1. Brutal Sharpness. A little fall off towards the edges OK.
2. Vivid Color reproduction - more towards earthy Browns
and true Reds. Little or no Bluish cast.
3. Controlled Distortion in both the X and Y planes
4. Good rendering both in the Shadows and Highlights.
5. Low Flare.
6. Hard
Dan was such a humble and helpful person. We adored him and looked
forward to his posts and photos.
PDMLers all over the world adored him - like me from Canada / India.
We shall see him as a shiny star in the Heavens above and as an
inspiration to all of us.
Bipin Bihari Gupta.
Advisor Nissan ME,
Hi Collin, I had the Pentax Spotmatic way back in 1978. Bought it 2nd hand
in Paris from a pretty Nurse returning back to the Philippines from Canada.
An excellent camera. Still have a few M42 Lenses.
But the Goodwill Price is extremely high, as you can get one from KEH for
much less.
Regards.
Hi Friends, Arca Swiss QR Plates with Strap Lugs can be bought for US $ 6
to 22 with Free Shipping from AliExpress or WISH. These are available with
multiple options - D-Ring attached to a swivel Carabiner ($ 4 to 5), just
the swivel Carabiner ($ 2 to 3) to a round ringed slot in the QR Plate.
Hi Friends, had a similar problem with a Pentax "A" 35-105 mm f3.5 Lens -
bought Like New for US $ 65 + Tax at Kaufman's Camera in the Bay Area CA. I
reckoned a CLA would cost more than buying another one, say from KEH com -
$ 149 then. I then took the DIY route after reading up some resources on
Shop, shop, shop; GAS, gas, gas ( gear acquisition syndrome).
We have all been conditioned to cajole our Idiot Boxes into telling us to
get new Cameras and Lenses every 4 to 5 years.
Why? Perhaps because of technological reasons, sharper and better picture
qualities etc.
What did we have in our
the meter went out of balance, and my
Pentax ME Super with smc M 50mm f1.4 becape a paper weight.
Regards.
Bipin Gupta
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A friend on the i-Pentax Forum bought a Sony Full Frame Mirrorless
because his Pentax K-5 IIs + Lenses were causing him shoulder and neck
pain and he wanted a lighter gear.
Within a year he sold it and went back to the Pentax. Reason:-
a) He was not happy with the quality of the photos in RAW or
Rick Sir, I am an old timer, and so are my Tripods - some (5) of them
bought over time. Only two are light and strong enough to be called
Travel Tripods - of a sort, to say hold a DSLR with a 300 mm Lens.
Body with the Lens may be just around 3 Kg, but the Lens
Overhang, Stability and Dynamic
Hi Bob, sad that you had an experience different from mine. I went to a
Christian Brother's Boarding School from Class 1 to 11 and earlier at St.
Joseph's Convent from Nursery, KG 1 & KG 2. I have attached some wonderful
memories, see Dropbox link with some pictures.
Dear Rick & Alan,
After Compliments
I went to your smugmug website:-
https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2021/May-2021/More-New-Castle/
Enjoyed the very colorful photos of homes and their
gardens. Truly awesome.
I also note that
Alan Sir, in fact I was in this Camera Shop last year - just before
the Covid ruckus - and saw a used Pentax 16-50/2.8 in excellent
condition for MNT (Mongolian Tugrik) 555,750 or US $ 195.and a Sigma
150-500 mm f5-6.3 APO DG HSM Lens for MNT 912,000 (USD 320).
Since I already had an older Bigma
Hello Bulent and other Friends with a similar problem.
I bought some photo paper in Dubai in bulk and pretty cheap. Using a
Canon Pixma MG6470 AIO Printer I had the same problem with the Black
Ink taking longer to dry. It would smudge and spoil the entire print.
This Printer uses two kinds of
Dear Ann, I am a DIY Person and a Master Mechanic, so maybe there is a
newer LED Bulb replacement. Also one can modify an Automotive Bulb for
this older model Projector. Also Bulb Socket Adapters are available
for conversion into LED which are cooler and more powerful.
