Re: WTB (what a shock!) 18-55 DA KAF lens

2011-06-21 Thread mike wilson
On 20/06/2011 16:29, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I saw one for $74 on Buy.com but it was apparently bait and switch. I'd like to give my loaner sigma lens back to owner hey that rhymes! my old manual lenses aren't wide enough... cant afford a wide angle prime.. with an 16-55 and my 55-300 I'm

Re: PESO - Portrait of a Photographer (BW)

2011-06-21 Thread Bulent Celasun
Thanks, David :) I did too... Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun 2011/6/21 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com:

Re: WTB (what a shock!) 18-55 DA KAF lens

2011-06-21 Thread Ecke PDML
I love this list... 2011/6/21 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: On 20/06/2011 16:29, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I saw one for $74 on Buy.com but it was apparently bait and switch. I'd like to give my loaner sigma lens back to owner hey that rhymes! my old manual lenses aren't wide

Re: Vanessa Mae in Israel (no photo content)

2011-06-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 6/21/2011 00:11, Bob W wrote: Oh, the 'sits'. Sorry. Misread it. Seats, I suppose... My bad. Take a cold shower. You misread it again, Bob. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: PESO - Coffee Driven

2011-06-21 Thread Jack Davis
He would, also, fit well in your Hat collection. I suspect they're a unique couple. Crisp, well composed shot. Jack --- On Mon, 6/20/11, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Coffee Driven To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Eye Reflection

2011-06-21 Thread Jack Davis
I share your feelings about the K5. Clean, creative rendering. Jack --- On Mon, 6/20/11, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Subject: Eye Reflection To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, June 20, 2011, 10:23 AM Hi Everyone: The K-5 is

Re: Peso Baby Trumpeter swans

2011-06-21 Thread Jack Davis
Well done family shot, Dave. Jack --- On Mon, 6/20/11, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Peso Baby Trumpeter swans To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net, Barbara Brooks bbaro...@gmail.com, Harry Bolton bolt...@mmm.ca Date: Monday, June

Re: GESO: trek in the himalayas

2011-06-21 Thread Subash
On Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:15:32 -0400 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Wonderful stuff. I like the shepherds hut. thanks, Dave. and to everyone else who took the time to look and comment. appreciate it... -- regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Going off-line for a bit

2011-06-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 6/20/2011 21:14, Mark Roberts wrote: It's moving day and we're starting the move to our new house. I'm just about to pack up the computer and associated gear and haul it 2.1 miles to our new home. See you all in a day or two! :-) Let is be swift and painless... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GESO: Field Day, or... how I made friends with AF-C

2011-06-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 6/21/2011 03:13, Christine Nielsen wrote: Thanks, Boris. Do schools do anything like Field Day over there? It's sort of an end-of-the-school year tradition here. -c We're about to have one this Friday. It is called Happening here... There is also a Year trip whereas they visit all kinds

Re: OT RANT: Software Updates

2011-06-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 6/20/2011 22:03, steve harley wrote: On 2011-06-20 01:04 , Boris Liberman wrote: The good thing 'bout the good olde stuff is that it is olde... My XP64 hasn't asked for any updates for like half a year now. heh, my Windows 2000 virtual machine still asks for updates now and then The

Re: PESO - Panorama of our local harbour

2011-06-21 Thread Boris Liberman
On 6/20/2011 17:37, Tim Øsleby wrote: By the looks of the first shot, yes. I'm thinking it may be a magic lens, whatever I points it at turns into gold ;-) It is good and pleasant to recall that the portrait of you that I made was taken with mere FA 77/1.8 Limited so that you were given a

Problems with PPG

2011-06-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Is anyone else experiencing problems with the voting on the Pentax Photo Gallery? Last night, it kept giving me the same five images to review. This morning, I checked again, and it was repeating anywhere from one to five of the photos most of the time. Has anyone else experienced similar

Infinity adjust on an A24-50 f/4 lens

2011-06-21 Thread Charles Robinson
I just pulled an old lens out of the box and popped it onto my K10D with the idea that my son could use it to see if he liked the idea of a bigger camera. Darned thing doesn't focus to infinity, though! Why did I never notice this before? I've seen a few different pages out there about

Hot Pixels - Time for new camera?

