Re: My first roll of film in a Pentax in decades

2018-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote on 7/18/18 8:31 PM: ?? 200 dpi ?? A 200 dpi scan of a 6x7 negative is barely a 0.2 Mpixel output file. You're right, I slipped a decimal place, a common hazard with slipsticks. A typical good scan of a 6x7 negative in a proper film scanner should be at between

Re: My first roll of film in a Pentax in decades

2018-07-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
?? 200 dpi ?? A 200 dpi scan of a 6x7 negative is barely a 0.2 Mpixel output file. A typical good scan of a 6x7 negative in a proper film scanner should be at between 2400 and 4000 ppi, netting approximately 5480x6330 pixels (35Mpixel) to 9130x10550 pixels (96 MPixel) resolution. "...the

Re: My first roll of film in a Pentax in decades

2018-07-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
Just using the camera is a great experience. Enjoy! Paul > On Jul 18, 2018, at 11:02 PM, l...@red4est.com wrote: > > Interesting. The price was right, I'm borrowing it from my next door neighbor. > >> On July 18, 2018 7:24:38 PM PDT, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> A clunker. The primes are largely

Re: My first roll of film in a Pentax in decades

2018-07-18 Thread lrc
Interesting. The price was right, I'm borrowing it from my next door neighbor. On July 18, 2018 7:24:38 PM PDT, Paul Stenquist wrote: >A clunker. The primes are largely excellent. > >Paul > >> On Jul 18, 2018, at 10:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >> >> >> Paul Stenquist wrote on 7/18/18 6:58

Re: My first roll of film in a Pentax in decades

2018-07-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
A clunker. The primes are largely excellent. Paul > On Jul 18, 2018, at 10:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > Paul Stenquist wrote on 7/18/18 6:58 PM: >> What lens was mounted? With the better 6x7 lenses image quality is superb. > > 55-100 f.4.5 > > -- > Larry Colen

Re: My first roll of film in a Pentax in decades

2018-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
Paul Stenquist wrote on 7/18/18 6:58 PM: What lens was mounted? With the better 6x7 lenses image quality is superb. 55-100 f.4.5 -- Larry Colen       l...@red4est.com  http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML

Re: My first roll of film in a Pentax in decades

2018-07-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
What lens was mounted? With the better 6x7 lenses image quality is superb. Paul > On Jul 18, 2018, at 9:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Last year I was given a Pentax 67, it took me until a couple weeks ago to > finish the first roll of Porta 400. Unfortunately, when Bay scanned it, they >

My first roll of film in a Pentax in decades

2018-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
Last year I was given a Pentax 67, it took me until a couple weeks ago to finish the first roll of Porta 400. Unfortunately, when Bay scanned it, they scanned it square, so I need to bring it in for rescanning. Here are the photos with the horizon straightened, color balance and exposure

Re: PESO - Common red ant

2018-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
Jostein wrote on 7/17/18 4:42 AM: http://www.alunfoto.no/innhold/hageeitermaur/ Great job Jostein -- Larry Colen       l...@red4est.com  http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Common red ant

2018-07-18 Thread ann sanfedele
Hmm how close did you look to determine the sex? ann On 7/18/2018 5:58 PM, Jostein wrote: Thanks Jack, Subash, Steve, Ann and Dan. Steve, it's indeed a mug shot. I needed to get a really close look at its facial features to determine the species. :-) Ann, this is a male ant. It's the

Re: final set from 3 milky way + mount shasta shoots

2018-07-18 Thread lrc
Thank you very much On July 18, 2018 3:13:08 PM PDT, Mark C wrote: >These latest images, along with your earlier posts, are outstanding.  >The pano showing the arc of the milky way is particularly impressive. > >Mark > >On 7/17/2018 6:13 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> First few are the ones I've

Re: Pentax software that comes with the k-5 IIs ; Any Good?

