Re: PESO: Mirror Image
On 6/18/06, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've looked at this a couple of times - it is too abstract for me. Your explanation helps some, but not enough. I'm sure some will really like it, but not for me. -- Bruce Jens I like it. It's not too abstract IMO, but still recognisable even without the description. As soon as the photo popped up I thought That's a ships bow foremast. I can also see Cat's Whiskers and Panama fairleads. But that's what I do for a crust :-) Nice one. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW - Canal
Dave mate, can you please stop posting these beautiful shots of NZ?! Every time I see them I want to go on holiday I can't get the time off to do that, so it's torture. ;-) Dave On 6/15/06, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/photodb/view.php?p=434t=1 This canal is part of the Upper Waitaki power scheme, which links about four lakes along the Waitaki River in the central South Island. This one runs between Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki, the first and second lakes in the system. The scheme is one of the largest engineering projects ever undertaken in this country. A recent attempt to expand it was canned due to a number of issues (some political, some technical, some geological). The power company owns the road that runs next to this canal, and allows public access. It's a longer drive than the publically-owned road, but is more scenic. Further along the canal there is the Mount Cook Salmon Farm, which is apparently the worlds highest. If your wallet is weighing you down, you can take a scenic helicopter tour from there. http://www.tekapohelicopters.co.nz/Flight.htm - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PAW - Canal
Awesome, Dave - awesome. Regards Jens Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 17. juni 2006 17:07 Til: pdml@pdml.net Emne: Re: PAW - Canal In a message dated 6/15/2006 2:54:13 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/photodb/view.php?p=434t=1 This canal is part of the Upper Waitaki power scheme, which links about four lakes along the Waitaki River in the central South Island. This one runs between Lake Tekapo and Lake Pukaki, the first and second lakes in the system. The scheme is one of the largest engineering projects ever undertaken in this country. A recent attempt to expand it was canned due to a number of issues (some political, some technical, some geological). The power company owns the road that runs next to this canal, and allows public access. It's a longer drive than the publically-owned road, but is more scenic. Further along the canal there is the Mount Cook Salmon Farm, which is apparently the worlds highest. If your wallet is weighing you down, you can take a scenic helicopter tour from there. http://www.tekapohelicopters.co.nz/Flight.htm - Dave Lovely shot, simply lovely. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 06/16/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 06/16/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Neat Image or Noise Ninja
I've just tried Ninja and compared the result to that from Neat. The noise I have to deal with comes from different sources. The microscope illumination system, three different cameras (two digital and one film) plus the very strange noise introduced by JAlbum if you make a gallery with any sharpened pictures -- this is not so important I suppose. For unknown reasons JAlbum introduces terrible 'film grainy' looking noise if any of the pictures included have been sharpened (I use a little unsharp masking sometimes). Neat image cleans this up immediately after auto profiling and a little additional tweaking. I tried the same thing with Ninja and got bad results the first two times, but I'll have another go and see what happens. In this case a profile for the *ist D wouldn't help much, but I've downloaded one anyway and will see what happens with that. Don David Savage wrote: On 6/18/06, Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don, Noise Ninja produces custom profiles for different cameras, at different ISO levels, which I though sensible. I don't know how it compares to most others, except that it does soften less than Digital GEM. I don't know how long it will take the Noise Ninja producers to come out with a profile for the D+, a camera I hope to get. Joe You can make your own easy enough according to the literature. Or you can send them shots of their noise profile chart they will do the work: http://www.picturecode.com/profile_upload.php Dave -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG
Been busy as heck and working on so many pictures ... This one, taken a couple of months ago, appealed to me strangely ... it seems to be in a new aesthetic vein. I'm not entirely sure how successful it is by itself. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/23.htm The now-usual larger rendering is available when you click on the image. :-) Comments, critique, flames all appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: This one, taken a couple of months ago, appealed to me strangely ... it seems to be in a new aesthetic vein. I'm not entirely sure how successful it is by itself. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/23.htm It's a curiously interesting image, Godfrey - I think I like it. I can see a couple of dark streaks running across it on my monitor though - shadows? Artefacts? Art? :-) S -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
GESO - Don't shoot me!
I just read that links to galleries are frowned on, but I was keen to get some feedback on a few pictures I just uploaded to my website. There's only a few online at the moment but I plan to add more. Most of the pictures were taken with a Pentax MZ5, which I think was called the ZX5 in the US. A few are stills from my Sony camcorder. Recently most of my time doing anything photography related has been taken up with editing video, but I love still image photography. Sadly, I haven't yet got a DSLR. http://www.wordweb.com/gallery Rob Argue for your limitations and sure enough, they're yours. Richard Bach, Illusions Rob Geraghty http://www.wordweb.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Boris Liberman wrote: I dare say that every lens can be forced to flare. But Pentax lenses are definitely more resilient. I have heard that Pentax stretch the limits of the optical formula they chose for the 43. This makes it more flare-prone that you would like and expect; I have heard internal reflections being mentioned. Others more knowledgeable on the subject may chip in. Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO: Mirror Image
Thanks, Dave. This image was used as a starting image in a presentation concerning the redevelopment of a harbour area. When I talked to my boss about using the image for the front page on a report on a seminar, about the redeveloping af the harbour - he could NOT see that it was a ship! What can you do... ...? I'm glad that you can ;-) Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk +45 56 63 77 11 +45 23 43 85 77 Skype: jensbladt248 -Oprindelig meddelelse- Fra: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] vegne af David Savage Sendt: 18. juni 2006 08:08 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: PESO: Mirror Image On 6/18/06, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've looked at this a couple of times - it is too abstract for me. Your explanation helps some, but not enough. I'm sure some will really like it, but not for me. -- Bruce Jens I like it. It's not too abstract IMO, but still recognisable even without the description. As soon as the photo popped up I thought That's a ships bow foremast. I can also see Cat's Whiskers and Panama fairleads. But that's what I do for a crust :-) Nice one. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 06/16/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 06/16/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: AF 1.7 converter
John Coyle wrote: Anyone have any ideas on current prices for this? I just searched Ebay with no luck on current auctions. I was down at Bernie's Camera (Pittsburgh's only remaining independent camera shop) a week ago and noticed that they have one of these... NEW! No kidding. In the box and on the shelf with the other Pentax stuff. Didn't ask the price but if anyone's interested their number is 412-231-1717 -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: GESO - Don't shoot me!
