Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread William Robb
On 11/09/2012 10:22 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: ... with Nikon I immediately felt positively certain of its reliability. With Pentax I have to always be watchful. Boris, you have summed up my Pentax experience perfectly. I've pretty much found that if it's automated, it's gonna be wrong.

Re: PESOs: Duxford Airshow

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 11 September 2012 12:45, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net: We went yesterday and the undoubted star of the show was the only Vulcan still flying: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Airshows1/Duxford2012/slides/_IMG3159.html The

Re: PESOs: Duxford Airshow

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
Yes, that works out. The takeover of Follands was around 1962 and I started there in '69. Chris On 11 September 2012 06:10, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hi Chris - not sure when the takeover took place, I was there 1956-7. Couple of years later I was in the RAF and was posted to

Re: PESOs: Duxford Airshow

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
Thanks Mark. Yes, it's a pleasure to see the B17 still flying. At Duxford there's a memorial to all of the US aircrews who were lost during WW2. There's an image of each aircraft lost engraved on the glass walls of the walkway leading up to the museum. Very moving. Chris On 10 September 2012

Re: PESOs: Duxford Airshow

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 9 September 2012 16:11, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: On 9 September 2012 14:28, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I really enjoyed that gallery, Chris. I thought that many of these shots

PESO - $ says ?

2012-09-12 Thread Tim Øsleby
http://maritimtim.blogspot.no/2012/09/says.html -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is human to arr is pirate

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Jack Davis
I braced and pulled it up. Wasn't bad at all. In fact, it was unique and very well done, Tim! Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT Posterior vitreous detachment

2012-09-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-12 1:11, Joseph McAllister wrote: Why did it take so long to attain that, as an average? According to a class I took years ago, the answer is infant mortality. IIRC, the professor claimed that if, in 1776, you ignored the deaths of those less than either six or ten years old in

Re: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business, liquidation starting now

2012-09-12 Thread Underpaid N. Overpentaxed
Liquidation? Time to bring in this guy: http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Putin_9ec3a3_2420828.jpg Cheers Ecke in my area liquidated and shut down back when the K-7 was replacing the K20D, at which time they were trying to still sell K10Ds for full introductory price as a close out special. I

Re: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business, liquidation starting now

2012-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Putin on a Ritz? On 9/12/2012 8:42 AM, Underpaid N. Overpentaxed wrote: Liquidation? Time to bring in this guy: http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/Putin_9ec3a3_2420828.jpg Cheers Ecke in my area liquidated and shut down back when the K-7 was replacing the K20D, at which time they were trying

Re: OT Posterior vitreous detachment

2012-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/12/2012 8:30 AM, Doug Franklin wrote: On 2012-09-12 1:11, Joseph McAllister wrote: Why did it take so long to attain that, as an average? According to a class I took years ago, the answer is infant mortality. IIRC, the professor claimed that if, in 1776, you ignored the deaths of

Re: OT Posterior vitreous detachment

2012-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/12/2012 1:11 AM, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Sep 11, 2012, at 20:42 , John Sessoms wrote: On Sep 10, 2012, at 09:54 , Bruce Walker wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:11 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 09/09/2012 09:10, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Excellent image; the composition raises it above the cliche. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:48 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Take cover! Hipsters and other ironists need to avert their eyes double quick:

Re: PESO - $ says ?

2012-09-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Effective image; the bird is an especially nice touch. It must be looking for all those fish . . . Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:40 AM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: http://maritimtim.blogspot.no/2012/09/says.html --

PESO: The Critics

2012-09-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Listening to the outdoor Jazz Festival. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16455292 Comments are always appreciated. 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

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Darren Addy
I doubt that I will ever get tired of seeing a gorgeous sunrise or sunset in real life, so I'm not sure why I should get tired of seeing a good one captured well by someone else. And this is a Good One. Thanks for sharing! I believe that calling certain photographic subjects cliché has become

Re: PESO: The Critics

2012-09-12 Thread Bruce Walker
A great example of looking behind for a shot. I love these on-the-grass outdoor music scenes. Mississauga, where I live, used to have a fine square where they held events like this: pop, jazz, indie-rock, orchestral; you name it. Couple of years ago they decided to spend big bucks to install a

