Re: Developing film
On Tue, Aug 21, 2007 at 11:40:35PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: Actually, if you're shooting C-41 and not doing any push/pull stuff, any of the mini-labs should be able to process the film adequately. It's really all automated, and there's very little they can do to mess it up . . . That's not my experience. Unless the mini-lab is well maintained, and cleaned and calibrated on a regular basis, it's all too easy for you to end up with a roll of film scratched because of dirt and/or crystals of the processing chemicals on the film guides. In one particularly bad case the lab operator tried to tell me that the scratches must have been caused by my camera, not by his machine. However he was unable to explain how my camera had managed to scratch the last 10 frames of the film, which hadn't been exposed, and so had remained inside the cassette while it was in the camera. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss
Now that's what I call a Photoshop! Nice job, there. -- Bruce Tuesday, August 21, 2007, 6:29:58 PM, you wrote: PS The CEO of the agency I'm working for owns a 1955 Chrysler 300C -- a PS perfect 300C. Last Saturday at the Dream Cruise I was hanging out in PS a parking lot and watching the cars drive by when I spotted the big PS guy's 300C coming down Woodward. I attempted a pan, but the car was PS moving very slowly, and I couldn't get a shutter speed slower than PS 1/30th in the hazy sunlight. (Should have had an ND filter mounted.) PS Anyway, I got a halfway decent pic but without any sense of speed and PS way too much detail in the background. What's worse, the hood was PS burned out and blending into a white car in another lane. So I PS PhotoShopped it. Here are the original and the retouched version for PS comparison. I made him a print. He loves it. Since I'm a day-to-day PS contract worker, love is a good thing. ISO 100, f22 @1/30th DA PS 17-45/4 at 24mm. PS Original: PS http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333097size=lg PS Retouched: PS http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333104size=lg PS Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Bigma 50-500 vs 100-300 + 1.4x TC
Would be nice, but it doesn't do that. The K10D requests the focal length. On 8/22/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, it translates the focal length of the lens mount on it by 1.7x and transmits that to the body. At least that's what my friend tells me it does... I don't have one myself. G You probably meant transmit instead of translate, Godfrey? - The Pentax F 1.7x AF Lens Adapter does translate the focal length and runs its own form of autofocus, which may or may not work with the big Sigma zooms. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT - Fiberoptics, anyone?
Here's a question for the technically curious. Do you think it will be worthwhile to use fibre optics to lead light from an ordinary flash (eg. Pentax 540 FGZ) into various configurations for macro flash purposes? I can't get the idea out of my mind, and probably need some healthy counter-arguments... :-) The pros I can see are: There is no P-TTL-enabled macro flash for Pentax. Using fibre optics with an ordinary flash could provide this. Theoretically, one should lose far less light per distance through fibres than the inverse square law that applies through air. So leading the light to where the motif is could allow for flash light with a very reasonable GN. Using thin fibres in slim cables, eg. 20 fibres in Ø 5mm cables, the individual cables are flexible and can be arranged in many configurations. Ring flash can be simulated, as well as setups more weighted to the sides. Optic fibres are lightweight, and will not place much extra weight or bulk at the front of the lens. Contraptions for attaching the fibres not considered, of course, but how bulky can they get? On the con side, I see that the 5mm cables probably have to be bundled by a professional towards the flash. I believe it's only possible to construct circular bundles, so a part of the flash output may not be shunted into the optic fibre. But at the moment, this is not at all enough to stop me from thinking about this...:-) Anyone have better counter-arguments? Please? :-) Btw, I know that Novoflex has a fibre optic solution for macro flash, but that's not what I'm thinking of. The Novoflex unit is a large, bulky adaptor that looks more like a microscope light source for the lab than a portable field solution. Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Looking for a printer (mostly low-end)
Thank you, Graywolf ! 2007/8/22, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not as good as I used to get from the very best labs, but better than I got from all the rest. Certainly good enough that my few clients have had no complaint. The only real problem I have noticed is that if you print heavy matt prints they drink the die based inks like water. If glossy or luster is OK with you and your clients I would say it is Good Enough. Each generation of inkjet printers get better. The R200 was the first one that really seemed to be up to snuff. Of course it is now a couple of generations old so hopefully the newer ones are even better. -graywolf Thibouille wrote: Graywolf, your pictures look OK with your R200 or it isn't even worth thinking about it? Maybe sending my files to a good lab would better? I'm not really confident in colour rendition from labs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,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: OT - Fiberoptics, anyone?
Why not. If you have the fibers you could try this. Much easier would be two 360 with diffusors on a flash bracket (novoflex or manfrotto). Another option I want to test are daylight high power leds. On ebay led ringlights can be found. I have found several cheap and very compact led flashlights. combine 4 of these and the result is a led ringlight. On 8/22/07, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a question for the technically curious. Do you think it will be worthwhile to use fibre optics to lead light from an ordinary flash (eg. Pentax 540 FGZ) into various configurations for macro flash purposes? I can't get the idea out of my mind, and probably need some healthy counter-arguments... :-) The pros I can see are: There is no P-TTL-enabled macro flash for Pentax. Using fibre optics with an ordinary flash could provide this. Theoretically, one should lose far less light per distance through fibres than the inverse square law that applies through air. So leading the light to where the motif is could allow for flash light with a very reasonable GN. Using thin fibres in slim cables, eg. 20 fibres in Ø 5mm cables, the individual cables are flexible and can be arranged in many configurations. Ring flash can be simulated, as well as setups more weighted to the sides. Optic fibres are lightweight, and will not place much extra weight or bulk at the front of the lens. Contraptions for attaching the fibres not considered, of course, but how bulky can they get? On the con side, I see that the 5mm cables probably have to be bundled by a professional towards the flash. I believe it's only possible to construct circular bundles, so a part of the flash output may not be shunted into the optic fibre. But at the moment, this is not at all enough to stop me from thinking about this...:-) Anyone have better counter-arguments? Please? :-) Btw, I know that Novoflex has a fibre optic solution for macro flash, but that's not what I'm thinking of. The Novoflex unit is a large, bulky adaptor that looks more like a microscope light source for the lab than a portable field solution. Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
LED rings (was Re: OT - Fiberoptics, anyone?)
