yup,
blowin- you want dylan, but for puff- you want p,p, & m.
jco
On 10/31/2015 10:20 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 4:39 AM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
His version of Puff the Magic Dragon was shit though.
LOL!
highlights/lowlights?
jco
On 10/23/2015 4:53 PM, steve harley wrote:
On 2015-10-23 14:42 , Larry Colen wrote:
I can pretty much guess most of them, but CH/CL has me mystified.
(some C word) horizontal / landscape ?
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I had a similar problem years ago when I first got my DS body and was
using it with manual focus lenses. All of a sudden the shutter would
only fire intermittantly and I was about to return it, and then
I noticed the AF/MF switch on the body had accidently gotten switched to
AF and that was the
I would like it better if you corrected the horizontials and verticals...
On 6/28/2015 1:26 AM, Marco Alpert wrote:
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1:00 PM, J C OConnell wrote:
Welcome to the wonderful world of SMC Pentax K series lenses. Not
only are they optically superb, they are mechanically excellent as well.
Now you know why I have collected and use nearly the complete set of
primes...
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On 6/13/2015 11:12 PM, Mark C wrote:
I
Welcome to the wonderful world of SMC Pentax K series lenses. Not only
are they optically superb, they are mechanically excellent as well.
Now you know why I have collected and use nearly the complete set of
primes...
jco
On 6/13/2015 11:12 PM, Mark C wrote:
I bought a copy of this lens from
Nice shot. But I dont like how the bike showed up all black (good),
while the water bottle showed up linear (bad).
jco
On 6/13/2015 3:23 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
Very nicely captured knarF !
Same old crap or part of a fascinating series? - you decide LOL!
Seems to me with your passion for
I like 11493, the color and contrast is excellent.
jco
On 5/30/2015 4:42 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
I was a lot more prolific with my shooting than with my editing this
month, so this gallery is bigger than my past six combined (25 shots,
on the assumption I don't get any amazing photos today).
DOF is essentiially the same for same optical magnification, but not for
same magnification done via non optical pp tricks.
On 5/30/2015 4:20 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Bulent Celasun wrote:
I had asked a similar question recently at another forum.
The answer was
for the same magnification
DOF
one legged bird or does it just perch that way?
On 5/27/2015 9:55 AM, Alan C wrote:
Quite astonishing actually. They seem to have completely adapted to
the urban environment no longer see humans as a threat. On the other
hand, maybe they just enjoy being photographed?
Alan C
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whether he needs it or not.
On 5/27/2015 3:13 PM, Donald Guthrie wrote:
I'm sure Bill bathes regularly. Once a week minimum.
On 5/27/15 1:22 PM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote:
Message: 12
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 21:18:25 +0300
From: Bulent Celasunbulent.cela...@gmail.com
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail
you dont gain depth of field as the sensor gets smaller, you only gain
depth of field when you change the lens to a shorter focal
length to give the equiv angle of view on the smaller sensor.
JCO
On 5/26/2015 8:12 AM, Bill wrote:
On 26/05/2015 4:34 AM, james wrote:
While reading the
is it some sort of mass grave site?
On 5/23/2015 4:08 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20---%20%20manysmallflags.html
Equipment: Pentax K-5II w/smc Pentax FA 43mm f1.9 Limited.
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sorry for your loss. JCO
On 5/23/2015 10:23 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
lovely photos and marvelous kitties... the blog brought tears -
Ashley is about to turn 10 (in July) and she seems in fine shape but I
know the day will come when we don't have each other... She is only my
second cat, my
Isnt Manly Ferry an oxymoron?
jco
On 4/26/2015 1:08 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
I really shouldn't carp about this, considering some of my bird
pictures, but you really need to get closer.
About that Manly Ferry, how do you know does it have hair on it's
chest err back...
On 4/26/2015 1:39 AM,
Ive been using my istDS for eight years with zero problems or complaints.
But then on the other hand, Im really only doing family snaps and ebay
photos.
jco
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much longer than expected.
On 3/21/2015 5:07 PM, J C OConnell wrote:
Ive been using my istDS for eight years with zero problems or complaints.
But then on the other hand, Im really only doing family snaps and ebay
photos
tree too close to center, crop off some of left... o/w nice
On 3/19/2015 2:17 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
Another from the Saturday morning walk.
https://flic.kr/p/rDDymo
enjoy!
