Re: GESO: Accepted into the Eddie Adams workshop!
On 6/21/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyway--in the application, I had to answer whether I could 'operate a Nikon DSLR'. I said yes,snip Just set it to auto-everything, or programme, or whatever Nikon calls it and snap, right? Hey, you still have to know how to point the camera and when to press the round button... Wish they automated that part, I'd have 50% of my life back :) Thanks Frank and the rest for the good wishes. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Accepted into the Eddie Adams workshop!
On 6/20/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations on being accepted into the workshop, hopefully they won't make you leave your Pentax at the door. From my cold, dead fingers. Or, previous receipt of a Leica M8 :) Thanks Bill. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
GESO: Accepted into the Eddie Adams workshop!
Hello all, You have all seen these pictures, most probably. Same tired old ones. But the good news is, I was accepted into the Eddie Adams workshop this year! This is part of the portfolio I submitted: http://www.eddieadamsworkshop.com/usr/usr-show?U_ID=UgYgYJTjdvr0 (for some reason they only posted ten of them) Anyway--in the application, I had to answer whether I could 'operate a Nikon DSLR'. I said yes, yet I'll take my K10D to the workshop with me... :) j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: NEWS !! Pentax AP ...
Not a production camera, btw. I wish they made a version of the K10D without flash and that shape prism, in black. Much nicer IMO, for those of us who never use a flash anyway. j On 6/1/07, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gz I want one !! 2007/6/1, Michel Carrère-Gée [EMAIL PROTECTED]: New DSLR: AP 50th Anniv A chrome K10D with Spotmatic look , and DA 2.8/40 http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036thread=23454403 http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fdc.watch.impress.co.jp%2Fcda%2Fother%2F2007%2F06%2F01%2F6368.htmllangpair=ja%7Cenhl=frie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8prev=%2Flanguage_tools -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: My new book
Hi Ann, Thanks! No, I don't remember pointing you to it... The quality of the books is much better than Lulu. That's the only reason I'm going with them, otherwise, Lulu has been fine as a company. As for the process of making the book, it is also easier with Blurb, as they have a program that guides you through it. It might be this way nowadays with Lulu, but I wouldn't know as the last book I made with them was months ago. Cheers, j On 5/21/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looks great, Juan -- I've certainly seen a few of these before - did you point me to that off list before the book was done? Did you find this place better than LULU? I still haven't been able to really get down to work on mine that I thought I'd do through lulu but if you gave up on them there must be a good reason. Print quality? other hassles? TIA and good luck with the book ann Juan Buhler wrote: Hello all, I've finished the book I mentioned here a few weeks ago. It's 8x10 inches, hard or softcover. 30 photographs taken between 2000 and 2004. For those of you who remember my first book from last year, I must say that no Swedes were hurt in the making of this one :) The pictures in the book are here: http://www.jbuhler.com/sp2000-2004/nbop.html And the book itself can be gotten here: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/53660 Thanks for reading, j -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
My new book
Hello all, I've finished the book I mentioned here a few weeks ago. It's 8x10 inches, hard or softcover. 30 photographs taken between 2000 and 2004. For those of you who remember my first book from last year, I must say that no Swedes were hurt in the making of this one :) The pictures in the book are here: http://www.jbuhler.com/sp2000-2004/nbop.html And the book itself can be gotten here: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/53660 Thanks for reading, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: My new book
Thanks everybody for the nice comments! j On 5/16/07, Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations Juan, I also liked Paris 2003, Salamanca 2004 and Los Angeles 2001. Buena suerte ;-) Fernando On 5/16/07, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I've finished the book I mentioned here a few weeks ago. It's 8x10 inches, hard or softcover. 30 photographs taken between 2000 and 2004. For those of you who remember my first book from last year, I must say that no Swedes were hurt in the making of this one :) The pictures in the book are here: http://www.jbuhler.com/sp2000-2004/nbop.html And the book itself can be gotten here: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/53660 Thanks for reading, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Going to have to start carrying a camera again
I missed a shot today too: this morning, for some silly reason I put the FA50/1.7 on the K10D before going out. Walking in the coffee shop, I turned I saw, about two meters from me, a guy walking three small dogs, two of them carrying a newspaper each in their mouths. Lens too long, I was too close, even if I had been farther the perspective would be all wrong. I had taken out the DA21 ten minutes before... j On 4/25/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Missed shot today: College student riding a self-propelled beer cooler down the road. Kind of looked like he had taken one of those fold-up electric scooters, cut it in half and mounted both ends under a plastic cooler. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO: New book, old photos
On 4/24/07, Fernando Terrazzino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice selection. I've already seen most of them in your website. I'm just wondering, when you decide on how to order these photos in your book, do you use some system? like select the ones you consider better and scatter them between the others or just sort them chronologically. Just curious. Hi Fernando, I do sort them, but not in any of those ways. I just try to make them flow in some way. Most times I look for a thematic link between consecutive images. Some times it's a compositional thing, and some times, there is a complete break. I find that when trying to order about 25-30 images in this way I end up with 2-3 breaks of the flow. This group was a bit harder because they are images made over 5 years or so. But that's what I usually do... Thanks for the comment! j On 4/22/07, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I decided to compile some of my street photos taken between 2000 and 2004 in a book. I am going to try with Blurb (http://www.blurb.com). It will be 8x10 inches, 62 pages, hardcover. The book is printing right now. As soon as I get the first copy and verify that I'm happy with the quality, I will post here again in case anyone wants a copy :) These are the pictures in the book, in the order they'll appear. http://www.jbuhler.com/sp2000-2004/nbop.html Comments very welcome--I will be able to revise the order of the pictures and maybe the selection before making it final... Thanks for looking, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
GESO: New book, old photos
Hello all, I decided to compile some of my street photos taken between 2000 and 2004 in a book. I am going to try with Blurb (http://www.blurb.com). It will be 8x10 inches, 62 pages, hardcover. The book is printing right now. As soon as I get the first copy and verify that I'm happy with the quality, I will post here again in case anyone wants a copy :) These are the pictures in the book, in the order they'll appear. http://www.jbuhler.com/sp2000-2004/nbop.html Comments very welcome--I will be able to revise the order of the pictures and maybe the selection before making it final... Thanks for looking, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Image File Transfers - CD to DVD
I second Godfrey's advice. I just got two WD Mybook 500GB drives. USB 2 + Firewire, ~$170 at Newegg: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136030 They are set up as one 500GB RAID volume, and have all my istD, K10D, film scans, and images from various ps cameras. I do have some extra redundancy though: one 250 and one 180 drives that used to have the same data are still there. Plus my 'keepers' are in my ipod, which mostly lives at work. Plus in my spare time I'm slowly making two sets of DVDs, and will leave one at work and the other in my apartment in Argentina, just in case. Call me paranoid :) j On 4/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do yourself a huge favor: - Buy a pair of Seagate 500Gbyte external drives. I was at Fry's just yesterday ... in USB 2.0 only enclosures, these drives would cost $119 apiece; USB2/FireWire 400 enclosures and the price goes up to $190 right now. - Move all the data from the CDs/DVDs to one of the drives. - Copy the entire drive to the other. - Backup new data, as you generate it, to both drives. - Dismount, disconnect, and unplug the drives when not in use for backup. When they become outdated by 1Terabyte drives at the same price, buy another pair and move the data to them. etc It's the most efficient, easily maintained, reliable backup/archive system available today. You can get some low-cost backup software that will make doing this job fast, easy, consistent and efficient. I do this myself, have been for five years now. It works flawlessly and is FAR easier to maintain than mountains of CDs and DVDs. And it's fast enough to actually be useful. Godfrey On Apr 21, 2007, at 7:03 PM, Mark Cassino wrote: One of the things that was kicked around with the advent of digital was the need to move data from one storage medium to another as they become obsolete. A couple of days ago ago I decided to move the data off 69 CD's, which held the best of my *ist-D shots for the first few months I had it, before getting a DVD burner. I have to say - it was more of a hassle than I expected. I have a spare computer here and just fed it the CD's as I was working on the main PC. The CD's were about 5 years old and none of them were bad - but some read fairly slowly, sometimes taking up to 15 minutes to copy onto the hard drive, vs 3 to 5 minutes for most. A couple failed with CRC errors on the first attempt, but then copied successfully after taking them out and wiping them with a lens cleaning cloth. Now I have 42 gigs of files to burn onto a few DVD's. My main motivation for doing this was to make it easier to find some images - these CD's had the original PEF's plus 16 bit final TIFF's on them, and the files came together in a way that left room for only 5 or 6 images per CD, with a fair amount of wasted space on each disk. Over all though, it took hours to copy these files. Since it was a background task on a machine that I just use for scanning and streaming NPR, it wasn't a major problem. But I have roughly 700 more CD's that someday will have to be moved - if not onto DVD's then onto some future media. The thought of that makes me shudder... - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - for those of you who have DVD equip that can playPAL
