That's half-true, but I don't remember the details. That is, OSX is
built on a Unix foundation and therefore has /etc/hosts, but Apple must
be Different and has a bunch of unique/non-standard mechansisms for
handling networking and host lookup.
Some quacking should help you find more info.
On
On Sun, Mar 09, 2014, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 3:23 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Mar 9, 2014, at 3:59 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
For anyone reading this thread, this link will be of interest. In-depth
real world experiences in a review:
http://steve.savitzky.net/Songs/bugs/
On Sat, Mar 08, 2014, P.J. Alling wrote:
There's always another bug.
On 3/8/2014 10:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
What firmware were you using?
A dpreview poster claims to have found a bug in 1.02 for the K-3 (a
problem that cropped up only after he
On Fri, Mar 07, 2014, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I bumped my DA* 60-250 when I took a spill last August. [...]
[...] Seems the 16-50 is not
only hard to assemble at the factory, it's tough to repair as well.
Which is it? ;-)
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http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/03/06/getty-to-allow-embedding-for-non-commercial-use-of-images
Money shot:
Which means that as editor of dpreview.com - an advertising-supported
website - I can embed the image at the top of this news story free of
charge, because I'm not using it
On Mon, Mar 03, 2014, Alan C wrote:
Is there really any difference between pre-formatted, computer
formatted or camera formatted cards?
As I posted a few weeks ago, I rented a Panasonic GX7 that was acting
flaky until I reformatted the card in the camera. Maybe reformatting on
the computer
On Sat, Feb 15, 2014, knarf wrote:
Hit me
Sorry, this is the argument clinic, not abuse.
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014, Bill wrote:
I only have two criteria that must be met.
It must be Windows 7, and it must not be Lenovo.
MacBook Pro, then.
(And while I'm making a funny, I'm not kidding, either.)
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On Fri, Feb 14, 2014, John Coyle wrote:
My stepson is still using my ThinkPad from about the same time - with
Windows ME, no less!
Either he never connects to the Internet or it's infested with malware.
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On Thu, Feb 13, 2014, steve harley wrote:
on 2014-02-13 14:32 Bill wrote
but this was for very light home use, my wife does nothing with a home
computer beyond a bit of web surfing. She doesn't even have a home
email address.
given the above premise, i suggest she ditch the laptop and switch
On Tue, Feb 11, 2014, Miserere wrote:
The 30mm f/1. 4:
http://photorumors.com/2014/02/10/sigma-announced-30mm-f1-4-dc-hsm-lens-for-pentax-and-sony-cameras/
Is it me our has it been a while since any 3rd party lenses came out
in K mount?
Yeah, it's you. According to dpreview.com, the
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014, Glen Berry wrote:
So, how good is the K-30 with regards to high ISO noise, and try to
compare it to an older model like the K-100D if you can. I'm hoping
the K-30 will let me shoot a few stops higher ISO without
sacrificing quality. Would that likely be correct?
Yup!
On Sat, Feb 08, 2014, Bruce wrote:
I don't have a K3 but I have had this type of problem quite often with
my K5. Basically when shooting rapidly (single shots) during soccer
games, I have the camera lockup. It seems related to the shutter
release and some other operation (focus or
On Sun, Feb 09, 2014, Boris Liberman wrote:
That sucks. Rob, can it possibly have to do with heat?
Considering that my similar experience with a K-5 II happened while I
was freezing outdoors in Alaska, I don't think so...
(Just to be clear, not literally freezing, although it was quite chilly
On Fri, Jan 31, 2014, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Heh. I thought saw a X-M2 at CES. No longer sure, maybe it was the X-T1.
Or the X-E2. Whatever it was, it was brand, brand new.
Marnie Huh, probably not. I have conflicting desires to dump my
Canon equipment and get the K-3 or a Fujifilm
On Sun, Jan 26, 2014, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Go you one better -- What is reality?
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
Lessee -- five million quatloos to the first person who identifies the
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Very long photojournalism series that seemed somewhat relevant after the
current thread:
http://zyalt.livejournal.com/984735.html
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On Wed, Dec 18, 2013, Mark Roberts wrote:
Agreed. I occasionally format cards on my computer. Never had an
issue. Hever heard of anyone else having an issue either.
FUD is the word.
Maybe not. We rented some m43 equipment a few weeks ago, and the
Panasonic GX7 was being weirdly slow about
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
The Olympus OM-D E-M1 is indeed a looker, although some seem to
prefer the looks of the E-M5 more (it's smaller and has less of a
grip). Both are excellent cameras. I prefer the larger camera for the
superb ergonomics it affords, it's improved
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Your mission, should you choose to accept it: name the camera/set-up
you would most likely use as a spy.
