Re: Peso-June Goldfinch

Thanks, Bob but I doubt that finch is still there. :) I posted this primarily due to the overall look of the frame full of blue and gold, but I appreciate your suggestions! J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 22, 2016, at 9:18 AM, Bob Sullivan

Boris PESO #28 - Dreaming of the sea

Really simple shot here... Got slightly carried way at editing-time. http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2016/06/2016-28-dreaming-of-sea.html Be brutal, but please also be honest. -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Time to feast

It appears that I should make a confession. Somehow, I managed to not to buy PDML annuals from 2014 up until this year. This has been taken care of and know my bookshelf has the full set. Time to have a seat and let my eyes feast :-). -- Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review

On 22 Jun 2016, at 05:30, Larry Colen wrote: > > [...] > I just did a quick photo shoot of a friend and the lack of focus points > outside the crop area was a big problem. It was often impossible to have the > camera focus on my friends face, without zooming out so much that

RE: Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review

Larry - how about focus on the face, hold it and reframe? Been doing that for decades myself, with both manual and autofocus lenses. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Wednesday, 22 June 2016 14:29 To:

Re: Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review

John Coyle wrote: Larry - how about focus on the face, hold it and reframe? Been doing that for decades myself, with both manual and autofocus lenses. I used to do that all of the time. With my K-100, K20 and K-x the autofocus sucked so bad, I just installed katzeye screens and did

Re: Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review

I agree that it's hard to get face focus on horizontal shooting. But vertical mode provides some focus points in the right spot. Paul via phone > On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:28 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > P.J. Alling wrote: >> He's pretty much the polar opposite to Ken

Re: Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review

Paul Stenquist wrote: I agree that it's hard to get face focus on horizontal shooting. But vertical mode provides some focus points in the right spot. Sometimes. They were just not working with the compositions I was shooting today. If you're tight in on the face, it works fine. But with

Re: mirrorless Hassy

27 grand for the body plus new lenses, I can see the current owners of Hassleblad rubbing their hands and dreaming of sugarplums. I wonder how many they'll actually sell at that price. On 6/22/2016 10:15 AM, Gonz wrote:

Re: mirrorless Hassy

I just reread the page, I don't know where I got 27 grand from it's only 8 grand, clearly affordable. On 6/22/2016 11:39 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: 27 grand for the body plus new lenses, I can see the current owners of Hassleblad rubbing their hands and dreaming of sugarplums. I wonder how many

Re: PESO Fighting eighties pop music

Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 22, 2016, at 6:54 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > This sign amused me: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/27222818533/in/album-72157667378532483/ > > Shooting in the shed, I bracketed ISO (by 3.3 stops = 10dB) rather than > shutter speed.

Re: mirrorless Hassy

In case anyone else is interested, Camera Size already has the Hassy in their data base, the 645z not so much, but here's a comparison to the 645D just for giggles. http://camerasize.com/compare/#678,211 On 6/22/2016 10:15 AM, Gonz wrote:

PESO Fighting eighties pop music

This sign amused me: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/27222818533/in/album-72157667378532483/ Shooting in the shed, I bracketed ISO (by 3.3 stops = 10dB) rather than shutter speed. Apart from clipping at the high end, it really does seem to be ISO invariant. Unfortunately Lightroom only

Re: PESO Fighting eighties pop music

Interesting shots, Larry. Loco sheds are always difficult - dirty & dingy. I looked up Roaring Camp on the web but found no reference to a diesel so your HP comments are rather confusing. Alan -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 12:54 PM To:

Re: mirrorless Hassy

Might this be OT ? -Original Message- >From: Gonz >Subject: mirrorless Hassy > >http://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2016/6/22/11988986/hasselblad-x1d-mirrorless-medium-format-camera-specs > >-- >-- Reduce your Government -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Focus Motors --Failure #4

Are the new full frame lenses SDM and should we expect them to have the same type of failures or have they (hopefully) addressed this issue and possibly redesigned them? I mean the 24-70 and 70-200. On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 6:42 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > Last one I had done

Re: PESO Fighting eighties pop music

You know, I didn't think of fighting back against 80's "Rock", but that you'd combined a train and a work station. e.g. A bus station is where the bus stops. A train station is where the train stops. A work station is where the... On 6/22/2016 6:54 AM, Larry

mirrorless Hassy

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Re: Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review

IIRC there is a focus setting allowing for face detection, I have never used it but it might be worth while trying. -Original Message- >From: Bob W-PDML >Subject: Re: Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review > >On 22 Jun 2016, at 05:30, Larry Colen