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
tiny view finder scares me a bit... My only wish was my ist-d was lots less noisy at 3200 and went up to 6400. seeing the great stuff in relatively low light I was seeing from youse guys that have the K-5 made for camera lust. but hey, I'm just dreamin anyway at this point. thanks for

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Walt
I agree wholeheartedly and more than a little self-servingly. -- Walt On 9/12/2012 9:04 AM, Darren Addy wrote: I doubt that I will ever get tired of seeing a gorgeous sunrise or sunset in real life, so I'm not sure why I should get tired of seeing a good one captured well by someone else. And

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-12 Thread Darren Addy
As Boris said in the Ricewhine Postmortem thread, it may be wise to wait until after Photokina to say definitively that ALL the announcements have been made. My own predictions did worse than RiceHigh's. I got the K-mount adapter for the Q right (not too tough, after it was shown at the last

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread Tom C
Boris, you have summed up my Pentax experience perfectly. I've pretty much found that if it's automated, it's gonna be wrong. Except for white balance. Auto white balance seems good. -- William Robb Bill, you have summed up my Pentax experience perfectly. Actually I think they get exposure

Re: PESO: The Critics

2012-09-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Bruce. During the summer, our town has smaller Friday evening concerts on the courthouse steps, where folks sit on the grass, or in a pedestrian alley, where chairs are set up. This was a larger Jazz Festival event, and they barricaded three blocks around the Courthouse for food, beer

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 77, Issue 105

2012-09-12 Thread Don Guthrie
Yes Mike, I have one and have mated it with manual focus lenses back to screw-mounted Pentax Ricoh Canon and and sharp an old Russian-made using a rather bizarre tilt-shift adapter. I had the same problems with manual focus that I do with any camera - I ain't very good at it. If you have

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-12 Thread Bruce Walker
Darren, I don't get at all how you came to the conclusion that Pentax is abandoning the entry-level market. Just based on no specific new model at Photokina? Not every product that Pentax has in the pipeline would be ready to unveil at Photokina. I'm certain we'll see more entry-level product in

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Tim Bray
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I believe that calling certain photographic subjects cliché has become cliché. Mark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-12 Thread Darren Addy
I see what you are saying, Bruce, but I think you are overstating things a bit. There is a fundamental difference between your entry level kit being announced (with kit lens) for $679 and eventually coming down to around $500 (as they did with the K-x:

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Ann, the tiny viewfinder, if I've done my math correctly, gives the same size image as that in the *ist-D, (which seems to be exactly the same unit used in the K20D), The K-5 differs in showing 100% frame coverage, with a slightly lower magnification. Compared to the finders in most mid to

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread Margus Männik
Well, ok. What level of improvement could we theoretically expect? I've tried out most of the new currently available camera bodies. Most of 'em are not much different from K-5 in terms of focusing. Cameras of the same price range are often even worse, especially in accuracy of focusing. I

RE: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business, liquidation, starting now

2012-09-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Celio Ritz Camera (big US camera retail chain) is finally dead: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-09-10/ritz-camera-liquidation-approved-after-second-bankruptcy.html I will not miss them at all. Terrible stores, terrible selection, poorly-trained staff, etc. Hopefully local

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread William Robb
On 12/09/2012 10:45 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Ann, the tiny viewfinder, if I've done my math correctly, gives the same size image as that in the *ist-D, (which seems to be exactly the same unit used in the K20D), The K-5 differs in showing 100% frame coverage, with a slightly lower magnification.

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread William Robb
On 12/09/2012 11:02 AM, Margus Männik wrote: Well, ok. What level of improvement could we theoretically expect? I've tried out most of the new currently available camera bodies. Most of 'em are not much different from K-5 in terms of focusing. Cameras of the same price range are often even

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Ah, but that's just it. Pentax hasn't make any surprise announcements at any previous show for quite some time,. In fact I can't remember the last time they did something like that but it must have been when I was still selling cameras retail, (which was a very long time ago). I expect we've

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 12, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Margus Männik wrote: Well, ok. What level of improvement could we theoretically expect? My biggest complaint about AF is the size of the AF zones and the camera insisting on focusing on something close to what I want, but not what I want. Usually it is

Re: Geso The rest of the French Church photos

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
I'm a bit behind so apologies for late response. I love the BW rendering in these. Cemetery #2 is my favourite with more in the foreground. I just wonder whether the spire should be a little less central; but I still like it a lot. Chris On 5 September 2012 23:35, Don Guthrie