Right now, I'd probably pick the Panasonic GM1 with its kit lens. We
rented one a couple weeks ago (with a buttload of other m43
http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/dec/26/mount-st-helens-eruption-blackburn-lost-roll-film/
Reid Blackburn, a photographer who died in the Mount St Helens eruption,
was also taking photos five weeks earlier -- and the film finally got
developed last year (33 years later).
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On Sun, Jan 12, 2014, Ken Waller wrote:
Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com
On Jan 11, 2014, at 5:31 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
In chemsitry, they taught us about cations and anions. What sort of
charge do minions have?
A small one.
I thought they were free.
Eighty bucks,
On Sun, Jan 05, 2014, P.J. Alling wrote:
The film era's not over yet. I still have film loaded in several
camera bodies. Someday I'll even shoot some.
That reminds me of this line: I like cooking with wine. Some of it goes
into the food.
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On Sat, Jan 04, 2014, Boris Liberman wrote:
On 1/2/2014 6:27 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2013/12/goodbye-cameras.html
Darren, have you held in your hands Panasonic GM1 and the pancake
kit zoom lens?
Yeah, I have (renting one right now from
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014, Boris Liberman wrote:
My point is that miniaturization is reaching yet another level. And
this camera unlike iPhone's and plethora of Android devices is
seriously real deal.
Yes and no -- real glass requires real weight and bulk. I agree that
most people (who don't care
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 2:22 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014, Boris Liberman wrote:
My point is that miniaturization is reaching yet another level. And
this camera unlike iPhone's and plethora of Android devices is
seriously
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014, Attila Boros wrote:
On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
Attila, you have to realize that this Sigma has nothing on the market to
compare it to. DA* 16-50 is a different lens. It has WR, it is wider and
longer as far as zoom range
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014, Boris Liberman wrote:
On 1/4/2014 9:22 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Sat, Jan 04, 2014, Boris Liberman wrote:
My point is that miniaturization is reaching yet another level. And
this camera unlike iPhone's and plethora of Android devices is
seriously real deal.
Yes
On Thu, Jan 02, 2014, Paul Stenquist wrote:
...will include one of my photos Birmingham Gentleman.
Congrats!
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The Pentax K-3 was an early front-runner in this poll, and blazed
through to a convincing victory, garnering an impressive 31.4% of
the total vote. Strangely, stablemates the K-50 and K-500 got almost
On Mon, Dec 30, 2013, Ciprian Dorin Craciun wrote:
But still, for landscape or macro photography (which seems to be
my main interest), I still find sharpness and correct exposure very
important.
Sharpness of what? Like you, I'm into macro photography, which I
usually refer to as flower
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote:
That's quite a leap for someone who has apparently shot with neither
. The 16-50 renders beautifully and can achieve focus at close
range. For moderately small subjects like flowers or leaves I opt for
it in place of my macro.
The reason I went
On Tue, Dec 24, 2013, Christine Aguila wrote:
7) Before I uninstall Lightroom 5 on my iMac -- which is just dragging
the app icon to the trash, right? [...]
Yes and no. That's all that's needed to uninstall the app, but if you
have settings that are somehow corrupted, that probably is not
...unless you zoom:
http://m.pss.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/12/04/0956797613504438.abstract
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On Sat, Dec 14, 2013, Bill wrote:
On 14/12/2013 11:13 AM, Walt wrote:
The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can
only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram
filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of 20-year-old
movies before they start
On Mon, Dec 02, 2013, Miserere wrote:
Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:
Also, rather interesting is the phrase in the description on Adorama's
website:
This lens is suitable primarily for full-frame cameras but will work
just as well with an APS-C crop sensor.
I wonder what it is based on...
On Sun, Dec 01, 2013, John wrote:
I'm not anti-Mac, I just prefer to build my own I can't really do
that with a Mac.
Then you should be using Linux/*BSD. If you truly need access to Windoze
software, you can do that with either Wine or a VM with a real licensed
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On Sat, Nov 30, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
Note: I am well aware that I can certainly find cheaper alternatives
than those discussed below. However, I have had enough experience
with MS-DOS and Windows systems over the last few decades to be 100%
certain that I have zero interest in going that
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013, Walt wrote:
The question seems to boil down to why women and men are treated
differently as photographic subjects. Well, it's because they're
different.
