Re: K10D and long exposure times
On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:56:27 -0600, Corey Leopold wrote: I am glad to know that other people had the same problem and that Mr Thibault Massart could help us both. Must send him a card next christmas James Learn something new every day. This very thing was annoying me Friday, now I need to go look for that setting. Thanks Corey With long exposures, the noise reduction applied by te camera will -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
On 29/1/07, Angel Ramos, discombobulated, unleashed: Way to go Godfrey! I did also placed my order!. When I said there were no angels on this list, I meant except one ;-) -- 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: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
I haven't got any clue yet from all discussions why Lightroom is so special that I should buy this. I got Elements 5 which does all organizing of PEF and DNG files, provides 3.6 RAW conversion, and has also all the editing tools, like clone brush and healing tool, I (seem to) need, and is basically cheaper. What extra will Lightroom bring me, in other words why do I need to replace or amplify Elements by Lightroom? It would be useful to see somewhere a side-by-side comparison of all properties of CS, Elements and Lightroom. Henk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hamilton Sent: 29 January, 2007 3:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement Hey, they've now included a clone tool and healing brush! Very nice. Mike -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
On 30/1/07, Thibouille, discombobulated, unleashed: Huh Yeah Brits are even more than us Euro users when it comes to dollar conversion... which means the really get * IMO. Sorry but I think this is reality. What, and you didn't get ** when you changed from Francs to Euros? -- 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: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
Well not much IMO really. Some crap companies thought it was a good occasion of driving price higher, sure, put except those, I see no problem with that. Also, it lets me buy whatever in EU without problem and a lot easier than before so I won't complain. 2007/1/30, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 30/1/07, Thibouille, discombobulated, unleashed: Huh Yeah Brits are even more than us Euro users when it comes to dollar conversion... which means the really get * IMO. Sorry but I think this is reality. What, and you didn't get ** when you changed from Francs to Euros? -- 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 -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10D and long exposure times
Well I didn't do much. I just remember this was a much debated issue when the D was new, months/years ago. I myself did turn it off very rarely but I remember well on one occasion I should have turn it off LOL That's why I remember that now ;) 2007/1/30, jim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:56:27 -0600, Corey Leopold wrote: I am glad to know that other people had the same problem and that Mr Thibault Massart could help us both. Must send him a card next christmas James Learn something new every day. This very thing was annoying me Friday, now I need to go look for that setting. Thanks Corey With long exposures, the noise reduction applied by te camera will -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
I understand you hesitate and certainly I understand it is somewhat difficult to see the difference between products and what does what? However I understand Lightroom is not an image editor (cool 'cos I really dunno much about the use of those things :) and more toward Managing collection of image (better than bridge I suppose?) and developing RAW - Jpegs. Cool, exactly what I need and price is a lot more like what I can afford than PS. PSE might be indeed interesting also. 2007/1/30, Henk Terhell [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I haven't got any clue yet from all discussions why Lightroom is so special that I should buy this. I got Elements 5 which does all organizing of PEF and DNG files, provides 3.6 RAW conversion, and has also all the editing tools, like clone brush and healing tool, I (seem to) need, and is basically cheaper. What extra will Lightroom bring me, in other words why do I need to replace or amplify Elements by Lightroom? It would be useful to see somewhere a side-by-side comparison of all properties of CS, Elements and Lightroom. Henk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hamilton Sent: 29 January, 2007 3:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement Hey, they've now included a clone tool and healing brush! Very nice. Mike -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - snow geese and moon
From: Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://photography2.skofteland.net:8080/albums/userpics/10001/snow_moon_IMG_6067.jpg http://tinyurl.com/yo5nut What do you think? Tolerable. 8-) - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well not much IMO really. Some crap companies ... Some crap companies? Practically everything has bl**dy doubled. Pubs and restaurants are particularly bad. Just a few days ago, I drove by a friterie (the Belgian equivalent of a fish and chips shop for the Brits) where they advertised moules frites (mussels and chips) for 17 euros. If he had offered his mussels at 700 francs, a few years ago, people would have told him to have his head examined. A cup of coffee has risen from 20 francs (50 cent) to somewhere between 1,20 and 1,60. Maybe here in Germany, it's more obvious. At a rate of 2 deutschmarks = 1 euro, everything that sold for one mark before now costs one euro. We call it the teuro, from teuer = expensive. I for one want my marks and francs back. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Interest in developing a software around photograhy?
I know I did one hour later when I realized my question was foolish, at least foolish to ask that before trying exactly what you wrote... let's say I was too tired, ok? ;) Too much World of Warcraft I suppose ... 2007/1/29, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 10:31:11AM +0100, Thibouille wrote: Mmm I might program just that but it will not come before a time and would be specific to Pentax (at first, at least). BTW anybody knows where to find EXIF specifications ? Well, the two most obvious things to do would be: 1) Try browsing to www.exif.org or 2) Type EXIF specifications into a Google search. Either of these would have produced for you the answer you want; the very first result from Google is a pointer to www.exif.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
2007/1/30, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well not much IMO really. We call it the teuro, from teuer = expensive. LOL good one ;) I think it is a lot more in Germany than here. Of course inlfation is a lot responsible and probably it is often more easy to put that on Euro's fault than anythig else. I mean 20 years ago I did't have to pay €7,5 when I wanted to watch a movie. Euro's fault only? A bit easy, no ? -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it is a lot more in Germany than here. The examples I've quoted are all from Belgium. I wouldn't touch German coffee with a bargepole. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Fixing inaccurate AF of my *ist D
From: Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/29 Mon PM 07:23:03 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: Fixing inaccurate AF of my *ist D Good point, William. I better have Pentax take a good look at it. Alos the CF card release button is loose (it fals out once in a while). Quite annoying actaully - some day, I'll probably loose it for good Regards Jens Bladt What is the Danish for I'm sorry sir but you have been using this Nytarkort / Greeting Card: http://www.jensbladt.dk/godtnytaar2007/lydshow.html 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 William Robb Sendt: 29. januar 2007 17:31 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: Fixing inaccurate AF of my *ist D - Original Message - From: Jens Bladt Subject: RE: Fixing inaccurate AF of my *ist D Thanks for answering, William. No, I never took out the screen. I dont' tamper much too much with this advanced device :-) I think the camera got a small bump a few days ago - nothing that made any marks, but enough for me to notice. Perhaps the screen did move. I dont understand you last question. I can see in the view finder, that focus is off when I get the red light confirmation. Is what you are asking is if the screen says unsharp and the files are sharp? No - the files are unsharp too. I saw a website a while back that dealt with adjusting the AF sensor position in the istD, but I didn't bookmark it. I recall the adjustment itself was pretty simple, take off the bottom cover and there are 3 screws for position adjust. Anyway, I don't expect Pentax would charge overmuch to adjust it, and honestly, with the number of shots you have on that camera, a CLA might not be a bad idea. William Robb -- 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: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.14/658 - Release Date: 01/29/2007 14:49 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.14/658 - Release Date: 01/29/2007 14:49 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
The examples I've quoted are all from Belgium. I wouldn't touch German coffee with a bargepole. Ralf LOL ;) But I never saw a cofee @ 20 francs a bit before introduction of the Euro, really. (Well, I might be off). Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- *ist-D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
On 30/1/07, Ralf R. Radermacher, discombobulated, unleashed: The examples I've quoted are all from Belgium. I wouldn't touch German coffee with a bargepole. Not even one photographed at night on the Rhine in all it's panoramic glory ;-) -- 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: Magnifying eyecup
Hi Juan, On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:34:21 -0800, Juan Buhler wrote: I just ordered the O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup from BH, to use on the K10D. I plan to use that, and probably a Katz Eye screen with split prism, to make up for the small viewfinder (I know it's pretty good for what it is, but I'd like one like the MX) Is anyone here using the magnifying eyecup? Can you comment on it? I am, but just for a few days sofar :-) I like it for the magnification, it does help for MF. It DOES limit the view a bit so you may have to move your eye slightly to see every corner or all info near the bottom of the screen. Sofar the PRO's outweight the CON's for me ... One small added benefit is that it 'sticks out' a bit so your eye, and more importantly your nose, is furter from the LCD. This helps a bit for left-eye shooters like me ... I may put up an image from the K10D with it fitted later today. Will put up an URL if I do ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not even one photographed at night on the Rhine in all it's panoramic glory ;-) At the price of a week of heartburn? No thanks, but no. ;-) For the last 10 years, my photography has been fuelled by: http://www.cafeliegeois.com/index.htm Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
I'm sure you'll get lots of advice. But the first thing you need to do is explain to your wife's cousin that this is not the kind of work you do and there's a risk factor involved in your doing it. I recently did a similar favor for friends, but I made it clear that I am not a wedding photographer. I'm there to take pictures for them, and I will do my best to give them some nice shots. You have to do this, or you risk alienating a family member. The second thing you must do is shoot RAW. The lighting will vary tremendously. Use the flash judiciously, and not without a reflector or a ceiling from which to bounce it. Scout your locations beforehand and check to see if there is enough light to shoot without the flash. You almost certainly will want to shoot without flash in the church if it's at all possible. By the way, you can buy very professional looking wedding books, but be prepared to spend at least $200. Paul On Jan 30, 2007, at 12:33 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Hi, gang! I got roped into doing a wedding in late June for a family member. About two years ago I started seriously considering doing this sort of work, but then decided against it. However, my wife's cousin is putting together a wedding on a limited budget (it is apparently very expensive to bring a young lady to the US if she's planning on staying here permanently) and asked if I would consider doing the photography. Knowing that he probably wouldn't be able to afford professional photographer I agreed to shoot the event for expenses only. (He's actually not going to pay me a dime, but he doesn't know that yet.) I'll be providing them with a small album of prints and a DVD with quite a few more ready to print photos. Anyway, I have a few questions. The plan is to shoot as much as possible with a digital body. I'll bring along a couple of film bodies for backup purposes. As of now this means the K100D and probably the PZ-1 and MX. A couple of zooms, a few primes, a tripod and a flash gun or two will round out the kit. Am I missing anything? I guess I need to actually learn how to use Photoshop efficiently. Could you recommend any particular books that approach Photoshop from a photographer's point of view? My wife will have her hands full with herding our daughter down the aisle (flower girl), as well as helping with the coordination of the wedding day, so I'm not expecting any help from her. This means that dumping memory cards to the laptop may not happen until it's all over. Shoot JPEG, or suck it up and buy a few more SD cards to allow me to shoot RAW? I may try to con another family member into doing some donkey work for me, but I'm not counting on it. Any other advice for a wedding newbie would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime my daughter's probably going to grow to hate the camera, and my next-door-neighbor's teenage daughter is getting free senior portraits (I need the practice). Thanks a bunch! -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- 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: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
On 30/01/07, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For the last 10 years, my photography has been fuelled by: http://www.cafeliegeois.com/index.htm Ah, no wonder you use a tripod :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: McNaught - At Last!!
