Re: PESO: BARBERTON DAISY with INSECT

2013-08-28 Thread David Mann
On Aug 27, 2013, at 9:02 PM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: This is an original single variety which blooms like clockwork in my garden every spring. Most gardeners grow the fancy double hybrids. The Barberton Daisy is indigenous to the mountainous area bordering Swaziland, about 350km

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/8/13, Dario Bonazza, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather- resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-linkutm_source=news- listutm_medium=textref=title_0_1 http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-announces-hd-update-to-

Re: PESO - Preaching to the Converted

2013-08-28 Thread David Mann
On Aug 28, 2013, at 10:46 AM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Road cycling is riddled with performance enhancers. Track cycling is clean. I heard that once. Really. I wish I could believe it. Even triathletes are getting busted now :( They also occasionally get caught turning

Re: GESO - tour of the library

2013-08-28 Thread David Mann
On Aug 27, 2013, at 11:36 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the Street show into their collection, so we photographers were asked to sign some papers. Of course, we could have done this

Re: September PUG - Time Running Out!

2013-08-28 Thread Igor Roshchin
Brian, It might be that people took the theme to the extreme. :-) Cheers, Igor Tue Aug 27 08:10:02 EDT 2013 Brian Walters wrote: It's that time again... Only a few days left to submit for the September PUG. So far 4 submissions have been received. Theme: Long Exposure Nom.

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Tanya Love
It totally is Larry! Just the other week, I had 4 540s set up with soft boxes and was losing ambient light fast. The family I was shooting were almost over it and we were just about to start shooting my final series of shots when it started to rain. It was only light rain and pose no problem to

Re: PESO bw portrait of Sophie

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Larry. On the skin: I'm a sucker for using the red filter in bw conversions of portraits, like film shooters did back in the day. Smooths out skin tones and gives a luminous quality, not unlike IR. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Tue, Aug 27,

Re: PESO bw portrait of Sophie

2013-08-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
Lovely smile and nice composition. Paul On Aug 28, 2013, at 5:14 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Larry. On the skin: I'm a sucker for using the red filter in bw conversions of portraits, like film shooters did back in the day. Smooths out skin tones and gives a

Re: PESO bw portrait of Sophie

2013-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
Especially nice lighting, Bruce. She fills the frame nicely if somewhat tightly. Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 2:14 AM Subject: Re: PESO bw portrait of Sophie Thanks,

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Tanya, I carry some clear plastic bags to pop over flashes if there's danger of wetting. You could also spray waterproofing on the softbox shell fabric, and/or Scotchguard. If you're using them in the rain I think you'd want to do that anyway. Flashes inside softboxes are pretty safe from light

Re: September PUG - Time Running Out!

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
End of August probably not the time most are on line I'd have to go back to my film stuff to find long exposures On 8/28/2013 03:07, Igor Roshchin wrote: Brian, It might be that people took the theme to the extreme. :-) Cheers, Igor Tue Aug 27 08:10:02 EDT 2013 Brian Walters wrote:

OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Darren Addy
Beginning around 2011, some rarely seen photos by Ansel Adams (in urban mode) were assembled into some shows. A few web and magazine articles appeared, but the images were small and/or just a small sample of those images. Googling around, I found a Flickr user that somehow seems to have put the

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Darren Addy
Also, a little background story: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2012/02/ansel-adams-los-angeles-photos.html On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Beginning around 2011, some rarely seen photos by Ansel Adams (in urban mode) were assembled

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Bill
On 28/08/2013 7:23 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Beginning around 2011, some rarely seen photos by Ansel Adams (in urban mode) were assembled into some shows. A few web and magazine articles appeared, but the images were small and/or just a small sample of those images. Googling around, I found a

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1000photosofnewyorkcity/sets/72057594083888984 Pity flickr is such a pain in the butt. They make it nearly impossible to look at pictures. Isn't looking at pictures what flickr is supposed

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 28/08/2013 7:23 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Beginning around 2011, some rarely seen photos by Ansel Adams (in urban mode) were assembled into some shows. A few web and magazine articles appeared, but the images were small