I don't know why anybody would frown on links to galleries. There are some very interesting shots there, particularly the 2 Australian creatures. One word of warning though (and this applies to everyone). Ducks. Don't bother. -- Cheers, Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Geraghty Sent: 18 June 2006 12:11 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO - Don't shoot me! I just read that links to galleries are frowned on, but I was keen to get some feedback on a few pictures I just uploaded to my website. There's only a few online at the moment but I plan to add more. Most of the pictures were taken with a Pentax MZ5, which I think was called the ZX5 in the US. A few are stills from my Sony camcorder. Recently most of my time doing anything photography related has been taken up with editing video, but I love still image photography. Sadly, I haven't yet got a DSLR. http://www.wordweb.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG
Hi Godderrs, I like this one a lot. It's seemingly simple, but upon loking closely there's more to be seen than immediately met my eye. For example, at first look in the smaller pic i didn't realize that I was seeing a tree and its shadow ... this is one I'd like to look at again - might have some more comments. Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Been busy as heck and working on so many pictures ... This one, taken a couple of months ago, appealed to me strangely ... it seems to be in a new aesthetic vein. I'm not entirely sure how successful it is by itself. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/23.htm The now-usual larger rendering is available when you click on the image. :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
I saw this and thought of Frank...
Not sure which is best: Colour: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646s.jpg Desaturated: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646bw.jpg Just right: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646f.jpg Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Magnum event, London
http://www.web-options.com/P6180644s.jpg Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG
On Jun 18, 2006, at 1:24 AM, Steve Jolly wrote: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/23.htm It's a curiously interesting image, Godfrey - I think I like it. I can see a couple of dark streaks running across it on my monitor though - shadows? Artefacts? Art? :-) Thanks for looking and commenting, Steve. The light gray horizontal bands are shadows of overhead power lines. Rendering and printing this photo was a process of discovery:The full resolution print has textural subtleties that I hardly saw when I first got interested in the photo. They are barely visible even in the larger on-line rendering. best Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW - Canal
On Jun 18, 2006, at 6:22 PM, David Savage wrote: Dave mate, can you please stop posting these beautiful shots of NZ?! Every time I see them I want to go on holiday I can't get the time off to do that, so it's torture. ;-) Your accommodation is waiting :) http://www.bluemoon.net.nz/photo/photodb/view.php?p=235 - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Gold in my backyard
Paul, Does the A2XS allow both A and AF operation? Thanks, Jack --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, it's a little grainy. I misspoke below. It was actually ISO 800 and cropped. The feeder this shaded by a tree. Not a lot of light. I needed 800 just to get 1/90th shutter. Since I'm using the A2XS converter, the working stop is f11 wide open on my A 400 5.6. Paul On Jun 17, 2006, at 9:28 PM, Jack Davis wrote: You may recall I put up a trap focus frozen finch image several months back. Same shape feeder used, but made of screen wire rather than what appears to be plastic. Thistle seeds pulled through the screen at a surprising rate. Have counted up to 10 finches on the feeder at the same time. Interesting pose. Soft somewhat grainy texture..a matter of style. Jack --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend gave me a goldfinch feeder and a bag of thistle seed. The feeder requires the birds to eat hanging upside down. Apparently, goldfinches are among the few species that can do this. After a few weeks, I now have a flock of goldfinches that visits on a regular basis. They're very small and easily spooked. They don't seem to alight on branches near the feeder, so natural shots are not likely. So today I set up the *istD with the A400/5.6 and the A2XS converter. I attached a remote shutter release, so I could shoot down to 1/90th or so. I think this was at 5.6 @ 1/90th, ISO 400. It's cropped to about half the frame. On the tripod of course. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4575075 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
- Original Message - From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Boris Liberman wrote: I dare say that every lens can be forced to flare. But Pentax lenses are definitely more resilient. I have heard that Pentax stretch the limits of the optical formula they chose for the 43. This makes it more flare-prone that you would like and expect; I have heard internal reflections being mentioned. It would have been interesting to see how the lens fared without the extra UV-filter. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PAW 2006 - 24 - GDG
Another ... I think I'm near caught up again. Also taken a couple of months ago, not processed until now. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/24.htm Comments, critique, flames always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO:Doomed or not?
I have had some troubles with my connection for a week or so, so it's been quiet from me... I have mixed emotions about this picture myself. I kind of like it, as is, on the one hand. But I also dislike the blown out parts, it attracts too much attention. The corrected version is better when speaking about the blown out parts, but the wall looks dull. So I don't know what I prefer. I believe I havent been able to get most out of the file :-( Anyway, thanks for looking and commenting. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Bailey Sent: 10. juni 2006 05:53 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO:Doomed or not? Very good with high contrast lighting. Version 2 goes a long way to taming the way too highlights. I particularly like the way the people seated by the window in the upper left of the photo are lit. JOhn --- Tim �sleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While many of you where at GFM I where in another confirmation. When I sat in the church I was struck by the light, and by all the symbols in the ceremony. It makes a very strong message. http://www.photosight.org/photo.php?photoid=37679ref=author Techie stuff is online. I'm not a religious person myself, but I do see the symbols, and they do affect me. I also thought you might enjoy the architecture. In this presentation I was going for maximum contrast, without loosing the texture in the wall. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Possible Meteorite Hits Car in Poland
Tom C wrote: Pictures at: http://www.4lomza.pl/fotogaleria.php?id=19598 Tom C. To be so lucky... A few years ago, the same happened in a motorway near Madrid. A moving car was hit by a meteorite, the drive was lucky and didn't suffer any harm, except a big fright. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG
Thanks Shel! I keep going back to look at it too. There's something about it that I find very off-beat and evocative of some ideas I've had lately. I found a whole bunch of similar photos taken around that time period (February or so) in my archives that I hadn't really done much processing on yet.. Godfrey On Jun 18, 2006, at 8:10 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I like this one a lot. It's seemingly simple, but upon loking closely there's more to be seen than immediately met my eye. For example, at first look in the smaller pic i didn't realize that I was seeing a tree and its shadow ... this is one I'd like to look at again - might have some more comments. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/23.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG
On Jun 18, 2006, at 1:24 AM, Steve Jolly wrote: http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/23.htm It's a curiously interesting image, Godfrey - I think I like it. I can see a couple of dark streaks running across it on my monitor though - shadows? Artefacts? Art? :-) Thanks for looking and commenting, Steve. The light gray horizontal bands are shadows of overhead power lines. Rendering and printing this photo was a process of discovery:The full resolution print has textural subtleties that I hardly saw when I first got interested in the photo. They are barely visible even in the larger on-line rendering. best Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Is this a clichi?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom C Sent: 18 June 2006 01:01 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Is this a clichi? It rather reminds me of the 1960's The Prisoner TV series and the bleak beach scenes at Port Portmerion. There is one time or more where the taxis (mini mokes) are on the beach. That's what comes to mind for me. Yes, I can see what you mean. Perhaps I just think it's a cliché because it's so obviously within a certain tradition of British seaside photography. In the essay included in Mark Powers' The Shipping Forecast, David Chandler talks about the tradition of social documentary photography in Britain and for photographers the shoreline, the beach and the seaside town have all traditionally harboured the pageant of British post-war life. He traces this tradition from photographers like James Jarche and Bert Hardy, through Tony Ray-Jones, Martin Parr, Anna Fox and Mark Power. I would also include in that list people like Ian Berry, David Hurn and to some extent Don McCullen, and perhaps even Frank Meadow Sutcliffe. The same influence is also evident in other media, such as 'The Prisoner'. You can see photos from The Shipping Forecast here: http://www.magnumphotos.com/c/htm/FramerT_MAG.aspx?Stat=SearchImages_S earchThumbV=CSearchTSID=JMGEJNTXOBJS7E=S_2V6DH6V3CBKJE http://tinyurl.com/ltxvg Regards, Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Gold in my backyard
No, the A2X-S, like the A2X-L has only the A contacts. Mine has a damaged lock pin. The spring has evidently become unattached, so it won't lock on the lens. It still works fine as long as I make sure the lens is all the way engaged. But I almost dropped my A400 yesterday, when it spun off the converter. Luckily, I caught it with my other hand about halfway to the floor. Close call. I think I'll take the converter to my local repair guy and see if he can fix it. They used to be quite expensive. It has seven elements, so it's a rather sophisticated optic. On Jun 18, 2006, at 9:06 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Paul, Does the A2XS allow both A and AF operation? Thanks, Jack --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, it's a little grainy. I misspoke below. It was actually ISO 800 and cropped. The feeder this shaded by a tree. Not a lot of light. I needed 800 just to get 1/90th shutter. Since I'm using the A2XS converter, the working stop is f11 wide open on my A 400 5.6. Paul On Jun 17, 2006, at 9:28 PM, Jack Davis wrote: You may recall I put up a trap focus frozen finch image several months back. Same shape feeder used, but made of screen wire rather than what appears to be plastic. Thistle seeds pulled through the screen at a surprising rate. Have counted up to 10 finches on the feeder at the same time. Interesting pose. Soft somewhat grainy texture..a matter of style. Jack --- Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A friend gave me a goldfinch feeder and a bag of thistle seed. The feeder requires the birds to eat hanging upside down. Apparently, goldfinches are among the few species that can do this. After a few weeks, I now have a flock of goldfinches that visits on a regular basis. They're very small and easily spooked. They don't seem to alight on branches near the feeder, so natural shots are not likely. So today I set up the *istD with the A400/5.6 and the A2XS converter. I attached a remote shutter release, so I could shoot down to 1/90th or so. I think this was at 5.6 @ 1/90th, ISO 400. It's cropped to about half the frame. On the tripod of course. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4575075 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: first PESO
Hi, Great idea for a photo nice scene, nice subject, nice framing. This is a situation that almost requires a dozen or more frames to be exposed. Subtle differences in the movement of the kids, your arm, tilt of a head, may alter the effect of such a photo, some positions making it stronger or weaker. Working in a little closer may have helped some, but that depends on just what the story is you wanted to tell with the photo. Shel [Original Message] From: gibikote [EMAIL PROTECTED] This was composed by me, taken by my friend. thats me on the bench with my friends kids http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4256144 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Desert Solitaire Redux( was Peso: the Eye has it)
In a message dated 6/11/2006 10:07:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie _ I took your suggestion and came up with this revision - in a kinda sneaky way :) I think it is better http://users.rcn.com/annsan/desertsolitairebetter.jpg a note to Abbey fans - yeah, I know, a season in the wilderness subtitle should be there, too but this is just an example and I thought it looked better without it. :) Good news about the Velveeta Underground cover I did, my author friend told me the book was selected for some free advertising by an art director due to the cover design - so that made me pretty happy... ann === Looks better. More balanced. Cool, cool re cover art for other one. It was a neat design and once you explained the context, it made a tad more sense to me. Way to go. Marnie -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
Hi! It would have been interesting to see how the lens fared without the extra UV-filter. Jostein I realize that. However I don't take UV filters off my limited lenses as a matter of course... It already proved once its use... Fortunately it was merely Galia's finger, yet I prefer to clean the filter and not the lens. So, practically the filter will always be on. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Hugs
Insurance agents have surprising access... Jack Davis wrote: ..or state, county, city government agencies. DMV access codes freely available. Jack --- Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3rd try... On 6/17/06, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jack, Used to be easy to get that info, but now it is not so unless you are law enforcement. Regards, Bob S. On 6/17/06, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Really not to difficult (for many) to get DMV info from a license plate. Jack --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/hugs.html It, y'know, like totally California ... Sony DSC-S85 Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Don't shoot me!
On 18/6/06, Rob Geraghty, discombobulated, unleashed: I just read that links to galleries are frowned on, ?? Where? Here's a FAQ for this list: http://www.graywolfphoto.com/pentax/pdml-faq.html POSTING PHOTOS-- For PESO/PAW/ETC, you put it up on the web somewhere and post a URL in your message. You can not post photos directly to the list, the list management software will automatically delete your post. PESO (GESO,PAW,etc.)-- Photo Every So Oftten (also PAW-- Photo A Week), a thing introduced to the list a while back by Shel Belinkoff where you can put up a photo you want commented on and folks will tell you how you should have done it (grin). PESO seems to have become the preferred acronym. You will also occassionally see GESO (Gallery Every So Often) I personally do not like the idea, if you want to show a bunch of your photos just post a link to your webpage in your sig line. People post links to galleries quite frequently. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
I won't use a filter on any lens, not matter how valuable, unless I require filtration. I figure there's not much point in buying superior lenses and then shooting through a piece of inferior glass. Even if the filter is of optimum quality, it's adding an unnecessary element and limiting the effectiveness of the lens. However, I can understand that some prefer to protect their investment. I like to buy lenses from those folk :-). Paul On Jun 18, 2006, at 2:16 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! It would have been interesting to see how the lens fared without the extra UV-filter. Jostein I realize that. However I don't take UV filters off my limited lenses as a matter of course... It already proved once its use... Fortunately it was merely Galia's finger, yet I prefer to clean the filter and not the lens. So, practically the filter will always be on. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: RAW vs JPEG - The truth is out
Film at 11? Paul Stenquist wrote: Pigs Fly. Paul On Jun 17, 2006, at 12:24 PM, Cotty wrote: Can someone please serve me some pie? Reading through the couple of recent threads on pixels and jpegs vs RAW spurred me on to do another test (I hate tests because it means work). When I got a DSLR a few years ago I did a test where I shot some books on a shelf in both RAW and large fine jpeg and compared the results on the monitor, blown right up in Photoshop. This was with a Canon D60. The detail was more or less the same in both pics, and so I kept with jpeg as it was all a bit of a learning curve at the time and I'm for the path of least resistance when I can get away with it. I sold the D60 and got a 1Dmark II (1.3 crop from full frame) and have been happy with it. Of course, I didn't do any tests as I assumed the results would be the same. But, of course, they're not. Hence, I was fiddling (fondling?) my beloved Pentax SMC-A* 85mm f/1.4 (to confirm I'm on topic here) and there was a very contrasty subject right in front of me: buckets of paint and bits of wood, backlit, darkest shadows right through to bright highlights bouncing off the lids. I shot one jpeg frame and one RAW. Into Photoshop CS with both, the RAW staying in 16 bit. Here's a couple of screen shots: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/spare5.html Guess which one is the RAW file :-) ISO 800, 1/30th sec handheld (c'mon I don't do tripod tests - there has to be an element of risk ;-) The jpeg is as good as I could get it. The white lids with hot sun on them were solid gone, but the shadow detail was full retrievable with the RAW. With the jpeg it took a lot of bodging and it stinks. But the level of detail in the RAW amazed me. That instantly sold me back onto RAW. Of course, there's no way my inkjet can cope with showing that detail, but that's another story. Some facts: jpeg file on card 5MB, RAW is 8 MB. I'm down from 300-odd jpegs per 2 GB card to 187 at 200 ISO. Time for some more cards :-( And time to pull Bruce's book off the shelf and have another go. Some pass me a desert fork -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