There's nothing wrong with that. It took me 3 tries before I got something I was really pleased with :-) At least you can say you saw it. I had no intention of waiting around a few thousand years to see it again ;-) Cheers, Dave On 1/30/07, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After a couple of weeks of crappy or overcast skies, Comet McNaught was finally visible for a few nights in late January 2007 in western Sydney. This image was taken from my back paddock while being devoured by mosquitos. http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/PAW/mcnaught.html Not as good as some others posted here - but at least I got a photo! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
Thanks, Paul. The first thing I did when asked to shoot this wedding was explain to him that I've never done one before and that he should not expect top notch results. On one later occasion we had a similar conversation. I think I've made it clear, and he's told me that he understands. RAW does sound like the better option, if only for white balance issues. As for wedding books, Christie spends a lot of time putting together photo albums and scrap books (I thought photography was expensive!). She's picked out a couple of albums we already have that are still new, and she's very picky about about buying archival materials. So I think we're ok there. Thanks again, Paul. Much appreciated. On 1/30/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure you'll get lots of advice. But the first thing you need to do is explain to your wife's cousin that this is not the kind of work you do and there's a risk factor involved in your doing it. I recently did a similar favor for friends, but I made it clear that I am not a wedding photographer. I'm there to take pictures for them, and I will do my best to give them some nice shots. You have to do this, or you risk alienating a family member. The second thing you must do is shoot RAW. The lighting will vary tremendously. Use the flash judiciously, and not without a reflector or a ceiling from which to bounce it. Scout your locations beforehand and check to see if there is enough light to shoot without the flash. You almost certainly will want to shoot without flash in the church if it's at all possible. By the way, you can buy very professional looking wedding books, but be prepared to spend at least $200. Paul On Jan 30, 2007, at 12:33 AM, Scott Loveless wrote: Hi, gang! I got roped into doing a wedding in late June for a family member. About two years ago I started seriously considering doing this sort of work, but then decided against it. However, my wife's cousin is putting together a wedding on a limited budget (it is apparently very expensive to bring a young lady to the US if she's planning on staying here permanently) and asked if I would consider doing the photography. Knowing that he probably wouldn't be able to afford professional photographer I agreed to shoot the event for expenses only. (He's actually not going to pay me a dime, but he doesn't know that yet.) I'll be providing them with a small album of prints and a DVD with quite a few more ready to print photos. Anyway, I have a few questions. The plan is to shoot as much as possible with a digital body. I'll bring along a couple of film bodies for backup purposes. As of now this means the K100D and probably the PZ-1 and MX. A couple of zooms, a few primes, a tripod and a flash gun or two will round out the kit. Am I missing anything? I guess I need to actually learn how to use Photoshop efficiently. Could you recommend any particular books that approach Photoshop from a photographer's point of view? My wife will have her hands full with herding our daughter down the aisle (flower girl), as well as helping with the coordination of the wedding day, so I'm not expecting any help from her. This means that dumping memory cards to the laptop may not happen until it's all over. Shoot JPEG, or suck it up and buy a few more SD cards to allow me to shoot RAW? I may try to con another family member into doing some donkey work for me, but I'm not counting on it. Any other advice for a wedding newbie would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime my daughter's probably going to grow to hate the camera, and my next-door-neighbor's teenage daughter is getting free senior portraits (I need the practice). Thanks a bunch! -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- 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 -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: McNaught - At Last!!
Apparently if you wait a few thousand years you still won't see it. Reports I've read suggest that this is it's first? and last visit as its likely to break up. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There's nothing wrong with that. It took me 3 tries before I got something I was really pleased with :-) At least you can say you saw it. I had no intention of waiting around a few thousand years to see it again ;-) Cheers, Dave On 1/30/07, Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After a couple of weeks of crappy or overcast skies, Comet McNaught was finally visible for a few nights in late January 2007 in western Sydney. This image was taken from my back paddock while being devoured by mosquitos. http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/PAW/mcnaught.html Not as good as some others posted here - but at least I got a photo! -- Click for dental plans with huge savings, top service and coverage http://tags.bluebottle.com/fc/CAaCMPJew4J7MFZZE5CDJSFE3pVqKhYB/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
- Original Message - From: Scott Loveless Subject: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation Any other advice for a wedding newbie would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime my daughter's probably going to grow to hate the camera, and my next-door-neighbor's teenage daughter is getting free senior portraits (I need the practice). Keep It Simple, Stupid. Ferget multiple lenses. Keep your equipment to a minumum. Personally, I'd recommend just a standard lens. It'll keep you from being caught flat footed, by having a lens off the camera when something happens, or from wedging a lens when trying to change it quickly. I'm sure you will be warned about the risk factor of shooting your first wedding. Don't sweat it. I've shot probably a thousand weddings during my carreer, and feel the risk factor is as great now as it was 35 years ago when I was shooting my first ones. Hint: The girl in the pretty white dress is the VIP that day. Always know where she is. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Wide angle backfocus
I received a 21 Limited. Center only autofocus always greatly back focuses on both ist-DS cameras, more on one than on the other. The 45 degree focus chart showed the 21 Limited back focusing almost off the far end of the paper. I tested other lenses and found that they all back focus when set to wide angles. The amount seems to be proportional to the angle. For example, you could set a 16-45 on a tripod, aim at something 7 feet away, zoom in to 45mm, focus, then zoom out and focus again. The more you zoom out, the more the autofocus changes. All this time I have been zooming in, focusing, zooming out, then taking the picture. It works fine until you get a wide prime like the 21 where there is nothing to zoom. When aimed at something across the street it tries to focus past infinity and hits the stops. Research on the Internet finds discussion about adjusting three screws under the base plate of the DS. These hold the auto focus sensors and you can adjust for front or back focus. So I'm wondering if anyone here would care to take a 16-45 or 18-55 or the like, zoom in and aim at something across the room, see on the focus scale what distance it chose, then zoom wide and focus again to see if it changed. Do all Pentax digital cameras back focus at wide angle? Has anyone here tried the adjustments under the base plate? Has anyone had a Pentax repair center successfully fix this issue? Brian -- Brian Dunn Photographic http://www.bdphotographic.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
Scott Loveless wrote: I guess I need to actually learn how to use Photoshop efficiently. Could you recommend any particular books that approach Photoshop from a photographer's point of view? Real World Camera Raw by Bruce Fraser. Short version: Your main tool is Adobe Bridge - you treat Photoshop and Camera Raw as plug-ins for Bridge. Workflow is everything with wedding photography, or any photography involving a large volume of shooting. Any other advice for a wedding newbie would be greatly appreciated. Get a legal pad and draw a vertical line down the center of one page. At the top of one column goes the groom's name and cell phone number and at the top of the other the bride's name and phone. Make sure they have their phones on 100% of the time for 48 hours leading up to the ceremony (at which point they can shut them off g) and make sure they have *your* cell phone number. Continue in each column listing names of the bride's family in her column and the groom's in his. Start making mental notes of getting these people in photographs. Under the family section of each column, list people in the wedding party, bridesmaids, etc. in the appropriate column. Finally, write down the time and location for both the ceremony and the reception. Get an address *and* directions and confirm the accuracy of both for yourself before the big day. Get the name of whoever is performing the ceremony and any rules he/she has for photography. I'll let others provide equipment ahd shooting tips... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
New T/C's?