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Bill
On 28/08/2013 7:40 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1000photosofnewyorkcity/sets/72057594083888984 Pity flickr is such a pain in the butt. They make it nearly impossible to look at pictures. Isn't

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Bill
On 28/08/2013 7:40 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1000photosofnewyorkcity/sets/72057594083888984 Pity flickr is such a pain in the butt. They make it nearly impossible to look at pictures. Isn't

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: I keep getting dancing pictures that move around the screen in some sort of annoying slow pan in full screen mode. I believe you have started slide-show mode. I can see that if I double-click on a photo after it's

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Darren Addy
This is a derail, but I'm guessing that Bill is using an ancient version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, something that doesn't handle CSS code well. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 8:46 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 28/08/2013 7:40 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at

OT: Nikon Patents an Electronically Controlled Lowpass (‘AA’) Filter

2013-08-28 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.thephoblographer.com/2013/08/28/nikon-patents-an-electronically-controlled-lowpass-aa-filter/ If anyone reads Japanese, perhaps they can explain the details. I'm guessing that the idea would be that you would have it OFF (or very low) and then have the ability to turn it up and retake

Re: OT: Nikon Patents an Electronically Controlled Lowpass (‘AA’) Filter

2013-08-28 Thread Boris Liberman
I wonder if given the computational power of modern camera CPUs, one could actually implement an algorithm that will try to detect the moire instead of letting user squint at the LCD. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 5:12 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks for posting this. Flickr's latest notions of a great display really does suck. First time I've had to explain to people how to look at photos on the site. The idiotic ken burns effect with any accidental click on the images is enough to drive me crazy. G On Aug 28, 2013, at 6:23 AM,

Re: OT: Nikon Patents an Electronically Controlled Lowpass (‘AA’) Filter

2013-08-28 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.thephoblographer.com/2013/08/28/nikon-patents-an-electronically-controlled-lowpass-aa-filter/ If anyone reads Japanese, perhaps they can explain the details. OK, so using the diagrams and Google Translate:

Re: OT: Nikon Patents an Electronically Controlled Lowpass (‘AA’) Filter

2013-08-28 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: When the LCD is unpowered, it rotates the polarization of light (so that horizontal becomes vertical and vertical becomes horizontal). When it's unpowered, the polarization is unaffected. Oops, the last sentence above

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Bill
On 28/08/2013 7:53 AM, Darren Addy wrote: This is a derail, but I'm guessing that Bill is using an ancient version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer, something that doesn't handle CSS code well. Chrome actually. Look it's no big deal. Every time I try to look at something posted to flickr, it's

Re: GESO - tour of the library

2013-08-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dave, Look forward to the pictures. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 1:52 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 27, 2013, at 11:36 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Took the afternoon off for a rather special treat. The State Library is putting the pics from the

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Ya, and after about 15 pictures it craps out! Flicker sucks. Bob S. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 8:40 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1000photosofnewyorkcity/sets/72057594083888984 Pity

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I'll take these over Half dome any day ann On 8/28/2013 09:23, Darren Addy wrote: Beginning around 2011, some rarely seen photos by Ansel Adams (in urban mode) were assembled into some shows. A few web and magazine articles appeared, but the images were small and/or just a small sample of

Fw: PESO: Lonesome Pine

2013-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
- Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Helen Davis hcd_1...@yahoo.com Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:19 AM Subject: PESO: Lonesome Pine This taken a number of year ago as my wife and I were approaching the east entrance to Yellowstone NP. It was included

Fw: PESO: Lonesome Pine

2013-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
- Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:20 AM Subject: Fw: PESO: Lonesome Pine - Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Helen Davis hcd_1...@yahoo.com Cc:

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I agree about flickr - and now smugmug has decided to go that route too for their new improved look - if one choses it. But I was able to view the pics one at a time - I jsut think it is ugly how indexes are presented. should call them fistnails instead of thumbnails ann On 8/28/2013

weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace Fortunately there were a lot of people shooting - I'm glad I got my K5 paid for, but I would rather have not done the posed pics - This is a small Geso - I feel ok about most of them - meaning not too embarrassing. I had put 75 up to