I bought a Digislave 6400 from BH just a week and a half ago. Mfg. website here: http://www.srelectronics.com/fr6400.html It's alledgedly very powerful, but not at all in the league of ordinary ring flashes. Not really useful for insects, imho. Did a write-up in my blog on the same issue the other day. http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/ Jostein 2007/8/22, Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Why not. If you have the fibers you could try this. Much easier would be two 360 with diffusors on a flash bracket (novoflex or manfrotto). Another option I want to test are daylight high power leds. On ebay led ringlights can be found. I have found several cheap and very compact led flashlights. combine 4 of these and the result is a led ringlight. On 8/22/07, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a question for the technically curious. Do you think it will be worthwhile to use fibre optics to lead light from an ordinary flash (eg. Pentax 540 FGZ) into various configurations for macro flash purposes? I can't get the idea out of my mind, and probably need some healthy counter-arguments... :-) The pros I can see are: There is no P-TTL-enabled macro flash for Pentax. Using fibre optics with an ordinary flash could provide this. Theoretically, one should lose far less light per distance through fibres than the inverse square law that applies through air. So leading the light to where the motif is could allow for flash light with a very reasonable GN. Using thin fibres in slim cables, eg. 20 fibres in Ø 5mm cables, the individual cables are flexible and can be arranged in many configurations. Ring flash can be simulated, as well as setups more weighted to the sides. Optic fibres are lightweight, and will not place much extra weight or bulk at the front of the lens. Contraptions for attaching the fibres not considered, of course, but how bulky can they get? On the con side, I see that the 5mm cables probably have to be bundled by a professional towards the flash. I believe it's only possible to construct circular bundles, so a part of the flash output may not be shunted into the optic fibre. But at the moment, this is not at all enough to stop me from thinking about this...:-) Anyone have better counter-arguments? Please? :-) Btw, I know that Novoflex has a fibre optic solution for macro flash, but that's not what I'm thinking of. The Novoflex unit is a large, bulky adaptor that looks more like a microscope light source for the lab than a portable field solution. Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Toine http://leende.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - My New Wheels
On Aug 22, 2007, at 5:16 AM, John Francis wrote: All this, and 21 speeds, for only a little more than I had to pay for a bike rack that fits on the Z4 :-( Is that all? ;) Even with suspension forks it still weighs less than my last bike. I'm not surprised... the weight of bikes has been steadily tumbling in recent years if you're prepared to pay the money. Steel is for freaks these days, carbon is the new hotness. My main trail bike is relatively heavy so it's a bit harder to get uphill... but it's so much fun on the trails that I don't mind the extra pain. - Dave (had a good night-ride today) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT: Content Aware Image Resizing
For those who frequent DPReview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082201seamcarvingimageresizing.asp I thought it was pretty neat. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Developing film
Ha yes, i forgot. More nectar next year.LOL Dave On 8/21/07, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, No, I saw Norm a year ago with an old 6x7 shooting black white at GFM. Norm is like a hummingbird, flitting around all the time. You guys just didn't stock enough 'golden nectar' to attract him. Regards, Bob S. On 8/21/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/21/07, Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, it's just that stuff you use to take pictures. You should try it some time. Photography, I mean. Know that i think of it, i never see Norm at GFM with a camera. You sure you're supposed to be on this list.:-) Dave rg2 On 8/21/07, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Film? What's film? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- 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 -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Developing film (Rebekah)
On 8/21/07, cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did somebody say Atlanta? You know, I was just there... By the way, the Falcon's cheerleaders were happy to see me tonight :) (I fixed their CD player so they could practice) Is that a CD in your pocket or:-) Dave I just had five rolls of film processed at Wolf... Film is an expensive endeavor. Cory - Original Message - From: Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 2:48 PM Subject: Re: Developing film (Rebekah) Looks like I have an E6 lab around the corner in Atlanta - although I'm nervous about mailing film, the temperature here is edging toward the triple digits. I'll drive it over myself some time and try them out, but I may save up for a film scanner like you and other have suggested. Thanks for the advice! rg2 On 8/21/07, Matt Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, had to look on the web for the nearest E6 labs. I live a couple hours from the twin cities, which is the closest city with professional labs. Roll of 120 were very reasonabley priced a $5 to develop. I know they offered high res scanning but i just use a film scanner and do it myself. -- Message: 3 Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 10:47:25 -0400 From: Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Developing film To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Thanks scott What awesome information, I'll definitely look around where I am for a local store, although it seems like a doubtful situation. Have you ever tried sending your film out to online developing/scanning services? rg2 On 8/21/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rebekah wrote: Hey all Been reading but not talking for a while, but surprise! I'm still here. Pug this month was awesome, some of those pictures were beautiful and it's always neat to see what people find interesting enough to photograph. Anyways, I'm sure this has already been asked, but I didn't see it in the archives: Aside from doing it myself, where's the best place to develop film? What about film scanning, any recommendations? It seems like the photo cd's I've been getting with my pictures are about the same quality as the crummy photos I snap with my phone. Thanks in advance guys :o) rg2 Sounds like you need to find a lab with some scanning options. I've had horrible luck with most of the lower cost (in house) mini-labs, like Wal-Mart, Target, etc. First Look Photo in Hagerstown, MD did a wonderful job and offered several resolution options with scanning. After moving to Harrisburg and trying a few independent shops I gave up. They all offered hi-res scans, but they weren't much better than Wally World. In my limited experience it's hit or miss. And if you find a good one, hope they don't close their doors next week. You really might be better off getting yourself a dedicated 35mm film scanner and doing it yourself. As far as processing goes, if you can't find a decent local lab, you might try the send-out service through Wal-mart. It goes to a Fuji lab. More often than not the results have been pretty good, and significantly better than the one hour service in the store. HTH. -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- 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 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.1/963 - Release Date: 8/20/2007 5:44 PM -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Developing film (Rebekah)
On 8/21/07, cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did somebody say Atlanta? You know, I was just there... By the way, the Falcon's cheerleaders were happy to see me tonight :) (I fixed their CD player so they could practice) I just had five rolls of film processed at Wolf... Film is an expensive endeavor. It sure is expensive, but for me it's a cash flow thing - I don't really have the capacity to stop taking pictures long enough to save up for the digital camera I want, and also I think film produces better pictures. So it's film for me! rg2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
On 8/21/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Highlight moment from the return drive today was seeing a place in West Virginia that billed itself as the Oasis Diner and Adult Video. (My suggested slogan: Your one-stop shop for grits and tits.) MARK. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Film streaks
On 8/21/07, Gonz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Which one came first, the streaked one or the clean one? If the clean one, then its entirely possible that the leak developed after that first roll. Take a look at the camera and make sure that any seals, foams, etc are correctly in place. the last roll of film taken in the camera was the streaky one. I bought it seperately the other day, and it didn't expire for another year, and I bought, shot, and developed it within 48 hours. My camera looks ok, but I'm going to put a piece of tape over the hole that displays the film type and hope that solves the problem. Sounds like what I see when someone brings in one of those disposable cameras and they've left it in the glove-box of the car for a couple of days. It's where heat's damaged the emulsion. This is actually a possible problem because where I live is rather hot, except that I can't think of any time that the film would have gotten warm while I had it. If heat was the cause, it may have happened back when it was transported. Overall, I suspect (or perhaps hope) it was just a bad roll of film. rg2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Content Aware Image Resizing
What the old Soviet Union wouldn't have given for such technology. No persons disappear without a trace... David Savage wrote: For those who frequent DPReview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082201seamcarvingimageresizing.asp I thought it was pretty neat. Cheers, Dave -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
I would like to attend the camera clinic one year, unfortunately it falls on a rather large and profitable horse show weekend. As this is my only income for now.:-) I do like the profile trail , but just the start.:-) Dave On 8/21/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Spent a few days down in N.C. with my SO Lisa and her friends from Winston-Salem. Went to the Grandfather Mountain Camera Clinic and saw many of the Usual Suspects there. Unfortunately, I was trying to do two things at once -- attend the Camera Clinic and fulfill social obligations with the SO and her friends -- so I naturally succeeded in doing neither very well. Still, I did get quite a bit accomplished and Lisa did get to meet Doug Brewer and Don Nelson (and a couple of other regulars). I shot quite a bit while down there, though I don't think I got any portfolio material; mostly documentary shots for a project I'm working on. Took a few hunderd photos with the DA*16-50/2.8 and I'll try to get some online tomorrow. I'm tentatively very impressed with the lens. (We'll see for certain how good it is when I have a chance to examine the images in detail.) One thing I haven't seen mentioned much yet is the very nice minimum focussing distance of under one foot. At 50mm this is very handy indeed. Really makes it a viable lens for a one-lens walkabout kit, for which I've always preferred primes in the past. Lisa and I did one tough hike on Sunday and another on Monday. My legs are really feeling it now but we tried one GFM trail we'd never been on before (the Cragway Trail) and found it has the best views on the mountain. Next to the upper half of the Profile Trail it's the toughest trail on the mountain -- far more strenuous than the Grandfather Trail on the top -- but well worth it for the scenery. Highlight moment from the return drive today was seeing a place in West Virginia that billed itself as the Oasis Diner and Adult Video. (My suggested slogan: Your one-stop shop for grits and tits.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
