Re: PESO: One more Barracuda
Cool... Anyone who used to own one, and there are many, are kicking themselves over and over. On Oct 7, 2009, at 08:52 , P N Stenquist wrote: Shipping a big order of photos to the owner of this car today. I took a clue from the way Ilford ships Fiber Gold paper and packed the pics in a paper box, then packed th paper box in a well-padded larger box. Should be protected from anything short of drowning. This is my favorite shot of the car, a 1970 Hemi Barracuda that's worth around half a million US. . K7 and DA* 60-250, 170mm, circular polarizer, ISO 200, f4 @ 1/ 80th, +0.7 stop exposure comp: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9872980size=lg Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com There is no off position to the genius switch. Genius can, however, be observed as insanity. -- 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 - Swirl
Thanks to all who looked and/or commented. It seems as if the optical illusion is not just me. If anyone is interested, the creek was flowing from the top of the image and exiting at the right centre. The swirling area was a small backwater off the main stream where water was just circulating slowly. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 7:27 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all Here's a photo from my recent trip to Western Australia - one of the few occasions where the prevailing dull, overcast light wasn't a big issue. There's a bit of an optical illusion in this. To my eye, the water seems to be flowing towards the top of the frame whereas it was actually flowing out to the right. Does anyone else get the same impression? http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/170917/Swirl.html -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Same, same, but 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: What did I use to take that shot?
Well, it's good that it runs - that means we're beyond library issues. But you should be able to drag-and-drop an image file onto the icon; in theory that's equivalent to invoking the ScanTags executable with the fully-qualified path to the image file as the first parameter. On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 03:54:21PM +1000, John Coyle wrote: It works if you run it from the 'Run' option on the Start button, giving the fully-qualified path of the image file. Once there, of course, you can select it again and again, just changing the file reference. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 3:30 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? That shouldn't affect it; The C/C++ runtimes install in what Microsoft call the side-by-side (SxS) environment, which makes it possible to have several different versions installed. It's more likely that the redistributable doesn't include the debug versions of the libraries, and I uploaded a debug build of the original ScanTags program. In any case I've put a new version up for download, built as a release (not debug) version, and linked against static libraries. Thisd should run without requiring any additional environment. On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 03:20:09PM +1000, John Coyle wrote: That me be only part of the answer John; I just did the download, installed the software, and rebooted. No change. Could this be because I have VS2008 installed? John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 2:23 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? Possibly. I thought SP3 had the VS2005 redistributables, but maybe not. They can be downloaded from Microsoft here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32BC1BEE-A3F9-4C13- 9C99-220B62A191EEdisplaylang=en On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 02:01:58PM +1000, John Coyle wrote: Hi John - it will neither install nor run on my XP_SP3 system. Message is: The application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem. Do you need to distribute a deployment package? John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Francis Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 12:07 PM To: Pentax List Subject: What did I use to take that shot? I thought I might share a little (Windows) utility that I wrote: http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/ScanTags.exe Copy it to your desktop, of whereever. Then just drag-and-drop an image file onto it; it will pop up a window showing you the camera name, the lens name (for Pentax DSLRs only), and several exposure settings (shutter speed, aperture, focal length). This works for JPEGs, PEFs DNG files as long as some EXIF data is present - JPEGs created by Save for Web in Photoshop, which have all that sort of thing stripped out, don't show anything. Requests for additional tags may, or may not, be considered :-) Incidentally, I might have mad a minor mis-statement when I claimed that a DNG contained everything that is in a PEF; I can't remember whether the DNGs include the full-size (but highly compressed) JPEG found in a PEF. It's not really that important - it's easy enough to generate something equivalent if needed directly from the RAW data - but it is something in a PEF that might not be found in a DNG. -- 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. -- 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
RE: What did I use to take that shot?
Hi Brian - if you create a shortcut to the program file on your desktop, then drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer, it works as John suggested it would. You do have to then click on Open With and confirm the run as it comes from an Unknown publisher! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 3:44 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? Hi John Yes, that works but only on the command line with the image file as a parameter. It still doesn't accept drag and drop on my system. Looks very useful though. Thanks. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:08 -0400, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:07:10PM -0400, John Francis wrote: I thought I might share a little (Windows) utility that I wrote: http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/ScanTags.exe OK - I've uploaded a new version, linked against static libraries, so it should install without requiring any additional DLLs (and, as a side effect, may well run under Wine on a Linux system). -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- 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: What did I use to take that shot?
Hi John On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:34 +1000, John Coyle jco...@powerup.com.au wrote: Hi Brian - if you create a shortcut to the program file on your desktop, then drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer, it works as John suggested it would. You do have to then click on Open With and confirm the run as it comes from an Unknown publisher! John in Brisbane It still doesn't work on my system. I get the circle with a line through it when I try to drag an image file onto the program shortcut, indicating that drag and drop isn't available. Bit of a mystery Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 3:44 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? Hi John Yes, that works but only on the command line with the image file as a parameter. It still doesn't accept drag and drop on my system. Looks very useful though. Thanks. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:08 -0400, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:07:10PM -0400, John Francis wrote: I thought I might share a little (Windows) utility that I wrote: http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/ScanTags.exe OK - I've uploaded a new version, linked against static libraries, so it should install without requiring any additional DLLs (and, as a side effect, may well run under Wine on a Linux system). -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web -- 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: Irving Penn
That's sad news - great photographer -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of paul stenquist Sent: 07 October 2009 23:06 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: RIP: Irving Penn http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/07/irving-penn-dead-cele brit_n_313051.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. -- 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: What did I use to take that shot?
Just as a follow up I installed the program on my Dell laptop running Vista Home Premium and it works as intended. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:42 +1100, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Hi John On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:34 +1000, John Coyle jco...@powerup.com.au wrote: Hi Brian - if you create a shortcut to the program file on your desktop, then drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer, it works as John suggested it would. You do have to then click on Open With and confirm the run as it comes from an Unknown publisher! John in Brisbane It still doesn't work on my system. I get the circle with a line through it when I try to drag an image file onto the program shortcut, indicating that drag and drop isn't available. Bit of a mystery Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 3:44 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? Hi John Yes, that works but only on the command line with the image file as a parameter. It still doesn't accept drag and drop on my system. Looks very useful though. Thanks. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:08 -0400, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:07:10PM -0400, John Francis wrote: I thought I might share a little (Windows) utility that I wrote: http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/ScanTags.exe OK - I've uploaded a new version, linked against static libraries, so it should install without requiring any additional DLLs (and, as a side effect, may well run under Wine on a Linux system). -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.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: What did I use to take that shot?
