Re: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 2 June 2011 11:56, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Got in to Durham last night after about 13 hours of driving from Boston (a couple of construction delays but no major problems). Getting ready to set of for the mountains in a few minutes. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/ My

RE: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread Bob W
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Chris Mitchell http://www.robertstech.com/temp/ So let's get this straight - you've just admitted to the world on the premier video social networking site that you've been driving around

RE: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Stan Halpin ... if I understand things correctly, if you batch process in Photoshop you end up with a second set of images (tiff or jpg) whereas in Lightroom you just get image adjustments embedded in the DNG or as

RE: A Hard, Merciless Light

2011-06-03 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Stan Halpin An interesting article here for those comrades who are interested in the history of social documentary and reportage photography: http://www.foto8.com/new/online/blog/1424-worker-photography- movement

RE: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 08:56 +0100, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Stan Halpin I don't know that the technical details matter much as long as you stick with one system, but FWIW I think your characterization of LR is

Re: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread Cotty
On 3/6/11, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: So let's get this straight - you've just admitted to the world on the premier video social networking site that you've been driving around the countryside while filming with a hand held camera. You've also told the world where you are.

PESO Madonna and child

2011-06-03 Thread Larry Colen
An interpretation of one of my photos I didn't see until a friend commented on it Mother and child http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5324644936/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO Madonna and child

2011-06-03 Thread Ecke PDML
Neat. You could also call it growth has reached the ceiling or growth ceiling for short. Beautiful catch anyway. Thanks for sharing Ecke 2011/6/3 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: An interpretation of one of my photos I didn't see until a friend commented on it Mother and child

Re: PESO: paua slug

2011-06-03 Thread Ecke PDML
2011/6/2 Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: Now, *there's* something only a mother could love. Might appeal to the French though: it's even wearing a little beret. :-) Nicely detailed, Alastair. Good macro. Good macro indeed. Maybe it is a member of the Brown Berets aka Slime Team Six =]

Re: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread Rick Womer
Mark, It's Friday morning. I just checked the weather radar online. It's not raining at GFM. Something is terribly wrong. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 6/2/11, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Subject: Arrived in NC To:

Re: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread mike wilson
On 03/06/2011 09:31, Bob W wrote: -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Chris Mitchell http://www.robertstech.com/temp/ So let's get this straight - you've just admitted to the world on the premier video social networking site

Re: Peso Back yard 'shroom

2011-06-03 Thread mike wilson
On 03/06/2011 01:19, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:18 PM, mike wilsonm.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Oh, right, that's because I run Adblock Plus, which I find to be far more effective than throwing a wining fit at the Internet. I find Bob to be more beericose than winy. Rye

Off to GFM

2011-06-03 Thread Bill Owens
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Re: Peso Back yard 'shroom

2011-06-03 Thread Cotty
Oh, right, that's because I run Adblock Plus, which I find to be far more effective than throwing a wining fit at the Internet. I find Bob to be more beericose than winy. Rye do you say that? Ciderknow. Still wheating for a decent post in this thread. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 2, 2011, at 22:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: If you're not used to this type of editing environment, it will seem strange to you at first, but once you've become accustomed to how it works, you'll wonder how you managed to get anything done before you started using it. ... !

Re: PESO Madonna and child

2011-06-03 Thread Boris Liberman
On 6/3/2011 12:42, Larry Colen wrote: An interpretation of one of my photos I didn't see until a friend commented on it Mother and child http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5324644936/ Larry, I am sorry but without disrespect or intent of offense, I should say that the title is way over

Re: Off to GFM

2011-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
Enjoy Dave On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Bill Owens wmbow...@gmail.com wrote: We'll be leaving in an hour or two for our annual trip to GFM. Looking forward to seeing old and new friends there. Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Peso's More birds

2011-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
So do I.:-) Dave On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:32 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Great!  I see a calendar at end of year!  Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Petch Dianne