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based forums for various reasons.
jco
On 3/18/2015 10:03 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
Lately I've noticed that the volume of PDML posts is way down. So,
being off this week and having some spare time, I did some research in
the
the funny thing about these old slrs is the 50mm f1.4 lens is worth far
more than the body.
On 3/11/2015 11:49 PM, Bill wrote:
On 11/03/2015 3:20 PM, Brian Walters wrote:
Quoting Malcolm Smith rrve...@virginmedia.com:
Free, no charge, a friend was about to bin it.
Thing is, it's a Pentax
yes it is, and changing the print size has no effect on DOF because of
DOF is inversely proportional
to capture Magnification. DOF is like focus, you cant change it in printing.
jco
On 3/7/2015 11:52 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
That's not quite right.
On 3/7/2015 11:49 PM, J C OConnell wrote:
DOF
DOF increases when you go to a smaller format because the working
Magnification is lower.
On 3/7/2015 2:03 PM, John Francis wrote:
On Sat, Mar 07, 2015 at 11:55:07AM -0500, Mark C wrote:
The one factor I am ignoring is the circle of confusion and effect that
enlarging the image itself has on
LF is wonderful format, the resolution is incredible and the contact
prints are amazing, but macro is just not workable.
On 3/5/2015 11:14 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote:
Dear All,
Thank you for informative and thoughtful comments. Really appreciated.
I already have 6x7 and 6x8 equipment which I
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2015-03-04 16:31 GMT+02:00 J C OConnell hifis...@gate.net:
based on my
based on my experience with large format photography:
first of all, the larger the format, the less DOF. so macro photography
on large
format is very difficult due to narrow DOF.
focusing a 90mm F8 lens isnt that difficult with a lupe, but its
a wide angle and not really suitable for macro.
, and IIRC, 72mm filter.
The rest had 77mm filter.
SV was lighter and reportedly not as good as the preceeding versions.
See, e.g. comments here:
http://www.photozone.de/Reviews/276-tokina-af-28-70mm-f28-26-at-x-pro-ii-lab-test-report--review?start=1
HTH,
Igor
J C OConnell Sat, 14 Feb 2015 13:27:10
what was good about film either negatives or slides was the only
hardware you needed to open it was your eyes.
On 2/14/2015 3:13 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:
Bruce Walker wrote:
But even relatively modern formats are effectively dead these days.
How many of us could read an 8 inch MDS-80 floppy?
will be by the time the Pentax FF actually
ships!
I suggest the following alternative:
http://www.instructables.com/id/edible-party-hat/
On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 2:01 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote:
On 13/2/15, J C OConnell, discombobulated, unleashed:
Hey Cotty could use a 3D printer to make
Ive been doing it for the last decade or so.
jco
On 2/14/2015 3:28 PM, John wrote:
On 2/14/2015 9:21 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
Everyone is (understandably) excited and focused about the Pentax full
frame offering and many may be saving their shekels for the body. But
I would suggest that this is
I was thinking about picking up one of these lenses, they sell for
around $200 used, I already have an excellent
manual focus 35-70 F2.8 AT-X, but 35mm just isnt wide enough especially
on aps format.
I was wondering if anyone here had tried the 28-70 F2.8 AT-X AF and what the
pros and cons to
Hey Cotty could use a 3D printer to make the hat and use chocaolate as
the material!
jco
On 2/13/2015 2:10 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
But if you use a 3D printer to create your time machine mockup, and
then photoshop the shots you'll convince way more people and ignite
some great firestorms on the
It sure seems like they are more than 10 months away from a finished,
ready to sell product.
jco
On 2/12/2015 2:22 PM, John wrote:
I think they just finessed some of the details on the mockup.
There's a little bump on the back where the button for switching between
cards is on the back of the
with aps you are working with smaller format, thus making the lenses
more critical.
true you are dealing with the sweet spot of FF lenses but not all FF
lenses have noticable
corner problems.
On 2/6/2015 8:05 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
and a lot of the people will find out that FF puts less demand
isnt it true that the AA simulator doesnt work with flash, so classic
portrait photography
must be done without the aa filter. ??
jco
On 2/5/2015 10:26 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
I've had some moire issues with clothing materials when shooting full
length portraits, I hadn't had any problems
shimmed_ the special focusing screen. Nowadays, I prefer EVF
and its focusing aids. My hit rate is higher and the strain on my eyes
is less.
