Re: Ricoh direct marketing cue wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 05:43:35PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > https://petapixel.com/2022/01/20/ricoh-to-stop-mass-producing-cameras-sell-direct-to-consumer-only/ > > As of April 1, 2022 (no fooling) Ricoh will stop selling Pentax and GR > branded cameras through the distribution network and

Re: PESOx2: Ultra Colonisation

Thanks Larry. The photography is not very good - I was just trying to tell a story. There are actually 5 species of yellow weavers with black faces (Ploecus spp.) - the (Southern) Masked, the Lesser Masked, the Village (formerly Spotted-Backed), the Spectacled & the Cape (which does not occur

Re: Ricoh direct marketing cue wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth

Australia may have been a testbed of sorts, there's now virtually no Pentax to be seen at bricks mortar stores or their on-lline portals. For some years they have been selling direct and they have an agent on eBay that often undercuts the buy price of retailers (product is direct shipped from the

Re: PESO The Rocks

Hi Larry, Yes it wasn't the day I would have picked, some colour in the sky would have been nice but I had been putting off the shoot due to rain and that was my best weather window in the allotted delivery time. You were pretty close, the sidewalk extends into the street a little at that point,

Re: Ricoh direct marketing cue wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth

On 1/20/2022 7:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: What the hell are they thinking? Probably that the K1II is now a 6 year old camera (the K1 was announced in Feb 2016) and is due for a refresh. I don't agree that the camera sucks, but it is getting a bit long in the tooth. bill Dan Matyola

Re: Ricoh direct marketing cue wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth

A company can't just "get someone" to sell its products. It has to actively promote the products and develop partnerships with retailers and distributors. Ricoh does that with copiers; why can't it do that with its cameras? Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery

Re: Ricoh direct marketing cue wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth

> On Jan 20, 2022, at 5:46 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > What the hell are they thinking? Probably something along the lines of they can’t get anyone else to sell their gear, so they might as well monopolize the whole distribution channel themselves. > > Dan Matyola >

Re: PESO The Rocks

> On Jan 20, 2022, at 3:20 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > Hi Team, > > I was in the city shooting façades for a client last month and I took > the opportunity to grab a quick shot for myself (have hardly shot > anything for myself in the last two years). > > The image was shot using my pano

Re: PESO The Rocks

Impressive! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 6:20 AM Rob Studdert wrote: > Hi Team, > > I was in the city shooting façades for a client last month and I took > the opportunity to grab a quick shot for myself

Re: Ricoh direct marketing cue wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth

What the hell are they thinking? Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 8:44 PM Larry Colen wrote: > > https://petapixel.com/2022/01/20/ricoh-to-stop-mass-producing-cameras-sell-direct-to-consumer-only/ > > As of

Ricoh direct marketing cue wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth

https://petapixel.com/2022/01/20/ricoh-to-stop-mass-producing-cameras-sell-direct-to-consumer-only/ As of April 1, 2022 (no fooling) Ricoh will stop selling Pentax and GR branded cameras through the distribution network and will only sell through their own website and branded stores. Meanwhile

Re: PESOx2: Ultra Colonisation

> On Jan 20, 2022, at 8:08 AM, Alan C wrote: > > The first image is a heavy crop of a full Sable Dam I took on Dec 24th. Note > the tree at the back overhanging the water. Now, scroll 5 L for another shot > taken on Jan 15th. In a mere 3 weeks a flock of Masked Weavers has managed to >

Re: PESO The Rocks

Thanks for the comments everyone! And I agree Rick, I've included the final cropped image below and a 1:1 crop from that showing the detail. https://www.dropbox.com/s/jgr5efcggtnb4ip/001_IMGZ8652-HDR-Pano.jpg?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/jlo7psvya864kw1/001_IMGZ8652-HDR-Pano-2.jpg?dl=0

Fwd: All my Pentax K lenses

Trying again. I'd gladly suffer it if I was fortunate enough to have one! Alan C On 15-Jan-22 09:06 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 14, 2022, at 10:42 PM, John Francis wrote: I don't have quite as meny lenses on my shelf as Juan does, but his collection is definitely a lot easier to carry

PESOx2: Ultra Colonisation

The first image is a heavy crop of a full Sable Dam I took on Dec 24th. Note the tree at the back overhanging the water. Now, scroll 5 L for another shot taken on Jan 15th. In a mere 3 weeks a flock of Masked Weavers has managed to construct a huge colony. An amazing achievement for such small

Re: PESO The Rocks

I agree with Paul that it is very striking—I particularly like the lighting, the colors in the building (including the umbrellas), and the sky. I find the scalloping along the left top and the irregular sides distracting, though, and think it would look better cropped at the sides. Rick > On

Re: PESO The Rocks

Striking image. Well done! Paul > On Jan 20, 2022, at 6:20 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > Hi Team, > > I was in the city shooting façades for a client last month and I took > the opportunity to grab a quick shot for myself (have hardly shot > anything for myself in the last two years). > > The

PESO The Rocks

Hi Team, I was in the city shooting façades for a client last month and I took the opportunity to grab a quick shot for myself (have hardly shot anything for myself in the last two years). The image was shot using my pano head with the vertical angle set to optimise the balance between the road

Re: PESO - PanESO - Grand Teton

Hi Igor, I'm not sure that PS has the same size limitations as LR, the way LR works is it produces a composite DNG so I think that the issue is mainly a limit on the RAW/DNG engine (one of my friends is on the LR dev team so I will ask out of interest). Pano prints are amazing :) I think my