On 4/19/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I watch TV because I like it. So there. Nyah, nyah. (Not to you, Paul, to all these pretentious snobs who can't stoop to paying attention to popular culture. Which I think is valid just to keep in touch with what a majority of people are paying attention to, regardless of any other reason.) Add me to the snobs list, but I don't have a TV either. It takes too much space and too much of my time. I know I have a long attention span, and I don't want to spend Saturday mornings watching infomercials (you mean that knife can cut through a soda can and *still* make a clean cut on that tomato?!? --I could watch that stuff for hours) Why would I pay for a big device that takes a lot of space in my apartment, and then pay some money every month, to have time taken off my life? The good stuff on TV appears on DVD or online sooner or later. Same for the good films that I miss on theaters or on the regular screening we get at work. DVDs, I watch on my computer. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Epson V700 tests - 35mm film scan
Nice, Godfrey. I'm not going to comment on the scans themselves though, but on your remark of during a trip to Munich in 1997 as seen above. That's the view across Rue Rivoli, from the NE corner of the Hotel de Ville. Basically, across the street from where Doisneau shot his kiss picture. It doesn't get more Paris than that! j On 4/20/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo, I took a 35mm film negative and scanned it a variety of ways with the Epson V700, Nikon LS-40 and Minolta Scan Dual II. Here is a page with links to 1:1 detail snippets and two sizings of the image, scanned at two different resolutions with the V700 and at max rez with the LS-40. (I didn't include the Scan Dual II as its output is for all intents and purposes identical in this case to the Nikon LS-40.) http://homepage.mac.com/godders/V700_35test/ Overall, my conclusions: - You can make some very high quality scans even of 35mm negatives with the V700. - It's not as convenient to use as the dedicated film scanners, and the Nikon is significantly easier to use than the Minolta (as well as faster). - The film scanners resolve more than the V700, even with lower resolution. They pick up minute scratches and dust particle images that are simply too small for the V700 to capture. However, with suitable post processing, the results in print look nearly identical. The last tests I'm doing are for Minox 8x11 subminiature film format scanning Then I want to get back to doing photography. ;-) Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
An interesting way to share full res images
I think this is a very neat way to show full res images on a list like this, giving people the chance to see full detail but making it relatively hard to download the full file: http://gmapuploader.com/iframe.php?mapId=nBRt2KWIsZ (javascript required) The photo is one known by some of you--Seattle, 2005 - istD, FA35/2 Go to http://gmapuploader.com if you want to try it yourself. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Please unenable me!
On 4/14/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well said! This is the kind of rich know-nothing idiot who uses Leicas: http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2003/jul/cbresson/corbis/ cbresson_ut0143043.jpg Bah. That guy looks like a painter, actually. I'd much rather look like this one: http://tinyurl.com/2rfp87 j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Please unenable me!
On 4/14/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Furthermore, look at the subject: Please unenable me! He asked for arguments against a Leica purchase. He got 'em. Paul Of course. I'm not one to make a purchase like this lightly, even if I can afford it. About the next version: knowing Leica, that might well be in 5-8 years... j On Apr 14, 2007, at 10:54 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Even the diehard Leica shooters are a bit unhappy with the M8. I think that is the sentiment that is reflected in most of these comments. It has nothing to do with envy or bigotry. If I were looking for a Leica digital, I would wait for the next version. And if I could afford one, I would probably want one. Leicas are great. I still enjoy fondling my iiif RD, although I rarely use it any more. Paul On Apr 14, 2007, at 10:40 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Thinking a little more on this and reading the sentiments posted after mine ... I know a lot of Leica owners. Many are wealthy lawyers and doctors who hobby in photography, that's true. But many are also very talented and passionate photographers who use their Leica equipment, much as I did. A number are also professionals. Just because the equipment they prefer is very high priced doesn't mean that they're just posh jerks looking for a status symbol. Hasselblads are also very expensive and lots of wealthy doctors and lawyers own them, but they're also the most commonly used medium format camera in the professional world. I find it sad to see photographic enthusiasts belittling other photographers and photographic enthusiasts just because they like/have/use an expensive camera. It smacks of envy and bigotry. I'm still waiting to see what the Sigma DP-1 is like when it becomes available as I think that will satisfy the yen I have for a compact camera in the line of the Leica M8 or Epson RD-1. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Please unenable me!
On 4/14/07, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no easy way around this - the Leica M8 IS a lovely camera.? But it's not for the same work as a Pentax DSLR. Can you imagine shooting soccer game (with a 170-500mm zoom) with a M8? Sure. You can say a similar thing about doing street photography with a DSLR with a mirror slap and a diaphragm that closes every time you take a picture, completely giving you away. Some people make that work. I'm sure a talented photographer would make great soccer pictures with a Leica and a short fixed lens. [...] its' a life style, a status symbol. Take the M8 for a ride in your Porche, and bring it to the theatre, the opera, the exhibition etc. - whereever you go to enjoy life. People buy an M8 for the same resons you buy a Porche, Ferrari or BMW. Dude that's presumptuous. I drive a late 90's Honda, worth about half what that M8 would cost. I don't care to get a new car. I do care to have a camera that works the way I work in the street. IOW, the features I need from a car I can get from a cheap Honda. The ones I'd like in a camera it seems I can only get from Leica, or from the Epson RD-1, except for its drawbacks. Take your Pentax to the ballgame, the beach, the hike, anywhere you go - to take pictures. The SLR/DSLR is the choise of photographers. People buy a DSLR to take pictures. Bob already answered this quite eloquently... j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Please unenable me!
On 4/14/07, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My dealer want's to sell me a M6 - NEW. For 1500 USD. Is that too expensive? Yes. Buy a Rebel XT instead--you'll be much better off. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Please unenable me!
As some of you know, I've been missing my Leica rangefinder since I returned to Pentax in 2004 with an istD. Now, I wasn't really thinking seriously about buying an M8 until today, when two things happened: I realized I'm getting a nice tax refund that I wasn't counting on (I know, it was my money all the time, but still), and I saw the camera, in stock at KS in Palo Alto (I won't buy there btw, they always treat me pretty badly.) Please, help me save $5000 and stay on the Pentax side... Or, help me rationalize this crazy purchase :) j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Please unenable me!
I do have an M6, with a Summicron 50, a Voigtlander 28/3.5, and a Jupiter 35/2.8. And I still use it, lately I've been shooting color film with it so I can have almost the same bw workflow as I use with digital. The M6 is the camera I 'learned' to do street photography with, that's why the M8 would be perfect. The RD-1 I'm not so sure about--it seems to have had some QC issues, plus frankly, I think it is less bang for the buck than the M8. Thanks everybody for the answers! I'll let you know what I decide... j On 4/13/07, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Juan, I've been wondering for a long time why don't you shoot range finder. It is so much fits your style. I cannot say much for M8, but if you could still use film, I think it would be preferable. I honestly think M8 was served not fully cooked, so to say. Otherwise - if you can - go for it. You have Japanese Leica (Pentax) and you'll have real one too ;-). Or you can buy this Epson camera (R-D1 or something) which is way cheaper and probably quite good enough. Boris Juan Buhler wrote: As some of you know, I've been missing my Leica rangefinder since I returned to Pentax in 2004 with an istD. Now, I wasn't really thinking seriously about buying an M8 until today, when two things happened: I realized I'm getting a nice tax refund that I wasn't counting on (I know, it was my money all the time, but still), and I saw the camera, in stock at KS in Palo Alto (I won't buy there btw, they always treat me pretty badly.) Please, help me save $5000 and stay on the Pentax side... Or, help me rationalize this crazy purchase :) j -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Interesting...
