Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thank you, Larry. Hmm. My Lancia is a 1967 model ... I seem to recall the Alfa Romeo type 105 chassis replaced the Giulia Sprint and its siblings, starting around 1965 or 1966, but I'd have to look them up to be certain. Doesn't matter really ... the Giulia Sprint and Guiletta Spider are

Re: Snowdrop

2024-03-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Yes, Ive been known to inadvertently arrive on the ground. Paul > On Mar 4, 2024, at 8:46 PM, John Sessoms wrote: > > Beautiful, > > ... but you know that as we get older getting down there isn't as much of a > problem as getting back up again. > >> On 3/3/2024 8:51 PM, Comcast wrote: >>

Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)

2024-03-04 Thread Rick Womer
Doug, I was wrong. The problem persists. My next wide-open time is Friday, though late afternoon Wednesday or Thursday would work. Rick On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 1:12 PM Rick Womer wrote: > My number is 215-764-2998. Or, I can phone you. > > On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 11:45 Doug Brewer wrote: >

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

2024-03-04 Thread John Sessoms
I still haven't seen Henk's original post, but I noticed a distinct lack of PDML the last week or so and then suddenly today a flood (mostly about the new film camera) Those are both great images. I'm not sure which I like more. On 3/4/2024 1:02 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Beautiful shots,

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread John Sessoms
If you read along with the English subtitles, he says they interviewed a lot of young people to find out what THEY wanted in a film camera. Face it Larry, you're "over the hill". On 3/3/2024 3:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 3, 2024, at 9:29 AM, Bill wrote: On 3/3/2024 9:04 AM, Comcast

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread John Sessoms
Target market is YOUNG PEOPLE, not veteran photographers. On 3/3/2024 10:04 AM, Comcast wrote: As a medium, film suffers in comparison to digital in that it is less capable of low light reproduction and when pushed, image quality drops precipitously. The solution has always been larger

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread John Sessoms
I'd play with film more if I had a reliable place to get it processed. On 3/3/2024 4:01 AM, 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 camera's accumulating dust on the shelf is not fair to

Re: Snowdrop

2024-03-04 Thread John Sessoms
Beautiful, ... but you know that as we get older getting down there isn't as much of a problem as getting back up again. On 3/3/2024 8:51 PM, Comcast wrote: The snowdrops bloomed yesterday. As I’ve done for many a year, I got down on the ground — more or less — and photographed a bloom.

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread lrc
On March 4, 2024 3:08:47 PM PST, Bill wrote: > >On 3/4/2024 3:15 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >> >> As long as this camera keeps them happy for, say, half a year or 4 rolls of >> film until it ends up in a drawer with all their other no longer fashionable >> gadgets, it certainly will fit

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 05.03.24 um 00:08 schrieb Bill: That would make it's usage identical to probably 95% of all cameras ever sold. Right enough. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos :

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Bill
On 3/4/2024 3:15 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: As long as this camera keeps them happy for, say, half a year or 4 rolls of film until it ends up in a drawer with all their other no longer fashionable gadgets, it certainly will fit the bill. Ralf That would make it's usage identical to

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Larry Colen
> On Mar 4, 2024, at 8:06 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > Minox 35... I still have my Minox 35GT-E, which I purchased new in 1998. It > is a lovely camera and has made many great photos for me. I've currently got > it loaded with some Tri-X and may take it on my two-week excursion to the >

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

2024-03-04 Thread lrc
Great photos! On March 4, 2024 9:50:49 AM PST, 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

2024-03-04 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 04.03.24 um 21:16 schrieb Marco Alpert: I guess my question on this is how long these theoretical young folks will continue to find waiting anywhere from a few days to a week to even see what they’ve shot “fun" My guess would be as long as they take to find the next new big thing. This

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Marco Alpert
I guess my question on this is how long these theoretical young folks will continue to find waiting anywhere from a few days to a week to even see what they’ve shot “fun.” Given the apparent popularity of the Fuji Instax cameras, absolute image quality is not necessarily a big requirement for