I know for sure as my Son
He may be the PM of Great Britain, but he is just as human and a fool
to have put himself at risk in some way by contracting the Chinese
Virus. It
is like my sister asking us many years ago "does Marilyn Monroe pee or
go to the loo"? She
Dear Mark, you would have noticed that in the Film SLR days ALL Pentax
Lenses were Full Frame. Even the SLR themselves were pretty small and
petite looking.
And these Lenses were as large or as small as the DA Lenses on the
current crop of APSC DSLRs.
So why NOT design all Lenses as Full Frame?
Past 4-years I've been using a 4K (3840x2160 pixels) Toshiba Satellite
P50t-B Laptop with 64 Bit Windows 10, Intel i7 CPU, 20 GB RAM, Dual
Video Cards, 1 TB Fast HD, USB 3, Blu Ray / M-Disc Burner.
I run both Lightroom Classic CC 2019 and Photoshop CC 2019 without any lag.
There are some (49)
Hi Kenneth, glad you took a useful Photo Workshop. Most of them are
just gimmicks to make a fast buck from Beginners - a lot who are happy
with useless basics. things that can be learnt from any (40) year old
book o photography - yes Sir, look up Focal Press.
Very few offer Workshops for the
Looks like a good Tripod. As a Design Engineer I think one does not need a
fund of US $ 500,000 to re-design one. A tripod is NO Space Age gizmo. It
is Lo-tech stuff.
In fact I have a trapezoidal - almost triangular - leg design Tripod I
bought in Dubai some 27 Years back - eliminates dead space
Rick / PJ, the SDM Motors were born bad. If there is any binding on the
motor it WILL draw a larger current, but NOT from Full Bar to 1.
Note: every K-5 series has the notorious Battery Indicator PROBLEM on the
Top LCD, which Ricoh-Pentax never solved.
And with some lenses I have noticed this
Hello Igor, Ann, Jeyan, as Canadians Cubans welcome us in the
friendliest way possible. Also because of our Dollars - photos 5066 &
5166, the grandeur of our hotel. Our Guide - who is actually a
Professor earning US $ 40 a month - showed us the real Cuba few
tourists get to know.
Cuba is a
Hey Paul, if you buy Amazon Market Place stuff you will receive "Open
Box Items, Returns or other such less than NEW items".
Amazon is NOTORIOUS for this however much they "Apologize".
There is no excuse from them if you purchased New Items. Putting a
Shipping Sticker on the original Pentax Lens
Hey PJ, I have had that happening to me before. Just clean the Battery
Terminals with some alcohol and then rub dry.
Try putting it back in the charger.
I request you check the Charger too for odd behaviour and like wise
clean its terminals too.
But before you throw away the Pentax OEM battery,
I've been using Photoshop for donkey years, but stopped with the CS6
version for a couple of reasons:
a) Photography is my hobby and I am not into it for money. Also I have
this idiosyncrasy to own the very best of things like shoes- Bata,
Cameras - Pentax, Watch - Rolex & Omega, Cars - Infinity,
I've been using Photoshop for donkey years, but stopped with the CS6
version for a couple of reasons:
a) Photography is my hobby and I am not into it for money. Also I have this
idiosyncrasy to own the very best of things like shoes- Bata, Cameras -
Pentax, Watch - Rolex & Omega, Cars - Infinity,
Hello Paul, I am perplexed. I downloaded the photo from Dropbox and
blew it to 100%. Some artifacts just began to show up. In fact the
blue in the sky had no noise or color fringing whatsoever.
I do understand that Dropbox resizes an already resized JPEG.
Unfortunately I did not shoot RAW. I use
Jack Sir, when you open the Dropbox Link, please click on the tiny
Thumbnail to get a larger view.
For a still Larger view click on Full Screen dual arrows below the photo.
Hi Larry, I re-checked the photo on my screen and found no artifacts.
In fact even the horizon is straight as measured by
Driving along the coastal road as dusk set in we came upon some
intense black rocks, threatening clouds that hid the sun and an island
in the distant haze. The sea was shimmering. I could not resist but
stop and take some shots.
