Re: Mac Noob Question
On Oct 6, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Cotty wrote: There's a really simple way to avoid iPhoto and manage your pictures manually, with no hindrance from iPhoto, and you still get to see your pics using 'Preview' (a small application that lets you view pictures that comes with the OS). FWIW the built-in Quick Look feature is very good if you have 10.5 (Leopard). You can use Preview to make simple adjustments (eg resize, rotate). Anything more than that and I'll use Photoshop so iPhoto is a bit redundant for me too. - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: AF why
On my *istD, I use it mainly when I have a dedicated auto flash fitted: it spurs the flash into reading the lens data and setting its coverage to the selected focal length of the lens - at least when it's a zoom lens. HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 2:16 PM, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It dawned on me that of all the buttons on the back of the K20, the one I've never ever hit is AF. Its effect seems identical to squeezing the shutter a bit. So I went and looked around in the manual; it entirely escapes me why this button exists and what you'd use it for. So obviously I'm missing something... -T I discussed this with some of my former camera sales coworkers a couple years ago, and we came to the unscientific conclusion that it's there to appease the easily-impressed consumer who just likes having more buttons. It's entirely possible that the button has awesome, photo-changing features (such as ugly face fixer, suspicion reducer, or perhaps even clothes remover), but I too have never used it. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Windows question
You'll find this will happen if you have two versions of some MS programs, including Access, on the PC. It's nothing to worry about, but you may want to remove the older version to stop it happening. Could it be an issue where you have a beta version installed as well as the regular one? HTH John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Owens Sent: Sunday, 5 October 2008 4:29 AM To: pdml Subject: Windows question My computer has suddenly come up with a weird quirk. Whenever I open a program, or try to follow a link, I get a dialog box saying Windows Installer and inside the dialog box I see preparing to install. Aftrer an intermible dealy, what ever I've tried to enter finally opens. Any suggestions? Bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Off Topic: Question of literature
Aldous Huxley is also a good suggestion - he was influenced
strongly
by Yevgeny Zamytatin ('We'). George Orwell, too. Although they
only
use 'sci-fi' loosely as a mechanism for political comment,
the writing
is exceptional. Especially Orwell's - I consider him to be
one of the
top maybe 10 writers of English since the 16th century.
+1. :-) apart from animal farm and of course 1984, there's
this essay i
read (long back) on shooting an elephant in burma or
something close to
that (title) which was just brilliant. have to hunt it up again
it's called Shooting An Elephant. Very good essay. Back in the 70s you
could get a 4-volume set of his collected essays, journalism and
letters, which I had. I was a teenager at the time and I can't even
begin to describe how important an influence on me those volumes were.
They have also been very important politically in Britain, and
particularly in England. To me his political thought is socialism at
its very best, with a particularly English flavour. Revolution with a
teapot.
Bob
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Re: Off Topic: Question of literature
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:40 AM, Subash [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1. :-) apart from animal farm and of course 1984, there's this essay i read (long back) on shooting an elephant in burma or something close to that (title) which was just brilliant. have to hunt it up again bless the Net. :-) while my copies of animal farm and 1984 are lying irretrievable for the present in a carton somewhere in the house, i did manage to find the shorter essay here. for those who might be interested, the essay 'shooting an elephant': http://orwell.ru/library/articles/elephant/english/e_eleph regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Off Topic: Question of literature
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it's called Shooting An Elephant. Very good essay. Back in the 70s you could get a 4-volume set of his collected essays, journalism and letters, which I had. I was a teenager at the time and I can't even begin to describe how important an influence on me those volumes were. They have also been very important politically in Britain, and particularly in England. To me his political thought is socialism at its very best, with a particularly English flavour. Revolution with a teapot. almost the same story here. was around 18 when i first read him in the early eighties and he was an important influence. of course when one is 18, almost every other thing you stumble across seems earth-shattering, but orwell has retained his appeal down the years. are his works (the essays) out of print? regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Stolen Equipment
From: Joseph McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/10/05 Sun AM 01:15:07 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Stolen Equipment Thank you, William A., John Francis, Mike Wilson, John Sessoms, P.J., Boris, Cotty, Derby, Godfrey, Doug, Bob Sullivan, Christine, and anyone I missed for your thoughts re: my pain and anger at my stupidity in the loss of most of my best (older) gear. Much as it goes against the grain (but you could use it to castigate yourself...) you could advertise the offer of a reward for its return. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GFM sold
You Americans... Eating green beans and baked potato off a bumper? Sheesh... :-) Jostein 2008/10/6 Cory Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There's a place for all God's creatures, Right here next to the green beans and baked potato. -bumper sticker CW Paul Sorenson wrote: PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -p P. J. Alling wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: AlunFoto wrote: 2008/10/2 Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Someone once said, I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants! Lol. Another definition: A vegetarian refuse to eat animals he can see without a microscope. I saw an /awesome/ t-shirt this weekend: Eating meat is murder. Yummy, Yummy murder. If God didn't want us to ear animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat. or There's room in this world for all of God's creatures, on the plate right next to the mashed potatoes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1708 - Release Date: 10/4/2008 11:35 AM -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: When you've gotta go...
From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/10/05 Sun PM 07:15:00 GMT To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: When you've gotta go... Having returned from Fez only 4 hours ago I know just how he feels... Bob She. You went there for a sex change? Hope you documented it properly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christine Aguila Sent: 04 October 2008 22:17 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: When you've gotta go... That's a funny shot, Paul. :-) Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 4:04 PM Subject: PESO: When you've gotta go... http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=7952111size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Cotswold Stone
From: Subash [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2008/10/06 Mon AM 04:24:17 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Cotswold Stone On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:30:28 -0400 P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Subash wrote: http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic28.html wheat fields and storm clouds, where have all the crows gone? :-)) Subash, that's almost poetry. It is a beautiful landscape. Peter, thanks. i thought i was making clever allusions but i'll take 'almost poetry' too... :-)) AFAIK, Cotty still has both ears. But is barking. And an artist. Nearly there. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Would you like to see some kittens?
While looking through the 1,000+ photos I took in Fez last week I noticed quite a few that probably would not appeal to Mike Johnston, and are not normally my cup of tea either, come to that. Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also keeping down the population of rats and mice. Here are a few of them: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Cotswold Stone
Bob, It's a self-service cereal shop. Follow the stone fence to the cashier. Nice pic, Cots! Jostein 2008/10/5 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quite nice, but it would be better if it was a shopping centre. Ages since I posted a pic, so why not. Archetypal midsummer Brit landscape with a stone wall, wheat, clouds, what more do you want? Epson R-D1 + CV 15mm 4.5 ISO400 f/16 @ 1/400th http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic28.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would you like to see some kittens?
Bob W escribió: While looking through the 1,000+ photos I took in Fez last week I noticed quite a few that probably would not appeal to Mike Johnston, and are not normally my cup of tea either, come to that. Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also keeping down the population of rats and mice. Here are a few of them: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/ A good set of pictures, thanks for sharing them, Bob. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Cotswold Stone
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 3:38 PM, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: AFAIK, Cotty still has both ears. But is barking. And an artist. Nearly there. all he needs is a little friendly gauguinesque (?) nudge any volunteers? :) regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would you like to see some kittens?