...and why do you think they're different
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013, Bob W wrote:
That's the way equality is. It's not a question of 'us' 'giving'
exposure to anyone. Every adult is free to do whatever they damn well
like providing they don't infringe the same rights of others. Doesn't
matter what their bits are like - you don't have to
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
I do agree with the people who say that any changes in the PDML should
come from individuals, but if you're upset that Frank brought up the
subject in the first place, you need
http://www.dpreview.com/articles/3301669051/dpreview-recommends-best-cameras-for-beginners
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happen
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013, Walt wrote:
The question seems to boil down to why women and men are treated
differently as photographic subjects. Well, it's because they're
different.
...and why do you think they're different?
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On Mon, Nov 25, 2013, knarf wrote:
And I disagree about nudity. It's always sexual, presuming that
genitalia or other erogenous bits are visible. I'm not saying that's
a bad thing. But come on: show me a sex organ and I'll show you
something sexual.
There's an old joke:
Guy goes to a
On Thu, Nov 07, 2013, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 7 November 2013 15:50, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHOagAADH_M
I've never saturated the K5 buffer and I always shoot RAW + JPG
It's easy to do if you're shooting continuous; I've managed to do it with
On Wed, Nov 06, 2013, Thomas Bohn wrote:
On 6 November 2013 19:42, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
OK, so Low Dynamic Range isn't really a new Photoshop technique or
anything. But it kind of describes this photo. I new there was a good
image in there, but it took me a long
On Tue, Nov 05, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I don't know what the camera pretends to be. I know Nikon marketing
teased everyone with the pure photography sequence, but i don't know
what pure photography is supposed to be anyway. I guess the romantic
notion of wandering around the Scottish
On Mon, Nov 04, 2013, Boris Liberman wrote:
On 11/3/2013 9:42 PM, Bob W wrote:
But I'm not going to get hung up on it and force my opinion on
others. I'll simply have naysayers hanged, drawn and quartered
instead.
Oh, just learned a word - quartered :-). Can the naysayer be split
into eight
On Sat, Nov 02, 2013, Bill wrote:
The only time I use filters is when I need a polarizer. If you want
protection, buy a lens hood.
There was a post a while back on lensrentals.com that said roughly the
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On Tue, Oct 29, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote:
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 10:31 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Mon, Oct 28, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote:
For the legions of modelling shoot fans here on PDML, here's my
complete set of curvy (and proud of it) brand-new alt-model Alina and
her
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
Like all California natives, I have a long list of poison oak stories.
Nope, not all. And because my parents were backpackers (and my father
still is -- solo backpacking trip in Yosemite a couple months ago) I had
plenty of opportunity, just was careful
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013, Alunfoto - Jostein ?ksne wrote:
-Opprinnelig melding- From: Larry Colen
Jostein:
Smooth flight, but stiff muscles.
Next time, try taking a plane.
Plain silly. :-)
Nope: plane, silly
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On Mon, Oct 28, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote:
For the legions of modelling shoot fans here on PDML, here's my
complete set of curvy (and proud of it) brand-new alt-model Alina and
her fashion and fetish corsets ...
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157636913319195/
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On Sun, Oct 27, 2013, Eric Weir wrote:
[2] It was early morning with lots of shade. The auto ISO setting
ranged between 2200 and 3200---I didn't realize until I turned the
camera on at this shoot that it had an auto ISO feature-so there was a
lot of noise. I had more success reducing it in
On Mon, Oct 21, 2013, Walt Gilbert wrote:
I still think I could have spent every day of the rest of my life
out there taking photos, and been damned happy doing it.
How do you publish them when you're only taking pictures?
(Not really joking, unfortunately, based on my publishing history...)
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013, Boris Liberman wrote:
On 10/18/2013 10:14 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
You are missing the point. Because of the crop factor, FF lenses are
larger/heavier than APS-C, which in turn are larger/heavier than m4/3.
The fact that FF bodies are relatively not much larger/heavier than
On Sat, Oct 19, 2013, Jens wrote:
How would you convince a beginner to get a Pentax?
Weather resistance and in-camera IS for prime lenses. It's also a very
good UI (though dunno how it compares with Canikon DSLRs, I've only had
Canikon PS).
What would you buy, if you were a beginner?
Dunno.
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013, Boris Liberman wrote:
On 10/18/2013 7:52 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013, Boris Liberman wrote:
Aahz, you appear to not notice that the size/weight/convenience
takes a rather big step when you move from APS-C DSLR to m43
mirrorless. It is less so when you move
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 17, 2013, at 10:17 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
When you consider all of the amazing camera announcements of the past
week, The K-3, the full frame mirrorless sonys, the Nikons with both
wifi and GPS, the new Fuji, it is hard
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Oct 18, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
When you consider all of the amazing camera announcements of the past
week, The K-3, the full frame mirrorless sonys, the Nikons with both
wifi and GPS, the new Fuji, it is hard
On Thu, Oct 17, 2013, Brian Walters wrote:
It's a bit early in the season for this sort of madness - not
looking forward to summer at all.
