Re: PDML UK 2024

Ni ! > On 23 May 2024, at 08:08, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Sometimes I suspect you're always "in an area with no signal" ;-P -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: PDML UK 2024

I’m on the south coast filming today and staying in an area with no signal!!! :-) Cot > On 21 May 2024, at 21:58, Mark Roberts wrote: > > It's not midnight yet :-) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: OT. OM-5 first impressions

Lar I use an Olympus OM-D EM1 mark II as a video camera (only) but in conjunction with a very bright Fotga external monitor. The IBIS is excellent and one of the reason I got it. That and it was pretty cheap so reasonably easy to replace if it goes wrong or gets damaged. I use it on

Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?

Zillions of pics on Twitter, and of course I was in the land of Nod when it all happened :-) Saturday night I was driving home from some work at a football match, and too zonked to stop and stare at the sky. What annoys me is that there’s loads of photos by people who say ‘ooh yeah you have

Re: GESO: Some spring flowers

Not to mention a little sanity…. > On 24 Apr 2024, at 18:26, l...@red4est.com wrote: > > Talk to Cotty, he can fit any lens to any camera. Granted, you might lose a > little functionality. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to

Re: For sale Friday, big list to unload

Well I was gonna say because you can’t see the wildlife from there... > On 19 Apr 2024, at 23:25, Larry Colen wrote: > > I dunno why he doesn't save time and effort and just tear up hundred pound > notes, in the shower, with his clothes on. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To

A*85mm/1.4 FOR SALE

Hi Pentaxians Well, waddya know, I’m selling my beloved A*85mm f/1.4. I said I never would, but needs must and my boat refit demands funding. So, with a heavy heart, it must go to a new home. The lens was converted in the early 2000s to be able to fit on any other brand of camera via a

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

Cheaper to peg a playing card to the fender ;-) Cot > On 5 Mar 2024, at 07:37, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > So I've ordered an Abarth system to replace the stock exhaust and give the > car a little more aural character ... the stock Fulvia Coupé exhaust is > rather quiet, but that little V4

Re: PESO: flooding in the dunes (and test)

Nice! Cotty > On 4 Mar 2024, at 17:50, Henk Terhell wrote: > > After some days not receiving posts from pdml on my outlook mail account > (though I was able to send mail), I decided to revert to my mail account of > the internet provider. > As a test here this mail with link to two pictures

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

More on PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/02/29/pentaxs-brand-new-film-camera-will-lauch-this-summer/ > On 3 Mar 2024, at 09:01, Henk Terhell wrote: > > More news on the Pentax film camera: > https://youtu.be/xqRQTOkhOJU?si=PssAjafiIoYaxbuW > > As for me, with a least a dozen film

Re: OT - Video editing and Post Production

Thanks Jan :-) Cotty > On 19 Feb 2024, at 13:08, li...@dfsee.com wrote: > >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUG0ZqttMNw >> >> > > > > > Nice little

OT - Video editing and Post Production

Hi Pentaxers I know some of you shoot video now and then, perhaps even do a little editing. I’ve put together this *little* (ahem) film about the post-production process for newbies that some might find interesting. It’s in chapters for interrupted viewing.

Takumar as Cine Lenses

Some here might find this interesting: adapting Takumars and other M42 lenses for cine use on the LPL mount… https://youtu.be/BzCxV5fr238 and https://www.newsshooter.com/2024/01/27/simmod-lens-launches-m42-lpl-prolock-conversion-system-for-pentax-takumar-lenses/

Re: Pentax APS-C cameras

Mark! Oh damn. As you were. Cot > On 20 Jan 2024, at 16:32, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I tend to agree with Paul on this -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Re: Impressed again

The Contrast Kid strikes again. Excellent! I hate you. Cotty > On 19 Jan 2024, at 23:34, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Bruges: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720314202508/ > > > Amsterdam: >

Re: Way OT Astro stuff

Fabulous!!! Cotty > On 8 Jan 2024, at 20:20, Marco Alpert wrote: > > M33 Galaxy in Triangulum: https://flic.kr/p/2pgYEEb > > > NGC 7635 Bubble Nebula in Cassiopeia: https://flic.kr/p/2prm5Qg > > > NGC 1499 California Nebula in

Re: Cotty's Channel

Thanks Ralf :-) > On 2 Jan 2024, at 21:07, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Just subscribed as #89 and will have a closer look later. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: Cotty's Channel