Bob W a écrit : While looking through the 1,000+ photos I took in Fez last week I noticed quite a few that probably would not appeal to Mike Johnston, and are not normally my cup of tea either, come to that. Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also keeping down the population of rats and mice. Here are a few of them: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. tsk .. not proper cat photos , apart from 3 and 4...;)) but beautiful photos, they certainly are . Is it a butcher's shop they' re all looking at in the last shot ? dom from cold Paris, france -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESOs: a break
A break because (1) my work had me staring at a computer too long and (2) for one day the rains stopped to show a sunset... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215427/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215423/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215413/ Oh, I will be joining a photo/art exhibit, so if anybody is in the Philippines this weekend... :-D Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Photography help in Fez
When I arrived in Fez I found that I had forgotten to pack my spare batteries and battery chargers, so I had arrived with only the battery in the vertical grip. When I'd stopped hyperventilating I set off for the French-built part of town, which is a modern city, in the hope of being able to pick something up and, if not, buy a new camera. On the way there I spotted this place: http://www.web-options.com/Fez1.jpg The old man and his son who ran it opened the shop for me and spent a long time searching through their piles of stuff, but they didn't have what I needed, unfortunately. Nevertheless, I spent a pleasant time with them and the older man showed me some photographs he'd taken on a trip to London in the 1970s - mainly Buckingham Palace and telephone boxes. I took a picture of him by the light of the small window you can see in the shop: http://www.web-options.com/Fez2.jpg Later that day I did manage to find a small, genuine Olympus battery for the camera and a rather dodgy but effective Chinese charger, so I was rescued. But lesson learned! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Cotswold Stone
it is a lovely picture actually. I can almost hear Vaughan Williams in the background somewhere. It sums up one of the aspects of this country I really love. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of AlunFoto Sent: 06 October 2008 11:58 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO - Cotswold Stone Bob, It's a self-service cereal shop. Follow the stone fence to the cashier. Nice pic, Cots! Jostein 2008/10/5 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Quite nice, but it would be better if it was a shopping centre. Ages since I posted a pic, so why not. Archetypal midsummer Brit landscape with a stone wall, wheat, clouds, what more do you want? Epson R-D1 + CV 15mm 4.5 ISO400 f/16 @ 1/400th http://www.cottysnaps.com/snaps/landscapes/images/pic28.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Mac Noob Question
I bought iLife '08 to get iWeb, but I'm now using iPhoto and iDVD to make slide shows. I give slide shows to my wedding customers, and they're a big hit. Slide shows of play days are a big hit with Grace as well:-). Paul On Oct 6, 2008, at 1:37 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: If you don't want to use iPhoto ... Open Image Capture (in the Applications folder). Go to its preferences (Image Capture-Preferences) and choose No Application with regards to what application you want the system to run automatically when a camera or card is connected. Then you can move the image files yourself, manually, without having to deal with iPhoto or anything else. At which point it's as Cotty suggested, just a set of files that you move directly. But the question, as I read it, was I have my files in iPhoto ... how do I use them in something else? Some people find iPhoto sufficient for their image management and processing ... the latest version (in the iLife '08 software package) is actually quite good. It's nothing like Lightroom or Aperture or Bridge+Photoshop ... but not useless either. Godfrey On Oct 5, 2008, at 9:22 PM, Cotty wrote: The thing that makes me shudder is when you said 'they went into iPhoto'. There's a really simple way to avoid iPhoto and manage your pictures manually, with no hindrance from iPhoto, and you still get to see your pics using 'Preview' (a small application that lets you view pictures that comes with the OS). How did you get the pics onto your Mac from the SDS card? Card reader of direct connection from camera? I'll assume card reader 1. Connect card reader to Mac, Insert SD card. 2. Ignore any application that opens, especially iPhoto. Ignore and close. See your SD card pop up straight onto your desktop. If it doesn't, look along the top in the menubar, see 'Finder' click on 'Preferences' NOT the same thing as the blue Apple menu and System Preferences!) (click anywhere on the desktop to make sure 'Finder' appears top left on the menubar), ensure 'Hard Disks' is checked in : 'Show these items on the desktop'. 3. With your SD card on the desktop, open it by double-clicking on it - navigate your way to your pics by double-clicking on the folders within til you reach all your pics. 4. Create a new folder directly on the desktop. 5. Drag and drop your pics into this new folder directly from your SD card pics folder. 6. Eject the SD card from the Mac. Drag it to the trash (does not delete anything - dragging a connected hard disk to the trash simply ejects the disk - see the cursor change to the eject symbol over the trash. There are several ways to eject the hard disk, this is one of them. Then pull the SD card out of the reader. 7. You now have copies of all you pics on your Mac. If you want to see them, you can organise them in the folder so they will show the actual pics in the icons, or open them in Preview. Or organise them and/ or view them in any suitable application. Apologies if this is very simplistic. Your question reminds me of a PC user stumped by the simplest operation on a Mac ;-) HTH -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GFM sold
Not a bumper but Manifold Destiny, (I just love that title) http://www.amazon.com/Manifold-Destiny-Guide-Cooking-Engine/dp/0375751408 AlunFoto wrote: You Americans... Eating green beans and baked potato off a bumper? Sheesh... :-) Jostein 2008/10/6 Cory Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There's a place for all God's creatures, Right here next to the green beans and baked potato. -bumper sticker CW Paul Sorenson wrote: PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -p P. J. Alling wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: AlunFoto wrote: 2008/10/2 Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Someone once said, I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants! Lol. Another definition: A vegetarian refuse to eat animals he can see without a microscope. I saw an /awesome/ t-shirt this weekend: Eating meat is murder. Yummy, Yummy murder. If God didn't want us to ear animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat. or There's room in this world for all of God's creatures, on the plate right next to the mashed potatoes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1708 - Release Date: 10/4/2008 11:35 AM -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Mac Noob Question
- Original Message - From: Cotty Subject: Re: Mac Noob Question There's a really simple way to avoid iPhoto and manage your pictures manually, with no hindrance from iPhoto, By a PC? William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: OT - Why the LHC broke.
-Original Message- From: John Francis Yep. Totally new, and much *much* better. I've driven both. Even viewed through the rose-tinted glasses of nostalgia the original mini definitely had it's share of rough edges. It'd be a disgrace if the new Mini wasn't very much better than the old - four decades better in fact. Even the most ordinary new cars are better than most cars from the sixties with just a minority of exceptions, and the old Mini was designed in the fifties. The new Mini was intended to be a sporty bit of nostalgia for cashed-up Baby Boomers and Gen-Xers, but Alec Issigonis designed the old Mini to be simply a cheap and economical city car. He vehemently resisted any use of it in motorsport, yet it shone across many categories and against many fancied competitors at high levels of the sport. The new Mini is certainly the superior car, but I don't believe it could ever dominate its contemporaries like the old Mini often did in the sixties. It had no more or less rough edges than any comparable car of the sixties, remembering that it was a budget and not a prestige car. Regards, Anthony -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photography help in Fez
I really like both photos--very atmospheric, and the lighting of the portrait is lovely. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 10/6/08, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Photography help in Fez To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 8:29 AM When I arrived in Fez I found that I had forgotten to pack my spare batteries and battery chargers, so I had arrived with only the battery in the vertical grip. When I'd stopped hyperventilating I set off for the French-built part of town, which is a modern city, in the hope of being able to pick something up and, if not, buy a new camera. On the way there I spotted this place: http://www.web-options.com/Fez1.jpg The old man and his son who ran it opened the shop for me and spent a long time searching through their piles of stuff, but they didn't have what I needed, unfortunately. Nevertheless, I spent a pleasant time with them and the older man showed me some photographs he'd taken on a trip to London in the 1970s - mainly Buckingham Palace and telephone boxes. I took a picture of him by the light of the small window you can see in the shop: http://www.web-options.com/Fez2.jpg Later that day I did manage to find a small, genuine Olympus battery for the camera and a rather dodgy but effective Chinese charger, so I was rescued. But lesson learned! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GFM sold
LOL. And banana-split is something you accomplish by placing it in the exhaust pipe? :-) Jostein 2008/10/6 P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Not a bumper but Manifold Destiny, (I just love that title) http://www.amazon.com/Manifold-Destiny-Guide-Cooking-Engine/dp/0375751408 AlunFoto wrote: You Americans... Eating green beans and baked potato off a bumper? Sheesh... :-) Jostein 2008/10/6 Cory Waters [EMAIL PROTECTED]: There's a place for all God's creatures, Right here next to the green beans and baked potato. -bumper sticker CW Paul Sorenson wrote: PETA - People Eating Tasty Animals -p P. J. Alling wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: AlunFoto wrote: 2008/10/2 Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Someone once said, I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants! Lol. Another definition: A vegetarian refuse to eat animals he can see without a microscope. I saw an /awesome/ t-shirt this weekend: Eating meat is murder. Yummy, Yummy murder. If God didn't want us to ear animals, he wouldn't have made them out of meat. or There's room in this world for all of God's creatures, on the plate right next to the mashed potatoes. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.173 / Virus Database: 270.7.5/1708 - Release Date: 10/4/2008 11:35 AM -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- You get further with a kind word and a gun, than with a kind word alone. --Al Capone. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would you like to see some kittens?
On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 10:08:05 +0100 Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also keeping down the population of rats and mice. Here are a few of them: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/ Bob, really liked this one: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9288941_large.html earlier in the day, was unable to access the page at work, probably because of the word 'cats' in the url... :-) regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would you like to see some kittens?
