Re: You didn't hear it from me...

[Walt]

True enough.

But, given the money for a nice Martin, I'd probably spend some of it on 
a relatively nice Alvarez and spend the rest on glass -- particularly a 
77/1.8.

-- Walt

On 9/24/2013 9:26 PM, John wrote:
You don't have to be pro player to get a good guitar any more than you 
have to be a pro photographer to get good cameras and lenses.


On 9/24/2013 9:31 PM, Walt wrote:
Fortunately, I'll never, *ever* be good enough to have a really good
guitar. I can't even think of a reputable manufacturer who'd allow it.

-- Walt

On 9/23/2013 9:29 AM, John wrote:
Word of warning, once guitars get their hooks into you they're more
expensive than cameras (but not as much as good lenses to go on those
cameras).

On 9/22/2013 11:56 AM, Walt wrote:
Somewhat coincidentally, I've been trying to learn that song on the
guitar for the past few days.

I picked up a beat-up old Yamaha acoustic from a friend about a 
week ago
after I got hooked on playing another friend's Martin while house/dog
sitting.

It's truly a beater, but it sounds good after a new set of strings and
just a touch of work on the nut to get the take out the buzz on the 
top
E string when played open. And I got it at a price that made 
rebuilding
the calluses on my fingers seem bearable.

I'll probably be looking for something newer and nicer in the
not-too-distant future. Still, it's not a bad little starter 
guitar. And
it's in much better condition than the one Willie Nelson plays.

-- Walt

On 9/21/2013 8:01 AM, John wrote:
Apropos nothing Willie Nelson singing "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain"
started playing as soon as I began reading this message...

On 9/20/2013 7:27 PM, Tanya Love wrote:
Oh, one other thing - it will likely be  a Ricoh branded camera, 
with
"Pentax" as the model, much the same way as Canon has "EOS".  If 
they
don't
do this in time for the K3, it will be on all future models though.

-----Original Message-----
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Stan Halpin
Sent: Saturday, 21 September 2013 7:16 AM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: Re: You didn't hear it from me...

That is a combination I have thought about Paul. And it would 
require
much
less up-front investment than a new camera body or two . . .

stan

On Sep 20, 2013, at 4:12 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:

How about this...

Eye-Fi Pro card - set to transfer only JPGs

Shoot RAW+JPG with JPGs set to smallest file size

Let the built-in wi-fi transfer from the card to the iPad.  No need
for a
card reader and the small JPGs transfer fairly quickly.

Then run the JPGs through Photosmith as planned.

-p

On 9/20/2013 1:58 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:


I have been thinking through "issues" with my workflow when I
travel.
Considering how to leave behind my laptop and travel just with
iPad. One
quite appealing approach is to shoot jpeg+RAW, download the 
jpeg's to
the
iPad, tag and sort on the iPad (Photosmith app), then download the
RAW files
to main computer back home and synch the metadata. All this is 
pretty
straightforward if there are two cards: RAW's go to one card, jpeg's
to the
other.


but Pentax doesn't really need me, they need new customers, so 
it's
probably most important how it will appeal to people who haven't
already got
a K-5-level camera



Something else that would interest me: remember tethering? Pentax
used to
have tethering capability on early DSLR's. Top-end modern cameras 
have
wireless tethering to iPads or smartphones. It would be nice if
Pentax were
to rediscover tethering and join that group . . .

stan












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