Re: After the biggest gig so far

2013-06-27 Thread Boris Liberman
LOL. I don't see how this could be a welcome _back_. Ricoh GXR is still my everyday take everywhere camera. Pentax K-5 will remain my camera of choice whenever DSLR specialties are required. I should say that I am 100% happy about my choice to sell DA* 16-50/2.8 and replace it with a pair of

Re: Getting ready to go to Italy

2013-06-27 Thread David Mann
On Jun 26, 2013, at 8:54 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: I'm reasonably confident that each of the stages is a killer, every year, from my perspective. I have a couple of friends who ride sportifs. They can cycle up Alps at over twice the speed I can cycle on the flat, and they cycle

Re: OT GESO - wet nighties

2013-06-27 Thread Bob W
On 27 Jun 2013, at 06:51, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 26/06/2013, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Turn safe search off Google wet teddies Pictures of people mistreating their Steiffies? No, thanks. No way am I turning safe search off just to look at teddy bears

Re: PESO - Wet Blading

2013-06-27 Thread Boris Liberman
One of your stronger images among the recent ones, in my opinion. It certainly works and you're as fast to draw your camera as you always were. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:59 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From the hip:

Re: GESO (22) - Balloon adventure

2013-06-27 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, Mark! A couple of months before our flight, I was flying in the area with my brother (who has a small plane) and saw our balloon and its sibling below us.  It was very pretty, but the cockpit was so cramped that I couldn't get my camera into position. Rick  

Re: After the biggest gig so far

2013-06-27 Thread Rick Womer
Hmmm... Aren't you supposed to use prime lenses to shoot prime numbers of photos?   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2013 5:12 PM Subject: After the biggest

PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird

2013-06-27 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Wish the sky were a bit more blue. Otherwise, hope you enjoy: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/female-red-wing-blackbird.html?m=1 Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- Henri Cartier-Bresson --

Re: After the biggest gig so far

2013-06-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
The rule is you're supposed to change to a different prime lens every time you reach a prime number of shots. It is a bit tiresome at first (2, 3, 5, 7, 11...) but then starts to settle down into longer runs. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com

Re: PESO - Wet Blading

2013-06-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice shot. Well seen. Paul On Jun 27, 2013, at 6:33 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: One of your stronger images among the recent ones, in my opinion. It certainly works and you're as fast to draw your camera as you always were. On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 2:59 PM,

Re: PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird

2013-06-27 Thread Jack Davis
I'm certainly enjoying your continuing collection of nice sharp images, Frank. Jack - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 4:23 AM Subject: PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird Wish the sky were a

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-27 Thread Rick Womer
Umm... I think it's the July theme that is Temptation.  May was Bookmarks. I'll see what I've got this weekend... Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, June

Re: PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird

2013-06-27 Thread Rick Womer
Color wildlife shots from Frank!  It's still unsettling... Very nice, though. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 7:23 AM Subject: PESO - Female Red Wing

Re: Dragonflies and Stack Focused Damselfly

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Wonderful detail and striking color. Very well captured. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 11:01 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Such amazing sharpness, detail and depth of field. As one who has only dabbled in

Re: After the biggest gig so far

2013-06-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Yes, that's the Prime Directive. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:07 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Hmmm... Aren't you supposed to use prime lenses to shoot prime numbers of photos? http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com

Re: Peso Multi rose

2013-06-27 Thread Bruce Walker
A beautiful bloom, Dave. Looks just like a Joseph's Coat to me. The grass itself doesn't bother me though I'd darken it some, myself. I just think that the bloom seems a bit crowded in the frame -- could use space below it. If you shot this as portrait with the flower high, maybe. Just analyzing

Re: OT GESO - wet nighties

2013-06-27 Thread John Sessoms
Yeah. Probably could have found that one with safe search ON. Either him or Darby is fine with me, but I wasn't the one who was disappointed. From: Stan Halpin Like this? http://www.dreamstime.com/royalty-free-stock-images-wet-teddy-clothesline-image18730589 I'll stick with Darby. stan On

OT, the future of moving images

2013-06-27 Thread John Sessoms
That's nice. But what does it mean? From: Larry Colen Probably old hat (heh!) to Cotty, but I found this article on moving pictures quite interesting, and suspect that a few other nerds on the list might also:

Re: PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird

2013-06-27 Thread Bruce Walker
It's great, Frank. Good profile, he's singing, excellent colour and detail. The blueness should be a simple WB tweak, but I like the pastel colour as-is, myself. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:23 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Wish the sky were a bit more blue.

