Re: filter wallets

2021-02-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
ght image in-camera than try to fix the wrong image in post. Chacun son goût. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: filter wallets

2021-02-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
e most commonly used filters for my K-70 have had less outgassing than the no-name wallets from Amazon that I use for my less used filters such as the CC filters that I have been collecting (used) in preparation for some Strobist experiments. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270m

Re: Ball head question

2020-12-28 Thread Dale H. Cook
so far: https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/pages/telebar.html -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

Re: Happy Ann day

2020-12-10 Thread Dale H. Cook
Happy birthday, Ann, from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: PESO -- Stonington Harbor Light.

2020-12-07 Thread Dale H. Cook
wide because you were close to the lighthouse? I don't see any barrel distortion - is the lens that good or did you fix it in post? -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pe

Re: Semi-OT: Thunderbird update 78.5.1 is fucked up!

2020-12-06 Thread Dale H. Cook
ess. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the l

Re: Semi-OT: Thunderbird update 78.5.1 is fucked up!

2020-12-04 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 12/3/2020 11:48 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > Hhmmm. I've just updated to 78.5.1 and have not experienced any of > those problems. Same here. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/

Re: 'Why I still shoot with Pentax'

2020-11-25 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 11/25/2020 3:36 PM, John Francis wrote: > I'm holding on to my 250-600 for one last road trip, but after that > it will probably be up for sale. I hope you will post it here first. It would nicely fill the gap between my Pentax-DA 18-270 and my Rokinon 650-1300. -- Dale H

Re: 'Why I still shoot with Pentax'

2020-11-23 Thread Dale H. Cook
ble to buy a couple of new Pentax lenses to match the K-70 body. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listi

Re: Peso: Landline

2020-11-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
ice simulator (run by an Arduino) for testing broadcast equipment such as remote control systems (which are touch-tone controlled). -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pen

Re: Peso: Landline

2020-11-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
m from home is easiest with a Windows program that uses the computer modem to send touch-tone commands to the transmitter site unit. That won't work with my cell phone. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolon

Re: Use of GPS in cameras?

2020-10-28 Thread Dale H. Cook
locations. -- Dale H. Cook, member of the Society for the Preservation of Old Mills Photographer and researcher of standing mills and mill sites https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/pages/mills.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBS

Re: OT: Digitizing Audiotapes

2020-10-21 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 10/21/2020 5:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Does anyone know where I might be able to have 7 inch reel-to-reel audio > tapes digitized? Doing it is not difficult. I use an Ampex 600 feeding an original Tascam US-122 USB audio interface. -- Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract En

Re: Does anyone know about Lightzone?

2020-09-22 Thread Dale H. Cook
have been a Paint Shop Pro user for about 25 years, since it was JASC (before Corel bought it), and still use it. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: story 3 of the new APS-C flagship

2020-09-08 Thread Dale H. Cook
eeds to adjust the controls of a DSLR in ways that are beyond the capabilities of an app. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pd

Re: story 3 of the new APS-C flagship

2020-09-04 Thread Dale H. Cook
not practical. After owning my K-70 for nearly three years I would not buy a camera with a fixed screen. -- Dale H. Cook, member of the Society for the Preservation of Old Mills Photographer and researcher of standing mills and mill sites https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/pages/mills.html -- PDML Pentax

Re: OT peso Walkers Mill

2020-08-06 Thread Dale H. Cook
and the centerpiece of a town park (Pentax K-70, Pentax-DA 18-270mm at 18mm, f/7.1, ISO 6400, 1/400 sec): https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/images/DuckPondDam1sm.jpg -- Dale H. Cook, member of the Society for the Preservation of Old Mills Photographer and researcher of standing mills and mill sites https

Re: lens repair

2020-07-22 Thread Dale H. Cook
tage Tek, HP, and GR instruments for work and hobbies. I'm just an old guy who likes stuff that can be fixed. That, of course, doesn't stop me from buying new to get capabilities that I want, thus the K-70 (and I don't drive a '60s car). Rant mode off ... -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pen

Re: Shutter problem

2020-07-22 Thread Dale H. Cook
of the PDF manual. I now have the latter on my smartphone and it has saved my bacon on many occasions. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Comet Neowise

2020-07-12 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 7/12/2020 4:33 AM, Mike Wilson wrote: Doesn't play with adblocker. So doesn't play at all. Try spaceweather.com - they post a few days of advance sky maps for Neowise. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https

Re: GESO, and a zine

2020-07-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 7/11/2020 6:22 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: I recently printed a little magazine with photos, a "zine" like kids these days call them. Heck, I was editing a zine fifty years ago - it is an old term. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Ro

Re: PESO: Rural small cemetery in middle of field.