Paul Stenquist wrote: I won't use a filter on any lens, not matter how valuable, unless I require filtration. I figure there's not much point in buying superior lenses and then shooting through a piece of inferior glass. Even if the filter is of optimum quality, it's adding an unnecessary element and limiting the effectiveness of the lens. However, I can understand that some prefer to protect their investment. I like to buy lenses from those folk :-). Agreed. And the only time I've had to replace a front element (and a 77mm at that), I was very pleasantly surprised to find it's only a fraction of the lens cost... -Ryan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Gold in my backyard
The seed in the feeder looks nice and sharp, the bird seems a bit soft. Not much DOF with that combination at ~f11. Nice capture though, Paul Stenquist wrote: A friend gave me a goldfinch feeder and a bag of thistle seed. The feeder requires the birds to eat hanging upside down. Apparently, goldfinches are among the few species that can do this. After a few weeks, I now have a flock of goldfinches that visits on a regular basis. They're very small and easily spooked. They don't seem to alight on branches near the feeder, so natural shots are not likely. So today I set up the *istD with the A400/5.6 and the A2XS converter. I attached a remote shutter release, so I could shoot down to 1/90th or so. I think this was at 5.6 @ 1/90th, ISO 400. It's cropped to about half the frame. On the tripod of course. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4575075 -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Gold in my backyard
I focused on the bird. The difference might be that the bird is moving and the seed is stationary :-). Paul On Jun 18, 2006, at 2:40 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: The seed in the feeder looks nice and sharp, the bird seems a bit soft. Not much DOF with that combination at ~f11. Nice capture though, Paul Stenquist wrote: A friend gave me a goldfinch feeder and a bag of thistle seed. The feeder requires the birds to eat hanging upside down. Apparently, goldfinches are among the few species that can do this. After a few weeks, I now have a flock of goldfinches that visits on a regular basis. They're very small and easily spooked. They don't seem to alight on branches near the feeder, so natural shots are not likely. So today I set up the *istD with the A400/5.6 and the A2XS converter. I attached a remote shutter release, so I could shoot down to 1/90th or so. I think this was at 5.6 @ 1/90th, ISO 400. It's cropped to about half the frame. On the tripod of course. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4575075 -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
K100D SR
Hi all, I just encountered a very brief review of the effectiveness of the K100D (Beta) SR. Reviewer is a well known camera writer who always has a privilege for sneak previews. He is reviewing a K100D + DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited, but no review of the lens, only on the SR. He talks about the difference between the RS used for A10 (using micro-stepping motors) and the magnetic floating used for K100D which most PDMLers know by now. According to him (who interviewed Pentax engineers), Pentax have been developing this system over so many years, way before Minolta announced the CCD shift method, and even during the film camera era. His point is that the effectiveness of Pentax's SR is more than 2 stops which Pentax so far disclosed. But he found that this was an overly conservative estimate. He experimented it using various lenses and was convinced that it really has more than 3 stops effectiveness. He went on to say, as most of us here know again, that he has to wonder why Pentax have always been very timid (his word) in showing this sort of specs. He said he was so frustrated that Pentax do'nt usually brag about their accomplishments. Well, sounds like the Pentax's SR is indeed very effective. Just FYI. Cheers, Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K100D SR
Great news. I'm looking forward to the 10 megapixel model. The older I get, the more I need IS :-). Paul K wrote: Hi all, I just encountered a very brief review of the effectiveness of the K100D (Beta) SR. Reviewer is a well known camera writer who always has a privilege for sneak previews. He is reviewing a K100D + DA 21mm F3.2 AL Limited, but no review of the lens, only on the SR. He talks about the difference between the RS used for A10 (using micro-stepping motors) and the magnetic floating used for K100D which most PDMLers know by now. According to him (who interviewed Pentax engineers), Pentax have been developing this system over so many years, way before Minolta announced the CCD shift method, and even during the film camera era. His point is that the effectiveness of Pentax's SR is more than 2 stops which Pentax so far disclosed. But he found that this was an overly conservative estimate. He experimented it using various lenses and was convinced that it really has more than 3 stops effectiveness. He went on to say, as most of us here know again, that he has to wonder why Pentax have always been very timid (his word) in showing this sort of specs. He said he was so frustrated that Pentax do'nt usually brag about their accomplishments. Well, sounds like the Pentax's SR is indeed very effective. Just FYI. Cheers, Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - Rosalind in Action
http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html Rosalind is 12 years old, and sometimes she's a bit stiff and it's hard for her to get around. I was able to get her to exercise some this morning. She seems to be enjoying herself ;-)) I think Bob, her owner, may just enjoy this shot of his old, faithful companion. istDS, A50/1.4, 1/15sec, f/11.0, ISO 200 Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Rosalind in Action
Nice shot. Great technique. I would crop out the dead area on the right of frame, but perhaps that's just me. Paul On Jun 18, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html Rosalind is 12 years old, and sometimes she's a bit stiff and it's hard for her to get around. I was able to get her to exercise some this morning. She seems to be enjoying herself ;-)) I think Bob, her owner, may just enjoy this shot of his old, faithful companion. istDS, A50/1.4, 1/15sec, f/11.0, ISO 200 Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Rosalind in Action
Hi Paul, Thanks, Actually, I put up the wrong pic. The correct one is up now. I wanted the dead area as it gives Ros a place to run to, but what I did do was put up the pic with a little cropped off the top. I think it changes the dynamic a bit, and may, perhaps, make the dead area to which you object a little more acceptable. I may still lose a little of the space on the right, but I want to look at the pic some more and maybe get some more feedback as well. Same url: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html Shel [Original Message] From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: 6/18/2006 12:23:55 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Rosalind in Action Nice shot. Great technique. I would crop out the dead area on the right of frame, but perhaps that's just me. Paul On Jun 18, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Rosalind in Action
Yep. That's a good crop. I like it. Paul On Jun 18, 2006, at 3:38 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: Hi Paul, Thanks, Actually, I put up the wrong pic. The correct one is up now. I wanted the dead area as it gives Ros a place to run to, but what I did do was put up the pic with a little cropped off the top. I think it changes the dynamic a bit, and may, perhaps, make the dead area to which you object a little more acceptable. I may still lose a little of the space on the right, but I want to look at the pic some more and maybe get some more feedback as well. Same url: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html Shel [Original Message] From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: 6/18/2006 12:23:55 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Rosalind in Action Nice shot. Great technique. I would crop out the dead area on the right of frame, but perhaps that's just me. Paul On Jun 18, 2006, at 3:21 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: AF 1.7 converter