On 8/22/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to attend the camera clinic one year, unfortunately it falls on a rather large and profitable horse show weekend. As this is my only income for now.:-) I do like the profile trail , but just the start.:-) You 'n me next year, Dave. YART (Yet Another Road Trip). cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New 12MP APS-C CMOS sensor from Sony
Maybe I would adapt, but for me most situations are either too fast to be checking the LCD or slow enough to just pop off a few shots and look. I usually check the histogram once I get in a new lighting situation or if I think the meter can't handle it. I have the enlarge button set to the max so I can check AF if that's an issue. Mostly, however, I want to spend my time looking through that nice optical viewfinder I paid so much money to get. I've used EVF cameras and they work fine for everything except MF. I guess if you had a continuous histogram on the LCD you could easily sneak a peek and b sure about your exposure but that could also be one more thing to obsess over. Maybe a tiny histogram in the corner of the viewfinder? I also wonder how the batteries would hold up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
ann sanfedele wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Highlight moment from the return drive today was seeing a place in West Virginia that billed itself as the Oasis Diner and Adult Video. (My suggested slogan: Your one-stop shop for grits and tits.) You DID take a photo I hope! Sorry - I was driving. (Good thing, too: If Lisa had been at the wheel when I made that remark we might have ended up in the ditch!) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - Corner Kick (crop)
On Godfrey's suggestion, I took a bit off the top, which I think is a subtle improvement: http://tinyurl.com/2v23hv http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RswmDF2ieEI/Al4/Yci_xbj4DTw/s1600-h/claire_soccer_22+003.jpg Here's the original: http://tinyurl.com/3ypt4o http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/Rsrc6V2id_I/AlQ/wbVrJkexJBo/s1600-h/claire_soccer+005.jpg I don't expect a lot of comments (since many of you were kind enough to comment on yesterday's), but if you feel so compelled, I'll be happy to entertain your thoughts. ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Day's End
On 8/21/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/18/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/PESO/peso_030.htm Stunning! Absolutely stunning... Thanks Frank. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
On 8/21/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Highlight moment from the return drive today was seeing a place in West Virginia that billed itself as the Oasis Diner and Adult Video. (My suggested slogan: Your one-stop shop for grits and tits.) Was it anywhere near a Friends of Coal billboard? I love West Virginia. I'm not sure about that almost heaven bit, but I love it! ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
On 8/22/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/21/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Highlight moment from the return drive today was seeing a place in West Virginia that billed itself as the Oasis Diner and Adult Video. (My suggested slogan: Your one-stop shop for grits and tits.) Was it anywhere near a Friends of Coal billboard? I love West Virginia. I'm not sure about that almost heaven bit, but I love it! Love those tunnels Dave ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
On 8/22/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/22/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to attend the camera clinic one year, unfortunately it falls on a rather large and profitable horse show weekend. As this is my only income for now.:-) I do like the profile trail , but just the start.:-) You 'n me next year, Dave. I'm hoping, you bet. Still waiting, its been a month now, for the MTO to say yes or no to my drivers physical. I have checked with the bus company and as long as i give them enough notice to find a spare it should be ok to do GFM in 2008. Now i just have to get the job. They hand out the routes from Aug 27-29. If i don't hear back by then, i'm out of luck with them for a while anyway. Dave YART (Yet Another Road Trip). cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss
Well done on both Paul. Love is good.:-) Dave On 8/21/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The CEO of the agency I'm working for owns a 1955 Chrysler 300C -- a perfect 300C. Last Saturday at the Dream Cruise I was hanging out in a parking lot and watching the cars drive by when I spotted the big guy's 300C coming down Woodward. I attempted a pan, but the car was moving very slowly, and I couldn't get a shutter speed slower than 1/30th in the hazy sunlight. (Should have had an ND filter mounted.) Anyway, I got a halfway decent pic but without any sense of speed and way too much detail in the background. What's worse, the hood was burned out and blending into a white car in another lane. So I PhotoShopped it. Here are the original and the retouched version for comparison. I made him a print. He loves it. Since I'm a day-to-day contract worker, love is a good thing. ISO 100, f22 @1/30th DA 17-45/4 at 24mm. Original: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333097size=lg Retouched: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333104size=lg Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
GESO - Proud Papa
Nothing nearly as interesting as Corner Kick, but here are a few shots of my daughter Claire, at her weekend soccer tournament. No one wins - they just play three games, and everyone gets a medal. It's all for fun, which I like a lot. http://tinyurl.com/2djpqy http://tinyurl.com/23p5or http://tinyurl.com/yvd99n Claire's #5: http://tinyurl.com/2dhvk3 She's bottom left in this team photo: http://tinyurl.com/29aero And, bottom right in this team photo: http://tinyurl.com/ysfyva cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
David Savage wrote: On 8/22/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/22/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to attend the camera clinic one year, unfortunately it falls on a rather large and profitable horse show weekend. As this is my only income for now.:-) I do like the profile trail , but just the start.:-) You 'n me next year, Dave. YART (Yet Another Road Trip). You guy's up for making a detour to pick up another? Cheers, Dave If you buy the gas. ;) -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
On 8/22/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/22/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to attend the camera clinic one year, unfortunately it falls on a rather large and profitable horse show weekend. As this is my only income for now.:-) I do like the profile trail , but just the start.:-) You 'n me next year, Dave. YART (Yet Another Road Trip). You guy's up for making a detour to pick up another? Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss
On 8/21/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The CEO of the agency I'm working for owns a 1955 Chrysler 300C -- a perfect 300C. Last Saturday at the Dream Cruise I was hanging out in a parking lot and watching the cars drive by when I spotted the big guy's 300C coming down Woodward. I attempted a pan, but the car was moving very slowly, and I couldn't get a shutter speed slower than 1/30th in the hazy sunlight. (Should have had an ND filter mounted.) Anyway, I got a halfway decent pic but without any sense of speed and way too much detail in the background. What's worse, the hood was burned out and blending into a white car in another lane. So I PhotoShopped it. Here are the original and the retouched version for comparison. I made him a print. He loves it. Since I'm a day-to-day contract worker, love is a good thing. ISO 100, f22 @1/30th DA 17-45/4 at 24mm. Original: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333097size=lg Retouched: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333104size=lg The reworked shot looks much much better, but the original was a pretty good photo to begin with... cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - My New Wheels
On 8/22/07, David Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not surprised... the weight of bikes has been steadily tumbling in recent years if you're prepared to pay the money. Steel is for freaks these days, carbon is the new hotness. My main trail bike is relatively heavy so it's a bit harder to get uphill... but it's so much fun on the trails that I don't mind the extra pain. - Dave (had a good night-ride today) Steel is for freaks? Au contraire! Columbus is making some steel tubesets that rival CF for weight. http://www.columbustubi.com/eng/3_3.htm To my mind, for the vast majority of users, steel is the best frame alternative. It's more compliant than aluminium (yet can be made very stiff with double or even triple butting), and will last much longer than either of CF and aluminium. Professional road racers have new frames available for each race, so longevity isn't an issue, but at the weights they're racing (about 14.5 pounds for the full bike), those things are much more fragile than one might imagine, and failures do happen. I'd shudder to think what might happen over several months or years. My road bike, while not particularly light (due mostly to crap components - I could shave about 3 or 4 pounds quite easily) is wonderfully stiff yet comfortable, with a frame that I know will last me for many many years. It may not be as sexy as CF or Ti or Aluminium, but I'll be riding it for many years to come. cheers, frank (whose daily user is an alumium trackbike) -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
On 8/22/07, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: On 8/22/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You 'n me next year, Dave. You guy's up for making a detour to pick up another? Cheers, Dave If you buy the gas. ;) H It'd probably be cheaper to fly. :-) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New 12MP APS-C CMOS sensor from Sony
With the capability of Live View and MF Assist, you have your choice to use what's appropriate when you want to, that's all. If you've never used a camera that has the facility, you can't know how it will be useful to you ... it is a paradigm shift. Regards battery life: The Panasonic L1 has a 1500 mAh rated battery. On a recent landscape shoot I used the camera on a tripod in Live View mode exclusively. I recorded about 650 exposures per fully charged battery. Without Live View enabled, I get about 750 exposures per charge. So it's fairly efficient on power management. Godfrey On Aug 22, 2007, at 5:10 AM, Steve Desjardins wrote: Maybe I would adapt, but for me most situations are either too fast to be checking the LCD or slow enough to just pop off a few shots and look. I usually check the histogram once I get in a new lighting situation or if I think the meter can't handle it. I have the enlarge button set to the max so I can check AF if that's an issue. Mostly, however, I want to spend my time looking through that nice optical viewfinder I paid so much money to get. I've used EVF cameras and they work fine for everything except MF. I guess if you had a continuous histogram on the LCD you could easily sneak a peek and b sure about your exposure but that could also be one more thing to obsess over. Maybe a tiny histogram in the corner of the viewfinder? I also wonder how the batteries would hold up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Looking for a printer (mostly low-end)
Atlex has the whole set for about $64+shipping http://tinyurl.com/326xrg -p Scott Loveless wrote: graywolf wrote: My Epson R200 costs a hundred bucks to buy new Epson ink carts for (locally). -graywolf Holy cow! If you have a Sam's Club or Costco nearby you should be able to pick up a complete set, including the black cartridge, for about $60. Amazon sells the color pack and the black cartridge separately, but it still works out to about the same price. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)
