Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread P. J. Alling
I've been looking into that and it seems that all Pentax cameras that have been tested recently have about a 36 mb/s write speed regardless of how fast the card is, though they can't write faster than the card will accept the data. I got curious since I don't shoot Nikon, so I haven't been

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread P. J. Alling
The bus write speed on pretty much all recent Pentax cameras tops out at about ~36 mb/s, maybe a little faster,  but closer to rounding down than to rounding up. The claimed card speed of 85-90 mb/s is usually the read speed of the card.  Write speed is often less than half that, sometimes a

Re: PESOs (2) - Tower Crane

2017-10-10 Thread Alan C
Nice shots. Couldn't you start a Bungee jumping siseline? Alan C -Original Message- From: Rick Womer Sent: 11 October, 2017 3:24 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESOs (2) - Tower Crane The university is putting up a building next to the one my office is in. They’re planning

PESOs (2) - Tower Crane

2017-10-10 Thread Rick Womer
The university is putting up a building next to the one my office is in. They’re planning to fill it with people wearing suits, and it’s going to block part of the view from my 10th floor office. Anyway, it’s not often that one is on the same level as a tower crane. So, here is a view from a

Re: OT - Well, this is weird

2017-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
Brian Walters wrote: On 11 October 2017 at 09:48 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: Seems rather stupid to me. Yeah - Yashica made some fine cameras back in the day. Now someone has bought the rights to the name and is set on making it a laughing stock. Or maybe I'm a bit

Re: OT - Well, this is weird

2017-10-10 Thread Brian Walters
> On 11 October 2017 at 09:48 "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > > > Seems rather stupid to me. Yeah - Yashica made some fine cameras back in the day. Now someone has bought the rights to the name and is set on making it a laughing stock. Or maybe I'm a bit too old to

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Jack Davis
Well, OK the K3ii has a thing for mikes. I'd try using a single point sensor or, at least, one with fewer sensor points. J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2017, at 2:12 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Jack Davis wrote: >> Hi, Larry. In what way is the K1 >> focusing better

Silly GESO handrails

2017-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
I was looking at some photos I'd taken documenting work on the house, and these four actually seemed kind of nice as photos in their own right https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157686060062362 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML

Re: OT - Well, this is weird

2017-10-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Seems rather stupid to me. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > The Yashica Y35 > > https://petapixel.com/2017/10/10/yashica-y35-digifilm- > camera-faux-film-rolls/ > > Apparently already

Re: OT - Well, this is weird

2017-10-10 Thread Bruce Walker
It's just mind boggling how much stupid there is to go around. And after a pause for a good head shake, back to normal life -- or so I hope. On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 5:28 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > The Yashica Y35 > >

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Mark C
Larry Colen wrote: Mark C wrote: FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when Is that 27-28 seconds with a full buffer, or one shot? Full buffer - about 17 DNGS in continuous shooting mode high

OT - Well, this is weird

2017-10-10 Thread Brian Walters
The Yashica Y35 https://petapixel.com/2017/10/10/yashica-y35-digifilm-camera-faux-film-rolls/ Apparently already reached its Kickstarter goal. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
Mark C wrote: FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when things are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I cards, rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
Mark C wrote: FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when Is that 27-28 seconds with a full buffer, or one shot? things are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
Jack Davis wrote: Hi, Larry. In what way is the K1 focusing better or faster than the K3ii? Thanks! The biggest way for me is that it doesn't obsesses over microphones the way the K-3 does. For example only a few of my musician photos from last weekend have the microphone rather than the

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
Doh autocorrect. "I agree about the focus points being too central" Paul via phone > On Oct 10, 2017, at 5:08 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > I'll bet your cards are slow. I shoot football, including action sequences > and have no buffer problems. I use Sandisk Extreme Pro

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Mark C
FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when things are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I cards, rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster cards out there

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
Bruce Walker wrote: Are you quite certain you are using a fast enough SD card, and is Mostly Sandisk, all of my (regular) cards are 80-95 MB/s. there any possibility that you might have enabled any processing feature(s) that could be slowing things up? Thanks for the clue. I thought I

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Paul Stenquist
I'll bet your cards are slow. I shoot football, including action sequences and have no buffer problems. I use Sandisk Extreme Pro 64 gig cards. And set the camera to record on both simultaneously. I agree about the focus pound before BH too central but it's not a big problem with sports work in

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Jack Davis
Hi, Larry. In what way is the K1 focusing better or faster than the K3ii? Thanks! J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2017, at 1:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, > landscapes and still lifes it would

Re: K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Bruce Walker
Are you quite certain you are using a fast enough SD card, and is there any possibility that you might have enabled any processing feature(s) that could be slowing things up? Even with the much larger 645Z files I have _never_ encountered anything like what you describe. If I had, I would have

K-1 grumbles

2017-10-10 Thread Larry Colen
In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable, especially for the price. However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus

Re: Samyang 14/2.8 on K-1, good?

2017-10-10 Thread P. J. Alling
I keep looking at one for my K-5II.  They are supposed to be very sharp, comparable to the newish Zeiss Milvus 15mm optically. The only problem with the Samyang is it has a bit more distortion. On an APS-C sensor it's moderate but correctable barrel distortion, but on FF it's mustache

Re: Samyang 14/2.8 on K-1, good?

2017-10-10 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 10/10/17, Jos de Fotograaf, discombobulated, unleashed: >Dear group, >I am considering Samyang 14/2.8 for my K1. >Any comments? I have the 12/2 I use on my Olympus 4/3rds (Pen F) and it's a good lens. The focus ring is a bit stiff, but I like that as I tend to use it has either a treet lens

Samyang 14/2.8 on K-1, good?

2017-10-10 Thread Jos de Fotograaf
Dear group, I am considering Samyang 14/2.8 for my K1. Any comments? Greetz, Jos -- 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: Modern Photographers

2017-10-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Yes, Jack, it was. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 7:10 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Dan, is that where your son was > contemplating the terracotta > carving? > > J > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 9, 2017, at 11:12 AM,

Re: Modern Photographers

2017-10-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
One, on the left, is dialing; the other two were definitely taking images and quite serious about it. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 11:36 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Mazybe they were dialing a friend.. > > Kenneth Waller

Re: Examination

2017-10-10 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Paul, Ken and Larry. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 8:52 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > It minimizing DOF is perhaps more important as it can smooth out even > somewhat busy backgrounds. > > Paul via phone > >