FS Fryday

2015-08-21 Thread Collin B
MX outfit. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/albums/72157655233912173 Can't get too much cleaner for a camera this age. Looks like only a few rolls ever put through it. Has the soft ever-ready case and a carrying case. Tokina SD 35-105 with B+W filter. SMC 24/2.8 -- the

Re: First glimpse of the Pentax FF

2015-10-23 Thread Collin B
>On 10/23/2015 6:47 AM, Collin B wrote: >>> And they are giving us a few months to save up for it. >> >> Because those people at PDML will buy just about anything. >> >> > >I think I said about 10 years ago that they could put a full frame >sensor o

Re: A side-by-side Pixel Shift Resolution comparison with 77mm Limited atf/11

2015-10-23 Thread Collin B
> Am I missing something? Can't see a difference. > Alan C > Ditto >Kenneth Waller I had to study it for a while. Looking at the pitting on the column the edges are a bit sharper. Note also that white dot on the right edge of the column, to the right of the axle. It's not like you're going to

Re: First glimpse of the Pentax FF

2015-10-23 Thread Collin B
> And they are giving us a few months to save up for it. Because those people at PDML will buy just about anything. -- 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

Looks nice, though pricey

2015-10-22 Thread Collin B
http://www.provideocoalition.com/3x-nd-the-sharpest-and-most-neutral-nd-filt er Makes me wonder -- how many tolerate errors on the digital image knowing they can probably be corrected in PS and how many want to get it right at the shot? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Cotty's Front Door

2015-10-22 Thread Collin B
On 10/21/2015 9:33 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > Mark Roberts wrote: > > Only a slight exaggeration: > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/cotty.jpg > > Anachronisms! Looks like a video disc player on the right, a classical guitar, a Mac (can't tell which model), a CD/DVD curner. But my favorite --

Re: Kodak Carousel slide projectors.

2015-10-28 Thread Collin B
I periodically find good later units like the 5200 in the $20 range. Don't know how much of a hurry you are in ... Watch CL. A bargain on occasion there as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

On Two Wheels

2015-11-10 Thread Collin B
Somehow my submission got lost. Probably in the server pre-failure stages. Things happen. No big deal. This *would have been* my submission. K5, F50/1.7 https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/22912036302/in/album-721576587219 11284/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: On Two Wheels

2015-11-11 Thread Collin B
Brian, You're too kind. Tx. -- 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: OT: Solidarité!

2015-11-16 Thread Collin B
We don't bat an eyelash often because we (many of us) do now know what is going on around the world. It's hard to when the news-tainment industry filters for its narrative. International news sources are not all that common. Few have taken note of the other ISIS and Al Shabbab actions at the

Re: OT: Solidarité!

2015-11-16 Thread Collin B
> Are you really Godfrey My Man! (Hoping someone gets it) -- 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.

FS Fryday

2015-10-30 Thread Collin B
1. MX body. It's on eBay. http://stores.ebay.com/presuppapologetics?_rdc=1 2. 18-135. I like it, but I like my old FA28-105 better. So this goes. With caps/hood. $175. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

had not noticed

2015-11-03 Thread Collin B
http://us.ricoh-imaging.com/products/645-series/ I caught the announcement about the Z price drop but didn't see that the D remains available. -- 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

Re: OT: 620 film enablement, anyone?

2015-11-06 Thread Collin B
Let me know if you need some film developed. -- 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: PESO: Enablement? Just showing off my new flash unit

2015-11-06 Thread Collin B
Darren, If you like I'll do my regular thrifting for flash cubes. They frequently sell for .50 or .90 per pack. Does anyone use AG1/B, #11, press (25), or 25B bulbs on digital? You'll just love the GN on those things! If you happen to come across press bulbs grab them. (#25 press bulbs do not

FS Fryday

2015-11-06 Thread Collin B
http://stores.ebay.com/presuppapologetics?_rdc=1 Pentax stuff as well as some inferior brand accessories. And other items. -- 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

Re: what do you do with cameras you cannot sell

2015-10-19 Thread Collin B
I donate things to Salvation Army, etc. Somebody will want them. -- 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.

ot: vba guru needed

2015-10-08 Thread Collin B
As previously observed I'm not much of a VBA guru. Writing Excel macro. Need to create Word document and write header with auto page numbers. (Office 365). Research has proven unfruitful. This is what I've come up with. On the.TypeText Text:="Page "line I get "object required" for some