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 02/06/2011 10:22 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: I played a bit with idea of geotagging. Obviously, like you say, Paul, there are reasonably good programs for cell phones (Android and IOS alike) that do just that - record your coordinates ever so often in a file that can be later cross-referenced

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread Mat Maessen
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently, if you have an iPhone, it it almost constantly recording it's whereabouts (and generally it's owner's whereabouts) on an almost continuous basis. Every smartphone that has a GPS in it does this. It's

Re: PESO Madonna and child

2011-06-03 Thread Igor Roshchin
Fri Jun 3 10:03:29 EDT 2011 Boris Liberman wrote: On 6/3/2011 12:42, Larry Colen wrote: An interpretation of one of my photos I didn't see until a friend commented on it Mother and child http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5324644936/ Larry, I am sorry but without disrespect or

PESO - Say Cheese!

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
Taken at Toronto's St. Lawrence Market last weekend: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/06/say-cheese.html Those damned photographers are everywhere these days... ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept.  -Henri Cartier-Bresson

Re: PESO - Lilacs in the Park

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: I can smell it from here.  Love the smell of Lilacs. Ours are about gone. Ours are late this year - they're usually not still out in June, but here they're at about their peak just now. Thanks for looking and

Re: PESO - Fog Rolls In

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:29 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Wow!  I've never seen anything like that, Frank.  Thanks for sharing. Yeah, I've never seen anything quite like it, either. Glad you enjoyed it, and thanks to everyone else who looked and commented. cheers, frank

OT PESO - Untitled

2011-06-03 Thread David Savage
G'day All, Another from the bodypainting shoot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5793119953 Direct link http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/5793119953_fec50f72b8_o.jpg D700, AF-D 85mm f1.4, 1/125 @ f8, ISO 100. Singled gridded beauty dish. Enjoy, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread David Savage
On 3 June 2011 22:37, Mat Maessen tomatoe...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently, if you have an iPhone, it it almost constantly recording it's whereabouts (and generally it's owner's whereabouts) on an almost continuous

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/06/2011 8:37 AM, Mat Maessen wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently, if you have an iPhone, it it almost constantly recording it's whereabouts (and generally it's owner's whereabouts) on an almost continuous basis. Every

Re: PESO Madonna and child

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/3/2011 12:42, Larry Colen wrote: An interpretation of one of my photos I didn't see until a friend commented on it Mother and child http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5324644936/ Larry, I am sorry but without

Re: OT PESO - Untitled

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:26 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, Another from the bodypainting shoot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5793119953 Direct link http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/5793119953_fec50f72b8_o.jpg D700, AF-D 85mm f1.4, 1/125 @ f8, ISO 100.

Re: Peso's More birds

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:22 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Toe jam http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13283392 Flaps up http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13283413 Love the second one, especially. Are you getting model releases from these guys? ;-) cheers, frank

Re: Peso Back yard 'shroom

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 6:04 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I have a few old pieces of wood up against some fences trying to keep the wild life out and the cats in. I think they have been there longer than i thought http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13299712 Lovely,

Re: PESO: paua slug

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote: We don't see these very often - it's called a paua slug but really it's a snail - somehow evolution forgot to scale up the shell appropriately! http://flic.kr/p/9PAhd7 K10D, FA100/2.8, AF360FGZ Metz mecablitz

Re: PESO: Traffic Jam

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Looking for my shot of the spire in Dublin (which is no great shot), I came across this image from my trip in 2005.  One of my favorite moments of the whole week:

Re: PESO: Sutter Gate

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: What do you suppose...? http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=606 The dof's about perfect. I also like the slight haze between the sharp gate and the hills in the background - really snaps in the subject.