Am hankering for the yet to be released 60~250 UCM and an L quality T/C. Any rumblings of a development or release schedule for such? Jack Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
In a message dated 1/30/2007 3:15:29 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I guess I need to actually learn how to use Photoshop efficiently. Could you recommend any particular books that approach Photoshop from a photographer's point of view? My wife will have her hands full with herding our daughter down the aisle (flower girl), as well as helping with the coordination of the wedding day, so I'm not expecting any help from her. This means that dumping memory cards to the laptop may not happen until it's all over. Shoot JPEG, or suck it up and buy a few more SD cards to allow me to shoot RAW? I may try to con another family member into doing some donkey work for me, but I'm not counting on it. Any other advice for a wedding newbie would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime my daughter's probably going to grow to hate the camera, and my next-door-neighbor's teenage daughter is getting free senior portraits (I need the practice). Thanks a bunch! -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! === Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-one by Deke McClelland is an excellent book. I suppose there are versions for later versions of CS as well. Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New T/C's?
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:21:48 -0800 (PST), Jack Davis wrote: Am hankering for the yet to be released 60~250 UCM and an L quality T/C. Any rumblings of a development or release schedule for such? Not that I know of. I would love to see a new high quality 1.4x converter too, would be real nice if it also translated the focallength as sent to the camera ... (Or we need an addition function in the firmware to enter that :-) There are a few (old) third-party TC's that have the power-contacts needed for the UCM (or is it SSM ?) new 'supersonic motor' lenses. Optical quality is quite bad on those though ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
In a message dated 1/30/2007 1:01:21 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I haven't got any clue yet from all discussions why Lightroom is so special that I should buy this. I got Elements 5 which does all organizing of PEF and DNG files, provides 3.6 RAW conversion, and has also all the editing tools, like clone brush and healing tool, I (seem to) need, and is basically cheaper. What extra will Lightroom bring me, in other words why do I need to replace or amplify Elements by Lightroom? It would be useful to see somewhere a side-by-side comparison of all properties of CS, Elements and Lightroom. Henk Agreed. I wonder the same things. Elements (I have version 5 now too), does a good job of organizing photos. So why would I want Lightroom? Marnie aka Doe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Wide angle backfocus
I see a lot of backfocus shots on my D. I did some tests with long manual glass (500 mm) and couldn't reproduce backfocus. The focus light in the viewfinder aligned with my manual focus and pixelpeeping confirmed this. I think I need to do some tests with the 16-45 on 16 mm. Also called Pentax benelux last year and they never heard of backfocus problems Since the focus is correct with long glass I wouldn't dare tweaking with the focus adjustment. Toine On 1/30/07, Brian Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received a 21 Limited. Center only autofocus always greatly back focuses on both ist-DS cameras, more on one than on the other. The 45 degree focus chart showed the 21 Limited back focusing almost off the far end of the paper. I tested other lenses and found that they all back focus when set to wide angles. The amount seems to be proportional to the angle. For example, you could set a 16-45 on a tripod, aim at something 7 feet away, zoom in to 45mm, focus, then zoom out and focus again. The more you zoom out, the more the autofocus changes. All this time I have been zooming in, focusing, zooming out, then taking the picture. It works fine until you get a wide prime like the 21 where there is nothing to zoom. When aimed at something across the street it tries to focus past infinity and hits the stops. Research on the Internet finds discussion about adjusting three screws under the base plate of the DS. These hold the auto focus sensors and you can adjust for front or back focus. So I'm wondering if anyone here would care to take a 16-45 or 18-55 or the like, zoom in and aim at something across the room, see on the focus scale what distance it chose, then zoom wide and focus again to see if it changed. Do all Pentax digital cameras back focus at wide angle? Has anyone here tried the adjustments under the base plate? Has anyone had a Pentax repair center successfully fix this issue? Brian -- Brian Dunn Photographic http://www.bdphotographic.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: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
I subscribe to the notion that if I need to understand a software product, a camera or anything else complex, reading the literature available and then working with the product is the right way to go. Lightroom is an image editing tool designed specifically for photographic purposes. Photoshop's history is much broader spectrum than that and, as a result, it has many many features that are not relevant to photographic endeavors at all, or relevant to only a very limited set of uses in photography. That makes it more difficult to learn and more complex to use. Lightroom's design is intended to work with you doing the kinds of things that a photographer needs to do ... import exposure files from cameras, organize them, rank them, render them, then output them for higher level editing, print and web presentation. The best way to understand for me was to read the Adobe pages, watch their videos, and then go to the tutorial videos I marked ** below. Adobe pages http://labs.adobe.com http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/ Video tutorials, reviews, other info: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/lightroom1.shtml http://pictureflow.fileburst.com/_Tutorials/Lightroom_4/01/index.html ** http://www.goingdigital.co.uk/pages/adobelightroomcourses.htm http://www.photoshopsupport.com/lightroom/tutorials.html http://www.photoshopuser.com/lightroom/index.html http://www.seanmcfoto.com/ lightroom/ On the other hand, if what you have is doing the job for you satisfactorily, then there's no need to switch. enjoy, Godfrey On Jan 30, 2007, at 12:51 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: I haven't got any clue yet from all discussions why Lightroom is so special that I should buy this. I got Elements 5 which does all organizing of PEF and DNG files, provides 3.6 RAW conversion, and has also all the editing tools, like clone brush and healing tool, I (seem to) need, and is basically cheaper. What extra will Lightroom bring me, in other words why do I need to replace or amplify Elements by Lightroom? It would be useful to see somewhere a side-by-side comparison of all properties of CS, Elements and Lightroom. Henk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hamilton Sent: 29 January, 2007 3:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement Hey, they've now included a clone tool and healing brush! Very nice. Mike -- 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: Wide angle backfocus
Brian, In the autofocus era, I doubt that many (if any) zooms are true ol'-fashun focus-preserving zooms--they all seem to be variable focal length lenses. That's certainly true of the lenses I can afford, anyway (including the fairly pricey 24-90, 16-45, and 10-17). Don't know about the high-class glass like the 70-210/2.8. Rick --- Brian Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received a 21 Limited. Center only autofocus always greatly back focuses on both ist-DS cameras, more on one than on the other. The 45 degree focus chart showed the 21 Limited back focusing almost off the far end of the paper. I tested other lenses and found that they all back focus when set to wide angles. The amount seems to be proportional to the angle. For example, you could set a 16-45 on a tripod, aim at something 7 feet away, zoom in to 45mm, focus, then zoom out and focus again. The more you zoom out, the more the autofocus changes. All this time I have been zooming in, focusing, zooming out, then taking the picture. It works fine until you get a wide prime like the 21 where there is nothing to zoom. When aimed at something across the street it tries to focus past infinity and hits the stops. Research on the Internet finds discussion about adjusting three screws under the base plate of the DS. These hold the auto focus sensors and you can adjust for front or back focus. So I'm wondering if anyone here would care to take a 16-45 or 18-55 or the like, zoom in and aim at something across the room, see on the focus scale what distance it chose, then zoom wide and focus again to see if it changed. Do all Pentax digital cameras back focus at wide angle? Has anyone here tried the adjustments under the base plate? Has anyone had a Pentax repair center successfully fix this issue? Brian -- Brian Dunn Photographic http://www.bdphotographic.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New T/C's?
Talking of T/Cs I've been debating whether to wait for the 60 - 250 or get the sigma 70-200 f/2.8 + 1.4x TC combo or possibly the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4x TC I know that the 70-200 f/2.8 enjoys a good reputation but i know nothing about their t/c... Any opinions on the combination ? What about the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4 t/c ? Regards Patrick On 1/30/07, Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:21:48 -0800 (PST), Jack Davis wrote: Am hankering for the yet to be released 60~250 UCM and an L quality T/C. Any rumblings of a development or release schedule for such? Not that I know of. I would love to see a new high quality 1.4x converter too, would be real nice if it also translated the focallength as sent to the camera ... (Or we need an addition function in the firmware to enter that :-) There are a few (old) third-party TC's that have the power-contacts needed for the UCM (or is it SSM ?) new 'supersonic motor' lenses. Optical quality is quite bad on those though ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
In a nutshell, Lightroom is a workflow application combining the operations of photo management (importing, sorting, tagging, ranking, and organizing) with tonal editing, cropping, presentation and outputting for higher level editing. It is designed specifically for the photographic endeavor, not as a generalized tool that works across the broader spectrum of graphic arts needs like Photoshop/ Photoshop Elements. In adopting Lightroom, Photoshop becomes a complement for higher level editing functions (compositing, selective manipulations, etc.). See the links I posted in a separate email for more information resources. Godfrey On Jan 30, 2007, at 1:09 AM, Thibouille wrote: I understand you hesitate and certainly I understand it is somewhat difficult to see the difference between products and what does what? However I understand Lightroom is not an image editor (cool 'cos I really dunno much about the use of those things :) and more toward Managing collection of image (better than bridge I suppose?) and developing RAW - Jpegs. Cool, exactly what I need and price is a lot more like what I can afford than PS. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New T/C's?
Neither, was my intent, but USM (ultra-sonic). I'm in yet another fumble fingers mode...(sigh) Jack --- Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:21:48 -0800 (PST), Jack Davis wrote: Am hankering for the yet to be released 60~250 UCM and an L quality T/C. Any rumblings of a development or release schedule for such? Not that I know of. I would love to see a new high quality 1.4x converter too, would be real nice if it also translated the focallength as sent to the camera ... (Or we need an addition function in the firmware to enter that :-) There are a few (old) third-party TC's that have the power-contacts needed for the UCM (or is it SSM ?) new 'supersonic motor' lenses. Optical quality is quite bad on those though ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate in the Yahoo! Answers Food Drink QA. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=listsid=396545367 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New T/C's?
