X-T5, 80/2.8 macro, ISO 125, f/11, 1/20th sec. Enjoy bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Good find today (not Pentax)
On 9/29/2023 12:18 PM, Bob W PDML wrote: On 29 Sep 2023, at 00:52, John Sessoms wrote: […] I don't even think the hole is still there in the wall. […] I looked on street view- the hole’s still there, but the wall has gone. It looks a bit like Blackburn, Lancashire. -- Much less pretentious I think ... there was only the one hole. Raleigh was still kind of a backwater town at the time ... the kind of place that rolled up the sidewalks at 9:00 pm on a Saturday Night. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Good find today (not Pentax)
It was a VERY TINY, little, dingy camera shop the width of a door and a counter ... Maybe 10' wide (3m) and 25' or so deep (7.5m) although I think there was a back room. You walked in the door and there was a counter running the length of the right hand side; couple of hanging fluorescent light fixtures running lengthwise - just bare tubes. The owner sat on a stool behind the counter. I think he was the only employee ... There were shelves stacked up to to ceiling running the length of the room on the right behind the owner, and maybe shelves along the left hand side. I was only in there a couple of times because I couldn't afford to buy anything & it's been more than 50 years, so all I have is a vague visual impression ... almost a monochrome memory. I think he sold Nikon and a lot of used stuff - trade ins. That's what the camera I bought was. https://www.google.com/maps/@35.7791792,-78.6381585,3a,75y,99.69h,91.35t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sjpfrujhXv2hiAlA_cbAKJg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu I may be wrong about the "hole-in-the-wall" not being there any more. If you load the Google Map, it could be the store-front at "107 S. Wilmington St" (white building with grey & rust colored trim & window A/C unit over the door) ... but it hasn't been a camera store in a long, long time. I'll have to go over to the Library where they keep the old phone books and see if I can find a listing in the Yellow Pages, but IIRC, the name was "Capital Camera". https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hole-in-the-wall On 9/29/2023 7:58 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 29.09.23 um 01:52 schrieb John Sessoms: Bought it from a hole-in-the-wall independent... That's what exactly? The only hole in the wall I know is a ATM. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Good find today (not Pentax)
That's cool. My very first SLR, back when I was in college (1968), was a Praktica. It's been a long time, but I don't remember if mine had the "USSR Occupied" stamp on the back. Bought it from a hole-in-the-wall independent here in Raleigh; long since gone, I don't even think the hole is still there in the wall. Got a fairly good deal - camera, two lenses & a flash (bulbs). I wore the shutter out and took it to a guy who repaired cameras in his garage (recommended by the store I bought it from because he was the only guy who worked on odd brands). The guy moved out in the middle of the night & left no forwarding address, so I never got my camera back. But I THINK I still have one of the lenses around here somewhere. Any idea what year it is? I didn't get another SLR until sometime in the mid-80s when I first saw a Pentax at the PX. On 9/28/2023 5:24 PM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: But pretty cool. I love how it’s not E Germany but USSR Occupied https://www.flickr.com/gp/101533246@N02/ut8i4176X2 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Man in the Moon
Hah! On 9/19/2023 11:37 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: A phone shot of the man in the moon. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/w09a2ijewx9rmh1afud38/moon.jpg?rlkey=kj039zllibgkkvj4ajes8utss=0 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Fire in Phalaborwa
I'm glad you're ok and that no one died from the fire. On 9/17/2023 1:28 AM, Alan C wrote: Yesterday was a very hot day (40°C) in Phalaborwa with strong winds from the west. A veld fire broke out to the West of the town & rapidly got of control, jumping Spekboom Street on the western boundary & setting several thatched roofed houses on fire including the iconic Elegant Guest House. All available local firefighting services from the town fire brigade & mines were on the scene & a firefighting helicopter was brought in from Tzaneen but It still took 10 hours to bring the fire under control. 12 houses were totally destroyed & others damaged but fortunately there was no loss of life. By far the worst disaster in Phalaborwa in the 47 years I have been here. Much cooler today but the air is still filled with smoke. I felt it would be ghoulish to take photos but you can find some on the internet if you look. Alan C -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Some shots just after dawn
