Re: A sensor question

2011-04-11 Thread Sandy Harris
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I suspect that part of it has to do with the fact that light isn't composed of R,G,B photons, it's just that our eyes are composed of RGB cones: Cone type       Name    Range   Peak wavelength[9][10] S       β       400–500

PESO - breakthrough

2011-04-11 Thread Peter McIntosh
Mucking around with the new K5 and my a 28mm f2.8. http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/133831995 Quick dirty edit in Picasa. I need to see the optometrist - this manual focus gig has shown up some deficiencies... :-) Back to working and lurking... Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML

Re: A sensor question

2011-04-11 Thread steve harley
On 2011-04-10 23:19 , Larry Colen wrote: But, the normal pattern is four pixels R,G,G,B so you could do a four pixel: C,M,Y,W which is almost the same as what printers use: CMYK don't confuse subtractive with additive color; CMY ( K, though it's not a color) are used on reflective surfaces

Re: A sensor question

2011-04-11 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:36:58PM +0800, Sandy Harris wrote: The usual sensor uses basically three types of element -- R, G and B -- in a particular layout. Why not X Y Z where X = R+G, Y = R+G+B, Z = G+B ? You can get RGB from XYZ easily enough: Y-X = R+G+B - R+G = B Y-Z = R+G+B -

Re: understanding sensitivity, dynamic range, contrast etc.

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 10, 2011, at 9:46 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com As a matter of side note, I made recently a shot at ISO 6400 in rather dim light. It came out so good that practically I don't think I need bother with ISO any more.

Re: understanding sensitivity, dynamic range, contrast etc.

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Colen
Boris, combining replies It is something that I do hope to experiment with. However, while just trying something to see what happens does have value, I feel that I could do a much better experiment, and get a lot more out of it, if I understood the theory behind what I'm trying. If not,

Re: Seeking input on configuration

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 7, 2011, at 12:30 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: In 3 weeks I'm going to be doing the still work @ a conference. Will other people be taking flash photos? Normally this means being a distance away from the stage. A) My first thought is to use the A70-210, set the ISO to 400 or 800,

Re: PESO s spinning fire

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 10, 2011, at 10:04 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Really like the 1st one, Larry! Cheers, Christine Thanks, that's the one that was the obvious keeper when I was chimping them right afterwards. The second one is fun because at first, in the camera, it looked pretty much like a

Re: Boris PESO 08 - Have a sit

2011-04-11 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/9/2011 18:06, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The comment relating to Man Ray, however, gave me the thought that if you pushed it just a little further into the graphic arts domain, it would work in the same way that many of the surrealist/Dada photograms and other such works do. The lines and

RE: PESO s spinning fire

2011-04-11 Thread Bob W
very good -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: 11 April 2011 03:48 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO s spinning fire I was at a birthday party last night and they brought out the poi to spin fire.

RE: OT Nick Brandt: Unbelievably impressive folio

2011-04-11 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert http://www.nickbrandt.com/index.cfm I've seen some of his work before. It has a nostalgic quality about it that makes it seem as though they're all extinct already. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO s spinning fire

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 11, 2011, at 12:17 AM, Bob W wrote: very good Thanks. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: Help Naming A Bird

2011-04-11 Thread eckinator
It is probably named Henery Hawk then =) 2011/4/11 Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net: Thank You so much Matthew Hunt for helping me identify that my captured bird is a Cooper's Hawk. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf

Re: Really Red

2011-04-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
Here it is simply reduced in size: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1247710481_yspUL-L-LB I'm too used to Pentax. I always reduce and sharpen a bit since it's set pretty low on most Pentax bodies. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Christine Aguila

Re: GESO: fantail

2011-04-11 Thread David Mann
On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Tim Bray wrote: I particularly like #2. By RTF you mean some sort of flash? Yes it's the built in flash. I forget what RTF stands for. I'm on an anti-inflammatory which is destroying my brain, and I've helped it along with a little bourbon. These pills are

Re: GESO: fantail

2011-04-11 Thread David Mann
On Apr 11, 2011, at 12:05 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Nice crisp shot, David! This is my introduction to the Fantail. I'm going to have to look them up in my bird book. I don't recall seeing such here in California. There are a few different species. Ours is the New Zealand fantail. One of

Re: Another enablement

2011-04-11 Thread drd1135
Damn Bill, you're a poet. -Original Message- From: William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2011 19:33:44 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Another enablement Love the 40LTD

Enablement K3 focusing screen

2011-04-11 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
Just received mine today, will just have to see for myself how it compares to the stock screen of K-5. After reading some reviews about focusingscreen being slow with shipping I was pleasantly surprised - got it in four days. kris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: A sensor question

2011-04-11 Thread Peter Loveday
Ah sorry for adding to the confusion then, I misunderstood. Interestingly, older sensors quite often used CYM sensor sites rather than RGB. There was a shift toward primary colour sensor arrays however, generally because they were considered to give more accurate representations of colours.