Re: mirrorless Hassy

For once Hasselblad is innovating instead of sticking wood on Sony bodies, so that is something. The flange to sensor difference means a whole new line of AF lenses (as the article states) or an adapter (currently for the Hassy 12H lenses only). So this body may appeal of Hassy owners of those

Re: mirrorless Hassy

Yes, let me add a label. On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:18 AM, Ken Waller wrote: > Might this be OT ? > > > -Original Message- >>From: Gonz >>Subject: mirrorless Hassy >>

Re: Boris PESO #28 - Elusive emotion

Fair enough. Thanks, Bob. I actually was rather attracted by this kind of rendering... But it is certainly a thing that depends on one's mood. On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 8:16 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Boris, > Dark and doesn't move me at all. > Regards, Bob S. > > On Mon,

Re: Boris PESO #28 - Elusive emotion

Thank you, Bulent. Do I understand correctly that you re-shared it privately on G+? On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:50 PM, Bulent Celasun wrote: > I liked it as an impressionist work. > Contemplative, calming. > > > > Bulent > >

Re: Boris PESO #28 - Elusive emotion

Indeed. I need to collect a bunch of photos from my Oly EM-1 and get them printed 20x30 (cm) to see how good they print and what kind of adjustments to I need to apply to me renderings for printability. Thanks! On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 10:00 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: >

Re: Boris PESO #28 - Dreaming of the sea

This composition is a good concept and on with which I agree, but the sail being so close to the top of he frame I find sort of claustrophobic. Since the sky is likely free of distracting elements, I'd raise the top of the frame maybe another 30% and allow some additional dream space. Thanks

Re: Time to feast

Boris, as you consistently ask for advice if word usage or spelling are wrong or misused, may I point out that the word "know" is an expression of knowledge and pronounced as "no" (negative), the correct word should have been "now" (present) and pronounced with a sound resembling the sound of

Re: Time to feast

As has been pointed out, I made a silly mistake... "know my bookshelf" has to read "now my bookshelf" (no 'k' :-) ). Time to hit the pillow... The books are absolutely amazing. Mark, Doug, et al - absolutely astounding work! On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:40 PM, Boris Liberman

Re: Time to feast

I am tired indeed. I thought you wrote to me off the list... Of course you're right, Jack. No offence taken, naturally. Boris On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 8:47 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Boris, as you consistently ask for advice if word usage or spelling > are wrong or misused,

Re: Time to feast

Perhaps Boris is being more sophisticated than you think, and using 'know' in the imperative. Know now that God hath overthrown, as Job once said. Know my bookshelth hath the full thet, as Boris might say if he lived in the time of King James. Verily. Incidentally, in British English we rhyme

Re: Boris PESO #28 - Dreaming of the sea

Sorry, correct link is: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2016/06/2016-29-dreaming-of-sea.html On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: > Really simple shot here... Got slightly carried way at editing-time. > >

Re: Boris PESO #28 - Elusive emotion

Boris, >Do I understand correctly that you re-shared it privately on G+? Yes. Actually that was the only "like" button I could click on there. Technically speaking, I may be a novice in "re-sharing something privately". But, you are right. I see content I liked (including some news stories in

Re: Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review

5. On 6/21/2016 7:00 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On Wed, Jun 22, 2016, at 12:54 AM, Collin B wrote: In what order would you like to see Pentax fix these things? (Knowing that it will not happen all at once) 1. Improve the sensor matrix 2. Improve the AF 3. Build a decent app 4. USB 3.0 5. Lens

Re: Boris PESO #28 - Elusive emotion

I love the tonality. I looked at it and immediately imagined it shot with a Petzval and printed platinum/palladium. -- 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 and follow the

Re: PESO: Moon Shot

On 6/21/2016 5:39 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Stanley Halpin wrote: Thanks Jack, Dan. This was one of several shots, and most were not quite sharp. I find the Liveview screen to be of little use to me when trying for a sharp focus on the moon or similar bright object. AF did a quick search and

Re: Time to feast

> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: > > Perhaps Boris is being more sophisticated than you think, and using 'know' in > the imperative. > > Know now that God hath overthrown, as Job once said. > > Know my bookshelth hath the full thet, as Boris might say if

Re: Peso-June Goldfinch

Jack, I'd re-title it to Blue Flowers and crop to a vertical 1/3 of the frame. That or fill flash the goldfinch. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:13 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Shot this AM at local Sutter Preserve. > Finch was tucked a bit back in the