these(pun alert) jump out at me ... as two I love (and M J wouldn't dislike, I don't think) http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9288941_large.html http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_A049957_large.html This one is definitely one NOT to show Mike if you value your virtual life - but it's wonderful for the genre - purr. http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9299232_large.html In the first one of the set, I can only just see the cat front left in the shadows which made me skip over it quickly and I didn't see the kitten in the action until I went back to that frame again... maybe a bit of a crop to take out the dark cat in the shadows? neow ann Bob W wrote: While looking through the 1,000+ photos I took in Fez last week I noticed quite a few that probably would not appeal to Mike Johnston, and are not normally my cup of tea either, come to that. Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also keeping down the population of rats and mice. Here are a few of them: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs: a break
You certainly took good advantage of the time and elements available to you. Like all three, but Fiery Horizon is special. Exposure, horizon and placement of the ship are very well chosen. Jack --- On Mon, 10/6/08, Bong Manayon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Bong Manayon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESOs: a break To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 5:28 AM A break because (1) my work had me staring at a computer too long and (2) for one day the rains stopped to show a sunset... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215427/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215423/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215413/ Oh, I will be joining a photo/art exhibit, so if anybody is in the Philippines this weekend... :-D Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Stormy sea
B That's a nice shot! I'm ambivalent about the birds--you might try cropping the left and top to get rid of them, which would also make the waves crashing against the jetty more dramatic. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 10/5/08, drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PESO: Stormy sea To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, October 5, 2008, 1:50 PM Hi all, Kind of opposite to Cotty's lovely Cotswold Stone, both in feeling and location At this time of year this is typical weather in the south east. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2915847158/ Cheers, Drew. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photography help in Fez
This is exactly why I love the use AAs in K200D, K100D, Ds,... Very nice pictures BTW. - Mensaje original De: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: lunes, 6 de octubre, 2008 14:29:52 Asunto: Photography help in Fez When I arrived in Fez I found that I had forgotten to pack my spare batteries and battery chargers, so I had arrived with only the battery in the vertical grip. When I'd stopped hyperventilating I set off for the French-built part of town, which is a modern city, in the hope of being able to pick something up and, if not, buy a new camera. On the way there I spotted this place: http://www.web-options.com/Fez1.jpg The old man and his son who ran it opened the shop for me and spent a long time searching through their piles of stuff, but they didn't have what I needed, unfortunately. Nevertheless, I spent a pleasant time with them and the older man showed me some photographs he'd taken on a trip to London in the 1970s - mainly Buckingham Palace and telephone boxes. I took a picture of him by the light of the small window you can see in the shop: http://www.web-options.com/Fez2.jpg Later that day I did manage to find a small, genuine Olympus battery for the camera and a rather dodgy but effective Chinese charger, so I was rescued. But lesson learned! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Evening in Montana
Boris Liberman wrote: Doug, back in good old 1994 I went to my first trip abroad. Among other things I visited the Universal Studios Hollywood park. And there of course, I took a ride around the props town. You know, when you pass through various times and eras and buildings have only their facades... Immediately this memory came to my mind when I saw your picture. Cheers! Boris Thanks Boris. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs: a break
Bong, All three are pretty pictures. I especially like the 1st and 2nd for the feeling they give. Including the lights on the crain and ship give a real nice touch to the photos. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:28 AM, Bong Manayon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A break because (1) my work had me staring at a computer too long and (2) for one day the rains stopped to show a sunset... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215427/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215423/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215413/ Oh, I will be joining a photo/art exhibit, so if anybody is in the Philippines this weekend... :-D Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photography help in Fez
Bob, Nice portrait. He has an interesting pattern of wrinkles! Batteries and charger go in my bag first, since a trip to GFM where I forgot the laptop charger. :-( Looks like a good trip to Fez. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 7:29 AM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I arrived in Fez I found that I had forgotten to pack my spare batteries and battery chargers, so I had arrived with only the battery in the vertical grip. When I'd stopped hyperventilating I set off for the French-built part of town, which is a modern city, in the hope of being able to pick something up and, if not, buy a new camera. On the way there I spotted this place: http://www.web-options.com/Fez1.jpg The old man and his son who ran it opened the shop for me and spent a long time searching through their piles of stuff, but they didn't have what I needed, unfortunately. Nevertheless, I spent a pleasant time with them and the older man showed me some photographs he'd taken on a trip to London in the 1970s - mainly Buckingham Palace and telephone boxes. I took a picture of him by the light of the small window you can see in the shop: http://www.web-options.com/Fez2.jpg Later that day I did manage to find a small, genuine Olympus battery for the camera and a rather dodgy but effective Chinese charger, so I was rescued. But lesson learned! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Granddad
Both shots are wonderful Dave On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Walter Hamler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://walthamler.smugmug.com/gallery/4592986_mrB5J#387436825_8ZPVV-XL-LB Another one shot at the cemetary. Decided to render this one in BW. Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Stormy sea
Great shot, and well timed. Dave On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:50 PM, drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Kind of opposite to Cotty's lovely Cotswold Stone, both in feeling and location At this time of year this is typical weather in the south east. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2915847158/ Cheers, Drew. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs: a break
All three are very good, well composed and exposed. The second is my fav Dave On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Bong Manayon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A break because (1) my work had me staring at a computer too long and (2) for one day the rains stopped to show a sunset... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215427/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215423/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215413/ Oh, I will be joining a photo/art exhibit, so if anybody is in the Philippines this weekend... :-D Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photography help in Fez
Both of those are very good Bob. Did the same in Vegas in 2007. Dave On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 8:29 AM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I arrived in Fez I found that I had forgotten to pack my spare batteries and battery chargers, so I had arrived with only the battery in the vertical grip. When I'd stopped hyperventilating I set off for the French-built part of town, which is a modern city, in the hope of being able to pick something up and, if not, buy a new camera. On the way there I spotted this place: http://www.web-options.com/Fez1.jpg The old man and his son who ran it opened the shop for me and spent a long time searching through their piles of stuff, but they didn't have what I needed, unfortunately. Nevertheless, I spent a pleasant time with them and the older man showed me some photographs he'd taken on a trip to London in the 1970s - mainly Buckingham Palace and telephone boxes. I took a picture of him by the light of the small window you can see in the shop: http://www.web-options.com/Fez2.jpg Later that day I did manage to find a small, genuine Olympus battery for the camera and a rather dodgy but effective Chinese charger, so I was rescued. But lesson learned! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Its up to the PDML now
Well the fair is done for another year, and it was a good one. Weather held out and i won a few ribbons. One 1st, two 2nds, Two 3rds, a 4th and a 5th, from 22 entries. I'm happy. Dave On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:07 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just about ready, as soon as i send this email, and turn off the computer, to mount all my Markham Fair photos for this years contest. Submitting all of the ones that got at least 1 thumb up form here and PPG.:-) So, this year, if i don't do well, its your fault.:-) You can't lose, Dave! I'd just like to add that I think Markham Fair sounds line the name of the hero in a romance novel. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Would you like to see some kittens?
Thanks Ann. I haven't done any post-processing on them (except for the chocolate-box kittens). The first is a failure really because it's not sharp - the light levels were too low and it has camera shake and the kitten is a bit of a blur. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: 06 October 2008 14:45 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Would you like to see some kittens? these(pun alert) jump out at me ... as two I love (and M J wouldn't dislike, I don't think) http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9288941_large.html http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_A049957_large.html This one is definitely one NOT to show Mike if you value your virtual life - but it's wonderful for the genre - purr. http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9299232_large.html In the first one of the set, I can only just see the cat front left in the shadows which made me skip over it quickly and I didn't see the kitten in the action until I went back to that frame again... maybe a bit of a crop to take out the dark cat in the shadows? neow ann Bob W wrote: While looking through the 1,000+ photos I took in Fez last week I noticed quite a few that probably would not appeal to Mike Johnston, and are not normally my cup of tea either, come to that. Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also keeping down the population of rats and mice. Here are a few of them: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Its up to the PDML now
Wow! Congratulations! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 10/6/08, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Its up to the PDML now To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 10:58 AM Well the fair is done for another year, and it was a good one. Weather held out and i won a few ribbons. One 1st, two 2nds, Two 3rds, a 4th and a 5th, from 22 entries. I'm happy. Dave On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:07 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just about ready, as soon as i send this email, and turn off the computer, to mount all my Markham Fair photos for this years contest. Submitting all of the ones that got at least 1 thumb up form here and PPG.:-) So, this year, if i don't do well, its your fault.:-) You can't lose, Dave! I'd just like to add that I think Markham Fair sounds line the name of the hero in a romance novel. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would you like to see some kittens?
Bob W wrote: Thanks Ann. I haven't done any post-processing on them (except for the chocolate-box kittens). The first is a failure really because it's not sharp - the light levels were too low and it has camera shake and the kitten is a bit of a blur. Bob yup :-)My three faves certainly don't need any post processing that I can see... the one with the meat is a bit too busy - wonder if BW conversion would make that more readable... and the other one is ok but pales besides the three super ones ann -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: 06 October 2008 14:45 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Would you like to see some kittens? these(pun alert) jump out at me ... as two I love (and M J wouldn't dislike, I don't think) http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9288941_large.html http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_A049957_large.html This one is definitely one NOT to show Mike if you value your virtual life - but it's wonderful for the genre - purr. http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9299232_large.html In the first one of the set, I can only just see the cat front left in the shadows which made me skip over it quickly and I didn't see the kitten in the action until I went back to that frame again... maybe a bit of a crop to take out the dark cat in the shadows? neow ann Bob W wrote: While looking through the 1,000+ photos I took in Fez last week I noticed quite a few that probably would not appeal to Mike Johnston, and are not normally my cup of tea either, come to that. Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also keeping down the population of rats and mice. Here are a few of them: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Would you like to see some kittens?