2011-06-21 Thread Ed Keeney
I have a K100D that is now 4 1/2 years old with about 14000 images taken. I've noticed more and more hot pixels being recorded on my shots, requiring more and more post processing detail work. At what point do you say it is time to suck it up and get a new camera? I should have started saving a

Re: Infinity adjust on an A24-50 f/4 lens

2011-06-21 Thread Darren Addy
I recently got one of those A 24-50mms but haven't tried it on my K-x yet. I'll see if I can give it a go tonight and see if I have the same problem. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: July PUG - Not much 'Strange' happening...

2011-06-21 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Gee Brian, thats really, um, strange ann Brian Walters wrote: G'day all Only one submission so far for the July theme - 'Strange'. I can't believe that nothing strange is happening within reach of your cameras! Cut off date for submissions is 30 June. Submit here:

Re: Problems with PPG

2011-06-21 Thread Jack Davis
I hadn't voted for awhile, but due to your message, I just did. After submitting a page of votes the same 5 images came back u..minus the votes.(?) Jack --- On Tue, 6/21/11, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Problems with PPG

Re: Problems with PPG

2011-06-21 Thread Bong Manayon
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone else experiencing problems with the voting on the Pentax Photo Gallery? Yup. You just beat me to complaining... :-| -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Problems with PPG

2011-06-21 Thread Jack Davis
I just advised Pentax customer care. Probably not the first. Jack --- On Tue, 6/21/11, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: From: Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Problems with PPG To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 7:45 AM On Tue,

Re: Hot Pixels - Time for new camera?

2011-06-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Ed Keeney ewkph...@gmail.com wrote: I have a K100D that is now 4 1/2 years old with about 14000 images taken.  I've noticed more and more hot pixels being recorded on my shots, requiring more and more post processing detail work. At what point do you say it is

Re: Problems with PPG

2011-06-21 Thread Bong Manayon
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I just advised Pentax customer care. Probably not the first. I actually complained before the weekend about the another strange thing: when you upload a photo it is somehow stripped of the EXIF info, sometimes only one

Re: Problems with PPG

2011-06-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Yes, Bong, I noticed that also, on some, but not on all, of my submissions. Dan On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I just advised Pentax customer care. Probably not the first. I

Re: WTB (what a shock!) 18-55 DA KAF lens

2011-06-21 Thread mike wilson
On 21/06/2011 09:37, Ecke PDML wrote: I love this list... 2011/6/21 mike wilsonm.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: On 20/06/2011 16:29, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I saw one for $74 on Buy.com but it was apparently bait and switch. I'd like to give my loaner sigma lens back to owner hey that rhymes! my

Re: Peso:Speeding By

2011-06-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
I see what you mean, but it's funny to me since I only took the shot to get the bike and the rest of it was just kind of there when I fired the shutter. I tried to find the one where I missed the bike but I guess I erased it in frustration. On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:31 PM, Bob W

Canon takes a page from the Pentax line up

2011-06-21 Thread David J Brooks
http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/20/canon-takes-a-cue-from-pentax-starts-selling-the-t3-in-assorted/ Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO: Field Day, or... how I made friends with AF-C

2011-06-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
It worked very well. I like the water shooter gal with the pigtails. On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Yesterday, I volunteered at my daughter's school to take photos of the 3rd graders at field day.  For the uninitiated, Field Day is a day of fun

Re: Going off-line for a bit

2011-06-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
In memory of Mark, I think we should keep this thread going until he gets back. To make it a challenge, you can only use potentially Markable statements. No, I'm not going to explain but you know what I mean. On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:12 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 6/20/2011

OT: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver

2011-06-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
Political issues aside, what did you think of this picture as a photograph: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/vancouver-riots-2011_n_878128.html I personally like it a lot. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Going off-line for a bit

2011-06-21 Thread Darren Addy
Mark, May your new home always be too small to hold all of your friends. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: Going off-line for a bit

2011-06-21 Thread mike wilson
On 21/06/2011 17:57, Steven Desjardins wrote: No, I'm not going to explain but you know what I mean. Mark! I'm going to see if I can nominate triple figures. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: OT: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver

2011-06-21 Thread mike wilson
On 21/06/2011 18:20, Steven Desjardins wrote: Political issues aside, what did you think of this picture as a photograph: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/vancouver-riots-2011_n_878128.html I personally like it a lot. Sadly, it appears they were on the ground due to being assaulted by

