Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never*part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Jostein Øksne
- Original Message - From: l...@red4est.com There is a big difference between not having both and not carrying both on a vacation when you are minimizing your kit. Exactly! :-) And to expand a little, if you have none of them and consider which one to buy, I'd go with the 60-250

Re: NO NOT AGAIN - TO FILTER OR NOT TO FILTER

2013-02-15 Thread Jostein Øksne
Bipin, I can't recall if I gave you any advice, but I am one of those who don't use protective filters. Dust, grit and aerosol droplets finds its way onto the front-most element of glass no matter what you do. If you had used a filter, you would have to clean that instead of the lens. If

Re: Android tablets for showing photos?

2013-02-15 Thread Steve Cottrell
This article in The Guardian may be of interest to those reading this thread. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/askjack/2013/feb/14/computing- apple?CMP=twt_fd -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv

GIF art - Fascinating short BBC Video

2013-02-15 Thread Steve Cottrell
Found this fascinating! If you're outside the UK and can't see it, let me know and I'll try and sort it!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21206964 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv

Re: GIF art - Fascinating short BBC Video

2013-02-15 Thread Jostein Øksne
Worked fine here in the Frostpit. Interesting stuff. Jostein - Original Message - From: Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:39 AM Subject: GIF art - Fascinating short BBC Video Found this fascinating! If you're outside

Android tablets for showing photos?

2013-02-15 Thread Bipin Gupta
Joseph, I bought a 5-in-1 Card Reader for my iPad III for $ 2.50 shipped from China thru Amazon. Very well built. Apples original is some $ 39. It is a great piece of hardware - use as a USB Host or as a Card Reader for downloading say photos directly from my K-5 with the supplied USB cable.

Re: PESO: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
On 2/14/2013 1:56 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Walt wrote: Here's another that was a bit noisier, so I softened it a bit to give it a little glow: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8473322049/ f/3.2, 1/60 sec., ISO 6400 (I'm really impressed with ISO 6400, BTW!)

Re: PESO: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
I've been very impressed with ISO 6400 as well. I've got no qualms about shooting right up to that level (my auto-iso is set for that) even when I could open up the lens a little bit and notch it down. Depth-of-field, MTF, whatever tends to win over needing a lower ISO. It's that good.

LightRoom tags vs Picasa face recognition vs Jeffrey Friedl “Picasa Face-Recognition Import” Lightroom Plugin

2013-02-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I have very specific technical question. I've 2000+ pics of kids from Galia's class. I'd like to tag each pic with names of kids that appear on the pic. Picasa has face recognition but: a. it works on exported web sized JPGs. b. I have renamed some of the pics. Jeffrey Friedl offers a

Re: PESO: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
On 2/14/2013 2:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I like that better. I think it works much better in color. I guess I just have an affinity for black and white portraits. I almost always prefer them over color. Not always, but I'd say 3/4 of the time. -- Walt On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:51 PM,

Re: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
Thank you, Kenneth. She actually made it pretty easy to get good shots of her. -- Walt On 2/14/2013 3:00 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Nicely composed captured. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Walt ldott...@gmail.com

Re: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
Thank you, Paul. I went ahead and uploaded the color version for comparison. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8474951021/ The black white version just seems to accentuate her eyes better for me. -- Walt On 2/14/2013 3:08 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I agree. A nice composition.

Re: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
Thank you, Dan! - Walt On 2/14/2013 8:01 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Lovely portrait! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:00 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Nicely composed captured. Kenneth Waller

Re: PESO: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
Thank you, Dave. I probably won't hesitate to hit 6400 anymore when I feel it may be called for. With my K-x, I didn't really like breaking 3200. The K-5 is a whole different story. -- Walt On 2/14/2013 4:48 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Nicely done. I like the,m both, but i lean towards the

Re: PESO: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
Thank you, Mark. I really hope for another chance to photograph her. I got her email so I could send her copies and intend to ask if she's interested. -- Walt On 2/14/2013 6:54 PM, Mark C wrote: Great shots all around, Walt. I like all three. Mark On 2/14/2013 2:26 PM, Walt wrote:

Re: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
She is a fetching young lady. I'd really love to do an actual shoot with her. -- Walt On 2/14/2013 3:34 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: She really doesnt look much like Heather Graham, but she looks pretty nice never the less. The K-5 performs damn well at iso 6400 judging by this photo.

Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown

2013-02-15 Thread Igor Roshchin
It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, a meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215 My mom was on the street, and she saw the fireball in the sky, and then felt the hot

Re: GIF art - Fascinating short BBC Video

2013-02-15 Thread Igor Roshchin
It works in the US. It looks like they borrowed the idea from Harry Potter movies. Thanks for sharing it. Cheers, Igor - Original Message - From: Steve Cottrell Found this fascinating! If you're outside the UK and can't see it, let me know and I'll try and sort it!!

Re: GIF art - Fascinating short BBC Video

2013-02-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Steve Cottrell wrote: Found this fascinating! If you're outside the UK and can't see it, let me know and I'll try and sort it!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21206964 Saw that a couple of weeks ago and showed it to my Photoshop class. I think I'm going to have them try animated GIFs later

Re: GIF art - Fascinating short BBC Video

2013-02-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: Steve Cottrell wrote: Found this fascinating! If you're outside the UK and can't see it, let me know and I'll try and sort it!! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21206964 Saw that a couple of weeks ago and showed it to my Photoshop class. I think I'm going to have them

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 2/15/2013 02:32, Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert From his review of the Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye, which is otherwise relatively informative (yes I know, smack), then this: There really isn't anything useful you can do with a fisheye,

Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown

2013-02-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
wow - glad your Mom is ok... I saw this before reading your post - when I went to see the thing about GIFS that Cotty posted and the side bar had the Meteor stories - several vids ann On 2/15/2013 07:05, Igor Roshchin wrote: It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, a

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Bill
On 14/02/2013 11:51 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Bill wrote: On 14/02/2013 10:05 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote: Ones that I wouldn't let go? The 77 Limited. The FA*200/4 Macro. The holy trinity of DA* zoom lenses: 16-50, 50-135, and 60-250.

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never*part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Bill
On 15/02/2013 2:09 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: - Original Message - From: l...@red4est.com There is a big difference between not having both and not carrying both on a vacation when you are minimizing your kit. Exactly! :-) And to expand a little, if you have none of them and consider

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Bill
On 15/02/2013 12:46 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: From his review of the Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye, which is otherwise relatively informative (yes I know, smack), then this: There really isn't anything useful you can do with a fisheye, other than use the images as a basis for tweaking back to

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013, Rob Studdert wrote: On 15 February 2013 16:51, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: When would those advantages be enough to not bother using the 60-250? Putting it another way, when is it worth using a zoom with less than 3x range? When it's a 10-20mm zoom perhaps?

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Bill
On 15/02/2013 8:52 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013, Rob Studdert wrote: On 15 February 2013 16:51, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: When would those advantages be enough to not bother using the 60-250? Putting it another way, when is it worth using a zoom with less than 3x range?

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Darren Addy
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Again, when would you use that instead of e.g. a 14mm? I'm looking for specific use-cases, particularly from people who use both zooms and primes. This is as silly a question as it would be to ask why you would use 14mm when

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Those storm shots are delicious, Darren. I'd like to have the equivalent of a 21mm in 35mm film camera terms. but wow, are those expensive. ann On 2/15/2013 10:17, Darren Addy wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 8:52 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Again, when would you use that instead

Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown

2013-02-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, a meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215 My mom was on

Re: NO NOT AGAIN - TO FILTER OR NOT TO FILTER

2013-02-15 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:17 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: David J Brooks On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 4:01 AM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: Guess what, the lens had an assortment of spots, stains, dust, and what not?? And you bet I used the supplied hood, took

Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown

2013-02-15 Thread Darren Addy
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Wish I could make it up to the observatory to see it pass. For those who wish to watch online: http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2013/02/14/watch-asteroid-buzz-earth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: NO NOT AGAIN - TO FILTER OR NOT TO FILTER

2013-02-15 Thread John Sessoms
From: Matthew Hunt On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: As far as I can remember, I have twice replaced damaged filters where I could not have afforded to replace the underlying glass. In 40 years of photography I've never used a filter for

Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown

2013-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 15, 2013, at 4:05 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, a meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215 My mom was on the street, and

Finding Vivian Maier official movie trailer

2013-02-15 Thread Darren Addy
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RE: video on choosing pentax lenses

