Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-23 Thread Walt
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving today, and thanks to Frank and PDML'ers hither and yon for the kind wishes. As for the politics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kimberlyfaye/5129125061/ -- Walt On 11/22/2012 4:10 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: So far no one has tried to tell me what to do.

Heads-up- big sale on lenses at BH and cameras at Adorama (Pentax)

2012-11-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All: Just in case somebody is shopping for lenses: BH has a lot of lenses at very much reduced prices. Some examples: 16-50/2.8 - $750 60-250 - $1149 50-135 - $749 35/2.8 Macro $540 300/4 $1054 300/2.8 $960

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-23 Thread David Mann
On Nov 23, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: This should have been 6 frames long, but Photoshop Elements 11 crunched the pick-up that was far right. lol. Looked really funny. But got a little lucky and was able to salvage some frames on the

Re: Heads-up- big sale on lenses at BH and cameras at Adorama (Pentax)

2012-11-23 Thread Larry Colen
On Nov 23, 2012, at 12:13 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Hi All: Just in case somebody is shopping for lenses: BH has a lot of lenses at very much reduced prices. Some examples: 16-50/2.8 - $750 60-250 - $1149 50-135 - $749 35/2.8 Macro $540 300/4 $1054 300/2.8 $960

Re: Heads-up- big sale on lenses at BH and cameras at Adorama (Pentax)

2012-11-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
Even lower price for either K-5 II or K-5 IIs is now at BH $1,049.00 Buydig.com has the same price but only for K-5 II. Igor From s...@trantor.komkon.org Fri Nov 23 03:14:04 2012 Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:13:49 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org To: PDML@pdml.net Subject:

Re: Questions for the Cognes-Q-enti

2012-11-23 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark Cassino pdml-m...@charter.net: Congrats on getting the Q - it is a ton of fun and kicks out pretty decent images as well. I bought a used Q Kit that had the standard prime, standard zoom, fisheye and toy telephoto. I added a K to Q converter right off the bat. The 5-15mm

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-23 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting knarftheria...@gmail.com: Ask and you shall receive: http://www.tofurky.com/ That's disturbing on a multitude of levels... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ We don't eat much

pulled the switch (enablement)

2012-11-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
... on k5 IIs. I am looking forward to it. Igor -- 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 - pano

2012-11-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
An interesting shot of a vibrant scene. I like it. Paul On Nov 23, 2012, at 2:17 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: This should have been 6 frames long, but Photoshop Elements 11 crunched the pick-up that was far right. lol. Looked really funny. But got a

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-23 Thread Toine
A very beautiful shot. I would have guessed it's a pano sized crop. Which lens did you use? Did you move the camera horizontally for every shot. On 23 November 2012 08:17, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: This should have been 6 frames long, but Photoshop Elements 11

Re: PESO - Party's over

2012-11-23 Thread Bruce Walker
The caption is just a reference to end of summer; pulled out of the water; no more lazy sails around the lake with Great Gatsby-esque folk standing about on deck sipping champagne. My view of yacht ownership may be more romantic than realistic. :-) Thanks, Rick, Frank, David, and anyone else who

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-23 Thread Jack Davis
Christine, I truly don't see how this could be any better. I'm impressed..for what ever that's worth.   Jack :-) From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com To: PDML List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2012 11:17 PM Subject: peso - pano Hi Everyone: This should have been 6

Re: PESO x 2 - Trio Twig

2012-11-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you very much, Paul. And Frank, David, Godfrey and Joe -- much appreciated! On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Both very nice. Moody, well composed. Paul On Nov 21, 2012, at 8:36 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: This morning it

Re: PESO x 2 - Trio Twig

2012-11-23 Thread David J Brooks
Excellent job on both. Quite moody indeed Dave On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: This morning it was biting damp cold and foggy out. Perfect Pentax weather. :-) Took my usual dog-walking route with my usual dog tied to my usual belt, but I willed

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-23 Thread David J Brooks
Very nice. Good colours Dave On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 2:17 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: This should have been 6 frames long, but Photoshop Elements 11 crunched the pick-up that was far right. lol. Looked really funny. But got a little lucky and was able

Re: BH - no respect for Pentax

2012-11-23 Thread David J Brooks
Our big chain pusher, Henrys had a big Pentax sale on last week. I was suprised. On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:50 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: BH has 12 pages of black-friday sales items. Those include variety of brands and models, but (unless I missed it) - no Pentax, whatsoever.