The only SD card I was using with the K10D was a Sandisk Ultra II 2GB. When in RAW (PEF) mode, with the card just formatted, the camera indicates 121 frames left. I just ordered a couple of Transcend 2GB 150x cards. With these, the K10D indicates 123 frames. Why the difference? Anyone know? It's strange that, being this memory, the two cards would format to a different amount of bytes, isn't it? j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: color film for BW
Being spoiled by the amount of control I get for BW conversions from the DSLRs, I decided to shoot some color film while thinking bw. This was shot on Kodak Portra 160. OT, since the camera was the M6 with Summicron 50. Sorry. I'm happy with the result, and probably will be shooting this way often. One of my MXs is loaded with Portra 400 right now. http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=749 Note: the link goes to a 9000dpi, 16 bit tiff drum scan of the original negative. To view, please download it, have it transferred to film, and printed on fiber paper by a master printer. I suggest using Picto, in Paris. If you don't do this, you don't GET to see my photo, and OBVIOUSLY you don't CARE about photography at all. :) j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: color film for BW
That's right, it was Portra VC. One of the free rolls Kodak sent me via that promotion they had a few months ago. Thanks for the comment! j On 4/3/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Excellent. Which Portra are you using, NC or VC? I'm guessing VC by the contrast. Hmm, gonna have to try this. -Adam Juan Buhler wrote: Being spoiled by the amount of control I get for BW conversions from the DSLRs, I decided to shoot some color film while thinking bw. This was shot on Kodak Portra 160. OT, since the camera was the M6 with Summicron 50. Sorry. I'm happy with the result, and probably will be shooting this way often. One of my MXs is loaded with Portra 400 right now. http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=749 Note: the link goes to a 9000dpi, 16 bit tiff drum scan of the original negative. To view, please download it, have it transferred to film, and printed on fiber paper by a master printer. I suggest using Picto, in Paris. If you don't do this, you don't GET to see my photo, and OBVIOUSLY you don't CARE about photography at all. :) j -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: color film for BW
I recently took out the Nikon LS-40 film scanner that I purchased last year and am horrified to discover that I need to re-learn scanning again. Sheesh, it's been a LONG while since I did much scanning... I'm out of practice! Thanks Godfrey. I've been scanning my BW film, but this jpeg was made from the CD with the pics that I ordered at Walgreens :) I think it's an extra $2 or $3, bringing the total for a roll to $6.50 or so for developing + CD (no prints.) The images in the CD are only 1800 pixels wide, so I'll have to scan them for real when I print them, but it's really convenient. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Winogrand interview
This has been making the rounds in the last week, but I haven't seen in the list. I'm sure some of you will enjoy it. Garry Winogrand with Bill Moyers (video) http://2point8.whileseated.org/?p=152 j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Takumar vs. Powerbook, round one.
On 3/27/07, Jim King [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can recommend the Toshiba MK1234GAX 120GB 2.5 HDD. I replaced the 80 Gb HD in my PB G4 1.25GHZ with this one a couple of months ago and it's a definite improvement. Newegg has this drive for $85 right now. BTW: Is there a trivial way in the Mac to duplicate the existing main drive? I'm tempted to upgrade my 12 PB drive with 160GB, but I wouldn't want to start from a blank OS X install if I don't have to. I'll check disk utility tonight when I get home... j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT: like having a new scanner
I have a Polaroid Sprintscan 4000. It's a great scanner, but the problem is that it had a scsi interface. So for a few years now it forced me to keep my old Windows PC around. I bought this: http://www.ratocsystems.com/english/products/FR1SX.html It's a SCSI-Firewire interface. I just tried it, and it works beautifully. Vuescan sees the Polaroid from OSX in my Powerbook, and the scans even look better than they did with Silverfast from the PC (or maybe I'm just happy about not having to use Windows ever again.) Highly recommended if you have an older scsi scanner that you want to use with a newer machine. I think I will be shooting more film now. Speaking of Vuescan--if all I want to do is save 16 bit scans, to be processed in PS later, I don't really need to get the pro version, right? j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: playing with K10D noise at 1600
On 3/20/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW Juan (or anyone else) - do you have any idea where I could get a similar lens for similar experiments? I'm going to be attending the Symposium on Lensless, Alternative and Adaptive Photographic Processes at Carnegie Mellon University in a few weeks and, though that wouldn't qualify as lensless photography it clearly falls under Alternative! You mean a lens like the Pentax H? It's easy enough to gut a Holga, they should be cheap. Saw off the helicoid and glue everything to a body cap... Also, you could try to find one of those fake SLR cameras with a plastic lens and gut that. Although I'm not sure if the distance to the filmplane will be workable in that case. For truly lensless, you can easily make a pinhole with a body cap, a drill, some aluminum foil and a needle. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: playing with K10D noise at 1600
Something out of my regular programming. I kind of liked the effect of the noise on this image. The red and green channels actually looked a lot less noisy than this, so I increased the importance of the blue in the bw conversion: http://color.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=151 (K10D, DA21, cheap 0.41x converter lens) Thanks for looking, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: playing with K10D noise at 1600
There's something intensely moody and film noir about this photo. I like it. Thanks, and thanks Paul, David, Bruce for commenting. Paul: I felt that the banding worked in this case because the perspective of the photo is mostly flat, so the bands are parallel to the lines in the picture (except for the barrel distortion introduced by the cheap converter.) What cheap 0.41x converter lens are you playing with? ;-) This one: (link goes to the ebay page of the auction I 'won') http://tinyurl.com/39ljlf I figured, for $28.50 plus shipping I could afford to play with it. I bought it for use on the Pentax H lens here: http://www.jbuhler.com/HLimited/index.html Which becomes too long on a DSLR. I'll test it as soon as I can hot glue a filter ring to the Holga lens. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: I'm invisible...
On 3/14/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=727 nice grab, Juan - but I think that little girl on the far left made you, so you were only partly invisible :) You might be right, Ann. I *think* she's looking past me, but it wouldn't be the first time I'm partly invisible to girls :) (I typically go for older ones than these, though) Thanks! j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The Perfect Bag
I'm with Bob regarding having one bag for every occasion. For me, the best bag ever is the Domke 803 satchel. Strong and sturdy, its canvas ages beautifully, doesn't look like a camera bag, it's unpretentious, and can carry my 12 Powerbook if I have to. I'm on my second--the first one is still strong, but after six years of being everywhere it is dirty and looks less elegant than it should. I also have a smaller Domke FX5B bag, same canvas material, which is the one I use when not travelling. I can fit a body and 3 or 4 lenses in it. j On 3/14/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is no such thing as the perfect bag. Real Photographers have at least 10 camera bags, each of which is configurable in at least 10 unique ways. I'm looking for something just a little better. Aren't we all? In the end it depends on how you want to use it. If you want it to carry stuff from A-B without using the stuff, it almost doesn't matter what bag you use. If you want to carry it all to the top of Aconcagua for a dawn shoot you'll have a different bag than the one you use when photographing the D-Day landings, which in turn will be different from the one you use when wandering the streets of Paris on a Sunday day in April. You need a different bag for every occasion! The 3 I use most are the Domke F-2, LowePro SF Reporter (I think it's called) and LowePro SF Rover AW backpack. I also have several other bags, but I'm not quite a Real Photographer yet. I'm not a fan of sling bags - they seem to me to be neither fish nor fowl. -- Bob Survey: What, in your opinion, is the perfect bag for being able to carry around a camera (with lens attatched) and a spare lens or two (or a lens and flash), plus various other things (maybe a book, or a notepad and pens, or (on the extreme end) a laptop). I have a Crumpler bag that is *almost* perfect. It's a sling-style bag, which I absolutely love. So much better than regular shoulder bags and backpacks. I'm looking for something just a little better. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: I'm invisible...