Re: OT: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Nielsen
As a friend (and fellow Bruins fan) noted: at least someone in Vancouver scored... I think it's surreal-looking. -c On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Political issues aside, what did you think of this picture as a photograph:

Re: Canon takes a page from the Pentax line up

2011-06-21 Thread Ecke PDML
Someone had to copy it eventually but I have major nits with the way they did it: that cherry red looks cheesy to my eye. And too many Canons somehow look like a bar of soap with a lens mount and a prism housing. 2011/6/21 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com:

Re: OT: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver

2011-06-21 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 21, 2011, at 11:20, Steven Desjardins wrote: Political issues aside, what did you think of this picture as a photograph: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/16/vancouver-riots-2011_n_878128.html I personally like it a lot. That's a really really great-looking image! There's an

Re: Canon takes a page from the Pentax line up

2011-06-21 Thread mike wilson
On 21/06/2011 19:23, Ecke PDML wrote: And too many Canons somehow look like a bar of soap with a lens mount and a prism housing. Mark! -- 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: Hot Pixels - Time for new camera?

2011-06-21 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 21, 2011, at 9:52, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Ed Keeney ewkph...@gmail.com wrote: I have a K100D that is now 4 1/2 years old with about 14000 images taken. I've noticed more and more hot pixels being recorded on my shots, requiring more and more post

Re: Eye Reflection

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Brian Mark: I have no doubt you two do brilliantly with any camera in your hands--I know; I've seen your work! But the K-5 is a tool that I think increases creative possibilities. So go ahead and get one :-)) Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Eye Reflection

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
I wouldn't under estimate the K20D. That's a very good camera. It does do some wacky metering at times (less so than the K10D), but it certainly renders some very nice images. All pdmlers who've owned that camera have posted lovely photos from the K20D. In some ways I think its image quality

Re: Eye Reflection

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
- Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 6:51 AM Subject: Re: Eye Reflection I share your feelings about the K5. Clean, creative rendering. Thanks, Jack and to everyone who had a look-see!

Re: Volcanic ash sunset

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Nice! What Brian said. Amazing color in the sky. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 10:24 PM Subject: Re: Volcanic ash sunset On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 12:08 +1000,

Re: OT: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver

2011-06-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
I did read the write up. In an odd way, it makes the shot more endearing than lusty. On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Jun 21, 2011, at 11:20, Steven Desjardins wrote: Political issues aside, what did you think of this picture as a photograph:

Re: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
I like it too! Compelling to be sure. I am surprised by the riots. I wouldn't have expected that coming out of Vancouver. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:20

Re: Peso Baby Trumpeter swans

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
A very cute family photo, Dave. Really nice. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Barbara Brooks bbaro...@gmail.com; Harry Bolton bolt...@mmm.ca Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 6:52 PM Subject: Peso Baby

Re: Hot Pixels - Time for new camera?

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Ah! I didn't know this about Lightroom. Good to know. Thanks, Ed, for asking the question. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:35 PM Subject: Re: Hot Pixels -

Re: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver

2011-06-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
They were covert CIA plants sent there to ruin Canada's reputation. On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: I like it too!  Compelling to be sure.  I am surprised by the riots.  I wouldn't have expected that coming out of Vancouver.  Cheers, Christine

Re: Hot Pixels - Time for new camera?

2011-06-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
NO. Definitely buy a new camera. There is no hope in trying to save this one. A K5 would work much better. (You're welcome.) On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:07 AM, Ed Keeney ewkph...@gmail.com wrote: I have a K100D that is now 4 1/2 years old with about 14000 images taken.  I've noticed more

Re: Canon takes a page from the Pentax line up

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow, I didn't expect that from Canon. Thanks for sharing, Dave. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:28 AM Subject: Canon takes a page from the Pentax line up

Re: Are These Images Photo-Shopped?

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Those are fun. Thanks for sharing, Dan. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 2:41 PM Subject: OT: Are These Images Photo-Shopped?