Your post summarizes this pretty well and probably explains my lack of understanding for this kind of photography, I love the challenge of presenting a message just with pictures, telling stories, and probably that's why I find it easier to like photographs that show a way to solve this puzzle: they are useful to me at this particular point for my photography. Tomorrow time will tell, to tell you the truth, I tried something that might fit the concept of conceptual photography, but didn't feel I could transmit my message with the photos, and your post just clarifies that to me, I'm not expected to tell something just filling up a frame, I can add words to the photos and combine both things as a whole. Not my cup of tea now, maybe someday. Nice to participate in a mature polite conversation ;-) Cheers Fernando On 8/22/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the things you learn as you study art is that meaning is invariably tightly coupled with language and words. It is very very difficult to create intelligible meaning in pictures alone. A visual language of photographs that attempt to articulate specific meaning is subject to widely variant interpretation ... and those interpretations might or might not have anything to do with the intent of the photographer-artist who made them and presents them. However, there is a long tradition in photography of the 20th Century that the pictures should be able to tell their story by themselves ... the basis of the photojournalism that built Look and Life magazines rests on this type of imagic story telling. So there is a contention, a tension in this desire to have the images speak for themselves and the desire to understand the artist-photographer's intent in a meaningful way, which needs words and symbols to be conveyed. Emotional expression, on the other hand ... pictures/photographs/ paintings/sculpture are very good at conveying emotional messages, based on the common psychology of human consciousness. Oh, a beautiful sunset reminds us of that warm evening with golden light in our own experiences. What a funny little boy that is reminds us of the goofyness when we played with our siblings, our cousins in the snow or the backyard as children. Oh my god, the horror that signal photograph of the My Lai Massacre from the Vietnam War so long ago resonates in our horror at man taking another man's live, cruelty and injustice, evil. Wow, look at that ball! in frank's recent photograph from the soccer field reveals to us the feeling of a sport, of activity and play. And so on. Images are emotional messengers triggering memory, feeling, sun, taste, touch ... all the things that words and meaning are so remote and abstract about. So we combine some words to articulate an intent, an artist's interest, and show some photos that codify the emotion of their vision. I look at this set of pieces of neglected spaces and I feel the sad moment of dissolution, of memories of grand times now gone, of furniture and rooms that people enjoyed, had arguments in, trysted in, and have left behind. They are static Things, locked in their existential time and space, a mute record of something that was and is passing if we let the soft sunlight and shadow of their dissolution affect us with an open emotion. Is the piece successful? did it raise an emotive moment for you, personally? or was it opaque, mute, unapproachable in your current state of mind? The set, right now, seems a little lacking in force and magnitude to me, but then looking at tiny representations on a low resolution screen is miles apart from what the prints, hung carefully with attention to the metre of the visual language and coupled with the spoken intent in words, might do. It might take more work, more effort, for me to become open enough to hear, feel what the photographer's intent was. Art is many things, but only rarely easy. One must become attuned to the metre of work, open to the messages it attempts, and it often needs work to translate the experience into substance, meaning, emotion and finally understanding: a shared experience with the artist. At that point you can say, ah hah, I get it, the artist was successful or no, this one missed. Godfrey On Aug 21, 2007, at 9:51 PM, Fernando wrote: To add some context: an example of what I think of when I say conceptual photography, http://aperture.org/store/s06pick-fisher.aspx (found it in another discussion) On 8/22/07, Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are making strong points here Godfrey, and I agree with the fact that without intention there is no art, in the end all this discussion is about the process of how this intention is communicated from the artist to its audience. At least from me the critic goes to part of what is considered art photography (specifically part of conceptual photography) that demands the viewer to read the concept from a
Re: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss
Thanks Graywolf. And thanks to all who had a look. I thought some might opt for the original, but thus far no one had. Excellent. Paul -- Original message -- From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's a keeper. Paul Stenquist wrote: Retouched: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333104size=lg -- 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 12MP APS-C CMOS sensor from Sony
On Wed, 22 Aug 2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: With the capability of Live View and MF Assist, you have your choice to use what's appropriate when you want to, that's all. If you've never used a camera that has the facility, you can't know how it will be useful to you ... it is a paradigm shift. Regards battery life: The Panasonic L1 has a 1500 mAh rated battery. On a recent landscape shoot I used the camera on a tripod in Live View mode exclusively. I recorded about 650 exposures per fully charged battery. Without Live View enabled, I get about 750 exposures per charge. So it's fairly efficient on power management. Godfrey Not to pick nits here, but 1500mAh is not a measure of battery energy capacity unless the voltage is known. It's similar to saying My car gets 35 miles per. If the gallon are understood (e.g. AA NiMH chemistry), it's a good way of comparing similar products. If it happens to be liter, quart, cup, barrel, etc, (e.g. multiple Lithium cells stacked together), its useless in comparing capacities. -Cory -- * * Cory Papenfuss, Ph.D., PPSEL-IA * * Electrical Engineering* * Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University * * -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Film streaks
- Original Message - From: Rebekah Subject: Re: Film streaks This is actually a possible problem because where I live is rather hot, except that I can't think of any time that the film would have gotten warm while I had it. If heat was the cause, it may have happened back when it was transported. Overall, I suspect (or perhaps hope) it was just a bad roll of film. Heat won't cause the type of problem you described. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
PESO - dam!
http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/roadtrip2007/IMGP1619.jpg.html This is Fontana Dam, in NC, taken on the Monday after the GFM nature photography weekend wrapped up. I was very much wishing I could have borrowed Mark Roberts' 10-17 fisheye for the shot, but I did the best with what I had with me. The light wasn't the best either, but I had miles to cover before nightfall, so sticking around until sunset wasn't an option. DS2, 16-45 @16mm, adjusted and converted from raw in Lightroom. -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Fiberoptics, anyone?
- Original Message - From: AlunFoto Subject: OT - Fiberoptics, anyone? Here's a question for the technically curious. Do you think it will be worthwhile to use fibre optics to lead light from an ordinary flash (eg. Pentax 540 FGZ) into various configurations for macro flash purposes? I can't get the idea out of my mind, and probably need some healthy counter-arguments... :-) The pros I can see are: There is no P-TTL-enabled macro flash for Pentax. Using fibre optics with an ordinary flash could provide this. Theoretically, one should lose far less light per distance through fibres than the inverse square law that applies through air. So leading the light to where the motif is could allow for flash light with a very reasonable GN. Using thin fibres in slim cables, eg. 20 fibres in Ø 5mm cables, the individual cables are flexible and can be arranged in many configurations. Ring flash can be simulated, as well as setups more weighted to the sides. Optic fibres are lightweight, and will not place much extra weight or bulk at the front of the lens. Contraptions for attaching the fibres not considered, of course, but how bulky can they get? On the con side, I see that the 5mm cables probably have to be bundled by a professional towards the flash. I believe it's only possible to construct circular bundles, so a part of the flash output may not be shunted into the optic fibre. But at the moment, this is not at all enough to stop me from thinking about this...:-) Anyone have better counter-arguments? Many, many years ago, I tried to make a fibre optic bundle for a light painting project. I aquired a couple of roll ends of fibre optic thread from a friend at the local telephone company (at the time, they were just starting to install the stuff in a big way for data transfer), and the biggest heat shrink tubing I could find. I spent an afternoon cutting threads and packing them into the shrink tubing, and then I shrank the tube down to hold everything in place. The thing definitely transferred light, but I didn't ever figure out a good way to attach the fiber optic to a light source. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Online theft
On 8/21/07, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George Sinos wrote: Rebekah - This is an option on Smugmug.com I was about to write this, too -- once you set your page up you can customize any gallery you make with right-click protection... I recently had occasion to see how nicely it worked, too. annsan dashing onto list for a minute awesome, this looks like a nice price and decently priced. Thanks so much rg2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss
fantastic work on photoshopping that picture, it looks awesome. I'd expect to see this in a car magazine, I'll be keeping an eye out for your name in Car and Driver rg2 On 8/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Graywolf. And thanks to all who had a look. I thought some might opt for the original, but thus far no one had. Excellent. Paul -- Original message -- From: graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's a keeper. Paul Stenquist wrote: Retouched: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333104size=lg -- 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: PESO - dam!
I love the perspective on this, I've stood and looked down over a dam like this many times but never thought to take a picture. How clever, and it's so nicely taken it makes me feel as if I might fall down! rg2 On 8/22/07, Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/roadtrip2007/IMGP1619.jpg.html This is Fontana Dam, in NC, taken on the Monday after the GFM nature photography weekend wrapped up. I was very much wishing I could have borrowed Mark Roberts' 10-17 fisheye for the shot, but I did the best with what I had with me. The light wasn't the best either, but I had miles to cover before nightfall, so sticking around until sunset wasn't an option. DS2, 16-45 @16mm, adjusted and converted from raw in Lightroom. -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - dam!
On 8/22/07, Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/roadtrip2007/IMGP1619.jpg.html This is Fontana Dam, in NC, taken on the Monday after the GFM nature photography weekend wrapped up. I was very much wishing I could have borrowed Mark Roberts' 10-17 fisheye for the shot, but I did the best with what I had with me. The light wasn't the best either, but I had miles to cover before nightfall, so sticking around until sunset wasn't an option. DS2, 16-45 @16mm, adjusted and converted from raw in Lightroom. Would have been awesome with the fisheye, but it still works as is. Cool shot! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - Fiberoptics, anyone?
