Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-23 Thread P.J. Alling
Actually I'm hoping for a K-5 III, because really every time the control layout changes it takes months to get used to, I'm still having trouble with the exposure compensation button and green button having been switched, and the OK button functions being changed and the FN button

Re: PESO: Crab Apple Blossoms

2015-04-23 Thread Jack Davis
Sharp image with a dark edge. Would have to give it a punch up with a bit of highlight curves...or? Jack - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 6:54:14 AM Subject: PESO: Crab Apple

RE: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Malcolm Smith
Bipin Gupta wrote: Bipin, I think I might be one of the ones who doesn't share these views. 1. It is more about equipment than we'd like to admit and smart kids. No. It really isn't. The last couple of years have shown me that. I've been playing with a K7 again in the last couple of days and

Re: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:05 PM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: But when I open LR6.0, it tries to synch my 150k photos to my Cloud account and displays a little note that I have 29 days left in my free Mobile trial. When I log into my Adobe account, my only option with

Re: Peso-Acacia Rd

2015-04-23 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks, Don! Yeah, you couldn't have miss being informed of our four year long drought. We residents are being hammered with water saving tips and mandatory regulations. Am still able to sneak in a shower almost monthly. I don't ever get down wind from myself. 8-( Sent from my iPhone On Apr

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I didn't quite get that far before realizing that it was stupid to waste any further time reading the piece, although I did read through it for the exercise of being able to critique. I don't find any of the author's truths uncomfortable or even related to what I do with my photography. It's

Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Stanley Halpin
Apparently by upgrading to LR6.0 I was automagically joining the Creative Cloud. I downloaded LR6.0 to my computer. NOT the Cloud version. I do not now nor have I ever had a Cloud account. I don't want a Cloud account, I don't use Photoshop. I might want to explore Mobile if I had the time and

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Well, at least the uncomfortable part was true. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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-Acacia Rd

2015-04-23 Thread Donald Guthrie
Nice scene with several elements to peruse. The terrain looks a little dry. Enjoyed looking at it. On 4/22/15 1:26 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Short stop on Acacia Rd. Walnut trees..maybe. Comments when through yawning? Thanks! ;-)) Jack

Re: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread P.J. Alling
The cloud makes me laugh, almost no one has the bandwidth available to make the cloud work the way it's proponents claim it will work. When I get a personal T-1 line, then we can talk about cloud computing, and even then it will seem slow. On 4/23/2015 12:05 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote:

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-23 Thread Mark C
Interesting images. A few years ago I experimented with the DFA100 and the 1.7x TC and also found it to be a very good combination. The Kiron MC7 2x that I also tried was not as good. The 2:1 macro is very tempting but for me it falls between niches. I would like to use it in the field where

Re: PESO: Crab Apple Blossoms

2015-04-23 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Dan, I like the flowers, but I agree with Jack that the photo would benefit from a bit of a punch. I don't know what would work better: just bringing up the highlights or bringing up the exposure. I also would consider applying unsharp mask (aka presence in LR) and/or slightly bumping up the

Re: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Paul
Disclaimer: It was after midnight when I installed LR6, but... I seem to remember that when that option to upload all my images to the cloud there was a way to not do it. How I did it remains foggy. ;) -p On 4/23/2015 11:05 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: Apparently by upgrading to LR6.0 I was

RE: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Bob W
The cloud makes me laugh, almost no one has the bandwidth available to make the cloud work the way it's proponents claim it will work. I think it depends where you are. Over here I have 76mb fibre optic and a very fast wifi and the whole cloud thing works really well. B -Original

RE: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Malcolm Smith
Stanley Halpin wrote: Apparently by upgrading to LR6.0 I was automagically joining the Creative Cloud. I hope that if I choose to upgrade, they will offer a CD version. Last time I logged into LR it offered what I thought was going to be an upgrade to 5, but it turned out to be a link to

Peso-Looser Pelicans

2015-04-23 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah, the last showing of the same Pelican raft, just opened up a some. The K-3 belies how far away they were. Comments? Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=914 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Sebastiao Selgado

2015-04-23 Thread Eric Weir
Very welcome, Bruce. On Apr 23, 2015, at 9:59 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Thank you for that pointer, Eric. Duly bookmarked, and I'll keep an eye out for the film here. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 5:57 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I saw this documentary of