Interesting what happens when something interesting is going on behind you. You can be really close and stillnot be seen: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=727 (K10D, 16-45/4 at 16mm) All comments appreciated! j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: I'm invisible...
Thanks for the comments Cotty, Godfrey and Brendan. On 3/13/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Delightful as always, juan. Was this at Chinese New Years? No, it was this past weekend, during something called brides of March--people dress up in wedding dresses going through a few bars around the Union Square area. Behing me there's a crazy group of people, both male and female, in bride costumes. Easy to not be noticed then... j G On Mar 13, 2007, at 1:43 AM, Juan Buhler wrote: Interesting what happens when something interesting is going on behind you. You can be really close and stillnot be seen: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=727 (K10D, 16-45/4 at 16mm) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: I'm invisible...
On 3/13/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow the critics on some of Juans photos look as bit overrated to me if I have the right to say so. This is just my honest opinion. I agree, the critics of my photos seem a bit overrated to me too. :) (sorry, I couldn't resist--thanks Markus for the honest feedback) j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: DA lenses on 35mm (found some info)
On 3/12/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Makes a great 24x24 mm Pentax Superwide on a 35mm body ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/DA14FF-sq.jpg Which brings to mind... There's really no specific reason for DSLRs sensors to be rectangular, except for the size of mirror and prism, right? How about a 24x24mm DSLR? Not that I'd care for one--I like 3:2 myself. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax Gallery - Another Question
On 3/9/07, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I read that as saying that if you deep-link to an image on the Pentax site you must also provide a link to the gallery as a whole. This is the way I understood that too. In the (I think unlikely) case that Godfrey's interpretation is the valid one, I'd be fine with not showing my images in the Pentax gallery. Their loss :) j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax gallery : picture description
Good to see you've seen the light, Tom :)
In the Pentax Gallery, I wrote from the Street Photographs book in
most of them, and from Water Molotov in the rest ('Water Molotov'
is the name of my photoblog)
j
On 3/7/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Picture descriptions are an arrogant way of telling the viewer how to
interpret the photo and are condescending. Just write No Title. Better
yet, just give it a meaningless number.
Tom C.
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Subject: Pentax gallery : picture description
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I have no idea about how one do put a description of a picture, usually.
Do you say Paris by night or should it be longer (describing exactly
what is on the picture) etc...
I'm a bit lost.
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Experience with Willoughbys, anyone?
I just took delivery of a new DA 21mm. My first Limited lens. Willoughbys delivered perfectly on time. Thanks Tom for the reassurance that they are good, btw. The lens is beautiful! I can't wait to take it to the street. It looks great on the K10D, but I think size-wise will be a better match to the istD, which is my backup body now. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: hmm. Lensbabies for Pentax 645
I have a lensbabie. Besides the stupid name, it is kind of a gimmick. Some people really make that look work, but the pictures I've taken with it, and I think most pictures taken with it are tired and cliche. j On 3/7/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Announced at PMA ... http://www.pma-show.com/0163/lensbabies/slrlens/speciallens/ G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Locked SD Card Problem
Not Godfrey, but two things I would try, provided the little plastic write protection tab is not in the lock position: -open Disk Utility (in the Applications/Utilities folder) See what it tells you about the card and if you can format it from there -open a shell (Terminal, also in Applications/Utilities) and look what is in there. Possibly, do it as superuser. It would be something like the following, where indicates the prompt, the rest is what you'd type: cd /Volumes/NO\ NAME (NO NAME is what I think memeory cards are mounted with by default--the name might be different and I don't have my Mac here to try) su (this will make you superuser. You'll have to enter your admin password) ls -l (to see what is in the card) chmod a+rwx . (that will change the permissions of the local directory so anyone can read, write and navigate to it) rm /Volumes/NO\ NAME/* (this woud remove anything in the card--careful, there's no undelete here) Note that the space in NO NAME needs to be 'escaped' by typing a backslash before it when you are in the shell. If you are not familiar with unix, be very careful about using the rm command--make sure you are in the right directory! This should do. Strange though that you'd end up with no permissions to write in that card. j On 3/6/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I uploaded the firmware update to an SD card and installed it in the camera. Now, when I go to format the car, the camera says it's locked. I put the card in my Mac, and it says I don't have sufficient privileges to reformat it. What can I do? Godders? Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Olympus back in the game
I was just looking at them on dpreview. Interesting, it would be fun to play with a bigger-sensor camera with live preview. I looked online to see what primes are available, and the 25mm (50mm eq.) from Leica and Sigma seem really big--62mm and 77mm filter size. What gives? Why not a 48-49mm filter size normal prime? Is there anything I'm missing, optically? j On 3/4/07, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: E-410: 10Mpix with live preview. Body based on E400 E-510: Same with IS ... Nice bodies if you ask me. Hope for them their sensor isn't too crappy. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Switzerland invades Liechtenstein
A 171-strong Swiss company got two kilometres into its neighbour before realising the mistake and heading back. Two kilometers into Liechtenstein? I wonder if they realized their mistake when they saw signs for Austria... :) j On 3/3/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6415531.stm Should I put all my money into Victorinox? -- Regards, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: The tomb of Jesus
On 3/2/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. And all of this leads me to the following conclusion: Many people judge Christianity and religion in general negatively, and rightly so because of the hypocrisy they see. But, then they are not really judging Christianity, because a counterfeit form of something is not the real thing. Kind of like judging communism by judging the Soviet Union, no? :) -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: The tomb of Jesus
On 3/2/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In society at large, individuals can be punished for misrepresentation. So, I wonder what God thinks about those misrepresenting him. My smartass answer would be pretty much the same Marx thought of the Soviet Union. :) -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: The tomb of Jesus
On 3/2/07, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you have it backwards, Tom. The birth of Jesus is based on the calendar, not the other way around. No, the dating system is based on the year of Jesus birth. The original claim by Tom was The fact that really the entire world bases their calendar on the birth of this one man has some power behind it So I was referring to the calendar. As such, and as you correctly state, our calendar is pretty much the one Julius Cesar adopted. It would make sense that the Catholic church, as the natural evolution of the Roman Empire, would keep its calendar. It would also make sense that they would number the years after the birth of their god, but this didn't change the *calendar*. The fact that everybody else used that numbering system has more to do with the power of the Church than with faith, I think. More so, the existence of Jesus of Nazareth as a real person has little to do with any of it. The existence of his story is what all is about. j ps: for the trivia lovers: Miguel de Cervantes died on April 23, 1616. William Shakespeare died on April 23, 1616. But Cervantes died ten days before Shakespeare. You can thank Henry VIII for this little anecdote. :) It was created by the Roman Catholic Church so they'd have an accurate calendar for calculating holy days. The discrepancy comes from when they changed from the Julian to Gregorian calendars. The Julian calendar was a reform adopted by Julius Ceasar while he was Dictator of Rome (in approx 46 BC), also used for calculating holy days. The Julian calendar continued in use during the Roman Empire and after its collapse until Pope Gregory XIII proclaimed the Gregorian calendar in 1582 AD. As far as I know, the reason to think Jesus was born in 4 BC is because it's more accurate with the historical dates for the emperor Agustus's (Octavian) census of the Jews, which took place after the death of Herod the Great in 4 BC. Jesus was supposedly born in Bethlehem because Joseph had to go there to be enrolled And there was an astronomical conjunction in 6 BC, where Jupiter was in the east i.e. a morning star, in close conjunction with Venus in the constellation of Ares; indicating the birth of a king to ancient astrologers.** But because the Roman priests working 1600 years or so later had difficulty reconciling the Julian calendar, the number of years since the supposed year Jesus was born was slightly off in their calculations; short 3 or 4 years, figured as 1582 years, when it was in fact somewhere between 1585 and 1588 years. I don't think anyone really knows for certain. The reason they changed the calendar was because over time the Julian calendar was drifting out of sync with the seasons; the date of the equinox, used for computing when Easter will come, was not the physical day in the year when the equinox actually occurred. By the time of the calendar change was made in 1582 the physical date of the equinox was coming about 1-1/2 months earlier than the calendar date. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: The tomb of Jesus
On 3/2/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My smartass answer would be pretty much the same Marx thought of the Soviet Union. From the little I know, yes. He died before the Russian Revolution but said of even some of his contemporaries that 'if that's marxism I'm not a Marxist'. :-) Oh. The smartassness of my reply was precisely that Marx died before the USSR even existed. I'm a nontheist, you see... j -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: beauty shot: Pentax K10D
Nice kit. I see you need some gaffer tape, btw :) j On 3/2/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Had a lot of product shots to do yesterday so while I was at it I nabbed this one of the Pentax K10D and lenses ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/Pentax-K10D-kit.jpg larger: http://homepage.mac.com/godders/Pentax-K10D-kit-half.jpg enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Experience with Willoughbys, anyone?