One more bit of info. I think the failure of drag and drop on my system is not an issue with ScanTags but an issue with my system generally. I just created a shortcut to Irfanview on my desktop and I can't drag and drop to it either (I can on the laptop). Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:54 +1100, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Just as a follow up I installed the program on my Dell laptop running Vista Home Premium and it works as intended. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 17:42 +1100, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Hi John On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:34 +1000, John Coyle jco...@powerup.com.au wrote: Hi Brian - if you create a shortcut to the program file on your desktop, then drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer, it works as John suggested it would. You do have to then click on Open With and confirm the run as it comes from an Unknown publisher! John in Brisbane It still doesn't work on my system. I get the circle with a line through it when I try to drag an image file onto the program shortcut, indicating that drag and drop isn't available. Bit of a mystery Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 3:44 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: What did I use to take that shot? Hi John Yes, that works but only on the command line with the image file as a parameter. It still doesn't accept drag and drop on my system. Looks very useful though. Thanks. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 01:08 -0400, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 10:07:10PM -0400, John Francis wrote: I thought I might share a little (Windows) utility that I wrote: http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/ScanTags.exe OK - I've uploaded a new version, linked against static libraries, so it should install without requiring any additional DLLs (and, as a side effect, may well run under Wine on a Linux system). -- -- -- -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- 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 - We're Here! Version IV
Semi-relevant to this photo. After frank told me my PS skills hoovered, I downloaded some Lightroom presets and replayed with my photo. It is probably still too bland, not that well composed (it was a grab shot), but this comes much closer to what I was going for. I didn't just use a preset and leave it, I also fooled around in Lightroom development side bar. I don't think I've been giving LR enough of a chance. http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/here4.htm This would have taken me hours on my own. I am a happy camper. That's a definite improvement -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
Bit late on this thread, but here goes anyway; I've been thinking lately about going back to film (more accurately, BW, doing my own developing and printing) [...] because my wife complains that she waits a long time to see prints of our DSLR-taken family snapshots, that is if I ever actually print them. Seems to me you should be telling the missus to learn how to print! Or at least give her directions to the nearest photo lab. 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: The PDML Song (RE: GESO - PDMLers Shooting Each Other
You really don't want to hear me singing. Believe me. If I've still got a job next year I'm thinking of popping over to NYC for a few days and then perhaps GFM. Bob I hope you come to Chicago--I've put you down as Master of Song. Cheers, Christine -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: paul stenquist wrote: On Oct 7, 2009, at 7:31 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: On 10/7/09, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: The BS of Digital Photography Bruce Walker wrote: mike wilson wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. After all, they are just links in the chain of life. -- 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: GESO - Aikido belt tests
On Oct 8, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Bob W wrote: The food in NHS hospitals is revolting. The staff in private hospitals are idiots. One bimbo on reception when I turned up for an ear operation asked me if I'd come to see the gynaecologist. Or perhaps you mis-heard :) 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: GESO - 67 bots
On Oct 8, 2009, at 10:16 AM, Derby Chang wrote: Brother Luka's recent posts got me to dust off the 67ii, and take some bots in the rain. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_10/09_10_bots/index.htm I sure like the old skool image stabilisation - build it to weigh a ton, and it won't jiggle in your hands. Lovely photos. I'm still a little bitter about missing that 67II auction earlier this year. But I haven't touched my 6x7 for... too long :( Brother 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: What did I use to take that shot?
On Oct 8, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Unfortunately it doesn't work for me - or John Coyle either, apparently - maybe it's an Australian problem. :-) ˙ǝɹǝɥdsıɯǝɥ uɹǝɥʇnos ǝɥʇ uı sɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʇnoqɐ ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ƃuıɥʇǝɯos s,ǝɹǝɥʇ sǝʎ I relocated the exe file into a Program Files subdirectory, then created a shortcut to it on the desktop, but it still wont accept a drag and drop. FWIW I tried it on XP Pro running in Virtualbox. I get the Hit any key to close window message appearing in a DOS box. Cheers, 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: The BS of Digital Photography
Ah, yes, Bob - good idea if the nearest photo-lab were not the one already mentioned- mediocre quality and higher prices. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 5:09 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: The BS of Digital Photography Bit late on this thread, but here goes anyway; I've been thinking lately about going back to film (more accurately, BW, doing my own developing and printing) [...] because my wife complains that she waits a long time to see prints of our DSLR-taken family snapshots, that is if I ever actually print them. Seems to me you should be telling the missus to learn how to print! Or at least give her directions to the nearest photo lab. 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: The BS of Digital Photography
I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:57 PM, eckinator eckina...@gmail.com wrote: I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... -- 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: What did I use to take that shot?
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:12 +1300, David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz wrote: On Oct 8, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Unfortunately it doesn't work for me - or John Coyle either, apparently - maybe it's an Australian problem. :-) ˙ǝɹǝɥdsıɯǝɥ uɹǝɥʇnos ǝɥʇ uı sɹǝʇndɯoɔ ʇnoqɐ ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ƃuıɥʇǝɯos s,ǝɹǝɥʇ sǝʎ ROFLMAO :-) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- 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 - We're Here! Version IV
Hi Marnie I must have missed the earlier version but Version IV looks good. The red jacket makes it pop! I haven't used PS Elements since Version 1 but some PS actions will work in Elements. This page might help: http://graphicssoft.about.com/od/pselements/qt/actions.htm Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:09 -0400, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 10/7/2009 8:08:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: I think you handled this very well. Tough DR well balanced and halo free..on my monitor. Jack Thanks, Jack. I used to think using someone else's presets and/or actions was cheating. Now I take that back. Mostly, anyway (when they aren't over done). Now I have to see if I can load PS actions into Elements 5. Supposedly with some work, one can. Although I am not sure one can in 5 anymore, because it's sort of out of date. But seems you can with 6, 7, 8 with a little help. So thinking about an upgrade someday. It's just that 5 was/is good and reviews of 67 have been unflattering. Sure saves on a lot of work, anyway. Marnie :-) http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/here4.htm This would have taken me hours on my own. I am a happy camper. Comments, okay. Marnie aka Doe :-) -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
2009/10/8 Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com: I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... there there, here's a quentin solace... -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
2009/10/8 Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com: I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... altarantate ending: oooh you're so tarantalizing... -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... there there, here's a quentin solace... I guess I have my master in quentin physics for a reason ]=) -- 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: FS resubmitted
Hi Joseph I'm sorry but I am still struggling with shipping costs - I think it will come down to registered mail if the cost is to be sensible. Standard packages are in the order of yet another 50 € so I am not sure you'd wnat that. Will keep you posted Cheers Ecke 2009/9/30 Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com: This Macro-Stand? http://www.fotomayr.de/webkat98/homepage.php?/html/003930.HTM How much? To USA. 98201 Would be handy for copying old photos from albums. I have a huge copy stand that has a 24 x 36 copy surface, a bitch to set up and leave it up in an apartment. But it does have lights. On Sep 29, 2009, at 14:46 , eckinator wrote: Matching Novoflex Macro-Stand, almost like new in box Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com There is no off position to the genius switch. Genius can, however, be observed as insanity. -- 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.