RE: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Bob W
before going to 6.0, give them a chance to add a STOP button that lets you off the Cloud. We know a song about that, don't we children? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgWUi-ozMAU B -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Stanley Halpin -- PDML

Re: Peso-Looser Pelicans

2015-04-23 Thread Alan C
A very appealing, peaceful scene. They must be looking for a loose goose. Alan C -Original Message- From: Jack Davis Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 6:14 PM To: PDML Subject: Peso-Looser Pelicans Yeah, the last showing of the same Pelican raft, just opened up a some. The K-3 belies

Re: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
My recollection .. When you first start up LR6, there's an notification on screen that asks if you want to synch to CC. You should turn that to off by clicking the control. Otherwise, it creates a trial account based on your Adobe ID. Turn off the account in your preferences. That's all.

Re: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Apr 23, 2015, at 12:55 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: My recollection .. When you first start up LR6, there's an notification on screen that asks if you want to synch to CC. You should turn that to off by clicking the control. Otherwise, it creates a trial account based on

Re: PESO: Crab Apple Blossoms

2015-04-23 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dan, Nice looking blossoms and excellent control of the background. (The weather here in Chicago has conspired to make everything bloom at once.) Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 8:54 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Crab Apple trees are now in full bloom all over New

Re: PESO - The Queen across the Palace

2015-04-23 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Thank you Jack and Ken for your comments! Ken, Yes, I can see why you suggest that. I don't remember at the moment why I was aiming a bit high(er), - I may have been avoiding something [distracting] at the ground level. Igor Ken Waller Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:27:35 -0700 wrote: Nice capture

Re: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Mark Roberts
A couple of things I have learned over the years: Don't be an early adopter. Wait at least a couple of months for others to find the bugs, quirks and weaknesses in new software. Don't install anything from Adobe without first setting up a software firewall like ZoneAlarm to prevent it from

Re: PESO: Crab Apple Blossoms

2015-04-23 Thread Ken Waller
It appears to me a more even light would solve some of these issues. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org Subject: Re: PESO: Crab Apple Blossoms Dan, I like the flowers, but I agree with Jack

Re: PESO (work in progress) Psychedelic flower

2015-04-23 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Bruce, Thanks for your response. When posting this image, I thought that of all, you would be the person most curious about this type of experiments. Cheers, Igor Bruce Walker Mon, 20 Apr 2015 13:14:27 -0700 wrote: It's a cool little graphic, Igor. Curves are fun. :) On Mon, Apr 20,

Re: PESO - Ne me quitte pas

2015-04-23 Thread Ken Waller
Unusual subject well captured and rendered. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO - Ne me quitte pas Sorry! I seem to do this too frequently :( Here it is :

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-23 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 10:13 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Will they come out with K-3 II S? I still really like my K-5 II S. The K-5 IIs was a K-5 II without the AA filter. Neither the K-3 nor K-3 II has an AA filter, so there's no need for a K-3 IIs. (The K-3 and K-3

Re: Peso-Looser Pelicans

2015-04-23 Thread Jack Davis
Kinky Pelicans, Alan? Well..whatever. Thanks for commenting! Jack - Original Message - From: Alan C c...@lantic.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 9:16:43 AM Subject: Re: Peso-Looser Pelicans A very appealing, peaceful scene. They must be

Re: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Apr 23, 2015, at 12:58 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: A couple of things I have learned over the years: Don't be an early adopter. Wait at least a couple of months for others to find the bugs, quirks and weaknesses in new software. Don't install anything from Adobe

Re: photo-session photographs - can a photographer use those elsewhere?

2015-04-23 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Mark, Yep, I felt I was going too nerdy with that. In any case, - thanks for the pointers, those are useful. As I wrote before, this is more of an academic interest for me, rather than anything practical. Igor Mark C Thu, 16 Apr 2015 10:08:16 -0700 wrote: Very detailed questions that I

Re: PESO (work in progress) Psychedelic flower

2015-04-23 Thread Bruce Walker
And possibly one of the only ones too. Welcome to the very quiet and unpopulated part of the campus, where spiritual descendants of the f64 school never venture. :) On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: Bruce, Thanks for your response. When posting this

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Bruce Walker
This came to mind ... You're talking a lot, but you're not saying anything. ~ Psycho Killer; Talking Heads On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Well, at least the uncomfortable part was true. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-23 Thread steve harley
On 2015-04-22 19:42 , Mark Roberts wrote: All the 100mm f/2.8 macro lenses (A, F, FA and D-FA) did 1:1 magnification. As did the A 200/4.0 macro and the FA 200/4.0 Macro. and DA 35/2.8 Macro is also spec'd as 1:1 now i'm wondering which Pentax macro primes *aren't* 1:1 ? -- PDML

K-3 owners... you might want to hold off on 1.20 firmware

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/55698296 -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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 directions.

