Re: Incentive to get busy learning how to use my O-GPS1

2013-09-14 Thread David Mann
On Sep 14, 2013, at 2:13 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Elevation of location. (ASIDE: This seems to be where all GPS units exhibit a weakness but I'm not sure why that is. According to this PDF, http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/584738main_Wings-ch5c-pgs360-369.pdf the

Re: PESO - Eighth Street

2013-09-14 Thread David Mann
Nice pose and well timed. Cheers, Dave On Sep 14, 2013, at 3:13 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Went looking for my bmx buddies but they weren't there. A lone skate boarder so I went with what was there. It was dusk and the light was actually getting dim. This was the best of a

Re: PESO -- Sister of the Groom.

2013-09-14 Thread David Mann
I'm sure she'd love that photo :) Cheers, Dave On Sep 14, 2013, at 4:31 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20sisterofthegroom.html Another shot from the wedding, after the best man's toast, the floor was opened to

Re: PESO - Eighth Street

2013-09-14 Thread Bruce Walker
As Dave says. Looks like he's at the apex of his jump. I'd try reducing the contrast of the background to make him stand out more. On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 2:59 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: Nice pose and well timed. Cheers, Dave On Sep 14, 2013, at 3:13 PM, knarf

*ist D: Complete step by step conversion to infrared

2013-09-14 Thread Darren Addy
Considering that Ann has an *ist D for sale right now, I thought this post might be of interest. Make her an offer quick before she decides to keep it and do this herself. :) (PS.. *ist DL and DS are going from $119-125 on KEH, but they have NO *ist D for some odd reason. That odd reason may be

Re: *ist D: Complete step by step conversion to infrared

2013-09-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 9/14/2013 10:03, Darren Addy wrote: Considering that Ann has an *ist D for sale right now, I thought this post might be of interest. Make her an offer quick before she decides to keep it and do this herself. :) Zero chance of that - you would not be surprised to learn :-) Thanks for

Re: *ist D: Complete step by step conversion to infrared

2013-09-14 Thread Darren Addy
I should add that the *ist D and a filter makes a great infrared camera WITHOUT conversion too, as our own Mark Cassino shows: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/cat49/ The only disadvantage is that you have longer shutter speeds so it normally needs to be tripod mounted. Doing the

Re: GESO Artisans of the Metropolis

2013-09-14 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Paul! On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 5:07 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: An excellent set. Lots of interesting detail. Paul On Sep 13, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Actually I only noticed the fine print on that bottle during editing. I

Re: GESO Artisans of the Metropolis

2013-09-14 Thread Bruce Walker
The last time I did so much wide angle shooting was with classic cars. I would have loved to shoot from the 3rd floor too but it was closed to the public. Thank you, Rick. On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Nice set! I like the lighting and the mood. #s 2,

Re: FS friday istD body, film Kx body, etc..

2013-09-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks for the price checking :-) I'd definitely go a tad under what the internet says is the lowest prices ann On 9/14/2013 00:41, P.J. Alling wrote: I don't need the D as I have one, sitting on a shelf, but KEH sells them for between $100-$200, when they have them in stock. You might be

Re: *ist D: Complete step by step conversion to infrared

2013-09-14 Thread Alan C
Fascinating, but you would have to be quite brave to attempt that! Even with the long exposures, Mark's approach is better for the faint hearted. The graveyard scenes are quite spooky. IR is the only way to make anyone imagine what snow would look like in Phalaborwa! Now, what can you tell me

photo book: Here Far Away by Pentti Sammallahti

2013-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thought I'd put this out there for anyone interested in such things... Mike Johnston of The Online Photographer blog mentioned Here Far Away by Pentti Sammallahti as his 'book of the year' pick in 2012. I looked through the preview on Amazon and was intrigued so I ordered a copy at about $50.

Re: *ist D: Complete step by step conversion to infrared

2013-09-14 Thread Darren Addy
Pretty much the same story, Alan. The K110D had a weaker IR cut filter compared to the cameras that came later. You can modify them, by removing the filter, or use as-is with longer exposures. http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/post-your-photos/174771-landscape-cachamay-falls-ir.html On Sat, Sep

Re: for sale ... KX

2013-09-14 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hey Ann! Did you get my note from last night? I want to buy your KX... Have a use for that! Let me know! Godfrey - godfreydigio...@me.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

Re: for sale ... KX

2013-09-14 Thread Ann Sanfedele
ahhh - didn't look in my non PDML mail this morning yet (separate folder) sure thing - you got dibs get back to you off list hugs, ann On 9/14/2013 11:53, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Hey Ann! Did you get my note from last night? I want to buy your KX... Have a use for that! Let me know!

Re: The Bight Colorful Streets of Minneapolis

2013-09-14 Thread John
On 9/13/2013 1:06 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: Awhile ago I put some these photos up on pdml here's the complete set including the more cheery color shots. This is on smug mug for the flicker atheists. Note there are 2 pages. CC welcomed.