Re: local boy does good

2013-06-27 Thread Ann Sanfedele
woo - those are stunning! ann On 6/26/2013 09:21, Doug Brewer wrote: Former--and as we all know, forever--member of the PDML Bill Gekas is gaining a huge wave of success re-imagining the works of the Old Masters using his daughter as model. Check him out at http://www.billgekas.com/ --

Re: OT, the future of moving images

2013-06-27 Thread P.J. Alling
It means that large MP counts in video is a waste if the frame rate is too low. You can halve the resolution while doubling the frame rate and have a perceived increase in resolution. That isn't true of still photos. Oh and the current claimed High Definition standards are bullshit. There

Re: PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird

2013-06-27 Thread P.J. Alling
You sure you're not using Audubon's methods? On 6/27/2013 7:23 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Wish the sky were a bit more blue. Otherwise, hope you enjoy: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/female-red-wing-blackbird.html?m=1 Comments always welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the

Re: local boy does good

2013-06-27 Thread Christine Aguila
I've been following him on Google+ and greatly admired his work but had no idea he was a PDMLer! What fun! Lovely work and his daughter is as cute as they come. Cheers, Christine On Jun 26, 2013, at 8:21 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Former--and as we all know, forever--member

PESO. Pebble I.

2013-06-27 Thread Bulent Celasun
A double portrait without faces. Taken using a Panasonic LX5 by a Pentaxian ;) http://celasun.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/cakil-ve-ben/ Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/

Re: PESO. Pebble I.

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice. I am a great fan of macroscian images, and you have done a fine job capturing the effect here. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com wrote: A double portrait without faces. Taken using a

K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Ed Keeney
Yes, the subject says it all. I've been using the K100d for 6+ years now. It's been a great piece of equipment. While at my daughters graduation this week, I was asked to take friends photos with their cameras (of course, I'm the only Pentax shooter). The first thing I noticed was how clear

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Zos Xavius
Yeah, check the diopter. I don't know if the k100D has a dead pixel removal tool, but you might want to try that. My k-7 does, but is much newer. you can clone out the dead pixels in lightroom and then copy and paste those brush strokes to all your other pictures fwiw. A poor man's black frame. I

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Ed Keeney ewkph...@gmail.com wrote: While at my daughters graduation this week, I was asked to take friends photos with their cameras (of course, I'm the only Pentax shooter). The first thing I noticed was how clear the subject looked through the view

Re: GESO Iowa Farmland

2013-06-27 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Mark, those were taken over a 20 min space of time. I am beginning to think I should only shoot in the last hour before sunset. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 11 Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:55:11 -0400 From: Mark Cpdml-m...@charter.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net

PESOs: Simians via Bigma

2013-06-27 Thread Darren Addy
A couple of more images from our recent trip to the world class Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. If you ever get the chance, it could easily be a multi-day experience. I shot with the Bigma for most of the day (with the exception being a switch to the Sigma EX 10-20mm for the aquarium). Here are two

Re: OT: Mad Scientists

2013-06-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Fri, Jun 14, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: On Fri, Jun 14, 2013 at 03:29:07PM -0400, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Question is, who'll be first to win the Turder Prize? Its gonna be a crap shoot. It'll go down well in the coproate world. Mushrooms, Mushrooms, keep them in the dark Mushrooms,

Re: PESOs: Simians via Bigma

2013-06-27 Thread Zos Xavius
The bigma looks pretty good in these pictures! I like the one through the dirty glass especially! On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: A couple of more images from our recent trip to the world class Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. If you ever get the chance, it

Re: PESOs: Simians via Bigma

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Both are excellent portraits, but the detail and the expression make the first really special. Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin. G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:27 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: A couple of more

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Ed Keeney
Zos Matthew, Yep, it's not the diopter. Blurry and out of focus is one thing, a clear view is different. Thanks! On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Ed Keeney ewkph...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, the subject says it all. I've been using the K100d for 6+ years now. It's been a great piece of

Re: Interesting Images of Birds in Flight

2013-06-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
You should follow the link and read all the pages -- not much technical detail, but it explains enough to understand exactly how it was done. IMO it's more amazing that way. On Fri, Jun 14, 2013, Jack Davis wrote: Spectacular! Can't guess how it was all done.?Studio?work and talented editing

