Re: Pentax MX batteries

2014-04-12 Thread Daniele Procida
On Fri, Apr 11, 2014, CollinB coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: With 675 zinc-air batteries in the MX your meter reading will be off. As I said, with brand new 675 zinc-air batteries I wasn't getting any reading at all. Anyway, a new set of SR44s seems to have it working correctly. Daniele --

Re: PESO: Blue Heron Fishing

2014-04-12 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Thank you Daniel. Not sure if you looked through to the rest of them but in case you didn't here is another in the series http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com/p339098354/hCC8D4C3 On 4/12/2014 12:06 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Great action image. Dan Matyola

Re: OT: more testing

2014-04-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
are you apologizing for actually getting a live techie? :-) ann On 4/12/2014 01:39, John Sessoms wrote: I apologize. I've actually got someone from TWC support level 2 on the line. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO 2014 - Airport - GDG

2014-04-12 Thread jdavisf8
and to think I was excited to make this trip. Wish I hadn't spent the money on these damn boots. Jack - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com To: PDML PDML@pdml.net, BAPhotoShooters baphotoshoot...@yahoogroups.com, SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com

Re: PESO 2014 - Airport - GDG

2014-04-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
The woman looks exhausted, perhaps from lacing up those boots. Did your camera focus on the suitcase handle? The woman appears to be a bit out of focus. On Apr 12, 2014, at 12:31 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: On travel this week. https://flic.kr/p/n1FeFM Godfrey --

Re: PESO: Blue Heron Fishing

2014-04-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I did. I also like #78 a lot. You caught the bird in an elegant posture that makes a dramatic composition. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 8:51 AM, Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net wrote: Thank you Daniel. Not sure if you

Re: OT: more testing

2014-04-12 Thread John Sessoms
No, I was apologizing for the flurry of test posts. I was on the phone with them for 4 hours. They kept trying to fob me off with WebMail; that if I could send receive webmail I couldn't be having any problems with the SMTP server. On 4/12/2014 9:33 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: are you

PESO: Spring Bouquet

2014-04-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17733931 K-r and D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro 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 2014 - Airport - GDG

2014-04-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
painful :-) ann On 4/12/2014 00:31, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On travel this week. https://flic.kr/p/n1FeFM Godfrey -- 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

Re: PESO: Spring Bouquet

2014-04-12 Thread jdavisf8
Dan, Sorry, I see the link that my sleepy eyes missed. Nice composition! Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 7:18:23 AM Subject: PESO: Spring Bouquet

Re: PESO: Spring Bouquet

2014-04-12 Thread Bruce Walker
Lovely dafs, Dan. But I'm getting an odd -- turquoise? -- distracting colour cast. Is it only me? On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17733931 K-r and D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro Comments are invited. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO: Spring Bouquet

2014-04-12 Thread Bruce Walker
No, not turquoise; I meant violet, like Tim noticed in another shot. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Lovely dafs, Dan. But I'm getting an odd -- turquoise? -- distracting colour cast. Is it only me? On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Daniel J.

Re: PESO: Blue Heron Fishing

2014-04-12 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Thanks Dan. It was watching me and watching for fish at the same time. On 4/12/2014 9:08 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I did. I also like #78 a lot. You caught the bird in an elegant posture that makes a dramatic composition. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On

Re: PESO: Spring Bouquet

2014-04-12 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Very nice. On 4/12/2014 9:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17733931 K-r and D FA 100mm F2.8 Macro Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- Jeffery Johnson Photo Captures by Jeffery

Re: Tri-X-i-fied PESO: Tokyo botanical garden

2014-04-12 Thread P.J. Alling
Not grainy enough. On 4/4/2014 4:29 PM, Tim Bray wrote: Courtesy of Mark’s downloadable frames... this is fun! https://plus.google.com/107606703558161507946/posts/LdSs1t8TNMs BTW, I use Photoshop Elements, and I had to round-trip the file through PDF before Elements would pay any attention to