Hi Ann, the one with the meat is for amusement only - can't be many people who've seen a kitten eat a whole camel before! Bob Bob W wrote: Thanks Ann. I haven't done any post-processing on them (except for the chocolate-box kittens). The first is a failure really because it's not sharp - the light levels were too low and it has camera shake and the kitten is a bit of a blur. Bob yup :-)My three faves certainly don't need any post processing that I can see... the one with the meat is a bit too busy - wonder if BW conversion would make that more readable... and the other one is ok but pales besides the three super ones ann -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ann sanfedele Sent: 06 October 2008 14:45 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Would you like to see some kittens? these(pun alert) jump out at me ... as two I love (and M J wouldn't dislike, I don't think) http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9288941_large.html http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_A049957_large.html This one is definitely one NOT to show Mike if you value your virtual life - but it's wonderful for the genre - purr. http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9299232_large.html In the first one of the set, I can only just see the cat front left in the shadows which made me skip over it quickly and I didn't see the kitten in the action until I went back to that frame again... maybe a bit of a crop to take out the dark cat in the shadows? neow ann Bob W wrote: While looking through the 1,000+ photos I took in Fez last week I noticed quite a few that probably would not appeal to Mike Johnston, and are not normally my cup of tea either, come to that. Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also keeping down the population of rats and mice. Here are a few of them: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Q about RAW
Do RAW files include the colour space that the photo was shot in? After leaving my batteries at home last week, and just before buying a new one, my camera battery expired. When I put the new battery in the previous camera settings were gone and I had to restore them from memory. I set it up to use Adobe RGB - no idea whether I had this there before or not. Now that all the photos are in Lightroom, many of them seem to me to be more vibrantly colourful than I recall at the time. When I export them they lose a good deal of their vibrancy. As an example, I have exported one frame into 2 tiff files, using Adobe RGB and ProPhoto RGB respectively - see below. The outputs are noticeably different for each colour space, yet neither one is as vibrant as the original file, and the original scene itself was very vibrant and colourful. http://www.web-options.com/Fez3.jpg http://www.web-options.com/Fez4.jpg The 2nd is probably closer to the original scene, but lacks the warmth and colour that made me take the shot. They are some slippers I bought, on the floor of my room in the beautiful, golden light coming from the courtyard of the house where I stayed; the gold of the light seems to be lost. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Its up to the PDML now
Hey Dave, You gotta leave some prizes for the simple folks. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:58 AM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well the fair is done for another year, and it was a good one. Weather held out and i won a few ribbons. One 1st, two 2nds, Two 3rds, a 4th and a 5th, from 22 entries. I'm happy. Dave On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:07 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just about ready, as soon as i send this email, and turn off the computer, to mount all my Markham Fair photos for this years contest. Submitting all of the ones that got at least 1 thumb up form here and PPG.:-) So, this year, if i don't do well, its your fault.:-) You can't lose, Dave! I'd just like to add that I think Markham Fair sounds line the name of the hero in a romance novel. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Mac Noob Question
On 5/10/08, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: But the question, as I read it, was I have my files in iPhoto ... how do I use them in something else? Absolutely right. My alarm went off at 4.58 am as I had to be in London for 9am this morning - it was 5.15 and the caffeine hadn't kicked in!! That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Mac Noob Question
On 6/10/08, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: FWIW the built-in Quick Look feature is very good if you have 10.5 (Leopard). Ahar, I shoulda mentioned that I'm running 10.4.11. YMMV :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Festival for children
A couple of days before the end of Ramadan there is a special festival for children. The girls in particular are dressed up in new clothes, given new henna tattoos, paraded around in miniature bridal chairs, and made a big fuss of. It's very appealing, and the people of Fez are crazy about children: http://www.web-options.com/Fezfest/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Q about RAW
RAW files do not have a colour space until they are converted in post processing. While they might get tagged with one, that really only refers to the colour space of the embedded JPEG. You're having an export colour space issue, not an import ossie. -Adam On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do RAW files include the colour space that the photo was shot in? After leaving my batteries at home last week, and just before buying a new one, my camera battery expired. When I put the new battery in the previous camera settings were gone and I had to restore them from memory. I set it up to use Adobe RGB - no idea whether I had this there before or not. Now that all the photos are in Lightroom, many of them seem to me to be more vibrantly colourful than I recall at the time. When I export them they lose a good deal of their vibrancy. As an example, I have exported one frame into 2 tiff files, using Adobe RGB and ProPhoto RGB respectively - see below. The outputs are noticeably different for each colour space, yet neither one is as vibrant as the original file, and the original scene itself was very vibrant and colourful. http://www.web-options.com/Fez3.jpg http://www.web-options.com/Fez4.jpg The 2nd is probably closer to the original scene, but lacks the warmth and colour that made me take the shot. They are some slippers I bought, on the floor of my room in the beautiful, golden light coming from the courtyard of the house where I stayed; the gold of the light seems to be lost. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Philosophy
Back when I was an art student and was in my first photography class, my professor (Alice Shaw, www.aliceshaw.com) was giving a slide show about famous fine art photographers and their creative processes. One photographer she mentioned, whose name I wish I could remember, would take photos and process the film, but not look at the negatives for about a year. This would help to remove sentimental attachments he might have with the images and allow him to more objectively select photos to print. This struck me as a very good idea, especially since I always feel immensely sentimental about things I create, even if they're bad. So, while I have been slowly rebuilding my website's gallery since last winter, I've been trying to apply this philosophy to my own work. I have been taking lots of photos this year, but not really doing anything with them (aside from a few exceptions, such as the birth of my nephew). Working with photos that I took in college and after has helped me see just how bad some of the photos are that I used to think were great. It's difficult to resist the temptation to work on this year's photos, but I keep telling myself it'll be worth it in the long run. What sort of philosphy do you have when working with your photos, both old and new? John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
While it might be a good philosophy when trying to cull the gallery, it doesn't do much for the learning to improve your shooting. It is by examining the shots while you still remember details of shooting that helps you learn how to improve your skills. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 6, 2008, 12:44:30 PM, you wrote: JC Back when I was an art student and was in my first photography class, my JC professor (Alice Shaw, www.aliceshaw.com) was giving a slide show about JC famous fine art photographers and their creative processes. JC One photographer she mentioned, whose name I wish I could remember, JC would take photos and process the film, but not look at the negatives JC for about a year. This would help to remove sentimental attachments he JC might have with the images and allow him to more objectively select JC photos to print. This struck me as a very good idea, especially since I JC always feel immensely sentimental about things I create, even if they're JC bad. JC So, while I have been slowly rebuilding my website's gallery since last JC winter, I've been trying to apply this philosophy to my own work. I JC have been taking lots of photos this year, but not really doing anything JC with them (aside from a few exceptions, such as the birth of my nephew). JC Working with photos that I took in college and after has helped me see JC just how bad some of the photos are that I used to think were great. JC It's difficult to resist the temptation to work on this year's photos, JC but I keep telling myself it'll be worth it in the long run. JC What sort of philosphy do you have when working with your photos, both JC old and new? JC John JC -- JC http://www.neovenator.com JC http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto JC -- JC PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List JC PDML@pdml.net JC http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net JC to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
Interesting thoughts, John. I think there's something in this idea. I've certainly got a number of images that I worked on not long after taking them and I wonder now what I saw in them. But conversely, I've noticed that when I review older images some time later (even a couple of years later), I often find images that I had previously overlooked but which now seem to have something to offer. I don't know if I could defer working on a new batch of images for any length of time after taking them but it's definitely worth reviewing the archive from time to time. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:44:30 -0700, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Back when I was an art student and was in my first photography class, my professor (Alice Shaw, www.aliceshaw.com) was giving a slide show about famous fine art photographers and their creative processes. One photographer she mentioned, whose name I wish I could remember, would take photos and process the film, but not look at the negatives for about a year. This would help to remove sentimental attachments he might have with the images and allow him to more objectively select photos to print. This struck me as a very good idea, especially since I always feel immensely sentimental about things I create, even if they're bad. So, while I have been slowly rebuilding my website's gallery since last winter, I've been trying to apply this philosophy to my own work. I have been taking lots of photos this year, but not really doing anything with them (aside from a few exceptions, such as the birth of my nephew). Working with photos that I took in college and after has helped me see just how bad some of the photos are that I used to think were great. It's difficult to resist the temptation to work on this year's photos, but I keep telling myself it'll be worth it in the long run. What sort of philosphy do you have when working with your photos, both old and new? John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely different -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Philosophy
I wouldn't put something aside for that long, although returning to stuff later certainly helps. I think it's very useful to submit work to others for critical judgement, provided they know the subject and you trust their opinions. Bob [...] What sort of philosphy do you have when working with your photos, both old and new? John -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Festival for children
Bob W escribió: A couple of days before the end of Ramadan there is a special festival for children. The girls in particular are dressed up in new clothes, given new henna tattoos, paraded around in miniature bridal chairs, and made a big fuss of. It's very appealing, and the people of Fez are crazy about children: http://www.web-options.com/Fezfest/ I like them a lot, Bob. They're all very interesting. Carlos -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The beginning of the end for street photography?