Re: A sensor question

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 11, 2011, at 2:59 AM, Peter Loveday wrote: Ah sorry for adding to the confusion then, I misunderstood. Interestingly, older sensors quite often used CYM sensor sites rather than RGB. There was a shift toward primary colour sensor arrays however, generally because they were

Re: Focus chart help, please

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Apr 11, 2011, at 12:49 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: - Original Message - From: William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com I use a similar method to yours for dialing in lenses. I focus on an object (in my case a clock dial) at some distance from the camera using center point

RE: Focus chart help, please

2011-04-11 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
The clock can show that you're not achieving good focus, but it can't tell you which way to go with the adjustment. Paul OTOH you can always know how much time you have wasted :) kris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PDML Book update and expenses

2011-04-11 Thread Christine Nielsen
Mark, I wonder if there is any way to capitalize on the Boston Marathon next week...? Dana-Farber fields a large team of runners every year to help them fund-raise (this is my brother's 3rd year on the team), maybe there is a sales opportunity there somewhere? Of course, time is short now, but

Enablement for Galia

2011-04-11 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! DFA 50/2.8 Macro arrived today. Got immediately amazed by the fact that focus ring does not seem to rotate when AF is in action and the clamp switch is really convenient too... I plan to use it a bit but then I am going to suggest that Galia mounts it on her K-7 and keeps it there for

Re: Another enablement

2011-04-11 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/11/2011 04:33, William Robb wrote: Love the 40LTD for it's field of view, hate the lens for everything else so I decided that perhaps a 43 LTD was in my future, and probably sooner rather than later. Looked on Adorama's website and thought the price was OK, especially since the

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Rob Studdert On 10 April 2011 22:23, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Any protective coverings would have to be thin enough they wouldn't protrude materially beyond the film plane or the whole idea wouldn't work. Which is why a true FF sensor of this type is a virtual

Re: Peso: Really Red

2011-04-11 Thread Jack Davis
I think the detail looks pretty good. Maybe another nudge of sharpening.(?) I would certainly try either removing or greatly softening that stem (?) coming out of the larger blossom. I might, also, remove the far left OOF blossom. If you have any more frame on the left, suggest including the tip

RE: understanding sensitivity, dynamic range, contrast etc.

2011-04-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen In my typical geeky fashion, I'm trying to wrap my head around all of the ramifications of adjusting sensitivity (ISO) on my camera. Please correct the errors in my understanding. In the simplest form, it is a measure of how many LSBs per photon (or tens, thousands or

RE: Help Naming A Bird

2011-04-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jeffery Johnson I need help from someone that knows birds. I captured a bird today and I am not sure what the bird is named. Let me know and I will send you a picture of the bird. http://www.whatbird.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-11 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11 April 2011 22:01, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: You're confusing economic infeasibility with impossible. Every day I use stuff that was impossible when I started in photography. If there's really a market for something like this, some genius will eventually figure out how

RE: Artists Bill Of Rights...

2011-04-11 Thread John Sessoms
The URL wraps to the next line. You just have to figure out how to paste the rest of it into the address box. It truncates the dash at the end of the first line. Here's a Tiny URL that will take you there: http://preview.tinyurl.com/6bfsnkb From: Jeffery Johnson I click the link and it

Re: Enablement for Galia

2011-04-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Boris, You're a good dad! Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:47 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! DFA 50/2.8 Macro arrived today. Got immediately amazed by the fact that focus ring does not seem to rotate when AF is in action and the clamp switch is really convenient

Re: Artists Bill Of Rights...

2011-04-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Igor Roshchin Artists' Bill of Rights Campaign Launch happened 1 day before and 50 years after the launch of the first human into the space. Igor Also 1 day prior to the 150th Anniversary of the beginning of the American Civil War. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Help Naming A Bird

2011-04-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
I think you should just ask his parents. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:13 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Jeffery Johnson I need help from someone that knows birds. I captured a bird today and I am not sure what the bird is named. Let me know and I will send you a picture of

Re: Seeking input on configuration

2011-04-11 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/7/2011 22:30, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: C) Then again, a *dedicated* flash with a bounce panel might be best, but that would shorten my shooting distance. I really don't want to crank the ISO past 800, just to maintain image quality. What flash, Pentax brand or other, would you suggest?