Re: PESO - You and Me

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 11:35 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: You and me I still cannot decided which one of the two or whether it should be a diptych: http://komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2011/_IR30757.jpg http://komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/Mixed-2011/_IR30769.jpg You comments,

Peso: Sunbather

2011-06-03 Thread Steven Desjardins
Not the best shot but it amused me: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1319925159_smjQQjR-O-LB -- Steve Desjardins -- 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

PESO 2011 - 087-090 - GDG

2011-06-03 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
A few snaps of a neat Nash Metropolitan seen on my walk yesterday ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157626875930896/show/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157626875930896/ to get to the set slideshow or set top page. Thanks for looking! Comments always

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread steve harley
On 2011-06-02 08:56 , Tim Bray wrote: The whole thing seems like it's addressing a very limited market; how many people here at PDML have any interest in a GPS on their camera? i am; i hope the street price is half that (and i don't have an applicable camera yet), but being able to map photos

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread steve harley
On 2011-06-03 09:32 , William Robb wrote: On 03/06/2011 8:37 AM, Mat Maessen wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Robb Apparently, if you have an iPhone, it it almost constantly recording it's whereabouts (and generally it's owner's whereabouts) on an almost continuous basis.

Re: PESO 2011 - 087-090 - GDG

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: A few snaps of a neat Nash Metropolitan seen on my walk yesterday ...  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157626875930896/show/ or  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157626875930896/ to get to the

Re: PESO 2011 - 087-090 - GDG

2011-06-03 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 3, 2011, at 11:03, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: A few snaps of a neat Nash Metropolitan seen on my walk yesterday ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157626875930896/show/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157626875930896/ Cute! I can't help but think of

Re: Peso: Sunbather

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Not the best shot but it amused me: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1319925159_smjQQjR-O-LB Wonderfully captured! Cats make sleeping an artform. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois

Re: Off to GFM

2011-06-03 Thread frank theriault
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Bill Owens wmbow...@gmail.com wrote: We'll be leaving in an hour or two for our annual trip to GFM. Looking forward to seeing old and new friends there. *Sigh* Wish I could be there, Bill. You and Phyllis have a great time! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 10:37:24AM -0400, Mat Maessen wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently, if you have an iPhone, it it almost constantly recording it's whereabouts (and generally it's owner's whereabouts) on an almost continuous

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 10:33:23AM -0600, steve harley wrote: On 2011-06-03 09:32 , William Robb wrote: On 03/06/2011 8:37 AM, Mat Maessen wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Robb Apparently, if you have an iPhone, it it almost constantly recording it's whereabouts (and generally

Re: OT PESO - Untitled

2011-06-03 Thread mike wilson
On 03/06/2011 17:26, David Savage wrote: G'day All, Another from the bodypainting shoot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/5793119953 Direct link http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3073/5793119953_fec50f72b8_o.jpg D700, AF-D 85mm f1.4, 1/125 @ f8, ISO 100. Singled gridded beauty dish.

Re: PESO 2011 - 087-090 - GDG

2011-06-03 Thread Ken Waller
Nicely captured. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com Subject: PESO 2011 - 087-090 - GDG A few snaps of a neat Nash Metropolitan seen on my walk yesterday ...

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/06/2011 11:02 AM, John Francis wrote: Sophistry. Apple might not store the location of the phone, but the phone did (together with a timestamp). It was trivially easy to show where the phone had been during the previous days or weeks; all the news reports I saw showed an application

Re: OT PESO - Untitled

2011-06-03 Thread Stan Halpin
For some reason this got me to thinking about how much I loved playing with finger-paints as a kid. Meanwhile, back at your photo, I think it is lovely! Beautiful lady, I like the lighting of her face. I think I would prefer to see this, though, without the distraction of the body paint. Maybe

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread Stan Halpin
On Jun 3, 2011, at 1:11 PM, William Robb wrote: On 03/06/2011 11:02 AM, John Francis wrote: That's what people object to - unwittingly carrying a spy in their pocket. I wouldn't necessarily want my employer to know that I'd been on the same street (or even in the same town) as the head

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread David Parsons
All cell phones can be traced to the cell towers that they connect to by the wireless provider. Do you really think that Verizon or ATT aren't keeping records of which cell towers your phone is talking to, and the time/date? On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:02 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On

Re: PESO - Say Cheese!