On 10/5/08, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/10/08, ann sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: I think there has been lots more mischief created by the ease with which one can use a cell phone to clandestinely photo strangers on the street and blast them to the world on the web. Ann raises a very topical point here - one that still has plenty of mileage to run - and will become more prevalent in the near future. There are plenty of reports from around the world of situations where passers-by to an incident who have pulled out their camera-phones and snapped some pics or recorded video, have subsequently had them confiscated by police who claim that there may be evidence relevant to [the] investigation of said incident. This raises important civil liberty issues that have yet to make it to court (in the UK) in a defining situation. Viz: an air ambulance lands in a town centre where an injured man is stretchered onto it, the paramedics still working on him with CPR etc. A couple of dozen bystanders are caught nearby between the police cordon and a building, effectively in 'no-man's land' for the duration of the helicopter stay, only about 20 minutes or so. During the patient evacuation, police announce that anyone caught using phones to picture the scene will have them confiscated - and indeed several are seized. Yet two stills photographers and a video news cameraman nearby continue to record the scene. One police officer attempts to stop one stills photographer from photographing, and a conversation ensues which results in the officer from backing down and concentrating on the crowd. This scenario actually happened recently in the UK, and I was the video news cameraman in this case. My point is that the time will come when the police will not back down and censure of legitimate newsgathering operations will result. I suspect it will proceed to court for a legal definition to be made that will then inform future police powers (in the UK in this case). Scary. UK moving towards fascism? At what stage do 'legitimate newsgathering operations' merge with 'bystanders snapping on phones' - are the two actually the same? Is there a distinction? Do police actually have authority to seize recording devices by claiming they may contain evidence central to an ongoing investigation? If so - does that extend to professional newsgathering organisations? The answer is - it can. Sounds like fascism has already arrived... In the UK, professional newsgathering organisations (defined by UK standards as a bone fide journalist, licensed by the Association of Chief Police Officers and provided with a photo-ID card for proof) cannot be made to hand over recording devices or their recordings without a court order overseen by a judge. The police could not legally have demanded my camera tape or camera, even though they possibly may have arrested me for a public order offense if I had refused any such demands. My employer's legal department have defined protocols in this situation - no material is ever to be handed to police in such cases - even if arrest will be the result. For anyone else, you're at the mercy of the police! Obviously your mileage may vary by country. I have as yet to encounter a situation whereby I m off duty but witness an incident and record it on my own camera-phone. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Rhetoric is a poor substitute for action, and we have trusted only to rhetoric. If we are really to be a great nation, we must not merely talk; we must act big. - Theodore Roosevelt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Offhanded Complement
From a recent set of portraits I took of my daughter, my wife wanted some small, cheap prints done. This is a job for Walmart. So I went in and put the digital order in. When my wife went to pick them up, they wouldn't release them because they looked 'too professional'. In a way, it was pleasing to hear that the operators there thought the shot was good. Here is the image that was printed: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm, Fill Flash ISO 200, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6170b.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Insurance Good News
It turns out that my insurance coverage (still haven't found the actual policy - just coverage limits) is replacement value. With a good addendum. Once my equipment's replacement costs are estimated by an independent company (I hope) I will be paid that amount without question for my loss ($500 deductible). As I replace the pieces that I can from the used market if I can find them, anything that costs me more that the estimate will be paid for based on the receipts I tender. If it is no longer manufactured or reasonably unobtainable, I can replace the old equipment with new items that equal to or come close to the lost items in specification, and I will then be paid the difference. So I'm asking for recommendations from the crew. Keeping in mind that I have a K100, a K10, a K20, a PZ-1P, three LX bodies and ALL the accessories every made for it, about 25 K-mount full frame lenses left, a 67 135mm Macro left, a Pentax cassette loader for the 250 frame back for the LX, and a very small freezer full of bricks and boxes and 100 ft rolls of 35mm and 120 film, and sheet film in 3 sizes. And don't forget, I'm 66 yrs. old, and statistics say will live only another ten years at best unless I lose 80 pounds and start a program of vigorous daily exercise, in which case I'll most likely live an additional one or two! What would a PDML'r do? Replace my rarely used 67 gear? Y N Replace my great 35mm lenses? Y N Buy new DA* optics for DigitalY N and sell my LXs and PZ-1p? Sell all the gear I now own and Y N get a Canon body + 2 lenses? Sell everything and invest it all inY N the stock market? Sell everything, and spend it all Y N on hookers? Take up drink as a final solution?Y N Joseph McAllister Pentaxian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Insurance Good News
Boy, those last couple of choices really make the decision hard grin. I used to shoot 67ii's (had two of them) and most of the lenses. I let them go back when they actually had some value. So I'm saying that I wouldn't bother with that equipment at this point (unless you really love using it). Even though you have lots of film, you still have to pay for processing. At least for color, I think that is still in a downward spiral. This one has really got to be your call. The camera manufacturers are pretty much gone from the film market which is a good indication as to where it is headed. With the amount of lenses and such you have, I think I would stick with Pentax Digital for the time being. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 6, 2008, 1:55:09 PM, you wrote: JM It turns out that my insurance coverage (still haven't found the JM actual policy - just coverage limits) is replacement value. With a JM good addendum. JM Once my equipment's replacement costs are estimated by an independent JM company (I hope) I will be paid that amount without question for my JM loss ($500 deductible). As I replace the pieces that I can from the JM used market if I can find them, anything that costs me more that the JM estimate will be paid for based on the receipts I tender. If it is no JM longer manufactured or reasonably unobtainable, I can replace the old JM equipment with new items that equal to or come close to the lost items JM in specification, and I will then be paid the difference. JM So I'm asking for recommendations from the crew. Keeping in mind that JM I have a K100, a K10, a K20, a PZ-1P, three LX bodies and ALL the JM accessories every made for it, about 25 K-mount full frame lenses JM left, a 67 135mm Macro left, a Pentax cassette loader for the 250 JM frame back for the LX, and a very small freezer full of bricks and JM boxes and 100 ft rolls of 35mm and 120 film, and sheet film in 3 JM sizes. And don't forget, I'm 66 yrs. old, and statistics say will live JM only another ten years at best unless I lose 80 pounds and start a JM program of vigorous daily exercise, in which case I'll most likely JM live an additional one or two! JM What would a PDML'r do? JM Replace my rarely used 67 gear? Y N JM Replace my great 35mm lenses? Y N JM Buy new DA* optics for DigitalY N JM and sell my LXs and PZ-1p? JM Sell all the gear I now own and Y N JM get a Canon body + 2 lenses? JM Sell everything and invest it all inY N JM the stock market? JM Sell everything, and spend it all Y N JM on hookers? JM Take up drink as a final solution?Y N JM Joseph McAllister JM Pentaxian JM -- JM PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List JM PDML@pdml.net JM http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net JM to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Insurance Good News
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Joseph McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It turns out that my insurance coverage (still haven't found the actual policy - just coverage limits) is replacement value. With a good addendum. Once my equipment's replacement costs are estimated by an independent company (I hope) I will be paid that amount without question for my loss ($500 deductible). As I replace the pieces that I can from the used market if I can find them, anything that costs me more that the estimate will be paid for based on the receipts I tender. If it is no longer manufactured or reasonably unobtainable, I can replace the old equipment with new items that equal to or come close to the lost items in specification, and I will then be paid the difference. So I'm asking for recommendations from the crew. Keeping in mind that I have a K100, a K10, a K20, a PZ-1P, three LX bodies and ALL the accessories every made for it, about 25 K-mount full frame lenses left, a 67 135mm Macro left, a Pentax cassette loader for the 250 frame back for the LX, and a very small freezer full of bricks and boxes and 100 ft rolls of 35mm and 120 film, and sheet film in 3 sizes. And don't forget, I'm 66 yrs. old, and statistics say will live only another ten years at best unless I lose 80 pounds and start a program of vigorous daily exercise, in which case I'll most likely live an additional one or two! What would a PDML'r do? Replace my rarely used 67 gear? Y N Y Replace my great 35mm lenses? Y N Y Buy new DA* optics for DigitalY N and sell my LXs and PZ-1p? Y Sell all the gear I now own and Y N get a Canon body + 2 lenses? Only if named Cotty Sell everything and invest it all inY N the stock market? N Sell everything, and spend it all Y N on hookers? N (I could make a joke here, but it would be in bad taste). Take up drink as a final solution?Y N Y Joseph McAllister Pentaxian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
I disagree, Winogrand would wait sometimes a year before he developed his film. He thought that it gave him a more perspective view of his photos because he was less attached. Norm Bruce Dayton wrote: While it might be a good philosophy when trying to cull the gallery, it doesn't do much for the learning to improve your shooting. It is by examining the shots while you still remember details of shooting that helps you learn how to improve your skills. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Insurance Good News
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Joseph McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What would a PDML'r do? Replace my rarely used 67 gear? Y N No Replace my great 35mm lenses? Y N Yes Buy new DA* optics for DigitalY N and sell my LXs and PZ-1 Tough call. Sell all the gear I now own and Y N get a Canon body + 2 lenses? Forget Cannon, the D700 for you mate. Sell everything and invest it all inY N the stock market? Good prices out there today, sure why not. Sell everything, and spend it all Y N on hookers? You got enough for more than one. I'm impressed. Take up drink as a final solution?Y N I'v already done that, its taken. Sorry. Dave Joseph McAllister Pentaxian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Offhanded Complement
Lovely smile and eyes. Would they be concerned that the files were being ripped off maybe,.?? Dave On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a recent set of portraits I took of my daughter, my wife wanted some small, cheap prints done. This is a job for Walmart. So I went in and put the digital order in. When my wife went to pick them up, they wouldn't release them because they looked 'too professional'. In a way, it was pleasing to hear that the operators there thought the shot was good. Here is the image that was printed: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm, Fill Flash ISO 200, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6170b.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Festival for children
Great set Bob, very colourful I like this one. http://www.web-options.com/Fezfest/content/_9289080_large.html Dave On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of days before the end of Ramadan there is a special festival for children. The girls in particular are dressed up in new clothes, given new henna tattoos, paraded around in miniature bridal chairs, and made a big fuss of. It's very appealing, and the people of Fez are crazy about children: http://www.web-options.com/Fezfest/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Have you experenced this double image?