Re: Lines, shapes and colors...

2011-04-11 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/11/2011 00:19, Bulent Celasun wrote: ... for an abstract feel. Smaller: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12938842 Larger: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12938842size=lg Bulent Though I hate suggesting a crop, I might, for sake of laconicity (-- it says this is not a

Re: peso - flower

2011-04-11 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/10/2011 20:39, Sasha Sobol wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/5603835081/lightbox or if you prefer flickriver: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/5603835081 Please tell me what you think. I think that you did brilliantly producing a rather non-trivial image of a rather

Re: Micro enablement and a question thereabout

2011-04-11 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/11/2011 03:21, Rob Studdert wrote: The tip is impregnated with activated carbon as I understand, this is designed to effectively mop up oils and other contaminants. Any modern lens coatings should remain unaffected when subjected to even the most overzealous lens cleaning regimens so long

Re: OT but I wanted to share

2011-04-11 Thread Boris Liberman
On 4/7/2011 20:46, Bill Owens wrote: Just shows a how great it is to have good neighbors/friends Bill Yes, absolutely so, Bill... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: RE-35 flexisensor

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Apr 11, 2011, at 8:18 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 11 April 2011 22:01, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: You're confusing economic infeasibility with impossible. Every day I use stuff that was impossible when I started in photography. If there's really a market for something

Re: Boris PESO 08 - Have a sit

2011-04-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I like that more. The push to an abstractive collection of shapes, tones and textures removes it further from my eye trying to make sense of it as representational and trying to orient it correctly. Good stuff! On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:08 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On

Re: GESO: fantail

2011-04-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
these are very sweet! I favor 2,4,5, 8, 10. especially - I think - 8 and 10... Better than half-decent :-) Sooo hard to photo dickey-birds. What a charmer he is! ann David Mann wrote: I had a great time with a little fantail this afternoon. They aren't shy at all - if you're careful

Re: Focus chart help, please

2011-04-11 Thread Rick Womer
I've given up on focus charts--way too slow and hard to judge except with fast lenses. Using moire patterns, though, works beautifully. Here is the info: http://www.northlight-images.co.uk/article_pages/cameras/1ds3_af_micoadjustment.html or http://tinyurl.com/6e4yng Rick

Re: OT Stanley Kubrick's Chicago 1949

2011-04-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I'm sure I saw that LOOK Magazine when I was 12 years old as my parents bought it all the time ... most of the photos, though, were not anything I would have seen growing up there in person... though I remember who Gorgeous George was. I was horrified by boxing and wrestling. ann Keith

Re: Peso: Really Red

2011-04-11 Thread David J Brooks
I have a great deal of difficulty in photography red flowers, so i went out and bought pink ones. Dave On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 10:58 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I took these shots this morning with the E-PL1 and my old m42 super Takumar 55 f2.

Re: peso - flower

2011-04-11 Thread David J Brooks
Well that certainly jumps out at you. Very nice Dave On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 1:39 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/5603835081/lightbox or if you prefer flickriver: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/sobol/5603835081 Please tell me what you think.

Re: Focus chart help, please

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've used the moire patterns to confirm results but not in isolation. I've found the focus charts work fine as long as the results are carefully analyzed on the computer monitor, although it can be difficult with anything wider than about 35mm. Paul On Apr 11, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Rick Womer

Re: PESO Broken Roof

2011-04-11 Thread David J Brooks
Nice angle here. Dave On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Thomas Bohn thb...@gmail.com wrote: Today I've seen this broken roof, the rest of the building doesn't look to good either: http://www.23hq.com/tehabe/photo/6635117 I hope you like it. Thomas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PAW--Week 14--Urban Fog

2011-04-11 Thread David J Brooks
That works well. I like the fade you have here. Dave On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Seems to be the theme this week ;-). http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PAW66 - Spring fog

2011-04-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Yes :-) ann DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*16-50mm@50, 1/80s, f/2.8, ISO200 DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Peso: Really Red

2011-04-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nice composition... have you tried doing the brightness and contrast stuff instead of desaturating to get more detail? (I may be late to the party here) ann Steven Desjardins wrote: I took these shots this morning with the E-PL1 and my old m42 super Takumar 55 f2.