I'm braced for the 60~250 USM price, which I'm afraid, will be scary. That may make your decision easy. 8-0 I believe I read awhile back that the intended availability date of three USM lenses was this March.(?) Jack --- Patrick Genovese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talking of T/Cs I've been debating whether to wait for the 60 - 250 or get the sigma 70-200 f/2.8 + 1.4x TC combo or possibly the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4x TC I know that the 70-200 f/2.8 enjoys a good reputation but i know nothing about their t/c... Any opinions on the combination ? What about the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4 t/c ? Regards Patrick On 1/30/07, Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:21:48 -0800 (PST), Jack Davis wrote: Am hankering for the yet to be released 60~250 UCM and an L quality T/C. Any rumblings of a development or release schedule for such? Not that I know of. I would love to see a new high quality 1.4x converter too, would be real nice if it also translated the focallength as sent to the camera ... (Or we need an addition function in the firmware to enter that :-) There are a few (old) third-party TC's that have the power-contacts needed for the UCM (or is it SSM ?) new 'supersonic motor' lenses. Optical quality is quite bad on those though ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love (and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list. http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
Hi Scott couldn't you wife assist you as second shooter with the backup camera/flash set you hopefully have? Also holding a second flash and organizing people for group shots for you would be helpful IMHO. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 3:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation Scott Loveless wrote: I guess I need to actually learn how to use Photoshop efficiently. Could you recommend any particular books that approach Photoshop from a photographer's point of view? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I gotta brag
Bitchin' Norm William Robb wrote: We had the annual obedience trial at the old dog club this weekend. My little Rottie puppy won a PCD title in three trials, and qualified in all four trials. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/brag/jester_pcd.html Pentax content: K10D 40/2.8 LTD. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Well, obviously there are limits. Just found this on their website: http://www.cafeliegeois.com/kopi_luwak.htm 270 USD for 15 cups. I am taking orders. I have seen how my 18-mth old ferments corn; should be easy. Payment in Pentax equipment gratefully accepted. Kostas -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, no wonder you use a tripod :-) A popular misconception. Decent coffee contains much less cafeine and irritants (i.e. acid) than the cheapo stuff. Well, obviously there are limits. Just found this on their website: http://www.cafeliegeois.com/kopi_luwak.htm 270 USD for 15 cups. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
FS: Pentax-A Rear Converter 2x-S ...
I've pretty much decided that my Pentax-A Rear Converter 2x-S is redundant (I never use it) so it will be up for sale on Ebay soon unless anyone is interested. It's in virtually as-new condition with case and caps, and I can provide a printout of the Pentax data sheet. Inquiries to me in email, please. grazie Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Wide angle backfocus
Very few modern zooms are perfectly parfocal. It is best to focus at the focal length you are going to use. I haven't experienced any obvious focusing errors with the DA21 on either DS or K10D bodies; however, the focus is more accurate on the K10D. Finding the precise AF sensitive area is often a little tricky with a wide lens, however, and can cause some focus inaccuracy. G On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:57 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Brian, In the autofocus era, I doubt that many (if any) zooms are true ol'-fashun focus-preserving zooms--they all seem to be variable focal length lenses. That's certainly true of the lenses I can afford, anyway (including the fairly pricey 24-90, 16-45, and 10-17). Don't know about the high-class glass like the 70-210/2.8. Rick --- Brian Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received a 21 Limited. Center only autofocus always greatly back focuses on both ist-DS cameras, more on one than on the other. The 45 degree focus chart showed the 21 Limited back focusing almost off the far end of the paper. I tested other lenses and found that they all back focus when set to wide angles. The amount seems to be proportional to the angle. For example, you could set a 16-45 on a tripod, aim at something 7 feet away, zoom in to 45mm, focus, then zoom out and focus again. The more you zoom out, the more the autofocus changes. All this time I have been zooming in, focusing, zooming out, then taking the picture. It works fine until you get a wide prime like the 21 where there is nothing to zoom. When aimed at something across the street it tries to focus past infinity and hits the stops. Research on the Internet finds discussion about adjusting three screws under the base plate of the DS. These hold the auto focus sensors and you can adjust for front or back focus. So I'm wondering if anyone here would care to take a 16-45 or 18-55 or the like, zoom in and aim at something across the room, see on the focus scale what distance it chose, then zoom wide and focus again to see if it changed. Do all Pentax digital cameras back focus at wide angle? Has anyone here tried the adjustments under the base plate? Has anyone had a Pentax repair center successfully fix this issue? Brian -- Brian Dunn Photographic http://www.bdphotographic.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW __ __ Looking for earth-friendly autos? Browse Top Cars by Green Rating at Yahoo! Autos' Green Center. http://autos.yahoo.com/green_center/ -- 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: New T/C's?
The Sigma EX 100-300 f/4 is a fantastic lens. I haven't used it with a tc though On 1/30/07, Patrick Genovese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Talking of T/Cs I've been debating whether to wait for the 60 - 250 or get the sigma 70-200 f/2.8 + 1.4x TC combo or possibly the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4x TC I know that the 70-200 f/2.8 enjoys a good reputation but i know nothing about their t/c... Any opinions on the combination ? What about the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4 t/c ? Regards Patrick On 1/30/07, Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:21:48 -0800 (PST), Jack Davis wrote: Am hankering for the yet to be released 60~250 UCM and an L quality T/C. Any rumblings of a development or release schedule for such? Not that I know of. I would love to see a new high quality 1.4x converter too, would be real nice if it also translated the focallength as sent to the camera ... (Or we need an addition function in the firmware to enter that :-) There are a few (old) third-party TC's that have the power-contacts needed for the UCM (or is it SSM ?) new 'supersonic motor' lenses. Optical quality is quite bad on those though ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- 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: New T/C's?
Hi Patrick, On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:17:36 +0100, Patrick Genovese wrote: Talking of T/Cs I've been debating whether to wait for the 60 - 250 or get the sigma 70-200 f/2.8 + 1.4x TC combo or possibly the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4x TC I know that the 70-200 f/2.8 enjoys a good reputation but i know nothing about their t/c... Any opinions on the combination ? I have use the Sigma 70-200 EX with the matching 1.4x and 2x EX converters. With the 1.4x there is hardly any image degradation just a slight loss of contrast (minor really). With the 2x converter the image gets a bit softer still, and the corners are noticably worse than center. Still usuable for most wildlife stuff with the subject centered though :-) What about the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4 t/c ? Don't know, never used it. What I have heard is that the 100-300 EX is as good as the 70-200 so I would expect it does well with the 1.4x too ... Regards, JvW PS: Plan to replace th 70-200 with the 60-250 if quelity is real good and the price somewhat acceptable :-) -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: I gotta brag
- Original Message - From: Norm Baugher Subject: Re: I gotta brag Bitchin' Norm Thanks Norm. I gotta stop looking like I just came off a jobsite for these things. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
I guess I need to actually learn how to use Photoshop efficiently. Could you recommend any particular books that approach Photoshop from a photographer's point of view? My wife will have her hands full with herding our daughter down the aisle (flower girl), as well as helping with the coordination of the wedding day, so I'm not expecting any help from her. This means that dumping memory cards to the laptop may not happen until it's all over. Shoot JPEG, or suck it up and buy a few more SD cards to allow me to shoot RAW? I may try to con another family member into doing some donkey work for me, but I'm not counting on it. Any other advice for a wedding newbie would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime my daughter's probably going to grow to hate the camera, and my next-door-neighbor's teenage daughter is getting free senior portraits (I need the practice). You want to use RAW and edit in [EMAIL PROTECTED] once converted to obtain as much dynamic range as possible ... wedding dresses and black tuxedos with skin tones in the same light is one of the more difficult scene dynamics. If you are using Photoshop CS/CS2, Bruce Fraser's Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS[CS2] (there are two different editions for the different versions of photoshop) is an essential learning tool for RAW image processing in the environment. I feel it has valuable information whether or not you are using Photoshop-Camera Raw too. While there are lots of other books that address higher level editing in Photoshop from useful perspectives, this book presents the basics in RAW conversion concepts and workflow that a photographer absolutely must have first. (Nowadays, I'd do the editing and image management in Lightroom but the conceptual underpinnings in this book have proven invaluable anyway.) Have enough memory on hand to capture 300-400 exposures. That's about four 1G cards for a DS/DL, about five for a K10D. My usual reaction when someone suggests I should do wedding photography is to flee. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Magnifying eyecup, images
On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 11:18:41 +0100 (CET), Jan van Wijk wrote: I may put up an image from the K10D with it fitted later today. Will put up an URL if I do ... OK, have some images of the O-ME53 eye-piece up at: http://www.dfsee.com/gallery/index.php?list=19 There are some images of the K10 with DA21 and DA70 as well, together with some shots made with them ... http://www.dfsee.com/gallery/index.php?list=21 Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Ski tracks
http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20070130154732 Perhaps it only bothers me, how ski tracks scratch the surface of the snow. -- new photos ever so often... http://roman.blakout.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Ski tracks
- Original Message - From: Roman Subject: Ski tracks http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20070130154732 Contrast is to the point of being cartoonlike, and frankly, I'd straighten out the fencepost in the forground, and try to clone some sharp detail into it from one of the other rails. This is all trying to put some silk on the sow's ear. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New T/C's?