Re:Peso Multi rose

2013-06-27 Thread Don Guthrie
Lovely flower photo. No distractions for me. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 12 Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 18:28:42 -0400 From: David J Brookspentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discusspdml@pdml.net, Petch Dianne dianne.pe...@yahoo.com, Barbara Brooksbbaro...@gmail.com Subject:

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Zos Xavius
I would try some methanol (eclipse, sensor cleaner, etc) or failing that alcohol. The optics could be fogged internally though... :/ On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Ed Keeney ewkph...@gmail.com wrote: Zos Matthew, Yep, it's not the diopter. Blurry and out of focus is one thing, a clear

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Bill
On 27/06/2013 9:38 AM, Ed Keeney wrote: Zos Matthew, Yep, it's not the diopter. Blurry and out of focus is one thing, a clear view is different. Are you sure you aren't just seeing the groundglass pattern on the screen? Pentax tends to put a coarser screen in to facilitate manual focus

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013, Ed Keeney wrote: Yes, the subject says it all. I've been using the K100d for 6+ years now. It's been a great piece of equipment. While at my daughters graduation this week, I was asked to take friends photos with their cameras (of course, I'm the only Pentax

Re: After the biggest gig so far

2013-06-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 07:17:42AM -0500, Bob Sullivan wrote: The rule is you're supposed to change to a different prime lens every time you reach a prime number of shots. It is a bit tiresome at first (2, 3, 5, 7, 11...) but then starts to settle down into longer runs. I tend to prefer my

Re: PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird

2013-06-27 Thread Don Guthrie
Frank, I thought we had agreed you would stop posting fine bird pictures. Oh well I shall continue wallowing in jealousy. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 2 Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 11:23:03 + (UTC) From:knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To:PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO -

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread P.J. Alling
I don't think the K100D includes hot pixel mapping, at least not available to the user. There may be a Repair Depot utility that you can run, or it may be available in debug mode, a process that is a.) not recommended to the faint of heart, and b.) not something I personally know how to enter

Re: PESO. Pebble I.

2013-06-27 Thread Don Guthrie
It is certainly better art than the Selfie trend. You look taller than I expected. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 8 Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:51:44 +0300 From: Bulent Celasunbulent.cela...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO. Pebble I. Message-ID:

Re: PESOs: Simians via Bigma

2013-06-27 Thread Jack Davis
Both nice, but prefer the dirty glass shot. The slightest bit of catch light locates the eye and makes the image. Jack - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 8:27 AM Subject: PESOs:

Re: Simians via Bigma

2013-06-27 Thread Don Guthrie
The Bigma excels at intimate. Nice. And yes Doorly is a fine zoo. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 14 Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 10:27:13 -0500 From: Darren Addypixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESOs: Simians via Bigma Message-ID:

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:12:15AM -0400, Ed Keeney wrote: Yes, the subject says it all. I've been using the K100d for 6+ years now. It's been a great piece of equipment. While at my daughters graduation this week, I was asked to take friends photos with their cameras (of course, I'm the

Re: Question about lightroom after upgrading to 5

2013-06-27 Thread Eric Weir
On Jun 24, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:12 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: It doesn't matter, you can't export a preview. And, unless he were to turn off the cache expiration, he'd lose them anyway. He could use this:

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Darren Addy
If your in-camera noise reduction is turned off, try turning it on and seeing if that improves things. Another option (for post) is this free utility: http://www.pixelfixer.org/ Hope one or the other helps! On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Ed Keeney ewkph...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, the subject

Re: PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird

2013-06-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
Very nice, Frank. The sky has a pleasant hue, IMO. Excellent shot. Paul On Jun 27, 2013, at 8:36 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm certainly enjoying your continuing collection of nice sharp images, Frank. Jack - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com

RE: Question about lightroom after upgrading to 5

2013-06-27 Thread Gerrit Visser
And at the end of the import it will tell you that it didn't convert them to DNG after all :-) At least that is what LR4 does for my photos from the WG2. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Eric Weir Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2013 12:26 PM To:

Re: Question about lightroom after upgrading to 5

2013-06-27 Thread Eric Weir
On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Gerrit Visser gerrit...@gmail.com wrote: And at the end of the import it will tell you that it didn't convert them to DNG after all :-) At least that is what LR4 does for my photos from the WG2. Thanks, Gerrit. I tried it with one file and that was my experience.