Re: peso - flower

2011-04-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
It could be an Oriental Poppy ??? but looks like a wide open tulip to me ,too. Sasha, do you have other photos that show more of the flower in its surroindings for ID/ ann Sasha Sobol wrote: Thanks everyone. Larry, I am not sure but I think it is a tulip. It is big and red. Not California

Re: GESO: fantail

2011-04-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Mann On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:17 AM, Tim Bray wrote: I particularly like #2. By RTF you mean some sort of flash? Yes it's the built in flash. I forget what RTF stands for. Retractable TTL-Auto Flash. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PAW66 - Spring fog

2011-04-11 Thread David J Brooks
Love the feel to this Dave On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 5:45 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*16-50mm@50, 1/80s, f/2.8, ISO200 DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Help Naming A Bird

2011-04-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Jeff - send it to me... I'd like to see if I know before using JOhn's what bird :-) ann John Sessoms wrote: From: Jeffery Johnson I need help from someone that knows birds. I captured a bird today and I am not sure what the bird is named. Let me know and I will send you a picture of the

Re: A sensor question

2011-04-11 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 02:19:16PM +0930, Peter Loveday wrote: The usual sensor uses basically three types of element -- R, G and B -- in a particular layout. Why not X Y Z where X = R+G, Y = R+G+B, Z = G+B ? You can get RGB from XYZ easily enough: Y-X = R+G+B - R+G = B Y-Z = R+G+B -

Re: PAW66 - Spring fog

2011-04-11 Thread DagT
Yes, waiting for the ice to break :-) Den 11. apr. 2011 kl. 06.57 skrev Christine Aguila: Hi DagT: are those birds in that photo? Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: DagT li...@thrane.name To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 4:45 PM

Re: Micro enablement and a question thereabout

2011-04-11 Thread steve harley
On 2011-04-10 07:40 , Boris Liberman wrote: I bought a LensPen. Tried it on a back screen of my camera and it worked wonders. Now, I only want to know whether it is safe to use LensPen on a lens numerous times as I don't think I fully understand the way it works. i've been using LensPens for

Re: OT Stanley Kubrick's Chicago 1949

2011-04-11 Thread John Sessoms
Gorgeous George would have been on the downhill side of his career by the time I came along, and I wouldn't have seen these images except maybe going through old magazines in the library stacks. Still, there's magic in those old BW images I think we've lost with digital. I know you can make

Re: PAW--Week 14--Urban Fog

2011-04-11 Thread DagT
Nice! DagT http://www.thrane.name Den 11. apr. 2011 kl. 01.09 skrev Christine Aguila: Seems to be the theme this week ;-). http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT Stanley Kubrick's Chicago 1949

2011-04-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
The commonness of images in the digital age has cheapened images in general. You once had to buy a magazine to look at amazing photography. The problem is that the world moves on and even if you could reproduce this look it would be a niche style. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:58 PM, John Sessoms

Re: Peso: Really Red

2011-04-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
The funny part is that we were all just commenting on the vivid reds of Kodachrome and here I am with this shot. I did find that a levels adjustment worked, but I may want a contradiction, i.e., vivid reds and details. I probably should try this with a different lens just to see. It's just nice

Re: Artists Bill Of Rights...

2011-04-11 Thread David Parsons
I looked through the site, and I cannot find anything that lists the 'rights' that artists are supposed to have. IMO, anything that asks for the people that are abusing artists to accept that these (whatever they are) rights are something that they should respect is doomed to failure. If they

GESO: Wood Ducks

2011-04-11 Thread Stan Halpin
I spent a couple of days in Cleveland with my brother last week. Here are a selection of shots I made of a wood duck - some just of the dude himself, some with his dudette. I think all are equivalent in in terms of focus, sharpness, etc. But I would be interested in your comments on the

Re: GESO: fantail

2011-04-11 Thread Stan Halpin
Very nice series Dave. I particularly like 4, 5, and 10 which all stand up well as individual shots (as well as when presented in a series.) stan On Apr 10, 2011, at 4:09 AM, David Mann wrote: I had a great time with a little fantail this afternoon. They aren't shy at all - if you're

Re: Boris PESO 08 - Have a sit

2011-04-11 Thread Bulent Celasun
Definitely better. The changes makes one look at it longer. Bulent - http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Boris PESO 08 - Have a sit

2011-04-11 Thread steve harley
On 2011-04-11 01:08 , Boris Liberman wrote: Following yours and others suggestions here is the second version: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2011/04/peso-081-have-sit.html I wonder if I understood your correctly, guys, and processed it in the right direction. that's a good move in the

Re: Lines, shapes and colors...

