Is my Sigma 17-70 fixable

2015-02-22 Thread David J Brooks
I dropped my k5 and sigma 17-70, about two feet, onto some hard pack snow today at snowgolf. Lens took the hit at 45 degrees and the mount stayed on the camera while the lens came off the mount and landed in some snow. Fixable ? or am I buying a new one I posted this on Pentaxians on facebook and

Re: GESO MX-1

2015-02-22 Thread Bulent Celasun
The photographs does support your comment that one can get near DSLR quality with it. Especially if one knows what is he doing ;) Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/

Re: Is my Sigma 17-70 fixable

2015-02-22 Thread Boris Liberman
Dave, I think it is better to look for replacement lens. They are inexpensive, and to fix yours may be more expensive than just to buy another one. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On 22 February 2015 14:07:11 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I dropped my

Re: GESO MX-1

2015-02-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Your photos are delightful! Godfrey On Feb 22, 2015, at 3:16 AM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: First shots with my new Pentax MX-1. This little gem shoots DNG! JPG is as bad as it gets from point and shoot cams. DNG gives near DSLR quality, also thanks to the very nice optics. Distortion

GESO MX-1

2015-02-22 Thread Toine
First shots with my new Pentax MX-1. This little gem shoots DNG! JPG is as bad as it gets from point and shoot cams. DNG gives near DSLR quality, also thanks to the very nice optics. Distortion is very noticable and a little CA and purple fringing wide open. Lightroom can correct everything.

Re: Is my Sigma 17-70 fixable

2015-02-22 Thread David J Brooks
I see Henrys has it marked down this week from $ 639 to $599. Must have seen me coming Dave On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, I think it is better to look for replacement lens. They are inexpensive, and to fix yours may be more expensive than just

Re: Is my Sigma 17-70 fixable

2015-02-22 Thread Boris Liberman
I suggest 2nd hand market. You may find it much cheaper than these figures. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On 22 February 2015 14:50:41 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: I see Henrys has it marked down this week from $ 639 to $599. Must have seen me coming

Re: GESO MX-1

2015-02-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice resolution and color. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 6:16 AM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: First shots with my new Pentax MX-1. This little gem shoots DNG! JPG is as bad as it gets from point and shoot cams. DNG gives near DSLR

Re: Is my Sigma 17-70 fixable

2015-02-22 Thread P.J. Alling
You won't know if it's fixable until a qualified sigma repair droid looks at it and gives you an estimate. I wouldn't worry too much about the camera the lens seems to have absorbed most of the impact much as the crush zone on a car keeps you alive while sacrificing the car. I suppose that

Re: GESO MX-1

2015-02-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Very nice, Toine! Yes, there were lots of complaints about the write speed, but you seem to suggest that hasn’t been a problem for you. Cheers, Christine On Feb 22, 2015, at 5:16 AM, Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: First shots with my new Pentax MX-1. This little gem shoots DNG! JPG is

Re: PESO - Media

2015-02-22 Thread Christine Aguila
On 2/16/2015 18:36, Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo14/peso29.html Fun! Well seen! Cheers, Christine -- 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

Re: Peso's Snow golf

2015-02-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I enjoyed looking at the whole album... So what number club is the Hockey stick replacing? ;-) ann On 2/22/2015 10:28, David J Brooks wrote: Thanks Not to cold about -7C but it snowed all day. If you take into account my broken 17-70 it only cost me $600 to play.LOL Dave On Sun, Feb 22,

Re: Peso's Snow golf

2015-02-22 Thread David J Brooks
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I enjoyed looking at the whole album... So what number club is the Hockey stick replacing? ;-) Number 3 wood through 7 iron.:-) Dave ann On 2/22/2015 10:28, David J Brooks wrote: Thanks Not to cold about -7C but

OT (kind of) The rise of the smart phone

2015-02-22 Thread Paul
Not sure if this made it to the list...from this morning's Sunday comic section. https://www.dropbox.com/s/imllco3un6dxp2h/file%20feb%2022%2C%207%2043%2059%20am.jpeg?dl=0 -p -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Peso's Snow golf

2015-02-22 Thread David J Brooks
Our annual golf game, 12 shots from the 114 i took. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2015-snowgolf/album/slides/snow-golf-6450.html http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2015-snowgolf/album/slides/snow-golf-6469.html http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2015-snowgolf/album/slides/snow-golf-6470.html

Re: peso - whatzit?

2015-02-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Ann: It’s a fur coat with someone looking through the button hole :-). I have not idea what it is exactly, but I like Steve’s story too! Cheers, Christine On Feb 20, 2015, at 7:34 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: so... what do you guys think is going on here?