Yeesh, that's exactly what I was thinking (from California, where our
fire season is almost over -- hopefully).
crossed tentaclesknock steel
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On Thu, Oct 17, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
Do hamentaschen count as hats?
Wrong time of year. (Even if I did eat one on Sunday.)
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On Wed, Oct 16, 2013, Bill wrote:
Looing at the price of a K3, and the price of the new Sony, it's
hard to justify not doing FF based on the price point. The spread
just isn't a few thousand dollars like it was a few years ago.
Oddly enough, people make exactly the same argument WRT m4/3 vs
On Fri, Oct 18, 2013, Boris Liberman wrote:
Aahz, you appear to not notice that the size/weight/convenience
takes a rather big step when you move from APS-C DSLR to m43
mirrorless. It is less so when you move from the likes of Nikon
D7000 to Nikon D600. I've held both and D600 is pretty darn
http://www.sansmirror.com/newsviews/protection-by-lawsuit.html
Nikon today announced in a press release that they are suing Sakar--who
makes and markets Polaroid cameras amongst a number of other branded
products--in the US for infringement of design patent. The critical
things in
Photos covering the history of lighter-than-air flight
http://m.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/10/airships/100607/
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On Wed, Oct 09, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Pssst. I am still seriously interested in the Olympus EM-5. BUT... going
to wait until I can get it used.
keh.com currently has them for $695/LN- or $665/EX+ (I'd probably go
ahead and spend the extra $30 for LN- but it really doesn't matter
Photos from places you aren't supposed to go...
http://m.theatlantic.com/infocus/2013/10/adventures-of-a-serial-trespasser/100604/
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On Tue, Oct 08, 2013, Darren Addy wrote:
Still, for those who must have full frame and can't wait for the
eventual Pentax offering (if there is one) ...
...and can live with the DRM bootheel of Sony sitting on their neck...
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On Mon, Oct 07, 2013, Darren Addy wrote:
Word is that it ships in November (that would surprise me very much).
Still, it is intriguing enough and priced reasonably enough that a lot
of Pentaxians might just hop on that pre-order list and be the first
to get it WHENEVER it actually ships.
On Sun, Oct 06, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Egad, administrivia is really a word???
Been a word for something like two decades, at least in geek communities.
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On Fri, Oct 04, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
On Fri, Oct 04, 2013 at 09:03:01AM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Hmmm how did this get from my riff on the Steinberg New Yorker Cover
regarding Cotty once living in California (after someone joked about
his Britness)to a serious discussion of the Hudson
On Fri, Oct 04, 2013, Jaume Lahuerta wrote:
(it is not true that you have to take the cap off to review pictures,
you can start in review mode just pressing the review button for a
while, just like almost all current compact cameras)
Thanks for that tip! Works nicely on my Nikon P7100.
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On Wed, Sep 25, 2013, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 25/9/13, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated, unleashed:
I recently took my 12 string out of the closet and started trying to
play it again. My fingers are still bloody.
h sympathy.
The PDML band is slowly coming to life
We're on a
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013, Mark Roberts wrote:
The National Association of Photoshop Professionals currently has one
of my photos featured as an Editor's Pick on their web site. Check
out the NAPP Members Portfolio Gallery at
http://members.photoshopuser.com/portfolio/
(I'm pretty sure
On Tue, Sep 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
With all the music discussion lately, I just ran across this on
that timesuck website and suspect that a few people on this list
would appreciate it.
C, E-flat, and G go into a bar. [...]
What do you get when you toss a piano down a mineshaft?
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
On 9/23/2013 05:57, Steve Cottrell wrote:
It's a .commie website.
Shouldn't it be redlined?
They are collectively working on it.
I'm waiting for someone to suggest this be added to the annual
Quotations List by adding Marx!
You're Stalin our
On Mon, Sep 23, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
zenfolio.com
Mind sharing your site so we can check it out?
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On Sun, Sep 22, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Thanks!, Mark. I've really wondered about the Q. Seems sort of like
Pentax's answer to micro3/4 /compact cameras (well, I see it that way).
Yes, it is, but even the Q7 only has 1/1.7 sensor (same size as the
P7100/P7800/DMC-LF1 I've been
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Naw, Anita's better.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013, John wrote:
Buffy was vampires. If you've got a zombie infestation call Daryl.
