Re: PESO x3: Thunderstorm

2012-09-07 Thread David Mann
On Sep 7, 2012, at 1:20 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Yeah, but if I remember, there was a whole lot of pissing and moaning because turning off Noise Reduction doesn't actually turn off the dark frame subtraction. I just did a test with a 15-second exposure in my darkened

GESO (6): Daffies

2012-09-07 Thread David Mann
Spring is here :) I took these about a week ago but have only just got around to processing them. http://www.multi.net.nz/daffies/ Cheers, Dave -- 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

PESO: Cake

2012-09-07 Thread David Mann
It was delicious and there is still plenty more left :) http://www.multi.net.nz/cake/ Cheers, Dave -- 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 x3: Thunderstorm

2012-09-07 Thread David Mann
On Sep 7, 2012, at 6:02 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: I'll compare the images later to see what kind of difference it makes to the noise :) I just had a look. Noise-wise it made little difference in a 15-second exposure at 400ISO. The frame was a bit underexposed; the meter may

Re: PESO: How big can you print?

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Mitchell
Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: That picture I got a few weeks ago of some mountains out the plane window, I asked my neighbor the fine-art printer how big it could be printed. Pretty big! http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/09/06/-big/RUNE6097.jpg.html - that’s a chair it’s propped

Re: Oracle vies with Apple to see who will be the supreme ASSHOLES in the entire universe.

2012-09-07 Thread Rick Womer
Two words: Firefox NoScript   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2012 10:18 PM Subject: Oracle vies with Apple to see who will be the supreme ASSHOLES in the entire universe.

Re: PESO: Rain Garden

2012-09-07 Thread Jack Davis
Quite an effort, John. Hope your K20 dries out and the pixel issues go away. Successful shot! Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To:

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Steven Desjardins
Larger sensor and the right price. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/198154-new-pentax-q-2012-a.html Yay! -- The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's own, is to get over

Re: GESO (6): Daffies

2012-09-07 Thread Steven Desjardins
Waiter, there's a fly on my flower . . . I love the ducks. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 3:01 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: Spring is here :) I took these about a week ago but have only just got around to processing them. http://www.multi.net.nz/daffies/ Cheers, Dave -- PDML

K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread Matthew Hunt
http://photorumors.com/2012/09/07/pentax-k-5-ii-and-k-5-iis-dslr-cameras/ I would expect them to get the video and AF upgrades of the K-30, at least. So what makes the Super super? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: GESO (6): Daffies

2012-09-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Great to see spring again... Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:01 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: Spring is here :) I took these about a week ago but have only just got around to processing them. http://www.multi.net.nz/daffies/ Cheers, Dave -- PDML

Re: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
Such an imaginative choice of names! On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: http://photorumors.com/2012/09/07/pentax-k-5-ii-and-k-5-iis-dslr-cameras/ I would expect them to get the video and AF upgrades of the K-30, at least. So what makes the Super super? --

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread P. J. Alling
That's probably wishful thinking on both points. On 9/7/2012 9:11 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Larger sensor and the right price. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/198154-new-pentax-q-2012-a.html Yay!

Re: PESO: Rain Garden

2012-09-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, That is an interesting and different looking image. You need something more added to give it a center of interest. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 11:55 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I had some time to kill yesterday waiting for a photography club meeting to start.

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Darren Addy
It looks like the same size sensor to me. And unless they engineered the Q lenses to cover a larger image circle, they *can't* put a bigger sensor in the Q. But this is still terrific news for any fan of the Q. It means they have not abandoned it, and that means that even more lens support may be

Re: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread Steven Desjardins
I would have preferred K5 IIa and K5 IIb. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Such an imaginative choice of names! On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 8:32 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: http://photorumors.com/2012/09/07/pentax-k-5-ii-and-k-5-iis-dslr-cameras/

Re: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Hum, such as the Canon XXX N Mark X camera names? Remember last time Pentax got imaginative we got the unpronounceable and unsearchable *ist series. Besides it's good marketing. The K-5 is still in the DxOMark top 10 for absolute sensor quality almost two years after it's release, beating

Re: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 7 September 2012 14:32, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: http://photorumors.com/2012/09/07/pentax-k-5-ii-and-k-5-iis-dslr-cameras/ I would expect them to get the video and AF upgrades of the K-30, at least. So what makes the Super super? For what it's worth, the relevent sentence from:

Re: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread Darren Addy
Yes, and so it appears that THIS poster knows what he's talking about: https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/visitors-center/197932-new-pentax-items-like-k5-mark-ii-lenses.html#post2084711 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO: How big can you print?