2020-07-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 7/11/2020 11:02 AM, Dale H. Cook wrote: That figure of speech might be a trophe. Hmmm ... that's what I get for writing a reply after a late night - I was still drinking my first cup of coffee. That should be "trope". -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc P

Re: PESO: Rural small cemetery in middle of field.

2020-07-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 7/11/2020 10:09 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: It reminds me of a figure of speech that my Latin teacher was fond of, but I’ve forgotten the name for it. He might have said “few were their days and evil”. That figure of speech might be a trophe. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm

Re: PESO: Rural small cemetery in middle of field.

2020-07-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
records because they read them as if they were written today instead of understanding them as the writers intended. The classic example concerns "senior" and "junior". In colonial New England those terms had nothing to do with relationship. -- Dale H. Cook, Member

Re: PESO: Rural small cemetery in middle of field.

2020-07-10 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 7/10/2020 12:49 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote : He was also the historian of Bridgewater Township, NJ. By coincidence, much of my genealogical research concerns the early families of Bridgewater, MA (I was born in what was originally the North Parish of Bridgewater). -- Dale H. Cook, Radio

Re: PESO: Rural small cemetery in middle of field.

2020-07-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
in Massachusetts are maintained by town cemetery commissions (even on private property) so they don't turn into eyesores. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: Rural small cemetery in middle of field.

2020-07-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
/elijahcopeland.jpg I am waiting for my brother to finish with his slide and film scanner. When I get it I can post my earliest graveyard photo, taken with a Hanimex Praktika around 1970. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm

New Glass

2020-05-02 Thread Dale H. Cook
convenient. https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/images/bleedingheart01.jpg -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70, smc Pentax-DA 18-270mm, smc Pentax-D FA Macro 100mm, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: PESO: Clinton Mills

2020-04-19 Thread Dale H. Cook
I will have a compass to take bearings of my preferred look angles for all of the mills. In conjunction with an ephemeris app on my phone the bearings will let me plan when to return to each mill when it has optimum sunlight for a better photo. -- Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke

Re: PESO: Clinton Mills

2020-04-19 Thread Dale H. Cook
remain standing. In an urban area such as the Roanoke valley where I live only one old mill out of dozens remains on its original site (and is still operating 'though greatly changed). -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm telephoto lens

Old Water-Powered Mills of Southwestern VA (Preliminary Photos)

2020-04-18 Thread Dale H. Cook
other counties near me in southwestern VA. One option that I am considering adding is a set of maps so that other folks can more easily find old mills that I have visited. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm telephoto lens https

Re: Scanning old negs

2020-04-15 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 4/13/2020 2:43 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: As well as a scanner I have a cunning plan. Too bad you don't have an extended family of Scottish people with atrocious senses of humor - then you would have a punning clan. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens

Re: Old Mills

2020-04-15 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 4/15/2020 2:14 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: You might find this useful for helping to determine when the light will be best: https://www.photoephemeris.com/ Thanks - it is now on my phone and will get a field trial when the weather here cooperates. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18

Old Mills

2020-04-14 Thread Dale H. Cook
Mill photo to make the Floyd Co. mills look less like run-of-the-mill (pun intended) swine and a bit more like Miss Piggy. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm telephoto lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax

Re: Scanning old negs

2020-04-13 Thread Dale H. Cook
a stab at my Tri-X and Plus-X negatives and will report on the results. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm telephoto lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: Redbud

2020-04-10 Thread Dale H. Cook
muck about in post. -- Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA https://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html -- 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

Re: Redbud

2020-04-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 4/9/2020 10:16 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Wow! Beautiful trees and nicely captured. I had to get into a crossover on an interstate to get the shot I wanted. My one redbud has not yet burst into bloom. I have one at the house but it is old and slowly dying. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K

Redbud

2020-04-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
Sunday I was headed to a job site and stopped for a quick shot of some redbud. It was slightly past its peak but still attractive. When I see that wash of color along the roadsides I know that it is well and truly spring. https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/pages/misc.html#redbud -- Dale H

Re: OT Covid-19

2020-03-15 Thread Dale H. Cook
be the first symptom. -- Dale H. Cook, Member, NEHGS, AGS, MA Soc. of Mayflower Descendants; Plymouth Co. MA Coordinator for the USGenWeb Project Administrator of https://plymouthcolony.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Exposure techniques