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-23 Thread Mark Roberts
steve harley wrote: On 2015-04-22 19:42 , Mark Roberts wrote: All the 100mm f/2.8 macro lenses (A, F, FA and D-FA) did 1:1 magnification. As did the A 200/4.0 macro and the FA 200/4.0 Macro. and DA 35/2.8 Macro is also spec'd as 1:1 now i'm wondering which Pentax macro primes *aren't* 1:1 ?

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
All 50mm f/4 ones, except the preset Macro Takumar. Also Pentax-M 100mm macro and earlier Pentax 100mm f/4 macros (M, K, Takumar). Most of your other brand 90mm f2.5 macros will also only do 1:2. Some had a separate 1:1 matched extender that would get you there. The famous Vivitar Series 1 Bokina

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 05:35:59AM -0400, Glen Berry wrote: Yeah, in the other K-3 II thread, I had mentioned this myself. I suppose they could do something where each of the four sub-exposures gets 1/4 of the total flash power, with the flash firing a total of 4 times for each

Re: Lightroom 6 released, It seems worth it for the HDR

2015-04-23 Thread Larry Colen
Charles Robinson wrote: On Apr 23, 2015, at 09:05 , Stanley Halpins...@stans-photography.info wrote: I tried the pano feature first thing. The same scene that I submitted for this month’s PUG. That one was stitched in Photoshop 11. Three 645Z dng files, each about 66MB. Selected the three,

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
I don't think this (the pixel shift resolution) is going to work with flash period. The pixel shift resolution is not using the focal plane shutter for anything more than opening and closing the window. The 4 exposures taken while that window are open will be done by electronic shutter (basically

Re: Lightroom 6 released, It seems worth it for the HDR

2015-04-23 Thread Mark C
The HDR and Pano tool sound very useful - I use Photoshop and it has tools that do the same functions. Any idea if the tools in LR are the same as those in PS, or are they an improvement? (I'm guessing that Mark R. would know...) Mark C. On 4/22/2015 3:31 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I just spent

RE: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Igor PDML-StR
In many (some?) places, the bandwidth is not a problem. (E.g. in my area Suddenlink has recently upgraded all the plans, with the slowest plan available being 15 Mbps down/ 1.5 Mbps up. This exceeds what T1 offers (1.44/1.44), even for the up direction. And the second level above that (which

PESO: No Buses

2015-04-23 Thread wendy beard
Just back from a trip to the old homeland. I bought a Pentax 40mm 2.8 XS lens as I thought it would make a great compact travelling lens. What better way to test it out than to take photos of brick walls. Fortunately at this size of photo, you can't see the hideous edge distortion and softness.

Re: Lightroom 6 released, It seems worth it for the HDR

2015-04-23 Thread Charles Robinson
On Apr 23, 2015, at 09:05 , Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: I tried the pano feature first thing. The same scene that I submitted for this month’s PUG. That one was stitched in Photoshop 11. Three 645Z dng files, each about 66MB. Selected the three, searched and

Re: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Apr 23, 2015, at 12:52 PM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: In many (some?) places, the bandwidth is not a problem. (E.g. in my area Suddenlink has recently upgraded all the plans, with the slowest plan available being 15 Mbps down/ 1.5 Mbps up. This exceeds what T1 offers

Re: K-3 owners... you might want to hold off on 1.20 firmware

2015-04-23 Thread paul stenquist
I installed 1.20 before my shoot of last Friday. No problems. The post on DPreview is incoherent. It’s hard to etermine what the writer is trying to say. Do these bad things supposedly happen only when the AF button is pushed, or are all these variables changed just by installing 1.20. As I