2018-07-18 Thread Bill
On 7/18/2018 3:01 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: Does the pentax software that comes with the k=5 lls do a decent job of converting the RAW .pef files to jpgs? If not, what do you recommend? i cant use photoshop as i use adobe CS2 ACR which isnt compatible with the camers's files. jco John,

Re: final set from 3 milky way + mount shasta shoots

2018-07-18 Thread Mark C
These latest images, along with your earlier posts, are outstanding.  The pano showing the arc of the milky way is particularly impressive. Mark On 7/17/2018 6:13 PM, Larry Colen wrote: First few are the ones I've already shown, taken from the town of Mount Shasta. The next few are shot from

Re: Pentax software that comes with the k-5 IIs ; Any Good?

2018-07-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Try setting the camera to output DNG files, or using Adobe DNG Converter to convert the PEF files to a DNG format supported by the CS2 version of Camera Raw. G — No matter where you go, there you are. > On Jul 18, 2018, at 2:01 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > > Does the pentax software that

Re: D FA 50/1.4

2018-07-18 Thread William Robb
I think she is s secret subscriber to the list just for moments like this. Anyway I appear to be under an NDA for a couple of days so please forget you read this. bill On Wed, Jul 18, 2018, 3:15 PM Steve Cottrell, wrote: > On 18/7/18, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >Now I need

Re: PESO - Common red ant

2018-07-18 Thread Jostein
Thanks Jack, Subash, Steve, Ann and Dan. Steve, it's indeed a mug shot. I needed to get a really close look at its facial features to determine the species. :-) Ann, this is a male ant. It's the females that are stingers, just sayin'. :-) Jostein Den 17.07.2018 13:42, skrev Jostein:

Re: bouncing messages

2018-07-18 Thread mike wilson
Coming through loud and clear, JC. > On 18 July 2018 at 21:04 "J.C. O'Connell" wrote: > > > Larry, could you please forward this email to the list? > > > To list administrator: why do my posts keep bouncing off the server > and are being returned to me unposted? > jco > > hifis...@gate.net

Re: Lens naming in LR cameraraw.dll file

2018-07-18 Thread Jostein
Hi Jos, You are deeper into the code than I have ever ventured, but I know that Adobe needs to decode the so-called Makernote-tags in EXIF to extract info about lenses. I know from experience that some lens codes between Sigma and Pentax overlap, so maybe the .dll contains code to try to

Re: Pentax software that comes with the k-5 IIs ; Any Good?

2018-07-18 Thread lrc
I use Lightroom 6 On July 18, 2018 2:01:54 PM PDT, "J.C. O'Connell" wrote: >Does the pentax software that comes with the k=5 lls do a decent job of > >converting >the RAW .pef files to jpgs? > >If not, what do you recommend? > >i cant use photoshop as i use adobe CS2 ACR >which isnt compatible

Re: Pentax software that comes with the k-5 IIs ; Any Good?

2018-07-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
I've not used CS2 but if it will read DNG files just set your new camera to save your raw files as DNG instead of PEF.  If all you want to do is convert to JPGs or TIFFs, Faststone or Irfanview will do that for you and they're free.  OTOH, the latest version of Photoshop Elements is probably

Re: D FA 50/1.4

2018-07-18 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 18/7/18, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: >Now I need to figure out how to sneak it into the house. Rest assured, she will find out. You know it's just a matter of time. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News --

Pentax software that comes with the k-5 IIs ; Any Good?

2018-07-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Does the pentax software that comes with the k=5 lls do a decent job of converting the RAW .pef files to jpgs? If not, what do you recommend? i cant use photoshop as i use adobe CS2 ACR which isnt compatible with the camers's files. jco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

D FA 50/1.4

2018-07-18 Thread William Robb
Its here! Now I need to figure out how to sneak it into the house. bill -- 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: Its not a K-1. But its a step in the right direction

2018-07-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, the istDS was a CCD sensor, the K-5 IIs is a CMOS sensor, more refined. jco On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 15:18:04 -0400, Darren Addy wrote: Congrats on the K-5IIs, J.C. An excellent choice. You are gonna be DELIGHTED with the images you get, compared to your istDS!