Cheers Jan! > On 3 Jan 2024, at 10:54, li...@dfsee.com wrote: > > Just did, I do make the occasional video, and always try to edit them > properly (using the simple MOVAVI program), and get good sound with it. > Not at your level of expertise, but above average for what you see on Youtube > or

Cotty's Channel

Hello Pentaxians Apologies if I mentioned this here on the list previously…I don’t think I have, so in for a penny… I’ve started a Youtube channel - Pentax content will be, ahem, very thin on the ground - but not impossible as I still have some Pentax lenses that I use for video occasionally,

Pentax K3 III Monochrome Review

Petapixel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4ZpLIUzjPw Cheers, Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: OT: Mac and google maps ??

Ios and Android devices using Google Maps are incapable of mimicking the desktop interface, so no you can’t do that. The only option you have is to select a route and amend it by clicking on the three little dots next to ‘your location’ and ‘add stop’ that will allow you to select a new

Re: Rock 'n Roll, Rush and Pentax

Cool. I spent many hours listening to his unbelievable voice when I was in my 20s and 30s…. Cot > On 30 Nov 2023, at 00:27, Postmaster wrote: > > Around the 1:24 :-) > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIAcVSSHJgc > -- %(real_name)s

Re: PESO Another Cobra Pic

Great shot Paul. Beautiful car - wow. Shame it somehow got reversed to a mirror image in your software ;-) Cotty > On 29 Nov 2023, at 14:28, paul stenquist wrote: > > Another pic from last week’s shoot of a genuine ’64 Cobra. This car is > numbers matching and unmolested. It was never

PetaPixel Video on the FA50mm f/1.4

Might interest some on here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjlrAL1_P0k Cheers Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: A big day for the official bird

I can’t wait to see a shot of a nightingale by photographer Christopher Cormorant. Cotty > On 8 Nov 2023, at 22:44, ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: > > Got there to see the bird on FB.. pretty funny that it considered FB a > safer connection than my Spectrum email! Tim NIGHTENGALE? really? --

Re: PESO 2023 - Walking (262-268) - GDG

https://photographycourse.net/henri-cartier-bresson-quotes/ > On 9 Oct 2023, at 14:03, Eric Weir wrote: > > I get it. Except for the macintosh and trilby part. 浪 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: PESO 2023 - Walking (262-268) - GDG

Steady on > On 8 Oct 2023, at 17:20, mike wilson wrote: > > What about the Swarfega? -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT PESO: Rick in a creek.

Shasta from 35,000 feet! Nice image. Cot > On 9 Oct 2023, at 03:13, Bill wrote: > > OT as it was shot with non Pentax gear. > > Fuji X-T5, 50-140 & 1.4 converter. > > https://flic.kr/p/2p83n33 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an

Re: PESO 2023 - Walking (262-268) - GDG

Okay okay, you can wear your Superman cape and that neoprene balaclava. Cot > On 5 Oct 2023, at 14:20, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > I dunno about the macintosh and trilby, but the rest works for me! :-) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: On the Road Again ...

Best of luck John. Cotty > On 7 Oct 2023, at 00:52, John Sessoms wrote: > > On the road again, > Just can't wait to get on the road again, -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: PESO 2023 - Walking (262-268) - GDG

Take ONE camera, ONE lens, only shoot in B+W (film) or large/fine jpeg in MONO, wear a macintosh and trilby, and dance away clicking as you go. Guaranteed great shots :-) Cotty > On 4 Oct 2023, at 23:10, Rick Womer wrote: > > Shortly we’re going to be taking a trip to France (first “real”

Re: OT GESO

Nice work as usual Brooksy. Cot > On 23 Sep 2023, at 15:43, David J Brooks wrote: > > Our club recently did two walks in Uxbridge ontario sept 5 and sept 19 so i > combined them into one gallery of 55 photos > > http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2023-uxbridge4/album/index.html >

Re: Good find today (not Pentax)

MARK! (sigh) > On 29 Sep 2023, at 00:52, John Sessoms wrote: > > Bought it from a hole-in-the-wall independent here in Raleigh; long since > gone, I don't even think the hole is still there in the wall. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Dear Pentax

Dear Pentax Please can you bring out something like this Nikon Zf so I can buy one and complete the cycle before I meet my maker? Thanks ever so, Cotty xxx https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbsGWZy_8L0 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net

Re: PDML Home page?