Re: Lightroom 6 released, It seems worth it for the HDR

2015-04-23 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark C wrote: The HDR and Pano tool sound very useful - I use Photoshop and it has tools that do the same functions. Any idea if the tools in LR are the same as those in PS, or are they an improvement? (I'm guessing that Mark R. would know...) I don't have any information but knowing Adobe

Re: Lightroom 6 released, It seems worth it for the HDR

2015-04-23 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net: The HDR and Pano tool sound very useful - I use Photoshop and it has tools that do the same functions. Any idea if the tools in LR are the same as those in PS, or are they an improvement? (I'm guessing that Mark R. would know...) My understanding is

LR6 : Adobe is working on technical problems with the installation

2015-04-23 Thread Igor PDML-StR
In case someone is interested: I just had a chat with the Adobe online support. Apparently, Adobe engineers are working on fixing some issues with the LR-6 installation package. So, LR-6 free-trial download is not available right now. The agent suggested me to install it via LR CC-desktop

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks for the answers so far. I am really curious to see how this works (technically and results-wise). From a marketing standpoint it sure gets Pentax attention for offering something (on top of an already acclaimed camera) that Nikon and Canon don't have and can't replicate since they don't

PESO: Crab Apple Blossoms

2015-04-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Crab Apple trees are now in full bloom all over New Jersey http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18010517size=lg K-5 II S, FA 100mm MCRO f2.8 Comments, suggestions, criticisms and abuse are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
I'm curious also. Since SR should be turned on when on tripod I think they might be avoiding that whole can of worms. On the other hand, no one has talked about the Panning Compensation in which the SR still works to give you the steadiest shot possible even though it detects (from camera

Re: Sebastiao Selgado

2015-04-23 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you for that pointer, Eric. Duly bookmarked, and I'll keep an eye out for the film here. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 5:57 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I saw this documentary of the life and work of Sebastiao Selgado. http://sonyclassics.com/thesaltoftheearth/ As much about the

PESO - Ne me quitte pas

2015-04-23 Thread Bulent Celasun
A toned monochrome. Pentax K3, Sigma 70 mm f/2.8, EX Macro. Bulent - http://patoloji.gen.tr http://celasun.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822

RE: PESO - Ne me quitte pas

2015-04-23 Thread Bob W
On a vu souvent Rejaillir le feu De l'ancien volcan Qu'on croyait trop vieux ...mais on n'a pas vu ton image! B -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bulent Celasun Sent: 23 April 2015 15:00 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - Ne me

Re: Lightroom 6 released, It seems worth it for the HDR

2015-04-23 Thread Stanley Halpin
I tried the pano feature first thing. The same scene that I submitted for this month’s PUG. That one was stitched in Photoshop 11. Three 645Z dng files, each about 66MB. Selected the three, searched and finally found the merge-pano button, told it to do its thing. A few seconds later I had a

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-23 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Will they come out with K-3 II S? I still really like my K-5 II S. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Glen Berry g...@glenvision.com wrote: It's no longer just a leaked report or rumor. I got an email about this today, and you can

RE: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread John Coyle
Just occasionally I've wished I had recorded the GPS location of a shot - once for sure in the White Desert, east of Cairo. We were camping under the stars, at least an hour from the nearest town, and it would be interesting to see exactly where we were. I guess it's one of those features that's

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread P.J. Alling
I got to point 2. about half way through I realized he didn't know what the hell he was talking about. Changing contrast is an old technique, too high a contrast range wouldn't reproduce well in newspapers. Cropping and manipulating images has always happened, often on the editorial level

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-23 Thread P.J. Alling
I'm a bit wary of electronic shutters, and yes this will complicate flash sync for fill flash, depending on the duration of the flash and necessary exposure time. I'd be surprised if flash is supported for the pixel shift exposures, too much room for error and customer complaints. On

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 23.04.15 um 08:51 schrieb John Coyle: I guess it's one of those features that's great to have when you really need it, but not much missed otherwise. I've been tagging my photos using a Garmin hand-held and Houdah Geo for a number of years now. My main use is in Lightroom to find all

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-23 Thread Eric Featherstone
On 23 April 2015 at 04:16, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: What is an electronic shutter if not the focal plane shutter? Well no, the focal plane shutter is mechanical, not electronic. (Its timing may be /controlled/ electronically but it itself is mechanical.) An electronic shutter is

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Larry Colen
Glen Berry wrote: Since we're only talking about a senor shift of one pixel, would a little subject movement necessarily ruin your shot? I'd think in many cases, the resulting quality wouldn't be that much different than shooting a normal image without the resolution enhancement turned on.