On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 07:41:59AM -0800, Jack Davis wrote: I'm braced for the 60~250 USM price, which I'm afraid, will be scary. That may make your decision easy. 8-0 I believe I read awhile back that the intended availability date of three USM lenses was this March.(?) Since revised; only the 16-50/f2.8 is now scheduled for March, with the 50-135 60-250 coming along some time later in 2007. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT - Windows Vista Blog
A Beeb journalist gets to grips with Vista. Interesting reading. http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6312501.stm Start at the bottom. -- 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: OT - Windows Vista Blog
On 1/30/07 12:22 PM, Cotty, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6312501.stm Start at the bottom. Speaking about this; Mac user switches to Windows Vista, and then right back to a Mac again http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16873608/ Ken :-)) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Windows Vista Blog
On 30/1/07, K.Takeshita, discombobulated, unleashed: Speaking about this; Mac user switches to Windows Vista, and then right back to a Mac again http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16873608/ Ken :-)) I'll bet you always read the last page of a novel first, eh Ken? Thanks for the spoiler!!! ;-)) -- 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: New T/C's?
RATS! J --- John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Jan 30, 2007 at 07:41:59AM -0800, Jack Davis wrote: I'm braced for the 60~250 USM price, which I'm afraid, will be scary. That may make your decision easy. 8-0 I believe I read awhile back that the intended availability date of three USM lenses was this March.(?) Since revised; only the 16-50/f2.8 is now scheduled for March, with the 50-135 60-250 coming along some time later in 2007. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Expecting? Get great news right away with email Auto-Check. Try the Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/newmail_tools.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Windows Vista Blog
In truth, the ending was given away in the title. I though that somewhat odd. Paul -- Original message -- From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 30/1/07, K.Takeshita, discombobulated, unleashed: Speaking about this; Mac user switches to Windows Vista, and then right back to a Mac again http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16873608/ Ken :-)) I'll bet you always read the last page of a novel first, eh Ken? Thanks for the spoiler!!! ;-)) -- 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New T/C's?
I have the Sigma 100-300/4 and the Sigma 1.4X EX combination. It is quite good. The lens is very nice and works well with the converter. This entire gallery was shot with that combination: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Blue%20Angels/index.htm I have used the Kenko 1.5 SHX and the Tamron 1.4 AF converters and they are not as good as the Sigma. -- Bruce Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 7:17:36 AM, you wrote: PG Talking of T/Cs I've been debating whether to wait for the 60 - 250 or PG get the sigma 70-200 f/2.8 + 1.4x TC combo or possibly the 100-300 f/4 PG + 1.4x TC PG I know that the 70-200 f/2.8 enjoys a good reputation but i know PG nothing about their t/c... Any opinions on the combination ? PG What about the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4 t/c ? PG Regards PG Patrick PG On 1/30/07, Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:21:48 -0800 (PST), Jack Davis wrote: Am hankering for the yet to be released 60~250 UCM and an L quality T/C. Any rumblings of a development or release schedule for such? Not that I know of. I would love to see a new high quality 1.4x converter too, would be real nice if it also translated the focallength as sent to the camera ... (Or we need an addition function in the firmware to enter that :-) There are a few (old) third-party TC's that have the power-contacts needed for the UCM (or is it SSM ?) new 'supersonic motor' lenses. Optical quality is quite bad on those though ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net PG -- PG Regards PG Patrick Genovese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Ski tracks
Roman, may I humbly suggest that you add a word PESO or PAW in front of the subject of your messages when you post pictures. It seems to be common practice on the list. Thanks. Roman wrote: http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20070130154732 Perhaps it only bothers me, how ski tracks scratch the surface of the snow. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Windows Vista Blog
On 30/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: In truth, the ending was given away in the title. I though that somewhat odd. I'm missing something. 'A Mac user switches to Vista Reporter trades in his PowerBook for a notebook with Microsoft's new OS' I reckon Ken's a bit of a masochist ;-) -- 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: OT - Windows Vista Blog
You're right. It is I who am missing something. I thought I read the and back again in the title, but it was in Ken's post. Of course, I don't give a hoot:-)). Paul -- Original message -- From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 30/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: In truth, the ending was given away in the title. I though that somewhat odd. I'm missing something. 'A Mac user switches to Vista Reporter trades in his PowerBook for a notebook with Microsoft's new OS' I reckon Ken's a bit of a masochist ;-) -- 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
On 1/30/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Scott Loveless Subject: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation Any other advice for a wedding newbie would be greatly appreciated. In the meantime my daughter's probably going to grow to hate the camera, and my next-door-neighbor's teenage daughter is getting free senior portraits (I need the practice). Keep It Simple, Stupid. Thanks, I think. Ferget multiple lenses. Keep your equipment to a minumum. Personally, I'd recommend just a standard lens. It'll keep you from being caught flat footed, by having a lens off the camera when something happens, or from wedging a lens when trying to change it quickly. I can do that. By standard lens I'm assuming you mean a 28-80 zoom or something similar. Or did you mean a 50? I'm not sure I could do an entire wedding with a 50. Some might be able to, but I doubt I could make it look good. I'm sure you will be warned about the risk factor of shooting your first wedding. Don't sweat it. I've shot probably a thousand weddings during my carreer, and feel the risk factor is as great now as it was 35 years ago when I was shooting my first ones. Hint: The girl in the pretty white dress is the VIP that day. Always know where she is. Thanks, Bill. Someone recently stated that you've got a photography book in you somewhere. I'm going to agree and suggest that you get started on it. Otherwise, I have about two years worth of archives on my hard drive and could write it for you. g Perhaps you could bring a draft to GFM? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
On 1/30/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Scott couldn't you wife assist you as second shooter with the backup camera/flash set you hopefully have? Also holding a second flash and organizing people for group shots for you would be helpful IMHO. I doubt my wife will be able to. It's my wife's cousin's wedding, so we'll be guests as well. Christie will be taking care of the girls for most of it. I'll probably have to draft, er, recruit another family member to help out. I'm not counting on this and am planning on having to go solo. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
On 1/30/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: I guess I need to actually learn how to use Photoshop efficiently. Could you recommend any particular books that approach Photoshop from a photographer's point of view? Real World Camera Raw by Bruce Fraser. Short version: Your main tool is Adobe Bridge - you treat Photoshop and Camera Raw as plug-ins for Bridge. Workflow is everything with wedding photography, or any photography involving a large volume of shooting. That book comes up in a lot of discussions around here. Everyone seems to love it. I'll pick up a copy soon. Any other advice for a wedding newbie would be greatly appreciated. Get a legal pad and draw a vertical line down the center of one page. At the top of one column goes the groom's name and cell phone number and at the top of the other the bride's name and phone. Make sure they have their phones on 100% of the time for 48 hours leading up to the ceremony (at which point they can shut them off g) and make sure they have *your* cell phone number. Continue in each column listing names of the bride's family in her column and the groom's in his. Start making mental notes of getting these people in photographs. Under the family section of each column, list people in the wedding party, bridesmaids, etc. in the appropriate column. Finally, write down the time and location for both the ceremony and the reception. Get an address *and* directions and confirm the accuracy of both for yourself before the big day. Get the name of whoever is performing the ceremony and any rules he/she has for photography. I'll let others provide equipment ahd shooting tips... Thanks, Mark. That's a wonderful idea. I'll start working on that once the wedding is bit closer. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement
A couple more http://www.method-photo.co.uk/lightroom/index.html http://www.lightroomkillertips.com/ I may have posted this next one before http://www.outbackphoto.com/artofraw/raw_31/essay.html Personally I find online video tutorials very useful. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: 30. januar 2007 16:10 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement I subscribe to the notion that if I need to understand a software product, a camera or anything else complex, reading the literature available and then working with the product is the right way to go. Lightroom is an image editing tool designed specifically for photographic purposes. Photoshop's history is much broader spectrum than that and, as a result, it has many many features that are not relevant to photographic endeavors at all, or relevant to only a very limited set of uses in photography. That makes it more difficult to learn and more complex to use. Lightroom's design is intended to work with you doing the kinds of things that a photographer needs to do ... import exposure files from cameras, organize them, rank them, render them, then output them for higher level editing, print and web presentation. The best way to understand for me was to read the Adobe pages, watch their videos, and then go to the tutorial videos I marked ** below. Adobe pages http://labs.adobe.com http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/ Video tutorials, reviews, other info: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/software/lightroom1.shtml http://pictureflow.fileburst.com/_Tutorials/Lightroom_4/01/index.html ** http://www.goingdigital.co.uk/pages/adobelightroomcourses.htm http://www.photoshopsupport.com/lightroom/tutorials.html http://www.photoshopuser.com/lightroom/index.html http://www.seanmcfoto.com/ lightroom/ On the other hand, if what you have is doing the job for you satisfactorily, then there's no need to switch. enjoy, Godfrey On Jan 30, 2007, at 12:51 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: I haven't got any clue yet from all discussions why Lightroom is so special that I should buy this. I got Elements 5 which does all organizing of PEF and DNG files, provides 3.6 RAW conversion, and has also all the editing tools, like clone brush and healing tool, I (seem to) need, and is basically cheaper. What extra will Lightroom bring me, in other words why do I need to replace or amplify Elements by Lightroom? It would be useful to see somewhere a side-by-side comparison of all properties of CS, Elements and Lightroom. Henk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hamilton Sent: 29 January, 2007 3:45 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Photoshop Lightroom 1.0 sale and shipping date announcement Hey, they've now included a clone tool and healing brush! Very nice. Mike -- 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
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
On 1/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adobe Photoshop CS One-on-one by Deke McClelland is an excellent book. I suppose there are versions for later versions of CS as well. Thanks, Marnie. I'll have a look at it next time I get to the book store. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Windows Vista Blog
On 1/30/07 2:02 PM, Cotty, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I reckon Ken's a bit of a masochist ;-) Thank you for your compliment :-)) Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Ski tracks
Subject: Ski tracks http://roman.blakout.net/?blog=20070130154732 Perhaps it only bothers me, how ski tracks scratch the surface of the snow. No - worrying about it keeps me awake most nights. Even in summer. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Windows Vista Blog
On 1/30/07 2:34 PM, K.Takeshita, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I reckon Ken's a bit of a masochist ;-) Thank you for your compliment :-)) But, you were the one who told me to start at the end :-). Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: McNaught - At Last!!