2011-04-11 Thread Bulent Celasun
My elder son has also suggested the same modification this morning! Done! Thanks :) Bulent - http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Lines, shapes and colors...

2011-04-11 Thread steve harley
On 2011-04-10 15:19 , Bulent Celasun wrote: ... for an abstract feel. Larger: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12938842size=lg nice exposure textures the doorstop (if that's what it is) has the look of a large drop or splash, but displaced from the spout -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: photo panoramas

2011-04-11 Thread Toine
The russian site/panoramas are excellent. Thanks for posting On 11 April 2011 06:05, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: For you, panorama lovers: http://www.panoramas.classic-ru.org/ http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-en.html http://www.360cities.net/london-photo-en.html Cheers,

Re: Where's Bruce Dayton

2011-04-11 Thread Rick Womer
He's alive, well, preoccupied with earning a living, and enjoying his new K5. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 4/6/11, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Where's Bruce Dayton To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net

Re: understanding sensitivity, dynamic range, contrast etc.

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:05 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Larry Colen It seems to me that if we are shooting a low contrast situation, such as clouds on a grey sky, or with a mediocre, low contrast lens, we could compensate by using a higher ISO to spread the fewer stops of dynamic range in

Re: understanding sensitivity, dynamic range, contrast etc.

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:05 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Larry Colen It seems to me that if we are shooting a low contrast situation, such as clouds on a grey sky, or with a mediocre, low contrast lens, we could compensate by using a

Re: understanding sensitivity, dynamic range, contrast etc.

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 11, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:05 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Larry Colen It seems to me that if we are shooting a low contrast situation, such as clouds on a grey sky, or with a mediocre,

Re: PAW--Week 14--Urban Fog

2011-04-11 Thread Bulent Celasun
I liked the ambiguity created by the fog; the rearmost building seemed to be superimposed onto the middle one at first sight. Either that is intended or I have some cognitive dysfunction due to repetitive drive/work/drive/rest cycles. Seriously, your whole project looks solid. Bulent

Re: understanding sensitivity, dynamic range, contrast etc.

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Apr 11, 2011, at 4:16 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 11, 2011, at 1:07 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Apr 11, 2011, at 3:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Apr 11, 2011, at 5:05 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Larry Colen It seems to me that if we are shooting a low contrast

Have any of you used the sigma 85/1.4?

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Colen
At this point I could just as well be thinking about which movie star to date as what lens to buy, but the phobolographer is doing a review of the Sigma 85/1.4: http://www.thephoblographer.com/2011/04/07/field-review-sigma-85mm-f1-4-ex-dg-hsm-day-1/ and he seems to be quite impressed by it. He

Re: PAW--Week 14--Urban Fog

2011-04-11 Thread steve harley
On 2011-04-10 17:09 , Christine Aguila wrote: Seems to be the theme this week ;-). http://aguilapaw.posterous.com/ i like this image; at first i read it urban frog and saw a geometric frog as the subject -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - A Long time Coming...

2011-04-11 Thread Mitchell Conant
Tried sending this last night but it never was posted to the list. Let's try it again... After a long, cold winter of working on my photo album webpage and associated management utilities; I have a bunch of stuff from 2010 and 2011 to post. In the near future I hope to post a couple of GESOs

Re: understanding sensitivity, dynamic range, contrast etc.

2011-04-11 Thread Dario Bonazza
The simple answer about extended bracketing with the K-5: Read instruction manual (page 160). It's all there. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: Peso: Really Red

2011-04-11 Thread Bulent Celasun
How about trying that lens on a Sigma DSLR (with a Foveon sensor)? I know this may not be practical but, technically, this is said to be a strength of the said sensor. My one and a half cents :) Bulent -

Re: Have any of you used the sigma 85/1.4?

2011-04-11 Thread Bulent Celasun
Nope! I have the full manual Samyang (Rokinon) 85mm f/1.4 and I am very pleased with its performance. Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: understanding sensitivity, dynamic range, contrast etc.

2011-04-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Apr 11, 2011, at 1:32 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: The simple answer about extended bracketing with the K-5: Read instruction manual (page 160). It's all there. For me, extended bracketing is nearly useless: When extended bracketing is set, the file format is set to [JPEG] and cannot be

Re: PESO - A Long time Coming...

