Re: OT: Largest Digital Camera

2020-09-13 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 9:10 PM Larry Colen wrote: > > > On Sep 13, 2020, at 5:57 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 8:21 PM Larry Colen wrote: > >> > >>> On Sep 13, 2020, at 5:04 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >>> > >>> In ten years that rez will come in one of the standard

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread mike wilson
> On 13 September 2020 at 22:00 Bob Pdml wrote: > > > > > On 13 Sep 2020, at 19:07, Juan Buhler wrote: > > > > My first real camera was an ME super with the M50/1.7. It was the silver > > model, just like probably 99%+ of them, at least thatś what the proportion > > of silver vs black ones

Re: OT: Largest Digital Camera

2020-09-13 Thread Larry Colen
> On Sep 13, 2020, at 5:57 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 8:21 PM Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> On Sep 13, 2020, at 5:04 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >>> >>> In ten years that rez will come in one of the standard cameras in an iPhone. >> >> lets call green light 500nm, so if I

Re: OT: Largest Digital Camera

2020-09-13 Thread Bruce Walker
On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 8:21 PM Larry Colen wrote: > > > On Sep 13, 2020, at 5:04 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > > > In ten years that rez will come in one of the standard cameras in an iPhone. > > lets call green light 500nm, so if I do my math right, a square sensor 60,000 > photons on a side

Re: PESO - Olivia

2020-09-13 Thread Bruce Walker
I've got plenty more failed attempts I could post to help reset expectations back down to manageable levels, Bill. :-) I don't disagree with you that the way she's got her shoulders sloped and the angle of view together do not make for the best overall shape for her. It's hard to unsee that now.

Re: PESO - Olivia

2020-09-13 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Christine! On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 1:48 AM Christine Aguila wrote: > > That is a beautiful portrait, Bruce! You and her must be very pleased with > your work here! Cheers, Christine > > > On Sep 9, 2020, at 6:30 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > > > Broke my COVID-19 exile two weeks ago

Re: OT: Largest Digital Camera

2020-09-13 Thread Larry Colen
> On Sep 13, 2020, at 5:04 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > In ten years that rez will come in one of the standard cameras in an iPhone. lets call green light 500nm, so if I do my math right, a square sensor 60,000 photons on a side would be 30 um on a side. So, that kind of sets a bottom limit

Re: OT: Largest Digital Camera

2020-09-13 Thread Bruce Walker
In ten years that rez will come in one of the standard cameras in an iPhone. On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 7:50 PM Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > Lightroom will probably choke on that size of the image... > (Unless it were installed on a supercomputer with a huge amount of RAM. > But those are not running

Re: OT: Largest Digital Camera

2020-09-13 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Lightroom will probably choke on that size of the image... (Unless it were installed on a supercomputer with a huge amount of RAM. But those are not running Windows or even MacOS.) :-) Cheers, Igor Daniel J. Matyola Fri, 11 Sep 2020 06:19:22 -0700 wrote:

Re: OT: Vintaghe photos from national parks

2020-09-13 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Dan, Those are fun to see, especially having been to two of those parks just a month ago (Yellowstone and Grand Teton). But we saw only one bear, at a distance - in the ditch on the side of the road. Igor Daniel J. Matyola Fri, 11 Sep 2020 09:11:36 -0700 wrote:

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Juan Buhler
Very nice! You also reminded me that I have the 24-35 as well, that seems like a really nice lens for these bodies. I'll try that next. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.juanbuhler.com On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 2:01 PM Bob Pdml wrote: > > > On 13 Sep 2020, at 19:07, Juan

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Juan Buhler
Hahaha. Sadly, I sold my KP. I wasn't able to fall in love with it. Sold it two years after buying it, with under 600 clicks on the shutter. This is after shooting for years with the istD, K10D, K5, K3. I have all of those still, except for the K3. The age of my eyes, the size of the cameras,