PESO - Pinnacles Pano
G'day all I still have a lot to learn about doing successful panoramas but here's one I took on my recent trip in Western Australia. Not sure the foreground foliage helps. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/171144/The_Pinnacles.html This is a pretty small version. A larger one (500k) is here: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1370864/__IGP3073-3075pano.jpg Comments, criticisms gratefully received... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- 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: Temperature specs
The difference that Pentax is confident and advertises the fact thzat the camera can shoot happily at -10°C. I suppose you can be even more confident the K-7 will be able to, maybe showing less autonomy problems (due to battery being too cold). On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 1:36 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: OK, it's a small thing. But every time I read a K-7 review they exclaim about Good to -10°C! Hooray! My K20 seems to work fine for the best part of an hour at a time below -30°, e.g. http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/02/06/2008-12-23 I'll be going to Saskatchewan again around Christmas. Should I worry about walking around with the camera when it's really-Prairie-cold? -T -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- Photo: K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... Thinkpad: X23+UB,X60+UB Programing: D7 user (trying out D2007) -- 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: Coming to Chicago for PDML Exhibit
I seriously consider coming. :-) Jostein 2009/10/8 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Hi Everyone: Work has me so busy I haven't been able to keep up with PDML, but I've got a bit of a free window here to pose some possibilities, so here goes: 1) I know it might be too early for a solid commit, but is it possible for folks to respond to the list stating they are seriously considering coming. If I could get some idea of who *might* be coming, I might be able to help with places to stay. For example, my parents have a back yard, so if some folks were on a budget, maybe they'd be willing bring a tent and billet in my parents' backyard--though I do have to ask my parents about this :-), but I don't think it will be that much of a problem--I hope. Also, if I can get my living room cleared of book piles, I could purchase another large air mattresses (Darrel I slept on one at GFM, and they are really comfortable.) We have 1, which could be put to use, and I'd be willing to get another one. Anyway, if you post back, I'll start a list of those folks seriously considering coming, and I'll try to help out. 2) In a week or so, I'll post a list of hotels/motels folks might consider staying at. I promise to be budget-aware when compiling the list. 3) Awhile back I suggested the following: Folks fly in Thurs or Friday; attend exhibit opening reception Fri night; Photowalk all day Sat with pizza party/dinner Sat night; How does this sound to folks? The bigger problem will be choosing a photowalk spot or (spots) lol--so many possibilities. If you want to offer suggestions please do. I'm going to do some serious thinking on this and post some possibilities soon. Anyway that's a start. I hope it helps. Cheers, Christine -- 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: OT PESO - Canada (Night)Life
Adam Maas wrote: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/3988621809_f6acd867b9_o.jpg Wow, very dramatic! I likes 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: PESO - We're Here! Version IV
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Heh, all this talk about post processing. rant ...snip /rant That was rather like being savaged by an exceptionally fluffy and sweet-natured lamb. You should ask Bill to do it for you next time. -- 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: K-7 Arrived (preview)
Your reaction at this point is a bit ominous. I have the K10 20 and had pretty much decided to skip the K-7. You'd better not confuse me..got it! Hope your initial impression is proven right. If so, just keep it to yourself. =) Jack --- On Wed, 10/7/09, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com Subject: K-7 Arrived (preview) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 8:41 PM I received the K-7 today and have taken maybe 10 shots in normal and difficult settings, some with flash. Exposure was correct or extremely close. I liked the menu navigation. I have a small, begrudging smile on my face. I think Pentax may have gotten this one pretty close to right. Granted it's not 20+ MP, but I think I will have fun with this. Also got the grip (which I haven't decided about yet, but happy there's a AA option). Also got a 16gb card. I'll tell more later... this could be a model I recommend. :-) Tom C. -- 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 - We're Here! Version IV
My 'preset' reaction has been pretty much the same. Here's an oddity, each time I put up a change of wallpaper', I'm impressed by whatever treatment it received. Jack --- On Wed, 10/7/09, eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com wrote: From: eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com Subject: Re: PESO - We're Here! Version IV To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 9:09 PM In a message dated 10/7/2009 8:08:17 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: I think you handled this very well. Tough DR well balanced and halo free..on my monitor. Jack Thanks, Jack. I used to think using someone else's presets and/or actions was cheating. Now I take that back. Mostly, anyway (when they aren't over done). Now I have to see if I can load PS actions into Elements 5. Supposedly with some work, one can. Although I am not sure one can in 5 anymore, because it's sort of out of date. But seems you can with 6, 7, 8 with a little help. So thinking about an upgrade someday. It's just that 5 was/is good and reviews of 67 have been unflattering. Sure saves on a lot of work, anyway. Marnie :-) http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/here4.htm This would have taken me hours on my own. I am a happy camper. Comments, okay. Marnie aka Doe :-) - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- 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 - We're Here! Version IV
Nicely exposed, I like hop the colors pop. They need little scythes ;-) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eactiv...@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:16 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - We're Here! Version IV Heh, all this talk about post processing. rant Seems all the time I have been on this list there have been grumpy old farts complaining about the young whippersnappers who don't do real photography. Or if not that, how photography isn't real photography anymore. Hmmm, when I started about on PDML about 7 years ago, it was manual vs automatic focus. You can guess which group wasn't doing it right. Oh, and primes vs zooms. Then there was a progression of tripods vs shake reduction, digital vs film, etc. At the last NorCal Meet I saw people shooting their cameras with live view with grids and Godfrey talked to a couple of us about long/night time exposures being improved by noise reduction. And explained how it works (thanks, Godfrey, I didn't know). I wasn't sure I had either, then I came home and checked. (I knew I had live view.) Yup, I can do a grid on live view (nifty, I love that, I am always crooked), and I do have noise reduction. Seems to me the tools just keep getting better. There are always downsides, but for me the upsides far out weight the downsides. /rant Semi-relevant to this photo. After frank told me my PS skills hoovered, I downloaded some Lightroom presets and replayed with my photo. It is probably still too bland, not that well composed (it was a grab shot), but this comes much closer to what I was going for. I didn't just use a preset and leave it, I also fooled around in Lightroom development side bar. I don't think I've been giving LR enough of a chance. http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/here4.htm This would have taken me hours on my own. I am a happy camper. Comments, okay. Marnie aka Doe :-) - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- 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: What did I use to take that shot?