Those are nice. I'd be proud to produce something that good. On 9/15/2023 2:17 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: Sun is rising here now just after 7 o'clock. Last week I decided to get out of my bed early to shoot some sunrises because some fog was predicted. It was a pleasant experience as I ended up with a few shots of roe deer in the morning light: https://flic.kr/p/2p1tBMy https://flic.kr/p/2p1sjQm https://flic.kr/p/2p1uzcn Henk -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Redwood City Photo Fair
Well, I hope it went well for you. On 8/27/2023 12:27 AM, Juan Buhler wrote: A bit of late notice, but if any of you PDMLers are in the San Francisco Bay Area, tomorrow Sunday 27th there’s a phot fair in Redwood City: Highlands Community Club 1665 Fernside St. 94061 show time: 8:45am - 1:30 pm I’ll be there with a table, selling some old stuff including some Pentax cameras and lenses. Come say hi! j http://juanbuhler.com Sent from my iPhone -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Fwd: PESO: Spring is Sprung
I see the trees all three times, but nary a robin. On 8/22/2023 10:40 PM, mike wilson wrote: All three getting through fine here. On 22/08/2023 09:54 Alan C wrote: Trying again Forwarded Message Subject:PESO: Spring is Sprung Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 08:06:46 +0200 From: Alan C To: Pentax Discus Mail List An early morning snap of the Knoppiesdoorn (Knob-thorn - Acacia Nigrescens) tree on our corner. Always the first harbinger of Spring right on the Equinox. The Hueglin's Robin has been kicking up a racket since 3am. https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/53132973417/ K5 & HD 55-300 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Australia - Brisbane and Perth
I did a quick Google Maps search of Brisbane and there are a bunch of camera stores in Brisbane. Checking just a few via their web pages, some of them do stock B film ... You could check them online & search to see if any of them stock the B film you prefer to use. I didn't do a search for Perth ... HTH. On 8/12/2023 3:15 AM, pkn291...@gmail.com wrote: I am planning a trip to Australia end of October. It is a family visit trip so not much photography time other than family photo's. Any suggestions of places to visit in two area's and surroundings if I get a chance? Any places where I can buy black and white film or should I take enough with me. Will probably take the K3 and a mz5n. Thanks for any input Patrick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
KEH commercial
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Re: Lightroom requires a TB??
Yeah, but I DO mind paying monthly rental & CS6 (64-bit) runs just fine on the system I built specifically for Photoshop. On 7/19/2023 9:33 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I don’t mind paying ten bucks a month for the latest versions of photoshop, bridge, and Lightroom, I had CS6 as well, but it won’t run on current Mac OSX. The new photoshop is substantially better than CS6. Paul On Jul 19, 2023, at 7:37 PM, John Sessoms wrote: On 7/18/2023 11:02 AM, Bill wrote: I see your point, but prior to the subscription model, Photoshop was the most pirated software of any, with something like 80% or more of Photoshop installations being pirated. Adobe had to do something. They have shareholders to answer to. There was no upgrade path from PhotoshopCS5 to PhotoshopCS6 Extended Edition and I was advised to get the extended edition since it was going to be the last standalone perpetual license version. I ended up paying full shrink wrap RETAIL ($700+) for it, but I don't have to pay a monthly ransom to continue using it. And now it appears Adobe has actual competitors, so if PhotoshopCS6-EE ever proves to be inadequate ... -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lightroom requires a TB??
On 7/18/2023 11:02 AM, Bill wrote: I see your point, but prior to the subscription model, Photoshop was the most pirated software of any, with something like 80% or more of Photoshop installations being pirated. Adobe had to do something. They have shareholders to answer to. There was no upgrade path from PhotoshopCS5 to PhotoshopCS6 Extended Edition and I was advised to get the extended edition since it was going to be the last standalone perpetual license version. I ended up paying full shrink wrap RETAIL ($700+) for it, but I don't have to pay a monthly ransom to continue using it. And now it appears Adobe has actual competitors, so if PhotoshopCS6-EE ever proves to be inadequate ... -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lightroom requires a TB??