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Juan Buhler
That looks better than mine, Bill! Very nice. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.juanbuhler.com On Sun, Sep 13, 2020 at 11:24 AM Bill wrote: > Nice. I always liked that little camera. I was able to pick up a nice > silver one in 2004, IIRC, and then a black on in 2006. >

Re: PESO: Grosbeak (and deer)

2020-09-13 Thread Larry Colen
AOL: quite agree > On Sep 13, 2020, at 2:40 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: > > the deer are nice and it is always good to see them, but that grosbeak shot > is super! especially since it is not often feeder shots are. > ann > > On 9/13/2020 4:29 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> Another excursion

RE: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread jcoyle
Nice story Juan, and the ME range were (still are!) great film cameras. I bought two of the original ME's when they came out, one of which was later stolen in a burglary here in Australia, some 20 years afterwards. I still have the other, although the meter is no longer reliable, so I only

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Bill
On Sun., Sep. 13, 2020, 2:42 p.m. Steve Cottrell, wrote: > On 13/9/20, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: > > >If you have to ask, you can't afford it. > > I maple all my savings out for an offer. > Well OK. I would feel better if you let me spruce it up a bit first though. bill > > > > > -- >

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Christine Aguila
Congrats on your purchase, Juan! The MX was my first real camera, but had to sell it during a tough spot when in college, but after joining PDML, I bought Wendy’s MX! Cheers, Christine > On Sep 13, 2020, at 1:06 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: > > My first real camera was an ME super with the

Re: PESO: Grosbeak (and deer)

2020-09-13 Thread Christine Aguila
Wow! The Breasted Grosbeak is fantastic! Enjoyed the deer as well. There’s nothing like spotting a deer—always fun—except when you’re driving and they jump in front of your car :-)! Cheers, Christine > On Sep 13, 2020, at 3:29 PM, Stanley Halpin > wrote: > > Another excursion outside to

Re: PESO: Grosbeak (and deer)

2020-09-13 Thread ann sanfedele
the deer are nice and it is always good to see them, but that grosbeak shot is super! especially since it is not often feeder shots are. ann On 9/13/2020 4:29 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: Another excursion outside to stand on the riverbank for shots of the deer across the river. No chipmunk this

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Bob Pdml
> On 13 Sep 2020, at 19:07, Juan Buhler wrote: > > My first real camera was an ME super with the M50/1.7. It was the silver > model, just like probably 99%+ of them, at least thatś what the proportion > of silver vs black ones seems to be. > > I […] > So while I've moved to a Fuji X-T30 for

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 13/9/20, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: >If you have to ask, you can't afford it. I maple all my savings out for an offer. -- Cheers Cotty -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO: Dragonfly

2020-09-13 Thread Henk Terhell
2020-09-13 om 21:42 schreef Toine: Here's another one of today's photowalk https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-873-20200913-imgp2715 Toine On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 21:30, David J Brooks wrote: excellent capture FDave On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 3:43 PM Toine wrote: No idea which model

PESO: Grosbeak (and deer)

2020-09-13 Thread Stanley Halpin
Another excursion outside to stand on the riverbank for shots of the deer across the river. No chipmunk this time, but a nice female Rose Breasted Grosbeak on one of the feeders… https://photos.stanhalpin.com/img/s/v-10/p3982360696-6.jpg This time the deer were not scared away by my

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Toine
I think you should get a silver or black KP body to match your MX-1 and mount that M 28 on the KP. On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 20:39, Bill wrote: > > On 9/13/2020 12:36 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > On 13/9/20, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > >> Here is a picture of my black ME Super body. >

Re: PESO: Dragonfly

2020-09-13 Thread Toine
Here's another one of today's photowalk https://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/#=1=005-873-20200913-imgp2715 Toine On Sun, 13 Sep 2020 at 21:30, David J Brooks wrote: > > excellent capture > > FDave > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 3:43 PM Toine wrote: > > > No ide