Re: PESO - Hilltop Fmhse, Many Orig Features, Needs TLC

2012-09-12 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 8 September 2012 23:08, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: ...as a realtor's/estate agent's listing might say. Yorkshire is full of these, which is a bit sad. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16443672size=lg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments always welcome. Rick Definitely in

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
You missed my intention here, I was simply reassuring Ann that the K-5 was no worse and was in some ways better than her *ist-D viewfinder. On 9/12/2012 1:09 PM, William Robb wrote: On 12/09/2012 10:45 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Ann, the tiny viewfinder, if I've done my math correctly, gives

Re: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business, liquidation, starting now

2012-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Ritz did not franchise as far as I know, so they're probably gone. Ritz bought them out and they'll fold with the chain. On 9/12/2012 1:06 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: John Celio Ritz Camera (big US camera retail chain) is finally dead:

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
A very nice landscape. No more a cliche than is a portrait or other typical subject. Paul On Sep 12, 2012, at 9:19 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent image; the composition raises it above the cliche. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

Re: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business, liquidationstarting now

2012-09-12 Thread kwaller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business, liquidationstarting now Putin on a Ritz? Now that was cheesey On 9/12/2012 8:42

Re: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business, liquidationstarting now

2012-09-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 12, 2012, at 12:55 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business,

Re: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business, liquidationstarting now

2012-09-12 Thread kwaller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Re: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business,liquidationstarting now On Sep 12, 2012, at 12:55 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com

So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Cory Waters
Still shooting with the K10 here. K5 was attractive but I haven't been shooting enough to justify ANOTHER thousand dollar camera. When I bought the used I decided it was the last PS camera I'd buy because my phone takes decent pictures and the ease of sharing with the network is just a killer

Re: Geso The rest of the French Church photos, Message-ID:

2012-09-12 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Chris, This place can be tough to keep up with. I sure get behind and have trouble keeping current with my comments. But it never too late to comment on a picture. So thanks for taking the time. Yes now I want to covert every picture to BW but that's just wrong. I have gone back forth

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Doug Brewer
On 9/12/12 5:02 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Apparently, I'm in that 10% minority not having enough a reason for suddenly polluting the world with each and any piece of crap I take... Dario i just post the crap I like. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Cory Waters
Oh Dario, I didn't say anything about posting EVERYthing to the public, did I? But wouldn't it be nice, in the world of shared data plans, to add your camera to your account and have it upload your shots to some cloud vault during your shoot? You'd have all your crap photos backed-up in case you

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Doug Brewer
On 9/13/12 10:59 AM, Walt wrote: I agree wholeheartedly and more than a little self-servingly. -- Walt hey Walt, what's it like 24 hours in the future? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business, liquidation, starting now

2012-09-12 Thread larry
When Ritz/Wolf originally went into Chapter 11, as a creditor, Hoya decided to no longer do business with the chain. Hence very little Pentax equipment. Larry in Dallas -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 2:18 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Dario Bonazza
Apparently, I'm in that 10% minority not having enough a reason for suddenly polluting the world with each and any piece of crap I take... Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Cory Waters Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: So... K-5II huh?

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Christine Aguila
On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Cory Waters cbwaters.p...@gmail.com wrote: Oh Dario, I didn't say anything about posting EVERYthing to the public, did I? But wouldn't it be nice, in the world of shared data plans, to add your camera to your account and have it upload your shots to some

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Dario Bonazza
Hi Cory, I was referring neither to your precise wording nor to PDML in particular, but rather to a general tendency to share far more pics than you (I) can withstand via Flickr/Facebook/Instagram/whatevernewfashionsocialblob... Oh, yeah, I'm probably just tired of being working 15 hours a day

RE: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Doug Brewer On 9/13/12 10:59 AM, Walt wrote: I agree wholeheartedly and more than a little self-servingly. -- Walt hey Walt, what's it like 24 hours in the future? who the hell cares? Just tell us the results

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Dario Bonazza
About that cloud vault, I won't say it's bad (actually I think it's a good idea), but it isn't high in my priorities, sure not enough for being a must when purchasing a camera. One next day I could change my mind on this, but now a better AF/metering/whatever photo-related is much more