2013-02-15 Thread John Sessoms
From: J.C. O'Connell video on choosing pentax lenses http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/02/14/pro-photographer-offers-help ful-tips-on-how-to-pick-the-right-camera-lens-v Lost me at 0:18 when he said Not every photographer needs every lens, ... ;-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: LightRoom tags vs Picasa face recognition vs Jeffrey Friedl “Picasa Face-Recognition Import” Lightroom Plugin

2013-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 15, 2013, at 2:38 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! I have very specific technical question. I've 2000+ pics of kids from Galia's class. I'd like to tag each pic with names of kids that appear on the pic. Picasa has face recognition but: a. it works on exported web sized JPGs. b. I

RE: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown

2013-02-15 Thread John Sessoms
From: Igor Roshchin It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, a meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite-idUSBRE91E05Z20130215 My mom was on the street, and she saw the fireball in the sky, and

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Stan Halpin
Tradeoffs. The 60-250 is bigger and heavier. Good to carry when knowing the extra length will be needed, but otherwise the 50-135 is a delight. Sent from my iPad On Feb 14, 2013, at 11:05 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote: Ones that I wouldn't

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Stan Halpin
I didn't see the 50-135 as that much smaller either. Until I had both in hand. And as Bill said, it is also faster. Sent from my iPad On Feb 15, 2013, at 12:51 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Bill wrote: On 14/02/2013 10:05 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Thu, Feb 14,

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I could care less what Ken Rockwell has to say as I don't follow his site or ramblings. Fish-eye lenses can be gimmicky and cliché when over-used, like any specialist optical effect. That said, I've licensed several images made with a fish-eye and even won an award or two with photos that were

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 15, 2013, at 12:28 , Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: So it's easy to jeer at Ken, and you might not find fish-eye lenses particularly to your taste, but as usual sweeping generalizations are mostly just hot-air. It would have been funnier if you'd said ALL sweeping

Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown

2013-02-15 Thread Igor Roshchin
Yes, it is a huge thing. People are reporting seeing the meteorite from as far as Yekaterinburg, which is about 200 km away. There are suspisions that there were several meteorites over ~100 km area, and also that when they were exploding they may have broken into several different pieces, and

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 15, 2013, at 12:28 , Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: So it's easy to jeer at Ken, and you might not find fish-eye lenses particularly to your taste, but as usual sweeping generalizations are mostly just hot-air. It would have been funnier if you'd said ALL sweeping

RE: video on choosing pentax lenses

2013-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
From: J.C. O'Connell video on choosing pentax lenses http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/02/14/pro-photographer-offers-help ful-tips-on-how-to-pick-the-right-camera-lens-v Lost me at 0:18 when he said Not every photographer needs every lens, ... ;-D That is a true statement.

Re: video on choosing pentax lenses

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
On 2/15/2013 2:11 PM, Larry Colen wrote: From: J.C. O'Connell video on choosing pentax lenses http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2013/02/14/pro-photographer-offers-help ful-tips-on-how-to-pick-the-right-camera-lens-v Lost me at 0:18 when he said Not every photographer needs every lens, ...

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
From his review of the Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye, which is otherwise relatively informative (yes I know, smack), then this: There really isn't anything useful you can do with a fisheye, other than use the images as a basis for tweaking back to straight with software. If you're going to

Re: video on choosing pentax lenses

2013-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
On 2/15/2013 2:11 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Lost me at 0:18 when he said Not every photographer needs every lens, ... ;-D That is a true statement. Not every photographer needs every lens. I, however, am not every photographer. C'mon, Larry. You don't really *need* that 77/1.8, do you?

OT from the department of unfortunate phrasing

2013-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
Taken with my cell phone on the way to work this morning http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8477397908/in/photostream -- l...@red4est.com via squirrelmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

RE: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi I could care less what Ken Rockwell has to say as I don't follow his site or ramblings. Fish-eye lenses can be gimmicky and cliché when over-used, like any specialist optical effect. That said, I've licensed several

Re: OT from the department of unfortunate phrasing

2013-02-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 1:32 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Taken with my cell phone on the way to work this morning http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8477397908/in/photostream Well, presumably they are of some value to somebody ... ;-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com