I took the Fisherman's permission for the shots with the Pentax K-5
Photos from a typical street life in Northern India - mid 2017.
Portrays a disappearing cultural ethos from our lives - like that man
with an entire stores on his head or held just by one hand.
Look at the green e-Rickshaw vs the manual powered one. Many activists
want the hand or leg powered
Looking who is peeping into my room.
This was in our AirBNB Guest House in Maui, Hawaii very recently.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8txovubygxajz2p/AADVLXs74XeVCToh2o6oAIcta?dl=0
Ah! Look carefully at one of the photos - a previous guest has left
his crafty art - where else
friends? - her bot Tom.
One hears these adages quite often like "You pay what you get for", "Cheap" etc.
Is it true?? NOT for the smart guy - or call him frugal, Mr. Scrooge
if you wish.
Cheap need not mean it will damage your camera or fail.
So here is what I did. Bought a German Hama SMPS Multi Volt Adapter for $12
on
PJ Sir, pretty good picture considering dusk time and street lighting.
A bit unsharp though and you left space at the LHS instead of
including more of the HOOKAH on the RHS.
We are made to think your picture story is round the Hookah? or is it
the pretty Lady??
"As usual comments are welcome and
Many homes still use yellowish light for internal illumination instead
of the less power hungry LED bulbs.
And photos come out with a strong color cast especially skin tones.
I have given the link to a sample photo which shows the yellow color
cast - though surprisingly the skin tone is fairly
Many homes still use yellowish light for internal illumination instead of
the less power hungry LED bulbs.
And photos come out with a strong color cast especially skin tones.
I have attached a sample photo which shows the yellow color cast - though
surprisingly the skin tone is fairly OK.
Thanks John for looking at my Water Drop Photography - a first time attempt.
Alas I could not get a "mushroom" drop after trying for some 2- hrs.
I believe Photogs have sold water drop photos for $s.
May the Force be with you.
Bipin.
Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals about time
Dear Dan, Pentax lenses have always been technically very advanced -
at least my first SLR bought pre owned in 1975 - a Spotmatic with a
Takumar proved to be.
The reason I latched on to Pentax were the grand Lenses - after owning
a Pentacon, Nikon, Kiev-19, Leica, Ricoh SLRs.
I was amazed at the
I've had a DLI90 battery swell on the flat sides and get jammed inside
the camera.
So I first googled and found out what was inside the plastic shell.
Found it had two Lithium cells
connected to a tiny motherboard sitting on top.
So using a drill without caution would go through the motherboard
Larry, good observation with the 2-pins on the DSTE Charger vs 3-pins
on the Pentax original.
Here is the surprise. When you slide off the interchangeable top plate
- optional plates for all manufacturer's models are available for $ 2
- you notice there are actually 3 pins below.
So don't know
Dear Larry we bought 2 #s DSTE batteries along with a Universal Travel
Charger for $ 17.99 with Free shipping from evil bay - August 2016.
The batteries are working fine, and I would say as good as the Pentax
original. With the third recharge it lasted perhaps as much as 90% of
the original.
This came in today to my Inbox:
http://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Companies/Ricoh-may-close-shutter-on-personal-camera-business
The end of Pentax - Ricoh coming near??
Hope this time an Indian Company buys them out, or I see a merger with
some existing
Camera Manufacturer.
God Bless us
While working in the Middle East, circa 2007, we had an HP Scanner
that took slides or 35 mm negative roll film (6) #s at a time.
It had an ingenious double lid with the top one for film and the
bottom lid for the normal document or photo scan.
It had (2) separate scanning lights one inside the
Hello Darren Sir, how nostalgic when we read about the Pentax K SLRs
and all those wonderful Lenses.
I still keep my Spotmatic F, K-1000 SE, ME Super & the MZ-5n, hoping
against hope that someone will come up with the Digital Film Cassette.
I take them out now and then, admire them, play with
Hi Larry & SF Bay Area Folks + Others, it is sad when Mom & Pop Stores
close, as some of them become so embedded in a city's cultural life.