I'm about to enable myself with a DA21mm, but I want to pay with Paypal because I have a bit of play money in my account there. Willoughbys has one on ebay, and they do take Paypal. Are they reputable? Any good/bad stories I should be aware of? Thanks all, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: The tomb of Jesus
On 3/1/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pardon me? Do you seriously think the whole world bases their calendar on a non-existent person? I think you have it backwards, Tom. The birth of Jesus is based on the calendar, not the other way around. I suggest you look up solar calendars and sun worshipping. Specifically the festival of Sol Invictus and Mithraism, which actually competed with Christianity in the beginnings. The bottom line is that Christmas coincides with the solstice because this was good to market Christianity to the peoples who were already worshipping and having festivals around those dates. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just a brief message
Good to know you're back Shel, if only reading the archives. j On 3/1/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Gang, I've resubscribed to the list for a while, mainly to see if you're all behaving yourselves. From the archives it seems that you are. I guess having a major disruptive force like myself off the list has been a good thing ;-)) Anyway, I've received a number of emails inquiring about my situation, and, after I left there were quite a few (more than three) people wishing me good luck with messages on the list. I'd like to thank everyone who offered their good wishes, for their kind thoughts, and for their encouragement. A few people have stayed in touch with private (off list) emails, and that was really super. You know who you are, and I'd like to publicly thank you for your concern and good thoughts. I'll be around for a bit although I may go back to reading the archives every few days. Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop to be Web-Hosted App
On 2/28/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wasn't responding to you because I was totally bewildered. :-) I can see people liking it that could not/might not otherwise purchase it. But I think it would be quite slow compared to a local copy of the software. It doesn't have to be slow, except in the transfer of images back and forth... Check out Picknik: http://www.picnik.com The idea is interesting. I have some full-res images on Flickr, for example (set to private so nobody can download them.) It changes the rules of the game in a way, regarding backups and media longevity. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: The tomb of Jesus
On 2/26/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you do DNA samples to establish that the bones belonged to Jesus? What's your reference sample? The Shroud of Turin? Or do you go to Rosslyn Chapel and swab his relies? Go to mass, take some of the bread or wine after transubstantiation. Voila. :) -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
GESO: a new photoblog template
Hi all, I'm thinking about posting bigger images to my photoblog--800 pixels wide instead of 600. I'd love to hear what you people think of this: http://www.jbuhler.com/gal/ I tried to keep it clean, and to make it not scroll.It looks ok in my 12 inch Powerbook. If enough people answer positively, I will port my main photoblog to this look. Feel free to comment on the images, too. All three are K10D, FA35/2 or FA16-45/4. Thanks, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Let's talk about titles
A photographer who uses a title is the unholy spawn of Thomas
('Painter of Light') Kinkade.
So well put.
I standarized in city, year. No further caption needed because
I'm not a journalist. No other title needed because I like my pictures
to fail on their own.
j
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Re: GESO: a new photoblog template
Thanks all for the useful comments. I made a new pass at it. Navigation is more accessible and obvious--although this being a photoblog, the main idea is just click on the picture to see the previous one. Fonts are a tiny bit bigger, too. I'm trying to keep in within 1024x768--I assume it's fair for leave the 800x600 people to scroll, it is 2007 after all. I think I'll port my blog to this over the weekend, and replace all posted images with the bigger size. Thanks again everybody for the feedback! j On 2/16/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 16/2/07, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.jbuhler.com/gal/ Good to go :-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Published...
Interesting. You're the first person to express that opinion. For what it is--offset printing on light magazine paper--I think they are better than most. I would have increased the contrast a bit, but hey. So either your standards are too high, or you saw a bad copy, or were expecting an insert with fiber prints made for me by a master printer at Picto... Me, I'm content with the way the work is represented there. :) On 2/8/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally got a chance to see a copy of this issue, and I must say I was very disappointed. Not in Juan's work, but the reproduction didn't do the photos justice. Very poor quality printing and photographic reproduction. Juan Buhler wrote: Hi all, The current issue of the British Black and White Photography magazine has a nice portfolio article about my photos, written by Mike Johnston, and including seven of my pictures. There isn't much online, but here is a link to their site: http://www.thegmcgroup.com/item--Black-and-White-Photography--1003BW.html Despite any resemblances, that's not me in the cover :) Anyway--thought some of you might want to check it out. All pictures published were taken with the istD, and it prominently says so next to each. Thanks, j -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT: Online photo editing tool
This seems very cool: http://picnik.com/app (flash required) It's an online photo editing tool. It will load pictures from your Flickr account if you have one, and can save back to it. Very simple editing, but it's very fast. Just thought it could be of interest. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Published...
On 1/28/07, Mark Erickson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you heard from anyone regarding gallery representation since the article was published? No, I haven't. I actually have no idea how I would go around contacting galleries... Anyway--thanks everybody for the nice comments, they are all appreciated! Cheers, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
semi OT: pro photographers sites
Hi all, I'm helping a frend of mine, and I have a question. What are people's recommendations for companies that provide services for pro photographers? I'm thinking one of those sites that allow you to upload a shoot, give a password to your clients, and have them order prints from there. It should, of course, allow the photographer to price the prints, do the printing, process payments, etc. I know there are services like this out there. Ideally, the site would allow a reasonable amount of customization regarding the look of the galleries. Thanks in advance, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Magnifying eyecup
I just ordered the O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup from BH, to use on the K10D. I plan to use that, and probably a Katz Eye screen with split prism, to make up for the small viewfinder (I know it's pretty good for what it is, but I'd like one like the MX) Is anyone here using the magnifying eyecup? Can you comment on it? Thanks, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Published...
Hi all, The current issue of the British Black and White Photography magazine has a nice portfolio article about my photos, written by Mike Johnston, and including seven of my pictures. There isn't much online, but here is a link to their site: http://www.thegmcgroup.com/item--Black-and-White-Photography--1003BW.html Despite any resemblances, that's not me in the cover :) Anyway--thought some of you might want to check it out. All pictures published were taken with the istD, and it prominently says so next to each. Thanks, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Published...