2009/10/8 John Coyle jco...@powerup.com.au: Hi Brian - if you create a shortcut to the program file on your desktop, then drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer, it works as John suggested it would. You do have to then click on Open With and confirm the run as it comes from an Unknown publisher! Try also to right-click the program file, go to properties, and click the remove blocking (maybe inaccurate wording, I'm on a Norwegian language version OS). That should remove the security warnings permanently. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT PESO - Canada (Night)Life
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:30 PM, Graydon o...@uniserve.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 07, 2009 at 11:27:06PM -0400, Adam Maas scripsit: The Canada Life building on University Ave in Toronto. I spent Nuit Blanche wandering around the downtown core in Toronto shooting long-exposure stuff without worrying about getting hassled. Nuit Blanche is an all-night extravaganza of (mostly bad) performance art along with other art-related stuff held annually in Toronto in early fall. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/3988621809/ Larger/Direct link: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/3988621809_f6acd867b9_o.jpg Did you do something to the perspective? Definitely an artificial set of colours, from the point of view of ever seeing it look like that, but I very much like how the sky and the lights came out. -- Graydon Nothing done to the perspective here, The image is essentially straight from the camera. The colours are a result of the streetlights being the primary illumination. -Adam -- 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: What did I use to take that shot?
On Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:03 +0200, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2009/10/8 John Coyle jco...@powerup.com.au: Hi Brian - if you create a shortcut to the program file on your desktop, then drag-and-drop from Windows Explorer, it works as John suggested it would. You do have to then click on Open With and confirm the run as it comes from an Unknown publisher! Try also to right-click the program file, go to properties, and click the remove blocking (maybe inaccurate wording, I'm on a Norwegian language version OS). That should remove the security warnings permanently. Jostein Hi Jostein Yes, I did that but it seems the drag and drop issue is a problem with my XP system (I can't drag and drop to other programs on the desktop either, although I can drag and drop files between folders - strange). I've tried John's program on my laptop (running Vista) and it works fine. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.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: The PDML Song (RE: GESO - PDMLers Shooting Each Other
Well then, here's hoping you've still got a job next year!Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 2:18 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: You really don't want to hear me singing. Believe me. If I've still got a job next year I'm thinking of popping over to NYC for a few days and then perhaps GFM. Bob I hope you come to Chicago--I've put you down as Master of Song. Cheers, Christine -- 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: The BS of Digital Photography
John, Find a national photo lab you are satisfied with and go mail order. I did that for a long time back in the film days. Now you could quickly mark the keepers and send them off, and she could post them in an album on the shelf. (Hate to say it, but she's right,) Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:25 AM, John Coyle jco...@powerup.com.au wrote: Ah, yes, Bob - good idea if the nearest photo-lab were not the one already mentioned- mediocre quality and higher prices. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bob W Sent: Thursday, 8 October 2009 5:09 PM To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' Subject: RE: The BS of Digital Photography Bit late on this thread, but here goes anyway; I've been thinking lately about going back to film (more accurately, BW, doing my own developing and printing) [...] because my wife complains that she waits a long time to see prints of our DSLR-taken family snapshots, that is if I ever actually print them. Seems to me you should be telling the missus to learn how to print! Or at least give her directions to the nearest photo lab. 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: PESO - Pinnacles Pano
Brian, It needs to be bigger. I want to see if those are cars on the road below. It would help give me a sense of scale. The tree in the foreground is confusing my scale. Beautiful landscape and facinating... Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 5:10 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all I still have a lot to learn about doing successful panoramas but here's one I took on my recent trip in Western Australia. Not sure the foreground foliage helps. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/171144/The_Pinnacles.html This is a pretty small version. A larger one (500k) is here: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1370864/__IGP3073-3075pano.jpg Comments, criticisms gratefully received... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- 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: The BS of Digital Photography
- Original Message - From: eckinator Subject: Re: The BS of Digital Photography I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... there there, here's a quentin solace... I guess I have my master in quentin physics for a reason ]=) Thats travolting -- 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: New findings on the K-7 and Lightroom for Mac dilemma
I looked at Ralf's and Boris' K7 files using LR on Mac OS X. Didn't find anything unusual other than poor color calibration. It's a camera profile issue. On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:17 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:22 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Thibouille Subject: Re: New findings on the K-7 and Lightroom for Mac dilemma Ralf, I found (I didn't keep the link unfortunately) read a number of stories like yours on Adobe forums except... they were with other cameras. I fear your problem could be solely LR related and nothing to do with Pentax. Out of curiosity, are the people having problems all Mac users? William Robb Hum, that might be the case. I don't have the K7 but all my other cameras work fine with LR on both the mac laptop and the PC. 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: New findings on the K-7 and Lightroom for Mac dilemma
Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: It's a camera profile issue. How would you want to build a profile when daylight shots are way too blue while night shots tend to be way too red? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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: New findings on the K-7 and Lightroom for Mac dilemma
However, ACR's default settings open K7 PEF RAW files to near perfection. This seems odd since Adobe is the provider of both. I haven't yet tried ti with DNG files but will soon, as I intend to switch my camera setting to RAW DNG. Paul On Oct 8, 2009, at 9:35 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I looked at Ralf's and Boris' K7 files using LR on Mac OS X. Didn't find anything unusual other than poor color calibration. It's a camera profile issue. On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 7:17 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 9:22 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Thibouille Subject: Re: New findings on the K-7 and Lightroom for Mac dilemma Ralf, I found (I didn't keep the link unfortunately) read a number of stories like yours on Adobe forums except... they were with other cameras. I fear your problem could be solely LR related and nothing to do with Pentax. Out of curiosity, are the people having problems all Mac users? William Robb Hum, that might be the case. I don't have the K7 but all my other cameras work fine with LR on both the mac laptop and the PC. 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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.