2011-04-11 Thread Jack Davis
The two left Patriarchs have a glare or bloom emitting from the lighter areas near the top. I find it distracting and would certainly knock it down. Anonymous is difficult to categorize. Flame colors are striking and their pattern interesting. Jack --- On Mon, 4/11/11, Mitchell Conant

Re: Hasselblad lenses on Pentax DSLRs

2011-04-11 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com wrote: Adam, The F 110/2 Planar is a gem ;-) It is surely priced like one ;) 6390$ B. You can find them for around $1000 used, they're not terribly valuable since no current Hasselblad body can use them as they don't

Re: Canon spot: fatal?

2011-04-11 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 10, 2011, at 12:14, Tim Bray wrote: Argh, my just-days-over-a-year-old Canon S90 has an obvious visible smudge on the sensor - or at least, there's a spot in the pictures that looks exactly like the effect a dust-spot on my K20 sensor produces. But it's a totally sealed body. Is this

FS: more stuff again

2011-04-11 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
All M-class. $25 each. #1 Vivitar 1.5x teleconverter Good glass. http://brendemuehl.net/images/pdml/vivi15.jpg #2 Tamron Adaptall-2 adapter. Very clean. http://brendemuehl.net/images/pdml/tpk.jpg #3 Kiron reverse adapter, 55mm http://brendemuehl.net/images/pdml/reverse.jpg And ... Tamron

Re: PESO - breakthrough

2011-04-11 Thread Ken Waller
Nice but I see it more in a square format. The edges of the stone are too close to the top bottom edge of the image IMO. Maybe work it a little and close in on the confluence of the cracks. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From:

Re: Canon spot: fatal?

2011-04-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 1:17 PM, Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net wrote: Well now that is interesting... Any way of popping it open to blow the sensor off. Also this might be a silly question are you sure it is on the sensor and not lens. Jeffery There are two spots on my

Re: PESO s spinning fire

2011-04-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 11:00 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: No flash is especially cool. Well done shots, Larry! Jack Agreed Dave --- On Sun, 4/10/11, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: PESO s  spinning fire To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Help Naming A Bird

2011-04-11 Thread Ken Waller
I thought it was Arnold. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Help Naming A Bird It is probably named Henery Hawk then =) 2011/4/11 Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net: Thank

PESO: Poppy and Sun

2011-04-11 Thread Jack Davis
Forgive the creative spelling.(?) Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=587 K-5, DA 16~45@20mm, 1/1600, ISO 800, laying on the ground in a neighborhood park. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: GESO: Wood Ducks

2011-04-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Stan, #6 then #5. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I spent a couple of days in Cleveland with my brother last week. Here are a selection of shots I made of a wood duck - some just of the dude himself, some with his dudette. I

Re: PESO: Poppy and Sun

2011-04-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
very nice! ann Jack Davis wrote: Forgive the creative spelling.(?) Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=587 K-5, DA 16~45@20mm, 1/1600, ISO 800, laying on the ground in a neighborhood park. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - breakthrough

2011-04-11 Thread Peter McIntosh
Thanks, Ken. I'll have a play and see what I can do. Regards, Pete On 12 April 2011 08:01, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Nice but I see it more in a square format. The edges of the stone are too close to the top bottom edge of the image IMO. Maybe work it a little and close in on

Re: PESO: Poppy and Sun

2011-04-11 Thread Bill Owens
Lovely! Bill On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Forgive the creative spelling.(?) Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=587 K-5, DA 16~45@20mm, 1/1600, ISO 800, laying on the ground in a neighborhood park. -- PDML

Re: PESO: Poppy and Sun

2011-04-11 Thread Steven Desjardins
An elegant shot. I like the light and the composition. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Forgive the creative spelling.(?) Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=587 K-5, DA 16~45@20mm, 1/1600, ISO 800, laying on the ground

Re: GESO: Wood Ducks

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
Since the uniquely colored wood duck is the star of this show, I'd go with number 6. Paul On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 1:09 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I spent a couple of days in Cleveland with my brother last week. Here are a selection of shots I made of a wood duck -

RE: GESO: Wood Ducks

2011-04-11 Thread Jeffery Johnson
1, 2 6 are nice and must say they are colorful... ___ Pictures that I have taken on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Stan Halpin

RE: PESO: Poppy and Sun

2011-04-11 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Very nice against the blue ___ Pictures that I have taken on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jt-johnson/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jack Davis Sent: Monday, April 11,

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