PESO - Grab Portrait

2013-06-27 Thread Paul Stenquist
This young lady, who sells flowers at the farmers market, happened to be in a nice environment when she looked at me. I happened to have my flash set at -1 stop exposure comp, just enough for a bit of fill and some catchlights: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17431930 -- PDML

Re: PESO - Grab Portrait

2013-06-27 Thread Bruce Walker
A most unusual grab, Paul. Quite nice! On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: This young lady, who sells flowers at the farmers market, happened to be in a nice environment when she looked at me. I happened to have my flash set at -1 stop exposure

Re: PESO - Grab Portrait

2013-06-27 Thread Walt
That's a great shot of a beautiful young lady. I just love her eyes! -- Walt On 6/27/2013 12:01 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: This young lady, who sells flowers at the farmers market, happened to be in a nice environment when she looked at me. I happened to have my flash set at -1 stop exposure

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
I'd second Aahz's comments. Pentax has a reputation for viewfinders, but cheaped it out with penta mirrors. Check the manual or internet on hot pixels in your camera. There are tests to find them and kill them automatically. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Aahz Maruch

Re: PESOs: Simians via Bigma

2013-06-27 Thread Bob W
Very good indeed. One of his friends should tell the monkey, or is it a gibbon?, about tweezers. B On 27 Jun 2013, at 16:27, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: A couple of more images from our recent trip to the world class Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha. If you ever get the chance, it

Re: Question about lightroom after upgrading to 5

2013-06-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
Eric, No worries. The files have already suffered compression to jegs. They can't be re-inflated to DGN's, or if they were it wouldn't make any difference. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jun 27, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Gerrit Visser

OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-27 Thread Walt
My pal, Dan, loaned me his Leica V-Lux 1 for a couple of weeks just to kick the tires on it a bit. I have to say, for a point and shoot, I'm pretty impressed. The build quality is no great shakes, and it definitely lacks the responsiveness of a DSLR. But, so far, the glass seems really,

re-enablement

2013-06-27 Thread Larry Colen
CRIS should have sent my K-5 to PCR in San Diego. They think it'll be about $200-250 to fix the sensor, or $350 to fix the sensor and convert it to IR. I'll know more when they get the camera and can take a look at it. In the meantime, my K-5II just arrived from Prodigital 2000. -- Larry

Re: PESO. Pebble I.

2013-06-27 Thread Bulent Celasun
Thank you Dan, I owe the success, if any, to Pebble for standing still for almost 15 seconds! I am ashamed to confess that I had to tell him a lie about spotting a lady ahead... Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr

Recovered images

2013-06-27 Thread Eric Weir
This is a selection from the first folder of images recovered from previews in LR3 using PreviewExporter and imported into LR5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/9153633090/in/set-72157634357141301 Nothing great photographically.

Re: re-enablement

2013-06-27 Thread Walt
Congratulations, Larry! As much as you love the low-light performance, I can only imagine how much you're going to love actually being able to focus in low light. Looking forward to your results! -- Walt On 6/27/2013 1:56 PM, Larry Colen wrote: CRIS should have sent my K-5 to PCR in San

Re: PESO. Pebble I.

2013-06-27 Thread Bulent Celasun
Thank you Don, You look taller than I expected. I look taller than even I expected ;) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/

Re: Recovered images

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nothing great photographically. I disagree. There are a number of very fine images there. The one shot of the cliff face resembles the (former) Old Man of the Mountain, that is a New Hampshire icon even though it collapsed years ago. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-27 Thread Zos Xavius
I had both a panasonic fz-28 and fz-35. I think the v-lux 1 is the same as an fz-50. They all had great, great optics that more than made up for the noisy sensors panny was using. When they switched from CCD to MOS (which gave even worse quality) I quit buying them and bought my first DSLR. I've

Re: Question about lightroom after upgrading to 5

2013-06-27 Thread Eric Weir
On Jun 27, 2013, at 2:41 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: No worries. The files have already suffered compression to jegs. They can't be re-inflated to DGN's…. I didn't think so. -- Eric

Re: PESO - Grab Portrait

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice portrait, Paul. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 1:01 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: This young lady, who sells flowers at the farmers market, happened to be in a nice environment when she looked at me. I

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-27 Thread Walt
It's a shame they went to an even noisier sensor. I haven't tried shooting the V-Lux at anything over ISO 100 so far. At what point does the noise start to really degrade the image? I really do like the lens a lot. If I found an exceptional deal on a gently used one of those Panasonic

Re: PESO. Pebble I.