Re: Fw: PESO: Lonesome Pine

2013-08-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Jack, Rather unique. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:20 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: - Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Helen Davis hcd_1...@yahoo.com Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:19 AM Subject: PESO: Lonesome Pine

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Bob Sullivan
Works OK for me Ann. The people look good. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace Fortunately there were a lot of people shooting - I'm glad I got my K5 paid for, but I would

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Darren Addy
Ann, Don't be too hard on yourself. Your pics look very spontaneous and unposed, not necessarily a bad thing. Posed pics are difficult because they mean giving people directions (and sometimes giving individuals directions in a group, which is logistically more difficult). Generally, my simple

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Paul Stenquist
The pictures are very nice. Love 29, 26, 19, 21 and numerous others. But, like you, I hate shooting weddings and haven't done one in years now. Enjoy your K-5! Paul On Aug 28, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:28:54AM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace You should have ordered some overcast to be delivered. Fortunately there were a lot of people shooting - I'm glad I got my K5 paid for, but I would rather have not done

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu
Yes, Canon's 600EX-RT is weather sealed; same for the 580EX-II. Alex On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Tanya, I carry some clear plastic bags to pop over flashes if there's danger of wetting. You could also spray waterproofing on the softbox shell

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread Stan Halpin
On Aug 28, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Thanks for posting this. Flickr's latest notions of a great display really does suck. First time I've had to explain to people how to look at photos on the site. The idiotic ken burns effect with any accidental click on the images is

Re:The Mean Streets of Minneapolis MN

2013-08-28 Thread Don Guthrie
Bruce you are not the 1st to note the resemblance. Hmm maybe Thanks for the look and comments. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 3 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 19:40:08 -0400 From: Bruce Walkerbruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: The Mean Streets of

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Assignments/Paul-and-Linda-Get-Hitched/31453928_TSxSrg#!i=2724712337k=x4jSmRR Ann, The outside photos look good to me. Some of the inside photos on the second page look excessively noisy; even

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Stan Halpin
I see no issues with posing/composition. You weren't doing studio shots, but rather capturing small slices of time in a dynamic (and fun!) party. Your friends should be pleased with the results. Two post-processing issues - a. could be my monitor settings, but many of the earlier ones

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread George Sinos
Like the others, I think they look fine. I have respect for anyone that shoots a wedding. It's to much stress for me. gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I see no

Re: The Mean Streets of Minneapolis MN

2013-08-28 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Paul for the look. I could have stayed and shot around the mirror all day. The one with the kid mugging was the last one I took that day. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 4 Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 20:00:58 -0400 From: Paul Stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Walt
I've shot about three weddings total in my life. And after every one of them, I've experienced the exact same angst you're experiencing. Then, I work on them a bit and go back through them, and still think they're horrible. Then, I go back through them a few days later and see things that I

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Some very nice ones in there ... You captured the moments well. That's the important thing for weddings. Godfrey On Aug 28, 2013, at 8:28 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Pretty much a disaster - terrible light on the terrace Fortunately there were a lot of people shooting -

Re: Pentax Models

2013-08-28 Thread John
My take on it is the K5 can't be Pentax's top-of-the-line model unless there's actually a line for it to be on top of. The K-50 K-500 serve that purpose. Yes, I *AM* a cynical old man. On 8/27/2013 1:29 PM, John wrote: Oh my, I am now really confused. There are k-5, k-50, and k-500 models.

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Ah; thanks! On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Alexandru-Cristian Sarbu alexandru.sa...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, Canon's 600EX-RT is weather sealed; same for the 580EX-II. Alex On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:15 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Tanya, I carry some clear plastic bags to

Re: Pentax Models

2013-08-28 Thread Darren Addy
That's true, but when the K-5 was introduced the K-x was beneath it, and that K-x was replaced by the K-r, and then that was replaced by the K-30. Two points defines a line in geometry, but (I agree) it ain't much of a line. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:44 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: My

Re: An OP-Tech experience

2013-08-28 Thread John
I'd try a couple of Google searches - Decatur GA camera stores Atlanta area camera stores - and let my fingers do the walking; call 'em up and see if any of them have the Op-Tech products you're looking for. If you find one that's got it, then ask 'em for directions to their store (if you

