Re: Here in London. Ready for the PDML Milton Keynes meeting tomorrow.

2014-01-12 Thread Bob W
On 12 Jan 2014, at 07:54, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: On 11 January 2014 11:01, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 11/1/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Having a coffee in a traditional bistro. Well, all right, it's a Starbucks. Still tastes good

Re: It's not the camera

2014-01-12 Thread Bob W
On 12 Jan 2014, at 04:41, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/11/2014 9:51 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, Jan 9, 2014 at 8:14 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Have you ever noticed that the more money someone has invested in photo gear, the more likely they are to

Re: 21st Century first world problems

2014-01-12 Thread Attila Boros
Ouch! I also replaced a faulty PSU in the first days of this year, but thankfully no other components were harmed when it broke. On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 11:47 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: It seems that when the magic smoked leaked out of my power supply the other night not only did I

Re: It's not the camera

2014-01-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 11:41 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: That makes me feel much better about the Kodak DC260 that I paid $800 for in 1993 or 94. I think it was worth about $20 when I gave it away to a friend (with the original box), five years ago. It was probably the

PESO 2014 - 020 - GDG

2014-01-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I've returned to working on the photos I made in heavy fog on the morning of New Years Eve. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/11907916163/ Thanks for looking. Comments always appreciated. Godfrey --- The fact that nobody understands you doesn't make you an artist. -- PDML

Re: It's not the camera

2014-01-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 11, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 07:28:00AM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I think in my case it's often all about the camera: The older, the crappier the camera I am using, the more I enjoy squeezing interesting photographs out of it.

Re: Here in London. Ready for the PDML Milton Keynes meeting tomorrow.

2014-01-12 Thread P.J. Alling
Well that video isn't available in my country... On 1/11/2014 6:38 AM, Attila Boros wrote: On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 1:01 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 11/1/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Having a coffee in a traditional bistro. Well, all right, it's a

PESO: A Familiar Shoulder

2014-01-12 Thread Walt
I shot a wedding for a friend of mine's son and his new bride last night. It was a bit of a last-minute deal I did on the cheap to help out the young couple, so I didn't do a lot in the way of preparation. Essentially, I did it all with my K-5 and the trusty ol' F 50/1.7. This is one of my

PESO: Crane

2014-01-12 Thread Attila Boros
K-3 with DA 55-300/4-5.8 @ 300mm handheld. SR came in handy:) http://500px.com/photo/57585256 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PESO: A Familiar Shoulder

2014-01-12 Thread Attila Boros
It's really very emotional and a pleasant BW conversion. On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I shot a wedding for a friend of mine's son and his new bride last night. It was a bit of a last-minute deal I did on the cheap to help out the young couple, so I didn't do

Re: Here in London. Ready for the PDML Milton Keynes meeting tomorrow.

2014-01-12 Thread Attila Boros
On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 7:12 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Well that video isn't available in my country... I'm really sorry for this Youtube nonsense. Please see my reply to John above as to what it is actually. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: January PUG is up - it's cold outside....

2014-01-12 Thread Attila Boros
I like A Cold Walk, the snowy trees gave it a nice winter atmosphere, and the walkers are captured at the perfect moment. I like to walk in the snow, but this winter is unusually dry here. Iced Purple Sand Cherry, Needles of Ice and This Cold BUD for You, are very good graphic representations of

Re: PESO: A Familiar Shoulder

2014-01-12 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thank you, Attila. It was a touching thing to witness -- at least for me. I can be a bit of a softy at times. -- Walt On 1/12/2014 12:22 PM, Attila Boros wrote: It's really very emotional and a pleasant BW conversion. On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I shot

Re: PESO: A Familiar Shoulder

2014-01-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Sweet ann On 1/12/2014 12:36, Walt wrote: I shot a wedding for a friend of mine's son and his new bride last night. It was a bit of a last-minute deal I did on the cheap to help out the young couple, so I didn't do a lot in the way of preparation. Essentially, I did it all with my K-5 and the