Okay so here’s the deal. It turns out that: https://pdml.net/ is not the same thing as: http://www.pdml.net/ To manage subscriptions, click on the first link up there, new subs click on the 3 dots at right…. Thanks Doug :-) Cheers Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To

PDML Home page?

Hi PDMLers Is there still a PDML page on the web where one can subscribe to the PDML? I looked at www.pdml.net but there seems to be a holding page…. Cheers Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to

Re: Photos from the latest trip

Impressive! Love all the little hidden alleyway shots - splashes of colour etc. Really nice. Looks like a great trip for you both. Cot > On 6 Sep 2023, at 21:29, Mark Roberts wrote: > > We got home two days ago and have almost overcome the jet lag. I've > managed to put up a gallery of photos

Re: Uxbridge fall walk

Nice work Dave, particularly like D724060. Cotty > On 3 Sep 2023, at 15:04, David J Brooks wrote: > > Happy Labour day weekend all, Labor for my USA friends lol > > From a recent walk, we do this trail system 4-5 times a year to get the > changes in seasons and flowers etc > >

Re: Redwood City Photo Fair

I hope we see a video blog of the day!! Cot > On 27 Aug 2023, at 05:27, Juan Buhler wrote: > > I’ll be there with a table, selling some old stuff including some Pentax > cameras and lenses. Come say hi! -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: Photos from Colorado

Wow! Wide open country eh. Nice gallery. Not content with being the Mountain Goat on Crack, I now bub thee Colorada Bob. Cot > On 15 Aug 2023, at 16:51, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Not content with the UK and Austria trips that are bookending our > summer, the Dr and I went to visit some friends

Re: GESO March recon vol. 1

Yout took the words straight outa my mouth Roberts. RIP Dan. Cot > On 3 Aug 2023, at 23:49, Mark Roberts wrote: > > BTW, regarding the original set of photographs (nice stuff) that > started this thread: I will never be able to look at an F4 Phantom > without thinking of Dan Matyola. --

Re: 16,384 shades of gray

Love it and I would have one in a heartbeat. But for the time being I love my boat more, sigh. Cot > On 2 Aug 2023, at 20:22, Larry Colen wrote: > > The K-3 III monochrome is now available > https://us.ricoh-imaging.com/product/pentax-k-3-mark-iii-monochrome/ >

Re: LrC and travel

I did that trip when I was 10 ;-) Canadian Pacific. One one short leg up in the Rockies I got to sit in the cab. I’ll never forget the sight of deer jumping along fresh snow in front of the train. Every so often the engineer would reach into a large coolbox under his seat and pull out a can

Re: Lightroom requires a TB??

Me too. In fact My son bought CS6 when he was a student - we went halves on it. It can run on 2 separate computers, so happy days. On a Mac it won’t run after OS 10.14 (Mojave) because 10.15 and onwards is 64bit. Mojave runs fine for me and even better - I finally got DaVinci Resolve (video

Re: Pentax MX Film Advance Lever

Hi Colin - thanks for the offer but I beg to differ. The MX is unique. The dust cap has two small holes for a removal tool (narrow circlip pliers will do) and unscrews off the lever to reveal the screw beneath. And it is reverse-threaded (don’t ask me how I know ;-) Third photo down on this

Re: MX Mirror Foam Replacement

Four :-) > On 26 Jun 2023, at 21:29, Bob W PDML wrote: > > So it’s true what they say, you do have a splinter of ice in your heart… -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: MX Mirror Foam Replacement

Ah sorry I must have missed that bit! Cot > On 26 Jun 2023, at 21:27, Bob W PDML wrote: > > The initial repair / refurb came with a 3-month warranty. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: MX Mirror Foam Replacement

Bob You had a Pentax MX fixed *under warranty* ?? How does that work?! Stef can test it, he should be old enough now :-) He has a Bronnie kit! Thanks and yes on the mend. Cryo-ablation went smoothly and so far so good…. Cot > On 26 Jun 2023, at 19:42, Bob W PDML wrote: > > which I had

Re: MX Mirror Foam Replacement

Thanks Ralph, The shutter times seem accurate, certainly at the slower speeds. The shutter curtains appear to be playing ball! I have no way of checking the faster times and it’s not worth sending it off for that to be done. The true test can be with a roll of film. This MX is my very first