On 22/08/07, AlunFoto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's a question for the technically curious. Do you think it will be worthwhile to use fibre optics to lead light from an ordinary flash (eg. Pentax 540 FGZ) into various configurations for macro flash purposes? I can't get the idea out of my mind, and probably need some healthy counter-arguments... :-) The pros I can see are: Probably quite feasible these days, there are plenty of cheap polymer solutions, like the TOSLink optical cables for interconnection digital audio equipment, it comes on big rolls. Or maybe something like this? http://www.opticfibrelighting.com.au/product13.htm -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO 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: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss Thanks Graywolf. And thanks to all who had a look. I thought some might opt for the original, but thus far no one had. Excellent. I preferred the original, though it would have been better if it had been done right in camera, but I am finding more and more that there is not much point in expressing contrary views on this forum, especially when it involves photographic techniques that can be fixed in Photoshop. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Proud Papa
I like that third one, where it looks as if she's about to kick the ball. You have a nice way of capturing action. rg2 On 8/22/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nothing nearly as interesting as Corner Kick, but here are a few shots of my daughter Claire, at her weekend soccer tournament. No one wins - they just play three games, and everyone gets a medal. It's all for fun, which I like a lot. http://tinyurl.com/2djpqy http://tinyurl.com/23p5or http://tinyurl.com/yvd99n Claire's #5: http://tinyurl.com/2dhvk3 She's bottom left in this team photo: http://tinyurl.com/29aero And, bottom right in this team photo: http://tinyurl.com/ysfyva cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: Content Aware Image Resizing
On 22/08/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who frequent DPReview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082201seamcarvingimageresizing.asp I thought it was pretty neat. Mmm, I don't know if I like that, much like some systems I had to deal with in broadcast that made up and collapsed audio delays (required for public live to air broadcasts). -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO 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: PESO - Corner Kick (crop)
looks good! rg2 On 8/22/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Godfrey's suggestion, I took a bit off the top, which I think is a subtle improvement: http://tinyurl.com/2v23hv http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RswmDF2ieEI/Al4/Yci_xbj4DTw/s1600-h/claire_soccer_22+003.jpg Here's the original: http://tinyurl.com/3ypt4o http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/Rsrc6V2id_I/AlQ/wbVrJkexJBo/s1600-h/claire_soccer+005.jpg I don't expect a lot of comments (since many of you were kind enough to comment on yesterday's), but if you feel so compelled, I'll be happy to entertain your thoughts. ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: Developing film
On 8/21/07, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, if you're shooting C-41 and not doing any push/pull stuff, any of the mini-labs should be able to process the film adequately. It's really all automated, and there's very little they can do to mess it up, other than not notice you've handed them a roll of plus-X or Ektachrome ... and whose fault is that? Scanning printing, OTOH, is something else. Most mini-labs are digital hybrid. Your film is scanned and the RA-4 paper is exposed using lasers. The paper is then developed the regular old fashioned way. How good the print is depends on how dedicated the person running printer is; whether he does his control strips and setups diligently, maintains his chemistry properly and whether he knows what a good print looks like. The lab I run, you'll get a good print if you come there while I'm on duty. Wish I could say you'd get a good print whoever is on duty, but I can't. Mini-labs scan the film at whatever resolution is needed to give a good 300 dpi print. I think the suggestion for a dedicated film scanner of your own is probably a good idea. For sure, the last time I used special film I sent it to an online job and make darn sure they knew what they were developing. I tend to agree, my picutres look farily decent wherever I get them developed but sometimes a problem can occur (I recently had some developed near my parents house and the contrast came out odd). Mostly I wish I could get photos scanned to digital with a nice quality, like I said, the ones I get look so grainy I may as buy a digital point and shoot. If you're going to say that you're good at developing film, please tell me where you are so I can drop some off! I have some color negative film I've been hesitating to develop because I don't want it messed up... rg2 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Content Aware Image Resizing
For those who frequent DPReview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082201seamcarvingimageresizing.asp I thought it was pretty neat. Cheers, Dave Dave- that's just plain cool. rg2 On 8/22/07, Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22/08/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who frequent DPReview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082201seamcarvingimageresizing.asp I thought it was pretty neat. Mmm, I don't know if I like that, much like some systems I had to deal with in broadcast that made up and collapsed audio delays (required for public live to air broadcasts). -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO 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: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss
On 8/22/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss Thanks Graywolf. And thanks to all who had a look. I thought some might opt for the original, but thus far no one had. Excellent. I preferred the original, though it would have been better if it had been done right in camera, but I am finding more and more that there is not much point in expressing contrary views on this forum, especially when it involves photographic techniques that can be fixed in Photoshop. This is art man. You do what's needed to communicate your message dude. Cheers, Dave = VBG = (just in case) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss
Of course:-). -- Original message -- From: William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss Thanks Graywolf. And thanks to all who had a look. I thought some might opt for the original, but thus far no one had. Excellent. I preferred the original, though it would have been better if it had been done right in camera, but I am finding more and more that there is not much point in expressing contrary views on this forum, especially when it involves photographic techniques that can be fixed in Photoshop. 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
Re: GESO - 1963 Impala
I really like the one with the dials, you've got an interesting perspective on it. rg2 On 8/21/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some nice angles there. Lovely car to. If you dont want to speed 22K here's one a bit cheaper. http://www.dealsonwheels.com/search/detail.aspx?id=90650 Dave On 8/21/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At lunch yesterday a block away from work. Uncropped since my laptop has crashed and I'm using Irfanview and don't have time to mess with it. http://photo.net/photodb/presentation.tcl?presentation_id=355131 Book value $27,000 but asking $22,500. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Oldie
I like it! Most car pictures are taken from the side or at a fancy angle, but you've hit it dead on! grin rg2 On 8/21/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another picture of an old VW from Stony Creek http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20oldie.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 28-70mm f4.0 AL As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Remember, it's pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss
That's a nice shot. Way to butter up the boss! Tom C. From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:29:58 -0400 The CEO of the agency I'm working for owns a 1955 Chrysler 300C -- a perfect 300C. Last Saturday at the Dream Cruise I was hanging out in a parking lot and watching the cars drive by when I spotted the big guy's 300C coming down Woodward. I attempted a pan, but the car was moving very slowly, and I couldn't get a shutter speed slower than 1/30th in the hazy sunlight. (Should have had an ND filter mounted.) Anyway, I got a halfway decent pic but without any sense of speed and way too much detail in the background. What's worse, the hood was burned out and blending into a white car in another lane. So I PhotoShopped it. Here are the original and the retouched version for comparison. I made him a print. He loves it. Since I'm a day-to-day contract worker, love is a good thing. ISO 100, f22 @1/30th DA 17-45/4 at 24mm. Original: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333097size=lg Retouched: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333104size=lg Paul -- 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 12MP APS-C CMOS sensor from Sony
A lot of the new point 'n shoot digitals don't even have a viewfinder anymore. The only way you can compose the image is to look at the little TV screen on the back. Yes, they're just great with daylight coming from behind you, much the same reason the K10D screen based menu settings are less appealing in a country where sunlight is abundant and clouds are sparse. Rob Studdert - Much of photographic display technology in recent decades has left out those of us who live and shoot in sunny places. I find in-viewfinder displays useless for much of my daylight shooting. I'm sure it doesn't help that I wear glasses. Camera companies should send their display designers to live in the Sahara, or some such place, and make them wear glasses whether they need to or not. Joe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
Mark Roberts wrote: David J Brooks wrote: I would like to attend the camera clinic one year, unfortunately it falls on a rather large and profitable horse show weekend. As this is my only income for now.:-) I do like the profile trail , but just the start.:-) Quite. The first mile of the Profile Trail is so easy that almost anyone can do it. The upper half is the most strenuous trail on the mountain. BTW: My new favorite trail on GFM is the Cragway Trail. Almost as strenuous as Profile but much shorter and with spectacular views. Are you going to be leading the suicide cult up that one from now on? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO 2007 - 35a - GDG
that's neat looking, almost like a battle between lights. Maybe you can incorporate it into a series about lights? Dunno :o) rg2 On 8/21/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not entirely sure where this photograph fits into current work, but maybe it is for some new future set ... http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW7/35a.htm Comments, critique, and soft fruits always appreciated. enjoy Cool! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: Just got back from North Carolina
David J Brooks wrote: I would like to attend the camera clinic one year, unfortunately it falls on a rather large and profitable horse show weekend. As this is my only income for now.:-) I do like the profile trail , but just the start.:-) Quite. The first mile of the Profile Trail is so easy that almost anyone can do it. The upper half is the most strenuous trail on the mountain. BTW: My new favorite trail on GFM is the Cragway Trail. Almost as strenuous as Profile but much shorter and with spectacular views. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Corner Kick (crop)