McNaught comes to nought. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: 30 January 2007 13:06 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: McNaught - At Last!! Apparently if you wait a few thousand years you still won't see it. Reports I've read suggest that this is it's first? and last visit as its likely to break up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Wedding photography advice solicitation
On 1/30/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You want to use RAW and edit in [EMAIL PROTECTED] once converted to obtain as much dynamic range as possible ... wedding dresses and black tuxedos with skin tones in the same light is one of the more difficult scene dynamics. If you are using Photoshop CS/CS2, Bruce Fraser's Real World Camera Raw with Photoshop CS[CS2] (there are two different editions for the different versions of photoshop) is an essential learning tool for RAW image processing in the environment. I feel it has valuable information whether or not you are using Photoshop-Camera Raw too. While there are lots of other books that address higher level editing in Photoshop from useful perspectives, this book presents the basics in RAW conversion concepts and workflow that a photographer absolutely must have first. (Nowadays, I'd do the editing and image management in Lightroom but the conceptual underpinnings in this book have proven invaluable anyway.) You're the second person to suggest raw and Fraser's book. I'm gonna take every one's word for it. Have enough memory on hand to capture 300-400 exposures. That's about four 1G cards for a DS/DL, about five for a K10D. Just for giggles, I plotted out the amount of film I would need to shoot the whole thing with the C220 and the PZ-1. It came in at just under 300 exposures. That's a lot of processing and scanning. Works out to about $50 for the film and around $100 for processing and scanning (no proofs). Some of the film is 1600 Neopan. I'd process and scan that myself, which means that the cost is negligible, but the time is considerable. I only hope that I can keep my photoshop time to a reasonable level after shooting the wedding with a digital rig. My usual reaction when someone suggests I should do wedding photography is to flee. Mine, too. I decided not to do this kind of work a while back and turned down a few requests. But I've never actually shot a wedding. We'll see. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: I gotta brag
Both of you have every reason to brag :-) BTW. I had another how-about-getting-a-rottie talk with my beloved. She is still sceptical about them, but now I have convinced her to go to a puppet maker (I don't bother to look up the proper word for it), and have a closer look at them. So she is swaying :-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: 29. januar 2007 15:50 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: I gotta brag We had the annual obedience trial at the old dog club this weekend. My little Rottie puppy won a PCD title in three trials, and qualified in all four trials. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/brag/jester_pcd.html Pentax content: K10D 40/2.8 LTD. William Robb -- 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
Question on 645n
I sent the following to the list a couple of days ago. My post appeared but I wasn't filtering the word a d v i c e. I noticed that there was another long topic that had gone on a tangent with that word in its title. Apologies to those who may have seen this already. I'm really like to get comments on the value of this transaction. Thanks in advance. Original post I've got a chance to purchase a gently used kit. The camera's been through a CLA recently. Seller is asking $1250* for the following: 645N body (excellent condition) 120 film back SMC FA 75mm 645 f/2.8 SMC A 150mm 645 f/3.5 *includes shipping and insurance What do you folks think? Good deal or a steal? Anything I should watch for in particular? BTW, I slept the possibility of acquiring it before Christmas at $875. I've been kicking myself since two days after contacting the seller when I saw the price go up; someone visited eekBay. End Yolanda -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New T/C's?
Quite good is right. Nice resolution in all cases. Thanks, Bruce, for the input. Jack --- Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have the Sigma 100-300/4 and the Sigma 1.4X EX combination. It is quite good. The lens is very nice and works well with the converter. This entire gallery was shot with that combination: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Blue%20Angels/index.htm I have used the Kenko 1.5 SHX and the Tamron 1.4 AF converters and they are not as good as the Sigma. -- Bruce Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 7:17:36 AM, you wrote: PG Talking of T/Cs I've been debating whether to wait for the 60 - 250 or PG get the sigma 70-200 f/2.8 + 1.4x TC combo or possibly the 100-300 f/4 PG + 1.4x TC PG I know that the 70-200 f/2.8 enjoys a good reputation but i know PG nothing about their t/c... Any opinions on the combination ? PG What about the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4 t/c ? PG Regards PG Patrick PG On 1/30/07, Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:21:48 -0800 (PST), Jack Davis wrote: Am hankering for the yet to be released 60~250 UCM and an L quality T/C. Any rumblings of a development or release schedule for such? Not that I know of. I would love to see a new high quality 1.4x converter too, would be real nice if it also translated the focallength as sent to the camera ... (Or we need an addition function in the firmware to enter that :-) There are a few (old) third-party TC's that have the power-contacts needed for the UCM (or is it SSM ?) new 'supersonic motor' lenses. Optical quality is quite bad on those though ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net PG -- PG Regards PG Patrick Genovese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: McNaught - At Last!!
I think that should be McNought. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: McNaught comes to nought. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: 30 January 2007 13:06 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: McNaught - At Last!! Apparently if you wait a few thousand years you still won't see it. Reports I've read suggest that this is it's first? and last visit as its likely to break up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Free Copier Price Quotes Compare copier prices features from multiple dealers and save! http://tags.bluebottle.com/fc/MhtYWUjNDKNikOZkK90r26kJEEtclVcpE6Eny/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Question on 645n
I just priced the same kit at KEH using EX or EX+ gear. Came out to 1089 plus shipping. On 1/30/07, Y. Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sent the following to the list a couple of days ago. My post appeared but I wasn't filtering the word a d v i c e. I noticed that there was another long topic that had gone on a tangent with that word in its title. Apologies to those who may have seen this already. I'm really like to get comments on the value of this transaction. Thanks in advance. Original post I've got a chance to purchase a gently used kit. The camera's been through a CLA recently. Seller is asking $1250* for the following: 645N body (excellent condition) 120 film back SMC FA 75mm 645 f/2.8 SMC A 150mm 645 f/3.5 *includes shipping and insurance What do you folks think? Good deal or a steal? Anything I should watch for in particular? BTW, I slept the possibility of acquiring it before Christmas at $875. I've been kicking myself since two days after contacting the seller when I saw the price go up; someone visited eekBay. End Yolanda -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: New T/C's?