On 7/18/2023 10:11 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:
Am 18.07.23 um 15:07 schrieb Bill:
Subscription services seem to be the way of the future.
Either that or you'll only get updates for a year. Still leaves you with
the option of continuing with the older version.
Then again, in many cases there is a new version every year that
includes new or improved functions and you'll upgrade anyhow.
What I hate are schemes like Adobe's where you lose all use of the
software if you don't keep on paying. ("Buy once, pay forever.")
Ralf
Which is why I'm still using the last perpetual license version of
Photoshop - PhotoshopCS6 ...
The only real problem I've had with that is ALL the tutorials on YouTube
assume the latest rent-ware version. Sometimes I have to figure out how
to duplicate some new built-in feature; or find a different tutorial.
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Re: IR Photography
And if I ever have another camera converted, I'll go ahead and have the filter completely removed to give me a full-spectrum camera. On 7/13/2023 5:03 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 13.07.23 um 10:22 schrieb Alan C: I'll source a #87 filter and give my dormant K110D a whirl as a dedicated IR camera. The K110D should work. Basically everything before the K10D. Better still, have its built-in IR filter removed. Ralf -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: IR Photography
I watched a video on InfraRed photography that emphasized the utility of shooting when the light is NOT so good; too hot, too harsh, to specular in the middle of the day. Even before Covid, I was having problems getting out and shooting in the golden hours & IR looked like something I could do with the time when I WAS able to go out & shoot. With digital you can get some kind of immediate feedback so it's not like shooting film. I hope it's going to complement my other photography, not replace it. AND I think some of the apparent problem with the focus is the softness of in camera JPEG conversions. AND ALSO ... I'm at the very beginning of the learning curve. Further, I've re-read the explanation about (665nm) IR. I now think it cuts off the color in the blue & green part of the spectrum leaving the spectrum ABOVE 665nm - oranges, reds & invisible InfraRed ... Anyway, I'm still learning. On 7/13/2023 2:53 AM, Alan C wrote: Interesting. To me it is more of an art form than serious photography. Many moons ago I tried a couple of rolls of B/W IR film. Needed a special filter to block out visible light - made a slide on holder from thin cardboard. Exposures were around f8 from about 0.5 to 5 sec (pot luck!) which made a tripod mandatory - still have the very same tripod. Manual guesstimate timing on "B" with a cable release. Focusing was a nightmare because the filter was so dark I had to focus without the filter & then slide it in and adjust to the IR mark on my Supertak 55/2 (which I still have!). Pity I didn't think of Larry's sticky tape astro method to lock the focus. Only 2 or 3 shots out of the 48 were even on the verge of acceptability so that was the end of my adventure. Alan C On 13-Jul-23 04:59 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 12, 2023, at 7:06 PM, John Sessoms wrote: On 7/12/2023 7:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 12, 2023, at 4:47 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I had my K20D converted to Amplified Color (665nm) IR. Had my first chance to test it out today. Didn't notice they'd reset the default output to JPEG, so I'm going to have to make another test outing. Yeah, that bit me when I took my K20 to burning man after having it repaired. When I got home and started to process the photos I couldn't figure out why they wouldn't adjust properly. First thing I've noticed is it doesn't seem to work very well if it's not bright sunlight. Test shots I took indoors don't show ANY image unless I boost the ISO way high & use high exposure compensation. So you have it blocking all visible light? "IF" I understand what they did, they replaced the regular IR filter with another filter that passes IR below 665nm so that I get visible light PLUS the upper end of the IR spectrum ... ??? You *should* be able to get shots indoors just as you would with a standard camera. IR is supposed to be really good for harsh daylight (shooting in the middle of the day), so I took it out from 1:00 to 3:00 today to photograph a field of sunflowers that are just coming into bloom. I had it at F8 using the SMC Pentax-DA 1:1.8 50mm lens it seems like everything is really soft (out of focus?) except for stuff out on the horizon. I've got to go out and make another test, but anyone got ideas? You'll need to focus based on the live view, which is what the sensor sees, either that or manually focus based ton the distance scale and the little red dot that shows the IR focus point. The autofocus system focuses for the visual spectrum, but IR focuses differently. H? The K20D has live view? Hmmm, that’s an issue. Maybe take some test shots and look at the preview screen zoomed in. If you photograph under LED or fluorescent light there should be no IR. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email topdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email topdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: IR Photography