frank theriault wrote: On Godfrey's suggestion, I took a bit off the top, which I think is a subtle improvement: http://tinyurl.com/2v23hv http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RswmDF2ieEI/Al4/Yci_xbj4DTw/s1600-h/claire_soccer_22+003.jpg Here's the original: http://tinyurl.com/3ypt4o http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/Rsrc6V2id_I/AlQ/wbVrJkexJBo/s1600-h/claire_soccer+005.jpg I don't expect a lot of comments (since many of you were kind enough to comment on yesterday's), but if you feel so compelled, I'll be happy to entertain your thoughts. ;-) cheers, frank Took me a while, but I think I like the crop better. BTW, I also really like the contrast in these photos. Did you do anything with that, or is it pretty much out of the camera? -- Scott Loveless http://www.twosixteen.com/fivetoedsloth/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)
In a message dated 8/21/2007 1:17:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know, you make a valid point, but then, I think that some of our best pieces of art are produced with years of experience but are done well enough to be liked and enjoyed by people without the same knowledge. Certainly everyone has the capacity to enjoy great art, but can we all produce it? rg2 = Yes, No. The best art is the most universal art. Any artist learns this right away in their first drawing/painting classes. (I did.) Ergo, someone else can look at it and get it. The more personal the POV in a piece of art -- maybe it's more interesting -- but the receptive audience is cut down in direct proportion to how personal the POV gets (take surrealism). Actually, this applies to all things, including photography and writing, etc. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Dream Cruise Photo Contest
On 23/08/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm one of ten winners in the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. My winning entry is a pic of my own '55 Chevy in front of a diner on Woodward. It's been seen here before. I shot it several years ago with the 6x7 and Pentax SMC 300/4. You can access all the contest winners here: http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/index.cfm Congrats Paul, that is a great shot and it was first up on the page too ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO 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: Dream Cruise Photo Contest
Thanks Rob. -- Original message -- From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 23/08/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm one of ten winners in the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. My winning entry is a pic of my own '55 Chevy in front of a diner on Woodward. It's been seen here before. I shot it several years ago with the 6x7 and Pentax SMC 300/4. You can access all the contest winners here: http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/index.cfm Congrats Paul, that is a great shot and it was first up on the page too ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO 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: PESO - Corner Kick (crop)
Yep. Works for me. Now I find that the cropped kicker is more a plus than a minus. Good work. Paul -- Original message -- From: Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] looks good! rg2 On 8/22/07, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Godfrey's suggestion, I took a bit off the top, which I think is a subtle improvement: http://tinyurl.com/2v23hv http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RswmDF2ieEI/Al4/Yci_xbj4DTw/s1600-h/ claire_soccer_22+003.jpg Here's the original: http://tinyurl.com/3ypt4o http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/Rsrc6V2id_I/AlQ/wbVrJkexJBo/s1600-h/ claire_soccer+005.jpg I don't expect a lot of comments (since many of you were kind enough to comment on yesterday's), but if you feel so compelled, I'll be happy to entertain your thoughts. ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: Content Aware Image Resizing
Hum, that doesn't mean exactly what I think it meant. (To paraphrase the Princess Bride). I'll try again. Non Persons disappear without a trace... P. J. Alling wrote: What the old Soviet Union wouldn't have given for such technology. No persons disappear without a trace... David Savage wrote: For those who frequent DPReview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082201seamcarvingimageresizing.asp I thought it was pretty neat. Cheers, Dave -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Bigma 50-500 vs 100-300 + 1.4x TC
Hi Wendy, Given that you own a 50-500 what is the effective maximum apterture at 400mm ? I intend to shoot sports (usually in good light we are blessed with that here). and nature photography. The down side of the 100-300 is that to gain the 420mm focal length you have to fiddle with adding the T/C which may not be practical in an action situation this means that I will end up using it with the TC most of the time. Regards Patrick On 8/21/07, wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have both of those lenses, but I don't have the TC to compare the quality difference if the 1.4x tc is used. I'm selling my 50-500 (posted here approx 2 weeks ago) as I don't need the reach. Also I find it a little large and unwieldy as it lengthens when zoomed out fully. Wendy On 8/19/07, Patrick Genovese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm going to be needing a long telezoom approx 400mm at the long end for nature photography ... the 50-500 seems to be very popular for this type of photography. How does it compare with 100-300 + 1.4x TC combo ? 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 -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Content Aware Image Resizing
Very interesting. Thanks for pointing it out. -- Bruce Wednesday, August 22, 2007, 4:08:01 AM, you wrote: DS For those who frequent DPReview: DS http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082201seamcarvingimageresizing.asp DS I thought it was pretty neat. DS Cheers, DS Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Dream Cruise Photo Contest
I'm one of ten winners in the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. My winning entry is a pic of my own '55 Chevy in front of a diner on Woodward. It's been seen here before. I shot it several years ago with the 6x7 and Pentax SMC 300/4. You can access all the contest winners here: http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/index.cfm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Bigma 50-500 vs 100-300 + 1.4x TC
Hi Bruce, Does the fact that the lens is reporting the wrong focal length render the S/R system on the K10D useless ? I can't see myself inputting the focal length everytime I zoom especially if i;m following action (sports/nature). Regards Patrick On 8/20/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I kind of doubt that very many people have both lenses to compare with. When you say the 100-300 - I have to assume that you are meaning the Sigma 100-300/4 EX lens. If so, I have that lens and can give you a one sided report. I also have the Sigma 1.4X EX TC and have used it many times with the lens. First of all, the TC attached does not adjust the focal length transmitted to the body - it is just as if there was no TC there. So if zoomed to 250mm that is what gets trasmitted - TC or not. My reading and viewing of information indicates to me that the 100-300/4 is a better lens than the 50-500. One would guess that at a similar price the shorter zoom range would be optically better. Also it is f4 throughout the zoom range where the 50-500 is a variable aperture changing as you zoom. I was looking at this very issue when I got my lens and it really came down to how often would I be out towards the 500mm end. The only time the 50-500 has any advantage is when you are at the long end. The 100-300/4 is faster and arguably has better optical quality. Putting the 1.4 on causes some losses. First, you are now at F5.6, second there is a slight contrast loss (can be made up in PP), third is focusing - I can tell the difference in speed and locking on to subject with and without the TC. The 100-300/4 can be shot wide open and net excellent images - don't really know if the 50-500 is good wide open. So for me, it came down to speed and optical quality. I decided that the 50-500 was too slow for a good percentage of my shots. If you would be spending most of your time zoomed out beyond 300mm, then the 50-500 might be the better choice, otherwise I think the 100-300/4 EX is the better lens. As far as ruggedness, I have shot somewhere between 20,000-25,000 images with that lens (making it the most used lens I have) and it has held up. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, August 19, 2007, 10:26:19 AM, you wrote: PG I'm going to be needing a long telezoom approx 400mm at the long end PG for nature photography ... the 50-500 seems to be very popular for PG this type of photography. How does it compare with 100-300 + 1.4x TC PG combo ? PG Regards PG Patrick Genovese -- 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: PESO: 'Shopping for the Boss
In a message dated 8/21/2007 6:31:22 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The CEO of the agency I'm working for owns a 1955 Chrysler 300C -- a perfect 300C. Last Saturday at the Dream Cruise I was hanging out in a parking lot and watching the cars drive by when I spotted the big guy's 300C coming down Woodward. I attempted a pan, but the car was moving very slowly, and I couldn't get a shutter speed slower than 1/30th in the hazy sunlight. (Should have had an ND filter mounted.) Anyway, I got a halfway decent pic but without any sense of speed and way too much detail in the background. What's worse, the hood was burned out and blending into a white car in another lane. So I PhotoShopped it. Here are the original and the retouched version for comparison. I made him a print. He loves it. Since I'm a day-to-day contract worker, love is a good thing. ISO 100, f22 @1/30th DA 17-45/4 at 24mm. Original: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333097size=lg Retouched: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6333104size=lg Paul Great PSing job. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO -- Oldie
I often do a style of car photo that could be called Mugshot. Rebekah wrote: I like it! Most car pictures are taken from the side or at a fancy angle, but you've hit it dead on! grin rg2 On 8/21/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another picture of an old VW from Stony Creek http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/PESO%20--%20oldie.html Equipment: Pentax *ist-Ds/smc Pentax FA 28-70mm f4.0 AL As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Remember, it's pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Dream Cruise Photo Contest
Congratulations, Paul! G On Aug 22, 2007, at 8:18 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm one of ten winners in the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. My winning entry is a pic of my own '55 Chevy in front of a diner on Woodward. It's been seen here before. I shot it several years ago with the 6x7 and Pentax SMC 300/4. You can access all the contest winners here: http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/index.cfm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: GESO - Five Lined Skink
In a message dated 8/19/2007 7:07:45 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I finally managed to get a few shots of a five lined skink earlier this week. I put together a series of shots and some narration describing the stalking involved in the effort. One good shots but some otherwise interesting ones. The images are here: http://www.markcassino.com/galleries/stream/stream08.htm And the full story is here: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php?title=five_lined_skinkmore=1 c=1tb=1pb=1 - MCC === Interesting shots. Thanks for sharing. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - dam!