Kaufmann Cameras was another one of those iconic stores in San Mateo,
the Bay Area, California. I believe they moved some where near South
San Francisco an
Hello PJ Sir, here in India particularly in Bangalore you will find
one Mobile Phone Store every 30 to 40 meters (100 to 130 feet).
Smart Phones are a craze especially the latest 4G voLTE (HD quality
sound & video) for as little as INR 3999 ($ 62). I bought a decent one
with a pretty good dual 13
PJ Sir, I bought the $ 1 USB cable for my K-20D in 2009, as I said
from San Mateo in the Bay Area California.
And it is still working fine.
I always transfer my photos using the USB cable connected to my
Laptop, after reading a few stories of
damage to the Card Slot.
Then the K-5 series has a
Hi Larry, Pentax uses the Mini-B connector.
I bought one for USD 1 from a Computer Shop in San Mateo on S El
Camino Real somewhere between East 20 & East 25 Ave.
Panasonic & Olympus use the same mini USB type as I have these cameras.
AliExpress (Chinese evil bay) claims Nikon, Olympus, Pentax,
STOP! Do not cut the Lens Hood out first. Note, it has a flower petal
type hood with the longer petal on the top & bottom.
It's these longer ones that causes the vignetting.
Try twisting it to the LH / RH position from the top. Take shots and
see the results.
If it won't budge (after you have
The greatest havoc is caused by Hard Disk Failure. You loose 1 to 4 TB
of Photos at the click of your thumb.
But you loose only a few GBs on a failed DVD. Generally CDs from the
80s & 90s & recent DVDs + Blu Ray Discs should play fine
assuming you have not scratched them.
So here comes the 1000
Hello Gonz Sir, I am glad the photos brought out some happy memories.
We are glad we dined at the Oyster House.
Oh my God! That Clam Chowder & Lobster were simply out of this world,
a foodies delight yummy yum.
You are spot on Gonz Sir.
And John Sir, I am a little confused when you say "Legal
Hello John, we visited Boston from Toronto at almost the same time as you.
What a Photogenic University Town including nearby Cambridge.
Enjoyed the photos posted by you. They bring out the spirit of this old city.
The colors and composition are excellent.
Here is the link to some memorable
One can't disagree with you Zos especially if one had pots of money or
were a PRO or were an old fart like me.
But foot in mouth, may I add that in todays use and throw world -
repairs difficult & expensive - plastics are just as good as metal.
In fact space age plastics are stronger than steel -
Sorry Godfrey for mystifying you.
The last line is pretty clear "go ahead and buy a Zeiss Lens for $
when you can buy
similar or better ones for much less".
Someone was expounding the Zeiss Lens for Pentax DSLRs. No doubt Zeiss
make great
lenses. But all I was saying is that you can buy
70 Years or more ago Zeiss and the Germans made good lenses - perhaps
the best - as there were no others making lenses then!!??
The Russians and the Japanese stepped in to slowly match Zeiss and
later exceed them.
They were followed by the Koreans who made equally good optics.
And now the Chinese
Bob says "There are no losers when you buy Leica, just warm fuzzy
feelings"
One wonderful PDMLer had said earlier "Buy a Leica, get the full
Leica Experience? - a Quick Reduction of funds in the bank a/c".
Regards. Bipin.
Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals about time &
Hello to Our Sweet Ann, I mentioned in the Post "just in Zest".
Yet Larry took it so seriously. Tut tut Larry.
Ann, I am happily married to Madhuri, an Industrial Psychologist, since 1972.
Our Home Town is Bangalore, India, but we spend most of our time in
the US or Canada.
We love both these
"DON'T TELL THE MISSUS" is such an oft heard and written word in
Photographic Circles and Forums.
Obviously it pertains to buying gear with the express permission from
ones Missus.
But why are MEN so afraid of their WOMEN here? After all it is the MAN's Money?
Not unless you are using your
Those water taxi shots were very well composed & shot Ann.