New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Well, Tim Bray's offer to sell his Fuji X-E1 and Doug's fine portraits with his Fuji got me looking. Then Wens., BH was offering the Fujifilm X-A1 for $499 w/sd card. It came with the consumer grade 16-50 zoom. I took the plunge and have had the camera now for 16 hours. It's small and light, plus

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread Paul
Looks like a pretty capable performer... -p On 4/12/2014 11:40 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Well, Tim Bray's offer to sell his Fuji X-E1 and Doug's fine portraits with his Fuji got me looking. Then Wens., BH was offering the Fujifilm X-A1 for $499 w/sd card. It came with the consumer grade 16-50

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread Tim Bray
I got my new X-T1 yesterday. First fruits: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2014/04/11/Vancouver-Camera-Spring Same image quality as X-E1, but faster and more convenient, and a mind-blowing EVF. It looked like it was going to take a long time to get an X-T1 so I yanked the X-E1 off the

Re: OT: more testing

2014-04-12 Thread John Sessoms
Damn it! Here we go again -- 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: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:37 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like a decent performner. and i love Dougs work Dave On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Well, Tim Bray's offer to sell his Fuji X-E1 and Doug's fine portraits with his

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread David J Brooks
Looks liek a decent performner. and i lobve On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 12:40 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Well, Tim Bray's offer to sell his Fuji X-E1 and Doug's fine portraits with his Fuji got me looking. Then Wens., BH was offering the Fujifilm X-A1 for $499 w/sd card. It

FS of Interest

2014-04-12 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
There are some Pentax goodies available locally. #1 If anyone is looking to upgrade to a K7, there is one here that I can get to you for $350, and that includes the 18-55WR! But alas it is without the battery charger. #2 FA50/1.4 -- for a very modest $225. And of interest, I was chatting with the

Re: PESO 2014 - Airport - GDG

2014-04-12 Thread John Sessoms
Those airport departure lounge seats are devices outlawed under the Geneva Conventions United Nations Convention Against Torture. Add to that, she's probably drained by being forced to take a seat next to a rambunctious 6 year old. On 4/12/2014 9:42 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: The woman looks

Re: PESO: Spring Bouquet

2014-04-12 Thread John Sessoms
Everything that's not yellow or dark green appears to have a magenta cast for me. On 4/12/2014 10:46 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Lovely dafs, Dan. But I'm getting an odd -- turquoise? -- distracting colour cast. Is it only me? On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 10:18 AM, Daniel J. Matyola

water drops

2014-04-12 Thread David J Brooks
If one were to go and buy glycerin for water droplets, is there a magic formula, 1-3, 1-10 etc, the searches i have done are all over the place -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML

Recovery of corrupted SD card

2014-04-12 Thread Darren Addy
When Ann had her little problem back in December, our own Alban Bernard (or is it Bernard Alban?) suggested a couple of tools, one of them being PhotoRec. That didn't really register on me at the time, and there was no further discussion of it. However, a recent PetaPixel post is intriguingly

Testing; or gawd, is this email crap a PITA!

2014-04-12 Thread Richard Womer
So I set up an account on gmail and linked it to PDML. I'm receiving messages, but when I tried to send a few last week they didn't go through. Turns out the plain text option in the web version is cunningly hidden. Let's see if this one goes though. Meanwhile, I can't get Apple Mail (version

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
I got to look at the new Fuji line in a camera store today. That 56mm f/1.2 sure looks nice. -- 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: Testing; or gawd, is this email crap a PITA!

2014-04-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Rick, Good that you found the gmail trick. Watch out, it tries to switch back on me all the time. All of a sudden my messages don't go thru... Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 2:23 PM, Richard Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: So I set up an account on gmail and linked it to PDML. I'm

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Pricey, or spendy as the Brits say... On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 3:12 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: I got to look at the new Fuji line in a camera store today. That 56mm f/1.2 sure looks nice. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

News from Sigma

2014-04-12 Thread Collin Brendemuehl
Their 50/1.4 lens will *not* be available for Pentax. In case anyone was wondering. -- 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.