On 2/6/2015 21:12, J C OConnell wrote:
I have no problem shooting with the k50/1.2, I dont use f1.2, I stop
down a little. Plus, I changed to a split image
and a lot of the people will find out that FF puts less demand on the
optical quality
of the lenses complared to aps for the same results, therefore better
results for
lenses of same quality.
e.g. if you keep the Mpixels and optical quality of the lenses constant,
the system
resolution
Ive got a K50/1.2 I can slap on there
jco
On 2/5/2015 11:09 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
I'll just wait and see... However I doubt that this will have any
practical interest for me anyway...
My K-5 and Sigma 17-70 are more than enough. As well, Ricoh GXR-M and
Nokton 40/1.4 is a tough combo
that I occasionally use this way. However, I don't expect new
camera to be very good at precision manual focusing for 50/1.2 lenses.
Pentax will want you to buy new glass...
Boris
On 2/6/2015 20:53, J C OConnell wrote:
Ive got a K50/1.2 I can slap on there
jco
On 2/5/2015 11:09 PM, Boris
It's anyone's guess what the model number will be ( I doubt it will be a
K1) but once they
come out with a pro model with all the bells and whistles, DLX would
be an obvious choice.
jco
On 2/5/2015 2:54 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote:
P.J. Alling wrote:
I think Leica already makes one of those,
about 3 weeks ago there was a guy on ebay selling new in the box K-3 for
$599.99 I almost bought one, but
with rumors of FF floating for months I didnt. He had more than 10 of
them but they sold out in one day.
That was a great value for a top line DSLR , even if it was APS-C.
jco
On 2/5/2015
Pentax probaby wont support aperture rings on this new FF body to help
keep it cost competitive, but once they get a few FF bodies under their
belt, there's always the possibility of supporting the rings later on a
top line model. ??
jco
On 2/5/2015 12:42 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
Just because
I don't know why they are calling the 150-450mm
their highest zoom ever. I own a Pentax
Zoom takumar that is 135-600mm F6.7. Even
though mine is a screwmount, they made the same
lens available in K mount back in the 70's
jco
On 2/5/2015 12:52 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
I don't know, this time
I never even switched to an advanced film SLR, I was very happily using
my spotmatics and takumars until
I bought a Pentax DSLR. I did have one K mount body to use K lenses and
motordrive but it was a low model A3000.
jco
On 2/4/2015 11:44 AM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Malcolm, while I understand
didnt the LX have a sticky mirror problem with its design?
jco
On 2/4/2015 2:51 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
1. MZ-S Agree: perfect ergonomics
2. LX Wonderful exposure meter
3. ME SUPER a good friend for a lot of miles
Jack
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From: CollinB coll...@brendemuehl.net
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these new D-FA lenses are larger, heavier, and more expensive than a
DA lens of the same focal length and speed so it seems there would be
no reason for pentax to develop and sell them UNLESS a FF digital DSLR
is on the way soon. I just hope the new FF body is not too expensive.
jco
On 2/4/2015
remember when Pentax was late with their first DSLR compared to the
competition?
Using the same logic, everyone who wanted a DSLR would have already switched
to Canon, nikon. That didnt happen and Pentax caught up in the APSC DSLR
competion.
On 2/4/2015 10:17 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
On
I wonder if this announcement is going to affect this years sales of the
K-3???
jco
On 2/4/2015 9:59 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
I'm surprised that the ever-astute Pentax marketing department isn't
using that...
The full frame wait is over... in ten more months.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 7:43 PM,
Ricoh is knocked up!
I'm surprised that the ever-astute Pentax marketing department isn't
using that...
The full frame wait is over... in ten more months.
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My favorite will always be the original Spotmatic (without the hot shoe,
that
made it go from sexy to ugly real fast). It was so precision, and felt
like a jewel
when you hand wound it.
jco
On 2/4/2015 11:09 PM, Alan C wrote:
1. ME Super. A little workhorse with AV mode.
2. P30. Much the same
The game had a double glitch at the end, first the patriots went ahead
with a good chance to win the game
only to have it snatched away by the fluke seattle catch down near the 5
yard line. Then it looked like Seattle
had the game won before they made their bonehead play call.
jco
On
that bonehead would be coach pete carrol
On 2/1/2015 11:17 PM, Paul wrote:
The Pats were covering the Hawks receivers the entire game. What
bonehead decided that a pass play from the 1 yard line would work
better than trying to keep it on the ground and run it in?