Hi, I some images produced bt my K20D + DA 50-200 I have notices a strange blur, actually closer to a double image, in some pictures. They are not enough frequent to send it immediately to a warranty repair, but enough to try to understand its causes. Here you have three 100% crops: http://tinyurl.com/4mwzkp or http://picasaweb.google.es/jlahuer/K20DDoubleImage?authkey=NqXDmYt0yRo (For those not familiar with Picasaweb, at the right, under 'more info' you can find exposure data. The pictures are better viewed in slide show mode). They are all below the limits of the 1/focal length rule, but not that much so SR should be able to compensate it, doesn't it? So, have you ever experienced something similar? Can this be due to SR not working properly? Regards, Jaume -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
Curiously enough, today I reviewed several selected pictures form a 2005 trip and to my surprised I liked quite a lot of them. I really expected not to like many, specially since I'm becoming too used to 'digital grainless' and sharpness. Both are lacking in my oldest pictures due to the equipment used for the pictures and for the scanning workflow (and I am too lazy to rescan them). Regards, Jaume - Mensaje original De: Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: lunes, 6 de octubre, 2008 22:05:41 Asunto: Re: Philosophy Interesting thoughts, John. I think there's something in this idea. I've certainly got a number of images that I worked on not long after taking them and I wonder now what I saw in them. But conversely, I've noticed that when I review older images some time later (even a couple of years later), I often find images that I had previously overlooked but which now seem to have something to offer. I don't know if I could defer working on a new batch of images for any length of time after taking them but it's definitely worth reviewing the archive from time to time. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Mon, 06 Oct 2008 12:44:30 -0700, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Back when I was an art student and was in my first photography class, my professor (Alice Shaw, www.aliceshaw.com) was giving a slide show about famous fine art photographers and their creative processes. One photographer she mentioned, whose name I wish I could remember, would take photos and process the film, but not look at the negatives for about a year. This would help to remove sentimental attachments he might have with the images and allow him to more objectively select photos to print. This struck me as a very good idea, especially since I always feel immensely sentimental about things I create, even if they're bad. So, while I have been slowly rebuilding my website's gallery since last winter, I've been trying to apply this philosophy to my own work. I have been taking lots of photos this year, but not really doing anything with them (aside from a few exceptions, such as the birth of my nephew). Working with photos that I took in college and after has helped me see just how bad some of the photos are that I used to think were great. It's difficult to resist the temptation to work on this year's photos, but I keep telling myself it'll be worth it in the long run. What sort of philosphy do you have when working with your photos, both old and new? John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - And now for something completely different… -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Offhanded Complement
No, the issue for labs is that if they reproduce something that is copyrighted they are on the hook for it. If a customer came in with copyrighted material and said it wasn't, the lab is still liable if they reproduce it. So they either need a sworn statement from the photographer on company letterhead authorizing the customer to make copies (prints) or the customer has to sign a statement indicated that he is the original owner/creator of the image(s). -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 6, 2008, 2:16:44 PM, you wrote: DJB Lovely smile and eyes. DJB Would they be concerned that the files were being ripped off maybe,.?? DJB Dave DJB On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Bruce Dayton DJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a recent set of portraits I took of my daughter, my wife wanted some small, cheap prints done. This is a job for Walmart. So I went in and put the digital order in. When my wife went to pick them up, they wouldn't release them because they looked 'too professional'. In a way, it was pleasing to hear that the operators there thought the shot was good. Here is the image that was printed: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm, Fill Flash ISO 200, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6170b.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disagree, Winogrand would wait sometimes a year before he developed his film. He thought that it gave him a more perspective view of his photos because he was less attached. Norm I do the same thing, only I'm just lazy. Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Offhanded Complement
Hum, would not have thought about that. FWIW i have never been asked, so take that as you may. g Dave On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, the issue for labs is that if they reproduce something that is copyrighted they are on the hook for it. If a customer came in with copyrighted material and said it wasn't, the lab is still liable if they reproduce it. So they either need a sworn statement from the photographer on company letterhead authorizing the customer to make copies (prints) or the customer has to sign a statement indicated that he is the original owner/creator of the image(s). -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 6, 2008, 2:16:44 PM, you wrote: DJB Lovely smile and eyes. DJB Would they be concerned that the files were being ripped off maybe,.?? DJB Dave DJB On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Bruce Dayton DJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a recent set of portraits I took of my daughter, my wife wanted some small, cheap prints done. This is a job for Walmart. So I went in and put the digital order in. When my wife went to pick them up, they wouldn't release them because they looked 'too professional'. In a way, it was pleasing to hear that the operators there thought the shot was good. Here is the image that was printed: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm, Fill Flash ISO 200, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6170b.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Have you experenced this double image?
I can see what looks like a second chair image to the right, but nothing on the other two. All three are OOF or motion blur, at least thats what it looks like to me. Dave On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Jaume Lahuerta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I some images produced bt my K20D + DA 50-200 I have notices a strange blur, actually closer to a double image, in some pictures. They are not enough frequent to send it immediately to a warranty repair, but enough to try to understand its causes. Here you have three 100% crops: http://tinyurl.com/4mwzkp or http://picasaweb.google.es/jlahuer/K20DDoubleImage?authkey=NqXDmYt0yRo (For those not familiar with Picasaweb, at the right, under 'more info' you can find exposure data. The pictures are better viewed in slide show mode). They are all below the limits of the 1/focal length rule, but not that much so SR should be able to compensate it, doesn't it? So, have you ever experienced something similar? Can this be due to SR not working properly? Regards, Jaume -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would you like to see some kittens?
Good set of photos Bob. I like the compositions of all, but this one really stands out for me http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9288941_large.html Dave On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:08 AM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While looking through the 1,000+ photos I took in Fez last week I noticed quite a few that probably would not appeal to Mike Johnston, and are not normally my cup of tea either, come to that. Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also keeping down the population of rats and mice. Here are a few of them: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
Dave, stop drinking beer during the day :) Norm David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disagree, Winogrand would wait sometimes a year before he developed his film. He thought that it gave him a more perspective view of his photos because he was less attached. Norm I do the same thing, only I'm just lazy. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would you like to see some kittens?