Re: PESO - The Kitchen Party Continues

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
They sure look like they're enjoying it now. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:48 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I showed a photograph of these two last week, http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/08/kitchen-party-at-coffee-time.html?m=1 mentioning that everyone at the coffee shop they

Re: A Rendering Choice

2013-08-28 Thread John
Use the free transform on a selection. Don't include the car in that selection. On 8/27/2013 2:33 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Aug 27, 2013, at 2:21 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Seems to me that the car has a very slight slope of its own. That left downward slant kinda

Re: Fw: PESO: Lonesome Pine

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
I say good for you, Jack. Well done getting it into that store for sale. I can see it resonating with many perhaps as a visual metaphor of tenacity. Nice! On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: - Forwarded Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com

Re: A Rendering Choice

2013-08-28 Thread John
Chapter 10 in Mark's new book I think. On 8/27/2013 9:34 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: You're welcome, Paul. I forgot to mention: 11. return layer opacity to 100%, but that's probably pretty obvious. This technique is a great way to reduce lumps and bumps in people, as in clothing, love handles,

Re: Fw: PESO: Lonesome Pine

2013-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
Appreciated comments, Bruce.   Thanks!   Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 11:06 AM Subject: Re: Fw: PESO: Lonesome Pine I say good for you, Jack. Well done getting it into

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread John
Sit on it and rotate. On 8/27/2013 6:24 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 12:14:27AM +0200, Dario Bonazza wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/08/27/ricoh-introduces-weather-resistant-flash-units?utm_campaign=internal-linkutm_source=news-listutm_medium=textref=title_0_1 Very

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread John
I'm thinking those are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price and actual prices once you can order them from BH or Adorama will be lower. On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful than the WR waterproofing. I understand the

Re: Fw: PESO: Lonesome Pine

2013-08-28 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks for commenting, Bob.   Jack - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, August 28, 2013 8:33 AM Subject: Re: Fw: PESO: Lonesome Pine Jack, Rather unique. Regards,  Bob S. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
You did fine, Ann. You caught the enjoyment and celebration, and that's the heart of it after all. You even got a classic lens-hood-on-backwards shot in #12. :-) Don't beat yourself up. You did really well with the outdoor shots despite the terrace light. A few indoor shots are noticeably noisy,

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread John Sessoms
I believe Larry was just being an ass, mocking those of us who do want a full-frame DSLR from Pentax. On 8/27/2013 6:47 PM, David Parsons wrote: Where do you get that Ricoh is abandoning the Pentax brand? Because they haven't announced a full frame camera? Because the flashes don't cover a

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Which you can _now_ do on the AF360 since Pentax added head rotation to that model. I missed that the first read through, and it's a great thing because lots of folks won't have to get the much more spendy AF540 as a result. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:18 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Sit

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread John
On 8/28/2013 9:28 AM, Bill wrote: On 28/08/2013 7:23 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Beginning around 2011, some rarely seen photos by Ansel Adams (in urban mode) were assembled into some shows. A few web and magazine articles appeared, but the images were small and/or just a small sample of those

Re: OT: Ansel Adams' 1940s Los Angeles set on Flickr

2013-08-28 Thread John
On 8/28/2013 9:44 AM, Bill wrote: On 28/08/2013 7:40 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 9:28 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/1000photosofnewyorkcity/sets/72057594083888984 Pity flickr is such a pain in the butt. They make it nearly

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 02:27:38PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: I believe Larry was just being an ass, mocking those of us who do want a full-frame DSLR from Pentax. I wasn't *just* being an ass, I was also being humorous. And I was not mocking people who want a Pentax with a 24x36 sensor, I am

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Which you can _now_ do on the AF360 since Pentax added head rotation to that model. I missed that the first read through, and it's a great thing because lots of folks won't have to get the much more spendy AF540 as a

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Time will tell. When I bought my two AF540's in 2008 I was able to shop around and get them for around $300, Canadian. Then came The Big Price Realignment and they shot up to $700 list or so. The Usual Suspects stores have them for $600 now, and I see you can get 'em for as little as $450 in a