Re: OT - Elections and Politics and Guns and Religion

2015-10-20 Thread Collin B
Efficient, perhaps. Let me know when you get economic, speech, & religious liberty back. Then I'll be really happy for you. https://www.cartoonstock.com/directory/p/photographic_film.asp -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: New FF rumors (with commentary)

2015-10-20 Thread Collin B
That monster lens in the second image doesn't appear to be this model, but it's close. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Schneider-Xenotar-Technika-150mm-4x5-Linhof-Select-L ate-Prod-Lens-NEAR-MINT-/272017615983?hash=item3f55836c6f:g:grcAAOSw14xWIBjn Just imagine the shallow DOF! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

WiFi bodies

2015-10-12 Thread Collin B
How long does it take to transfer images from a WiFi DSLR to PC? Is it worth the investment? (I had earlier tried the EyeFi and personally found it unacceptable.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

A long weekend getaway

2015-10-06 Thread Collin B
Lake Hope State Park, Ohio. A few of the better shots. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/albums/72157659520915972 I also did some 4x5 of that shed. Processing later this week. Really looking forward to printing them. Figured out that taking along a plane made creating a fire-starting

Re: Peso - another flower for testing :-)

2015-10-06 Thread Collin B
The shadow adds content. Without it it's boring -- too stark. Nice. -- 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.

I was wondering ...

2015-10-09 Thread Collin B
If there will be a Pentax large-sensor in the Spring, might there not be more than one? Why come out with only the 42MP? An alternative offering, 24M to 30M would provide a stepping stone. It would make marketing sense. And my K30 @ work is reaching its end. I'm seeing some flakey pixels.

Re: OT: Solidarité!

2015-11-17 Thread Collin B
>Pentaxians unite, you have nothing to lose but your, your... well, I can't think of a humorous rhyme with "chains". :-) > >Cheers, > >frank the lefty That would work in the days when cameras had those nice stainless steel round chains. So much class back then. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: Solidarité!

2015-11-17 Thread Collin B
>On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 10:43 AM, Collin B wrote: >> Commumism was never containable > >Communism WAS contained. > >Dan Matyola Not exactly. It spread from China to N. Korea. It spread through VietNam. It is maintained in Cuba. The Shining Path remains at large. Of

Re: OT: Solidarité!

2015-11-17 Thread Collin B
>That's the way the Bible works too. > >B How so? -- 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.

OT: ??? paper scissors lizard Spock

2015-09-30 Thread Collin B
http://www.amazon.com/Mother-Natures-Really-Expensive-Rock/dp/B00LDZZUM4/ref =pd_sim_sbs_421_3?ie=UTF8=0VS4QZTPR2H0X9FWA99P=31xRmi-%2BMFL rc=sims=_AC_UL160_SR160%2C160_ Gotta hand it to people. All they need is just one customer. Just one ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

question on fa200/2.8

2015-10-01 Thread Collin B
Saw a description that said it is "pre-112" What does that mean? Was there some change in electronics, optics, or otherwise during the production run? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: question on fa200/2.8

2015-10-01 Thread Collin B
Forget it. I misread the ad. -- 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.

Sigma 170-500

2015-09-30 Thread Collin B
Just picked one up a couple of days ago. Couldn't shoot yesterday b/c of the rain. Shot some hand-held at 500mm just a bit ago. This is a pretty decent zoom lens. Though it is APO, at both 170mm & 500mm there is some fringing. I expect that from a zoom. Still, it resolves a great deal more

How'd I miss this

2015-09-25 Thread Collin B
Looks like the DA* 55/1.4 is out of the US lens lineup. Perhaps they'll bring a digital 85/1.4 back for the full-frame? Also Zeiss rep told me this summer, and most may know this, that there will be no more Pentax lenses. What's out there is all there will be. So if you like 'em you'll have to

Re: Full-frame lens lineup grows

2015-09-25 Thread Collin B
> God, what a bunch of whiners we have here. It was 20 YEARS after the >introduction of the "A" series lenses that comp ability with K and M >lenses was compromised. Now some people are worrying that screw drive >AF will disappear overnight. > >-- >Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia

Re: PESO- Ethically Raised Raspberries

2015-12-08 Thread Collin B
Shouldn't that have been "PESO- Ethically Photographed Raspberries" ? The empty slot adds interest. An alternative might be to substitute something like ice cream into the slot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Right place, right tiime

2015-12-03 Thread Collin B
>Here's a video from a 2007 ice storm in Oklahoma and chunks of ice >falling off of a communication tower, with some impressive results. We were there for the 01 & 07 storms, though we departed just ahead of each. Driving through western OK one observes broken blackjack oak trees everywhere. They

Dec-15 PUG thoughts

2015-12-04 Thread Collin B
I noticed immediately that there were no bicycles. Where Lawnmowers Go to Die - The title says it all. Makes me wonder how many bodies are buried beneath ... ;-0 Just a Plane Photo -- looks like an old Stanley #6. Love the high contrast. That's a nice tonal range for TMax. Harpsichord Building

Job opening

2015-12-09 Thread Collin B
http://petapixel.com/2015/12/08/ansel-adams-job-opening-in-us-govt-pays-1000 00-per-year/ -- 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: OT Two week plus absences explained

2015-12-04 Thread Collin B
Glad all is well. Take care of yourself. Oh, and now that you have extra time maybe we can discuss politics & theology. Or not. :-) -- 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

Re: PESO - Small Wasp

2015-12-04 Thread Collin B
>I sometimes wonder if automobile designers are deliberately trying >anthropomorphize their products, but at the end of the day two head >lights ("eyes") and one grill ("mouth") will result in some resemblance >to a human or at least vertebrate face. Adding a third light would >change that -

Re: PESO - 'Northern Cardinal

2015-12-11 Thread Collin B
Nice shot. I've not done any birding before. Would like to know ... How far away were you? How much was cropped off the sides? -- 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

Dynamic perspective

2015-12-11 Thread Collin B
That looks like a unique DSLR feature. -- 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.

Ricoh FF updatr

2015-12-11 Thread Collin B
http://www.pentax.com/en/pentaxff/ -- 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.

Habits

2015-12-17 Thread Collin B
I still catch myself ... ... when shooting a roll of 35mm, after the shot I take a quick peek at the back of the camera. -- 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

Re: OT: For My Fellow Americans

2015-12-17 Thread Collin B
> On 17 December 2015 at 04:31 frank theriault wrote: > > > I was going to vote for Bernie Sanders, but now I'm voting for Kevin, > er, Frank, er, WAIT, I don't get to vote, I'm Canadian! > > Hilarious stuff. Have you hovered the cursor over his eyes? Them's > politician's eyes! > > cheers, >

Pentax sighting

2016-01-09 Thread Collin B
Was watching an old Carol Burnett the other night. Harvey Korman was carrying a big F outfit with a zoom. Carol said something about checking out his Pentax. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: OT or not OT

2015-11-30 Thread Collin B
> I may or may not respond read or answer or reply, but will try. > >J.J.McA Relationships first. Things will take care of themselves. May you find the Lord's peace. Collin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Right place, right tiime

2015-11-30 Thread Collin B
http://ktla.com/2015/11/30/awesome-photo-of-melting-speed-limit-sign-goes-vi ral/ Opportunities like this don't last long. (Unfortunately many, some of wife's family, remain w/o power due to the ice storm.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Solidarité!

2015-11-18 Thread Collin B
>On 17 Nov 2015, at 19:36, Collin B wrote: > >>> That's the way the Bible works too. >>> >>> B >> >> How so? >> > >The gospels are a biography constructed around the OT prophecies so that people would think that Jesus was the

Re: OT: Solidarité!

2015-11-18 Thread Collin B
>At the risk of oversimplification, Lenin was about the Party, It is easy, and quite common, to confuse function with worldview. Marxism is a worldview. Communism, in its several varieties, is an implementation. So is socialism, whether the milder US type or the more stringent system of the

One more thing

2015-11-18 Thread Collin B
A full-frame camera means new life for those old stereo adapters! Make your own ViewMaster reels! -- 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: OT: Solidarité!

2015-11-17 Thread Collin B
>There has never been a communist state. After the Revolution the USSR may have been moving that way but never got there. However close they may (or may not have) come, >they were completely derailed by Stalin. > >The USSR and every other so-called communist state were actually

RE: Solidarité!