Ahh, but the Tamron, isn't the nearly legendary SMC-P F 1.7x AF adapter. This device along with being a very capable 1.7x converter, also will make you manual focus lenses into autofocus, (well sort of), lenses. I've never seen anything like it from any other manufacturer. By the way I have no idea what current prices might be like, I bought mine a few years ago for about $70 US. Tom Simpson wrote: John Coyle wrote: Anyone have any ideas on current prices for this? I just searched Ebay with no luck on current auctions. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia I just won one earlier today on eBay, a Tamron. Got it for a little over US$20 :-) Not too bad, eh? -Tom *istDL -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: AF 1.7 converter
If you're interested I've got one for sale. But please remember that I'm located in Sweden. /Paul - Original Message - From: John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 3:40 AM Subject: AF 1.7 converter Anyone have any ideas on current prices for this? I just searched Ebay with no luck on current auctions. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.0/368 - Release Date: 6/16/2006 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
K100D SR
Thanks, Ken. Great report and good news about the SR. I too wish that Pentax was not so conservative. Pentax have been developing this system over so many years, way before Minolta announced the CCD shift method, and even during the film camera era. Ken, do you mean than even when Pentax produced only film cameras, they were nonetheless working on shake reduction for an eventual digital sensor? Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: AF 1.7 converter
On 6/18/06, John Coyle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have any ideas on current prices for this? I just searched Ebay with no luck on current auctions. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Grr... few days ago I've saw a brand new one, ~260 euro (VAT included). But I live in Romania, we have the lowest salaries and the highest prices :( Actually I think it's the same adapter I've saw last year. -- Best regards, Alex Sarbu -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K100D SR
On Jun 18, 2006, at 4:43 PM, Joseph Tainter wrote: Ken, do you mean than even when Pentax produced only film cameras, they were nonetheless working on shake reduction for an eventual digital sensor? Hi Joe, That's what this reviewer is saying. Pal was saying that Pentax had a basic patent for the IS and it is very conceivable that they had developed all sorts of designs for the SR over the years. I am sure that they were always trying to market some form of SR but film plane cannot be shifted so the CCD shift method must be a new concept. Whether they have been developing this particular method even during the film era, I do not know, but that's certainly what the reviewer says ;-). And it is very conceivable as Pentax, over the years, have developed many things but only few made into the market. Timid marketing? Maybe. But they appear to have transformed themselves into more of a risk taker since switching to digital. Cheers, ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Possible Meteorite Hits Car in Poland
If it were space junk, it would hardly look metallic after re-entry. Gonz wrote: It looks non-meteoric, more like a metallic disk of some sorts. Space junk? rg Tom C wrote: Pictures at: http://www.4lomza.pl/fotogaleria.php?id=19598 Tom C. To be so lucky... -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K100D SR
Thanks for the inside info, Ken. Three+ stops of shake reduction is good news indeed! Things are looking up for Pentax... Regards, Jim -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO - Rosalind in Action
Great shot Shel! Don -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shel Belinkoff Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 2:21 PM To: PDML Subject: PESO - Rosalind in Action http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html Rosalind is 12 years old, and sometimes she's a bit stiff and it's hard for her to get around. I was able to get her to exercise some this morning. She seems to be enjoying herself ;-)) I think Bob, her owner, may just enjoy this shot of his old, faithful companion. istDS, A50/1.4, 1/15sec, f/11.0, ISO 200 Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: AF 1.7 converter
Thanks to all who replied and gave indications on price. It has certainly helped me decide! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 12:18 AM Subject: Re: AF 1.7 converter John Coyle wrote: Anyone have any ideas on current prices for this? I just searched Ebay with no luck on current auctions. I was down at Bernie's Camera (Pittsburgh's only remaining independent camera shop) a week ago and noticed that they have one of these... NEW! No kidding. In the box and on the shelf with the other Pentax stuff. Didn't ask the price but if anyone's interested their number is 412-231-1717 -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Mirror Image
In a message dated 6/17/2006 7:51:04 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: So what do you guys think of stuff like this: http://flickr.com/photos/bladt/168902023/ Regards Jens Bladt http://www.jensbladt.dk = Interesting. I think I might prefer it right side up though (which is upside down). Let it look like what it is, in other words. But it's a nice graphic. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG
In a message dated 6/18/2006 12:22:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Been busy as heck and working on so many pictures ... This one, taken a couple of months ago, appealed to me strangely ... it seems to be in a new aesthetic vein. I'm not entirely sure how successful it is by itself. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/23.htm The now-usual larger rendering is available when you click on the image. :-) Comments, critique, flames all appreciated. enjoy Godfrey === Very nice, Godfrey. I'd almost like to see more of the base, but it works pretty well with a thin strip of base. Very minimalist, very Japanese brush stroke type of thing and you also managed to keep most of it BW. :-) Subtle, understated, grows on one. It's a winner. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
Jostein wrote: From: Kostas Kavoussanakis [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Boris Liberman wrote: I dare say that every lens can be forced to flare. But Pentax lenses are definitely more resilient. I have heard that Pentax stretch the limits of the optical formula they chose for the 43. This makes it more flare-prone that you would like and expect; I have heard internal reflections being mentioned. It would have been interesting to see how the lens fared without the extra UV-filter. Probably a lot different. I've found the 43 Limited to be exemplary with regards to flare. Some have called it the best lens I ever encountered in some flare tests: http://luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-03-01-12.shtml -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Rosalind in Action
In a message dated 6/18/2006 12:22:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html Rosalind is 12 years old, and sometimes she's a bit stiff and it's hard for her to get around. I was able to get her to exercise some this morning. She seems to be enjoying herself ;-)) I think Bob, her owner, may just enjoy this shot of his old, faithful companion. istDS, A50/1.4, 1/15sec, f/11.0, ISO 200 Shel While I don't mind blur in a lot of situations (like I've liked tons of frank's stuff :-)), this one has a little too much for me. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO- The Pond: June
In a message dated 6/11/2006 5:38:05 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: This should have been a PESO. By the way, it's with the DA 12-24, 12mm, f11 @ 1 second. Paul On Jun 11, 2006, at 7:50 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I shot this in early spring with no leaves on the trees. Here it is again, as of today: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4551688size=lg == Nice, Paul. I am not a big fan of IR, in fact, I probably don't like it much, but there are some nice details in this one. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2006 - 24 - GDG
In a message dated 6/18/2006 10:17:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Another ... I think I'm near caught up again. Also taken a couple of months ago, not processed until now. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/24.htm Comments, critique, flames always appreciated. enjoy Godfrey === That's nice, I like it a lot. But I like trees, roots, and the stuff in/under trees. I keep thinking I should be able to do something like this and have it be interesting and it never comes out looking at all interesting. Course I haven't tried for a while, probably should try again. I like this a lot better than the indoor building shots (with old stuff) you showed recently, for instance. This has texture, is outdoors, and has stuff for the eye to do. Later, Marnie -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO:Doomed or not?