2012-09-07 Thread Darren Addy
That is a terrific image, Tim, and I'm glad you did this little experiment. It is hard to simulate what you are seeing with a picture of a picture presented at monitor resolution (of course) but the fact that YOU are pleased with it tells me all I need to know. I think that sometimes we forget

PESO: Rain Garden

2012-09-07 Thread Don Guthrie
Great when a plan comes together. Since the post processing is quite evident the question is does it succeed in giving the viewer a satisfactory experience. I enjoy looking at it and I think it would be nice have on the wall and it would not wear out its welcome. In short I think you have

re: GESO (6): Daffies

2012-09-07 Thread Don Guthrie
Daffies are always in season. I particularly like 2 6. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 2 Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2012 19:01:59 +1200 From: David Manndmann...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO (6): Daffies Message-ID:b82dc776-ee67-471c-9f97-b0fdd2b15...@gmail.com

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Q10, eh? Bet that will become ubiquitous bar none. :-) Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/198154-new-pentax-q-2012-a.html Yay! -- The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's own, is to get over the confusion

Re: PESO: Rain Garden

2012-09-07 Thread Bruce Walker
I'm a big fan of planned shoots, so I really appreciate how much went into this, John. I really like the subject matter, and I'd say you got the rain effect you were hoping for. But I feel that the lightening vignette works against this image. And I'd like to see more contrast in the image

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Hmmm... That was possibly the lamest pun ever. But seriously, a rumor that claims the name Q10? Doesn't sound very likely to me... AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Q10, eh? Bet that will become ubiquitous bar none. :-) Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: PESO: Rain Garden

2012-09-07 Thread Bruce Walker
John's WIALDD (woman in a long diaphanous dress) wasn't available that day. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 9:51 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: John, That is an interesting and different looking image. You need something more added to give it a center of interest. Regards, Bob S. On

Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done?

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
A pair of small watercolors - I'm hoping that the one on the left is of a known location - I'm gathering in Europe somewhere.. It looks like the signature is ZILK or ZTK or ZFk. http://annsan.smugmug.com/Misceandvids/Things-Im-selling-directly-Not/6280507_84bVv7/1/2072317721_B8WZHPf/Large

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Bruce Walker
At least they didn't predict the opposite order: 10Q 10Q very much. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:10 AM, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Hmmm... That was possibly the lamest pun ever. But seriously, a rumor that claims the name Q10? Doesn't sound very likely to me... AlunFoto

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Steven Desjardins
They should use primes, i.e., Q', Q, etc. . .. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:10 AM, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Hmmm... That was possibly the lamest pun ever. But seriously, a rumor that claims the name Q10? Doesn't sound very likely to me... AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Steven Desjardins
The repressed Q punnery is beginning to emerge. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:15 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: At least they didn't predict the opposite order: 10Q 10Q very much. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:10 AM, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: Hmmm... That

MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I think my monitor is dying... when I increase the brightness setting (I have a Proview monitor) which is right at the bottom of the monitor itself, it starts blinking and goes dark. turning it off and on gets it back but blinking... the only way I can use it now is to keep the brightness so

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Darren Addy
A Pentax Q lens (the 06) has been leaked. A 15-45mm f2.8 zoom (84-250mm equiv.) Still hoping there is an 07 for the PRIME crowd. Also leaked, a 90mm DFA Macro for the 645 and what is apparently just a rebadge of an existing Tamron for the 18-270mm. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:17 AM, Steven

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Darren Addy
If the 9 announcement number was correct... how many do we have left? New Q New Q lens 645 macro 18-270mm rebadge Still presuming the Q K-mount adapter leaves 4. Guessing: 645D mkII, K-5 mkII, flash and K-z/K300 ? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Darren Addy
Oops. Forgot the 560mm presumed to be real. So scratch one (or combine a couple of products into one announcment - like all the Q stuff together???) On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: If the 9 announcement number was correct... how many do we have left?