Re: Geso horse show

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Nice classic pose here, Dave http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2011-PAEC2/album/slides/DSC_1890.html This is nice--the darks and shadows of the horse's body rendered very nicely here. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2011-PAEC2/album/slides/DSC_1894.html More nice ones

Re: Peso:Speeding By

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Steve: I like both speeding by and rounding the ben as is. Very nice. Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO - Portrait of a Photographer (BW)

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Very cute, Bulent! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 5:02 PM Subject: PESO - Portrait of a Photographer (BW) I was there to photograph water lillies. Suddenly,

Re: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
HAR! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver They were covert CIA plants sent there to ruin Canada's

Re: July PUG - Not much 'Strange' happening...

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Roger that. I'm gonna get strange now. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 8:49 PM Subject: July PUG - Not much 'Strange' happening... G'day all Only one

Peso: Photog

2011-06-21 Thread Steven Desjardins
Nothing profound here, but I thought y'all would be amused by this: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_NVzVH#1348008852_Kmnw59r-L-LB -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: trek in the himalayas

2011-06-21 Thread Christine Aguila
Darrel just saw these, Subash, and said they were wonderful!! Much better than postcards :- Cheers, Darrel c/o Christine - Original Message - From: Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 10:48 AM Subject: GESO: trek in the himalayas

Re: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver

2011-06-21 Thread Carlos R.
The real story behind the picture might be a bit different, though. See: http://gizmodo.com/5812924 El 21/06/2011 20:17, Christine Aguila escribió: HAR! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent:

Re: Peso: Photog

2011-06-21 Thread Jack Davis
Worth a bemused head shaking grin. Jack ;) --- On Tue, 6/21/11, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Subject: Peso: Photog To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, 11:28 AM Nothing profound here, but I thought

Re: PESO - Coffee Driven

2011-06-21 Thread Stan Halpin
I love it! Very compelling shot. And she is drop-dead gorgeous which just makes the whole thing work better since she is not the obvious main element in the image. stan On Jun 20, 2011, at 11:19 AM, frank theriault wrote: I usually present street scenes in monochrome, but some photos require

Re: Going off-line for a bit

2011-06-21 Thread Ken Waller
Everyone should move every 3 or 4 years! A great way to cut down on stuff. When I was moving back to Michigan after a 4 year assignment in St Louis, I found I was moving unopened boxes that I had packed in the original move to St Louis, stuff I never used and really didn't need. Kenneth

Re: Hot Pixels - Time for new camera?

2011-06-21 Thread Paul Stenquist
As a footnote to all this, 14,000 images isn't excessive. You should be able to go well beyond that. Most of my Pentax DSLRs went well beyond 20,000, and all were still in excellent condition. Paul On Jun 21, 2011, at 2:03 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: NO. Definitely buy a new camera. There

Re: Eye Reflection

2011-06-21 Thread Ken Waller
Great capture, nice after capture work! Is this the same subject as your image in the PDML annual? BTW, my wife I think the PDML image is OUTSTANDING. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark Cassino markcass...@ymail.com

Re: Eye Reflection

2011-06-21 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: Eye Reflection Very cool. The K-5 is far better than any of the previous Pentax DSLRs. It's truly in a different league. Paul Keep

Re: WTB (what a shock!) 18-55 DA KAF lens

2011-06-21 Thread Ken Waller
Sweet. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ecke PDML overpenta...@googlemail.com Subject: Re: WTB (what a shock!) 18-55 DA KAF lens I love this list... 2011/6/21 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: On 20/06/2011 16:29, Ann

Re: July PUG - Not much 'Strange' happening...

2011-06-21 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Subject: Re: July PUG - Not much 'Strange' happening... Roger that. I'm gonna get strange now. Cheers, Christine My manna always told me to stay away

Re: Problems with PPG

2011-06-21 Thread Ken Waller
I've been experiencing a different issue - on my gallery page (where I can up load images), one of my images has been replace with someones image, yet my title for my image still appears. Alls well on the public gallery page and on the 'collection' page - it was one of the original collection

Re: Photo of Kissing Couple in Vancouver

2011-06-21 Thread drd1135
This is the story I read. Certainly a good one at that. -Original Message- From: Carlos R. crls.p...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:53:55 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Photo of

Re: Canon takes a page from the Pentax line up

2011-06-21 Thread drd1135
Driven by the fear of Pentax innovation . . . --Original Message-- From: Christine Aguila Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List ReplyTo: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Canon takes a page from the Pentax line up Sent: Jun 21, 2011 2:05 PM Wow, I didn't expect