This would be more vertigo inducing if it were bigger... I'm not sure a fisheye would improve it that much, but a wider angle, say 12mm might. Mat Maessen wrote: http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/roadtrip2007/IMGP1619.jpg.html This is Fontana Dam, in NC, taken on the Monday after the GFM nature photography weekend wrapped up. I was very much wishing I could have borrowed Mark Roberts' 10-17 fisheye for the shot, but I did the best with what I had with me. The light wasn't the best either, but I had miles to cover before nightfall, so sticking around until sunset wasn't an option. DS2, 16-45 @16mm, adjusted and converted from raw in Lightroom. -Mat -- Remember, it’s pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
OT: buy a barn ...
My buddy Sam Solomon sent me this. Fun to look through and imagine ... G Begin forwarded message: Subject: Car found in barn A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal. The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15yrs.; the owner and wife both had died, and there were no heirs. The house was sold to pay taxes. There had been several lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn't complimentary to the property anyway..so, nobody made an offer on the place. The NY guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth, moved in, and set about to tear in to the barn...curiosity was killing him. So, he and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of grinders...and cut thru the welds. What was in the barn...? Go to; www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm Click on the index for a faster download -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Corner Kick (crop)
Yes, better. Good shot, on the whole, sports shots don't do much for me, but I like the way the others are all watching that ball come toward them. Marnie == On Godfrey's suggestion, I took a bit off the top, which I think is a subtle improvement: http://tinyurl.com/2v23hv http://bp0.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/RswmDF2ieEI/Al4/Y ci_xbj4DTw/s1600-h/claire_soccer_22+003.jpg Here's the original: http://tinyurl.com/3ypt4o http://bp3.blogger.com/_EaTEtfR4WJw/Rsrc6V2id_I/AlQ/wbVrJkexJBo/s1600- h/claire_soccer+005.jpg I don't expect a lot of comments (since many of you were kind enough to comment on yesterday's), but if you feel so compelled, I'll be happy to entertain your thoughts. ;-) cheers, frank - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - dam!
On Aug 22, 2007, at 8:56, Mat Maessen wrote: http://www.matoe.org/gallery2/v/tomatoe/roadtrip2007/IMGP1619.jpg.html This is Fontana Dam, in NC, taken on the Monday after the GFM nature photography weekend wrapped up. Neat perspective. I've never been to that dam in broad daylight - seems it's always been right after sunset, with the resultant complete lack of decent lighting for a picture. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Dream Cruise Photo Contest
congratulations! That photograph is beautiful, I love the colors. rg2 On 8/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Rob. -- Original message -- From: Digital Image Studio [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 23/08/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm one of ten winners in the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. My winning entry is a pic of my own '55 Chevy in front of a diner on Woodward. It's been seen here before. I shot it several years ago with the 6x7 and Pentax SMC 300/4. You can access all the contest winners here: http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/index.cfm Congrats Paul, that is a great shot and it was first up on the page too ;-) -- Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://picasaweb.google.com/distudio/PESO 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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Content Aware Image Resizing
On 22/08/07, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who frequent DPReview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/ 0708/07082201seamcarvingimageresizing.asp Fascinating ideas, but I would be pissed if someone applied that kind of resizing to one of my careful compositions... G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Some quick monitor info
It seems my CRT monitor is about to bite the dust - it's starting to exhibit keystoning so I suspect the yoke is becoming a problem. If I were to consider an LCD, what important specs should I be looking for? Any quick help would be appreciated as I'm no doubt having to do some shopping this afternoon. TIA -p -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New 12MP APS-C CMOS sensor from Sony
On Aug 22, 2007, at 6:43 AM, Cory Papenfuss wrote: Not to pick nits here, but 1500mAh is not a measure of battery energy capacity unless the voltage is known. It's similar to saying My car gets 35 miles per. If the gallon are understood (e.g. AA NiMH chemistry), it's a good way of comparing similar products. If it happens to be liter, quart, cup, barrel, etc, (e.g. multiple Lithium cells stacked together), its useless in comparing capacities. You excel at picking nits. It's unimportant, Cory. What's important is that the differential between shooting with the Live View enabled vs the optical finder alone is not that enormous. If the minutiae of the battery specification is that important to you, you could have looked it up easily: The Panasonic takes a CGR-S603A battery, 7.2V, rated 1500 mAh. For comparison sake, the Pentax K10D's supplied LI50 battery is 7.4V, rated 1700 mAh. My current records show that I get an average around 925 exposures per full charge with it. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New 12MP APS-C CMOS sensor from Sony
On Aug 22, 2007, at 8:07 AM, Joseph Tainter wrote: A lot of the new point 'n shoot digitals don't even have a viewfinder anymore. The only way you can compose the image is to look at the little TV screen on the back. Yes, they're just great with daylight coming from behind you, much the same reason the K10D screen based menu settings are less appealing in a country where sunlight is abundant and clouds are sparse. Much of photographic display technology in recent decades has left out those of us who live and shoot in sunny places. I find in-viewfinder displays useless for much of my daylight shooting. I'm sure it doesn't help that I wear glasses. Camera companies should send their display designers to live in the Sahara, or some such place, and make them wear glasses whether they need to or not. Just like using a medium format camera with a waist level finder or a view finder, the sensible thing to do is to use some kind of shade or hood to promote a better view of the viewfinder when in situations that require it. All this fuss over something that is just common sense... Shade the LCD with your hand if the sun is hitting it and you need it to see what you're doing, and don't have a proper shade. Sheesh. I'd rather have a decent sized LCD and carry a shade than look through the smarmy little warped, distorted, peephole sight that they call an optical finder on most of todays compact cameras. :-\ Those things are a complete waste of time ... not a one of them comes up the quality of even the simple viewfinder on my Rollei 35. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Dream Cruise Photo Contest
In a message dated 8/22/2007 8:23:55 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm one of ten winners in the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. My winning entry is a pic of my own '55 Chevy in front of a diner on Woodward. It's been seen here before. I shot it several years ago with the 6x7 and Pentax SMC 300/4. You can access all the contest winners here: http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/index.cfm = Cool. And you're first in the line up. Congrats! Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)
This again, does it have to be good to be art? Personally I believe the intent of the artist, good or bad is what makes something art. The question then becomes not Is it art, but Is it good art? OTOH, if the all pretentious critics insist it is art, when the producer had no such intention, then they are just a bunch of quacks quacking. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/21/2007 1:17:40 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't know, you make a valid point, but then, I think that some of our best pieces of art are produced with years of experience but are done well enough to be liked and enjoyed by people without the same knowledge. Certainly everyone has the capacity to enjoy great art, but can we all produce it? rg2 = Yes, No. The best art is the most universal art. Any artist learns this right away in their first drawing/painting classes. (I did.) Ergo, someone else can look at it and get it. The more personal the POV in a piece of art -- maybe it's more interesting -- but the receptive audience is cut down in direct proportion to how personal the POV gets (take surrealism). Actually, this applies to all things, including photography and writing, etc. Marnie aka Doe :-) - Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: buy a barn ...
