September PUG Countdown

2023-08-23 Thread Brian W
G'day all The theme for September: 'Landscapes in Black & White'. Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ Submission Guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

Re: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101533246@N02/albums/72177720310649025

2023-08-23 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good point, Bill. This makes sense. I use live view almost exclusively when shooting cars for editorial, but almost never when shooting birds or other things for my own entertainment. I may never graduate to mirrorless, since I’ve pretty much decided that I will keep using my current kit until

Re: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101533246@N02/albums/72177720310649025

2023-08-23 Thread Bill
My K1 has been sitting pretty much idle since February, but my use of it since I got it has almost always been on a tripod using live view. The exception has been when I'm doing the now very rare portrait session. I prefer a bit more mobility than tripods give. I bought quite heavily into the

Re: Fwd: PESO: Spring is Sprung

2023-08-23 Thread John Sessoms
I see the trees all three times, but nary a robin.  On 8/22/2023 10:40 PM, mike wilson wrote: All three getting through fine here. On 22/08/2023 09:54 Alan C wrote: Trying again Forwarded Message Subject:PESO: Spring is Sprung Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023

Salzburg to Prague

2023-08-23 Thread Mark Roberts
We're off to Austria tomorrow, doing a bicycle trip that starts from Salzburg and ends up in Prague. It shouldn't be a very strenuous trip, as they're saying 36 miles is the most we'll be covering in a day, so that ought to leave plenty of time for some photography. Photos to follow! -- Mark

Re: Salzburg to Prague

2023-08-23 Thread mike wilson
Google maps says "Cycling not available" 8 -) but the walking route has a total rise of just under 3000metres and a fall of just over, taking three days. Good luck and have fun. Don't forget the Narodni Technicke Muzeum - not the one on Wilsonova street. > On 24/08/2023 01:23 Mark Roberts

Re: https://www.flickr.com/photos/101533246@N02/albums/72177720310649025

2023-08-23 Thread Bill
On 8/22/2023 11:39 AM, coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: OF course. DSLR is, for the most part, better than mirrorless for focus accuracy. This actually isn't true. The (IMHO only) advantage of mirrorless is focusing directly on the sensor rather than via a secondary method (either focusing

Re: Fwd: PESO: Spring is Sprung

2023-08-23 Thread Alan Cole
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYP6Bh4XVRo On Thu, Aug 24, 2023 at 1:37 AM John Sessoms wrote: > I see the trees all three times, but nary a robin.  > > On 8/22/2023 10:40 PM, mike wilson wrote: > > All three getting through fine here. > > > >> On 22/08/2023 09:54 Alan C wrote: > >> > >> >