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ann, the one with the meat is for amusement only - can't be many people who've seen a kitten eat a whole camel before! He's got teeth this big,. Dave Bob -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, stop drinking beer during the day :) Which one. Dave Norm David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disagree, Winogrand would wait sometimes a year before he developed his film. He thought that it gave him a more perspective view of his photos because he was less attached. Norm I do the same thing, only I'm just lazy. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Offhanded Complement
Don't know how accurate this is, but I have heard about a photog that would give his clients the means to get prints done at labs and then encouraged them to do so. He would then turn around and sue the labs for copyright violations. Pretty low, if really true. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 6, 2008, 2:25:04 PM, you wrote: DJB Hum, would not have thought about that. DJB FWIW i have never been asked, so take that as you may. DJB g DJB Dave DJB On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Bruce Dayton DJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, the issue for labs is that if they reproduce something that is copyrighted they are on the hook for it. If a customer came in with copyrighted material and said it wasn't, the lab is still liable if they reproduce it. So they either need a sworn statement from the photographer on company letterhead authorizing the customer to make copies (prints) or the customer has to sign a statement indicated that he is the original owner/creator of the image(s). -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 6, 2008, 2:16:44 PM, you wrote: DJB Lovely smile and eyes. DJB Would they be concerned that the files were being ripped off maybe,.?? DJB Dave DJB On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Bruce Dayton DJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a recent set of portraits I took of my daughter, my wife wanted some small, cheap prints done. This is a job for Walmart. So I went in and put the digital order in. When my wife went to pick them up, they wouldn't release them because they looked 'too professional'. In a way, it was pleasing to hear that the operators there thought the shot was good. Here is the image that was printed: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm, Fill Flash ISO 200, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6170b.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: AF why
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 6:33 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only if they can spare a plane, luckily they're a bit busy these days. Our plane is busy this month, so i'll just keep using the shutter button for AF, till it gets back. Dave Bob W wrote: It's the Air Force button. It calls in an airstrike on the thing you've focused on. Be careful. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disagree, Winogrand would wait sometimes a year before he developed his film. He thought that it gave him a more perspective view of his photos because he was less attached. Norm Yeah, and he died with something like 10,000 exposed undeveloped rolls of film in his apartment. Me, I like to strike when the iron's hot. I like to look at a photo soon after I took it, when I'm still excited with it, and do stuff with it quickly. That's one of the things I love about digital. 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
That depends on what sort of skills you're trying to develop. Winogrand's method is good for compositional skills, the opposite for technical skills where quick feedback can tell you if you're doing it right. -Adam On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disagree, Winogrand would wait sometimes a year before he developed his film. He thought that it gave him a more perspective view of his photos because he was less attached. Norm Bruce Dayton wrote: While it might be a good philosophy when trying to cull the gallery, it doesn't do much for the learning to improve your shooting. It is by examining the shots while you still remember details of shooting that helps you learn how to improve your skills. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
Bass on Mondays? David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, stop drinking beer during the day :) Which one. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Offhanded Complement
Oh man that is sooo low. Sounds a bit like my maneg competion for the shows. I always wondered why i would see new faces shooting after 1-2 shows. Found out Saturday, he bounces the cheques, and they obviously don't come back. Thats lw to. Dave On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know how accurate this is, but I have heard about a photog that would give his clients the means to get prints done at labs and then encouraged them to do so. He would then turn around and sue the labs for copyright violations. Pretty low, if really true. -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 6, 2008, 2:25:04 PM, you wrote: DJB Hum, would not have thought about that. DJB FWIW i have never been asked, so take that as you may. DJB g DJB Dave DJB On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:22 PM, Bruce Dayton DJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, the issue for labs is that if they reproduce something that is copyrighted they are on the hook for it. If a customer came in with copyrighted material and said it wasn't, the lab is still liable if they reproduce it. So they either need a sworn statement from the photographer on company letterhead authorizing the customer to make copies (prints) or the customer has to sign a statement indicated that he is the original owner/creator of the image(s). -- Best regards, Bruce Monday, October 6, 2008, 2:16:44 PM, you wrote: DJB Lovely smile and eyes. DJB Would they be concerned that the files were being ripped off maybe,.?? DJB Dave DJB On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:47 PM, Bruce Dayton DJB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From a recent set of portraits I took of my daughter, my wife wanted some small, cheap prints done. This is a job for Walmart. So I went in and put the digital order in. When my wife went to pick them up, they wouldn't release them because they looked 'too professional'. In a way, it was pleasing to hear that the operators there thought the shot was good. Here is the image that was printed: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm, Fill Flash ISO 200, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6170b.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bass on Mondays? Ok, trout Tuesday it is., Dave David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, stop drinking beer during the day :) Which one. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
Norm Baugher wrote: Bruce Dayton wrote: While it might be a good philosophy when trying to cull the gallery, it doesn't do much for the learning to improve your shooting. It is by examining the shots while you still remember details of shooting that helps you learn how to improve your skills. I disagree, Winogrand would wait sometimes a year before he developed his film. He thought that it gave him a more perspective view of his photos because he was less attached. I'm with Baugher and Winograd 100% on this one: I usually wait (though only about a month) before judging photos from any particular shoot. It's amazing how it's almost impossible to pick the keepers aone day after a shoot and how obviously they stand out after 4-6 weeks. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
So OT its made a circle and returned.
Any one on the list knowledgeable in unions, start ups, voting in, voting out, that sort of thing. PLEASE reply off list if you do, i have a question. Dave -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
Which is fine Frankie, but I also like the other view. I just developed a few rolls from last year, what I thought would be good or bad was totally different when I didn't have the quick emotional attachment to them. Interesting, that's what I don't like about digital. Norm frank theriault wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disagree, Winogrand would wait sometimes a year before he developed his film. He thought that it gave him a more perspective view of his photos because he was less attached. Norm Yeah, and he died with something like 10,000 exposed undeveloped rolls of film in his apartment. Me, I like to strike when the iron's hot. I like to look at a photo soon after I took it, when I'm still excited with it, and do stuff with it quickly. That's one of the things I love about digital. cheers, frank -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
Okay, just save me one of those weird Canadian beers for GFM next year... Norm David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:37 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bass on Mondays? Ok, trout Tuesday it is., Dave David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:30 PM, Norm Baugher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, stop drinking beer during the day :) Which one. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would you like to see some kittens?
Bob: This one has some serious potential. http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9309597_large.html I'd straighten out that vertical an tighten the crop. Having said that, these are pretty great too: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_A029826_large.html and http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/content/_9288941_large.html. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 4:08 AM Subject: Would you like to see some kittens? While looking through the 1,000+ photos I took in Fez last week I noticed quite a few that probably would not appeal to Mike Johnston, and are not normally my cup of tea either, come to that. Fez has quite a large population of feral cats, living off scraps and presumably also keeping down the population of rats and mice. Here are a few of them: http://www.web-options.com/Fezcats/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photography help in Fez
Nice portrait, Bob. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 7:29 AM Subject: Photography help in Fez When I arrived in Fez I found that I had forgotten to pack my spare batteries and battery chargers, so I had arrived with only the battery in the vertical grip. When I'd stopped hyperventilating I set off for the French-built part of town, which is a modern city, in the hope of being able to pick something up and, if not, buy a new camera. On the way there I spotted this place: http://www.web-options.com/Fez1.jpg The old man and his son who ran it opened the shop for me and spent a long time searching through their piles of stuff, but they didn't have what I needed, unfortunately. Nevertheless, I spent a pleasant time with them and the older man showed me some photographs he'd taken on a trip to London in the 1970s - mainly Buckingham Palace and telephone boxes. I took a picture of him by the light of the small window you can see in the shop: http://www.web-options.com/Fez2.jpg Later that day I did manage to find a small, genuine Olympus battery for the camera and a rather dodgy but effective Chinese charger, so I was rescued. But lesson learned! Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Have you experenced this double image?
Well, if it is motion blur it is different to the one I have experienced with my previous non-stabilized DSLR, that's why I find it strange. (and I have many other pictures blurred in the 'traditional' way) thanks, Jaume - Mensaje original De: David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: lunes, 6 de octubre, 2008 23:27:48 Asunto: Re: Have you experenced this double image? I can see what looks like a second chair image to the right, but nothing on the other two. All three are OOF or motion blur, at least thats what it looks like to me. Dave On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Jaume Lahuerta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I some images produced bt my K20D + DA 50-200 I have notices a strange blur, actually closer to a double image, in some pictures. They are not enough frequent to send it immediately to a warranty repair, but enough to try to understand its causes. Here you have three 100% crops: http://tinyurl.com/4mwzkp or http://picasaweb.google.es/jlahuer/K20DDoubleImage?authkey=NqXDmYt0yRo (For those not familiar with Picasaweb, at the right, under 'more info' you can find exposure data. The pictures are better viewed in slide show mode). They are all below the limits of the 1/focal length rule, but not that much so SR should be able to compensate it, doesn't it? So, have you ever experienced something similar? Can this be due to SR not working properly? Regards, Jaume -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Festival for children
This one's a doosey! http://www.web-options.com/Fezfest/content/P9289005_large.html This one's nice also http://www.web-options.com/Fezfest/content/_9289080_large.html Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:35 AM Subject: Festival for children A couple of days before the end of Ramadan there is a special festival for children. The girls in particular are dressed up in new clothes, given new henna tattoos, paraded around in miniature bridal chairs, and made a big fuss of. It's very appealing, and the people of Fez are crazy about children: http://www.web-options.com/Fezfest/ Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Offhanded Complement