RE: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown

2013-02-15 Thread Bob W
It's already in the news around the world: a few hours ago, a meteorite (estimated ~10 tons) hit Chelyabinsk (in Russia): http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/15/us-russia-meteorite- idUSBRE9 1E05Z20130215 My mom was on the street, and she saw the fireball in the sky, and then

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Mark Roberts
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: it's easy to jeer at Ken Yes. Yes it is. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 February 2013 05:28, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: I could care less what Ken Rockwell has to say as I don't follow his site or ramblings. Fish-eye lenses can be gimmicky and cliché when over-used, like any specialist optical effect. That said, I've licensed several images

RE: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert [...] If a photographer can't see the potential and scope that a FE lens affords then they probably just lack creativity or a sense of adventure. There's a sweeping generalization :) Changer à tout instant d'objectif

Re: video on choosing pentax lenses

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
On 2/15/2013 3:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 2/15/2013 2:11 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Lost me at 0:18 when he said Not every photographer needs every lens, ... ;-D That is a true statement. Not every photographer needs every lens. I, however, am not every photographer. C'mon, Larry. You don't

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 February 2013 09:26, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Changer à tout instant d'objectif photographique, c'est comme changer à tout instant de lunettes --- Robert Bresson (sounding remarkably like Henri Cartier-of that ilk) For a certain limited style of photography that may indeed be

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Jack Davis
It's compellingly orgasmic!   Jack From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:51 PM Subject: Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: it's easy to jeer at Ken Yes. Yes it is. -- Mark

Re: NO NOT AGAIN - TO FILTER OR NOT TO FILTER

2013-02-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 2/15/2013 11:56, John Sessoms wrote: From: Matthew Hunt On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: As far as I can remember, I have twice replaced damaged filters where I could not have afforded to replace the underlying glass. In 40 years of

Re: OT from the department of unfortunate phrasing

2013-02-15 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Get thee to Jay Leno ann On 2/15/2013 16:32, Larry Colen wrote: Taken with my cell phone on the way to work this morning http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8477397908/in/photostream -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

OT: live show on the passing Asteroid is just starting

2013-02-15 Thread Darren Addy
As I type this, they are going live in a couple of minutes: http://events.slooh.com/ -- 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: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Rob Studdert
On 16 February 2013 01:52, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013, Rob Studdert wrote: When it's a 10-20mm zoom perhaps? Again, when would you use that instead of e.g. a 14mm? I'm looking for specific use-cases, particularly from people who use both zooms and primes. Well

PESO: Sarah (in color!)

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
So, here's a shot I grabbed last night while I was covering for a coworker's shift. The girl (Sarah) is difficult to photograph as she's more than a little spastic. You point the camera at her, and she becomes weirdly incapable of sitting still for a moment. Given how low the light is in the

Re: PESO: Sarah (in color!)

2013-02-15 Thread Walt
Thanks, Dan. I think she'll probably like it, too. It just frustrates me when a shot could've been much better if the subject weren't so damnably human. -- Walt On 2/15/2013 7:20 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is a very appealing portrait, Walt. I really like it and I'm certain she will

Re: GESO: The Gates of Keawekapu

2013-02-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
A nice set. Always great to see a bit of Hawaii. Paul via phone On Feb 15, 2013, at 8:18 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: We are spending a month on South Maui, land of perfect weather and ideal beaches. Between the middle class condos of Kihei (where we are staying) and

Re: PESO: Sarah (in color!)

2013-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
Thanks, Dan. I think she'll probably like it, too. It just frustrates me when a shot could've been much better if the subject weren't so damnably human. Mark! -- Walt On 2/15/2013 7:20 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is a very appealing portrait, Walt. I really like it and I'm

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:08 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Feb 15, 2013, at 12:28 , Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: So it's easy to jeer at Ken, and you might not find fish-eye lenses particularly to your taste, but as usual sweeping generalizations are mostly just

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-15 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, Rob Studdert wrote: On 16 February 2013 01:52, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 15, 2013, Rob Studdert wrote: When it's a 10-20mm zoom perhaps? Again, when would you use that instead of e.g. a 14mm? I'm looking for specific use-cases, particularly from

Re: Adorama: Last call on K-5 bodies $739

2013-02-15 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, P. J. Alling wrote: On 2/13/2013 1:59 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Anyway, my original post was mostly a joke about electronics upgrade cycles. Well, if you're going to resist LBA I'm not sure how we're going to do our job. There's a guy named Donald Norman, an expert on