Re: PESO: Crane

2014-01-12 Thread Bruce Walker
I like that, Attila. Clever minimalism. On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: K-3 with DA 55-300/4-5.8 @ 300mm handheld. SR came in handy:) http://500px.com/photo/57585256 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: A Familiar Shoulder

2014-01-12 Thread Bruce Walker
A touching moment indeed, and nicely rendered, Walt. On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 12:36 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I shot a wedding for a friend of mine's son and his new bride last night. It was a bit of a last-minute deal I did on the cheap to help out the young couple, so I didn't do a

Re: Goodbye, Cameras

2014-01-12 Thread P.J. Alling
The infamous FA 28-70mm f4.0 had a composite aspheric element made up of a glass component with an optically matched molded plastic. It was the break down of this element that supposedly rendered a number of those lenses into, (very lightweight), paperweights. On 1/6/2014 10:11 AM, Bruce

Re: January PUG is up - it's cold outside....

2014-01-12 Thread Bulent Celasun
Beautiful Gallery overall... I liked the below most for one reason or another : Iced Purple Sand Cherry by Bruce Walker A Slice of Cold by Don Guthrie Needles of Ice by Frank Theriault Ice on the Rocks by Matthew Hunt Many thanks to all the contributors :) Bulent

Re: PESO: Crane

2014-01-12 Thread Attila Boros
Thanks, Bruce. On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 9:51 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I like that, Attila. Clever minimalism. On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 12:54 PM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: K-3 with DA 55-300/4-5.8 @ 300mm handheld. SR came in handy:)

Re: January PUG is up - it's cold outside....

2014-01-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 12/1/14, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: A great gallery to kick off 2014. As usual it's hard to pick favourites but maybe Thrainn's 'Horses in Winter' and Jan's 'Too Cold for Comfort'. Interesting that Ann and Phillip both submitted shots taken on film and both used the KX.

Re: snowblower

2014-01-12 Thread John
I know what they sound like how much noise they make. I used one for several years. On 1/11/2014 11:29 PM, Alan C wrote: Rotary type - they make a loudish humming noise interspersed with clonking sounds when small stones are struck - quite enough to wake you up. Alan C -Original

Re: January PUG is up - it's cold outside....

2014-01-12 Thread David J Brooks
Your lucky to gave a street On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 12/1/14, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: A great gallery to kick off 2014. As usual it's hard to pick favourites but maybe Thrainn's 'Horses in Winter' and Jan's 'Too Cold for

Re: January PUG is up - it's cold outside....

2014-01-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 1/12/2014 19:13, David J Brooks wrote: Your lucky to gave a street I love your typos, dave ann On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 5:03 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 12/1/14, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: A great gallery to kick off 2014. As usual it's hard to

PESO - Danger!

2014-01-12 Thread Brian Walters
Came across this while sorting some images from a couple of years ago. Just a bit of graffiti on a decrepit old freight wagon but the light was good. Applied a levels adjustment and boosted contrast a tad. Comments etc. welcome:

OT: auto show scrum tomorrow

2014-01-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
I’ll be up at 4:30 to head down to Cobo for the North American International Auto Show. I’ve been sick, so I’m not looking forward to a 12 hour day. My DA* 16-50, the lens I usually use for the show, is in the shop so I’ll shoot with the 17-70/4 that Pentax loaned me. Should be just fine. I

Re: It's not the camera

2014-01-12 Thread Ken Waller
It was probably the worst photographic investment I ever made. The price you pay for being an early adopter! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: It's not the camera On Sat, Jan

Re: It's not the camera

2014-01-12 Thread Ken Waller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com Subject: Re: It's not the camera On Jan 11, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 07:28:00AM -0800, Godfrey

Re: A Familiar Shoulder

2014-01-12 Thread Ken Waller
A nice capture that they will cherish. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Walt ldott...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: A Familiar Shoulder I shot a wedding for a friend of mine's son and his new bride last night. It was a bit of a

Re: January PUG is up - it's cold outside....

2014-01-12 Thread Ken Waller
Iced Purple Sand Cherry, Needles of Ice and This Cold BUD for You, are very good graphic representations of the theme, although that's a bit more cold than I like:) Thanks Attila - glad you like 'This cold Bud for You'. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -

Re: PESO - Danger!