MX Mirror Foam Replacement

Hi Pentaxians Appreciate any advice in replacing light seals and mirror foam in an MX. I have a generic foam kit coming, will need to cut to size. Thinking of isopropyl alcohol to clear out the old gunk? Any pointers welcome thanks. Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To

Pentax MX Film Advance Lever

Hello all Quick question - does anyone know FOR SURE if there are any other Pentax cameras that have an identical film advance winding lever to the Pentax MX - including the method of attaching to the mech under the top plate? Thanks in advance. Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Are you a photographer if nobody sees your work

The exact adage of my photo here, Jeanloup Sieff! And true it is for me too. Cotty > On 23 Jun 2023, at 04:40, John Francis wrote: > > I don't really care who else sees them - I take my photographs for myself. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: GFM 2023

Love a mystery ;-) > On 12 Jun 2023, at 16:57, ann sanfedele wrote: > > I'm wondering the same thing.. don't think that guy is Tom with the beard > (wrong hat ) .. would say you are right about chomping Nico.. > could be Doug.. hmmm. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To

Re: GFM 2023

In the last pic (406) is that the Dougster front / center sans moustache? And do I spy Nico Reinbold on the left chomping? And is that Tom Rittenhouse on the right with the beard?? Cot > On 9 Jun 2023, at 21:20, Mark Roberts wrote: > > A couple of new photos added. Two stream shots that

Re: GFM 2023

And a good one it is - really like that. Have a good W/E. Cot > On 9 Jun 2023, at 00:28, Mark Roberts wrote: > > I'm going to try to post photos throughout the weekend but I have only > one to start with. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720308917375 >

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

> On 28 May 2023, at 13:34, mike wilson wrote: > >>> >>> Never mind. My brother recently informed me I'm also a "rat bastard" >>> after I showed him the bass guitar I bought recently. ;-) >> Don’t fret. > You’re a nut. I'm not nutty enough to

Re: GESO: Our just-completed Pennine Way walk

Priceless! > On 28 May 2023, at 14:03, Bob W PDML wrote: > > The ancient Greek god, Pan, god of nature and wild things, at his happiest > when blowing his own pipe. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

> On 26 May 2023, at 19:48, ann sanfedele wrote: > >> On May 26, 2023 8:38:36 AM PDT, mike wilson > <mailto:m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com>> wrote: >>>> On 26/05/2023 16:15 Steve Cottrell >>> <mailto:co...@seeingeye.tv>> wrote: >>>>

Re: GESO: Our just-completed Pennine Way walk

Wow - you had some **cloud** !! We’ve been plagued with wall-to-wall sunshine for nearly 3 weeks as the Azores high sits righ over the UK and will continue to do so for at least another week. Great set of pics - really captures the mood well. Love the rocky outcrops. I like the stones. And

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

> > > Never mind. My brother recently informed me I'm also a "rat bastard" > after I showed him the bass guitar I bought recently. ;-) >>> Don’t fret. >>> >>> You’re a nut. >> >> I'm not nutty enough to play an Irish Bouzouki, though! >> > A bridge too far. Sticking your

Re: PDML-UK Part 2

> >> Never mind. My brother recently informed me I'm also a "rat bastard" >> after I showed him the bass guitar I bought recently. ;-) > Don’t fret. You’re a nut. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Pentax Film Camera News

Another link: https://www.dpreview.com/news/2093227531/pentax-s-first-film-camera-will-be-a-compact-with-a-fixed-lens-but-hints-a-film-slr-may-be-next -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: Pentax Film Camera News

I think the point of it, according to what I read, is that the useless toy is a test-bed on which Ricoh will develop a film SLR. It’s interesting to note that a lot of young people into photography are curious about film and want to explore possibilities. My own son has acquired a film SLR,

Pentax Film Camera News

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Re: Life Update:

Good luck John. Are you moving because you *want* to move? Moving is such a chore…. Cot On 12 May 2023, at 22:33, John Sessoms wrote: I think I may actually make my deadlines. Wish me luck. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to

Re: RIP Dan Matyola

Very sad indeed - thoughts with his family. RIP Flyboy. Cotty On 11 May 2023, at 00:27, Bruce Walker wrote: Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan Matyola, May 2, 2023, at 81 years of age. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: Pentax K3 Mark III Monochrome Matte Black Edition