Re: The BS of Digital Photography
2009/10/8 William Robb war...@gmail.com: I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... there there, here's a quentin solace... I guess I have my master in quentin physics for a reason ]=) Thats travolting It is against netiquette to answer mail from the 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: The BS of Digital Photography
- Original Message - From: eckinator Subject: Re: The BS of Digital Photography I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... there there, here's a quentin solace... I guess I have my master in quentin physics for a reason ]=) Thats travolting It is against netiquette to answer mail from the John I'd never do that. I can't think straight when my Jackson is hanging out. -- 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: New findings on the K-7 and Lightroom for Mac dilemma
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I looked at Ralf's and Boris' K7 files using LR on Mac OS X. Didn't find anything unusual other than poor color calibration. It's a camera profile issue. That's rather strange, as ACR running on Windows XP shows no such problems with K-7 DNG's. Sometimes I feel there's a bit extra magenta in K-7 files I've shot (no longer having the camera, I cannot do further investigation), but in most cases the color balance looks spot on. The bad-color issue must be related either to LR or Mac color management. Dario -- 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: New findings on the K-7 and Lightroom for Mac dilemma
On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 3:35 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: I looked at Ralf's and Boris' K7 files using LR on Mac OS X. Didn't find anything unusual other than poor color calibration. It's a camera profile issue. I may add here that for most part for my kind of shooting, my K-7 is perfectly fine for the job. Though I don't shoot all that often in as low light as Ralf might be shooting. -- 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: Back Home Again
Brian - although I didn't go through it in great detail (that's just my lifestyle these days) I did enjoy checking out your travel journal that Christine posted because it is exactly the kind of trip I love -- coast to coast by ground transportation in one's country of residence... driving being first choice. Of course, coast to coast in some areas isn't quite as long a journey as you too or has I've taken :-) Look forward to your Pesos ann http://annsan.smugmug.com Brian Walters wrote: G'day all I'm back from my 7 week trip across Australia (east to west and back again). All up, 4,200 km by train and 10,300 km driving. Did I miss anything? A few things I learned on the trip: 1. Red wine and laptop keyboards don't play well together. 2. Dave Savage is a good bloke (although I'd already guessed that). 3. The D700 is a monster camera (well...compared to my K200D and istDS). 4. Never count on the weather being cooperative when you feel like doing some 'serious' photography (the weather was particularly foul for most of the trip). 5. Film is dead! As usual I packed one film camera (an ME-F this time) and a few rolls of film. They weren't used. While in Perth I found an exhibition of Richard Woldenthorp's aerial landscape photography at the Art Gallery. The exhibition, titled 'Abstract Earth', featured photographs of patterns in the Australian landscape taken from about 1,500 metres. There's a slide show of the photographs here, if anyone would like to take a look: http://www.richardwoldendorp.com/exhibition/index.htm I'm still sorting though my photos in the hope that there might be a few I can PESO. In the meantime, if anyone wants to see where we went and what we did, there are some low res photos on our holiday blog. Some of you might have already seen some of it (thanks, Christine, for posting the link): http://www.blognow.com.au/gowest/ Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- 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: What did I use to take that shot?
David Mann wrote: I get the Hit any key to close window message appearing in a DOS box. Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. -- 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: New findings on the K-7 and Lightroom for Mac dilemma
You make two camera calibration profiles targeted to the characteristics of the camera in different lighting circumstances. Easy to swap between them. On Thursday, October 8, 2009, Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: It's a camera profile issue. How would you want to build a profile when daylight shots are way too blue while night shots tend to be way too red? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: What did I use to take that shot?
2009/10/8 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: David Mann wrote: I get the Hit any key to close window message appearing in a DOS box. Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. You guys beat me. I've never localised the any key. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Dave Brooks' day
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 10/1/2009 11:26:13 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jsessoms...@nc.rr.com writes: In my life time, I have met several persons with my name, including one who had my exact first, middle and last name. But I have never met anyone who shared the same birthday. == I've met some people with my same first name, and first and middle name. And more with the same last name, but never all three. But I've never met someone with the same birthday either. Marnie aka Doe :-) ++ I knew so many girls with my first name in grade school I adopted a nickname (I was Barbara Ann) which had no relation to barbara or ann but was based on my favorite movie character , the ballerina in the Red Shoes It ultimately became Ann - which is a story in itself, when I reached 21. There is a doctor in MInnesota (I think she's a doctor) my first and last maiden name I've discovered. I kept my ex husband's name when we divorced 30 years ago and glad I did.. that gives me a truly unique name, at least in North America, and a very low prob of identity theft , according to some little quiz AARP suggested taking. I remember that at least two people have my exact birthday _date_ - one of whom the same exact birthday. Lots who are within a day or two. My two oldest and closest friends have the same birthday as each other. Makes one give a nod to Astrology :-) ann http://annsan.smugmug.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: The BS of Digital Photography
2009/10/8 William Robb war...@gmail.com: I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... there there, here's a quentin solace... I guess I have my master in quentin physics for a reason ]=) Thats travolting It is against netiquette to answer mail from the John I'd never do that. I can't think straight when my Jackson is hanging out. My concentration issues are in fact rather outstanding -- 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: GESO - PDMLers Shooting Each Other
I didn't look at this until just now -- I suspect the problem you had is gone since the page looked pretty orderly... and I like a dark background... Nice to see a familiar face and faces of those I never met - for some reason, all this time, I had figured Pat as a middle aged guy partly , maybe, because of the gldnbearz handle. hehe ann eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 10/5/2009 11:41:11 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, chris.mitch...@which.net writes: That's something I do know the answer to. In Album/settings/chameleon/images there's a download icon checkbox. Uncheck it and no download icon. Chris === Thanks! Marnie :-) - We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them. Albert Einstein -- 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: OT: Need help from a PC guru
On Oct 7, 2009, at 12:47, paul stenquist wrote: My daughter has a custom built PC. It's about four years old, and I'm not sure what processor is in it. It runs Windows XP and was fine until recently. Now she can't seem to get it to boot, and she can't afford to get help. I'm useless when it comes to PCs. Here's her description of the problem. Can anyone give us a clue? On startup I get this error message: Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS \SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM That's one of the three registry hives. There are a few possibilities: 1. A disk error is preventing that file from loading/reading properly. If that were the case, a simple tool like spinrite (approx $80 and lovely tool to have in your bag of tricks) could likely fix the problem and you're on your way. 2. The file itself is corrupted even though the disk is good. If this is the case, it's restore from backup or reinstall. But you've said that the reinstall is not working either (which is weird), so 3. Could be a RAM problem, or motherboard problem - just hangs up while reading the file even though that file might be fine. Hard to fix. But if you download Memtest-86 (freeware!) and burn it to a CD, you can run this software on that machine and see if there is a memory issue. http://www.memtest86.com/ -- free download, just pull down the ISO image and burn it yourself. Last possiblity: 4. Some sort of virus is on the PC. You'd need to boot from some other disc and scan the drive to remove whatever it is. This can be a challenge. Good luck with the Best Buy guys. Like any tech shop, there will be smart folks and not-so-smart folks in the lab. It's kind of a crapshoot which one will sit down at this machine to work on it, though. Too bad you aren't closer to Minnesota - I'd take a look at it for you for nuttin'! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