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-12 14:53 Cory Waters wrote Another way: Do i ever want another camera that doesn't have network capability? unless the network connectivity is faster than the SD slot in the side of my compturer, i don't have a strong desire for a wireless connection in a camera I mean, what

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Miserere
On 12 September 2012 16:53, Cory Waters cbwaters.p...@gmail.com wrote: Still shooting with the K10 here. K5 was attractive but I haven't been shooting enough to justify ANOTHER thousand dollar camera. When I bought the used I decided it was the last PS camera I'd buy because my phone takes

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: On 9/13/12 10:59 AM, Walt wrote: I agree wholeheartedly and more than a little self-servingly. hey Walt, what's it like 24 hours in the future? You'll have to check the archives. Walt answered your question yesterday. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 11, 2012, at 10:02 , a bunch of us wrote stuff, among which was: I wrote: But they never say how much better. If it isn't an Industry Breakthrough it is probably about the same as the K-10 to K-7 improvement. Just a little bit. Paul wrote: Ir'a hard to quantify improvements in

Re: OT: Ritz/Wolf camera chain going out of business, liquidationstarting now

2012-09-12 Thread Joseph McAllister
I nominate this exchange as the best (and shortest) pun string to date, including the PS'd illustration. On Sep 12, 2012, at 13:12 , kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Cory Waters cbwaters.p...@gmail.com wrote: Oh Dario, I didn't say anything about posting EVERYthing to the public, did I? But wouldn't it be nice, in the world of shared data plans, to

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 12, 2012, at 13:53 , Cory Waters wrote: Still shooting with the K10 here. K5 was attractive but I haven't been shooting enough to justify ANOTHER thousand dollar camera. When I bought the used I decided it was the last PS camera I'd buy because my phone takes decent pictures and the

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread Steve Sharpe
The PENTAX camera always sees the contrast of a dog's bung-hole as a likely fecal-focal target. Mark! I'll have to bring my clicker or dog-whistle to the park this afternoon. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com It is still true, as was first said many years ago, that people are the

potato flowers

2012-09-12 Thread Larry Colen
Some potato flowers in the garden. I was playing with a flash bracket, but I think the best one was without a flash: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7980973555/lightbox/ from: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631522670588/ I think the flash setup ended up working well

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Christine Aguila
On Sep 12, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:07 PM, Cory Waters cbwaters.p...@gmail.com wrote: Oh Dario, I didn't say anything about posting EVERYthing to

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/12/2012 5:07 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: On 9/12/12 5:02 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Apparently, I'm in that 10% minority not having enough a reason for suddenly polluting the world with each and any piece of crap I take... Dario i just post the crap I like. Hell, at least half the time I

Re: Peso Copper at the door

2012-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
He looks so sad. Yet a dog with wet paws and a bride are a match, a match made in hell. On 9/12/2012 6:44 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Seems a bride in white and a dog with wet paws are no match: http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/7980901349/in/photostream Dave, D200, 18-70, SB800 --

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Doug Brewer
On 9/12/12 6:12 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: On 9/13/12 10:59 AM, Walt wrote: I agree wholeheartedly and more than a little self-servingly. hey Walt, what's it like 24 hours in the future? You'll have to check the archives. Walt answered your question yesterday. well,

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 12, 2012, at 1:53 PM, Cory Waters wrote: Still shooting with the K10 here. K5 was attractive but I haven't been shooting enough to justify ANOTHER thousand dollar camera. When I bought the used I decided it was the last PS camera I'd buy because my phone takes decent pictures and

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 12, 2012, at 4:17 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote: On Sep 12, 2012, at 13:53 , Cory Waters wrote: Still shooting with the K10 here. K5 was attractive but I haven't been shooting enough to justify ANOTHER thousand dollar camera. When I bought the used I decided it was the last PS

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Christine Aguila wrote: On Sep 12, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think this is yet practical. Assuming the camera has built-in Verizon 4G LTE, and you shoot 400 RAWs in one outing, your camera will be pushing files up to the cloud for more than 50

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug Brewer wrote: On 9/12/12 6:12 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: On 9/13/12 10:59 AM, Walt wrote: I agree wholeheartedly and more than a little self-servingly. hey Walt, what's it like 24 hours in the future? You'll have to check the archives. Walt answered your question