2013-06-27 Thread Bulent Celasun
Thank you Don, You look taller than I expected. I look taller than even I expected ;) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/

Re: PESO. Pebble I.

2013-06-27 Thread Bulent Celasun
Thank you Dan, I owe the success, if any, to Pebble for standing still for almost 15 seconds! I am ashamed to confess that I had to tell him a lie about spotting a lady ahead... Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-27 Thread Zos Xavius
If you get a Panny, the fz-35 was the best superzoom they made IMO. Probably the best superzoom ever. IQ at ISO 100-200 is not bad. Especially if you shoot RAW. The Panny JPEG engine is well known for turning photographs into watercolors. At 400 it starts to creep in pretty good, but you can still

Re: PESO - Grab Portrait

2013-06-27 Thread Derby Chang
The catchlights are beautiful On 28/06/2013 3:01 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: This young lady, who sells flowers at the farmers market, happened to be in a nice environment when she looked at me. I happened to have my flash set at -1 stop exposure comp, just enough for a bit of fill and some

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-27 Thread Darren Addy
A nice image. I saw your first link on my Flickr page, since I have made you a contact. If I may...I was really struck by the Flickr crop of the image which, after comparing, I think is even more powerful than the full frame: http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/waltcrop.png On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at

Re: PESO Ivory silk, obverse

2013-06-27 Thread Bruce Walker
Walt: that's for another day. That would be a multi-light setup but I didn't have much time. This piece of Ivory silk was accidentally snipped off and brought inside. I toyed with it for an hour and a half, and it was noticeably sagging a couple of hours later. By the next day petals were dropping

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-27 Thread Walt
Thanks, Darren! I do believe you're absolutely right about the crop. I'll have to revisit that shot and appreciate you pointing it out to me. -- Walt On 6/27/2013 3:57 PM, Darren Addy wrote: A nice image. I saw your first link on my Flickr page, since I have made you a contact. If I may...I

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 03:24:23PM -0400, Zos Xavius wrote: I had both a panasonic fz-28 and fz-35. I think the v-lux 1 is the same as an fz-50. They all had great, great optics that more than made up for the noisy sensors panny was using. When they switched from CCD to MOS (which gave even

Re: re-enablement

2013-06-27 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 02:08:46PM -0500, Walt wrote: Congratulations, Larry! As much as you love the low-light performance, I can only imagine how much you're going to love actually being able to focus in low light. Almost as much as I'm going to love having enough time off work to try out

Re: OT GESO - wet nighties

2013-06-27 Thread Derby Chang
Thanks, Bruce. No patiently waiting. I was just lucky I guess Thanks to everyone else who had a look, too D On 27/06/2013 12:15 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Image #9 is da bomb, Derby. Did you wait patiently for the subject to line up? Image #8 also great. Lots of stories possible. I'm very

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-27 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com: Umm... I think it's the July theme that is Temptation. nbsp;May was Bookmarks. Sigh... That's what happens when you cut and paste from the previous month :-( I'll see what I've got this weekend... Excellent! Cheers Brian

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-27 Thread Walt
Here's the new crop with a touch of softening -- just because I thought it looked a little better that way. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9155680616/ Thanks again for the heads-up! I think it really did improve the shot. -- Walt On 6/27/2013 3:57 PM, Darren Addy wrote: A

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-27 Thread Walt
On 6/27/2013 4:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 03:24:23PM -0400, Zos Xavius wrote: I had both a panasonic fz-28 and fz-35. I think the v-lux 1 is the same as an fz-50. They all had great, great optics that more than made up for the noisy sensors panny was using. When they

OT Planes, in the south of England 1944

2013-06-27 Thread Larry Colen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49024304@N00/sets/72157608125792619/ This is a set of over 300 35mm, black and white negatives found in a basement of an “antique” mall in Wichita Falls, Texas. Strips of 3 to 6 are in glassine sleeves bound in two books designed for the purpose of preserving

Re: OT: My first Leica experience (2 images)

2013-06-27 Thread Bruce Walker
That's an excellent image, Walt. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's the new crop with a touch of softening -- just because I thought it looked a little better that way. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/9155680616/ Thanks again for the

RE: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ed Keeney Yes, the subject says it all. I've been using the K100d for 6+ years now. It's been a great piece of equipment. While at my daughters graduation this week, I was asked to take friends photos with their cameras (of course, I'm the only Pentax shooter). The first thing I

Pathetic. That's what it is, pathetic.