On 2/1/2015 9:23 PM,
we havent had snow here in Miami since '77. I forgot what its like.
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never heard of using K mount lenses on a spotmatic F. ???
jco
On 1/27/2015 9:07 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
For Dan Matyola. I believe the mountain in the distance is on Maui. Dan will
know for sure. I shot this from around 12,000 feet of elevation in 1999 or
thereabouts. I think the camera was
longer focal length lens to enlarge the sun ( move camera pov further
away from tree) might help.
On 1/22/2015 9:54 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Dan,
Great composition with the palm frawn featured on the right balancing
the sun, and
just the right moment with the clouds on the sun but before it
the last reissue production ford gt's were in 2005 and 2006 and have
been hot on the collectors market selling in the range of $250-$350K.
now that they are back in production again, the '05 and '06 models might
cool off a little in price.
On 1/13/2015 4:39 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
No, I
not quite, there is analog video which was/is NTSC and there is digital
video which is ATSC
which can be one of many formats either interlaced or progressive at
various resolutions
and frame rates.
jco
On 1/2/2015 11:12 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 2/1/15, Daniel J. Matyola, discombobulated,
I watched T2 last week for the first time in about 5 years and it did
look like the bystander was using a Pentax to photograph Arnie.
jco
On 12/24/2014 4:02 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
???
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 3:45 PM,
great action sequences
I watched that movie many times when it came out on home video.
jco
On 12/24/2014 6:43 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgphD_ZO_jI#t=161
On Wed, Dec 24, 2014 at 4:46 PM, J C OConnell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
I watched T2 last week for the first time
with rumours of a FF Pentax dslr coming soon, doesnt seem like a good
time to unload FF lenses.
On 12/13/2014 6:01 PM, Henk Terhell wrote:
Ralf,
Don't know about the DA 2.4/35, but there are data on the M 2/35 and
FA 2/35 on Yoshihiko's site
Does anybody have a suggestion for a simple application to read the
information
buried within a digital image file? I need to read the shutter count in
particular.
thanks in advance,jco
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On 10/12/2014 6:29 PM, J C OConnell wrote:
Does anybody have a suggestion for a simple application to read the
information
buried within a digital image file? I need to read the shutter count in
particular.
thanks in advance,jco
PhotoMe
www.photome.de/
It reads all the exif of an image
the second one is a beautiful shot, but Id like to see a version with
the tv antenna and the background cars cloned out.
On 11/29/2014 4:22 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
The first is a well done exposure, but the second is one you had better
archive. Brilliant
Jack!
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pentax is not in direct competition with the sony a7ii because pentax is
a DSLR with a k mount, and the sony is a mirrorless with a sony mount.
On 11/27/2014 12:15 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
By now you have probably seen the Sony announcement for the 24.3 MP
a7ii full frame with in-body 5-axis
If all you want is a camera and kit lens, might as well buy a point and
shoot
if your buying with intent to buy multiple lenses, then the mount
matters because its the
lens system your stuck with.
On 11/27/2014 11:02 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 27/11/14, J C OConnell, discombobulated
I dont think the $1500 cameras are for beginners who dont know anything
about cameras and lenses.
jco
On 11/27/2014 11:37 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 27/11/14, J C OConnell, discombobulated, unleashed:
If all you want is a camera and kit lens, might as well buy a point and
shoot
if your
NO as always, anyone who posts an opposing opinion to yours is called
ignorant. Im sick of your postsYour last sentence was not necessary.
On 11/27/2014 5:21 PM, Bill wrote:
On 27/11/2014 10:55 AM, J C OConnell wrote:
I dont think the $1500 cameras are for beginners who dont know anything
I would go with portrait orientation and crop off the right side to just
right of the right most fence post.
jco
On 11/12/2014 1:40 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
Lower CA foothill pastoral scene.