Firmware 1.10 for K-r and K-5

2011-06-21 Thread Darren Addy
It's been suggested that this may be available prematurely on the UK site: http://www.pentax.co.uk/en/Photo-Downloads.html#MediaTypeID4 Be the first kid on your block to brick your camera! Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-21 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-06-20 20:02, Steven Desjardins wrote: They tell me (I always wander around and talk to the teams) that the knee is more of a feeler than a support. They do grind away those knee pucks, though. Oh, I didn't mean they leaned on them for support. I'm sorry if I implied that. If you

Re: PESO - Portrait of a Photographer (BW)

2011-06-21 Thread Darren Addy
Love it! Made me smile. Thanks for sharing. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: WTB (what a shock!) 18-55 DA KAF lens

2011-06-21 Thread Thibouille
AFAIK the II has it, but the DA-L has no QS and platic bayonet. 2011/6/21 mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: On 21/06/2011 09:37, Ecke PDML wrote: I love this list... 2011/6/21 mike wilsonm.9.wil...@ntlworld.com: On 20/06/2011 16:29, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I saw one for $74 on Buy.com

Re: July PUG - Not much 'Strange' happening...

2011-06-21 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Subject: Re: July PUG - Not much 'Strange' happening... Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From:

YA Pentax sighting

2011-06-21 Thread John Francis
My wife is watching Wimbledon, but tape-delayed (TiVo-delayed?). When she steps away from the TV she makes sure it is tuned to a channel that is unlikely to show up-to-the-minute match spoilers. Today she chose to tune to a movie channel (Encore). My eye was caught by a Pentax 6x7 featuring

Re: YA Pentax sighting

2011-06-21 Thread Bruce Walker
On 11-06-21 4:46 PM, John Francis wrote: My wife is watching Wimbledon, but tape-delayed (TiVo-delayed?). When she steps away from the TV she makes sure it is tuned to a channel that is unlikely to show up-to-the-minute match spoilers. Today she chose to tune to a movie channel (Encore). My eye

Re: Problems with PPG

2011-06-21 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 09:32 -0400, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Is anyone else experiencing problems with the voting on the Pentax Photo Gallery? Last night, it kept giving me the same five images to review. This morning, I checked again, and it was repeating anywhere from

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-21 Thread drd1135
Nothing implied by you. I was just embellishing. ;-) -Original Message- From: Doug Franklin jehosep...@mindspring.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:27:23 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re:

Talk tonight in SF at 5:00

2011-06-21 Thread John Francis
If anyone happens to be in San Francisco this afternoon/evening, there's a panel discussion today at 5:00 in the SF public library talking about press passes. It's organised by the Society of Professional Journalists. That's all I know - a few more details can be found here:

Re: July PUG - Not much 'Strange' happening...

2011-06-21 Thread drd1135
Manna would be strange, however. -Original Message- From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:45:32 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: July PUG - Not much 'Strange'

PESO 2011 - 101 - GDG

2011-06-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
A few art objects ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5857689721/in/set-72157625672485865/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5857689721/ Enjoy! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Geso horse show

2011-06-21 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Christine. I still attend shows, just not officially. Its funny the company, Hummingbird Digital, they had at the last show never showed up for this one. Wonder if he pulled the plug already. its getting harder and harder for shows to get photographers out now. Lots of discussion about this

Re: Peso: Rounding the Bend

2011-06-21 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-06-20 20:04, Steven Desjardins wrote: Especially when their motion is predictable. That shot was from my balcony, BTW. VIR has several onsite hotels and it was about $240 for two nights for my wife and I. It's a nice lodge and we get a relaxing weekend as well as the races. I wander

Re: Hot Pixels - Time for new camera?

2011-06-21 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2011-06-21 15:24, Paul Stenquist wrote: As a footnote to all this, 14,000 images isn't excessive. You should be able to go well beyond that. Most of my Pentax DSLRs went well beyond 20,000, and all were still in excellent condition. For sure. My K10 has about 22,000 on it right now, and

Today's crazy idea: RAID

2011-06-21 Thread Larry Colen
Redundant Array of Inexpensive DSLRs On my drive home from San Luis Obispo today, I had the crazy idea that for the price of a medium format camera, you could make a bracket that would securely hold four (or more) relatively inexpensive DSLRs, with identical(*) decent lenses, trigger them

Re: Hot Pixels - Time for new camera?