The empty benches and the trees tell a beautiful story.
I always shoot in rapid fire mode from my K-5 IIs while on a boat.
This ensures at least one shot will be sharp & well focused in the middle.
Perhaps AF-C may also help.
Regards.
Bill: I find it's less difficult if the lens in question is not a Pentax.
Fer gawds sake, I probably have a dozen or more 50mm lenses.
Reply: A Photographer is lost with too many lenses.
Bill, pass some of you 50mm's around.
Regards.
Bipin.
PS: I am a zoom lover and have done best in my
The trend here in India is for Diesel Cars as Diesel Fuel is 30%
Cheaper than Petrol.
And Trucks, Busses, Tractors, Trains. Generators etc were always Diesel.
What a waste in transporting just one chap in one vehicle. Our roads
are chock a block with
traffic moving at snails pace during the
Hello Rick your jazzy photo of the Pedicabs is awesome.
This is an excellent example of a low light night shot.
A bit hazy because of the bright colorful lights but it conveys the story.
Here are photos of the REAL PEDICABS drawn by HUMAN HORSE POWER.
These folks are the poorest of the poor and
The Great Masters of Street Photography like Robert Doisneau, Sam
Leiter, Henri Cartier Bresson, George Rodger, William Vandivert, Maria
Eisner etc, all shot with cameras that are considered so primitive
compared with today's gear.
So saying that the K-1 is better or the K-3 or the K-70 is just
Malcolm you did well to buy the 31 mm Prime - the best lens for Street
Photography.
The Pentax 150-450 Zoom would have looked like a BAZOOKA on the K-1, scaring
a lot of people on the Streets.
As it is a DSLR is a slight disadvantage for Street Photographers
because of its size.
Happy shooting
That was an iconic photo, rendered very well against an expansive sky.
But Dan, take a close and thoughtful look at the center vertical arm of the
cross - kind of a very familiar shape.
That Artist or Sculptor has left his mark very well on the Cross.
Regards.
Bipin.
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Hello Subash. the majority of Indians all over the World see Mr. Modi
as the Best Prime Minister India has ever had.
He made India into a world Power, is tackling Poverty, Black Money &
Cleanliness.
I did a quick survey in the US, Canada & the Middle East and Mr. Modi
came out tops.
His biggest
Whoa John, easy Sir. Yes Spain is a pretty picture and a very
photogenic country too. which you should have mentioned.
An American Doctor came to India for the Hip Replacement Surgery of
our Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Unfortunately it failed.
And Mr. Vajpayee a Hindi Poet wrote a lovely
So Trump has won. The Great American People have given their verdict.
They cast their vote for Something Different. They had earlier elected
Obama for that Something Different, but he failed them. And Hillary is
an Old Chip of the Same Block - best avoided like the plague as per
them.
Many of us
Watch carefully again Igor. Not only is the guy suffering as you say,
but even the Baby with him.
Watch the expression on the baby's face??
Regards.
Bipin.
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I have some similar set of shutter firing problems on both my K-5 &
the K-5 IIs:-
The shutter will fire twice with just one press of the shutter button.
I check my settings and it is on single frame only.
This happens randomly & for most of the time the camera behaves properly.
Another set of
That Camera Store Owner and that Chap in the video should be sent to
the ISIS in Syria for a Grand Beheading, just like what he did to
those poor cameras. I am certain that stupid guy was neither a
Photographer nor a Fisherman - rather a psychopath of some kind.
And good Lord one was a Pentax!!
Kids are very very smart today and you bet they do a lot of research
on the Internet before making a decision.
So all kinds of DSLRs do come up but "Mirror Less" are mostly absent
or extremely limited, and forget 4/3rd Systems.
Again Photography Students buy mostly pre-owened Equipment, so that
Hi Igor, regardless of the Photography Course or Class a Student will
always benefit with a DSLR or a similar advanced camera.
And why not when DSLRs are so cheap today.
In fact many Students buy pre-owened equipment which are literally
selling for peanuts if you look up the KEH website.