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-23 Thread P. J. Alling
Naa, it's only really disturbing if it's actually shaped like a turkey. http://www.freshtofu.com/product-turkey.php On 11/23/2012 5:52 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting knarftheria...@gmail.com: Ask and you shall receive: http://www.tofurky.com/ That's disturbing on a multitude of

Re: BH - no respect for Pentax

2012-11-23 Thread Jack Davis
BH photo equip adds in both Pop Photo and Outdoor Photographer, haven't shown a Pentax SLR since?. Adorama has, although I swore off buying from them some years ago. Jack - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc:

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-23 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks Toine! I used the 40mm pancake lens. Settings were 1/100 sec at f11, ISO 80. I started snapping at 5:03p and finished up almost 5:05p, Florida time, so I had some nice afternoon light. My first shot was the frame with the tree in it, and I worked to the right, moving the camera

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-23 Thread John Sessoms
I thought it was Happy American Thanksgiving! only because Canada has theirs a couple weeks earlier? Nothing political at all about it. -- 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

RE: Weird web find related to an old photo project of mine

2012-11-23 Thread John Sessoms
From: Krisjanis Linkevics Stumbled upon this project: http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/jonathan-puckey-and-luna-maurer-skycatcher-wallpaper Nothing special about it except that I kind of wanted to do a similar thing back in 2005. I actually got a year of pictures out of my window

LR4 @ $99

2012-11-23 Thread Stan Halpin
One day special from Adobe . . . adobe.com Use promotional code: BFDAY2012 Missed the one-day deal? You can still get Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 4 for US$119 if you buy before Nov 28, 2012. Use promotional code: BF2012 stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Party's over

2012-11-23 Thread John Sessoms
According to Commodore Vanderbilt, owning a yacht was like, Standing fully-clothed under a cold shower, tearing up 100-dollar bills. Of course, he said that back when 100-dollar bills were still worth $100, IYKWIM. The more contemporary description of boats is, a hole in the water that you

OT: The mysterious magic of string-matching

2012-11-23 Thread Bob W
Go to this site: http://www.sainsburys.co.uk and search for potatoes. Enjoy discovering what else they have results for! B -- 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: OT: The mysterious magic of string-matching

2012-11-23 Thread Christine Aguila
Does a ship and treasure come with it, matey? Cheers, Christine On Nov 23, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Go to this site: http://www.sainsburys.co.uk and search for potatoes. Enjoy discovering what else they have results for! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-23 Thread Toine
With normal pano's the camera/lens is rotated in its optical nodal point. You moved the camera lens horizontally which creates a much nicer effect, it's also very difficult due to parallax errors if something is in the foreground. Compliments! I must try this myself. If you don't have a tripod a

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-23 Thread Toine
For a spherical pano a regular monopod and ballhead is perfect: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/85-mono-pano-pod Toine On 23 November 2012 17:32, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Thanks Toine! I used the 40mm pancake lens. Settings were 1/100 sec at f11, ISO 80.

Re: PESO x 2 - Trio Twig

2012-11-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Much appreciated, Dave! On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 9:31 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Excellent job on both. Quite moody indeed Dave On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 8:36 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: This morning it was biting damp cold and foggy out. Perfect Pentax

Re: OT: The mysterious magic of string-matching

2012-11-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Pirates of the Carrots and Beans Must be Microsoft-style string matching: Irregular expressions. On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Does a ship and treasure come with it, matey? Cheers, Christine On Nov 23, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Bob W

Re: OT: The mysterious magic of string-matching

2012-11-23 Thread P. J. Alling
I read the topic as string-marching and wondered what the heck. Now I'm a bit disappointed I was looking forward to marching strings... On 11/23/2012 1:09 PM, Bob W wrote: Go to this site: http://www.sainsburys.co.uk and search for potatoes. Enjoy discovering what else they have results

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-23 Thread Rob Studdert
On 24 November 2012 03:32, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: And to Dave Mann: I went to PTGui, and watched one of their tutorial videos, which was excellent. It helped me understand the process really well. If I start doing panos regularly, I just may purchase the software.

FS: lens

2012-11-23 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Fuji Photo Film Fujinon EBC 50/1.4 M42 Well-used. Focus is stiff. Some wisp cleaning marks on the front. No fungus inside, but there seems to be a little condensation residue. Still, it looks cleanable for those who wish to do so. How does $25 shipped (US) sound? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: The mysterious magic of string-matching

2012-11-23 Thread John Sessoms
If you're having irregular expressions you probably need to get more fiber into your diet. From: Bruce Walker Pirates of the Carrots and Beans Must be Microsoft-style string matching: Irregular expressions. On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Does

PESO - Multi-tasking (messenger photo)

2012-11-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Have to admit, I like this one. Brings back memories of when I was a smoking courier. Pretty pleased with it technically, too: http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2012/11/multi-tasking.html?m=0 ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank If the world were clear, art would not exist.

The new Pen E-PL1

2012-11-23 Thread Michael Beacom
Hi- I've been fooling around with a new Pen E-PL1. Adapters let me use my one M39 lens, a couple of C mount lenses, and my K-mount lenses. (The K mount adapter has a ring that lets me control the aperture, even when the lens is missing the aperture ring.) The camera has a nice Grainy Film

Re: PESO - Multi-tasking (messenger photo)

2012-11-23 Thread jn289
Nice Frank, Joe Have to admit, I like this one. Brings back memories of when I was a smoking courier. Pretty pleased with it technically, too: http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2012/11/multi-tasking.html?m=0 ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank If the world were clear,

PESO - Window Light Fruit

2012-11-23 Thread jn289
No Flash on this one, Pentax A 50mm F1.7 shot at 2.8, K20D Thoughts, Thanks Joe http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16625315 http://photo.net/photos/pjjdxn -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