OT: Way, /way/ OT: VCS/SCM Systems

2013-02-15 Thread Doug Franklin
OK, this is kinda a long shot, I suspect, but I'll throw it out there. Do any of you folks have experience with the Fossil configuration management system (or others, what the heck)? I'm trying to move up from local and client/server SCM solutions to distributed ones. For really small

Re: OT Some Jewels of wisdom from Kenny Boy

2013-02-15 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com: On 15/02/2013 12:46 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: From his review of the Samyang 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye, which is otherwise relatively informative (yes I know, smack), then this: There really isn't anything useful you can do with a fisheye, other than use the

For sale (one day late, prices lowered): FA 20/2.8 and K-5 with Canon eeS focusing screen

2013-02-15 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! 1. K-5: I'm the second owner having bought it from a fellow from PentaxForums. It comes with magnifying eye cap and that special Canon eeS focusing screen that has been shimmed to correct position. The screen has no marks whatsoever (except some dust and machining marks on the borders). The

DDXOMark States That the Pentax Q10?s Sensor is Almost as Good at the Panasonic GF5?s

2013-02-15 Thread Brian Walters
http://www.thephoblographer.com/2013/02/13/dxomark-states-that-the-pentax-q10s-sensor-is-almost-as-good-at-the-panasonic-gf5s/ -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Ice Flower

2013-02-15 Thread Tim Bray
Wow, got kinda busy and missed 3 weeks of PDML. Just looked at a few hundred *ESOs, and this the first that I just have to say Oh! Outstanding. -T On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:34 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: When John Francis requested the shot I had of an Alaskan glacier I realized I

Re: OT PESO - Strength

2013-02-15 Thread Tim Bray
Remarkable. Congratulations. Best of luck to her. -T On Sun, Feb 3, 2013 at 9:06 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All (again), I had the privilege of shooting a lovely young lady last week. Nothing new for me lately, but what made this shoot so special is that Stevie is

Re: Shocking [literally!] - meteorite hits my hometown

2013-02-15 Thread David Mann
On Feb 16, 2013, at 4:06 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: People may not realize it, but this is one of the most incredible stories of our lifetimes, from an astronomical and historical perspective. It is incredible to me that the mother of someone on this list actually felt the

Re: PESO 2013 - 22 - GDG

2013-02-15 Thread Tim Bray
Gosh, that's nice, the textures tickle my eyes in a way they like. -T On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Another photo posted. Taken a few weeks ago, I'm slowly working through the set... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8469273097/lightbox

Re: Android tablets for showing photos?

2013-02-15 Thread Tim Bray
For Android tablets in general, it’s really hard to beat the N7, the basic model at $199 is a whole lotta tablet for the money. The 7 form factor is a huge win for, well, maybe everything but picture display; it’s a great screen but 10 is going to make more of your pictures. Rumor has it that

PESO PESO - California valentines

2013-02-15 Thread Tim Bray
PESO: http://goo.gl/fq4PM PESO: http://goo.gl/TIRqL These were on Venice Beach in LA, which someone told me was “colorful”. Well, yeah, the color of drugs mostly, but hey, the sunlight was delicious and the steady background of dub metal atmospheric. Maybe a little too Mad Max for most

GESO - 4 crystals from tonight

2013-02-15 Thread Mark C
A few more crystals from tonight - started using the wireless remote, sweet. I should have gotten on of these a long time ago... http://markcassino.com/b2evolution/ Permalink: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/blog6.php/2013/02/16/snow-crystals-february-15-2013 Thanks for looking! Mark

Re: GESO - 4 crystals from tonight

2013-02-15 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Another stunning group of images! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Feb 16, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: A few more crystals from tonight - started using the wireless remote, sweet. I should have gotten on of these a long time ago...

Re: PESO: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 14, 2013, at 1:06 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote: On Feb 14, 2013, at 13:56 , Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: I've been very impressed with ISO 6400 as well. I've got no qualms about shooting right up to that level (my auto-iso is set for

Re: PESO: Danielle

2013-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 15, 2013, at 2:27 AM, Walt wrote: On 2/14/2013 1:56 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Walt wrote: Here's another that was a bit noisier, so I softened it a bit to give it a little glow: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8473322049/ f/3.2, 1/60 sec., ISO 6400