2011-06-03 Thread Jack Davis
I'll bet someone was taking a pic of you at that moment. ;) Jack --- On Fri, 6/3/11, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Say Cheese! To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Friday, June 3, 2011, 8:19 AM

Re: PESO: Sutter Gate

2011-06-03 Thread Jack Davis
I came upon this gate, did a U-turn, found a spot to pull off the road, and actually set the AV to f/11 because I intended to shoot it at an angle. Your comments make the effort worth while, Frank. Thanks! Jack --- On Fri, 6/3/11, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank

Re: Peso's More birds

2011-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 11:39 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:22 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Toe jam http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13283392 Flaps up http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13283413 Love the second

Re: PESO - Say Cheese!

2011-06-03 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I'll bet someone was taking a pic of you at that moment. ;) I'll post that one soon.:-) I can think of several other titles for this one Frank, based on her expression. Dave Jack --- On Fri, 6/3/11, frank theriault

Re: PESO Madonna and child

2011-06-03 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 3, 2011, at 7:03 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 6/3/2011 12:42, Larry Colen wrote: An interpretation of one of my photos I didn't see until a friend commented on it Mother and child http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5324644936/ Larry, I am sorry but without disrespect or

Re: PESO Madonna and child

2011-06-03 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 3, 2011, at 8:36 AM, frank theriault wrote: Seriously, a very nice photo. Well seen, well taken. Thanks. A comment about the background prompted me to go back and have another look at the composition, and it turns out that I like the next photo in the series a lot better:

RE: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread Bob W
I played a bit with idea of geotagging. Obviously, like you say, Paul, there are reasonably good programs for cell phones (Android and IOS alike) that do just that - record your coordinates ever so often in a file that can be later cross-referenced with the time the photograph was

RE: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty On 3/6/11, Chris Mitchell, discombobulated, unleashed: So let's get this straight - you've just admitted to the world on the premier video social networking site that you've been driving around the countryside

RE: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread Bob W
It's the recording it to a database that I find unsavoury. it doesn't store the location of the phone, it caches the locations of cell towers and wifi signals; these are the data that make geolocation so much faster than with GPS alone Sophistry. Apple might not store the location

Re: PESO Madonna and child

2011-06-03 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The original meaning of my lady is now considered Archaic. I don't think it ever meant mother. Today, it means either the Virgin Mary or the singer who claimed to be Like Virgin. Dan On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The name of the photo was inspired by this

RE: PESO Madonna and child

2011-06-03 Thread Bob W
No disrespect was meant. Madonna and child is a commonly used title for mother and child pictures, granted, it's usually one particular mother, but madonna just means mother, doesn't it? madonna means 'my lady', as in Madonna (short form = Mona) Lisa. But a Madonna Child would always refer

Re: PESO - Fog Rolls In

2011-06-03 Thread Bulent Celasun
Frank, I liked the image in spite of the already mentioned blemishes. Also, the idea of flipping either the upper or the lower part of the image (left to right) came to my mind. Should be easy especially with a noisy original (markings will be easier to hide). Of course it may be an extreme case

Re: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread Steven Desjardins
That was pretty good Mark. I have a very short attention span with video but I actually enjoyed that. You have a career as a narrator. On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty On 3/6/11,

Re: Off to GFM

2011-06-03 Thread Steven Desjardins
Enjoy Bill. On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Bill Owens wmbow...@gmail.com wrote: We'll be leaving in an hour or two for our annual trip to GFM. Looking forward to seeing old and new friends there. Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Say Cheese!