mike wilson wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? New Hobby? -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- 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: Need help from a PC guru
Thanks much. Great info. Paull On Oct 8, 2009, at 10:52 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Oct 7, 2009, at 12:47, paul stenquist wrote: My daughter has a custom built PC. It's about four years old, and I'm not sure what processor is in it. It runs Windows XP and was fine until recently. Now she can't seem to get it to boot, and she can't afford to get help. I'm useless when it comes to PCs. Here's her description of the problem. Can anyone give us a clue? On startup I get this error message: Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS \SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM That's one of the three registry hives. There are a few possibilities: 1. A disk error is preventing that file from loading/reading properly. If that were the case, a simple tool like spinrite (approx $80 and lovely tool to have in your bag of tricks) could likely fix the problem and you're on your way. 2. The file itself is corrupted even though the disk is good. If this is the case, it's restore from backup or reinstall. But you've said that the reinstall is not working either (which is weird), so 3. Could be a RAM problem, or motherboard problem - just hangs up while reading the file even though that file might be fine. Hard to fix. But if you download Memtest-86 (freeware!) and burn it to a CD, you can run this software on that machine and see if there is a memory issue. http://www.memtest86.com/ -- free download, just pull down the ISO image and burn it yourself. Last possiblity: 4. Some sort of virus is on the PC. You'd need to boot from some other disc and scan the drive to remove whatever it is. This can be a challenge. Good luck with the Best Buy guys. Like any tech shop, there will be smart folks and not-so-smart folks in the lab. It's kind of a crapshoot which one will sit down at this machine to work on it, though. Too bad you aren't closer to Minnesota - I'd take a look at it for you for nuttin'! -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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: Intermittent AF540FGZ problem
If there's a flex cable my bet is, if it's repairable short of replacing the main board, it's the flex cable. paul stenquist wrote: On Oct 7, 2009, at 5:31 PM, Doug Franklin wrote: Charles Robinson wrote: Now - since I have a month until the repair warranty runs out, I'd really like to have it checked out. But what do I tell them? It works sometimes, but sometimes it does x,y,z? Basically I'm wondering what is the most sure-fire way to ensure that the people at Pentax Colorado (or wherever this flash ends up being repaired - sigh) take note of what I tell 'em and really get it sorted out.. before I'm on the hook for paying to repair it (again). It sounds like one or more loose electrical connections somewhere. Did you try cleaning the contacts in the hot shoe and on the flash? If not, do so. If so, I guess it depends on how adventurous you are and how easy the flash is to get open. If it's not the shoe contacts, my first suspect would be the wires/connections that lead from the contacts in the foot up to the circuit board. Those should be easy to fix on the foot end, but likely not on the circuit board end (likely to be a flexible circuit board that would probably be damaged by normal soldering with a typical iron). There's a plug in between the foot and the leads to the circuit board. However, I think a failure there would be unlikely. Paul If it's neither of those, it might well be a cracked trace or weak solder joint on the circuit board, which you can't fix yourself (unless you have a circuit board to swap in). It doesn't sound like the wiring from the circuit board to the non-camera components, like the tube. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- 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: Need help from a PC guru
Rob Studdert wrote: On 08/10/2009, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: She tells me that following the directions on the microsoft page, she still gets the same error code and crashes. She may end up taking the box to Best Buy. Although they charge a $75 diagnostic fee, which sounds like a bit of a rip. My Mac guy charges $25. I charged a lot more than that (and so did the Mac guys) ten years back, but that was before everyone thought they were and experts and computers were sold to the masses as if they were toasters ;-) Now that toasters have CPUs... -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- 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: Coming to Chicago for PDML Exhibit
Christine, I'm coming if I'm able, but would stay at my friend's house up in Zion so you wouldn't have to worry about digs for me. (to head off wise ass comments about distances to the show, the Zion above is a suburb up near Waukegan. - still a bit of a schlep tho.) ann AlunFoto wrote: I seriously consider coming. :-) Jostein 2009/10/8 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Hi Everyone: Work has me so busy I haven't been able to keep up with PDML, but I've got a bit of a free window here to pose some possibilities, so here goes: 1) I know it might be too early for a solid commit, but is it possible for folks to respond to the list stating they are seriously considering coming. If I could get some idea of who *might* be coming, I might be able to help with places to stay. For example, my parents have a back yard, so if some folks were on a budget, maybe they'd be willing bring a tent and billet in my parents' backyard--though I do have to ask my parents about this :-), but I don't think it will be that much of a problem--I hope. Also, if I can get my living room cleared of book piles, I could purchase another large air mattresses (Darrel I slept on one at GFM, and they are really comfortable.) We have 1, which could be put to use, and I'd be willing to get another one. Anyway, if you post back, I'll start a list of those folks seriously considering coming, and I'll try to help out. 2) In a week or so, I'll post a list of hotels/motels folks might consider staying at. I promise to be budget-aware when compiling the list. 3) Awhile back I suggested the following: Folks fly in Thurs or Friday; attend exhibit opening reception Fri night; Photowalk all day Sat with pizza party/dinner Sat night; How does this sound to folks? The bigger problem will be choosing a photowalk spot or (spots) lol--so many possibilities. If you want to offer suggestions please do. I'm going to do some serious thinking on this and post some possibilities soon. Anyway that's a start. I hope it helps. Cheers, Christine -- 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: OT: Need help from a PC guru
Mark Roberts wrote: paul stenquist wrote: She tells me that following the directions on the microsoft page, she still gets the same error code and crashes. She may end up taking the box to Best Buy. Not that I'd recommend Best Buy but I do recommend getting it somewhere fast. An error message with no boot and inability to reinstall could be symptoms of hard drive trouble. Got backups? It does begin to sound like a drive failure. I had a similar problem three or four years ago. I'd say luckily, but actually I planned for this, I had set up three partitions on the machine, on for the system, two for data, and had a live backup of the system cloned onto a small excess drive, I was able to set up the failing drive as a secondary, boot from the clone and recover all of the data in the two data partitions, even though the boot partition on the original drive was toast. However most people don't do that, and Microsoft discouraged that sort of thing with the release of XP. Drives are cheep, data is priceless. -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
Bruce Walker wrote: mike wilson wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. -bmw I knew someone would stake out this position. -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- 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: Need help from a PC guru
8008, 8080, Z80, 6502? Where can I get a job writing toaster applications? On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:32 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Rob Studdert wrote: On 08/10/2009, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: She tells me that following the directions on the microsoft page, she still gets the same error code and crashes. She may end up taking the box to Best Buy. Although they charge a $75 diagnostic fee, which sounds like a bit of a rip. My Mac guy charges $25. I charged a lot more than that (and so did the Mac guys) ten years back, but that was before everyone thought they were and experts and computers were sold to the masses as if they were toasters ;-) Now that toasters have CPUs... -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- 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: Coming to Chicago for PDML Exhibit
[off-list] On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 5:11 PM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: 2) In a week or so, I'll post a list of hotels/motels folks might consider staying at. I promise to be budget-aware when compiling the list. I'll almost certainly come, can afford a hotel, would sure appreciate a locally-informed list of alternatives. -Tim -- 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 - Still Life on Queen West