2020-03-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
e BW and color histograms in the camera and keep only the best (and not clipped) images. I try to do as little as possible in post - I prefer to get the best image in camera. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm telephoto lens h

Re: Exposure techniques

2020-03-10 Thread Dale H. Cook
at each set of five exposures with both BW and color histograms to choose which exposures to keep. -- Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA https://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Another Year, Possibly Another Lens

2020-02-14 Thread Dale H. Cook
Thanks for the comments, folks. I just have to wait until my next Social Security payment to buy it. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm telephoto lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: Another Year, Possibly Another Lens

2020-02-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 2/11/2020 4:45 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I think i paid $450, and I don’t regret it. That local dealer offered me one for $400 NIB. -- Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm telephoto lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html

Another Year, Possibly Another Lens

2020-02-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
I am looking at buying the smc Pentax-D FA 100mm f/2.8 WR macro lens for my K-70. A local dealer recently did inventory, figured that the lens has been in stock too long with no sign of moving, and is willing to sell it to me for a very attractive price. What say you about that lens? -- Dale H

Re: Windows 7 End of Life

2020-02-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
I still use Win7 Pro 64 bit on my laptop and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future. I don't depend upon Microsoft for security - I depend upon my own non-Microsoft firewall, antivirus, anti malware, and anti ransomware. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax

Re: Link Farm Covered Bridge (1912), Giles Co., VA

2020-01-03 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 1/3/2020 2:52 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I like what you have done with these! Thanks - I am just starting to get the hang of these covered bridge photos, and expect to improve in coming months as I take more of them. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w

Link Farm Covered Bridge (1912), Giles Co., VA

2020-01-03 Thread Dale H. Cook
weather: https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/pages/bridges.html and have also redone the post for my earlier photo of Sinking Creek Covered Bridge (1916) which originally was too garish: https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/pages/bridges.html#sinkingcreek -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR

Re: If you're into this sort of thing...

2019-12-27 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 12/27/2019 7:25 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Wow, you went to a Posh University Far from posh, but it was a large state university - the main campus of the University of Massachusetts, at Amherst, MA. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm

Re: If you're into this sort of thing...

2019-12-27 Thread Dale H. Cook
US because of the ancestry described by P. J. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to U

Re: If you're into this sort of thing...

2019-12-25 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 12/25/2019 1:51 PM, Alan Cole wrote: This year we broke the Christmas tradition & had braaied T-bones rather than roast chicken. For some years Christmas dinner at my house has been one Cornish hen per person. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pe

Sinking Creek Covered Bridge, Giles Co., VA

2019-12-21 Thread Dale H. Cook
part of the state near the Blue Rifhe or in the eastern Alleghenies, and I plan to photograph all of them. This is without post aside from punching it up a little to compensate for the gray day. https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/pages/misc.html#sinkingcreek -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR

Re: Happy Ann day

2019-12-10 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 12/10/2019 1:44 PM, Larry Colen wrote: A little bird named facebook tells me that it’s your birthday Ann. I hope that it’s a great one. Happy birthday, Ann. I would like to meet you some day. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking

LightZone Question

2019-11-29 Thread Dale H. Cook
Here's a question for LightZone users. As soon as I go from browse mode to edit mode LightZone makes changes to the image. Is there a way to disable that? I would prefer to enter edit mode with the image as shot and decide for myself what changes to make. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR

Indian Creek Covered Bridge, Monroe Co. WV

2019-11-28 Thread Dale H. Cook
Unplanned detours can yield unexpected opportunities, such as this little gem: https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/pages/misc.html#indiancreek -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html

Re: "Rock's greatest photo"

2019-11-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 11/11/2019 9:10 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Not even 60, barely out of shortpants. Yup, you are a youngun, about a decade younger than I am. :-) -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos

Re: "Rock's greatest photo"

2019-11-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
. :-) -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- 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

Re: PESO -- Pink and Green.

2019-11-04 Thread Dale H. Cook
. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- 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

Re: PESO -- Pink and Green.

2019-11-04 Thread Dale H. Cook
to convince us that they are improving security, when in fact Gmail addresses are widely use by cybercriminals and Google seemingly does nothing to prevent that. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos

Re: I hate Google, more and more every day.