Thanks Ann, Paul, Scott! I know the magazine is available in the Borders across Union Square in San Francisco. I guess it might depend on the location then... j On 1/26/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congrats, Juan! You certainly deserve it. I buy Black and White regularly and will be looking for it. Paul - I've never had any luck finding it at Borders, but every Barnes and Noble I've shopped at carries it. On 1/26/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations! Great news. I think Borders gets the magazine. I'll look for it. Paul -- Original message -- From: Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, The current issue of the British Black and White Photography magazine has a nice portfolio article about my photos, written by Mike Johnston, and including seven of my pictures. There isn't much online, but here is a link to their site: http://www.thegmcgroup.com/item--Black-and-White-Photography--1003BW.html Despite any resemblances, that's not me in the cover :) Anyway--thought some of you might want to check it out. All pictures published were taken with the istD, and it prominently says so next to each. Thanks, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
DNG recover edges and K10D files
I don't know how many of you have used Adobe's recover edges utility with files from the K10D. But I noticed that when doing so, the pixels recovered on the right of the image are all noise, without any image info. Only very mildly annoying, and somewhat interesting. I wonder if this is part of the ccd that is not exposed, or something like that. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Hogafication
But - my Holga lens has the plastic lens element in the front of the assembly, with the aperture behind it. Did you re-arrange things somehow? Yes, in order to get it to focus to infinity. Can you focus correctly without putting the lens closer to the film plane? Any sample shots on line with your setup? Nothing much--just this frame: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=42 Cheers, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Hogafication
Ah, your very own Pentax H Limited! Were you in the list back in 2000? http://www.jbuhler.com/HLimited/index.html :) On 1/14/07, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a big fan of Holgas and other toy cameras. The other day I pulled a lens off a Holga, drilled a hole in a Pentax K body cap, and glued the lens into place. As a result, my K mount bodies are now focus-free and have that nice Holga-ish look that comes from using a single element plastic lens. A couple of samples: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070113/IMGP0006.htm http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/2007/070113/IMGP0015.htm And a shot of the modified camera: http://markcassino.com/b2evolution/media/IMGP2613.jpg Yeah - I should of been more careful to get the writing on the lens to line up right. It's not as fun as a real Holga - the APS sensor really is sitting on the relatively sharp 'sweet spot' of the lens. The 60mm lens is a short telephoto on the *ist-D or K10D, vs being a wide angle on the medium format body. I also had to add the vignetting in photoshop. But now I can indulge my Holga impulses whenever... Oddly enough - the *ist-D and K10D seem to meter fine with the Holga lens (I should mention that the aperture is part of the lens assembly.) But my Mz-S for some reason can't handle it - it reports an exposure that about 15 stops off. Same with the LX - but the real time metering on the LX works correctly (the film camera report an expose that is way too long.) - MCC -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Driving to Mexico
I found myself with no other plans and with more than a week free, so I decided to drive south from San Francisco tomorrow. I want to make it to the border and see what's in the north of Mexico. Any recommendations from the group? I was thinking to stay in the mainland--not go to Baja. Maybe cross at Tecate, then go to Hemosillo or something like that. Advice of all kinds welcome. If any PDMLer is somewhere along my way (101 south to San Diego, then after the border I have no exact idea where I'll go) and want to meet, that'd be great too. Thanks, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Driving to Mexico
Nothing. Poverty, Prostitution, Pharmacies, Political problems. That might be nicer, but still is more dangerous than staying at home. Beautiful attitude, man. Imagine, uh, I don't know, the fame of a country with ~50%-60% of its people thinking this way about their neighbors. And letting fear direct their lives like this. Yikes. More dangerous than staying at home. Yes. Knee problems can be prevented by amputation at an early age, too. You may run into the Narco trade, or get kidnapped, see: http://www.solutionsabroad.com/a_securitycorner_kid2.asp Search for Hermosillo. -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Looking back on 2006
I hadn't seen this till now, with all the flames going on on this list. But thanks guys! I appreciate the support. j On 12/15/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not among the owners of your book. But I'm kind of proud of this myself. Pretty silly really, but this news makes me proud knowing you Juan ;-) Congratulation :-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Lacus Sent: 12. desember 2006 20:42 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Looking back on 2006 On page 6 in the recent issue (67) of BlackWhite Photography magazine (UK) Mike Johnston writes: Favourite books: Street photographs By Juan Buhler This is privately printed, but still one of my favourites of the year. Juan is one of the best 'unknown' black white photographers out there today. I'm addicted to his daily picture blog: about every fourth or fifth picture is a minor masterpiece. Now it's official. :-) Congratulations, Juan! Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: a color one
A color one, for a change: http://color.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=149 K10D, A50/1.4, shot full open at 1/4000s, in the sun. Kind of a grab shot, but so are all my pics :) Comments welcome. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
One more thing I like about the K10D
I had wished for this here on the pdml, about the istD, a couple of years ago: The front (index) wheel will advance through pictures when in play mode. No need to use the joystick thing to do that if you don't feel like it. It's a trivial thing, but shows a level of attention to detail that I like. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
FS Friday: Books
Hi all, I'm about to make another run of my Street Photographs book (still within the 200 of its edition) so I thought I'd plug it here once more: http://jbuhler.com/buy/book.html It is my first book, 8x6.5, cloth bound with faux suede spine, 30 photographs in a limited edition of 200 (about 60 gone for now). $70 plus shipping (I had to increase the price because of an increase of my cost.) The same book is also available via Lulu, in paperback: http://www.lulu.com/content/290992 Thanks for looking, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10D Image Numbering bug?
Did you take out the battery without a memory card inside, maybe without having turned the camera off first? I think the istD behaved in this way: if you took out the batteries it would later look at the card to figure out the next number. If no card was present, it would use whatever it had saved in its internal memory. But if the battery had been taken out without turning the camera off first, then the camera didn't have the chance to write the last number to memory. All this might be wrong, and it might not apply to the K10D, but I'd pay attention to the factors I mention. I haven't seen anything like this in my K10D, but then again, I'm automatically renumbering all images as I upload them to the computer, so I wouldn;t notice if it happened. j On 12/1/06, Peter Loveday [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone else had issues with image numbering on their K10D? Twice now, I've had it go back a few in count, such that I have duplicate numbered images. Its not that it resets to 001... last time it went back to 231 when my most recent was 240, or somesuch... as if it fails to write the new count to nvram internally, or something. In any case, its irritating to have to deal with not overwriting images. I have it set to Date for Folder Name, and File No. in Memory is turned on. - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: mini GESO: Nypdml today
On 11/29/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, now yer cookin ;-) http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/mods/a85ineos.html Nice Photoshop job, mate! :) -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10DAutomatic Iso Mode/Function
On 11/27/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, that's a great feature. I guess the next question is how does the camera react when the required ISO is out of range of the set ISO. If the ISO is out of range, the shutter speed/aperture display flashes, but the camera does not change either of them for you. There is a function to have the camera compensate when proper exposure is not obtained, but it doesn't do anything in TAv mode. In any case, TAv is great. Most of the pictures I posted yesterday were shot that way. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO: Street shooting with the K10D
Thanks, everybody! I won't answer every comment individually because I don't want to clog the list with messages, but I appreciate them all. Yes, they might be a bit darker than my usual. This was on purpose, but in any case, they look acceptable in my calibrated monitor at work. If your monitor is calibrated, I'd be interested in hearing what they look like to you. Thanks also for the comments about it not being the camera :) The K10D is really nice to work with though--in a way, because of its speed, or maybe of the shutter sound, it feels more assertive than the istD. Hard to explain, but if it makes me want to press the shutter again, I suppose it's good. Anyway, thanks for the comments. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re:Street shooting with the K10D
Thanks Bill. My BW workflow is heavily based on Suleman Petteri's action, found here: http://www.prime-junta.net/pont/How_to/n_Digital_BW/a_Digital_Black_and_White.html I made some small changes, but largely, that's what I use. I also do some dodging and burning, usually with levels/curves and the history brush. HTH, j On 11/27/06, Bill Lawlor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Juan, great pix! What is your workflow to bw? Thanks, Bill Lawlor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re: K10D - what's that rattle?