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:33 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/12/2012 5:07 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: On 9/12/12 5:02 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Apparently, I'm in that 10% minority not having enough a reason for suddenly polluting the world with each and any piece of crap I

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Tom C
From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com But the monthly charges entailed in having a phone embedded in the camera would be an ongoing expense of several hundred dollars a month. Plus you would have to design a DSLR that wouldn't look ridiculous holding up to your ear. PLUS to just have

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/12/2012 8:29 PM, Tom C wrote: From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com But the monthly charges entailed in having a phone embedded in the camera would be an ongoing expense of several hundred dollars a month. Plus you would have to design a DSLR that wouldn't look ridiculous holding up

Re: PESO: Extreme cliche alert

2012-09-12 Thread Walt
On 9/12/2012 4:17 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: On 9/13/12 10:59 AM, Walt wrote: I agree wholeheartedly and more than a little self-servingly. -- Walt hey Walt, what's it like 24 hours in the future? Not so bad. When I finally got back, I had all the yard work done. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

DA* 55/1.4 SDM reviewed by DxOMark

2012-09-12 Thread Bruce Walker
Accidentally stumbled on this review of the DA* 55, published yesterday ... http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/Publications/DxOMark-Reviews/Pentax-smc-DA-Star-55mm-f-1.4-SDM It's also compared to other 50mm/f:1.4's including Canon, Nikon and Pentax's FA 50. Fares well, chromatic aberration score

PESO - Bumper Cars

2012-09-12 Thread frank theriault
Last month a fun fair came to town: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/bumper-cars.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. More to come, maybe. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-12 19:12, Bruce Walker wrote: I don't think this is yet practical. Assuming the camera has built-in Verizon 4G LTE, and you shoot 400 RAWs in one outing, your camera will be pushing files up to the cloud for more than 50 minutes. I'd be happy enough with 802.11b/g, or especially

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
And the only problem with that is now I have renewed K-5 lust :-) ann On 9/12/2012 15:07, P. J. Alling wrote: You missed my intention here, I was simply reassuring Ann that the K-5 was no worse and was in some ways better than her *ist-D viewfinder. On 9/12/2012 1:09 PM, William Robb wrote:

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Darren Addy
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: But WHAT IF, the camera phone was shaped like a shoe with a rotary dial??? That would be smart! get it? To: Pentax Marketing Dept. This pic:

Re: Peso Copper at the door

2012-09-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, That's a picture of 'forlorn'. Bob S. On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 5:44 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Seems a bride in white and a dog with wet paws are no match: http://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/7980901349/in/photostream Dave, D200, 18-70, SB800 -- Documenting

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread lrc
I would rather have an ethernet port that could be plugged into an external wifi or phone modem. In theory USB 3 could do something similar. Or a bidirectional optical port with a pair if IREDs and detecters. Doug Franklin do...@nutdriver.org wrote: On 2012-09-12 19:12, Bruce Walker wrote:

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread kwaller
i just post the crap I like. Yo Mark! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com Subject: Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that? On 9/12/12 5:02 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote:

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread Tom C
From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 7:29 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: But WHAT IF, the camera phone was shaped like a shoe with a rotary dial??? That would be smart! get it? To: Pentax Marketing Dept. This pic:

Re: Geso The rest of the French Church photos, Message-ID:

2012-09-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I really like that building... I think the bw is a bit _too_ dramatic - doesnt look quite real to me... Haven't seen the color version of the long shot... I've missed your earlier posts, I guess... French church cemetary number2 is what I'm looking at... a tad less contrast in the clouds maybe

Re: Peso Copper at the door

2012-09-12 Thread Tim Bray
Cool pic. I’d probably crop in a bit to just have pooch screen, and maybe punch up the contrast a bit. -T On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 3:44 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Seems a bride in white and a dog with wet paws are no match:

Re: So... K-5II huh? But without a net work link, Do I want that?

2012-09-12 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 05:07:51PM -0400, Cory Waters wrote: But wouldn't it be nice, in the world of shared data plans, to add your camera to your account and have it upload your shots to some cloud vault during your shoot? You'd have all your crap photos backed-up in case you drop your card

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 13 September 2012 01:07, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: There are also different market segments. There are people who can and will pay $3-3.3K for a Nikon D800/E body. There are people who will pay $2.3K for a Sony A99 full frame body. But I would argue that in terms of sheer