Some very nice shots, Bruce!. Not a bad lens combination. I especially love the one with the jets in a row - and the smoke stripe behind the planes. Brilliant. Regards Jens Jens Bladt Nytarkort / Greeting Card: http://www.jensbladt.dk/godtnytaar2007/lydshow.html 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 Bruce Dayton Sendt: 30. januar 2007 19:12 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: Re: New T/C's? I have the Sigma 100-300/4 and the Sigma 1.4X EX combination. It is quite good. The lens is very nice and works well with the converter. This entire gallery was shot with that combination: http://www.daytonphoto.com/Galleries/Blue%20Angels/index.htm I have used the Kenko 1.5 SHX and the Tamron 1.4 AF converters and they are not as good as the Sigma. -- Bruce Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 7:17:36 AM, you wrote: PG Talking of T/Cs I've been debating whether to wait for the 60 - 250 or PG get the sigma 70-200 f/2.8 + 1.4x TC combo or possibly the 100-300 f/4 PG + 1.4x TC PG I know that the 70-200 f/2.8 enjoys a good reputation but i know PG nothing about their t/c... Any opinions on the combination ? PG What about the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4 t/c ? PG Regards PG Patrick PG On 1/30/07, Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 06:21:48 -0800 (PST), Jack Davis wrote: Am hankering for the yet to be released 60~250 UCM and an L quality T/C. Any rumblings of a development or release schedule for such? Not that I know of. I would love to see a new high quality 1.4x converter too, would be real nice if it also translated the focallength as sent to the camera ... (Or we need an addition function in the firmware to enter that :-) There are a few (old) third-party TC's that have the power-contacts needed for the UCM (or is it SSM ?) new 'supersonic motor' lenses. Optical quality is quite bad on those though ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net PG -- PG Regards PG Patrick Genovese -- 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: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.15/659 - Release Date: 01/30/2007 09:31 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.15/659 - Release Date: 01/30/2007 09:31 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Windows Vista Blog
On 30/1/07, K.Takeshita, discombobulated, unleashed: (about being a masochist) Thank you for your compliment :-)) But, you were the one who told me to start at the end :-). LOL. Thanks mate, best laugh of the day! Sheesh, gotta love this place :-) -- 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: OT - Windows Vista Blog
On 30/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: You're right. It is I who am missing something. I thought I read the and back again in the title, but it was in Ken's post. Of course, I don't give a hoot:-)). Yes you do - that's why you're here and such a mainstay of the list. I hoist a glass of Crozesomethingorother to you sir *hic* -- 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
K10D - very positive review in Amateur Photographer (UK)
The K10D gets a very good review in the current issue of the UK weekly magazine Amateur Photographer. The overall rating is 87%, which is excellent. The only DSLRs to get 90% plus are the Nikon D2X, Canon EOS 5D and 1Ds Mk II. The reviewer stated: With its effective anti-shake and anti-dust systems, its excellent colour, good noise control and great user experience, the K10D is a unique model that has put Pentax back where it belongs. It is well worth buying the magazine for this review, which runs to nine pages (Wow!). In the USA, the magazine is available at major bookstores including Barnes and Noble and Borders. It is also available at bookstands at major airports and railway stations. This is a very good time to be a Pentax user. I am already regretting selling most of my Pentax gear! Colin ___ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Olympian
The E-1 is really an excellent camera; I believe it to be one of the classic digital SLRs, well-designed and really easy and effective to use. It's a shame Olympus haven't produced anything but consumer-grade cameras since then - if they'd even have put the 8mp or 10mp sensors out of those in the E-1's body, it'd have been better than the situation pro-level shooters who chose the E-1 have been left in. Olympus has been promising a new pro-grade camera for years, but it never seems to happen. I'm frankly not sure why. The really bizarre thing is that they've kept on coming out with extremely expensive and well-made f/2.0 zooms, without a new camera to put them on. -Matt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Wide angle backfocus
Just to clarify... Each of the zooms I tested correctly maintains focus as it is zoomed. If you zoom in, focus, then zoom out wide and take the photo, the photo is sharp as can be. If you autofocus while zoomed out, the autofocus moves the focusing collar and the photo is then back focused. The optics are fine, the auto focus sensor or software are what cannot handle the wide angle. Manually focusing is correct each time, so it isn't the focus screen, either. The fact that I have a habit of zooming in to focus them out to take the photo, plus the fact that the focusing screen is accurate, both mean that this has not been a problem until I finally got a wide prime. With the 21 Limited, the auto focus is never sharp at any distance. Perhaps the tiniest tweak of the adjusting screws will correct the wide angle back focus while not doing much to the tele focus. Perhaps not, which is why I was asking. By the way, this particular 21 Limited is in fact a bit sharper than the our 16-45. Brian -- Brian Dunn Photographic http://www.bdphotographic.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10D - very positive review in Amateur Photographer (UK)
I think that's valid grounds for removal from the list. Damn it man, the list is about Enablement not Disablement! :-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia Quoting Colin J [EMAIL PROTECTED]: This is a very good time to be a Pentax user. I am already regretting selling most of my Pentax gear! -- Debt Consolidation Quote to Save! Owe $20,000 or more? Cut payments 50%, be debt free fast, and save! http://tags.bluebottle.com/fc/MhtYWUi27piaY6b7Menw91d3gYp6xWCJMDQRY/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Magnifying eyecup
that looks interesting - I might give one a try. I have the Magnifying Eyepiece FB whiche _really_ magnifies the finder, but it also makes it dark, even when zoomed to the lowest magnification setting. - MCC Juan Buhler wrote: I just ordered the O-ME53 Magnifying Eyecup from BH, to use on the K10D. I plan to use that, and probably a Katz Eye screen with split prism, to make up for the small viewfinder (I know it's pretty good for what it is, but I'd like one like the MX) Is anyone here using the magnifying eyecup? Can you comment on it? Thanks, j -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Mark Cassino Photography Kalamazoo, Michigan www.markcassino.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
The K10D flash problem that isn't (well not really)
Contrary to arguments posted here that flash failure was not a common fault amongst new Pentax DSLR bodies it appears that many seem to be prone to the problem (there seems to be a higher incidence flash problems reported for the K10D than any other single fault): New K10D Owner Experiences Known Problem http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=21589143 -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Question on 645n
Thanks for the speedy reply, Scott. DUH! I can't believe I didn't think to research the kit on KEH. I guess my only defense is that I have never used them because they usually don't have what I'm seeking in stock. Hmm...looks like it might be time to do a little horse trading (haggling). Yolanda On 1/30/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just priced the same kit at KEH using EX or EX+ gear. Came out to 1089 plus shipping. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com Shoot more film! On 1/30/07, Y. Rowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I sent the following to the list a couple of days ago. My post appeared but snip Original post I've got a chance to purchase a gently used kit. The camera's been through a CLA recently. Seller is asking $1250* for the following: 645N body (excellent condition) 120 film back SMC FA 75mm 645 f/2.8 SMC A 150mm 645 f/3.5 *includes shipping and insurance Yolanda -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Windows Vista Blog
I've just begun cocktail hour. Tonight it's Lauder's Blended Scotch on the rocks. Lauder's is the world's best scotch that comes in a plastic bottle. $20 for 1.75 litre, and it doesn't break if you drop it:-). Paul On Jan 30, 2007, at 5:03 PM, Cotty wrote: On 30/1/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED], discombobulated, unleashed: You're right. It is I who am missing something. I thought I read the and back again in the title, but it was in Ken's post. Of course, I don't give a hoot:-)). Yes you do - that's why you're here and such a mainstay of the list. I hoist a glass of Crozesomethingorother to you sir *hic* -- 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The K10D flash problem that isn't (well not really)
I think people screw up using flash more often than with any other single feature. My Pentax 540 works perfectly on the K10D. Paul On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:15 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: Contrary to arguments posted here that flash failure was not a common fault amongst new Pentax DSLR bodies it appears that many seem to be prone to the problem (there seems to be a higher incidence flash problems reported for the K10D than any other single fault): New K10D Owner Experiences Known Problem http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=21589143 -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- 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: The K10D flash problem that isn't (well not really)
My bad. You were talking about the on-camera flash. Never used it. Never will. Paul On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:15 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: Contrary to arguments posted here that flash failure was not a common fault amongst new Pentax DSLR bodies it appears that many seem to be prone to the problem (there seems to be a higher incidence flash problems reported for the K10D than any other single fault): New K10D Owner Experiences Known Problem http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=21589143 -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- 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: The K10D flash problem that isn't (well not really)
On 31/01/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My bad. You were talking about the on-camera flash. Never used it. Never will. Than yours, like mine, will probably never break whilst the cameras are in our possession. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The K10D flash problem that isn't (well not really)
I use the onboard flash quite a lot...as a wireless trigger for my AF-540FGZ. Cheers, Dave At 08:47 AM 31/01/2007, Paul Stenquist wrote: My bad. You were talking about the on-camera flash. Never used it. Never will. Paul On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:15 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: Contrary to arguments posted here that flash failure was not a common fault amongst new Pentax DSLR bodies it appears that many seem to be prone to the problem (there seems to be a higher incidence flash problems reported for the K10D than any other single fault): New K10D Owner Experiences Known Problem http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=21589143 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Another k10D problem or just an old one?
Hello, Well, the other day I decided to take a look at this k lens underexposure issue (which appears to be a real problem) and instead found another problem. Here are the pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ This is a series of pictures of a white piece of tissue used to wrap a Christmas gift. Light was natural, white balance manually set. Updated firmware. Obviously, many of these are 1 or 2 stops underexposed, but, I was startled at the bands of color (green to the left, magenta to the right). Photos 1-3: Three is probably close to being exposed properly, but it still has a hint of the problem. The others show it clearly. Photos 4-6: So I decided to look at photos that were overexposed at different f stops. I don't see the problem in 4 and 5, but it shows up again in 6. Photos 7-9: So I thought to change lenses. Still there on 9, small aperture again. Photo 10: Might as well check the problem at 400 sensitivity. A hint of the problem. Photo 11: There it is again. Seems that the combination of high sensitivity, small aperture and underexposure causes the problem. I also tried RAW and normal instead of bright mode, this did not cause the problem to be eliminated. So, is this just the infamous banding problem magnified a bit? Is this just my camera? I hope someone can verify for me that this is just a characteristic of this camera. Not that this would thrill me, because I expect something to work properly, but at least I wouldn't send my camera in again. I know that I am not likely to shoot under these conditions, but it would be nice if the camera worked properly just the same. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Wide angle backfocus
On 31/01/07, Brian Dunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received a 21 Limited. Center only autofocus always greatly back focuses on both ist-DS cameras, more on one than on the other. The 45 degree focus chart showed the 21 Limited back focusing almost off the far end of the paper. How does it focus on objects parallel to the sensor plane, I assume that you have pre-selected the central focus spot? I tested other lenses and found that they all back focus when set to wide angles. The amount seems to be proportional to the angle. For example, you could set a 16-45 on a tripod, aim at something 7 feet away, zoom in to 45mm, focus, then zoom out and focus again. The more you zoom out, the more the autofocus changes. Focus is very much harder to judge when using extreme wide angle lenses and that goes for the AF system and by eye. Also system focus adjustment is very much more critical as any lenses angle of coverage is increased, lens to sensor plane distance has to be more precise as the depth of focus becomes smaller with focal length ant any given aperture (from recollection). My 16-45 doesn't maintain accurate focus as it's zoomed, and I know that other owners here have reported the same. Has anyone here tried the adjustments under the base plate? No, but there was another discussion that I read that indicated that some AF systems also employ a firmware error offset table that's determined during the factory AF system calibration. whether this is actually the case or not on your particular Pentax body I'm not sure but if you're prepared to send it to Pentax to be aligned I guess a tweaking a few screws will add little to the cost of the AF adjustment procedure in the case that it goes wrong. -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The K10D flash problem that isn't (well not really)
Sounds about like me. If you are going to use a flash, use a REAL flash. On all my cameras from way back that had a pop up flash, I think I have used it perhaps 5 or 6 times in all. It is a stop gap for the few times I am unprepared and am willing to compromise the photo. -- Bruce Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 3:47:47 PM, you wrote: PS My bad. You were talking about the on-camera flash. Never used it. PS Never will. PS Paul PS On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:15 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: Contrary to arguments posted here that flash failure was not a common fault amongst new Pentax DSLR bodies it appears that many seem to be prone to the problem (there seems to be a higher incidence flash problems reported for the K10D than any other single fault): New K10D Owner Experiences Known Problem http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=21589143 -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- 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: Another k10D problem or just an old one?