In a message dated 6/7/2006 3:11:03 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The new version is at the same page http://www.photosight.org/photo.php?photoid=37679ref=author Below the picture you will find a thumb Versjon 2 that's the one Tim I prefer the first version, with the blown out windows, rather than having any details in the windows. Better symbolism. Also the lighting in other areas is more dramatic. The one thing I am unsure about is the two kids at the bottom of the pic. I didn't really notice them in the first version. But I do in the second and their postures are eloquent. However, I like the strong light beam on the bench next to the right most boy, another symbol. Maybe you could just bring up details in the shadows a little in the lower area, without affecting the light beam? (You'll have to use a selection tool.) In other words, I think your first instincts were fine. Marnie aka Doe :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: My AmEx Commercial
On Jun 18, 2006, at 11:17 AM, Dave Brooks wrote: [snip] I think you meant MasterCard, who's lawyers will be contacting you shortly :) - Dave Well, just goes to show you how much impact Mastercard has on me. :-) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I saw this and thought of Frank...
In a message dated 6/18/2006 8:39:47 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not sure which is best: Colour: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646s.jpg Desaturated: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646bw.jpg Just right: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646f.jpg Bob === Nothing seems to be in focus though. Oh. Stupid me. Marnie aka Doe ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Help me choosing the crop (PESO: Santa Monica Beach)
In a message dated 6/5/2006 10:07:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, All! I have problems choosing between two crops of the same image. (I have pros and cons for both). http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/SantaMonica/pages/IMGP3015_1.html and http://www.komkon.org/~igor/PHOTOS/SantaMonica/pages/IMGP3015.html *ist-DS, FA 50/1.4 ISO 800, 1/60, f/2.0, handheld. Other comments and critique are also welcome. Igor == First. Nice shot. Course, this is a long thread and I haven't read it all yet (I often, but not always, try to make comments before reading the whole thread). I'd go with the first. The second seems a tad busy. Just my .02. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: first PESO
In a message dated 6/17/2006 7:04:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi. This was composed by me, taken by my friend. thats me on the bench with my friends kids http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=4256144 MZ-6, Sigma 28-105, unrecorded media, handheld. all comments welcome. thanks and regards, Sridhar (Vellore, India) === Nice concept, but a tad too dead center for me. Not so much the bench, but the bench AND the horizon line. Also what some have said about separating the guy's head from the background would have helped. I feel, even if keeping the bench dead center, this might have been better taken either closer to the ground, or higher up for a slightly different perspective, so not everything would be symmetrical. But the lines in the ground are interesting, the concept is good, and your first PESO is a lot better than some's have been. (Like mine. ;-)) Welcome. Hope you keep on sharing. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I saw this and thought of Frank...
I prefer the colour version. Dave On 6/18/06, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure which is best: Colour: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646s.jpg Desaturated: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646bw.jpg Just right: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646f.jpg Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I saw this and thought of Frank...
On Jun 18, 2006, at 8:29 AM, Bob W wrote: Colour: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646s.jpg Desaturated: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646bw.jpg Just right: http://www.web-options.com/P6180646f.jpg LOL! G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG
I like it the minimal approach. My kind of image. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 3:15 AM Subject: PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG Been busy as heck and working on so many pictures ... This one, taken a couple of months ago, appealed to me strangely ... it seems to be in a new aesthetic vein. I'm not entirely sure how successful it is by itself. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/23.htm The now-usual larger rendering is available when you click on the image. :-) Comments, critique, flames all appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Rosalind in Action
Wonderful capture Shel!. The owner should really like it. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Rosalind in Action http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html Rosalind is 12 years old, and sometimes she's a bit stiff and it's hard for her to get around. I was able to get her to exercise some this morning. She seems to be enjoying herself ;-)) I think Bob, her owner, may just enjoy this shot of his old, faithful companion. istDS, A50/1.4, 1/15sec, f/11.0, ISO 200 Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: OT: Mom Passed Away
I saw this now. Sorry for your loss Marnie. Take care. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12. juni 2006 16:42 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Mom Passed Away Sorry to hear of this Marnie. I know what you went through, as i didi with my Mom. Thinking of you today. Dave I don't know if I mentioned it before, but while in the hospital with pneumonia, Mom started refusing to eat and drink. The strange thing was, she didn't do it all the time. For reasons I won't go into, she was in isolation for a while. She came out of isolation last Tuesday but at that time was refusing to eat and drink consistently. So I brought her home to die on Wednesday. We did the hospice bit and she died early on Sunday morning (what I think of as Saturday night). Yes, I was getting tired of taking care of her. It was a lot work, and my personal freedom was seriously limited, especially the last two years, with almost no freedom this last year. But I had also become quite fond of her. We had evolved a good mother/daughter relationship over the years -- and I won't say who was the mother and who was the daughter. So grief is battling with relief. Yeah, I am sad. I will miss her. She did, at least, live long enough to come home and die at home rather than in a scary, impersonal hospital. I never took any more pictures of her hands after she came home to recover from the colostomy (there was about a month between the colostomy and the later pneumonia). However, weird that I am, I did take some pictures of her in the hospital and at home, sick with pneumonia. I don't really know why I did that. Thank you, everyone, for your positive thoughts. They may have helped. Marnie :-( -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - Mustard Windmill
I probably take better photos now than a year ago (let's hope). But I was going through my pic directories and came across this. Shot over a year ago, in Fremont when I was scooping out Mission San Jose for a possible Norcal PDML outing (we went to San Jose instead). Fremont id an interesting town. This little farm was right near a townhouse development. There were little bits of farms and/or farms scattered through out or near the downtown area. I wanted to get closer to shoot the windmill and barns, but there was a fence and it was private property. So far fence hopping is something I've avoided. Oh, the ground was sloping; it was on a hillside. Probably a bit trite, but I think it's pretty and may make a print of it. Just something pleasant... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/windmill.htm Comments welcome and all that jazz. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Mustard Windmill
On Jun 18, 2006, at 5:29 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/windmill.htm A classic postcard picture! Very nice indeed. Godfrey ... Sometimes I go backwards in time and discover gems I didn't notice ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Mustard Windmill