2011-06-03 Thread Steven Desjardins
I hate the ing camera. Great catch. On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:43 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:30 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I'll bet someone was taking a pic of you at that moment. ;) I'll post that one soon.:-) I can think of

Re: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread Bulent Celasun
Ecke, Shouldn't the Zen Way be like this: I have a life, a work and a flow? Perhaps I missed the question but ;) Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

Re: I despise Sigma for discrimination

2011-06-03 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 2, 2011, at 3:39 PM, Cotty wrote: On 1/6/11, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Sigma? Who cares? Mark!! For sum. -- 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

Good and bad filters

2011-06-03 Thread David Parsons
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2011/06/good-times-with-bad-filters If you must use a filter, see why you should use a good quality one. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 01:27:58PM -0400, David Parsons wrote: All cell phones can be traced to the cell towers that they connect to by the wireless provider. Do you really think that Verizon or ATT aren't keeping records of which cell towers your phone is talking to, and the time/date? No.

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread Tim Bray
Actually, every time you move from the footprint of one cell tower to another, the phone company *has* to know this, so they can know where to route incoming calls. So it is absolutely the case that your phone company knows where you are and where you've been. Here are a bunch of questions that

Re: OT PESO - Untitled

2011-06-03 Thread Bob Sullivan
Agreed On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 12:13 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: For some reason this got me to thinking about how much I loved playing with finger-paints as a kid. Meanwhile, back at your photo, I think it is lovely! Beautiful lady, I like the lighting of her face. I

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 01:04:45PM -0700, Tim Bray wrote: Actually, every time you move from the footprint of one cell tower to another, the phone company *has* to know this, so they can know where to route incoming calls. But, again, only when I have the phone on. That's why it takes a

Re: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread Mark Roberts
[Default] On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 23:38:49 +0100, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 2/6/11, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: For now, I've done a clip taken whith my liffle standard def Flip Video camera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gecVBPXegM8 BRILLIANT!!! Mark for God sake take the

Re: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread Mark Roberts
[Default] On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 07:58:53 +0100, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: So let's get this straight - you've just admitted to the world on the premier video social networking site that you've been driving around the countryside while filming with a hand held camera. You've also

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread steve harley
On 2011-06-03 11:11 , William Robb wrote: There was, when this topic was in the news, some concern that police were carrying devices that could download the contents of these devices, and were able to do so wirelessly. I don't know how much, if any, truth there is to this, but the thought of it

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread steve harley
On 2011-06-03 10:49 , John Francis wrote: On Fri, Jun 03, 2011 at 10:37:24AM -0400, Mat Maessen wrote: On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Apparently, if you have an iPhone, it it almost constantly recording it's whereabouts (and generally it's

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread steve harley
On 2011-06-03 11:02 , John Francis wrote: Sophistry. Apple might not store the location of the phone, but the phone did (together with a timestamp). It was trivially easy to show where the phone had been during the previous days or weeks; all the news reports I saw showed an application doing

Just Dodged a Bullet

2011-06-03 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all I just spent several enjoyable hours recovering from a near disaster, photographically speaking. My backup plan for the past few years has been to store all my photos on two external hard drives - No.1 is permanently attached to the computer and No.2 is kept off site (sort of - since I

Re: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:22 -0400, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Jun 2, 2011, at 9:50 PM, Brian Walters wrote: ... if I understand things correctly, if you batch process in Photoshop you end up with a second set of images (tiff or jpg) whereas in Lightroom you just get

Re: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 20:20 -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 8:09 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: The changes are actually embedded into the LightRoom database.  You can choose to have changes put into sidecar files or into the DNG files

Re: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread Brian Walters
On Thu, 02 Jun 2011 22:58 -0400, Scott Loveless sdlovel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 5:34 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: My process is as follows: 1. put the card in the computer 2. start Lightroom 3. click the Import button A bunch of other stuff 12. send

Re: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread Brian Walters
On Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:00 -0400, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: That was pretty good Mark. I have a very short attention span with video but I actually enjoyed that. You have a career as a narrator. There was narration? Damn - I need to keep my PC's speakers switched on.