On 7/12/2023 7:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jul 12, 2023, at 4:47 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I had my K20D converted to Amplified Color (665nm) IR. Had my first chance to test it out today. Didn't notice they'd reset the default output to JPEG, so I'm going to have to make another test outing. Yeah, that bit me when I took my K20 to burning man after having it repaired. When I got home and started to process the photos I couldn't figure out why they wouldn't adjust properly. First thing I've noticed is it doesn't seem to work very well if it's not bright sunlight. Test shots I took indoors don't show ANY image unless I boost the ISO way high & use high exposure compensation. So you have it blocking all visible light? "IF" I understand what they did, they replaced the regular IR filter with another filter that passes IR below 665nm so that I get visible light PLUS the upper end of the IR spectrum ... ??? IR is supposed to be really good for harsh daylight (shooting in the middle of the day), so I took it out from 1:00 to 3:00 today to photograph a field of sunflowers that are just coming into bloom. I had it at F8 using the SMC Pentax-DA 1:1.8 50mm lens it seems like everything is really soft (out of focus?) except for stuff out on the horizon. I've got to go out and make another test, but anyone got ideas? You'll need to focus based on the live view, which is what the sensor sees, either that or manually focus based ton the distance scale and the little red dot that shows the IR focus point. The autofocus system focuses for the visual spectrum, but IR focuses differently. H? The K20D has live view? -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
IR Photography
I had my K20D converted to Amplified Color (665nm) IR. Had my first chance to test it out today. Didn't notice they'd reset the default output to JPEG, so I'm going to have to make another test outing. First thing I've noticed is it doesn't seem to work very well if it's not bright sunlight. Test shots I took indoors don't show ANY image unless I boost the ISO way high & use high exposure compensation. IR is supposed to be really good for harsh daylight (shooting in the middle of the day), so I took it out from 1:00 to 3:00 today to photograph a field of sunflowers that are just coming into bloom. I had it at F8 using the SMC Pentax-DA 1:1.8 50mm lens it seems like everything is really soft (out of focus?) except for stuff out on the horizon. I've got to go out and make another test, but anyone got ideas? -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - 30th St. Station
OTOH, I think the future would be a bit brighter if train stations still attracted crowds ... On 7/2/2023 6:48 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Rick I think you posted a few of these before.. this time around I like the photo of the ticket area best.. - which I DON"T remember seeing before. Like all the ones without crowds in them more than those that do. ann On 7/2/2023 5:11 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I haven’t posted in a long time, but I’ve been taking lots of photos. Three of us who took a photo workshop at a local art school last year have been taking a photo walk together every couple of months, and then gathering to view and comment on each others’ work a few weeks later. A recent outing was to 30th St. Station, Philadelphia’s still-busy train station. Here are some of my shots from that outing: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2023/30th-Street-Station/ In the first pic, the glass-roofed bridge-like structure serves the commuter rail lines. The more solid structure on the right is the “real” station. The tracks for the Amtrak trains are below its floor. Commentary and criticism both welcome! Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Curious ...
I've used it. It worked in so far as the frames lined up properly. On 6/28/2023 9:29 AM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Anyone here EVER use the double-exposure capacity of the LX? I always thought it was cool, but never needed it so never got one. (The only other PK body I’ve seen with double-exposure is that Promaster 2500 PK) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Getting settled
I'm in the new house now. Starting to get settled in - unpacking; getting furniture out of the POD; assembling my home network so my internet computer, my Photoshop computer & my file servers can talk to each other; ... getting an electrician in to fix the F#*@-UP with the kitchen wiring (IDIOTS cut off the ground wires - GFI won't work because there's NO GROUND for it to detect ground faults). Got to get that fixed right away. Soonest I could get an electrician scheduled was tomorrow (Monday) from 12 - 3. I hope he can get it fixed in that time, but if not ... it will take however long it will take. I did get out today and found the nearest access point to the Greenway System, so I'll have a place to walk & maybe finally get to take a few photographs. Took Prince along with me and then we went to Lowe's & bought what I'll need to mount devices on the walls. Anyway, my life is getting back to semi-normal and maybe I'll be able to get back to productive photography soon. I had my K20D converted for infra-red several months back and I haven't had a chance to test it out yet. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Whatever became of this lens?