PESO - Rusty Wind Chimes

2012-11-23 Thread jn289
Rusty Wind Chimes , Thoughts ? Thanks Joe http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16625314 -- 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: The new Pen E-PL1

2012-11-23 Thread jn289
The Black and Whites remind me of TMax 3200 asa BW film..Joe Hi- I've been fooling around with a new Pen E-PL1. Adapters let me use my one M39 lens, a couple of C mount lenses, and my K-mount lenses. (The K mount adapter has a ring that lets me control the aperture, even when the lens

Re: The new Pen E-PL1

2012-11-23 Thread jn289
The last black and white cat photo is nice number PB180357...Joe Hi- I've been fooling around with a new Pen E-PL1. Adapters let me use my one M39 lens, a couple of C mount lenses, and my K-mount lenses. (The K mount adapter has a ring that lets me control the aperture, even when the

Re: The new Pen E-PL1

2012-11-23 Thread Michael Beacom
Thanks- That one was with a Pentax TV lens, wide open, at f1.4 Cheers Mike On Nov 23, 2012, at 7:19 PM, jn289 wrote: The last black and white cat photo is nice number PB180357...Joe Hi- I've been fooling around with a new Pen E-PL1. Adapters let me use my one M39 lens, a couple

RE: PESO - Multi-tasking (messenger photo)

2012-11-23 Thread Krisjanis Linkevics
http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2012/11/multi-tasking.html?m=0 Just the other night was driving around and a girl on a bicycle went across the street, cigarette in hand. Thought about you and your messenger pictures. She was nothing like the guy in this picture. Long skirt, way more color and

Re: PESO Self Portrait Black Walnut Tree

2012-11-23 Thread jn289
Thanks Ken, Dan and whoever took a look..Joe P.S. The shadow was done by a spotlight high up on the house near the roof, but it was too dark, so I used the AF-540FGZ flash on a ten foot home made sync cord which I held up over the shadow's head (my head) and on the flash was a coffee can home

Re: PESO - Window Light Fruit

2012-11-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Joe, I would go for a tetter arrangement of the bananas. Light works fine. Could do with a bit more depth of field. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 6:04 PM, jn289 jn...@verizon.net wrote: No Flash on this one, Pentax A 50mm F1.7 shot at 2.8, K20D Thoughts, Thanks Joe

RE: PESO - Rusty Wind Chimes

2012-11-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Would love to comment on all the photos you posted, Joe, but photo.net is still not working on my android. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: jn289 jn...@verizon.net Sent: November 23, 2012 11/23/12 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Rusty Wind Chimes Rusty Wind Chimes , Thoughts ?

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-23 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I'm not sure what was political anywhere in the thread. Maybe I missed something. Our Thanksgiving is the second Monday in October. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Sent: November 23, 2012 11/23/12 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Happy American

Re: PESO: new bike

2012-11-23 Thread steve harley
on 2012-11-22 2:41 David Mann wrote On Nov 22, 2012, at 8:39 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: And don't hassle me about not mowing the lawn, just enjoy the pretty flowers ;) flowers are nice but grass is too short, so how about i hassle you for mowing it too much? Thanks, can I

PESO: Just experimenting

2012-11-23 Thread Jeffery Johnson
This evening decided finally to play around with the seashells we have had for several months. Decided to create some experimental photo captures of some of the seashells. http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p337083414/e4cc18dfa Later, Jeffery Johnson Photo Captures by Jeffery

PESO: Infinite DoF

2012-11-23 Thread Tim Bray
Oh, also some mountains so on: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/11/23/-big/RUNE6292.jpg.html -- 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: BH - no respect for Pentax

2012-11-23 Thread steve harley
on 2012-11-22 21:50 Igor Roshchin wrote BH has 12 pages of black-friday sales items. Those include variety of brands and models, but (unless I missed it) - no Pentax, whatsoever. the Pentax 16-50/2.8 was $750 at BH at some point today, but apparently sold out (buying nothing today, myself)

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-23 Thread steve harley
on 2012-11-23 21:28 knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote I'm not sure what was political anywhere in the thread. Maybe I missed something. i didn't look at Dan's thing, but you wrote freedom -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Happy American Thanksgiving!

2012-11-23 Thread steve harley
on 2012-11-22 17:32 knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote Ask and you shall receive: http://www.tofurky.com/ We don't eat much processed food (which fake meat certainly is). What I've tried tastes pretty bad. we ate Quorn roast which is indeed processed, but it's savory and interesting now and

Re: peso - pano

2012-11-23 Thread David Mann
On Nov 24, 2012, at 11:00 AM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hugin you can try immediately and keep as it's a freebie ;) http://hugin.sourceforge.net/ My favourite price!!! Thanks for that one, I knew there was something I'd forgotten. It's downloading now and I'll have a

Re: PESO - Rusty Wind Chimes

2012-11-23 Thread David Mann
On Nov 24, 2012, at 1:09 PM, jn289 jn...@verizon.net wrote: Rusty Wind Chimes , Thoughts ? Thanks Joe http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16625314 Love the colours but I think it needs to be a little brighter. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net