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread Rob Studdert
On 4 June 2011 00:37, Mat Maessen tomatoe...@gmail.com wrote: Every smartphone that has a GPS in it does this. It's how the applications on the phone know where you are. My understanding is that it also sends this information back to Apple periodically. Incorrect. As others have already

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/06/2011 2:04 PM, Tim Bray wrote: Actually, every time you move from the footprint of one cell tower to another, the phone company *has* to know this, so they can know where to route incoming calls. So it is absolutely the case that your phone company knows where you are and where you've

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/06/2011 3:48 PM, steve harley wrote: that's just conspiracy-mongering, but it doesn't mattery anyway: the FBI has access to everything, without a warrant or any notice to you; doesn't matter what OS your phone runs I would hope that the FBI has very little access to anything to do

Re: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 31 May 2011 17:47 -0600, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: On 2011-05-30 16:51 , Brian Walters wrote: If so, isn't this just handing over the image processing function to software? Do you go back and 'tweak' the images? this is a funny question -- perhaps you don't realize

Re: Just Dodged a Bullet

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/06/2011 5:12 PM, Brian Walters wrote: However, this got me wondering what methods others use to backup their files.. I use a Drobo. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/06/2011 5:42 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: however the GPS units in phone can be literally turned off Sask Tel's GPS service can usually place my phone within 2200 meters of where I actually am. Worst GPS service ever. When Tom and I were hanging out in Chicago last year, he would tell his

Research on what makes an image memorable

2011-06-03 Thread Sandy Harris
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Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread Stan Halpin
On Jun 3, 2011, at 7:51 PM, William Robb wrote: On 03/06/2011 5:42 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: however the GPS units in phone can be literally turned off Sask Tel's GPS service can usually place my phone within 2200 meters of where I actually am. Worst GPS service ever. When Tom and I were

Re: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 7:47 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: No - I understand that.  What I meant was, if you batch process a lot of files, is there any real difference to allowing Photoshop to process the files rather than letting the camera's software do it. I'd take LR3's

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread steve harley
On 2011-06-03 17:45 , William Robb wrote: On 03/06/2011 3:48 PM, steve harley wrote: that's just conspiracy-mongering, but it doesn't mattery anyway: the FBI has access to everything, without a warrant or any notice to you; doesn't matter what OS your phone runs I would hope that the FBI

Re: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread steve harley
On 2011-06-03 17:47 , Brian Walters wrote: On Tue, 31 May 2011 17:47 -0600, steve harleyp...@paper-ape.com this is a funny question -- perhaps you don't realize that if you shoot JPEG, you are *absolutely* handing over the image processing function to software (in the camera) and unlike RAW,

Re: A Hard, Merciless Light

2011-06-03 Thread Stan Halpin
On Jun 3, 2011, at 4:03 AM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Stan Halpin I cannot see how Dorothea Lange's photos are substantively different from those that illustrate the story, but I guess the point is not the images themselves, but

Re: Arrived in NC

2011-06-03 Thread Stan Halpin
On Jun 3, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: [Default] On Fri, 3 Jun 2011 07:58:53 +0100, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: So let's get this straight - you've just admitted to the world on the premier video social networking site that you've been driving around the

Re: Just Dodged a Bullet

2011-06-03 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Jun 3, 2011, at 7:12 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all I just spent several enjoyable hours recovering from a near disaster, photographically speaking. My backup plan for the past few years has been to store all my photos on two external hard drives - No.1 is permanently attached to

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/06/2011 6:11 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: You have roads up there? stan One of our main roads: http://www.pbase.com/klatuu/image/108149432 This one is in pretty good shape for around here: http://www.pbase.com/klatuu/image/112608619 -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r 645D

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/06/2011 6:26 PM, steve harley wrote: okay, if by my people you mean the US, you're right -- but the CIA is probably onto you for writing like me True story: I was sent to the local casino a few years back to photograph the interior of one of the (very large) rooms. There was some

Re: Workflow Quandary

2011-06-03 Thread William Robb
On 03/06/2011 6:46 PM, steve harley wrote: not sure how Photoshop got mixed in here -- i thought we were talking about batch processing as an aspect of importing into Lightroom or Aperture If nothing else, Photoshop does a very good job of batch processing. In reality, it does exactly the

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