DPreview: Gold Award for K-3

2014-04-12 Thread Bruce Walker
They squawk overmuch about what they see as JPEG Q issues and not category-leading video. This on a camera that users are going to shoot raw stills with. But in the end they decide it's extremely peachy anyway. http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/pentax-k-3 -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

PESO: Goes to 12

2014-04-12 Thread John Sessoms
Take *THAT* Nigel! https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/13805576085/ Fender '57 Deluxe 5E3 (reissue); hand wired P-to-P circuitry. The one that got away. I expect I'll be able to save up again before Ricoh releases a FF Pentax DSLR. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Tim Bray
The Fujis are IMHO overpriced. But at the moment that’s what you pay for quality as good as any APC-C camera in the world, only half the size/weight. In the mirrorless space right at the moment, the Fuji claim to fame is better ergonomics and wonderful lenses, especially the primes. Reminds me

Re: PESO: Goes to 12

2014-04-12 Thread Tim Bray
Oh, such a nice picture; made me smile. Is the crop maybe a little tight? On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:40 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Take *THAT* Nigel! https://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/13805576085/ Fender '57 Deluxe 5E3 (reissue); hand wired P-to-P circuitry. The one

Kewl K-3 AF feature

2014-04-12 Thread Bruce Walker
I don't know how many of you have run across this already, but I think this K-3 AF feature I discovered by accident is rather spiffing. You know how, when selecting AF points, you can choose between the whole enchilada, or a restricted cluster of 9, or a single point? Okay, you knew that, but

Re: News from Sigma

2014-04-12 Thread John Sessoms
On 4/12/2014 4:20 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Their 50/1.4 lens will *not* be available for Pentax. In case anyone was wondering. Pft! Joke 'em if they can't take a ... There's a well known used kit dealer somewhere down in Georgia that almost always has plenty of 50f/1.4 SMC FA

Re: Kewl K-3 AF feature

2014-04-12 Thread Bulent Celasun
Wow! I liked that. Thanks, Bruce. I wonder whether a conceptually similar opportunity exists for the K5. Will try tomorrow (it is rather late at this part of the world!). Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr

Re: News from Sigma

2014-04-12 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 4:52 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: On 4/12/2014 4:20 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Their 50/1.4 lens will *not* be available for Pentax. In case anyone was wondering. Pft! Joke 'em if they can't take a ... There's a well known used kit dealer

Re: PESO: Goes to 12

2014-04-12 Thread John Sessoms
Yeah, it is tight. All I really wanted to show was the 12's. I'll take better photos of it later. Didn't want to go to the trouble of setting up a real product shot today. I want to play it. I'll get around to photographing it later. On 4/12/2014 4:44 PM, Tim Bray wrote: Oh, such a nice

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera

2014-04-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 12/4/14, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: I got my new X-T1 yesterday. First fruits: https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2014/04/11/Vancouver-Camera-Spring Grrr -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --

Re: PESO 2014 - Airport - GDG

2014-04-12 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 12/4/14, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: On travel this week. https://flic.kr/p/n1FeFM Nice! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: more testing

2014-04-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
looks OK to me! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 1:36 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Damn it! Here we go again -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: News from Sigma

2014-04-12 Thread John Sessoms
Don't look like KEH has that one in stock though. On 4/12/2014 4:59 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 4:52 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: On 4/12/2014 4:20 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Their 50/1.4 lens will *not* be available for Pentax. In case anyone was

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Bill
On 12/04/2014 2:12 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I got to look at the new Fuji line in a camera store today. That 56mm f/1.2 sure looks nice. It sure IS nice. I'm in enablement pig heaven right now. I bought the X-Pro1 and 35/1.4 last year so as to have a faster standard prime, but still a