Re: PESO: Dragonfly

2020-09-13 Thread David J Brooks
excellent capture FDave On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 3:43 PM Toine wrote: > No idea which model > > https://www.repiuk.nl/favorites/#=1=005-869-imgp2547 > > Toine > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

PESO 2020 - 214 - GDG

2020-09-13 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I made this photo some time ago, it's been sitting in my stack of "picks to work on" ... :) https://flic.kr/p/2jG9Xwo :: A Lamp, A Step, A Forgotten Door - Santa Clara 2020 enjoy, G — Godfrey DiGiorgi - godfreydigio...@me.com - 408.431.4601 "...For we are the Makers of Magic, and we are the

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Bill
On 9/13/2020 12:36 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 13/9/20, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: Here is a picture of my black ME Super body. https://flic.kr/p/2jGeYC7 It's for sale if anyone wants it, BTW, How much for the block of wood please. If you have to ask, you can't afford it. --

Re: PESO: Dragonfly

2020-09-13 Thread ann sanfedele
what Chistine said ann On 9/13/2020 1:48 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Wow! What great detail! And so sharp! Nice work, Toine! Cheers, Christine On Sep 10, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Toine wrote: No idea which model https://www.repiuk.nl/favorites/#=1=005-869-imgp2547 Toine -- PDML

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 13/9/20, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: >Here is a picture of my black ME Super body. >https://flic.kr/p/2jGeYC7 > >It's for sale if anyone wants it, BTW, How much for the block of wood please. -- Cheers Cotty -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Bill
Nice. I always liked that little camera. I was able to pick up a nice silver one in 2004, IIRC, and then a black on in 2006. I still have them both, and as of a few months ago, both still worked. Here is a picture of my black ME Super body. https://flic.kr/p/2jGeYC7 It's for sale if anyone

My new Pentax

2020-09-13 Thread Juan Buhler
My first real camera was an ME super with the M50/1.7. It was the silver model, just like probably 99%+ of them, at least thatś what the proportion of silver vs black ones seems to be. I don't have that camera anymore, and while I still have my two black MXs, I've always missed it a little. Last

Re: PESO: Crocodile Skin Boots & Shop Steward - Wrap up

2020-09-13 Thread Alan C
Thanks, Ralf. You made my day! On 13-Sep-20 10:06 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 13.09.20 um 09:11 schrieb Alan C: Thanks to all who looked & commented. The subjects are about 50m distant. Harsh light. I Couldn't get closer without breaking the rules. After becoming very frustrated with

Re: PESO: Crocodile Skin Boots & Shop Steward - Wrap up

2020-09-13 Thread Larry Colen
I’ve got a friend who is about 20 years older than me, so her father who was cajun was probably born in the ‘teens, in Louisiana. It was illegal to hunt alligators, however it was legal to shoot them in self defense, so Rochelle’s grandfather would take his kids to go swimming in the bayou,

Re: PESO: Crocodile Skin Boots & Shop Steward - Wrap up

2020-09-13 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 13.09.20 um 09:11 schrieb Alan C: Thanks to all who looked & commented. The subjects are about 50m distant. Harsh light. I Couldn't get closer without breaking the rules. After becoming very frustrated with the attitude of one of the shopkeepers, the young blonde declared, 'Well, then,

Re: PESO: Crocodile Skin Boots & Shop Steward - Wrap up

2020-09-13 Thread Alan C
Thanks to all who looked & commented. The subjects are about 50m distant. Harsh light. I Couldn't get closer without breaking the rules. Yes, Rick, I have the same problem. I think it is drooping down underwater towards the bank. That massive croc. has been hanging around for some time &

Re: OT: CA Wildfires

2020-09-13 Thread Christine Aguila
I HATE 2020! christine > On Sep 9, 2020, at 11:33 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > There is no "safety" in 2020, it seems. AQI was up into the 130+ "Unhealthy" > range for the past three days along with ambient temperatures floating up > into the 100-115 range even here in the SF Bay Area.