Re: Pentax KP

2020-09-28 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, everyone! I’m so out of touch with Pentax gear; it’s embarrassing. I was also stunned to hear about Canon and Nikon’s shift to mirrorless cameras. I hope to give all my gear a workout for the next couple of weeks. I have a few photo-homework-assignments in mind with the hope of

Re: PESO: 3D pop?

2020-09-28 Thread Bruce Walker
I like cream with my bokeh. I've been using that 67 105mm f:2.4 with my 645Z and the results are wonderful. It makes a terrific portrait short tele on the 645 format. On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 5:25 PM Mark C wrote: > > Lens design has a lot to do with how bokeh is rendered. I've been > shooting

Re: International Observe the Moon Night

2020-09-28 Thread Larry Colen
> On Sep 28, 2020, at 11:38 AM, John Francis wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 07:03:07PM -0500, Igor PDML-StR wrote: >> >> I thought several PDMLers might be curious. > > Many of them are downright weird, if you ask me! That statement implies that some are not. -- Larry Colen

Re: Pentax KP

2020-09-28 Thread Pete McIntosh
-- Original Message -- From: "Christine Aguila" To: "PDML List" Sent: 28/09/20 9:56:06 Subject: Pentax KP Hi all! Anyone shooting with the Pentax KP? If so, thoughts? Cheers, Christine I've got one. I second everything Toine said, including getting extra batteries. I use mine

Re: International Observe the Moon Night

2020-09-28 Thread ann sanfedele
whddaya mean "them" ? ;-) ann p.s. thanks for the full moon heads up Igor..  howl howl howl! On 9/28/2020 2:38 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 07:03:07PM -0500, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I thought several PDMLers might be curious. Many of them are downright weird, if you ask me!

Re: Pentax KP

2020-09-28 Thread Bruce Walker
We who pay for stuff with the Candian Peso don't have the luxury of forgetting that exchange rate thing. Grrr. On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 1:37 PM wrote: > > Oops, forgot about that 35% exchange rate thing > > On September 28, 2020 10:11:39 AM PDT, Bill > wrote: > >On Mon., Sep. 28, 2020, 10:06

Re: International Observe the Moon Night

2020-09-28 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Sep 26, 2020 at 07:03:07PM -0500, Igor PDML-StR wrote: > > I thought several PDMLers might be curious. Many of them are downright weird, if you ask me! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Pentax KP

2020-09-28 Thread lrc
Oops, forgot about that 35% exchange rate thing On September 28, 2020 10:11:39 AM PDT, Bill wrote: >On Mon., Sep. 28, 2020, 10:06 a.m. , wrote: > >> Nikon charged more for their aps than they do for their full frame? > > >In my world, the price drops on camera bodies that are a couple of

Re: Pentax KP

2020-09-28 Thread Bill
On Mon., Sep. 28, 2020, 10:06 a.m. , wrote: > Nikon charged more for their aps than they do for their full frame? In my world, the price drops on camera bodies that are a couple of years old. Thats why people on forums often say they will wait for the price to come down prior to buying. I'm

Re: Pentax KP

2020-09-28 Thread Henk Terhell
In my opinion probably not more expensive than the XT-4 which is $1.6k. Henk Op 2020-09-28 om 04:06 schreef Bill: On Sun., Sep. 27, 2020, 5:56 p.m. Christine Aguila, wrote: Hi all! Anyone shooting with the Pentax KP? If so, thoughts? Cheers, Christine Pentax Forums has a section devoted

Re: Pentax KP

2020-09-28 Thread lrc
Nikon charged more for their aps than they do for their full frame? On September 28, 2020 5:56:26 AM PDT, Bill wrote: >On Sun., Sep. 27, 2020, 8:44 p.m. Larry Colen, wrote: > >> >> >> > On Sep 27, 2020, at 7:06 PM, Bill >wrote: >> > >> > Also, it looks like a new flagship level APS-C body is

Re: PESO: common bluetail

2020-09-28 Thread Toine
Yes! another beauty. If it wasn't for Linnaeus we would be very confused :) On Mon, 28 Sep 2020 at 17:57, Henk Terhell wrote: > > Subash, I guess this is the regional species that is similar to the > ischnura elegans, a common species in whole Europe and also called > common bluetail in English.

Re: PESO: common bluetail

2020-09-28 Thread Henk Terhell
Subash, I guess this is the regional species that is similar to the ischnura elegans, a common species in whole Europe and also called common bluetail in English. Henk Op 2020-09-28 om 15:56 schreef Subash Jeyan: one more bug, a damselfly this time:

Re: PESO: common bluetail

2020-09-28 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
One more outstanding image. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 9:57 AM Subash Jeyan wrote: > one more bug, a damselfly this time: > > http://something-feathered.in/2020/09/28/common-bluetail/ > > this is the

PESO: common bluetail

2020-09-28 Thread Subash Jeyan
one more bug, a damselfly this time: http://something-feathered.in/2020/09/28/common-bluetail/ this is the common bluetail endemic to asia/africa (Ischnura senegalensis). this is a cropped image. gear: k3ii and the FA 100/3.5, which i am getting to like quite a bit. small, light and sharp.

Re: Pentax KP

2020-09-28 Thread Bill
On Sun., Sep. 27, 2020, 8:44 p.m. Larry Colen, wrote: > > > > On Sep 27, 2020, at 7:06 PM, Bill wrote: > > > > Also, it looks like a new flagship level APS-C body is just over the > > horizon. From the looks of the way Ricoh is pricing stuff, I expect it > > will be priced well north of $2k, I