John Sessoms wrote: From: P. J. Alling frank theriault wrote: On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 4:30 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Why? There are those who don't think that Tim's makes very good coffee. I'll drink it in a pinch, but I have to admit, it's pretty ordinary. As for their donuts, they ain't what they used to be (frozen dough shipped from a central location and thawed by local franchises rather than more-or-less fresh made as before). cheers, frank Could be worse, Dunkun used to make their donuts locally from mix, now they're made in central locations and shipped in. So every Dunkun Donut is day old now. Ah, but the Krispy Kreme up the street from my house still makes theirs on site. And the coffee is pretty good too, if all you want in your coffee is coffee. Which I do. I don't eat many of them any more, trying to control my weight, but when I do, it's about a 1-1/2 mile walk up there, and if I limit myself to two, I can burn some of the calories off walking back. Yea, but Krispy Kream pretty much makes little deep fried bundles of sugary death, Dunkun used to actually make donuts. -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
Scott Loveless wrote: On 10/7/09, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: The BS of Digital Photography Bruce Walker wrote: mike wilson wrote: Doug Franklin wrote: I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? After all, you wouldn't want to be pegged as a stick in the mud. -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- 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: Need help from a PC guru
Tom C wrote: 8008, 8080, Z80, 6502? Where can I get a job writing toaster applications? I don't know, but here's a toaster you could write one for: http://store.theonion.com/usb-powered-toasterbrgift-box-p-71.html ;-) (Smiley probably unnecessary when linking to anything on theonion.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: Temperature specs
Tim Bray wrote: OK, it's a small thing. But every time I read a K-7 review they exclaim about Good to -10°C! Hooray! My K20 seems to work fine for the best part of an hour at a time below -30°, e.g. http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/02/06/2008-12-23 I'll be going to Saskatchewan again around Christmas. Should I worry about walking around with the camera when it's really-Prairie-cold? -T What's to worry, the battery will probably stop working long before the shutter freezes... -- The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is not a free man any more than a dog. --G. K. Chesterton -- 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: Need help from a PC guru
LOL. That is funny. I'm surprised they didn't think of an interior webcam so one could observe the toasting in progress. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Tom C wrote: 8008, 8080, Z80, 6502? Where can I get a job writing toaster applications? I don't know, but here's a toaster you could write one for: http://store.theonion.com/usb-powered-toasterbrgift-box-p-71.html ;-) (Smiley probably unnecessary when linking to anything on theonion.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.
Re: What did I use to take that shot?
On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:25:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: David Mann wrote: I get the Hit any key to close window message appearing in a DOS box. Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. That's what you would expect if you just run the program by double-clicking it, or by drag-and-dropping something that doesn't appear to be an image file. -- 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: Need help from a PC guru
Tom C wrote: On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Tom C wrote: 8008, 8080, Z80, 6502? Where can I get a job writing toaster applications? I don't know, but here's a toaster you could write one for: http://store.theonion.com/usb-powered-toasterbrgift-box-p-71.html LOL. That is funny. I'm surprised they didn't think of an interior webcam so one could observe the toasting in progress. Probably coming in version 2.0 -- 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: What did I use to take that shot?
John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:25:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: David Mann wrote: I get the Hit any key to close window message appearing in a DOS box. Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. That's what you would expect if you just run the program by double-clicking it, or by drag-and-dropping something that doesn't appear to be an image file. I've tried dragging an image file (JPEG) onto it. Also tried running it from a command line. -- 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: PPG Voting
Thanks, Jack, that's most informative. As for voting - I usually vote by the heart - if I like the image, then I vote for it. I don't care much about gear and/or rules. But then again, I must admit I don't vote for the images all too often and the amount of really low quality stuff is significant... Boris Jack Davis wrote: Since we are on the subject of PPG voting, I'll, again, pass along what a Pentax rep. told me about the process some time back. If an image receives 20 NO votes before the image receives a total of 60 votes (both YES NO), the image is auto Declined. If an image receives a total of 60 votes (both YES NO) and the 60 votes is comprised of fewer than 20 NO votes, the image is referred to the judges for disposition. I have not asked the question in some time, so have no way of knowing if this system is still in place. Jack -- 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: What did I use to take that shot?
On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 12:08:49PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:25:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: David Mann wrote: I get the Hit any key to close window message appearing in a DOS box. Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. That's what you would expect if you just run the program by double-clicking it, or by drag-and-dropping something that doesn't appear to be an image file. I've tried dragging an image file (JPEG) onto it. Also tried running it from a command line. Odd. I assume you're sure that the JPEG file is one straight from the camera, not one created by Save for Web (which strips all that kind of stuff). What can I say? It works for me, and apparently for some other folks too. If this were W7 I'd guess at some kind of security/protection issue, but XP shouldn't have (quite as many of) those kind of obstacles. -- 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: K-7 Arrived (preview)
On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I'll tell more later... this could be a model I recommend. :-) Aren't you the same guy who said the Edsel was a sure winner.??:-) Dave Tom C. -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, 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: K-7 Arrived (preview)
David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I'll tell more later... this could be a model I recommend. :-) Aren't you the same guy who said the Edsel was a sure winner.??:-) No, that was Paul Stenquist. (Wanna know what an Edsel is worth now?) -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: William Robb war...@gmail.com Subject: Re: The BS of Digital Photography - Original Message - From: eckinator Subject: Re: The BS of Digital Photography I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... there there, here's a quentin solace... I guess I have my master in quentin physics for a reason ]=) Thats travolting But isn't that going against the grain ? -- 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: K-7 Arrived (preview)
Probably more than my wife's 2007 Subaru Tribeca which has a very Edsel-esque front end look to it. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: David J Brooks wrote: On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 11:41 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I'll tell more later... this could be a model I recommend. :-) Aren't you the same guy who said the Edsel was a sure winner.??:-) No, that was Paul Stenquist. (Wanna know what an Edsel is worth now?) -- 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: OT PESO - Canada (Night)Life
Very nice capture. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 1:56 AM Subject: Re: OT PESO - Canada (Night)Life Nicely done, Adam. Impressive! And no street performers! On Oct 7, 2009, at 20:27 , Adam Maas wrote: The Canada Life building on University Ave in Toronto. I spent Nuit Blanche wandering around the downtown core in Toronto shooting long-exposure stuff without worrying about getting hassled. Nuit Blanche is an all-night extravaganza of (mostly bad) performance art along with other art-related stuff held annually in Toronto in early fall. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/3988621809/ Larger/Direct link: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2626/3988621809_f6acd867b9_o.jpg Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac http://web.me.com/jomac/show.me/Blog/Blog.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. -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