PESO: Potential

2014-04-12 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Magnolia bud about to bloom. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17734457size=md K-r, FA 100mm F2.8 Comments 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

Re: News from Sigma

2014-04-12 Thread Bruce Walker
BH and Adorama do. On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 5:47 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Don't look like KEH has that one in stock though. On 4/12/2014 4:59 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 4:52 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: On 4/12/2014 4:20 PM,

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Bill
On 12/04/2014 2:43 PM, Tim Bray wrote: The Fujis are IMHO overpriced. But at the moment that’s what you pay for quality as good as any APC-C camera in the world, only half the size/weight. They put sales on quite often that put the stuff into OK territory. MY X-Pro1 came with a free 35/1.4,

Re: OT: more testing

2014-04-12 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Damn it! Here we go again John - did you break a mirror while trying to avoid a black cat after walking under a ladder? You seem to have more computer/internet bad luck than one person should have to put up with... ;-) -- Cheers Brian

Re: Kewl K-3 AF feature

2014-04-12 Thread Bill
On 12/04/2014 2:47 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I don't know how many of you have run across this already, but I think this K-3 AF feature I discovered by accident is rather spiffing. You know how, when selecting AF points, you can choose between the whole enchilada, or a restricted cluster of 9, or

Re: DPreview: Gold Award for K-3

2014-04-12 Thread P.J. Alling
Yea, I read that, and decided not to give them any click fodder. It certainly took them long enough and pretty much every other photography outlet except Kennyboy had their reviews done months ago. I think Kennyboy has been scared out of doing any more hands off reviews of Pentax. On

Re: DPreview: Gold Award for K-3

2014-04-12 Thread Richard Womer
I'm not sure that shame or embarrassment are part of his emotional repertoire... On Apr 12, 2014, at 6:44 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Yea, I read that, and decided not to give them any click fodder. It certainly took them long enough and pretty much every other photography outlet except

PESO - Face Downd

2014-04-12 Thread Rick Womer
I took a photo-walk in the nearby cemetery last weekend. Many of the graves date from the early 1800s, and are not well-maintained. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17730414size=lg or, for photo.net-o-phobes: http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17730414-lg.jpg (K-5, DA 50-200) Comments?

645Z specs

2014-04-12 Thread Paul Stenquist
51 megapixel 43.8 x 32.8 sensor. ISO to 204,800, and it’s a bit smaller than a Nikon D4. Why would anyone want a 24 x 36 Pentax? This would seem to be Pentax/Ricoh's “full frame” answer: http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-645z-specifications-leaked.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

2014 PDML Book progress

2014-04-12 Thread Mark Roberts
Assembly of the book is coming along nicely. We're a little behind schedule and I wanted to let The List know that there may be a bit of delay due to non-photographic circumstances beyond my control that I'm not at liberty to discuss at the moment. But I'll keep you all appraised of how things

Re: 2014 PDML Book progress

2014-04-12 Thread jdavisf8
An alert is all we needed. Best, Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 4:34:27 PM Subject: 2014 PDML Book progress Assembly of the book is coming along nicely. We're a

Re: 2014 PDML Book progress

2014-04-12 Thread David J Brooks
Thnaks Mark \\ Dave On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:49 PM, jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: An alert is all we needed. Best, Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2014 4:34:27 PM

Re: 2014 PDML Book progress

2014-04-12 Thread Bruce Walker
Good stuff, Mark. Thanks! On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Assembly of the book is coming along nicely. We're a little behind schedule and I wanted to let The List know that there may be a bit of delay due to non-photographic circumstances beyond

Re: PESO: Potential

2014-04-12 Thread Richard Womer
Interesting, wonderfully sharp pic, Dan. One could crop it to a vertical shot. Rick On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Magnolia bud about to bloom. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17734457size=md K-r, FA 100mm F2.8 Comments Invited. Dan