I bought
This is the finest zoom lens money can buy cheap.
Compact light weight and brutally sharp.
You can surprise women by showing the pores on their face at 200% blow up.
I bought it for some $ 417 from B some 5-years ago brand new.
Older lens might need some AF adjustment, so do test it when you
Hello Dan, in Europe especially Eastern Europe many religious works of
art depict both God & Evil Satan side by side.
You will find the statues of grotesque creatures peeping out from roof
tops of public buildings, churches and burial places.
Evil spirits, ghosts, werewolfs, dracula form much of
For Dave Re: 55-300 & the lenses that are under exposing on the K-5.
I am using the 55-300 WR lens on a K-5 IIs and find it pretty sharp at
the 300mm end. Yep, the problem is the huge length of the Lens barrel
at 300mm. Sure enough the overhang contributes to unsteadiness and
shake.
Even on a
"Now all I have to figure out is why the hell was I using a disposable
camera and not my regular cameras"?
Simple John, you may be "Mothering" your regular camera - please note
my stress on "may be".
This syndrome afflicts many Photographers who fear scratching /
damaging their gear if they take
Hello Bob, I saw the lot of photos you attached and the particular 1:1 crop.
The photos are simply wonderful, well composed and the colors pop out.
But this guy looks like a Lobster just "cooked" - a deep RED.
There is a tool in LR, Develop Module - HSL - for all the three,
Larry I have seen T-mount Adapters for Pentax in almost every Mom &
Pop Stores in the Bay Area California - right from San Jose to
Daly City - for $ 1 to 2.
Some of the were darn good. Kaufman Camera in San Mateo (25th Ave off
Al Camino Real) have dozens of them.
Good Luck.
Bipin
from the IT
Please, please Guys & Girls read this before you cast your vote:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N_S5dKrMVY
ACHTUNG! I take no responsibility if after seeing this you decide to vote
for neither.
Regards.
Bipin.
"Control oil and you control nations; control food and you
Hello Mark, when much of Europe were still in the dark ages, wore
animal skin and were wild, the Romans were a highly evolved, advanced
and a cultured lot - read civilization before Christ (BC).
They "tamed" much of "wild Europe & Britannia". Brought modern skills
and knowledge - astronomy,
Hello Steve, I have lived in Scotland while working for General Motors
in Motherwell near Ardrie & Peterhead up North near the oilfields.
The Scotts are "high thinking & simple living" type folks. Very
un-materialistic and most of them are minimalists.
Their stark lives are in contrast to that of
Dear Igor, here are some of the things I do as a cheaper and cleaner solution:-
a) Store camera bodies and lenses in air tight Munition Boxes I picked
up for $ 5 each - (6) #s.
These are heavy ex British style steel boxes with a special thick
rubber seal.
b) I stuff large Silica Gel Crystals
Thanks Brian. Ibuprofen is best avoided on a regular basis.
But if the pain is just too much you can take 2 x 500 mg tablets in a
day for never more than 4 to 5 days.
While living in the Middle East my Company owned a Furniture shop,
where I saw this Orthopedic mattress - upto 5 stars.
So we
Hello Dear Friends, please don't let back pain take control of your lives.
I felt the same way as Brian when he says "It's worst first thing in
the morning - maybe I'll just give up sleeping..."
This is what gave me hope and a 80 to 90 % cure:-
a) As soon as you get up lie down flat on your back
Just some two months back, 3rd Party Lens Manufacturers were
complaining that do not do too many Pentax Lenses because of the
mechanical Aperture coupling.
I wonder what excuse they will now use, that Ricoh - Pentax have made
life easier for them with the electronic Aperture coupling??
Regards
Thanks so much Steve Sir. I stand corrected - on OpenSource ve
Freeware, Mac vs WIn Software + one that Converts One Video Format
into another, like my K-5 AVI into MPEG-4 or some others.
Actually I used DVD Decrypter some 7-years ago to break into & copy
encrypted and locked DVDs.
Today for
Hello Christine, a good DVD Ripper is DVD Decrypter. It was Open
Source Software and totally FREE.