Re: PESO bw portrait of Sophie

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Frank. On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 11:31 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Beautiful portrait of a lovely young lady. Cheers, frank Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: She went back to being a kid again for this one. http://flic.kr/p/fDr2Sh K20D, DA* 50-135/2.8; 3

Re: PESO bw portrait of Sophie

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Paul. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Lovely smile and nice composition. Paul On Aug 28, 2013, at 5:14 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Larry. On the skin: I'm a sucker for using the red filter in bw conversions

Re: PESO bw portrait of Sophie

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
I didn't mention that I was short one reflector so some fill lighting was provided by my sister holding a shiny foil baking tray below and in front of Sophie. :-) So that was one reason for the tight framing: had to keep Megan out of the shot. And then there was the way-too-close and improperly

Re: weddings I hate to shoot weddings

2013-08-28 Thread Bulent Celasun
Not a wedding masterpiece, for sure. Still, there are really good ones. I liked 10, 13 and 18, for example. I have difficulty memorizing beyond 3 two-digit numbers, that is why ;) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr

OT - silly question for advanced mac users

2013-08-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
Mrs has an old Powerbook G4 and looks like the inverter has died, backlight okay. I'm cloning her stuff (via target disk mode) onto an external HD so she can boot up in her little world on another machine while I get a new board in and swap it out. I'm lazy - I know I can hook up an external

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 27/8/13, David Parsons, discombobulated, unleashed: Yeah, but when the 'joke' is repeated ad nauseum, it ceases to be funny. That would never happen on here surely -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv

Re: OT - silly question for advanced mac users

2013-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 08:20:52PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote: Mrs has an old Powerbook G4 and looks like the inverter has died, backlight okay. I'm cloning her stuff (via target disk mode) onto an external HD so she can boot up in her little world on another machine while I get a new board

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Bob W
On 28 Aug 2013, at 20:23, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 27/8/13, David Parsons, discombobulated, unleashed: Yeah, but when the 'joke' is repeated ad nauseum, it ceases to be funny. That would never happen on here surely Don't call him Shirley. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - Preaching to the Converted

2013-08-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 27/8/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Jesus Christ! I think I'll take the bus next time I want to go somewhere. Bob, have you ever seen an animated French film called The Triplets of Belleville? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286244/ If you haven't, do yourself a huge favour and buy it

Re: PESO - Preaching to the Converted

2013-08-28 Thread Bob W
On 28 Aug 2013, at 20:34, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 27/8/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Jesus Christ! I think I'll take the bus next time I want to go somewhere. Bob, have you ever seen an animated French film called The Triplets of Belleville?

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/8/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Yeah, but when the 'joke' is repeated ad nauseum, it ceases to be funny. That would never happen on here surely Don't call him Shirley. Roger that. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 08:41:52PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 28/8/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Yeah, but when the 'joke' is repeated ad nauseum, it ceases to be funny. That would never happen on here surely Don't call him Shirley. Roger that. If you're going to

Re: PESO - End of the Season, Waiting for Fall

2013-08-28 Thread George Sinos
Thanks Jack. gs George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 9:40 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, George, I agree. This is a nice image and works well for me in monochrome. Jack From:

Re: PESO - Preaching to the Converted

2013-08-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/8/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: It's French, it's cinema, it's cycling, it's funny. Come on, man, what do you think? Du. Silly question -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv

Re: OT - silly question for advanced mac users

2013-08-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/8/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Which powerbook? I've got a 12 that I love, but it's gotten to the point that it no longer has the computation horsepower to play iTunes without glitching (!?). It's a 15 incher A1186 that we bought off Godders a couple of years ago (IIRC)

Updated roadmap!