2015-11-19 Thread Collin B
>Since you mention abductive reasoning, apparently without understanding what >it is, the simplest explanation for the apparent fit between the Gospels' >account and the OT scriptures is the one I have given, by essentially the >same reasoning that Hume gives for rejecting belief in miracles. > >B

Re: OT: Solidarité!

2015-11-19 Thread Collin B
>Now we associate that particular flag with Pirates. I know. I've been to Pittsburgh. :-) -- 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: Solidarité!

2015-11-19 Thread Collin B
>Very well, I'll reply to your previous nonsense and you're welcome to reply to whatever nonsense I write, and after that I surrender. > >B No. Either good conversation or I, going back to what I posted much earlier, acknowledge that it was my mistaking what I thought the conversation might

Re: Solidarité!

2015-11-19 Thread Collin B
>F*** me, Collin, you really are the master when it comes to talking bollocks. > >B I know I've not said anything inaccurate or false. Was hoping for good conversation and maybe learn something. It started out that way. Alas. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Solidarité!

2015-11-19 Thread Collin B
>No, of course I haven't read it. That entire paragraph is nonsense and nothing whatsoever to do with the matter in hand. It's just chaff thrown out to try and distract, and to feed your ego. If you've read the book I doubt that you've understood anything in it at all. I mentioned it because it

Re: Solidarité!

2015-11-19 Thread Collin B
>Simply because the four biographers were not always in simultaneous >attendance. > >Besides, there are plenty of non-Biblical writings of the times to >corroborate the Gospels. > >Alan C Let's not overstate our case. Knarf caught that. There are not many extra-biblical "writings" available.

Re: Pentax D FA * 70-200/2.8

2015-11-24 Thread Collin B
> That listing has an interesting "product highlight": >"Direct Current AF"... >Ghm... As opposed to AC-AF? ;-) Pentax has 3 AF systems. The original gear drive, SDM, and DC. It's DC as opposed to the other two. IIRC, they have maintained a single interface to power both DC & SDM -- the old PZ

Just some fun lens design reading

2015-11-24 Thread Collin B
http://ilovehatephoto.com/2014/12/30/a-guide-to-optical-lens-design-and-zeis s-nomenclature/ -- 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.

The styling division

2015-11-24 Thread Collin B
Looks like the styling section has picked on something. I like the "barrel" (or "can") styling of the newer long lenses as opposed to the conical shape usually associated with them. It's easy to do a barrel with a slow lens but the 70-200/2.8 reminds me of the Sony barrels.

Re: OT: Solidarité!

2015-11-19 Thread Collin B
>It's pretty much the standard language of the GOP since the days Roger >Ailes & Lee Atwater were guiding George H.W. Bush's 1988 campaign. >Although, since they learned their chops at Nixon's knee, the "Big Lie" >technique seeped into American politics a bit earlier. Now I get it. There never

HC110 preservation

2016-01-10 Thread Collin B
I don't process as much b as I would like. My HC110 turns red or pink and becomes unusable. What is the best way to keep it long term? -- 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

Re: Boris PESO #28 - Elusive emotion

2016-06-22 Thread Collin B
I love the tonality. I looked at it and immediately imagined it shot with a Petzval and printed platinum/palladium. -- 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

Poll Regarding Pentax & the Tony Northrup K1 review

2016-06-21 Thread Collin B
In what order would you like to see Pentax fix these things? (Knowing that it will not happen all at once) 1. Improve the sensor matrix 2. Improve the AF 3. Build a decent app 4. USB 3.0 5. Lens line 6. Buffer Size 7. Write Speed -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Temptation

2016-01-18 Thread Collin B
Local shop has a very clean K3 with grip ($550) & 18-135 WR DC ($250) for a seemingly reasonable $800. I'm happy with the K5, though picking it up is like they're coated in drugs and these drugs soak into you system through your fingertips and eye. It happens so quickly you don't even notice. My

PUG Hot and Bothered

2016-02-08 Thread Collin B
At first I thought they should be staring into a replay box. :-) -- 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.