Another lovely one Bruce. First I've heard of this kind of situation before. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 3:47 PM Subject: PESO - Offhanded Complement From a recent set of portraits I took of my daughter, my wife wanted some small, cheap prints done. This is a job for Walmart. So I went in and put the digital order in. When my wife went to pick them up, they wouldn't release them because they looked 'too professional'. In a way, it was pleasing to hear that the operators there thought the shot was good. Here is the image that was printed: Pentax K10D, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm, Fill Flash ISO 200, 1/60 sec @ f/4.5, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_6170b.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs: a break
Bong: All are nice, but I think my fave is the ship (2nd one). Colors composition are lovely. Also, I think the 2nd one has a stronger sense of mood. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Bong Manayon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 7:28 AM Subject: PESOs: a break A break because (1) my work had me staring at a computer too long and (2) for one day the rains stopped to show a sunset... http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215427/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215423/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/2909215413/ Oh, I will be joining a photo/art exhibit, so if anybody is in the Philippines this weekend... :-D Bong -- Bong Manayon http://www.bong.uni.cc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
DA*50-135 Lens Cap
Hi everyone I recently got myself involved with the acquisition of a DA*16-50 and a DA*50-135. Hard work but I got them!! Sold my MZ-s and and battery grip and... more stuff than I'd like, but got those beauties!! The next step is to sell the house in order to get an 24'' iMac. I think that I will be able to post some pictures in a couple of weeks. Hopefully not mine with suitcases at front door. Well the fact is that with the excitement of changing lenses I lost the front cap of the 50-135. I looked in the pentax web store and there she was... the PTX 31521. The problem is that they won't send it to Portugal. The local pentax dealer is very very slow in managing to solve our (pentaxians) problem. So here I am asking for the help of PDML community. I am willing to pay for the shipping to Portugal and the cost of the cap that I am sure will be less than the the shipping. Unless that someone in Europe can manage to get me that cap. Thanks in advance, Manuel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Stormy sea
Thanks to everyone that commented or just had a look I took Christine and Ricks advice and had a crop at it, also had a play with levels to give a little more life. Better??? http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2920156526/ Thanks again all. Drew. David J Brooks wrote: Great shot, and well timed. Dave On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:50 PM, drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Kind of opposite to Cotty's lovely Cotswold Stone, both in feeling and location At this time of year this is typical weather in the south east. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2915847158/ Cheers, Drew. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Stormy sea
I like it better. Wow, the wave really pops, doesn't it. Real nice Drew! Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 5:28 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Stormy sea Thanks to everyone that commented or just had a look I took Christine and Ricks advice and had a crop at it, also had a play with levels to give a little more life. Better??? http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2920156526/ Thanks again all. Drew. David J Brooks wrote: Great shot, and well timed. Dave On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:50 PM, drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Kind of opposite to Cotty's lovely Cotswold Stone, both in feeling and location At this time of year this is typical weather in the south east. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2915847158/ Cheers, Drew. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
I always take a studied look at everything I shoot immediately upon processing/downloading. I learned a long time ago not to throw things out because of an initial feeling my expectations were not meant. I've sometimes found that the image stands on its own when I'm further from the moment. BTW, at what point can you bring yourself to throw out thousand of envelopes of prints/negatives/slides/CD's that you're certain will never again be tussled through? I consider it a kindness not to leave the job and its attendant guilt to my survivors. Jack --- On Mon, 10/6/08, John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: John Celio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Philosophy To: PDML@pdml.net Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 12:44 PM Back when I was an art student and was in my first photography class, my professor (Alice Shaw, www.aliceshaw.com) was giving a slide show about famous fine art photographers and their creative processes. One photographer she mentioned, whose name I wish I could remember, would take photos and process the film, but not look at the negatives for about a year. This would help to remove sentimental attachments he might have with the images and allow him to more objectively select photos to print. This struck me as a very good idea, especially since I always feel immensely sentimental about things I create, even if they're bad. So, while I have been slowly rebuilding my website's gallery since last winter, I've been trying to apply this philosophy to my own work. I have been taking lots of photos this year, but not really doing anything with them (aside from a few exceptions, such as the birth of my nephew). Working with photos that I took in college and after has helped me see just how bad some of the photos are that I used to think were great. It's difficult to resist the temptation to work on this year's photos, but I keep telling myself it'll be worth it in the long run. What sort of philosphy do you have when working with your photos, both old and new? John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/neovenatorphoto -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT - Guitars
Oh Font Of All Knowledge That Is The PDML, Anyone here swing an axe? My son plays an acoustic 6 string, and has professed a desire for an electric. I would like to get him a surprise for his birthday in a few weeks so am doing my research. I am minded to look for a Telecaster, probably a Mex as it's in our price range... Whaddya say? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Stormy sea
I'm going to be the exception, of course, but I sort of related to the birds in their circumstance of dealing with the heavy weather. Jack --- On Mon, 10/6/08, drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: Stormy sea To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, October 6, 2008, 3:28 PM Thanks to everyone that commented or just had a look I took Christine and Ricks advice and had a crop at it, also had a play with levels to give a little more life. Better??? http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2920156526/ Thanks again all. Drew. David J Brooks wrote: Great shot, and well timed. Dave On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 1:50 PM, drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Kind of opposite to Cotty's lovely Cotswold Stone, both in feeling and location At this time of year this is typical weather in the south east. http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2915847158/ Cheers, Drew. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Insurance Good News
On 6/10/08, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed: What would a PDML'r do? Replace my rarely used 67 gear? Y N N Replace my great 35mm lenses? Y N Y Buy new DA* optics for DigitalY N and sell my LXs and PZ-1p? N Sell all the gear I now own and Y N get a Canon body + 2 lenses? N Sell everything and invest it all inY N the stock market? N Sell everything, and spend it all Y N on hookers? Y Take up drink as a final solution?Y N *hic* -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Philosophy
On 6/10/08, John Celio, discombobulated, unleashed: What sort of philosphy do you have when working with your photos, both old and new? Interesting you should mention this. Very recently I was looking back through my archive for some pictures of our old house from a couple of years ago. We were there about 15 years, and my son grew up there til the age of 12. I came across shots I do not recall taking, some quite sensitive family shots (son in agony or ecstasy) and a whole raft of memories and emotions cascading down. I was actually quite drained after a couple of hours of that. I didn't think I would have been so affected. It was draining. I couldn't detach myself from the pictures and treat them simply as photographs - they drew me in and I could not fight it. Objectivity simply went away. More recent pictures I can look at and be cruel, deleting at will. The olders ones opened my mind and I could not delete a single one. Food for thought. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO: Stormy sea
I enjoyed it before - enjoy it more this time. It feels very real, especially the colour and texture of the sea. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of drew Sent: 06 October 2008 23:29 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: Stormy sea Thanks to everyone that commented or just had a look I took Christine and Ricks advice and had a crop at it, also had a play with levels to give a little more life. Better??? http://www.flickr.com/photos/rileyelf/2920156526/ Thanks again all. Drew. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Insurance Good News
Buy a digital camera, plus the 2 final options, and shoot some amusing photos for your descendants to sell on eBay. Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joseph McAllister Sent: 06 October 2008 21:55 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Insurance Good News It turns out that my insurance coverage (still haven't found the actual policy - just coverage limits) is replacement value. With a good addendum. Once my equipment's replacement costs are estimated by an independent company (I hope) I will be paid that amount without question for my loss ($500 deductible). As I replace the pieces that I can from the used market if I can find them, anything that costs me more that the estimate will be paid for based on the receipts I tender. If it is no longer manufactured or reasonably unobtainable, I can replace the old equipment with new items that equal to or come close to the lost items in specification, and I will then be paid the difference. So I'm asking for recommendations from the crew. Keeping in mind that I have a K100, a K10, a K20, a PZ-1P, three LX bodies and ALL the accessories every made for it, about 25 K-mount full frame lenses left, a 67 135mm Macro left, a Pentax cassette loader for the 250 frame back for the LX, and a very small freezer full of bricks and boxes and 100 ft rolls of 35mm and 120 film, and sheet film in 3 sizes. And don't forget, I'm 66 yrs. old, and statistics say will live only another ten years at best unless I lose 80 pounds and start a program of vigorous daily exercise, in which case I'll most likely live an additional one or two! What would a PDML'r do? Replace my rarely used 67 gear? Y N Replace my great 35mm lenses? Y N Buy new DA* optics for DigitalY N and sell my LXs and PZ-1p? Sell all the gear I now own and Y N get a Canon body + 2 lenses? Sell everything and invest it all inY N the stock market? Sell everything, and spend it all Y N on hookers? Take up drink as a final solution?Y N Joseph McAllister Pentaxian -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Have you experenced this double image?
Jaume Lahuerta wrote: I some images produced bt my K20D + DA 50-200 I have notices a strange blur, actually closer to a double image, in some pictures. They are not enough frequent to send it immediately to a warranty repair, but enough to try to understand its causes. Here you have three 100% crops: http://tinyurl.com/4mwzkp or http://picasaweb.google.es/jlahuer/K20DDoubleImage?authkey=NqXDmYt0yRo They are all below the limits of the 1/focal length rule, but not that much so SR should be able to compensate it, doesn't it? So, have you ever experienced something similar? Can this be due to SR not working properly? I may have experienced it this weekend, but only with one lens out of the four I used. I haven't yet checked to see if it's something as stupid as a dirty lens. I used a K10D with DA 50-200, FA* 300, FA* 200/2.8, and Sigma 400/5.6 APO Macro, no filters on any of them, but always using the hoods, with SR enabled. Only the Sigma showed the effect, and it never has done anything like that before. I think it only happened on panned photos, but I'm still going through them. I was using the Sigma on a sturdy Manfrotto monopod and ball head combination that I've used with it before and not experienced the phenomenon. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Offhanded Complement
Bruce Dayton wrote: From a recent set of portraits I took of my daughter, my wife wanted some small, cheap prints done. This is a job for Walmart. So I went in and put the digital order in. When my wife went to pick them up, they wouldn't release them because they looked 'too professional'. In a way, it was pleasing to hear that the operators there thought the shot was good. This is a complete load of bushwa. I'd have been nearly apoplectic had they refused to release my prints to me. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