Re: Peso's Snow golf

2015-02-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
lol! ann On 2/22/2015 12:25, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 11:54 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I enjoyed looking at the whole album... So what number club is the Hockey stick replacing? ;-) Number 3 wood through 7 iron.:-) Dave ann On 2/22/2015 10:28, David

Re: GESO - Roadtrip USA; Part 2

2015-02-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Very nice part 2, Brian—lean, crisp, dynamic images which are fun to view! I especially like the hummingbird, but all are very nice. Cheers, Christine On Feb 8, 2015, at 4:19 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all Here's the gallery of the second half of our

Re: PESO 2015 - 019, 020 - GDG

2015-02-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Love the second one, Godfrey! Verticals really make the shot, in my view! Cheers, Christine On Feb 17, 2015, at 10:22 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Been too busy lately, but I did get out for my Saturday walk. From the park ... https://flic.kr/p/qWTV7o

Re: PESO 2015 - 019, 020 - GDG

2015-02-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thank you, Christine! G On Feb 22, 2015, at 7:01 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Love the second one, Godfrey! Verticals really make the shot, in my view! Cheers, Christine On Feb 17, 2015, at 10:22 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Been

Re: Peso's Snow golf

2015-02-22 Thread Christine Aguila
That’s a fun outing, Dave! That dog looks like one of Bill Robb’s dogs—sort of anyway. How cold was it out. Cheers, Christine On Feb 22, 2015, at 8:59 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Our annual golf game, 12 shots from the 114 i took.

Re: Peso's Snow golf

2015-02-22 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks Not to cold about -7C but it snowed all day. If you take into account my broken 17-70 it only cost me $600 to play.LOL Dave On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: That’s a fun outing, Dave! That dog looks like one of Bill Robb’s dogs—sort of

Re: OT (kind of) The rise of the smart phone

2015-02-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I saw it in my Sunday paper. Sad indeed. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Paul pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure if this made it to the list...from this morning's Sunday comic section.

Re: OT more on Peter Lik

2015-02-22 Thread Bob W-PDML
That's an interesting article. He sounds like a photography version of Jack Vettriano. B On 22 Feb 2015, at 21:39, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: So is Lik's work resellable for a lot of money? Apparently, not so much.

Re: PESO 2015 - 021 - GDG

2015-02-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I suppose the back story could ruin this, but I want to know anyway ;-) I'm guessing the box that car came in had some very interesting english ann On 2/22/2015 15:51, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I can hear The Beach Boys playing... https://flic.kr/p/rh1bTd enjoy! G -- PDML

Re: PESO 2015 - 021 - GDG

2015-02-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
:-) Not much back story... My colleague in the next cube brought in her Ken and Barbie dune buggy set in competition with another colleague's rather abundant Giants baseball league figures. The pair in the dune buggy have been slowly traveling about the department's cube tops... :-) Godfrey

Re: Peso- Almond Orchard Peek

2015-02-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Rick said it.. and even a shallower depth of field would up it too ann On 2/22/2015 18:04, Rick Womer wrote: Jack, I like the colors and use of DOF, but it seems rather busy. Cropping just below the upper clusters of blossoms would make it more effective. Rick On Feb 19, 2015, at 12:26 PM,

PESO: Something A Little Different

2015-02-22 Thread Jeffery Johnson
We have had an interesting week with Ice, a little snow and more ice and then yesterday was filled with a lot of rain. I have played around with some digital filters on some photos I created of the ice covered trees in the backyard. I didn't attempt to drive any where with the layer of ice

Re: Peso- Almond Orchard Peek

2015-02-22 Thread Rick Womer
Jack, I like the colors and use of DOF, but it seems rather busy. Cropping just below the upper clusters of blossoms would make it more effective. Rick On Feb 19, 2015, at 12:26 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Critique? bad or so-so? I recently lost a couple posts and can't access the archives.

Re: Peso- Almond Orchard Peek

2015-02-22 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks for the suggestion, Rick. I did a quick check cropping as you suggest and found the composition very uncomfortable. Appreciate your commenting. Jack - Original Message - From: Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 22,

Re: PESO 2015 - 021 - GDG

2015-02-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I have a car with a Ken driving and a Barbie holding a camera with a flash... It was called Photoing in car on the box. I can't remember now whether I bought it for Richard or he bought it for me.. but it was from about 1981 or 82... it was batter operated and as it went along the blonde

PESO 2015 - 021 - GDG

2015-02-22 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I can hear The Beach Boys playing... https://flic.kr/p/rh1bTd enjoy! G -- 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.

OT more on Peter Lik

2015-02-22 Thread Bruce Walker
So is Lik's work resellable for a lot of money? Apparently, not so much. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/22/business/peter-liks-recipe-for-success-sell-prints-print-money.html -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO 2015 - 021 - GDG

2015-02-22 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good choices here in composition and framing. I think we have one of those in the attic. Paul via phone On Feb 22, 2015, at 4:39 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: :-) Not much back story... My colleague in the next cube brought in her Ken and Barbie dune buggy set in

Re: OT more on Peter Lik

2015-02-22 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Now I have to google Jack Vettriano... ann On 2/22/2015 16:56, Bob W-PDML wrote: That's an interesting article. He sounds like a photography version of Jack Vettriano. B On 22 Feb 2015, at 21:39, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: So is Lik's work resellable for a lot of money?