If I had the buying power, I would definitely have one! Cotty On 22 Apr 2023, at 01:37, Bill wrote: The Matte Black Edition is the same camera as the K3III monochrome with a cosmetic change. The regular K3III mono will apparently go on sale very soon, but it seems a lot of people want to

Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

Wow! I guess we’re more fortunate in the UK. My whole ethos is about communicating with people and making them feel at ease. Not always convenient of course but without it people do feel threatened. Difficult with cityscape photography I grant you. Sheesh! Cotty On 14 Apr 2023, at 10:38,

Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

Having to send this again as the previous attempt went over the 10Kb limit for size. 10Kb?!?? Interesting. I guess it’s an aspect of different cultures’ perceptions. Generally speaking I have no problems photographing in public. Mind you, I have been doing it with big video cameras for over

Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

, Steve Cottrell wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ5LtayQrpo This guy is very watchable, good video. Speaks from the heart. Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above

Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQ5LtayQrpo This guy is very watchable, good video. Speaks from the heart. Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

Is it an X100, X100S, X100T, X100F or the unobtainable X100V :-) On 13 Apr 2023, at 21:04, Bob W PDML wrote: I have an original X100 which I never use, hardly used at all really, if you’re interested when the dust settles I’m sure we can figure something out. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss

Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

I’m in the process of selling my Olympus Pen F - I haven’t used it hardly at all in quite a while, but that’s down to being busy in other areas like music, boat-building, oh yeah and work! I still have my trusty little Fuji X20 which incidentally I am going to build a custom power supply for as

Pentax K3-iii Monochrome

https://www.dpreview.com/news/2780405465/ricoh-announces-pentax-k-3-iii-monochrome-dslr Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: PDML Gothic

Great to see you both looking so well ! Cot On 11 Apr 2023, at 12:26, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I'm in NY for a short visit to deal with some family business and see a couple of friends ... And of course I visited Ann while I was here. :) PDML Gothic - Manhattan, New York City 2023 ::

Pentax to make new film camera?

https://petapixel.com/2023/03/22/pentax-is-considering-making-a-new-hand-winding-film-camera/ Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

DPReview to Close Down

I was going to write ‘OT’ in the subject line but actually DPReview have said some very good things about Pentax to date… They are closing the site down - a crime! Links: News story: https://www.dpreview.com/news/5901145460/dpreview-com-to-close Video from Chris and Jordan:

Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

Sorry mate I should have further along the thread - sorry to see this. Must have been a sobering experience! ‘Stroke’ ! You sure it didn’t say ‘Nil by Pentax’ ;-) C On 19 Mar 2023, at 08:33, Bob W PDML wrote: It happened just over four weeks ago so I’m well on the road to recovery now. I

Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?

Sheesh! Waht happened? You’re in hospital?? C On 17 Mar 2023, at 15:27, Bob W PDML wrote: It also depends to some extent how well my fractured collarbone has healed. I expect to be discharged at the end of April, -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: epson 2400

Could be th ‘light sensor’ needs a clean - as per this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NCH4nCK1wo Easy job - you eny good with a small screwdriver?? ;-) Cot On 14 Mar 2023, at 13:25, David J Brooks wrote: I did Cotty, :-) but when I power the unit on there is a click sound, then

Re: epson 2400

One of the things that many people don’t realise is that whenever the print heads go through a cleaning process, they do it by squirting ink through the heads. The ink falls out of the bottom and into ‘wells’ usually packed with foam. These wells become full over the years until ink literally

DPReview Article on the KX

FYI https://www.dpreview.com/articles/6389759850/film-friday-a-closer-look-at-the-pentax-kx-an-original-k-mount-slr Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: Peso: Max with the X-T5

Do you use any Pentax lenses with it? Cot On 19 Feb 2023, at 00:23, Bill wrote: I'm going to enjoy this camera. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: hello, after a long time

Subers! Sent you an email off-list - check your spam folder mate. Cotty :-) On 13 Feb 2023, at 06:02, Subash Jeyan wrote: hope everyone is safe and things are going on as usual in pdml central after some fundamental life changes due to which i had to change towns and i was not even

Re: An orgy of HDR and computer-enhanced kitsch

Over saturation = overrated !! Cot On 9 Feb 2023, at 15:48, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: The whole selection looks like an ad for a well-known photo enhancement software. But don't take my word for it.