Don't know what's going on here, but grossly underexposed pictures, which almost all of these are, will not yield good results. I also think shooting white with the jpeg bright setting might be somewhat of a problem. I think it's possible to generate bad results with any camera if one works hard enough to achieve them. Some of my underexposed transparencies from my Speed Graphic were real clunkers. Paul On Jan 30, 2007, at 7:00 PM, David Weiss wrote: Hello, Well, the other day I decided to take a look at this k lens underexposure issue (which appears to be a real problem) and instead found another problem. Here are the pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ This is a series of pictures of a white piece of tissue used to wrap a Christmas gift. Light was natural, white balance manually set. Updated firmware. Obviously, many of these are 1 or 2 stops underexposed, but, I was startled at the bands of color (green to the left, magenta to the right). Photos 1-3: Three is probably close to being exposed properly, but it still has a hint of the problem. The others show it clearly. Photos 4-6: So I decided to look at photos that were overexposed at different f stops. I don't see the problem in 4 and 5, but it shows up again in 6. Photos 7-9: So I thought to change lenses. Still there on 9, small aperture again. Photo 10: Might as well check the problem at 400 sensitivity. A hint of the problem. Photo 11: There it is again. Seems that the combination of high sensitivity, small aperture and underexposure causes the problem. I also tried RAW and normal instead of bright mode, this did not cause the problem to be eliminated. So, is this just the infamous banding problem magnified a bit? Is this just my camera? I hope someone can verify for me that this is just a characteristic of this camera. Not that this would thrill me, because I expect something to work properly, but at least I wouldn't send my camera in again. I know that I am not likely to shoot under these conditions, but it would be nice if the camera worked properly just the same. 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: The K10D flash problem that isn't (well not really)
Hello David, I used to do that with AF360FGZ's for studio work or on a bracket. In studio, I found they didn't have enough power to deliver the DOF that I needed. On a bracket, it worked but I found that the ambient light and subject/background reflectivity could have some impact on the reliability of the main flash firing. I replaced the 360's with Alien Bees studio lights, which got rid of one problem and now just use a wired approach for the flash bracket so the popup flash has become a non-issue to me. And I no longer have problems with the popup flash or wireless connection. -- Bruce Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 4:10:35 PM, you wrote: DS I use the onboard flash quite a lot...as a wireless trigger for my AF-540FGZ. DS Cheers, DS Dave DS At 08:47 AM 31/01/2007, Paul Stenquist wrote: My bad. You were talking about the on-camera flash. Never used it. Never will. Paul On Jan 30, 2007, at 6:15 PM, Digital Image Studio wrote: Contrary to arguments posted here that flash failure was not a common fault amongst new Pentax DSLR bodies it appears that many seem to be prone to the problem (there seems to be a higher incidence flash problems reported for the K10D than any other single fault): New K10D Owner Experiences Known Problem http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=21589143 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: The K10D flash problem that isn't (well not really)
On 31/01/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use the onboard flash quite a lot...as a wireless trigger for my AF-540FGZ. Techhead! :-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://home.swiftdsl.com.au/~distudio//publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Another k10D problem or just an old one?
BTW, I shoot with K lenses quite frequently. No problem. A couple of recent examples: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458250size=lg http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458281size=lg On Jan 30, 2007, at 7:00 PM, David Weiss wrote: Hello, Well, the other day I decided to take a look at this k lens underexposure issue (which appears to be a real problem) and instead found another problem. Here are the pictures: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ This is a series of pictures of a white piece of tissue used to wrap a Christmas gift. Light was natural, white balance manually set. Updated firmware. Obviously, many of these are 1 or 2 stops underexposed, but, I was startled at the bands of color (green to the left, magenta to the right). Photos 1-3: Three is probably close to being exposed properly, but it still has a hint of the problem. The others show it clearly. Photos 4-6: So I decided to look at photos that were overexposed at different f stops. I don't see the problem in 4 and 5, but it shows up again in 6. Photos 7-9: So I thought to change lenses. Still there on 9, small aperture again. Photo 10: Might as well check the problem at 400 sensitivity. A hint of the problem. Photo 11: There it is again. Seems that the combination of high sensitivity, small aperture and underexposure causes the problem. I also tried RAW and normal instead of bright mode, this did not cause the problem to be eliminated. So, is this just the infamous banding problem magnified a bit? Is this just my camera? I hope someone can verify for me that this is just a characteristic of this camera. Not that this would thrill me, because I expect something to work properly, but at least I wouldn't send my camera in again. I know that I am not likely to shoot under these conditions, but it would be nice if the camera worked properly just the same. 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: New T/C's?
Thanks for the info... I was hoping that someone would trash at least one of the combos making my decision easier :-) The problem with Malta is that you have to buy almost on faith... There is no way i'm going to be able to try out a 70-200 f/2.8 or a 100-300.. unless I go abroad. Regards Patrick On 1/30/07, Jan van Wijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Patrick, On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:17:36 +0100, Patrick Genovese wrote: Talking of T/Cs I've been debating whether to wait for the 60 - 250 or get the sigma 70-200 f/2.8 + 1.4x TC combo or possibly the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4x TC I know that the 70-200 f/2.8 enjoys a good reputation but i know nothing about their t/c... Any opinions on the combination ? I have use the Sigma 70-200 EX with the matching 1.4x and 2x EX converters. With the 1.4x there is hardly any image degradation just a slight loss of contrast (minor really). With the 2x converter the image gets a bit softer still, and the corners are noticably worse than center. Still usuable for most wildlife stuff with the subject centered though :-) What about the 100-300 f/4 + 1.4 t/c ? Don't know, never used it. What I have heard is that the 100-300 EX is as good as the 70-200 so I would expect it does well with the 1.4x too ... Regards, JvW PS: Plan to replace th 70-200 with the 60-250 if quelity is real good and the price somewhat acceptable :-) -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: Camera based SR vs. lens based IS?
Thank you Marnie and others for putting up with me, and for trying to provide me with an answer. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 30. januar 2007 02:30 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Camera based SR vs. lens based IS? In a message dated 1/28/2007 4:07:35 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps I'd better add a few words about why I ask this question. I've read a review that almost quotes the Canon marketing department on this issue. I'm ok with that, but when the author serves this as the truth I react. So now I have a debate going in a Norwegian forum about this issue. BTW. I didn't start it, some other guy questioned the quoting first. Speaking of angels. I'm not on a crusade in this issue. I'm simply asking for first hand experiences. First hand experiences are a lot more worth than defensive marketing. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) === Well, speaking from experience, Canon IS lenses work very well. It's rescued many a shot. But since I haven't tried Pentax AS (yet), I can make no comments on that. 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: New to List and PESO -- Night in the Park
Welcome. A fine picture. Please show us more. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corey Leopold Sent: 28. januar 2007 19:44 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: New to List and PESO -- Night in the Park Hello everyone, I'm new to the list, and new to Digital SLR Photography. I had been craving a Cannon 30d for about a year, but when I finally got really serious and read reviews, etc... I decided on the K10d. I had the added (dubious) benefit of some old Sears k-mount lenses floating around my house that were my fathers. Probably not the best lenses, but they work and I have that attachment with my father that way. Anyway I was out and about in Hemisfair Park near the Tower of the Americas and took this photo last night. Taken with the 18-55 kit lense. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/371597300_1513d87f9b_b.jpg Converted to BW in the beta of Lightroom. Thanks Corey -- Check out my Photo Stream at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cleopold73 -- 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: 77mm f1.8 ltd
Do you have more lenses for sale ;-) Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William Robb Sent: 28. januar 2007 23:18 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: 77mm f1.8 ltd - Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: 77mm f1.8 ltd I ordered one back in early December. Not holding my breath. Damn. All the interest in this lens all of a sudden. I sold my silver one a year and a half ago to a list member who, as of yet, hasn't bothered to pay me for it. Sigh. William Robb -- 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