2019-11-04 Thread Dale H. Cook
my involvement with Google because they have too much power and want even more. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: Pentax lenses I want

2019-11-02 Thread Dale H. Cook
replacement for the 50mm as I want to return it to the K-1000 and sell all of my 35mm film kit as a lot. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: PESO: My Kitchen Window

2019-10-27 Thread Dale H. Cook
fter gamut reduction the subject can be tweaked to suitable brightness and contrast, and the background doesn't get out of hand. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pe

Re: Long Glass Adventures

2019-09-15 Thread Dale H. Cook
practice. https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/pages/hummers.html -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Long Glass Adventures

2019-09-08 Thread Dale H. Cook
Larry - Thanks for all of those suggestions - I don't mind DIY projects. Your suggestions on getting a good tripod and head for a reasonable price will inspire me to do additional tripod research. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking

Long Glass Adventures

2019-09-08 Thread Dale H. Cook
it has little depth of field due to its focal-length-related fixed aperture. For the next try I will move some of the kitchen furniture to allow a shorter zoom and a wider field of view. Getting used to this glass is a lot more work than I expected. I am also saving up for a much better tripod and he

Re: OT: The Life of Riley

2019-08-21 Thread Dale H. Cook
s and rheostats (How he got into my pajamas I’ll never know). -- Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA https://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from th

Long Glass

2019-08-21 Thread Dale H. Cook
-70 so I won't strain the tube at 1300mm, but 650mm may be enough for the feeder. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Initial Hummingbird Videos

2019-08-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
rt getting what I consider decent quality videos. I am saving up for some longer glass which should help. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDM

QuickTime Video Editor for Win7

2019-08-09 Thread Dale H. Cook
Can anyone recommend a decent and preferably free editor for QuickTime video (.MOV) that runs under Win7? I have started taking some videos of my ruby-throated hummingbirds with my K-70, and trying to edit them in-camera is a real pain. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now

Re: Close Encounters of the Bird Kind

2019-08-01 Thread Dale H. Cook
supply on the way so I can use my K-70 to take time lapse of the juvenile hummingbirds in my hummingbird feeder -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: Computer Speakers

2019-07-13 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 7/13/2019 11:59 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: If they are simple tip ring ring interface speakers ... In electronics service we refer to them as tip-ring-sleeve plugs. That designation goes back probably to the Western Electric Code No. 109, 110, and 126 plugs in use by 1907. -- Dale H. Cook

Re: Going to shoot some film

2019-06-28 Thread Dale H. Cook
the image that I want in camera - I always hated bracketing and reviewing contact sheets. Experimenting with exposure settings and filters is so much easier in digital. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https

Re: Steller video

2019-06-03 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 6/3/2019 7:22 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I don't know if links to facebook video work, but here's a try I think it only works for your Facebook friends. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net

Re: More bridge photos

2019-06-01 Thread Dale H. Cook
guess I'm just an old fuddy-duddy who, as a rule, prefers realism with relatively minimal post for some enhancement. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Chitwood at night (intermediate processing)

2019-05-27 Thread Dale H. Cook
classic mystery series I hijacked to create "alphabet synthesizer"? -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailma

Re: Mabry Mill With Post

2019-05-22 Thread Dale H. Cook
currently posted image. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: K-70

2019-05-19 Thread Dale H. Cook
settings from the Pentax Forums: https://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/pentax-k-70-review/recommended-settings.html -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Mabry Mill With Post

2019-05-13 Thread Dale H. Cook
, and certainly the only one there with a tripod, filters, and so forth. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Mabry Mill With Post

2019-05-13 Thread Dale H. Cook
On 5/13/2019 5:32 AM, Alan C wrote:  Looks like it is still in working order? I think not. The wheel is in bad shape. The wheel was rebuilt, IIRC about 1939, but it now needs another rebuild - there is a fundraising board at the site for the rebuild. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR

Re: Mabry Mill With Post

2019-05-13 Thread Dale H. Cook
of dodging paddles), which I presume is akin to what you might consider real post. In this case all that I did was to reduce the dynamic range of the image, which greatly improved the sunlit patch at the lower right. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-D

Mabry Mill With Post

2019-05-12 Thread Dale H. Cook
about the scene when I snapped the shutter. https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/pages/misc.html#mill -- Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA https://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: Covered Bridges at night

2019-05-12 Thread Dale H. Cook
walls reduced weathering of the frame and deck, and greatly reduced the occurrence of an icy or otherwise slippery deck in the northern winter. -- -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos

Re: PESO: Economy Car

2019-05-06 Thread Dale H. Cook
annual mileage. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Grandfather Mountain Video Request

2019-04-30 Thread Dale H. Cook
After decades with my old email client I finally had to switch to something current. I am still learning it and haven't yet figured out how to set it to default to replying to the list instead of the sender. -- Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18

Re: PESO: Is this love?