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 04.03.24 um 19:38 schrieb Stanley Halpin: I had “2 to 3 Minox 35…” I remember for sure it was at least 2. I had one, it was fine, a newer model was introduced with some feature that intrigued me, I think the camera store gave me a trade-in discount when I bought the 2nd. Ah, I see. The

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

2024-03-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
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

2024-03-04 Thread Stanley Halpin
I had “2 to 3 Minox 35…” I remember for sure it was at least 2. I had one, it was fine, a newer model was introduced with some feature that intrigued me, I think the camera store gave me a trade-in discount when I bought the 2nd. It seems that there might have been a 3rd, but I don’t have the

Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)

2024-03-04 Thread Rick Womer
My number is 215-764-2998. Or, I can phone you. On Mon, Mar 4, 2024 at 11:45 Doug Brewer wrote: > Sure. > > On 3/4/24 11:30 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > > How about a phone call about 3? > > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 8:10 PM Doug Brewer > wrote: > > > >> I should be free mid afternoon. Fire when

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

2024-03-04 Thread Paul Stenquist
Beautiful shots, Hank. Love the light! Paul > On Mar 4, 2024, at 12:50 PM, 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

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 04.03.24 um 16:06 schrieb Stanley Halpin: I had 2-3 different Minox 35 GT 35mm cameras many years ago. 2 to 3 because they kept failing? My 35GT has been repaired a few times because of shutter probs until I eventually gave up on it. Still, a lovely little camera and capable of great

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Alan C
Exactly! On 04-Mar-24 05:59 PM, Bob W PDML wrote: On 4 Mar 2024, at 15:42, Alan C wrote: It's not going to be a horizontal half frame, that would just be plain silly. There were a couple of quick teasers in the video. Portrait format like a 'phone camera. IMHO it will be standard film

Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)

2024-03-04 Thread Doug Brewer
Sure. On 3/4/24 11:30 AM, Rick Womer wrote: How about a phone call about 3? On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 8:10 PM Doug Brewer wrote: I should be free mid afternoon. Fire when ready. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)

2024-03-04 Thread Rick Womer
How about a phone call about 3? On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 8:10 PM Doug Brewer wrote: > I should be free mid afternoon. Fire when ready. > > On 3/3/24 6:08 PM, Rick Womer wrote: > > Thanks, Doug. I’d love to “pick your brain”! > > > > Church and a memorial service ate up today. Tomorrow is pretty

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Minox 35... I still have my Minox 35GT-E, which I purchased new in 1998. It is a lovely camera and has made many great photos for me. I've currently got it loaded with some Tri-X and may take it on my two-week excursion to the Right Coast tomorrow. Regards terminology, cameras like this, the

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 4 Mar 2024, at 15:42, Alan C wrote: > > It's not going to be a horizontal half frame, that would just be plain > silly. There were a couple of quick teasers in the video. Portrait format > like a 'phone camera. IMHO it will be standard film advance, but half a frame > at a time. It

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Alan C
It's not going to be a horizontal half frame, that would just be plain silly. There were a couple of quick teasers in the video. Portrait format like a 'phone camera. IMHO it will be standard film advance, but half a frame at a time. It seems to me it will be like a digital compact with film

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Stanley Halpin
I had 2-3 different Minox 35 GT 35mm cameras many years ago. Many. I don’t know if it was the proper technical term, but I always thought it had a zone focus system. Depending on amount of light available, I set f/ to /5.6, 8/, or 1/11, usually used an ISO64 film, sometimes ISO200. Auto

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 4 Mar 2024, at 10:16, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > >> In the video he talks about using zone focusing on the camera. > > The only times I ever see this term is when people describe the way the > Horizon panoramic camera is focussed or rather isn't. It has no focussing > control.

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 04.03.24 um 10:53 schrieb Bob W PDML: Making the camera square would do away with that. In fact using a square negative 24x24 would give you 54 frames per roll. But it wouldn't look like what those youngsters expect a film camera to look like. In the video he talks about using zone

Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera

2024-03-04 Thread Bob W PDML
> On 3 Mar 2024, at 17:45, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 03.03.24 um 18:29 schrieb Bill: >> I was quite surprised that it is a vertical half frame, but the logic behind >> that decision is that a vertical format is what the target market is already >> comfortable with. > > Making it a