FS Fryday

2016-02-12 Thread Collin B
1. Tokina 28/2.8 "A" type manual focus lens. Nice and clean. $12 2. Pentax 18-135 DC WR. $210 Pics: http://stores.ebay.com/presuppapologetics/Photo-/_i.html?_fsub=3108895015 (Prices lower to PDML people. Had to replace furnace. Now I need to pay for it.) Plus shipping. PayPal OK. -- PDML

F to FA lens electronic differences

2016-02-11 Thread Collin B
I've forgotten -- what's the real difference, electronically that is? How does the body see them differently? -- 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: Land Rover Pentax Content

2016-01-29 Thread Collin B
Time code 00:50 Most definitely the M50/2. Most certainly a K1000 (large K, smaller 1). https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/24690057095/in/dateposted-public/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Land Rover Pentax Content

2016-01-29 Thread Collin B
One can also see the side of the zero to the right of the 1. Definitely not the M character. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/24690057095/in/dateposted-public/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

FS

2016-01-29 Thread Collin B
#1 Asahi Pentax spotting scope & loupe kit in case. Looks like something from the 70s or 80s. In barely used condition. Spotting scope is the sharpist one around. $60 shipped (us) #2 crown graphic, xenar, lowepro bag, film holders, incident & spot meters, changing bag, even film $650 shipped

Re: Converting bad SDM to screw drive AF

2016-02-02 Thread Collin B
>We all spend what we may spend on camera gear and that can be different for each. I was hoping to say >that buying used saves us money, but does that equal helping Pentax? What if most of used Pentax gear is >sold to fund switch to other brands? Then used purchases do not help Pentax and money

OT: need a replacement laptop

2016-02-23 Thread Collin B
My computer died. HP G6-1A32NR. Would like to find an identical unit and just put my HD in it. So it won't have to come with one. (Have not been able to figure out if I can just move the HD to another HP of similar vintage & specs.) If anyone knows of one of these in good working order ... tx.

Re: Peso-Gray Lodge

2016-02-24 Thread Collin B
There is nothing to criticize. I would love to see what would happen with this image in the hands of a talented impressionist painter! -- 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

Re: OT: need a replacement laptop

2016-02-23 Thread Collin B
>Depends on your operating system. Some versions of MS Windows are very >picky, some like Win2K just fall back to defaults and ask for missing >drivers. Some early versions simply hang. Not so familiar with, but >the same holds true for different distributions of, Linux, some are a

Re: Roadside engine

2016-02-23 Thread Collin B
When our boys were young I suggested to them that they watch the side of the road (we drive cross-country annually) for car parts and see how long it would take to build one. They balked. Understandably. But every once in a while they remember this when they look and see an engine, a

Pentax Sighting -- old one

2016-02-28 Thread Collin B
Looks like the photographer on The Love Boat uses a black ME Super. -- 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.

OT Outlook issue

2016-02-27 Thread Collin B
I got a new laptop. Installed Office. Was going to use old data files so when I opened Outlook I stupidly said to configure without email. Then I created email accounts using the existing files. But now no Send button! Is there an easy reconfigure or should I just reinstall? -- PDML

Ftagh

2016-02-16 Thread Collin B
"Operating Manual Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic" #06076 Just pay postage. -- 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.

A hat to eat

2016-02-18 Thread Collin B
http://www.thatswhatchesaid.net/2012/graduation-cap-candy-pops/ Because Pentax has graduated. Finally. Who would have ever guessed that Ricoh would be the one to do it? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

What grabbed me reading the specs

2016-02-19 Thread Collin B
N speed WiFi. -- I wonder if WiFi can be used for a tethered control panel of some sort. --Also wondering how long it takes to transfer a full image to a pc. New & improved shake reduction looks awesome. Pixel shift might perhaps accommodate the feature of a tilt lens since it "tilts the image

Re: Impressed by the K-1 web site

2016-03-09 Thread Collin B
Don't know if this feature was noticed or note, but it is nice to see that it's not under ricohimaging.com but under the pentax.com domain. http://www.pentax.com/en/pentaxff/ I thought pentax.com was gone. My mistake. And a pleasant one at that. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Hard to find Kenko Pz-AF UNIPLUS TUBE 25 for PENTAX

2016-03-11 Thread Collin B
> I remember not that long ago that you could buy a full set of Kenko > extension tubes in KA mount for only about $50.00 more. Yes, but this has the AF shaft && the PZ connectors. Quite tempting. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Question: Commodity for oddity

2016-03-30 Thread Collin B
Site design has come a long way this past couple of years. They're definitely not as clumsy as they used to me. But really, who wants to spend the time either writing or editing a PHP theme (WP, Drupal, Joomla, et al). Time is the thing for me. >Mark, Thank you for the suggestion. >Yes, I've