Re: Cass Lake at High Noon

Nice images. I especially like the first one -- tranquil scene, expertly depicted. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Metro Detroit’s Cass Lake at high noon. While scouting locations came

Re: Time to feast

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016, at 04:49 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > As has been pointed out, I made a silly mistake... "know my bookshelf" > has to read "now my bookshelf" (no 'k' :-) ). > > Time to hit the pillow... > > The books are absolutely amazing. Mark, Doug, et al - absolutely > astounding

Re: On that color balance issue

On 6/22/2016 1:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I had commented a few days ago about howI couldn't get the red and orange of the cars at Canepa to come out right in lightroom. Yesterday, when I was at Roaring Camp, I put my colorchecker on my red miata and did a couple of test shots. The red of the car

Re: PESO: Hey, I'm trying to eat here!

And here is how responses from Larry and Nicole appeared on my smart-screen: :-) _ From: Larry Colen Wed, 22 Jun 2016 21:11:52 -0700 wrote: Nicole Jacque wrote: It appears Dan beat me to a bunny response… He just lepus on all the horny jokes he can. On Jun 22, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Jack

Cass Lake at High Noon

Metro Detroit’s Cass Lake at high noon. While scouting locations came upon this and had to shoot it despite the light. K-1 with the DFA 24-70: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18249536=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18249535=lg Have to go back at magic hour one of these days.

Re: Cass Lake at High Noon

There are hundreds of lakes within 20 miles of Detroit and numerous verdant state parks. Having grown up in Chicago I can assure you that metro Detroit is far more unspoiled. Paul via phone > On Jun 22, 2016, at 5:56 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > Hard to believe it's

What do you do to prevent fungus?

Having recently read Bill's phrase: "I live in dry climate, so fungus is not a problem" (or something like that), got me thinking. I live in hot and humid climate. While I haven't had problems with fungus (knocking with my K5 IIs on the wood), I started thinking if I might adopt some

Re: Cass Lake at High Noon

True. But it is Metro Detroit, less than 20 miles from the city limits. Geographically, the Detroit area kicks Chicsgo's butt. And it's safer! Paul via phone > On Jun 22, 2016, at 6:22 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > It's not. > > > -Original Message- >> From: Bob

Re: On that color balance issue

Bill wrote: On 6/22/2016 1:46 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I had commented a few days ago about howI couldn't get the red and orange of the cars at Canepa to come out right in lightroom. Yesterday, when I was at Roaring Camp, I put my colorchecker on my red miata and did a couple of test shots. The

Re: PESO: Hey, I'm trying to eat here!

That's because she was splitting hares. Where in NJ were you, Nicole? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > Boy! They sure multiply fast! > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 22, 2016, at

Re: mirrorless Hassy

The finish line is where the Pixel density is about the same as that on the K-5. To get more quality Pixels the sensor size will have to increase, which will be very expensive, and those cameras are pretty expensive already. It's interesting that the Hassy X1d is approximately $8.7K US which

Re: Cass Lake at High Noon

Hard to believe it's Detroit. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Metro Detroit’s Cass Lake at high noon. While scouting locations came upon > this and had to shoot it despite the light. K-1 with the DFA 24-70: >

Re: Cass Lake at High Noon

On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 6:37 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > Geographically, the Detroit area kicks Chicsgo's butt. And it's safer! Syria may be safer than Chicago. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Turn to clear vision

On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Nicole Jacque wrote: >> I wonder how far Cape May (or NJMP) is from Dan. About 3 hours. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Cass Lake at High Noon

It's not. -Original Message- >From: Bob Sullivan >Subject: Re: Cass Lake at High Noon > >Hard to believe it's Detroit. Regards, Bob S. > >On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: >> Metro Detroit’s Cass Lake at high noon.

Re: PESO: Hey, I'm trying to eat here!

Nicole, I actually like other photos (in the set) better then the one you singled out. In this one, I would prefer more space around him. Otherwise it looks too much like a passport photo. Igor On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Nicole Jacque wrote: While killing time in

Re: mirrorless Hassy

It's the same sensor as the 645z, and several Phase One's. If there's a megapixel race in MF, having used one extensively to shoot and retouch people, I'd suggest that 50 mpix could be considered the finish line. On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 10:23 AM, Darren Addy wrote: > >

Re: PESO: Hey, I'm trying to eat here!

Interesting, thanks for the feedback. Here is the original: https://flic.kr/p/JnSqJo I didn’t have much space top and bottom, but it has a lot more room on either side. Would you crop in the sides somewhat? > On Jun 22, 2016, at 6:20 PM, Igor PDML-StR

Re: PESO: Hey, I'm trying to eat here!