PESO 2012 - 089 - GDG

2012-09-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I've been struggling with finding the time to do much shooting, never mind keeping focused on a theme. Working full time as a staff writer consumes a lot of my creative energy. So I've been putting a lot of my photo involvements on the back burner and dallying with a few new cameras seeking a

Re: PESO: Rain Garden

2012-09-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bruce, Do John and Frank share the WIALDD model. She must be getting lots of Frequent Flyier miles. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: John's WIALDD (woman in a long diaphanous dress) wasn't available that day. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Mark C
On 9/7/2012 8:44 AM, Darren Addy wrote: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/198154-new-pentax-q-2012-a.html Yay! Excellent news! Let's hope for a dedicated Q prime macro - a 20mm f2.8 would be sweet. Q-ED lens! Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done?

2012-09-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Ann, I do not know anything about the paintings or the location. However, I thought I'd offer a guess that may help in your investigations. It is possible that the signature is actually for the name Zitka (that blot which is consisten on both paintings, might stand for a). Zitka appears to be a

Re: OT Fuji XE-1

2012-09-07 Thread Miserere
Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Just read about the newly announced XE-1. First little cam since the Q to make me consider a buy. That plus the 35mm/1.4 could be an outstanding portraiture kit! Anyone researched this puppy? Sent from my iPod I'm looking into it. $999 is a

Samyang 35mm tilt/shift in PK is for Full Frame

2012-09-07 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/07/samyang-24mm-f3-5-tilt-shift-lens One explanation is that Samyang is marketing the lens already to budget buyers of other full frame cameras (including the soon to be announced Sony A99 which will allegedly share the same sensor with the Pentax FF) so they

Re: Samyang 35mm tilt/shift in PK is for Full Frame

2012-09-07 Thread Darren Addy
Sorry. Somehow I mixed up in my head that this was a 35mm focal length lens. In fact, that is what it would be (36mm equiv. FOV) on an APS-C camera. True 24mm is better than 36mm. If this lens is any good, it is going to exert some serious downward pressure on the price of the old Pentax shift

Re: Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done?

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Mitchell
Could well be Prague for the water wheel: http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2D8Y_Water_Wheel_Prague_Czech_Republic I remember seeing it on a visit, but didn't take any pictures myself. Lots of artistic licence and maybe an imaginary vantage point, but the bend in the river's similar and the

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Ann, Sorry to hear about your monitor problems. A few thoughts: 1. It might be actually the problem related to the built-in graphics controller. In that case you would need to buy a new graphics adapter. In that case you'd need to make sure it can be handled by the power supply (which is not

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Steven Desjardins
Yeah, but the 645 version will cost 4 times as much. ;-) I'll be curious to see how big that Q zoom is. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: A Pentax Q lens (the 06) has been leaked. A 15-45mm f2.8 zoom (84-250mm equiv.) Still hoping there is an 07 for

Re: Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done?

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Mitchell
And the bridge / tower is Prague too. http://www.praguewelcome.cz/en/visit/monuments/top-monuments/57-old-town-bridge-tower-.shtml On 7 September 2012 18:07, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Could well be Prague for the water wheel:

Re: Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done?

2012-09-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
I think, Chris, you nailed it! See e.g. this photo: http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/1237030.jpg or this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffsheehan2010/2111724076/ or any of these for comparison: http://goo.gl/pXhdK Igor Fri Sep 7 13:07:29 EDT 2012 Chris Mitchell wrote: Could

Re: Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done?

2012-09-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Ann, Following the lead from Chris, I think I found what is depicted on the left photo Charles Bridge and the Old Town Bridge Tower in Prague: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bridge See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prague_-_Charles_Bridge.jpg and

Re: OT: Dinner Party in San Mateo Thursday 6 Sept.

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Mitchell
Oh what a shame! The 800GBP air fare would have been OK, but $25 for the meal just tips it over the edge of too expensive joke Have a great party, Chris On 6 September 2012 09:30, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On the off chance that anyone in the Bay Area wants to join me, I'm meeting

Re: Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done?

2012-09-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Heh... I see that Chris came up with the same conclusion... (the lead from Chris was on the water wheel). Igor From: Igor Roshchin Subject: Re: Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done? Ann, Following the lead from Chris, I think I found what is depicted on the left photo

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/7/2012 3:44 PM, Darren Addy wrote: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/198154-new-pentax-q-2012-a.html Yay! Fascinating news... I've read your posts on that forum page that you just linked, Darren. You appear to be very happy about Q. I, OTOH, would rather keep

Re: OT - Sony NEX-7

2012-09-07 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/6/2012 7:09 AM, Tom C wrote: Well, I've had the NEX-7 for a little over a week. ... All that aside I'm exchanging the NEX-7 for a new one. :-((( Sorry to hear that, Tom. IIRC you were anticipating NEX-7 for a long time now... Let's hope that the replacement will meet all of your