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Glen Berry
Yeah, in the other K-3 II thread, I had mentioned this myself. I suppose they could do something where each of the four sub-exposures gets 1/4 of the total flash power, with the flash firing a total of 4 times for each resolution-enhanced image. For TTL flash, that would probably require a

Re: Uncomfortable Truth About Photography

2015-04-23 Thread Brian Walters
I stopped reading at the first 'fucking'. Well, that's not right. I made it as far as the second one. I'm not adverse to using the F word but if this guy can't get the message across by reasoned argument then I can't be bothered reading it. Cheers Brian

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 01:46:23AM -0400, John Francis wrote: On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 12:46:59PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: What would be really nifty would be the option of getting all three or four low resolution raw files in addition to the superresolution final file, on the off chance

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Dario Bonazza
I'm also worried about the flash exposure, assuming the flash will only hit one exposure out of four. This has to be investigated. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2015 11:12 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-3II announcement and

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Glen Berry
If I had the new K-3 II, I wouldn't miss the pop-up flash at all. I generally use either hot shoe flashes or monolights when I need flash. Speaking of hot shoes, this new internal GPS unit won't tie up your hot shoe like the older external model does. Using both GPS and a hot shoe flash at the

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Glen Berry
Since we're only talking about a senor shift of one pixel, would a little subject movement necessarily ruin your shot? I'd think in many cases, the resulting quality wouldn't be that much different than shooting a normal image without the resolution enhancement turned on. On 4/23/2015 4:31

Re: Sebastiao Selgado

2015-04-23 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 23, 2015, at 5:57 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I saw this documentary of the life and work of Sebastiao Selgado. http://sonyclassics.com/thesaltoftheearth/ As much about the human condition as photography, but then that was his subject and I’m guessing he would

RE: Sebastiao Selgado

2015-04-23 Thread Bob W
Thanks - I'll have a look at that when I can. B -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Eric Weir Sent: 23 April 2015 11:07 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Sebastiao Selgado On Apr 23, 2015, at 5:57 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net

RE: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming..(price)

2015-04-23 Thread Malcolm Smith
I've had an e-mail in from one of the UK dealers stating the body only option is £769, which is better than I thought it would be launched at. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Sebastiao Selgado

2015-04-23 Thread Eric Weir
I saw this documentary of the life and work of Sebastiao Selgado. http://sonyclassics.com/thesaltoftheearth/ As much about the human condition as photography, but then that was his subject and I’m guessing he would insist they cannot be separated. The film is much better than the trailer, which

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming..(price)

2015-04-23 Thread Larry Colen
BH has it for pre-order for $1100 IIRC. Malcolm Smith wrote: I've had an e-mail in from one of the UK dealers stating the body only option is £769, which is better than I thought it would be launched at. Malcolm -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est) -- PDML

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread P.J. Alling
What about anti shake, is that available in this mode or is a tripod assumed? The sensor movement and control is probably becoming quite complex programmatically at this point. On 4/23/2015 5:22 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: I'm also worried about the flash exposure, assuming the flash will only

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-23 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:58 AM, Eric Featherstone eric.featherst...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 April 2015 at 04:16, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: What is an electronic shutter if not the focal plane shutter? Well no, the focal plane shutter is mechanical, not electronic. (Its timing

Re: PESO - Ne me quitte pas

2015-04-23 Thread Eric Weir
On Apr 23, 2015, at 11:11 AM, Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com wrote: 2015-04-23 16:59 GMT+03:00 Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com: A toned monochrome. Pentax K3, Sigma 70 mm f/2.8, EX Macro. Sorry! I seem to do this too frequently :( Here it is :

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Larry Colen
Darren Addy wrote: I don't think this (the pixel shift resolution) is going to work with flash period. The pixel shift resolution is not using the focal plane shutter for anything more than opening and closing the window. The 4 exposures taken while that window are open will be done by

Re: K-3 owners... you might want to hold off on 1.20 firmware

2015-04-23 Thread Rob Studdert
Paul a half press of the shutter tuns on the rear screen back-lighting even when the screen is set to off, it's a real distraction for me shooting events plus I'm sure it would impact on battery life, they need to remedy it. On 24 April 2015 at 09:06, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:

Re: K-3 owners... you might want to hold off on 1.20 firmware

2015-04-23 Thread Jack Davis
Nor have I! Jack Sent from my iPhone On Apr 23, 2015, at 4:06 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I installed 1.20 before my shoot of last Friday. No problems. The post on DPreview is incoherent. It’s hard to etermine what the writer is trying to say. Do these bad things

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-23 Thread John
Adobe are starting to be real ASSHOLES! : As mentioned here, updates to Camera Raw for Photoshop CS6 only include : new camera support, lens profile support, and bug fixes. The new : features listed in the release notes are only available in Photoshop CC. On 4/22/2015 6:00 PM, Darren Addy

Re: Warning about LR6.0

2015-04-23 Thread John
On 4/23/2015 12:05 PM, Stanley Halpin wrote: Apparently by upgrading to LR6.0 I was automagically joining the Creative Cloud. I downloaded LR6.0 to my computer. NOT the Cloud version. I do not now nor have I ever had a Cloud account. I don't want a Cloud account, I don't use Photoshop. I

Re: PESO - Ne me quitte pas

2015-04-23 Thread John
mais oui On 4/23/2015 10:02 AM, Bob W wrote: On a vu souvent Rejaillir le feu De l'ancien volcan Qu'on croyait trop vieux ...mais on n'a pas vu ton image! B -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bulent Celasun Sent: 23 April 2015 15:00 To:

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-23 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John sesso...@earthlink.net: Adobe are starting to be real ASSHOLES! Starting?? Actually this is nothing new - I'm surprised they're even offering new camera support etc for CS6. They're really trying to move users to the CC world. I wouldn't be surprised if LR 6 is the last

PESO: Penguin

2015-04-23 Thread David Mann
My wife has relatives in Manly and whenever we're out that way we pop into the aquarium. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/903/#peso Cheers, Dave -- 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

HOT SHOE PROBLEM

2015-04-23 Thread Alan C
The K7 has a black anodised hot shoe (unlike the bare metal one on my K110D). It is not obvious how an attached flash is grounded. I seem to be having intermittent problems with a bad ground contact. Any comments? Alan C --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus

PESO: Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo

2015-04-23 Thread David Mann
We don't have these in the wild in NZ so it's always interesting when we go to Aus and see them frolicking about. This fellow let me get fairly close. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/904/#peso Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-23 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: All 50mm f/4 ones, except the preset Macro Takumar. Also Pentax-M 100mm macro and earlier Pentax 100mm f/4 macros (M, K, Takumar). Most of your other brand 90mm f2.5 macros will also only do 1:2. Some had a separate 1:1 matched extender that would

Re: PESO - Spadina Car 4092 (redux)

2015-04-23 Thread John
Second version is definitely an improvement. On 4/22/2015 9:30 PM, frank theriault wrote: Something about last night's post didn't feel right. So I loosened the crop a bit (it's almost full-frame now), I straightened it just a smidge and it's rendered with a bit more contrast:

PESO - Moth Macro

2015-04-23 Thread Mark C
A macro of a moth - probably a gypsy moth: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/moth-macro K3, DFA macro reverse mounted on extension tubes, dual flash setup (one above, one below), 110 images focus stacked. That old War song Gypsy Man:- has been going through my head all day!

Re: PESO - Moth Macro

2015-04-23 Thread paul stenquist
Amazing. On Apr 23, 2015, at 9:50 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: A macro of a moth - probably a gypsy moth: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/moth-macro K3, DFA macro reverse mounted on extension tubes, dual flash setup (one above, one below), 110 images focus

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-23 Thread Mark C
Yep - those two plus the FA 100 f3.5 macro, though I think it had an optional converter (maybe ust an extension tube) that would allow it to go to 1:1. (Not sure if infinity focus was sacrificed when the converter was used.) Mark On 4/23/2015 6:29 PM, Darren Addy wrote: All 50mm f/4 ones,

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
Exactly Eric, and that's what the Ricoh specs for the K-3 II say is used for the Pixel Shift Resolution. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 3:58 AM, Eric Featherstone eric.featherst...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 April 2015 at 04:16, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: What is an electronic shutter if not