Re: bouncing messages

2018-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
J.C. O'Connell wrote on 7/18/18 1:04 PM: Larry, could you please forward this email to the list? Sure thing. To list administrator: why do my posts keep bouncing off the server and are being returned to me unposted? jco hifis...@gate.net sorry for the off topic post -- Larry Colen 

Fwd: bouncing messages from JC O'Connell

2018-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
Forwarded Message Subject: bouncing messages Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 16:04:43 -0400 From: J.C. O'Connell To: pdml@pdml.net, Larry Colen Larry, could you please forward this email to the list? To list administrator: why do my posts keep bouncing off the server and are

Re: PESO obligatory Thor's Well at sunset

2018-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
ann sanfedele wrote on 7/18/18 11:56 AM: You know me, I like others in the series better than the sun in your face one... :-) where it is more about the water than the sun  - like this. 20180708-LRC93290 and 20180708-LRC93255 As it turns out, 255 is the one I just started uploading to

bouncing messages

2018-07-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Larry, could you please forward this email to the list? To list administrator: why do my posts keep bouncing off the server and are being returned to me unposted? jco hifis...@gate.net sorry for the off topic post -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Its not a K-1. But its a step in the right direction - service contract

2018-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
J.C. O'Connell wrote on 7/18/18 12:26 PM: Thanks. And beauty part is, I didnt have to sell off any of my many choice prime K and A lenses to finance it. The only way I could have swung a K-1 would have been by doing just that. jco The improvement in image quality between the ist and the

Re: Its not a K-1. But its a step in the right direction - service contract

2018-07-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Thanks. And beauty part is, I didnt have to sell off any of my many choice prime K and A lenses to finance it. The only way I could have swung a K-1 would have been by doing just that. jco On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 14:58:31 -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I love my K-5 IIs, and I think and

Re: Its not a K-1. But its a step in the right direction

2018-07-18 Thread Darren Addy
Congrats on the K-5IIs, J.C. An excellent choice. You are gonna be DELIGHTED with the images you get, compared to your istDS! Darren Addy Kearney, NE On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Should be a nice competent rig, JC. > Sounds like a lucky find. > Hope so! > J > Sent from

Re: PESO: Metamorphosis

2018-07-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Larry and Paul. That is one of the background cloths from my "Photo Studio in a Box." Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:41 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > That is a really cool shot. Also a nice use of the background. > > Daniel J.

Re: PESO obligatory Thor's Well at sunset

2018-07-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That image should be blown up and hung on a wall. You should be drawn and quartered. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote on 7/18/18 6:41 AM: > >> That image needs to be blown up and

Re: Its not a K-1. But its a step in the right direction - service contract

2018-07-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I love my K-5 IIs, and I think and hope you will like it very much as well. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:51 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > They also offered me a five year parts and labor warranty > with no deductable for $32 which

Re: PESO obligatory Thor's Well at sunset

2018-07-18 Thread ann sanfedele
You know me, I like others in the series better than the sun in your face one... :-) where it is more about the water than the sun  - like this. 20180708-LRC93290 and 20180708-LRC93255 These made me go and look at what you put in the July PUG.. to discover that you didn't put one in ann

Re: Its not a K-1. But its a step in the right direction - service contract

2018-07-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
They also offered me a five year parts and labor warranty with no deductable for $32 which seems like a good deal on an electronic camera. Assuming the camera checks out ok when I get it, I just might take em up on that deal too. jco On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 12:24:25 -0400, Jack Davis wrote:

Re: PESO: Metamorphosis

2018-07-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent! > On Jul 18, 2018, at 1:41 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > That is a really cool shot. Also a nice use of the background. > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote on 7/18/18 6:50 AM: >> Thanks, Eric. >> Here is the correct link: >>

Re: PESO: Metamorphosis

2018-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
That is a really cool shot. Also a nice use of the background. Daniel J. Matyola wrote on 7/18/18 6:50 AM: Thanks, Eric. Here is the correct link: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/7/18/metamorphosis Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On

Re: PESO obligatory Thor's Well at sunset

2018-07-18 Thread Larry Colen
Daniel J. Matyola wrote on 7/18/18 6:41 AM: That image needs to be blown up and hung on a wall. Thank you. It's nice when people say my photos should be hung and blown up rather than me. :-) I was told that the trick for photographing Thor's well is to get there when the high tide is

Re: PESO: One in Hand

2018-07-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
They do resemble the Monarchs of North America. That is because they belong to the same genus, danaus. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Subash Jeyan wrote: > i just looked up tiger swallowtails and that is not what we have here. >