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Well, it seems that there will be K-5II and K-5IIs, so that leaves two slots for Tanya's FF K mount. I however will believe that, when I see Cotty eat his hat. On 9/7/2012 12:08 PM, Darren Addy wrote: If the 9 announcement number was correct... how many do we have left? New Q New Q lens 645

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-07 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/5/2012 6:18 AM, Larry Colen wrote: There was the lens shown along with the K-01 that had the rear element that extended back into what would be the mirror box. I suspect we'll see that lens announced, and that it'll be around 20mm, f/1.8 or faster. If they can pull out a 20mm f/1, it'll

Re: Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done?

2012-09-07 Thread Chris Mitchell
Only problem was that I pasted the wrong link to the water wheel. Should have been this one: http://www.traveljournals.net/pictures/177417.html But Igor has found many more... Chris On 7 September 2012 18:29, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Heh... I see that Chris came up with the same

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Steve, How about 10Dq? ;-) (I apologize to the rest of PDMLers, - this is a very scientific pun that would be understood only by some chemists and even fewer physicists.) Igor Fri Sep 7 11:17:21 EDT 2012 Steven Desjardins The repressed Q punnery is beginning to emerge. On Fri, Sep 7,

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Reply interspersed below. On 9/5/2012 2:39 AM, Darren Addy wrote: The Pentax K to Q adapter shown at CPP+ Well, kind of fitting, methinks. If you produce several mounts, kindly produce the necessary adapters :-). A new flash unit This one has been way way way overdue... Pentax 645Dii

Leaked lenses

2012-09-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
Fri Sep 7 12:05:05 EDT 2012 Darren Addy wrote: A Pentax Q lens (the 06) has been leaked. A deep [har!] philosophical thought: It would be easier to leak LIQUID lenses... See e.g. http://www.gizmag.com/samsung-liquid-zoom-lens-plans/16851/

Re: OT - Sony NEX-7

2012-09-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Godfrey, I should say that I shoot from the screen (no viewfinder for me yet) and that the exposure compensation buttons arrangement is just fine for me. Surely your ergonomics is different than mine. Definitely. Using an

Re: Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done?

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Wow ! what excellent resources you guys are! Thanks Igor and Chris so .. I bought both of these at the Salvation Army for $5 total. One was framed one was not - in fact, the framed one was in a bin about to go back to the main store and the other was just lying on a shelf. I'm glad I was

Re: PESO - Storm Brewing (the re-do)

2012-09-07 Thread Boris Liberman
I think you overdid it in re-do, Frank. Somewhere in between the original and the re-do version may lie the ideal... On 9/6/2012 3:08 PM, frank theriault wrote: Darkened the clouds. Actually it's now the darker exposure of the bracketed trio, so you'll notice the figure is slightly different:

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-07 Thread Miserere
On 7 September 2012 13:39, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/5/2012 6:18 AM, Larry Colen wrote: There was the lens shown along with the K-01 that had the rear element that extended back into what would be the mirror box. I suspect we'll see that lens announced, and that it'll be

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Walt Gilbert
Wonder what kind of price-point to expect on that 18-270. That's an extremely appealing focal range. On 9/7/2012 11:08 AM, Darren Addy wrote: If the 9 announcement number was correct... how many do we have left? New Q New Q lens 645 macro 18-270mm rebadge Still presuming the Q K-mount

Re: PESO - Two on the Wharf

2012-09-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Welcome back. You most surely caught a very decisive moment :-). On 9/6/2012 6:35 AM, Marco Alpert wrote: Looking at my email archive, it appears that it's been almost 2 1/2 years since last I posted here. But I seem to be back, at least for the moment.

Re: Peso: My Yard

2012-09-07 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/6/2012 2:12 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I didn't ask for a model release: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-GfHZHX5/0/XL/myyard-XL.jpg Steve, on my screen the greens look very succulent (for lack of better word) in a way that makes me wanna run a special check when I

Re: Leaked lenses

2012-09-07 Thread Larry Colen
Very cool, but I already have a pair of liquid filled lenses. And I still need a pair of glass lenses in addition so that they'll focus properly. On Sep 7, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Fri Sep 7 12:05:05 EDT 2012 Darren Addy wrote: A Pentax Q lens (the 06) has been leaked.