Nicole Jacque wrote: It appears Dan beat me to a punny response… He just lepus on all the corny jokes he can. On Jun 22, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Boy! They sure multiply fast! J Sent from my iPhone On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Nicole

Re: GESO: 24 hours - Lighthouse sunsets, east and west coast

Excellent set. NAJ58507.jpg is my favorite. Was the beach crowded with photographers? Lighthouses along lake Michigan are often swamp with photographers on nice summer evenings. On 6/21/2016 2:52 AM, Nicole Jacque wrote: While on my trip to NJMP last weekend, I killed some time in New Jersey

Re: GESO: 24 hours - Lighthouse sunsets, east and west coast

> On Jun 22, 2016, at 10:05 PM, Mark C wrote: > > Excellent set. NAJ58507.jpg is my favorite. Thanks! > Was the beach crowded with photographers? Nope. I was there pretty late, and there were a few tourists still around, a few runners and bikers, and very, very few

Re: PESO Fighting eighties pop music

I've gotten the OK from my friend Cliff for posting some photos from inside the cab. The K-1 and 15-30 is a really nice combination for that sort of work: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157667378532483 And as long as I'm posting gearhead photos, these are mostly closeups of a

What BBC wrote about Hasselblad camera

BBC wrote a snippet on the new H-camera: Hasselblad camera breaks new ground http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-36598977 It's interesting that Pentax is not mentioned at all, while three other camera makers are. It looks like 645* do not exist. A few awkward statements attracted my

Re: PESO: Hey, I'm trying to eat here!

It appears Dan beat me to a punny response… > On Jun 22, 2016, at 4:34 PM, Jack Davis wrote: > > Boy! They sure multiply fast! > J > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Nicole Jacque wrote: >> >> While killing time in New Jersey, I

Re: PESO: Hey, I'm trying to eat here!

I was there to go to New Jersey Motorsports Park, but I had some extra time and drove around Cape May afterwards. > On Jun 22, 2016, at 5:10 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > That's because she was splitting hares. > > Where in NJ were you, Nicole? > > Dan Matyola >

Re: Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review

On 6/22/2016 12:28 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I just did a quick photo shoot of a friend and the lack of focus points outside the crop area was a big problem. It was often impossible to have the camera focus on my friends face, without zooming out so much that I was shooting at about a 1.2 crop

Re: Time to feast

How common of you, John. :) J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:43 PM, John wrote: > >> On 6/22/2016 3:06 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >> >>> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >>> >>> Perhaps Boris is being more

Re: PESO: Hey, I'm trying to eat here!

Boy! They sure multiply fast! J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 22, 2016, at 12:29 PM, Nicole Jacque wrote: > > While killing time in New Jersey, I happened across several rabbits. This > one, I interrupted his dinner: https://flic.kr/p/Jgpp19 > > A few other rabbit pictures:

Re: Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review

On 6/21/2016 7:00 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On Wed, Jun 22, 2016, at 12:54 AM, Collin B wrote: In what order would you like to see Pentax fix these things? (Knowing that it will not happen all at once) 1. Improve the sensor matrix 2. Improve the AF 3. Build a decent app 4. USB 3.0 5. Lens line

Re: mirrorless Hassy

There's a headline (footline?) at the bottom of the article that says: "The $27,000 monster of a camera from Hasselblad" I think it's referring to Hasselblad's H6D. It might actually be a link of some kind, but I don't feel like going through all the javascripts NoScript blocked looking for

Re: Time to feast

On 6/22/2016 3:06 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: Perhaps Boris is being more sophisticated than you think, and using 'know' in the imperative. Know now that God hath overthrown, as Job once said. Know my bookshelth hath the

Re: Time to feast

On 22 Jun 2016, at 20:07, Stanley Halpin wrote: > > >> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:59 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >> >> Perhaps Boris is being more sophisticated than you think, and using 'know' >> in the imperative. >> >> Know now that God hath

PESO: Hey, I'm trying to eat here!

While killing time in New Jersey, I happened across several rabbits. This one, I interrupted his dinner: https://flic.kr/p/Jgpp19 A few other rabbit pictures: https://flic.kr/s/aHskBpKvx7 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

On that color balance issue

I had commented a few days ago about howI couldn't get the red and orange of the cars at Canepa to come out right in lightroom. Yesterday, when I was at Roaring Camp, I put my colorchecker on my red miata and did a couple of test shots. The red of the car came out just fine, with no need for