Re: Its not a K-1. But its a step in the right direction

2018-07-18 Thread Jack Davis
Should be a nice competent rig, JC. Sounds like a lucky find. Hope so! J Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 18, 2018, at 8:09 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: > > Well after 12 years of service, I finally upgraded my istDS body. > I just ordered a like new (under 100 shutter count) K-5 IIs in the box. > I

Its not a K-1. But its a step in the right direction

2018-07-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Well after 12 years of service, I finally upgraded my istDS body. I just ordered a like new (under 100 shutter count) K-5 IIs in the box. I will be getting wider ISO range, higher usable ISO, better AF, larger color LCD, shake reduction, live view, movie mode, and nearly triple the resolutiion

Re: PESO: One in Hand

2018-07-18 Thread Subash Jeyan
i just looked up tiger swallowtails and that is not what we have here. i was referring to the striped tiger: http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/699/Danaus-genutia and a variation common plain tiger: http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/744/Danaus-chrysippus On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:53:12 -0400

Re: final set from 3 milky way + mount shasta shoots

2018-07-18 Thread David J Brooks
super shots Dave On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 6:13 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > First few are the ones I've already shown, taken from the town of Mount > Shasta. > The next few are shot from an I-5 vista point just after entering > California. > The last few are from Louise road a few miles north of

Re: final set from 3 milky way + mount shasta shoots

2018-07-18 Thread J.C. O'Connell
theyre all very nice imho. jco On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 10:15:51 -0400, Ken Waller wrote: Nice captures Larry. -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Subject: final set from 3 milky way + mount shasta shoots First few are the ones I've already shown, taken from the town of Mount

Re: final set from 3 milky way + mount shasta shoots

2018-07-18 Thread Ken Waller
Nice captures Larry. -Original Message- >From: Larry Colen >Subject: final set from 3 milky way + mount shasta shoots > >First few are the ones I've already shown, taken from the town of Mount >Shasta. >The next few are shot from an I-5 vista point just after entering >California.

Re: PESO: One in Hand

2018-07-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Subash. Monarchs are much different from Tiger Swallowtails, if that is what you have there. They migrate to Mexico on the East Coast of North America and to Central California on the West Coast, spend the winter there, and then fly North, spawning several generations before their

Re: PESO: Metamorphosis

2018-07-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Eric. Here is the correct link: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/7/18/metamorphosis Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 4:46 AM, Eric Featherstone < eric.featherst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 18 July 2018 at

Re: GESOs June faves and last trip faves

2018-07-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That's a very fine collection! 91387 is absolutely stunning. My favorite, however, is 90230; the textures are excellent. I also really like 90518; simple, well-composed and surprisingly pleasing to the eye. You had a great month, dude! Dan Matyola

Re: PESO obligatory Thor's Well at sunset

2018-07-18 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That image needs to be blown up and hung on a wall. Just a perfect sunset shot. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 7:37 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > From Cape Perpetua in Yachats Oregon, four miles South of where my Mom > lived until we needed to

Re: PESO: One in Hand

2018-07-18 Thread Subash Jeyan
very nice. looks a bit like the striped tigers found here... On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 7:09 PM Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > My monarchs have emerged from their chrysalises. Most of it happened while > I was at work, but I did get to enjoy the first moments of their lives as > butterflies. > > As I

Lens naming in LR cameraraw.dll file

2018-07-18 Thread Jos de Fotograaf
Dear group, I was looking into the cameraraw.dll file to correct the lensname of some of my SIGMA lenses. I noticed that there are lensnames for Pentax, Sigma, Tamron and some more brands, but not for Canon or Nikon. My question is: how is the lensnaming for Canon and Nikon applied in

Re: PESO: Metamorphosis

2018-07-18 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 18 July 2018 at 05:27, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > In this image, one can see the butterfly's wing developing within the > Chrysalis: > > http://danmatyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolaspesos/2018/7/18/metamorphosis > > K-5 IIs, FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 > Comments are invited. Two missing hypens

Re: testD

2018-07-18 Thread mike wilson
All your tests arrived in my spam folder. Probably more of an issue here than there but you were never one of the regulars until now. Replies appear in the inbox, except the ones from you. > On 17 July 2018 at 01:52 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > revised config > test again > > G > > --