The notebook replaced

Spotted on DP Review… https://www.dpreview.com/news/5919562836/film-friday-this-diy-device-lets-you-capture-metadata-information-for-your-film-photography

Re: Something for Henk

MARK! *sigh* On 22 Jan 2023, at 18:40, l...@red4est.com wrote: What an odd day! I agree with Godfrey. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: What Pentax gear is on your shopping (or wish) list?

Sadly, X2. Pen F and OM-Dii Cot On 15 Jan 2023, at 19:41, Brian W wrote: Sadly, Pentax no longer makes the sort of gear that I'm interested in. Olympus/OM System on the other hand... -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Stock agency question

I don’t know if I would recommend themm but there’s a UK agency called Alamy that I used to have images lodged with. In my experience, one has to have literally thousands of images up to make any decent money. Cotty On 15 Jan 2023, at 17:49, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: What other

Re: What Pentax gear is on your shopping (or wish) list?

Which one ? ;-) On 15 Jan 2023, at 04:43, Larry Colen wrote: The 85/1.4 is also kind of on my wish list, but the pricing is such that it barely qualifies as an idle fantasy. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PDML - PDFG ?

I have bad news for you John. There is no PDML group there on FB. The PDML is right here!! There is a separate thing - a test - maybe an ‘extension’, maybe not, called the PDFG that has 27 members and quite a disturbing amount of cormorant photographs. But I’ll shut up about it now as I don’t

Re: PDML - PDFG ?

John I have an amazing suggestion that you might consider. Go to Facebook, and click on ‘create account’ and once you reach the part where it wants you to enter your name, why not stick an anagram in, or just make a name up? You could use the account then as basically a spoof just to view

Re: Pentax A 35-105mm F/3.5 Macro Zoom

Thanks Bill That’s interesting. I’m sure I had the Tokina 28-70 2.8/2.8 at some point in the past, but memory starts to get hazy. In the end I found a ‘spares or repair’ Nikkor AF-S 28-70/2.8 going cheap at a very good used gear retailer in London called MPB.com - I’ve used them before when

Re: PDML - PDFG ?

If I knew what a UseNet was it might help ;-) The PDFG now has 25 members and is an extension of this list - not a replacement! I will try and drive traffic to the list where I can, and promote the PUG, but to be honest it’s mostly PDML members. Sent from my flu-ridden bed! Cot On 10 Jan

Re: Pentax A 35-105mm F/3.5 Macro Zoom

Thanks Collin, By chance I actually came across a ‘parts or spares and repair’ example of a Nikkor AF-S 28-70/2.8 which, when I enquired, was told that it would not autofocus (I only need manual focus and aperture). I know something of these lenses as I have the 17-35/2.8 and have already had

Re: Pentax A 35-105mm F/3.5 Macro Zoom

as that range would be quite useful. I could opt for some of the other mid-range zooms with an aperture ring, will have a think on it. Cot On 8 Jan 2023, at 13:00, Steve Cottrell wrote: Does anyone on the list have experience with the Pentax A 35-105/3.5 zoom lens? I’m looking for something

Re: Pentax A 35-105mm F/3.5 Macro Zoom

Thanks Ralf, that’s useful to know. Did the front of the 28-135 rotate by any chance? Cot On 8 Jan 2023, at 13:33, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: I've had the SMC-A 4/28-135 mm and it was an excellent lens, albeit at 820 g a bit on the heavy side. Optically superb and built like the proverbial

Pentax A 35-105mm F/3.5 Macro Zoom

Hi all Does anyone on the list have experience with the Pentax A 35-105/3.5 zoom lens? I’m looking for something this range for video work. Has to be sharp in the middle wide open, not bothered at the corners. TIA Cotty -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to

Re: PDML - PDFG ?

Never in a thousand years! :-) Cot On 7 Jan 2023, at 23:13, Doug Brewer wrote: I've given up on FB. If y'all had rather have someone else in charge, please let me know. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PDML - PDFG ?

Thanks for the explanation Godders. Interesting! Cot On 7 Jan 2023, at 16:06, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: groups.io is email based … the groups.io server simply maintains the list of people to distribute the emails to and transmits the emails you send to the list, plus whatever attachments etc,

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