Re: *ist D: Complete step by step conversion to infrared

2013-09-14 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I should add that the *ist D and a filter makes a great infrared camera WITHOUT conversion too, as our own Mark Cassino shows: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/cat49/ The only disadvantage is that you

Re: PESO - Eighth Street

2013-09-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
You really caught the action well, Frank. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 11:13 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Went looking for my bmx buddies but they weren't there. A lone skate boarder so I went with what was there. It was

PESO - Evening Study

2013-09-14 Thread Rick Womer
Outside the medical school, about 6:30 pm: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17524172size=lg (K-5, FA 28/2.8) Comments always appreciated! Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PESO - Evening Study

2013-09-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice! I like the perspective, with the umbrella, chairs and tables all diminishing towards the door, and the sense of loneliness, with all the empty tables and only one person outside. The man at the window also adds something to the image and the feeling of loneliness. Dan Matyola

PESO: This One, Daddy!

2013-09-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2013/9/14/this-one-daddy Comments are invited 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: PESO - Evening Study

2013-09-14 Thread Bruce Walker
I really like the mood in this. And I like the way the umbrellas and table tops form strong leading lines. On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 5:35 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Outside the medical school, about 6:30 pm: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17524172size=lg (K-5, FA

Re: *ist D: Complete step by step conversion to infrared

2013-09-14 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 02:00:06PM -0400, David J Brooks wrote: On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I should add that the *ist D and a filter makes a great infrared camera WITHOUT conversion too, as our own Mark Cassino shows:

Unusual Pentax sightings

2013-09-14 Thread Bruce Walker
Trekked down to The Pilot Tavern in Toronto's trendy Yorkville area this aft to catch some of Canada's jazz A-listers slumming it. Barry Elmes, Artie Roth, Kelly Jefferson, and Lorne Lofsky putting their stamp on standards -- it gets no better than this. But what really took me by surprise was

Re: Incentive to get busy learning how to use my O-GPS1

2013-09-14 Thread Stan Halpin
BTW, I mislaid my O-GPS1 manual a couple of months ago and needed to do a web search to find a copy (since Pentax does not offer a pdf download). One of the pages that showed up in my searches was: http://www.gyes.eu/photo/photostart.htm which may well have been referenced here before. 'Tis a

Re: Incentive to get busy learning how to use my O-GPS1

2013-09-14 Thread Darren Addy
Wow, I was not aware of that site. Thanks for sharing it, Stan! O-GPS1 related links from that site: https://www.google.com/search?q=O-GPS1+site%3Awww.gyes.eu On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 6:49 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: BTW, I mislaid my O-GPS1 manual a couple of months ago

Re: Unusual Pentax sightings

2013-09-14 Thread Darren Addy
Love it, Bruce. The Super Takumar was probably a 135mm f2.5. I don't think a f2.8 was made in that focal length. The f3.5 is much narrower (49mm filter size). On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 6:43 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Trekked down to The Pilot Tavern in Toronto's trendy

Re: Updated Firmware

2013-09-14 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 13, 2013, at 18:06 , Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Firmware updates for K-50, K-500, K-30, K-01, 645D, K-5II/IIs, K-5, K-r. It looks like the updates are (mainly) to provide compatibility with the new flash units. http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/

Re: Updated Firmware

2013-09-14 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: ..and that compatibility appears to be enabling the camera-based focus-assist light when using the new flashes - because those flashes won't have focus-assist lights on 'em? Or, as Ricoh/Pentax put it: Correspond to

PESO - Please Read, by Justin

2013-09-14 Thread Mark C
Last week my wife and I toured some cemeteries in the northern portion of the low peninsula to gather info for a genealogy project she is working on. I decided to try to use up the rolls of Rollei IR 400 that have been cluttering my freezer, and also to test Foma Pan 200. Here's a shot with

Re: Unusual Pentax sightings

2013-09-14 Thread Bruce Walker
It looked a great deal like either of these guys, http://whitemetal.com/pentax/st_135_25/index.htm http://whitemetal.com/pentax/st_135_35_a/index.htm but it looked like it nicely covered the whole face of the mount area, so it may have been the larger diameter 2.5. On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 8:24

Re: *ist D: Complete step by step conversion to infrared

2013-09-14 Thread Mark C
I really liked the IR images that the *ist-D took. I mostly used an RM-90 filter (since I inherited oen - my father used to use it with Kodak HIE) but I later used an R-72. Very long shutter speeds with the RM90, better with the R-72. I now have an IR converted K-1)D, but I use it much less

Need Repair Advice for my F 100/2.8 Macro

2013-09-14 Thread Kevin Thornsberry
I recently dropped my F100/2.8 Macro.  I really liked this lens because it's fast, sharp and has a focal length that fits my needs.  Also, it is much easier to carry and hold than my FA* 80-200/2.8 which can provide the same 2.8 aperture at 100 mm. The lens only fell about 1-1/2 feet but fell on