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 7, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Steve, How about 10Dq? ;-) (I apologize to the rest of PDMLers, - this is a very scientific pun that would be understood only by some chemists and even fewer physicists.) Can you point those of us who are merely nerds to a hint?

Re: If you're interested in (history of) math

2012-09-07 Thread Boris Liberman
On 8/31/2012 3:38 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Boris, Besides being in Russian, it is a video file format I can't play. I looked for you in the photo though. Bob Oh, I took the video here in Israel (in fact prof Zalgaller leaves in the same town) while the conference was in St Petersburg, Russia,

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I had two monitors of this mfg. One of them died totally but we took it down to a friends apartment and hooked it up to his computer to see whether or not it could have been the card instead of the monitor. IT still didnt work so this younger monitor of mine suffering from the same problem I

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-07 Thread Boris Liberman
On 9/7/2012 9:00 PM, Miserere wrote: Boris, It would be for a mirrorless camera, so it wouldn't be a retrofocus design (thus the rear element protruding into the mirror box. —M. Oh, I don't expect Pentax a.k.a. king of backward compatibility to produce K-01-only lens. That is something

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
P s My display setting is 1280x1024 and 32bit color. The screen ratio is 4:3 again thanks for help ann I suspect you won't be using anything beyond 1280x786 or 1280x1024. HTH, Igor Fri Sep 7 11:20:10 EDT 2012 Ann Sanfedele I think my monitor is dying... when I increase the

Re: OT fifty worst cars of all time

2012-09-07 Thread John Mullan
Genetically modified in the worst way. They took out the truly SAAB substituted inserted Opel. John Mullan '77 99, '80 900, '86 9000t -Original Message- From: Brian Walters Sent: Friday, August 31, 2012 6:57 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT fifty worst cars of all

Re: Oracle vies with Apple to see who will be the supreme, ASSHOLES in the entire universe.

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Anthony Farr On 7 September 2012 12:18, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Another popup Java update, and another attempt to hijack my browser shove McAfee down my throat. Every damn week. If I wanted McAfee, I'd already have it installed! It's just the universe balancing

Re: Rain Garden

2012-09-07 Thread kwaller
I like it when I'm able to capture an image I've been carrying around in my head, glad you got a chance with this image. I like the general composition of your image but it has the feel of heavy manipulation IMO. My K20D developed the same symptoms as yours and CRIS repaired it for around

Re: OT fifty worst cars of all time

2012-09-07 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-07 12:15 John Mullan wrote Genetically modified in the worst way. They took out the truly SAAB substituted inserted Opel. John Mullan '77 99, '80 900, '86 9000t cool! we can start the SAAB corner of PDML and challenge the MGB owners to an ice race -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

A little happy ending

2012-09-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! If you remember, some time ago I posted on the list about a photograph of mine which I've accidentally found was being used to promote a hotel in Italy without my approval. Few day ago Dario had send them a letter presenting my view on the matter and asking to kindly remove the picture.

Re: PESO: Rain Garden

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jack Davis Quite an effort, John. Hope your K20 dries out and the pixel issues go away. Successful shot! Thanks. The K20, fortunately, never got appreciably wet. I carried it on the tripod with a 1 gallon zip-lock bag over it didn't take the bag off until I had it all set up was

Re: PESO - Two on the Wharf

2012-09-07 Thread Marco Alpert
Thanks to Boris, Rick, Bruce and Jack for the comments. It's good to be back. - Marco On Sep 7, 2012, at 11:02 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Welcome back. You most surely caught a very decisive moment :-). On 9/6/2012 6:35 AM, Marco Alpert wrote: Looking at my email archive, it appears

Re: PESO: Rain Garden

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob Sullivan John, That is an interesting and different looking image. You need something more added to give it a center of interest. Regards, Bob S. Thanks. I need to go back and work the scene some more. I wasn't quite prepared when the opportunity came up yesterday. I have another

Re: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
What advantages are they supposed to confer? -- 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: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread Paul Stenquist
Better autofocus makes it a winner for me. On Sep 7, 2012, at 10:10 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, and so it appears that THIS poster knows what he's talking about:

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Have a look at geeks.com. I buy quite a bit of my computer hardware from them. http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=MON -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Steven Desjardins
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanabe-Sugano_diagram How's your ligand field theory? I remembered the term but had to look up exactly what it was. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Sep 7, 2012, at 10:41 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Steve, How about 10Dq?