Re: 2014 PDML Book progress

2014-04-12 Thread Jeffery Johnson
Thanks for the heads up on the progress. On 4/12/2014 6:34 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Assembly of the book is coming along nicely. We're a little behind schedule and I wanted to let The List know that there may be a bit of delay due to non-photographic circumstances beyond my control that I'm not

Re: 2014 PDML Book progress

2014-04-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
tantilizing - hope it's not contageous and you regain control .. Hugs, ann On 4/12/2014 19:34, Mark Roberts wrote: Assembly of the book is coming along nicely. We're a little behind schedule and I wanted to let The List know that there may be a bit of delay due to non-photographic

Re: PESO: Potential

2014-04-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
follow it up, will ya? (over a couple of days?) nicely done - ann On 4/12/2014 18:09, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Magnolia bud about to bloom. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17734457size=md K-r, FA 100mm F2.8 Comments Invited. Dan Matyola

OT - New Age Bull@#t Generator

2014-04-12 Thread knarf
C'est fun: http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/ Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- 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

Re: OT - New Age Bull@#t Generator

2014-04-12 Thread Ann Sanfedele
oy ann On 4/12/2014 23:26, knarf wrote: C'est fun: http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/ Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: New to me - Fuji X-A1 mirrorless camera.

2014-04-12 Thread Tim Bray
Hey BIll, which K-mount adapter did you get for the Fujis? They all look more or less the same to me, is that a fair take? On Sat, Apr 12, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/04/2014 2:12 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: I got to look at the new Fuji line in a camera

Re: 645Z specs

2014-04-12 Thread Mark C
This does seem like a very impressive tool. Earlier today I stumbled upon the announcement that the full line of 645 FA lenses are also now being sold in the US - taking the number of new 645 AF lenses sold in the US from 3 to 16.

Re: OT - New Age Bull@#t Generator

2014-04-12 Thread knarf
Suffering is born in the gap where grace has been excluded.  Cheers, frank On 12 April, 2014 11:44:10 PM EDT, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: oy ann On 4/12/2014 23:26, knarf wrote: C'est fun: http://sebpearce.com/bullshit/ Cheers, frank “Analysis kills spontaneity.” --

RE: OT - New Age Bull@#t Generator

2014-04-12 Thread John Coyle
Love it - I'm sure my psychotherapist friend talks just like that! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarf Sent: Sunday, 13 April 2014 1:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT - New Age Bull@#t Generator

Re: PESO - Face Downd

2014-04-12 Thread Mark C
You know you are really dead when your tombstone keels over... Or maybe not... Ironic situation nicely captured. Mark On 4/12/2014 7:01 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I took a photo-walk in the nearby cemetery last weekend. Many of the graves date from the early 1800s, and are not well-maintained.

Re: OT - New Age Bull@#t Generator

2014-04-12 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com: Suffering is born in the gap where grace has been excluded.nbsp; The unexplainable regulates intricate success (from the Random Deepak Chopra Quote Generator, which is linked on the Bullshit Generator. Thanks, Knarf - good fun on a lazy Sunday

Re: 645Z specs

2014-04-12 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: 51 megapixel 43.8 x 32.8 sensor. ISO to 204,800, and it?s a bit smaller than a Nikon D4. Why would anyone want a 24 x 36 Pentax? Well, I don't, but price is one reason that people still want one. -- Cheers Brian

Re: OT - New Age Bull@#t Generator

2014-04-12 Thread Mark C
That's entertaining and a great concept - I wish there were more useful applications of this type of technology. Why I missed the meeting statement generator, photo forum image critique generator, ennoblement explanation generator - the list goes on. ... On 4/12/2014 11:26 PM, knarf wrote:

OT - No Bees

2014-04-12 Thread Mark C
I have a tradition of taking a macro shot of honey bees in crocus flowers, usually in March or early April. It's spring training for a new bug photography season... The crocuses in my yard are almost gone - and I have yet to see a single Apis Mellifera. Bee populations are being decimated due