I'm surprised at the pricing

2016-03-30 Thread Collin B
Wasn't too long ago that these were about $300. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pentax-50mm-f-1-4-SMC-FA-K-Mount-Autofocus-Lens-/121 917853788?hash=item1c62ded05c:g:jOQAAOSwyjBW3uW1 But it probably doesn't help that they have the filter size at 72mm and the compatibility as Minolta Alpha. -- PDML

Ugly blue spot

2016-03-30 Thread Collin B
Seems to be the lens. F50/2.8 Macro. Am going to move lights (tomorrow) and see what happens. Haven't seen a spot akin to this since a the early version of the Tamron macro. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/25535504163 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

The K-1 apology

2016-03-30 Thread Collin B
http://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/gear-guides/10-unique-features-pentax-k -1.html The section on the flash sync, while honest, really reads like an apology, an admission of failure. Otherwise, a nice set of fieatures. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Crocus Field

2016-03-30 Thread Collin B
I also like the wide crop. As an enhancement crop off the bottom 15-20%. That draws one's eyes to something sharp as soon as they enter the image. On 3/29/16 7:52 PM, pdml-request at pdml.net wrote: > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2016 20:06:04 -0400 > From: Rick Womer > To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: PANO: Crooks' Corner

2016-03-30 Thread Collin B
I like all 3. The bananas (especially) and the oranges both would take on some "pop" if post-processed to look like Kodachrome. At least that's how they appear to me and on my monitor. I like contrast (rich dark tones, that is) but it's so difficult to get enough of it with color in general. >

Re: Ugly blue spot

2016-03-30 Thread Collin B
Yes, there *was* a Vivi 1A on it. Will test w/o it. >Do you have a UV filter on the lens? I used to get something like that >as light would reflect off the front element, then the UV filter and >back into the lens. > >Larry -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

I know it's not Friday but my car is on its death bed

2016-04-12 Thread Collin B
Serious break-down. Gotta replace it. F28/2.8 -- $200 F50/1.7 -- $200 FA35/2 -- $250 (I still have my K5 , so at least I can shoot.) -- 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

Re: Peso: Glass Still Life

2016-03-07 Thread Collin B
>On 3/6/2016 9:07 PM, Jack Davis wrote: >> That's obscene, Bill! >> > >Yeah, the processing is pretty bad. > That comment reminded me of a classic strip https://xkcd.com/1014/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: OOF rendering in focus stacks

2016-04-29 Thread Collin B
>I think that looks really good! Nothing to sneeze at, for sure. > >Mark Ah choose the top one. This has me curious. Can we use this technology to emulate a variety of lens designs? Take, for instance the old Pentax-A 70-210/4 vs the Takumar-A 70-200. The Tak-A has a much shorter transition

This beauty showed up at our business front door today

2016-05-23 Thread Collin B
https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/26589289604/in/album-721576686903 79076/ Wish I had time to set up for a proper shot Too bad for the back end wing break. Anyone know moth particulars? K30, F50/2.8 Macro -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Active images

2016-05-06 Thread Collin B
Have any of the traditional camera makers pursued a simple approach to active images like those of iPhone? Of course there's movie mode, but that requires extra work & a change of mindset. It would seem adding a simple approach might be a nice enhancement even if it is already mostly there. --

Re: Re: Interesting article from pf

2016-05-04 Thread Collin B
And a misuse of the term "circle of confusion". It is, to be certain, an archaic use of the term confusion and today we might better say convergence. They use it to describe the out-of-focus area when it's actually the in-focus area, the point where the light from the lens converges. -- PDML

Re: PDML: Where are you located? (Lurkers also welcome to reply.)

2016-04-14 Thread Collin B
Central Ohio. Or, in the vernacular, Ahia. -- 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.

Film stuff sale

2016-04-28 Thread Collin B
If anyone is interested, Midwest has a Pentax-A 645 120/4 macro on sale for $149. Lots of other film stuff as well. I guess they decided that it's time to dump it all. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Wasn't someone here wanting one of these?

2016-05-09 Thread Collin B
http://chicago.craigslist.org/chc/pho/5571853460.html -- 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.

At one time there was the ILX

2016-05-09 Thread Collin B
But first there was the MLE. http://rockford.craigslist.org/ele/5534846113.html -- 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.

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