Ricoh does have the correct image on their site for a NEW lens: https://us.ricoh-imaging.com/product/smc-pentax-fa-35mm-f2-0-al/ It appears that just the refurbished lens has the wrong photo. Also, Juan Buhler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdbVcA5cTIs On 6/16/2023 2:38 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: https://us.ricoh-imaging.com/product/smc-pentax-fa-35mm-f2-0-al-refurbished/ For a moment I thought this was some kind of new, D-FA lens until I realized they're simply referring to the old FA 35/2 and have the wrong photo with it. (Perhaps they just use that as a generic photo with certain postings?) -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GFM 2023
Wish I could be there, but 09 Jun was my deadline to be out of my old house. But I am now "moved in"; for values of "moved in" == most of the boxes are here & I'll be finding stuff as soon as I can open them ... I hope Also still have to move most of my furniture out of the POD. I'm just realizing this house is only half the size of my old house. On 6/8/2023 7:28 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: The 2023 Nature Photography Weekend gets underway tomorrow at Grandfather Mountain. Doug and I arrived yesterday and have already been stirring up trouble. Feels good to be back! I'm going to try to post photos throughout the weekend but I have only one to start with. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720308917375 More to come! -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Time machine
Hard drives are relatively cheap. IF Time Machine is having a problem, get a new drive and start afresh. Save the old drive. On 5/13/2023 9:52 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 8:40 AM David J Brooks wrote: Have I screwed myself here? To free up some space in my time machine drive I moved 47 backup files from 2014 to trash. I kinda winced when I read that, Dave. ;-) You really need to leave Time Machine alone to manage its own files. Many snapshots are dependent on earlier data being there to be coherent. Normally it clears space automatically as it needs room for new backup snapshots. Sometimes the best thing to do with a malfunctioning Time Machine is format the drive and restart TM using it. Basically, just reset and start again. Of course you lose all the backups until now so you are taking a risk, but just take care for the first few days until you have a full and complete backup and a snapshot or two on the disk and you should be good to go. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Life Update:
That sure beats my 48 years here. Wish I could have stayed, but ... There's a song that goes "You can't always get what you want, but ... sometimes you get what you need." I think this new situation might be that. I hope it will. That's what I'm gonna' try to do anyway. On 5/13/2023 8:10 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: 54 years in my low rent lovely apartment in a great neighborhood .. thanks to a landlord who is not trying to push me out of my rent controlled walk-up and the laws protecting me from same if he were to try. Hoping no assholes charge their motorbike lithium ion battries in the vicinity and the gas mains and water pipes on my block stay funcitoning. But the agony of moving at an advanced age especially is not just the physical awfulness and thr brain drain if you have lived somewhere a long time but that it is home filled with wonderful memories, the ease of getting around in a place you know the neighbors who are your friends. Easier if you are half of a long standing happy couple, but not by much. At 21 I couldn't wait to get away from home - it was an adventure - By the time my ex , Bob Sanfedele, and I moved in here I had moved 10 times.. and there were 4 moves with my parents before that.. John, I hope the new place will be welcoming and you and your furry four legged buddy will settle in . Looking forward to photos.. ann On 5/13/2023 4:30 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 13.05.23 um 02:44 schrieb Rick Womer: Moving is agony. We’ve been fortunate in not doing it in 37 years. 38 here. I'd love to go somewhere else but the idea of moving gives me the creeps. Or as they say here: three moves equal one house fire. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Life Update:
Have to move. Get out while the getting is good. On 5/12/2023 5:44 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Good luck John. Are you moving because you *want* to move? Moving is such a chore…. Cot On 12 May 2023, at 22:33, John Sessoms wrote: I think I may actually make my deadlines. Wish me luck. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software. www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