The horse being in line with that dominant red tree is slightly uncomfortable, but the
fence to the right
here's what Im thinking of:
http://www.jchriso.com/temp/horse2.jpg
On 11/12/2014 1:40 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
Lower CA foothill pastoral scene.
The horse being in line with that dominant red tree is slightly uncomfortable, but the
fence to the right was not good and it needed
a fence.
yeah, get the red tree AND horse out of the center and on the third
On 11/12/2014 2:13 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
Well, I can move the horse out of the center, but that tree will still be in
line with him.
Is that what you're addressing, J C?
Jack
- Original Message -
From: J C OConnell
see no relief of my red tree/horse awkwardness.
I consider this rather common image fully fruited as shot.
Thanks much for suggestion JC and Igor.
Jack
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From: J C OConnell hifis...@gate.net
To: PDML pdml@pdml.net
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2014 11:13:43 AM
Subject: Re
I'd photoshop out the empty earring hole...
jco
On 10/26/2014 8:35 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:
Very lovely candid portrait indeed!
Attila, since eyelids, lashes (ie mascara) and brows are put on after
stuff like foundation and concealer, most of what's necessary to make
her complexion smooth has
PM, J C OConnell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
I get by fine ( quite nicely actually) with older versions of PS, so when
my hard drive crashed without backup recently
I purchased a sealed copy of photoshop CS off ebay for $70. It registered
and runs fine on win8 but I had trouble activating
can't use it.
On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 11:52 AM, J C OConnell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
the reason I bought PS CS (1) was I was very familair with it, I had been
using it for years
and it met all my needs so it wasnt dicey.
On 10/23/2014 11:08 AM, Bruce Walker wrote:
A moot point now I suppose
I get by fine ( quite nicely actually) with older versions of PS, so
when my hard drive crashed without backup recently
I purchased a sealed copy of photoshop CS off ebay for $70. It
registered and runs fine on win8 but I had trouble activating the
software past its 30 day trail period. To
correction, you need to download photoshop CS2 from adobe.com and they
provide a SERIAL number to go along with it, no activation is required.
its freeware, no strings attached.
On 10/21/2014 5:59 PM, J C OConnell wrote:
I get by fine ( quite nicely actually) with older versions of PS, so
when
. All i found is some 2013 info on deactivating CS2
application. Mine you i clicked on the Canada-English so it may not be
available to us Canucks
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 6:12 PM, J C OConnell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
correction, you need to download photoshop CS2 from adobe.com and they
provide
on the Canada-English so it may not be
available to us Canucks
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 6:12 PM, J C OConnell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
correction, you need to download photoshop CS2 from adobe.com and they
provide a SERIAL number to go along with it, no activation is required.
its freeware, no strings
that cant be beat so
Im happy with that too.
On 10/21/2014 7:02 PM, Bill wrote:
On 21/10/2014 3:59 PM, J C OConnell wrote:
I get by fine ( quite nicely actually) with older versions of PS, so
when my hard drive crashed without backup recently
I purchased a sealed copy of photoshop CS off ebay
, drivers, etc). So while it may work
today, because it is so old, it may not work in the future - just don't know
when that might be.
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On Oct 21, 2014, at 4:02 PM, J C OConnell hifis...@gate.net wrote:
yes IM SURE as I myself downloaded and registered PS CS2 and also
Its not only monitors, its connections. I recently switched computers
and switched from a 15pin vGA analog connection to my monitor
to a digital HDMI connection on my monitor and it was like all my lenses
got sharper. It really matters.
On 10/14/2014 3:57 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
Boys! stop
the directors cut is all they show and all you can buy now, the early
versions are collectables.
On 10/10/2014 3:13 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
On 10 Oct 2014, at 19:23, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Bob W-PDML wrote:
Hi Stan,
might be a struggle with the timing, but please keep
One of these days Im going to drag out my 1000mm/F8 takumar and give it
a try on digital/lunar.
jco
On 10/8/2014 2:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
Igor PDML-StR wrote:
Well, just in case: there will be a lunar eclipse tonight.
As far as I understand the chart, US West Coast, Austalia and New
and it wasnt taken with a megabuck macro lens either...
On 9/30/2014 9:31 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Wow, pretty specimen, Dan. Great up close shot! Wonderful detail in the wings.
Cheers, Christine
On Sep 30, 2014, at 7:29 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
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