2011-06-21 Thread Larry Colen
On Jun 21, 2011, at 12:24 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: As a footnote to all this, 14,000 images isn't excessive. You should be able to go well beyond that. Most of my Pentax DSLRs went well beyond 20,000, and all were still in excellent condition. My K100Dsuper has something on the order of

Re: Hot Pixels - Time for new camera?

2011-06-21 Thread David Parsons
I've got a 3.5 year old K100DSuper with 38,909 actuations and it's going strong. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of newer models, but it's still rock solid. On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: As a footnote to all this, 14,000 images isn't

OT more on the road sofa

2011-06-21 Thread Larry Colen
I didn't take this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/5858381726/ -- 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

Re: Today's crazy idea: RAID

2011-06-21 Thread drd1135
You would need to wear your storm trooper helmet when you use it :-p Actually, if you made tiny lens/sensor units (like the Rich camera) you could make a small array of them. I wonder if the economics would work out? -Original Message- From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Sender:

Re: Today's crazy idea: RAID

2011-06-21 Thread drd1135
That's Ricoh, not Rich. -Original Message- From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:20:56 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Today's crazy idea: RAID Redundant Array of

Re: OT more on the road sofa

2011-06-21 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
You should push the idea. This was a great project... http://www.amazon.com/Red-Couch-Portrait-America/dp/B000NOYTLE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1308700481sr=8-1 On Tuesday, June 21, 2011, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I didn't take this one: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ccmonty/5858381726/

Re: OT more on the road sofa

2011-06-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That would be a cushy assignment. Dan On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 7:57 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: You should push the idea. This was a great project... http://www.amazon.com/Red-Couch-Portrait-America/dp/B000NOYTLE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8qid=1308700481sr=8-1 On Tuesday, June

PESO: Cobra

2011-06-21 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=13387802 Comments are welcome. -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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: Today's crazy idea: RAID

2011-06-21 Thread Philip Northeast
Somebody has beaten you to it Hasselblad use sensor shift technology to create multiple images and move the sensor slightly to increae the effective pixel count. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/766903-REG/Hasselblad_70490520_H4D_200MS_Digital_Camera.html -- Philip Northeast

Re: Infinity adjust on an A24-50 f/4 lens

2011-06-21 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jun 21, 2011, at 8:50, Charles Robinson wrote: I just pulled an old lens out of the box and popped it onto my K10D with the idea that my son could use it to see if he liked the idea of a bigger camera. Darned thing doesn't focus to infinity, though! Why did I never notice this before?

Re: Today's crazy idea: RAID

2011-06-21 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Somebody has beaten you to it Hasselblad use sensor shift technology to create multiple images and move the sensor slightly to increae the effective pixel count.

Re: Today's crazy idea: RAID

2011-06-21 Thread Philip Northeast
True, but the Hasselblad effort does show the software required to stitch the multiple images together does work, so the idea is feasible On 22/06/11 12:02 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Somebody has beaten you to

Re: Today's crazy idea: RAID

2011-06-21 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 10:02:51PM -0400, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 9:10 PM, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: Somebody has beaten you to it Hasselblad use sensor shift technology to create multiple images and move the sensor slightly to increae the

Re: Infinity adjust on an A24-50 f/4 lens

2011-06-21 Thread Brian Walters
On Tue, 21 Jun 2011 20:11 -0500, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Jun 21, 2011, at 8:50, Charles Robinson wrote: I just pulled an old lens out of the box and popped it onto my K10D with the idea that my son could use it to see if he liked the idea of a bigger camera.

Re: Geso horse show

2011-06-21 Thread Mark Cassino
Lots of great shots there - though I had to google D1H to see what it was... - Original Message From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net Sent: Mon, June 20, 2011 7:37:38 PM Subject: Geso horse show Just keeping my skills honed,

Re: Today's crazy idea: RAID

2011-06-21 Thread Mark Cassino
It's only one camera but what about a gigapan system - http://www.gigapansystems.com/ I suppose the time issue woudl be something, but the images I have looked at appear to be pretty detailed... MCC - Original Message From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

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