The Developer was a young enthusiastic IT Engineer then, but he has
stopped all work on it and moved on.
You can still download it if you google. But no support will be available.
It is the safest
Hello Mark, go with a used one canabalized from another Subaru. Don't
be afraid. I am an automotive Engineer, having owned a Subaru - albeit
one with a 5-gear automatic transmission - uses fluidics and a torque
converter.
I am not a CVT admirer as these generate friction losses and will not
Thanks Bob for the nice suggestion of photographing the Tea Vendor
from the front closer to his level.
We asked his permission to photograph him. His pose was very natural
as he was busy with preparing tea for other folks too.
In fact I requested one or two customers to please move away, such was
Shopping for marriage gifts we reached the stage typified by the Ad
"shop till you drop".
We noticed this Tea Vendor - our saviour. Seeing the hygienic throw
away earthenware pots and being aware that boiling hot tea will not
give us a "runny tummy", we stopped by for a refreshing cuppa.
That
Hi Good Folks, I am located in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada + San Mateo,
Bay Area, California and my native Bangalore, India.
Currently we have begun staying more & more in Bangalore, and planning
to give up our NRI status (Non Resident Indian).
We have also given up our Resident Status of the
I live in Thornhill, Ontario, Canada, San Mateo in the Bay Area,
California and my native Bangalore, India.
So I am quite comfortable with Chains like Starbucks, Costa Coffee,
Lavazza, Dunkin Donuts or Canada's Tim Hortons.
The first time I tried a box of assorted Tim Bits at Horton's
(actually
Congratulations & good luck Mark. Using a digital camera is instant
fun and for your students instant understanding of the fundamentals as
opposed to the film school days.
Text Books?? Just take you students out after the core classroom
session for a real time hands on experience.
My classroom
Oh Ho! David. You missed to see the red hot chilly and the onion ring
too near the kiwi fruit.
I bet you will not try one of the hottest chilies in the world, the
red Bhut Jolokia, grown in India.
It is 400 times hotter than Tabasco. The red habanero of the US is famous too.
I have a joke with
My favorite fast food - breakfast or not - is bread shrimp. Here in
India we call them Prawns. Yum yum!
So we went to this food court in the Orion Mall in Bangalore. I saw a
sample of Breaded Butterfly Shrimps.
Butterfly Shrimps?? - what are these I asked the Manager, as the
shrimps were twice as
Hello John, I tried all the Free AV stuff you mention + some more. So
I removed all of them including Symantec or something that came
bundled with my Toshiba 4K laptop running Windows 10. I also removed
Spybot Search & Destroy as I read online that it shuts down Microsoft
AV & Firewall.
So you
Awesome St. Patrick Day parade photos Sir.
The very colorful dresses makes the event more photogenic.
I remember St. Patrick's Day was very special in our Boarding Public
School run by the Christian Brothers of Ireland.
There would be feasting throughout the day, with our own parades,
movies &
Not surprising, when you can clearly see coating deterioration at the edges.
In fact the flare given off by theses defects are clearly seen. Or it could be
Canada Balsam separation - normally starts at the edges. Possible to
identify only when one sees the lens.
Evil Bay is known to be notorious
Probably you know this very simple FF / BF Fine Tuning method:-
Put your camera on a sturdy tripod. In live view and a comfortable
magnification use manual focus to fine tune the focus on a suitable
object. Now change over to AF and let the camera auto focus on the
same subject.
If the lens /
Hi Jostein, you will get refillable cartridges (can be filled with ink
at home a number of times) or one time filled cartridges (which I can
also fill) for as low as $ 1 apiece from AliExpress (Ali Baba com)
China.
Note, AliExpress is like eBay here in the US / Canada.
The link is here:-
What can we say about Australia and Australian Greedy Sellers mate?
That is AUD 700 over - outrageous.
And if you go by the trend for the Pentax K20D to the K-3 II street
prices fall by more than half.
The K-5 IIs fell to just USD 320 (minused all the Free stuff) form the
MSRP of USD
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