Even I know that, and I don't have a TV.
On 9/20/2013 2:56 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
What the hell is it with Undead? Where the hell is Buffy when we need her?
On
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-09-21 9:03 Aahz Maruch wrote
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i'm a sucker
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
But been looking at having a little fixed lens camera for travel
situations (like Disneyland where you don't want to lug around a big camera).
The Pentax X-5 seems a lot of value for a little camera. Does have a
smaller sensor, but
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
My walkabout camera is an Olympus E-PL1 that I picked up body only
used for $95. A new Olympus 15mm f/8 body-cap lens was $50, and I
already had the Ricoh GV-2 finder for the Ricoh GXR with A12 28mm
camera unit.
This is something you REALLY want
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Sheesh! You guys (all who previously answered) are no help at all. I was
trying for something small, something Pentax. Sheesh!
Efina, WG-2, WG-10, or VS20 all meet your criteria for small/Pentax, but
they all have serious disadvantages from
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Unless people aren't understanding that I want a PS for travel
purposes. This would not be my main camera.
Yes, that's why I recommended the P7100 (which someone else also
recommended), the P7800, or the DMC-LF1
On Sat, Sep 21, 2013, John wrote:
If you're going to look at Point 'n Shoot cameras in that range, you
should probably also consider the Canon G10 - G16 as well.
The main reason I didn't suggest those is that their zoom range is more
limited (and Marnie says she likes telephoto -- it's only
On Sun, Sep 15, 2013, Steven Sharpe wrote:
So I blew a piece of my savings and bought a nice new computer: an
iMac 3.2gz/8gb/1tb/27. It arrived on Thursday, and I spent much of
that day and Friday setting up and configuring. By Friday night I had
it pretty much the way I wanted it, so I shut
On Mon, Sep 16, 2013, Steven Sharpe wrote:
Whenever I go into an Apple Store I am completely ignored. I guess as
a middle-aged, 57 year old white male I am totally invisible to the
young, cool, trendy types who inhabit such places.
Get an appointment ahead of time (they have a web page for
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Sep 12, 2013, at 10:15 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
Exactly! Therefore anyone who isn't already invested in Leica will have
little to zero interest in that module. Lacking an AF replaceable lens
module severely limits the market
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, Bruce wrote:
You guys are making me think I should go down to the store and take
a look at these new EVF's. Another question I have is in regards to
sports shooting - any lag as you pan the camera following the action?
There will always be some -- consider what happens
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
On Sep 12, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
I wanted a camera, not LEGO.
Hasselblads have a similar level of system modularity, as do several
other high-end medium format SLR and technical cameras. It's quite
a sophisticated
On Thu, Sep 12, 2013, P.J. Alling wrote:
Just in case anyone is interested the Buydig is selling the K-5 II
for $895.96 body only which seems like a really good price to me.
Maybe there's a replacement coming soon.
Same price at bhphoto.com (including $200 instant savings).
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On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
[...]
With any combination of body and camera/mount unit, you can also add
an EVF (Ricoh VF-2), use the LCD, or fit an optical viewfinder of your
choice.
What does this system gain you over a K5 II? Mostly size and
flexibility of
On Fri, Sep 13, 2013, Boris Liberman wrote:
On 9/12/2013 10:21 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
Yes, particularly given the wastage for the benefit of modularity, and
double particularly given the lack of support for auto-focus of
non-module lenses. But I'd still consider one if it had a built-in EVF
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, Boris Liberman wrote:
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
... I'm not a big fan of composing on the LCD and have yet to
actually try an electronic viewfinder.
You may be very pleasantly surprised on both counts here. I don't
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, Darren Addy wrote:
But if you asked me the brand that appears most likely to be my 2nd
choice, should it ever come to that, I would say Sony. Their NEX
cameras are pretty clearly the best mirrorless option out there,
IQ-wise, but I'm not a big fan of composing on the LCD
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, Steve Cottrell wrote:
Was browsing and came across this interesting little article. Caveat: it
was written over 9 months ago so I don't know if updated firmware is
available.
http://photomojomike.com/2012/11/21/fujifilm-x-e1-first-impressions/
Given Marnie's interest
On Wed, Sep 11, 2013, John wrote:
Every piece of Sony consumer electronics equipment I have ever owned
failed had to be replaced exactly one day after the warranty expired.
Timex bought Sony???
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On Tue, Sep 10, 2013, John wrote:
On 9/9/2013 5:47 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
It looks like there is a new trend to have engagement/wedding
photos taken with zombies:
http://www.viralnova.com/zombie-engagement-shoot/
And this seems to be the original series:
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