Marnie - a wonderful image but I'd prefer not to have it framed by the foreground brush on either side the high grass on the bottom edge. I'm also straining to see the details of the buildings suggesting a closer point of view. Hope you worked this scene as I can see other possibilities with the subject matter. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO - Mustard Windmill I probably take better photos now than a year ago (let's hope). But I was going through my pic directories and came across this. Shot over a year ago, in Fremont when I was scooping out Mission San Jose for a possible Norcal PDML outing (we went to San Jose instead). Fremont id an interesting town. This little farm was right near a townhouse development. There were little bits of farms and/or farms scattered through out or near the downtown area. I wanted to get closer to shoot the windmill and barns, but there was a fence and it was private property. So far fence hopping is something I've avoided. Oh, the ground was sloping; it was on a hillside. Probably a bit trite, but I think it's pretty and may make a print of it. Just something pleasant... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/windmill.htm Comments welcome and all that jazz. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: AF 1.7 converter
At 07:18 AM 18/06/2006 , you wrote: I was down at Bernie's Camera (Pittsburgh's only remaining independent camera shop) a week ago and noticed that they have one of these... NEW! No kidding. In the box and on the shelf with the other Pentax stuff. Didn't ask the price but if anyone's interested their number is 412-231-1717 Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 Hi Mark, Don't know how often you get down there but I would be interested in that converter if the price is right - around $150 perhaps. If they, or you, would ship it to me in Canada. Only if it is not inconvenient for you. Have been watching for one on eBay and missed out on one in Canada for about that price. They are not too common. Thanks Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
At 10:46 AM 18/06/2006 , you wrote: I won't use a filter on any lens, not matter how valuable, unless I require filtration. However, I can understand that some prefer to protect their investment. I like to buy lenses from those folk :-). And you end up with a good collection of unused UV filters. :^} Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Neat Image or Noise Ninja
On 6/18/06, Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don, Noise Ninja produces custom profiles for different cameras, at different ISO levels, You can download Neat Image profiles for the DS. All ISO settings and three noise filter settings. Quite useful when there is no plain area in the image to sample. Powell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Mustard Windmill
A classic postcard picture! Very nice indeed. Godfrey === Thanks, Godfrey. :-) Reply to Ken below. In a message dated 6/18/2006 5:52:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie - a wonderful image but I'd prefer not to have it framed by the foreground brush on either side the high grass on the bottom edge. I'm also straining to see the details of the buildings suggesting a closer point of view. Hope you worked this scene as I can see other possibilities with the subject matter. Kenneth Waller === Not really, I couldn't get any closer. Also I couldn't really get a shot without framing. And I don't think I had a longer lens at that point. Either not with me or I didn't own one. However, I did take a flowering tree right next to the fence, instead. Which I already showed last year. http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/hayfever.htm This was much closer to me, and I worked this tree quite a bit, and was never sure this was the best, best shot. Thanks for looking. Marnie -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Mustard Windmill
I like this one. The broad perspective is appropriate here. Good work. Paul ... Sometimes I go backwards in time and discover gems I didn't notice ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Rosalind in Action
Thanks Ken, I think Bob'll like this. Rosalind isn't too active these days, and it may give him some pleasure to know that she still has a bit of the young girl left in her yet. Shel [Original Message] From: Kenneth Waller Wonderful capture Shel!. The owner should really like it. - Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: PESO - Rosalind in Action http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO - Rosalind in Action
Shel [Original Message] From: Don Sanderson Great shot Shel! Don -Original Message- Shel Belinkoff http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html Rosalind is 12 years old, and sometimes she's a bit stiff and it's hard for her to get around. I was able to get her to exercise some this morning. She seems to be enjoying herself ;-)) I think Bob, her owner, may just enjoy this shot of his old, faithful companion. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PAW 2006 - 23 - GDG
I like the minimalist image and it intriguing how the shadow is so similar and yet very different in many details. Powell Been busy as heck and working on so many pictures ... This one, taken a couple of months ago, appealed to me strangely ... it seems to be in a new aesthetic vein. I'm not entirely sure how successful it is by itself. http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW6/23.htm The now-usual larger rendering is available when you click on the image. :-) Comments, critique, flames all appreciated. enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Mustard Windmill
I like this one. The broad perspective is appropriate here. Good work. Paul === Thanks, Paul. :-) I thought it was pretty and pleasant. I tried lightening the shadows on the two main buildings in response to what Ken said, but I don't really think it improved it. I don't mind dark silhouettes now and then. Second version... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/images/windmill2.jpg Original below... Marnie In a message dated 6/18/2006 5:35:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Probably a bit trite, but I think it's pretty and may make a print of it. Just something pleasant... http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/windmill.htm Comments welcome and all that jazz. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
On Jun 18, 2006, at 6:25 PM, Powell Hargrave wrote: I won't use a filter on any lens, not matter how valuable, unless I require filtration. However, I can understand that some prefer to protect their investment. I like to buy lenses from those folk :-). And you end up with a good collection of unused UV filters. :^} I have several of them that I've used as table protectors for shot glasses. They're much more useful that way than on the front of a lens. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: On subject of flare. I realize that. However I don't take UV filters off my limited lenses as a matter of course... It already proved once its use... Fortunately it was merely Galia's finger, yet I prefer to clean the filter and not the lens. So, practically the filter will always be on. I was at a sales seminar many years ago. Long enough ago that smoking was still allowed at these things. The Pentax rep was encouraging smokers to butt their cigarettes out on a lens that he had sitting on the table. The SMC coating is remarkably tough. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
I'll sometimes use a filter, although it's rare. Still, I won't give up the ones I have. I'd like to add to my collection of crappy filters - those with scratches, damaged glass, or in any other way useless as filters. If anyone's got such filters and would care to send them my way, please contact me off list. Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi I have several [filters] that I've used as table protectors for shot glasses. They're much more useful that way than on the front of a lens. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
Yeah, Leica sales reps were known for doing that as well. Shel [Original Message] From: William Robb I was at a sales seminar many years ago. Long enough ago that smoking was still allowed at these things. The Pentax rep was encouraging smokers to butt their cigarettes out on a lens that he had sitting on the table. The SMC coating is remarkably tough. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
- Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Subject: Re: On subject of flare. I have several of them that I've used as table protectors for shot glasses. They're much more useful that way than on the front of a lens. My 600mm lens came with a 112mm filter on the front. The filter is sitting in my wife's display cabinet under a sculpture of a sleeping Rottweiler. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - Gooderham Flatiron.