I think you are confusing acceleration with velocity. When panning, you should move in a way that is as constant as possible, trying to minimize accelerations. So no, the orientation sensor has no effect then. j On 11/26/06, Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So panning will be an interesting experience? Jostein On 11/26/06, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I feel the same rattle. It's very subtle. It's not the battery or the lens, and I don't have the grip. I'm guessing that whatever the horizontal-vertical sensor is, is what's rattling around. BTW, by taking a landscape picture while accelerating the camera horizontally, it is possible to make it think the picture was vertical. j On 11/25/06, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone else have some internal shifting about when turning your K10D from landscape to horizontal? Mine has a slight slip that I can feel when I do this. Very disconcerting. It doesn't seen to affect anything so far. I was wondering if it has something to do with SR or the dust removal system. Though this seems far fetched. ?? -Brendan Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re: Aperture Simulator still alive and kicking
I was timed at 20 seconds to put a new roll in my Leica M6. Funny thing is, if I rush and think too hard about it, I mess it up. j On 11/26/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2 minutes to change a roll? Your seriously out of practice :-) Dave On 11/26/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No buffer size or write speed limitations? Hmm. You can write 36 frames at full speed in 15 seconds (about 2.4 fps), then it takes about 2 minutes to write the next one. What's that? ... :-) G On Nov 26, 2006, at 3:13 AM, Jens Bladt wrote: I have a nice Pentax camera with an aperture simulator. It's not old. And it's not new. Of cource it does use film in stead of a slow electronic sensor/buffer/memory card. But it gets the work done. And I can use almost any K-mount lens. It has minumum shutterlag. No buffer size or write speed issues. It does 36 images in less than 15 secs. It's an MZ-S. Lovely camera. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re: Re: K10D - what's that rattle?
Fair enough. The acceleration needed to confuse the sensor is bigger than that, though. Besides, that vector would be along the lens axis--perpendicular to the two directions the sensor detects. The best way I found to confuse the sensor is to move the camera to one side, and then to the other, pressing the shutter as I change direction. That isn't something you'd do for real pictures though. j On 11/26/06, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't forget, too, that the normal panning motion is to rotate the camera. An angular rotation (even at a constant rate) *is* an acceleration, and will be detected as such by the sensor. On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:17:11AM -0800, Juan Buhler wrote: I think you are confusing acceleration with velocity. When panning, you should move in a way that is as constant as possible, trying to minimize accelerations. So no, the orientation sensor has no effect then. j On 11/26/06, Jostein ?ksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So panning will be an interesting experience? Jostein On 11/26/06, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I feel the same rattle. It's very subtle. It's not the battery or the lens, and I don't have the grip. I'm guessing that whatever the horizontal-vertical sensor is, is what's rattling around. BTW, by taking a landscape picture while accelerating the camera horizontally, it is possible to make it think the picture was vertical. j On 11/25/06, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone else have some internal shifting about when turning your K10D from landscape to horizontal? Mine has a slight slip that I can feel when I do this. Very disconcerting. It doesn't seen to affect anything so far. I was wondering if it has something to do with SR or the dust removal system. Though this seems far fetched. ?? -Brendan Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re: K10D - what's that rattle?
On 11/26/06, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hmmm. Actually it is. When I'm using a long lens and framed tightly on a car coming toward me (or going away) through ess curves the camera is swivelling back and forth thoughout the tracking. Might have to disable SR for that. I don't think you'll have to. I was actually talking about the horizontal-vertical sensor, which, afaik, is unrelated to the SR circuit. All it does is tell the camera whether the picture was landscape or portrait, and there is an option to rotate the picture based on that data. Also, I might be wrong, but I suspect that the acceleration I'm talking about is way higher than the acceleration you put your camera through when tracking a car as you describe. j -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
GESO: Street shooting with the K10D
Nothing too special here, just the first few semi-decent pictures after a couple of days out in the street with the K10D. Lenses were FA28/2.8, FA35/2, and FA16-45/4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jbuhler/sets/72157594393350618/ For those of you Flickr-wary people, here are direct links to my favorite ones of the eleven pictures in the group: http://static.flickr.com/113/307064968_1be0260699_o.jpg http://static.flickr.com/122/307064888_8bf741ee50_o.jpg http://static.flickr.com/105/307065245_6d4ce69e6d_o.jpg http://static.flickr.com/99/307064768_7764848c1a_o.jpg Comments, as usual, are welcome. Thanks, j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10D - what's that rattle?
I feel the same rattle. It's very subtle. It's not the battery or the lens, and I don't have the grip. I'm guessing that whatever the horizontal-vertical sensor is, is what's rattling around. BTW, by taking a landscape picture while accelerating the camera horizontally, it is possible to make it think the picture was vertical. j On 11/25/06, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone else have some internal shifting about when turning your K10D from landscape to horizontal? Mine has a slight slip that I can feel when I do this. Very disconcerting. It doesn't seen to affect anything so far. I was wondering if it has something to do with SR or the dust removal system. Though this seems far fetched. ?? -Brendan Cheap talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. http://voice.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESOs: K10D
After properly applying black tape over it, I shot with the K10D today. Still couldn't get a real memory card, so I'm using a slow 256MB one, and shooting jpegs. http://color.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=148 (K10D, FA35/2) A special edition crocodile skin K10D with aperture simulator will be mailed to the person who guesses what car that is :) I used the TAv mode. Very nice! I set 1/250s, f4.5 in the shadow, and let the meter change the iso. I'd change aperture and shutter speed according to the light, but knowing that the meter would compensate with the iso. Great. I love this camera. The controls are very well laid out, and it took no time to get used to them. It responds fast, and I didn't miss any pictures because the camera was asleep (it has happened with the istD.) The only two things I'd change are the size (I like smaller cameras) and the right strap lug. I couldn't pass my favorite leather Spotmatic strap through it, and I'm using a synthetic one. No big deal, I suppose. The second frame is a more proper street picture. Cleaning your lens is a good idea when shooting into the sun though--there's a bit of glare: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=643 j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re: PESOs: K10D
On 11/24/06, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After properly applying black tape over it, I shot with the K10D today. You need psychological help mate ;-) I do, but that's entirely unrelated to the fact that I put tape on my cameras! It actually looks great with markings covered. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re: PESOs: K10D
On 11/24/06, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A special edition crocodile skin K10D with aperture simulator will be mailed to the person who guesses what car that is :) A Mercury. Correct! You got the crocodile skin K10D. If you mention the model, you'll get either the aperture simulator, or a check for $49.95 (your choice.) :) -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Reservations about DA 16-45
Here's a frame shot with the 16-45, showing flare: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=502 (you can see it down the center of the frame, especially on the horse) No filter used. Although I'm not sure how clean the front element was. I've gotten this kind of flare from my 16-45 a few times, but only in extreme conditions like this. j On 11/22/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, it's not, but I'm in the minority on this list. There are only two others here that I know of who feel similarly. The issue about the hood can be easily corrected, and that may help with the flare issues I encountered. Paul's pic is not a particularly good example (IMO) of a flare-producing situation. I suspect you'll find the lens to be acceptable but I can't gush over it as some others have. Shel [Original Message] From: John Whittingham Not exactly a glowing recommendation Shel. The trouble is it's difficult to find a lens in this FL range that doesn't have some kind of issues with it, be it Pentax, Nikon, Canon, Sigma, Tamron, Tokina etc, prime or zoom. Now if the Tamron 17-35 XR Di were a bit wider at the short end I might well be tempted. John -- Original Message --- From: Shel Belinkoff While I liked the lens, and found it to be a nice walking around lens, I wasn't quite satisfied with it for critical work and fine details. The standard hood is, imo, inadequate, and the lens is prone to flare and purple fringing in some situations. I actually used two samples, one briefly and another for more than a month, got the fringing with both of them. I didn't like the way it tromboned but soon learned to accept that aspect of it. Overall, I think it's fine for most work, but it would not be my first choice for a lot of photography that I do. I'd consider buying one if the price were right now that I know its limitations, strengths, and weaknesses. On a scale of 100 I'd rate it about 80. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
My first impressions