2013-06-27 Thread Rick Womer
...to quote Eeyore.* I was just leafing through the latest Shutterbug.  BH has 14 pages of advertising. In that 14 pages, there is 1/10 of a page devoted to Pentax, and it consists of a list of lenses, without prices. In 1 1/2 pages of mirrorless cameras, no Pentax. Canon and Nikon each have

RE: Recovered images

2013-06-27 Thread John Sessoms
From: Eric Weir This is a selection from the first folder of images recovered from previews in LR3 using PreviewExporter and imported into LR5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/9153633090/in/set-72157634357141301 Nothing great photographically. Still better than NO recovered images.

Re: PESO - Wet Blading

2013-06-27 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Thanks, Paul, and thanks to everyone else to commented or looked. Its fun taking pictures in the rain. ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sent: June 27, 2013 6/27/13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Wet Blading

RE: PESO - Grab Portrait

2013-06-27 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Very pretty! And well captured. Lovely photo! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sent: June 27, 2013 6/27/13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Grab Portrait This young lady, who sells flowers at the farmers market,

Re: July PUG - Anyone Tempted?

2013-06-27 Thread Ann Sanfedele
hardly able to check out hte list right now _ and I knwo I missed a good pun thread.. damn but... I'll try to find something tempting for you - though I make a habit of trying to _avoid_ temptation sooo... ann On 6/27/2013 17:53, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com:

Re: PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird

2013-06-27 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
She's a she (see the SL). ;-) And while the beak is open what's coming out ain't singing. Red winged blackbirds can mimic other birds but much of their vocalization consists of angry squawks. She was letting me know she didn't want me there. Kept her distance but kept squawking while she

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Mark C
On 6/27/2013 11:42 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: I would try some methanol (eclipse, sensor cleaner, etc) or failing that alcohol. The optics could be fogged internally though... :/ I'd be cautious with any potential solvent. I once tried to clean the ground glass focusing screen on a PZ series camera

PESO: No Junk Mail

2013-06-27 Thread David Mann
...and that's an order. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/634/#peso 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.

50 gigabytes and an airline ticket

2013-06-27 Thread Mark Roberts
Well, I've picked my kit and packed my gear for departure to Italy tomorrow. Here's the kit: Pentax K-5 12-14/4.0 16-50/2.8 Vivitar 70-210 Sony A-850 50mm f/1.7 ...and a couple of filters, mini-tripod, batteries and, of course, the aforementioned 50 gigs of memory. Despite out best efforts it

Re: PESO - Benched

2013-06-27 Thread Mark C
Nice placement in the frame and use of the negative space behind her. Creates a sense of isolation or withdrawal. Mark On 6/25/2013 4:07 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17436747size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Blanca Peak

2013-06-27 Thread Mark C
Beautiful and tad dreamy / surreal. I think its great. Mark On 6/20/2013 10:29 PM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all Slowly working through the images from my USA trip. Here's one taken around dusk from Alamosa, Colorado.

Re: PESO - Female Red Wing Blackbird

2013-06-27 Thread Mark C
Amazing how different the females and males are. Nice crisp shot. Mark On 6/27/2013 7:23 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Wish the sky were a bit more blue. Otherwise, hope you enjoy: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/female-red-wing-blackbird.html?m=1 Comments always welcome.

OT: Bike bandit robs blind cyclist

2013-06-27 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/bike-bandit-robs-blind-east-harlem-cyclist-article-1.1384400 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Larry Colen
Since it has happened to both Walt and I, I don't think that it is dirt, but rather something in the finder that is delaminating. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:06:04PM -0400, Mark C wrote: On 6/27/2013 11:42 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: I would try some methanol (eclipse, sensor cleaner, etc) or failing

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Zos Xavius
yeah, you shouldn't clean the plastic focusing screen with solvents. I should have mentioned that. I meant the glass itself. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 10:06 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: On 6/27/2013 11:42 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: I would try some methanol (eclipse, sensor cleaner, etc)

Re: K100d

2013-06-27 Thread Zos Xavius
My k-7 has two permanent dust spots. They are annoying for sure, but not enough for me to replace the camera just yet. On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 8:32 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Ed Keeney Yes, the subject says it all. I've been using the K100d for 6+ years now. It's

Re: Recovered images

2013-06-27 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 03:17:57PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Nothing great photographically. I disagree. There are a number of very fine images there. The one shot of the cliff face resembles the (former) Old Man of the Mountain, that is a New Hampshire icon even though it collapsed

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