Re: Sunday Lunch

2015-02-22 Thread John
Both links go to the same photo. ;-D On 2/22/2015 11:44 PM, Alan C wrote: Two catches in Kruger yesterday https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/16619478282/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/16619478282/ Both with the HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm f4-5.8 ED WR Alan C -- Science -

Re: OT more on Peter Lik

2015-02-22 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John sesso...@earthlink.net: Sounds to me like he thinks he's Ken Rockwell. I think Rockwell would love to be Peter Lik, then he could stop expecting visitors to his website to pay $5 for the 'privilege' of printing out one of his articles. -- Cheers Brian

Re: GESO - Roadtrip USA; Part 2

2015-02-22 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com: Very nice part 2, Brian—lean, crisp, dynamic images which are fun to view! I especially like the hummingbird, but all are very nice. Cheers, Christine Thanks Christine. It was 4 weeks into our trip before we saw our first hummingbirds

Re: OT more on Peter Lik

2015-02-22 Thread John
Sounds to me like he thinks he's Ken Rockwell. On 2/22/2015 4:56 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: That's an interesting article. He sounds like a photography version of Jack Vettriano. B On 22 Feb 2015, at 21:39, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: So is Lik's work resellable for a lot of

WHITE STORKS

2015-02-22 Thread Alan C
A huge flock of White Storks (several hundred) at Ngotso dam, north of Satara Camp in the Kruger National Park. Large flocks like this are getting scarcer. There no longer seems to be any way of posting large images in Flickr, so please download zoom to get a close up view of the birds. They

PESO's -- Assorted

2015-02-22 Thread P.J. Alling
I'm doing a little computer housekeeping and found a re-writeable CD with a few images I was obviously intending to post, but since they're not in my PESO directory, I don't think I ever got around to it. Maybe I did, and they got lost. However, if you've never seen them before they'll be

Re: OT more on Peter Lik

2015-02-22 Thread John
Took me a second to remember him, but I think he's that English painter who did the one about couple dancing in the rain on the beach at Brighton while their servants hold umbrella's for them. You often see reproductions of the painting in the kind of art gallery where they'll tell you that

Re: Sunday Lunch

2015-02-22 Thread Alan C
Sorry. Just scroll left. Alan C -Original Message- From: John Sent: Monday, February 23, 2015 8:12 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Sunday Lunch Both links go to the same photo. ;-D On 2/22/2015 11:44 PM, Alan C wrote: Two catches in Kruger yesterday

Re: OT more on Peter Lik

2015-02-22 Thread P.J. Alling
The quote from the London Gallery owner is pretty telling, not so much about Lik, but certianly about the Art photography marked. Let's see, Rhine II, wasn't exactly a photograph, it was a heavily Photoshopped inkjet, (Oh, I'm sorry, perhaps I should have used the word Gilcee instead of

Re: OT more on Peter Lik

2015-02-22 Thread Bruce Walker
Not that I disagree with the bulk of your sentiments here -- I said much the same to my wife at dinner about admiring the guy's marketing skills -- but you appear to be stating that photographs effectively cease to exist once chemicals and negatives are out of the loop. An idea I vehemently

Re: PESO: Hawk

2015-02-22 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Wonderful captures! I like the second image a bit better, probably because of the way the beak is clearly visible against a light background. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 9:20 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Weather broke

Re: OT more on Peter Lik

2015-02-22 Thread P.J. Alling
Oh, no I'm not saying that. I can't remember where I read this but there was an on line article about Rhine II showing the original scene. There wasn't just one ugly factory removed by Photoshopery, but the entire horizon of ugly factories was removed. When I say heavily Photoshopped I mean

Re: PESO: Hawk

2015-02-22 Thread P.J. Alling
Those are very nice captures. A lot of people seem to turn their noses up at the A*300mm f4.0 (and it's M doppelganger), the the only drawback I can find to that particular lens is it's admittedly long minimum focusing distance. It is after all 30 year old equipment, you might as well be

Re: PESO: Hawk

2015-02-22 Thread Jeffery Johnson
The second one is a bit better but I must confess with the eye not being completely in focus it is a bit distracting. Jeffery Johnson Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com http://www.Facebook.com/photocapturesbyjeffery https://twitter.com/PhotoCaptures Bringing joy and

Sunday Lunch

2015-02-22 Thread Alan C
Two catches in Kruger yesterday https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/16619478282/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/16619478282/ Both with the HD Pentax-DA 55-300mm f4-5.8 ED WR Alan C --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

PDML Photo Annual: ONE WEEK LEFT

2015-02-22 Thread Mark Roberts
You have one week left to send us your best shots for this year's book. http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/pdmlbook.php Remember that the submittal period ends on 28 February at midnight GMT. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

PESO: Hawk

2015-02-22 Thread Bob Sullivan
Weather broke for a little bit, and he went out hunting. So did we with the K-3, A300/4, and the old F1.7X auto focus tele converter. The pair make a 510mm lens. (picked it up recently on ebay) http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17972994-lg.jpg http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17972993-lg.jpg

Oscar. Nomination: finding Vivian Maier

2015-02-22 Thread Christine Aguila
Hey team: Darrel and I are watching the Oscars, and they just announced nominations for documentary feature. Maloof was nominated for his film Finding Vivian Maier! It didn't win, but still pretty cool it was nominated. Cheers, Christine Sent from my iPad -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List