RE: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread J.C. O'Connell
maybe the original plain K5 will drop in price, I dont use AF anyway so I wouldnt care - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Friday, September

Re: Leaked lenses

2012-09-07 Thread Jack Davis
Bet Salvador Dolly could do it. Sorry! Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org To: PDML@pdml.net Sent: Friday, September 7, 2012 10:52 AM Subject: Leaked lenses Fri Sep

Re: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
Pure speculation on my part, but I think the sale of Pentax first to Hoya and then to Ricoh has put Pentax behind the power curve in terms of developing new product. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Peso: My Yard

2012-09-07 Thread Steven Desjardins
we are pretty green here, but it's starting to die off as september passes. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:04 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/6/2012 2:12 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I didn't ask for a model release:

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread Darren Addy
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I'll be curious to see how big that Q zoom is. I took the leaked image of the 06 and an image of the 02 standard zoom and sized them so that the mount was an identical width and this is what I got for relative sizes:

PESO: The Politicians

2012-09-07 Thread Eactivist
Taken about a couple of weeks ago in Santa Cruz, California. http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/politics.html Just my little jab at our current political cycle. Marnie aka Doe ;-) (I'm bc! Well, I think I am. Sort of. I think I've said 2-3 times in the past three years that

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-07 Thread Miserere
On 7 September 2012 14:13, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/7/2012 9:00 PM, Miserere wrote: Boris, It would be for a mirrorless camera, so it wouldn't be a retrofocus design (thus the rear element protruding into the mirror box. —M. Oh, I don't expect Pentax a.k.a. king

Re: PESO: The Politicians

2012-09-07 Thread Steven Desjardins
Hey, I voted for that guy on the right. On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 3:05 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Taken about a couple of weeks ago in Santa Cruz, California. http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/politics.html Just my little jab at our current political cycle. Marnie aka Doe ;-)

Re: PESO: Rain Garden

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker John's WIALDD (woman in a long diaphanous dress) wasn't available that day. I was thinking more a woman in a traditional Kimono for this shot, but she wasn't available either. Someone it seems, does have sense enough to come in out of the rain. My inspiration are some

Re: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-07 11:20, Ann Sanfedele wrote: any recommendations for a monitor? I'm running XP on a dell dimension C521 - thank goodness i have a PC Richards credit card (only one I have) If you can find one that's 1080p, take a look at the LCD TVs in the size that interests you. I've been

Re: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread Miserere
On 7 September 2012 09:59, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I would have preferred K5 IIa and K5 IIb. Are you an astronomer, Steven? :-) —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML

RE: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ann Sanfedele I think my monitor is dying... when I increase the brightness setting (I have a Proview monitor) which is right at the bottom of the monitor itself, it starts blinking and goes dark. turning it off and on gets it back but blinking... the only way I can use it now is to keep

Re: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread Darren Addy
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:42 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 7 September 2012 09:59, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I would have preferred K5 IIa and K5 IIb. Are you an astronomer, Steven? :-) Who doesn't love supernova humor? : ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT - Sony NEX-7

2012-09-07 Thread Miserere
On 6 September 2012 14:17, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I guess I'm just another instagram'er at heart. MARK! —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Ot - do you know where the watercolor was done?

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ann Sanfedele A pair of small watercolors - I'm hoping that the one on the left is of a known location - I'm gathering in Europe somewhere.. It looks like the signature is ZILK or ZTK or ZFk.

Re: K-5 II and K-5 IIs leaked

2012-09-07 Thread Mark Roberts
Matthew Hunt wrote: http://photorumors.com/2012/09/07/pentax-k-5-ii-and-k-5-iis-dslr-cameras/ Photoshop jobs. Well, at *least* one of them is (the bottom, K-5 IIs and the top K-5 II are the same image except for the model number text on the body. I'd wager that they're both fake, though. My

Best selling camera?!?

2012-09-07 Thread Cory Waters
Are we aware that the K1000 is #41 on Amazon's best selling DSLRs list? Hard to explain but slathered with awesome sauce nonetheless. Cory -- 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: MOre OT - help with monitor

2012-09-07 Thread John Sessoms
The screen ratio is likely to change because most new monitors are wider. Windoze XP should auto-detect the new monitor set the ratio accordingly. From: Ann Sanfedele P s My display setting is 1280x1024 and 32bit color. The screen ratio is 4:3 again thanks for help ann I suspect you

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