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. The guy who posted this isn't very fond of American cars, is he? :-)). One of the cars he labeled American barges appears to be a '64 Dodge. If it's one of the first hemi cars, it's worth at least a quarter million. And judging by the quality of the rest of the collection, I wouldn't be surprised if it was exactly that. Paul -- Original message -- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] My buddy Sam Solomon sent me this. Fun to look through and imagine ... G Begin forwarded message: Subject: Car found in barn A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal. The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15yrs.; the owner and wife both had died, and there were no heirs. The house was sold to pay taxes. There had been several lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn't complimentary to the property anyway..so, nobody made an offer on the place. The NY guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth, moved in, and set about to tear in to the barn...curiosity was killing him. So, he and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of grinders...and cut thru the welds. What was in the barn...? Go to; www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm Click on the index for a faster download -- 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: Dream Cruise Photo Contest
Cool bananas. Cheers, Dave On 8/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm one of ten winners in the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. My winning entry is a pic of my own '55 Chevy in front of a diner on Woodward. It's been seen here before. I shot it several years ago with the 6x7 and Pentax SMC 300/4. You can access all the contest winners here: http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/index.cfm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Dream Cruise Photo Contest
Congratulations, Paul On 8/22/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm one of ten winners in the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. My winning entry is a pic of my own '55 Chevy in front of a diner on Woodward. It's been seen here before. I shot it several years ago with the 6x7 and Pentax SMC 300/4. You can access all the contest winners here: http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/index.cfm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/ferand/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Some quick monitor info
On Aug 22, 2007, at 9:15 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: It seems my CRT monitor is about to bite the dust - it's starting to exhibit keystoning so I suspect the yoke is becoming a problem. If I were to consider an LCD, what important specs should I be looking for? Any quick help would be appreciated as I'm no doubt having to do some shopping this afternoon. I'm sure others will pipe up with a bunch of specifications and technology notions, but in practical terms I've found the Apple Cinema Display 23 that I'm currently using to be superb, and barely less in quality than the EIZO professional flat screen display of similar size and double the price. That said, the Samsung SyncMaster 205bw that I used as a temporary backup when my power supply bit the dust last Fall, once properly calibrated with the Eye One Display 2, produced on screen viewing and editing quality only marginally less excellent albeit in a much cheaper, less stylish enclosure. And that one cost 1/2 or less what the Apple monitor did. This leads me to suggest that if you get any of the better, decent displays available today that run in the $500 to $800 price class AND get a good calibration/profiling utility, you will have a perfectly acceptable, useful monitor. The calibration/profiling tools are the real discriminator. And that said, one thing I do not like is the recent trend to displays with a glossy finish. Just like glossy prints, they drive me nutty with reflections and cause the photographs to become overly saturated and contrasty in appearance. Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: New 12MP APS-C CMOS sensor from Sony
On 8/22/07, Joseph Tainter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A lot of the new point 'n shoot digitals don't even have a viewfinder anymore. The only way you can compose the image is to look at the little TV screen on the back. Yes, they're just great with daylight coming from behind you, much the same reason the K10D screen based menu settings are less appealing in a country where sunlight is abundant and clouds are sparse. Rob Studdert - Much of photographic display technology in recent decades has left out those of us who live and shoot in sunny places. I find in-viewfinder displays useless for much of my daylight shooting. I'm sure it doesn't help that I wear glasses. Ditto re: viewfiner displays. And I don't wear glasses. Camera companies should send their display designers to live in the Sahara, or some such place, and make them wear glasses whether they need to or not. Yeah but Joe, everyone knows that you're only supposed to take photos during the golden hours. :-) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Developing film
I still remember the guy dragging that roll of film on the floor along behind him as he came to the counter it see what I wanted. So, yes, I think it does make a difference where you take it. But the unfortunate fact is that that is subject to change day to day. I mean that kid is probably working in some other lab today. John Sessoms wrote: Actually, if you're shooting C-41 and not doing any push/pull stuff, any of the mini-labs should be able to process the film adequately. It's really all automated, and there's very little they can do to mess it up, other than not notice you've handed them a roll of plus-X or Ektachrome ... and whose fault is that? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: buy a barn ...
I've never really liked American barges myself, Paul. This find is in Portugal... I'm fascinated with all the Alfa Romeos and Lancias. Perhaps they're worth nothing, but they're beautiful. Godfrey On Aug 22, 2007, at 9:22 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fascinating. Thanks for sharing. The guy who posted this isn't very fond of American cars, is he? :-)). One of the cars he labeled American barges appears to be a '64 Dodge. If it's one of the first hemi cars, it's worth at least a quarter million. And judging by the quality of the rest of the collection, I wouldn't be surprised if it was exactly that. Paul -- Original message -- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] My buddy Sam Solomon sent me this. Fun to look through and imagine ... G Begin forwarded message: Subject: Car found in barn A New York man retired. He wanted to use his retirement money wisely, so it would last, and decided to buy a home and a few acres in Portugal. The modest farmhouse had been vacant for 15yrs.; the owner and wife both had died, and there were no heirs. The house was sold to pay taxes. There had been several lookers, but the large barn had steel doors, and they had been welded shut. Nobody wanted to go to the extra expense to see what was in the barn, and it wasn't complimentary to the property anyway..so, nobody made an offer on the place. The NY guy bought it at just over half of the property's worth, moved in, and set about to tear in to the barn...curiosity was killing him. So, he and his wife bought a generator, and a couple of grinders...and cut thru the welds. What was in the barn...? Go to; www.intuh.net/barnfinds/afa70.htm Click on the index for a faster download -- 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
need 1.5V button cells? Nice hack :)
http://www.wisebread.com/the-40-hidden-inside-a-12v-battery That one is funny.. even usefull for some, maybe ;) -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,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: Conceptual photography (was - Corner Kick)
On 8/22/07, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This again, does it have to be good to be art? Personally I believe the intent of the artist, good or bad is what makes something art. The question then becomes not Is it art, but Is it good art? OTOH, if the all pretentious critics insist it is art, when the producer had no such intention, then they are just a bunch of quacks quacking. I've been reading this thread with some interest. Some interest... I'm rather torn on this concept of good art. One one hand, it seems to me that it's hard to grade art. Either one likes it or one doesn't, and because there are so many reasons to like it, it's hard to quantify. Something can be both repulsive and compelling. Something can be pretty (see Trisha Romance's stuff) and banal. In fact, is her stuff even art? I don't know. I must admit that I cringed a bit when I saw Marnie's statement about the best art and what it is (sorry Marnie). Sometimes the best art is anything but accessible, and the most accessible stuff is difficult to describe as art. Art (whatever it is) is too subjective for such labels, IMHO. And, for what it's worth, I think art is so subjective, it's not the intent of the artist, but the feeling of the viewer that makes art what it is (and if it is). cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Content Aware Image Resizing
You forgot to reference the era of Joseph McCarthy, and various 1984-ish periods ... :-) Wed Aug 22 07:52:43 EDT 2007 P. J. Alling wrote: What the old Soviet Union wouldn't have given for such technology. No persons disappear without a trace... David Savage wrote: For those who frequent DPReview: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0708/07082201seamcarvingimageresizing.asp I thought it was pretty neat. Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Just got back from North Carolina
I like the Camera Clinic better than NPW. This was the first year I missed since I started going, an that was only because I spent so much money on the new computer. Of course I have never been a nature photographer. frank theriault wrote: On 8/22/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to attend the camera clinic one year, unfortunately it falls on a rather large and profitable horse show weekend. As this is my only income for now.:-) I do like the profile trail , but just the start.:-) You 'n me next year, Dave. YART (Yet Another Road Trip). cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: need 1.5V button cells? Nice hack :)
Yes quite interesting! Tom C. From: Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: need 1.5V button cells? Nice hack :) Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 18:34:21 +0200 http://www.wisebread.com/the-40-hidden-inside-a-12v-battery That one is funny.. even usefull for some, maybe ;) -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- 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: buy a barn ...
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I've never really liked American barges myself, Paul. This find is in Portugal... I'm fascinated with all the Alfa Romeos and Lancias. Perhaps they're worth nothing, but they're beautiful. Godfrey The pictures are fun, and accurately portray the barn's content. The accompanying story is not. It's fake. This was a collection of a car dealer. I believe Snopes® has the real story... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
RE: PESO - Corner Kick (crop)
Subscribed recently, and been lurking (politely) to get a sense of the list. Like the corner kick, and the new crop - my inclination would be to crop out the 2 blues on the right, maybe a little more off the top - I think the contrast of players - 1 blue vs 4 red - could up the punch. Trish Trish Paton Medicine Hat, AB -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Dream Cruise Photo Contest
No fair, Paul, you are a ringer, a pro amongst all those snap shooters. Also you and the last guy (he could have done a bit photoshopping on that pavement) had the advantage of owning the car you shot, so you could control the location. The photo is of course excellent. I would not have expected anything else. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm one of ten winners in the Detroit News Dream Cruise Photo Contest. My winning entry is a pic of my own '55 Chevy in front of a diner on Woodward. It's been seen here before. I shot it several years ago with the 6x7 and Pentax SMC 300/4. You can access all the contest winners here: http://info.detnews.com/joyrides/index.cfm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: buy a barn ...
It's amazing what circulates around the net as truth... Norm keith_w wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I've never really liked American barges myself, Paul. This find is in Portugal... I'm fascinated with all the Alfa Romeos and Lancias. Perhaps they're worth nothing, but they're beautiful. Godfrey The pictures are fun, and accurately portray the barn's content. The accompanying story is not. It's fake. This was a collection of a car dealer. I believe Snopes® has the real story... keith whaley -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