2014-01-12 Thread Bruce Walker
I do like this, Brian. The colours especially do it for me. On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Came across this while sorting some images from a couple of years ago. Just a bit of graffiti on a decrepit old freight wagon but the light was good.

RE: PESOs: polar vortex + window

2014-01-12 Thread John Coyle
Beautiful! -- all four. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Nielsen Sent: Friday, 10 January 2014 11:47 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESOs: polar vortex + window Ok... take two... this time

Re: PESO - Danger!

2014-01-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
two thumbs up :-) ann On 1/12/2014 21:02, Bruce Walker wrote: I do like this, Brian. The colours especially do it for me. On Sun, Jan 12, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Came across this while sorting some images from a couple of years ago. Just a bit of

Re: It's not the camera

2014-01-12 Thread J.C. O'Connell
My first digital camera was a 1.3 Mpixel model that shot on superdisks. cost me $400 on sale. It was a panasonic. I still have it. I think it still works but I dont have any batteries for it. On 1/12/2014 9:30 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 11:41 PM, P.J. Alling

Re: It's not the camera

2014-01-12 Thread J.C. O'Connell
BTW, the year was 2000. My first digital camera was a 1.3 Mpixel model that shot on superdisks. cost me $400 on sale. It was a panasonic. I still have it. I think it still works but I dont have any batteries for it. On 1/12/2014 9:30 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sat, Jan 11, 2014 at 11:41

Re: It's not the camera

2014-01-12 Thread J.C. O'Connell
On 1/12/2014 11:59 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: and superdisks were 120MByte floppies. BTW, the year was 2000. My first digital camera was a 1.3 Mpixel model that shot on superdisks. cost me $400 on sale. It was a panasonic. I still have it. I think it still works but I dont have any batteries

GESO - CES and Paul's Pic

2014-01-12 Thread Eactivist
I went to CES in Las Vegas and just got back. These were shot with the X-5 (which I got so I could take pics for the annual and PUG). Thoughts/reactions about CES below. And first impressions of the X-5. I just got the X-5 delivered from Amazon the day before I left. I barely had time to

Re: GESO - CES and Paul's Pic

2014-01-12 Thread Eactivist
Oh, forgot. The rep that said they are the last to know, also pointed out they would have to bring out a whole new set of lenses (ignoring legacy lenses), that all the new lenses now are designed for the APS-C sensor. In a message dated 1/12/2014 10:00:01 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,

Re: PESO: Crane

2014-01-12 Thread Bruce
The subject says it all. I was thinking it was going to be the bird type so was a bit surprised when I opened it and found ... 'a crane' -- Bruce Sent from my iPad On Jan 12, 2014, at 9:54 AM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote: K-3 with DA 55-300/4-5.8 @ 300mm handheld. SR came

Re: PESO: A Familiar Shoulder

2014-01-12 Thread Bruce
A great moment captured and preserved. Good job. I'm sure they will be thrilled with that shot. -- Bruce Sent from my iPad On Jan 12, 2014, at 9:36 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I shot a wedding for a friend of mine's son and his new bride last night. It was a bit of a last-minute

Re: PESO - Danger!

2014-01-12 Thread Bruce
Same with me - nice shot - very appealing. -- Bruce Sent from my iPad On Jan 12, 2014, at 7:35 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: two thumbs up :-) ann On 1/12/2014 21:02, Bruce Walker wrote: I do like this, Brian. The colours especially do it for me. On Sun, Jan 12, 2014

Re: PESO: Crane

2014-01-12 Thread Attila Boros
Thanks, Bruce. For the bird type I'd have to cross the whole country, but they don't stay during the winter anyway. On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Bruce bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: The subject says it all. I was thinking it was going to be the bird type so was a bit surprised when I

Re: PESO - Danger!

2014-01-12 Thread Attila Boros
Very rusty with strong colors. Like it! On Mon, Jan 13, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Came across this while sorting some images from a couple of years ago. Just a bit of graffiti on a decrepit old freight wagon but the light was good. Applied a levels