2013-08-28 Thread Zos Xavius
http://photorumors.com/2013/08/28/updated-pentax-k-mount-lens-roadmap-published/ Huzzah! -- 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: OT - silly question for advanced mac users

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
Steve, as I understand it, when a Mac is in Target Disk mode it's running off code in the boot ROM and isn't running an OS at all. So it's single-tasking and there's no way to get it to do anything else; probably just as well. Larry's suggestion of looking up the model number or serial is

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Stan Halpin
On Aug 28, 2013, at 2:21 PM, John wrote: I'm thinking those are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price and actual prices once you can order them from BH or Adorama will be lower. Preorder price at BH is the same as the MSRP. That may change over the next few weeks . . . stan On

Re: PESO - Preaching to the Converted

2013-08-28 Thread Bob W
On 28 Aug 2013, at 20:42, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 28/8/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: It's French, it's cinema, it's cycling, it's funny. Come on, man, what do you think? Du. Silly question Y'only hadda look at the title of the thread... B -- PDML

Re: Updated roadmap!

2013-08-28 Thread Stan Halpin
Interesting zoom range(s). But all shown as DA so far, not DA*. And FINALLY an AF teleconverter. Again, DA rather than DA*. But after waiting 15+ years, I guess I'll take what I can get. stan On Aug 28, 2013, at 3:52 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:

Re: OT - silly question for advanced mac users

2013-08-28 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Bruce has it right. In target disk mode, there is only the base chipset to make the drive available running. Everything else has been bypassed. Godfrey -- Godfrey DiGiorgi - godfreydigio...@me.com - 408.431.4601 cell On Aug 28, 2013, at 12:51 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Stan Halpin
On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as a brand-wide thing, but it's unlikely to be of very much practical use to anyone. Brightly lit raindrops

Re: Updated roadmap!

2013-08-28 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: And FINALLY an AF teleconverter. Again, DA rather than DA*. But after waiting 15+ years, I guess I'll take what I can get. The teleconverter has been on the roadmap for years. Since I bought my K10D new, maybe.

Re: Updated roadmap!

2013-08-28 Thread Darren Addy
The HD Limiteds were on NO roadmap, which goes to show how valuable those roadmaps are. That lens roadmap and $5 will get you a small coffee and free Wi-Fi at any Starbucks in the country. On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Stan

Re: OT - silly question for advanced mac users

2013-08-28 Thread steve harley
on 2013-08-28 13:20 Steve Cottrell wrote but for the sake of argument and just to see if it is doable, while her sick mac is in target disk mode, is there any way to view the specs of her actual machine? no; but there may be enough info in the model # etc. to look it up and get the part info;

Re: Updated roadmap!

2013-08-28 Thread Dario Bonazza
Darren Addy wrote: The HD Limiteds were on NO roadmap, which goes to show how valuable those roadmaps are. My reply: Well, the HD Limiteds are hardly new lenses worth of being in the roadmap, just like the many incarnations of the 18-55 50-200 kit lenses. Put them in a roadmap and you'll

Re: OT - silly question for advanced mac users

2013-08-28 Thread steve harley
on 2013-08-28 13:41 Steve Cottrell wrote It's a 15 incher A1186 typo? that's a Mac Pro -- 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: Updated roadmap!

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it blasphemed: Well, the HD Limiteds are hardly new lenses worth of being in the roadmap, Get a grip, man! They are announcer_voice fx=echo HD! /announcer_voice That's either High Definition or Hot Damn or Holy Deity.

Re: OT - silly question for advanced mac users

2013-08-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/8/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Bruce has it right. In target disk mode, there is only the base chipset to make the drive available running. Everything else has been bypassed. Thanks guys. I plugged up an external display via DVI. Ext display shows desktop

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 04:18:50PM -0400, Stan Halpin wrote: On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as a brand-wide thing, but it's unlikely

Re: OT - silly question for advanced mac users

2013-08-28 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 28/8/13, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: typo? that's a Mac Pro oops typo. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 4:18 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On 8/27/2013 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: The LED add-on to the flash is a brilliant move, and way more useful than the WR waterproofing. I understand the motivation to cement WR as a brand-wide thing, but it's

Re: Updated roadmap!

2013-08-28 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 04:04:25PM -0400, Stan Halpin wrote: Interesting zoom range(s). But all shown as DA so far, not DA*. And FINALLY an AF teleconverter. Again, DA rather than DA*. But after waiting 15+ years, I guess I'll take what I can get. 18-85? If that's f/2.8 (or faster) that

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