Shot this with an ancient Soligor Auto 35mm f2.8 screwmount lens on Aaron's LX. It's the original flatiron building, Toronto's Gooderham Building. One of my favourite subjects. Tri-X in Rodinal 1:25. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/170072183/ And for those who dislike flickr, a large version via direct link: http://static.flickr.com/76/170072183_896883d68d_b.jpg -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO -Soap
Just fooling around with something a little different. Comments, crits, rotten tomatoes welcome ... http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/soap.html Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Mustard Windmill
I don't remember seeing Hay Fever Pretty but that is a great image, I wouldn't change a thing. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO - Mustard Windmill A classic postcard picture! Very nice indeed. Godfrey === Thanks, Godfrey. :-) Reply to Ken below. In a message dated 6/18/2006 5:52:34 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Marnie - a wonderful image but I'd prefer not to have it framed by the foreground brush on either side the high grass on the bottom edge. I'm also straining to see the details of the buildings suggesting a closer point of view. Hope you worked this scene as I can see other possibilities with the subject matter. Kenneth Waller === Not really, I couldn't get any closer. Also I couldn't really get a shot without framing. And I don't think I had a longer lens at that point. Either not with me or I didn't own one. However, I did take a flowering tree right next to the fence, instead. Which I already showed last year. http://members.aol.com/eactivist/PAWS/pages/hayfever.htm This was much closer to me, and I worked this tree quite a bit, and was never sure this was the best, best shot. Thanks for looking. Marnie -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
Hi! Paul Stenquist wrote: I won't use a filter on any lens, not matter how valuable, unless I require filtration. I figure there's not much point in buying superior lenses and then shooting through a piece of inferior glass. Even if the filter is of optimum quality, it's adding an unnecessary element and limiting the effectiveness of the lens. However, I can understand that some prefer to protect their investment. I like to buy lenses from those folk :-). Agreed. And the only time I've had to replace a front element (and a 77mm at that), I was very pleasantly surprised to find it's only a fraction of the lens cost... Ryan, it is the matter of availability. I am darn sure that having to perform the same repair in Israel would have surprised you by its costliness... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
Hi! I won't use a filter on any lens, not matter how valuable, unless I require filtration. I figure there's not much point in buying superior lenses and then shooting through a piece of inferior glass. Even if the filter is of optimum quality, it's adding an unnecessary element and limiting the effectiveness of the lens. However, I can understand that some prefer to protect their investment. I like to buy lenses from those folk :-). I'll keep you in mind, Paul, should I decide to change systems ;-). Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
Hi! It would have been interesting to see how the lens fared without the extra UV-filter. Probably a lot different. I've found the 43 Limited to be exemplary with regards to flare. Some have called it the best lens I ever encountered in some flare tests: http://luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-03-01-12.shtml Mark, all my Pentax lenses with perhaps exception of 28-105 IF are extremely resistant to flare. So far I caught flare only once on 43 Lim (you just saw it) and just once on 77 Lim. I say, that it is absolutely excellent. I am not that perfectionist although I definitely am somewhat. To re-iterate - my point, or attempt to make one, was that each lens *can be forced* to flare, while it is *almost* impossible to do with Pentax lenses. Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
Hi! I was at a sales seminar many years ago. Long enough ago that smoking was still allowed at these things. The Pentax rep was encouraging smokers to butt their cigarettes out on a lens that he had sitting on the table. The SMC coating is remarkably tough. Bill, I see what you and others are saying. As a matter of fact my exercise in grand enablement with all three Limited lenses has been serious investment for me. So I have to protect it somehow. Another thought. I am tall, not as tall as you, but still I have my 6 feet ;-). The acceleration caused by mother earth attraction is known to be 9.81 m/c^2. And I am known to let things be in gentle care of mother's earth attraction. It is only logical to prefer to have to replace the filter than go through the hoops replacing the front element. As a side note... So far I couldn't find a reversing ring for 49 mm diameter in Tel Aviv. Go figure... Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -Soap
- Original Message - From: Shel Belinkoff Subject: PESO -Soap http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/soap.html I think it is a very nice still life. As a nit-pic, it could use more depth of field, and perhaps a bit more detail on the right side of the dish, though that can be more a monitor thing. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -Soap
On Jun 18, 2006, at 8:40 PM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/soap.html I like the colors and the contrasts. It would have been more pleasing to me geometrically if you'd given the soap dish a little more room in the frame. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -Soap
Couldn't be done at the time, unfortunately. Didn't have the right lens - just saw the shot and did a quick grab to see what might come of it. It was even an afterthought to put it up here, but it was in the same folder as the shot of Rosalind ... however, it's given me the idea to try something similar some time with a little more planning. Shel [Original Message] From: Godfrey DiGiorgi http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/soap.html I like the colors and the contrasts. It would have been more pleasing to me geometrically if you'd given the soap dish a little more room in the frame. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -Soap
Hi, Maybe. Didn't have many choices when I grabbed the shot. See my comments to Godfrey Shel [Original Message] From: William Robb http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/soap.html I think it is a very nice still life. As a nit-pic, it could use more depth of field, and perhaps a bit more detail on the right side of the dish, though that can be more a monitor thing. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO - Rosalind in Action
Thanks! Received an email earlier from Bob, Rosalind's owner. He was thrilled - said It strips away those years and makes her look young again. What greater compliment can there be, and since Ros may not be around much longer, he can have a nice pic for a remembrance. Shel [Original Message] From: Don Sanderson Great shot Shel! http://home.earthlink.net/~morepix/ros_in_action.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: On subject of flare.
On Jun 19, 2006, at 5:00 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
It is only logical to prefer to have to
replace the filter than go through the hoops replacing the front
element.
I think any impact that damages a filter is still likely to cause
problems within the lens - especially zoom lenses which have more
moving parts. My gear is insured (which costs me enough to buy a new
lens every year), so accidental breakage is covered in addition to
fire/theft/etc.
Hopefully we won't repeat the filter vs {metal/plastic} hood argument...
- Dave
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