2019-04-02 Thread Dale H. Cook
Creem and Rolling Stone which also publish photos. :-) Dale H. Cook, Radio Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA https://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, plea

Re: PESO: Is this love?

2019-04-01 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 11:50 AM 4/1/2019, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >The Cowsills? Nope - I would recognize them. :-) Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List P

Re: PESO: Is this love?

2019-04-01 Thread Dale H. Cook
eminal late 60s to early 70s LA band Love, and with Bob Marley, and that is neither. There was a Minneapolis band in the late 80s and 90s named Cows, but I am not familiar with their appearance. :-) Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-ar

Re: Copyright infringement

2019-04-01 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 07:25 AM 4/1/2019, Jostein wrote: >Flickr has a very visible display of the chosen copyright status, so when >nicked off Flickr, they have no excuse. When one has long owned one's own domain, as I do, one generally has no truck with sites like Flikr. :-) Dale H. Cook, decades as 35

Re: Copyright infringement

2019-04-01 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 04:33 AM 4/1/2019, Jostein wrote: >This is the heisted one, with added company logo: >http://www.111cn.net/xinxianshi/166658.htm I do not see it on that page, so maybe they already took it down. I have created many PDF files for genealogists, and have been successful with takedown notices

Re: What Kind of Critter?

2019-03-07 Thread Dale H. Cook
eel. It has been decades, though, since I've had to identify other paw prints. Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mail

Re: L-bracket

2019-03-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 01:29 PM 2/16/2019, Dale H. Cook wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a decent L-bracket for the K-70? Ricoh does not >show one. The only ones that I have found online are generic. I am toying with >the ideas of modifying a generic bracket or making my own from aluminum stock. &g

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread Dale H. Cook
to have full access to all ports and the battery compartment. Dale H. Cook, decades as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: A car park wall

2019-01-11 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 09:01 AM 1/11/2019, Stanley Halpin wrote: >Very nice! > >> https://web-options.com/2019/01/10/a-car-park-in-york/ I concur, and find it quite artistic. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm Hanimex and Pentax SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking-around lens

Re: PESO: Some Christmas Lights

2018-12-28 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 12:11 PM 12/28/2018, John wrote: >Even bad photos have to be better than no photos. Amen. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens or SMC Pentax-A 50mm/f2 lens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net h

Re: Pentax sighting - ancient history

2018-12-27 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 11:50 AM 12/27/2018, John wrote: >I'd be willing to bet that if you told us his name Stanley did so in his post - it is Ian Wright. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens or SMC Pentax-A 50mm/f2 lens -- PDML Pen

Re: Pentax sighting - ancient history

2018-12-27 Thread Dale H. Cook
ave it, or I may be recalling a scene from "A Hard Day's Night" or "Help." When I get a chance I will look through my extensive collection of books about My Favorite Band, and if need be I can look at the DVDs of the films. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Penta

Re: A reason to want the 150-450

2018-12-13 Thread Dale H. Cook
ned and then instituted thermal counter measures. The Soviet photographs showed the place where the mockup was. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens or SMC Pentax-A 50mm/f2 lens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net h

Re: OT: Shopping NOT black Friday or cyber Monday

2018-11-28 Thread Dale H. Cook
uth of the state line went to HT. Some stores in the trade adopted the new brand, some were closed or sold. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens or SMC Pentax-A 50mm/f2 lens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net h

Re: OT: Shopping NOT black Friday or cyber Monday

2018-11-26 Thread Dale H. Cook
he last Winn Dixie closed (both some years ago) we pretty much have Kroger, Food Lion, Walmart (they have a couple of Neighborhood Markets here in addition to the Supercenters), and one Fresh Market. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking

Re: Taking better pictures

2018-11-20 Thread Dale H. Cook
Another approach to taking better pictures is to use the age-old directions (around since at least the mid '50s) on how to get to Carnegie Hall. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- around lens or SMC Pentax-A 50mm/f2 lens -- PDML

Re: Tripods

2018-11-13 Thread Dale H. Cook
o back into the house, but the tripod stays. I have a couple of older, cheaper tripods in the house if I need one indoors. If I need a small tripod the Manfrotto tabletop tripod is always in the bag. I also usually have a monopod in the Explorer. Dale H. Cook, many years as 35mm SLR photographer, now Penta

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