K10D is here, battery already charged, manuals rapidly put away and ignored. I'm using an old single speed 256Mb card, because procrastinator me, I didn't order a card when there was a thread about good deals a few weeks back. Even with the old card, jpeg perfprmance is really fast. RAW is about the same as the istD, but of course this is entirely due to the slow card. This camera is big. I knew that, but I prefer the size of the istD. Still, shake reduction, write speed and resolution I think offset the size for me, at least until this sensor appears in a K100D sucessor. Shake reduction works nicely, it seems. I get what looks like acceptable results at 1/8s with the FA50mm/1.7. Nice. Everything feels way faster and more responsive than with my istD. Looking at the menus, seems like you can program the behavior of the dials in the different modes: in P for example, HyP is default, but you can also have program shift and exposure compensation, for example. I tend to use exposure compensation a lot, so this is great. The viewfinder is the same as the istD. That's all for now. I'll be shooting all day tomorrow... j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
K10D tomorrow
Adding to the people tracking their shipments via the pdml... Mine is still in NY, but UPS says BH shipped next day air, scheduled here tomorrow! Can't wait... j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO: how to take pictures of kids
Nowadays, the only way to take pictures of kids in the street is when you are sure the parents won't see you: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=633 (just kidding btw--always make sure to look friendly, not creepy, and that parents know if you take their kids picture!) Comments welcome. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: how to take pictures of kids
On 11/14/06, Peter Lacus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com/index.php?showimage=633 Technically flawless, as always. Could you please provide exposure data and body/lens combination used? Thanks Peter! I was hoping I'd get away without that, since it's not Pentax :) Leica M6, Summicron 50, Arista 400. Exposure not recorded, but from the way I typically shoot the Leica, it's most probably 1/250s, and because it was cloudy, bright but late afternoon, f4.5 or so. The istD was hanging from my shoulder :) j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Shooting color C-41 for BW
I've been shooting a bit more film lately. Because of the istD, I'm spoiled with having color info when I do conversions to black and white. So I was thinking I'll shoot some color negative film, and do the same conversion I do with the files from the istD. I don't know much about color film. What iso 400 film should I look for, and how do they compare to, say, Tri-X in terms of grain, dynamic range, etc? Thanks in advance. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT: CanoScan 8600F
Does anyone have experience with this scanner? http://tinyurl.com/ww556 (link goes to Canon's page) It seems like it's not too expensive. How would it compare with a dedicated film scanner? I do have a Polaroid SS4000, but it's scsi only, and I would really like to dump my old PC and replace it with a nice new iMac. It would also be nice to be able to scan the occasional medium format negative. Don't scanners of this kind have problems with Newton rings and such? Comments appreciated. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled
Yes, but, how fast is the AF? :) Good for you Ryan. I've decided to start an M8 fund, so now all the money coming from print or book sales will go towards an M8 and (used) 35mm Summicron. Hopefully, I'll get one before the M9 comes out. Look forward to seeing some pictures from your M8! j On 11/7/06, Ryan Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just picked up the M8. First impressions (pictures will have to wait until tomorrow): - Really solid. - Very nice user interface (mechanical and software)... especially the menus. Super easy to navigate and work with; everything is very obvious. - Lowest ISO is 160 (1/8000th top shutter speed) - Highest ISO is 2500. - It's built very, very well- but you can tell that the soul has changed. When you take the bottom off, it's a digi-cam- no doubt about it. - Even the LCD has a very high quality anti-reflective coating- looks like the front of a multicoated lens Things to get used to: - Shutter button feels weird to me. It's just different from the M7... there are three steps now. - The top of the camera looks empty without the cocking lever. - The Self-timer/C/S/OFF selection switch is too easy to turn IMHO. And they should have put single shot all the way on one end instead of the middle of the stroke. (if you just slide it all the way on w/o looking, you get self-timer... you should get single shot IMHO). - With the 1.33x crop, the framelines are different and my brain doesn't recognize them. Maybe this is because I'm used to the .8x finder. - Seems slightly fatter and heavier than the M7. - Motor whirring sound after the shot. -Ryan Gonz wrote: Its real, or so it would seem, since its now up on DPreview. rg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 9/14/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: while we're having a love fest on the K10D another leak ... in french (babelfish does a good translation) http://www.macandphoto.com/2006/09/prise_en_main_d.html I think I saw a couple of pigs flying south a few moments ago ... ;-) I'll drool anyway. Even if it's real, I could never afford it, so ontological verity is somewhat moot. g -frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Re: OT: Leica M8 digital unveiled
I'm subscribed to the Laica list, so I've seen those already. Pretty good noise-wise, the conversions looked like she doesn't have too much experience with. j On 11/7/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tina Manley put up a dozen or so pics she made with an M8, including a bug close-up made with a 90mm lens. Many of the pics were @ 2500 ISO and they looked pretty good. Unfortunately, I don't have the URL's for them here ... but I believe you can find her messages and the URL's here: http://www.freelists.org/archives/leica/11-2006/ Shel [Original Message] From: Juan Buhler Look forward to seeing some pictures from your M8! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Amazon K10D Delivery Date
When did you place your order? I placed mine two days ago. My status page at Amazon says shipping Nov 9- Nov 16. But their K10D page says the camera will be released on January 15th... It's all a bit confusing... j On 11/3/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amazon tells me that my K10D is now scheduled to ship between December 1 and December 10. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO: Halloween flash fun
On 11/2/06, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey Juan, you weren't there during the shoot-out, were you? No, I wasn't. I left around 11. BTW, when I entered the area, around 8 or so, there was a guy next to me dressed as a soldier. The cops made him put his plastic, scaled down, orange-tipped M16 in the garbage. Not that security was tight though--anybody could have carried a gun in there. Have to love symbolic security measures, j Nice work, btw, as always. I keep hoping someone at my house will buy me your book. Doug On Nov 1, 2006, at 1:55 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: Last night I went to Castro street for halloween. I shot these with the istD, 16-45/4, and a flash held on my hand, attached via a cable to the pc connector. 30 pictures out of about 150 taken: http://flickr.com/photos/jbuhler/sets/72157594356154679/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Reed Camera orders
Darn. Haven't gotten my refund yet, but I just put an order with Amazon. Ended up being $919 with shipping included, so I'm basically saving the tax and a drive to Walnut Creek... :| j On 11/1/06, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello Bill, Good info - thanks for letting us know -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 9:21:23 AM, you wrote: BL FYI, I spoke to Mike Reed this morning. He said he will be refunding all BL deposits on the K10D today. Also, he will not be receiving a shipment of the BL cameras. BL Bill Lawlor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
GESO: Halloween flash fun
Last night I went to Castro street for halloween. I shot these with the istD, 16-45/4, and a flash held on my hand, attached via a cable to the pc connector. 30 pictures out of about 150 taken: http://flickr.com/photos/jbuhler/sets/72157594356154679/ I'll probably extract some BW ones from there, but this is a quick color edit done in Lightroom. Comments, good and bad, welcome. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: RE: How to - Recover corrupted DNG
Hi Tim, Some questions about your corrupted files: Are they about the size you would expect? Are they corrupted all in the same way? What do you mean by a bluish screen? Do you see the images? Your best hope is that the corruption is in the non-image data tags. As I understand it, a DNG is a TIFF with extra tags for specific raw file metadata. So you could write or find a program that lets you extract tags independently from your files, and use it to save out the image part, to later combine it with metadata from a non corrupt file. This of the tags I talk about as chapters inside a tiff or dng file. Each chapter has its own unique id number, and there are chapters for things like width, length, type of compression, etc. The image data itself is inside its own chapter (tag.) It shouldn't be too difficult to write a script in Python that does what I say. Given the number of images you say you have corrupted, it would be better if the corruption is consistent from file to file. j On 10/28/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Typo in subject line. Arg. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Øsleby Sent: 28. oktober 2006 22:54 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: How to - Recover corrupted NDG I had a couple of crashes while testing Lightroom. File structure ended up corrupted and some files was corrupted. No problem, I have a backup, I thought. But now I've realized the backup wasn't complete. So I have about 50 corrupted DNG files. They are part of my unsorted photodoc project on beach birds. So at the moment I don't know how important they are. I wont know until I'm able to recover them. They load in both Lightroom and RSP showing a bluish screen. So my guess is that the content of the files is intact. What do I do? Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Juan Buhler - http://www.jbuhler.com photoblog: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com a book: http://www.jbuhler.com/book.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