Ken Waller wrote: From: William Robb war...@gmail.com From: eckinator I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... there there, here's a quentin solace... I guess I have my master in quentin physics for a reason ]=) Thats travolting But isn't that going against the grain ? Now you're making me cross - cut it out! -- 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: Coming to Chicago for PDML Exhibit
Christine - I'm coming if my schedule doesn't change. Ann - I'll be coming down from Milwaukee, so if I decide not to stay in Chicago you're more than welcome to ride with me. I used to live in Winthrop Harbor so I'm somewhat familiar with Zion. Will know more as the date approaches. -p ann sanfedele wrote: Christine, I'm coming if I'm able, but would stay at my friend's house up in Zion so you wouldn't have to worry about digs for me. (to head off wise ass comments about distances to the show, the Zion above is a suburb up near Waukegan. - still a bit of a schlep tho.) ann AlunFoto wrote: I seriously consider coming. :-) Jostein 2009/10/8 Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net: Hi Everyone: Work has me so busy I haven't been able to keep up with PDML, but I've got a bit of a free window here to pose some possibilities, so here goes: 1) I know it might be too early for a solid commit, but is it possible for folks to respond to the list stating they are seriously considering coming. If I could get some idea of who *might* be coming, I might be able to help with places to stay. For example, my parents have a back yard, so if some folks were on a budget, maybe they'd be willing bring a tent and billet in my parents' backyard--though I do have to ask my parents about this :-), but I don't think it will be that much of a problem--I hope. Also, if I can get my living room cleared of book piles, I could purchase another large air mattresses (Darrel I slept on one at GFM, and they are really comfortable.) We have 1, which could be put to use, and I'd be willing to get another one. Anyway, if you post back, I'll start a list of those folks seriously considering coming, and I'll try to help out. 2) In a week or so, I'll post a list of hotels/motels folks might consider staying at. I promise to be budget-aware when compiling the list. 3) Awhile back I suggested the following: Folks fly in Thurs or Friday; attend exhibit opening reception Fri night; Photowalk all day Sat with pizza party/dinner Sat night; How does this sound to folks? The bigger problem will be choosing a photowalk spot or (spots) lol--so many possibilities. If you want to offer suggestions please do. I'm going to do some serious thinking on this and post some possibilities soon. Anyway that's a start. I hope it helps. Cheers, Christine -- 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. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.7/2422 - Release Date: 10/08/09 06:39:00 -- 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 - Pinnacles Pano
Nicely done but with the Pinnacles being the point of interest, the foreground brush is distracting. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: PESO - Pinnacles Pano G'day all I still have a lot to learn about doing successful panoramas but here's one I took on my recent trip in Western Australia. Not sure the foreground foliage helps. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/171144/The_Pinnacles.html This is a pretty small version. A larger one (500k) is here: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1370864/__IGP3073-3075pano.jpg Comments, criticisms gratefully received... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ . -- 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 BS of Digital Photography
Mark Roberts wrote: Ken Waller wrote: I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... there there, here's a quentin solace... I guess I have my master in quentin physics for a reason ]=) Thats travolting But isn't that going against the grain ? Now you're making me cross - cut it out! Oh *that* old saw! -- 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: What did I use to take that shot?
John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 12:08:49PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: John Francis wrote: On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 10:25:52AM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: David Mann wrote: I get the Hit any key to close window message appearing in a DOS box. Yep, I get the same thing no matter what I try. That's what you would expect if you just run the program by double-clicking it, or by drag-and-dropping something that doesn't appear to be an image file. I've tried dragging an image file (JPEG) onto it. Also tried running it from a command line. Odd. I assume you're sure that the JPEG file is one straight from the camera, not one created by Save for Web (which strips all that kind of stuff). What can I say? It works for me, and apparently for some other folks too. If this were W7 I'd guess at some kind of security/protection issue, but XP shouldn't have (quite as many of) those kind of obstacles. At this point I just have to say that as a Mac user I'm being greatly entertained by this thread. :-) -bmw -- 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 - Pinnacles Pano
I was going to say it looks like the view is from up above. It looks like a fascinating area and I immediately thought I'd take a shot with either a wide angle up close to several pinnacles showing multiple others receding into the distance, or use a telephoto the same way, 'stacking' a foreground formation and bringing a number of distant pinnacles closer in. Or maybe even just a shot at ground level, with a Stonehenge like effect. Brian, can you go back and do that for us? You're a lot closer. :-) On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:25 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Nicely done but with the Pinnacles being the point of interest, the foreground brush is distracting. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: PESO - Pinnacles Pano G'day all I still have a lot to learn about doing successful panoramas but here's one I took on my recent trip in Western Australia. Not sure the foreground foliage helps. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/171144/The_Pinnacles.html This is a pretty small version. A larger one (500k) is here: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1370864/__IGP3073-3075pano.jpg Comments, criticisms gratefully received... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ . -- 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: OT: Need help from a PC guru
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: OT: Need help from a PC guru 8008, 8080, Z80, 6502? Where can I get a job writing toaster applications? Put in a resume with Admiral Adama. 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: The BS of Digital Photography
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: The BS of Digital Photography I quickly came to the realization that if I get it right in the camera, I can save myself boatloads of post processing time. Why is everyone so damned busy processing posts? I'm on the fence about that. Don't worry, I'll picket up from here. Don't you guys ever get board with the pun threads? Why wood we? They're just knot very funny. So the anti-punsters will just have to grain and bear it. I think they should be pulped! now you're being fictitious! no, just quentintious... there there, here's a quentin solace... I guess I have my master in quentin physics for a reason ]=) Thats travolting But isn't that going against the grain ? Now you're making me cross - cut it out! That's right, rip into him for having a little fun. -- 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: pef vs dng
I've got 4 PC's wih images on hard drives that I want to get off and archive. The time involved will be substantial. One of them, will probably have to have the hard drive recovered. Will I remember to do it before it's too late? Much of what's on them is scanned from transparencies and I have them, so I'm not totally worried except that rescanning wouldn't be fun. Most of my images from the last 3 years are backed up on two different external hard drives, but I really should burn them to DVD's as well. Reminds me I have about 50 slides I absconded with from my Dad that he took before I was born when he was in the Navy in Spain, Monaco, Italy. I really need to scan them for viewing and/or printing. Tom On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 8:31 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Graydon Subject: Re: pef vs dng Copy all your digital files forward; this is the way, the truth, and the life with digital files. For paper, you need the paper. For any digital storage medium, you need an entire, *operational* system including peripherals and software. For paper, you need paper, reasonably humidity, dark, lack of ants, termites, wasps, weevils, and silverfish, and the blessed absence of fungus. For truly long-term, you need the blessed absence of oxygen and atmospheric sulfates. It's not an easy problem; all things come in time to die. I have prints dating back close to 100 years. They are in perfectly acceptable condition, even though they made a trip from Scotland to Canada with my grandparents and family in the mid 1920s, a train trip across Canada and were probably stored in a cardboad box under a bed at their homestead through the Dirty Thirties, moved a couple of times from the homestead to Mossbank to MooseJaw to my parent's hose, and finally to my own construction riddled house in 2002. They have recieved no special care, and are eminently copyable if I so desire (and if I can lay my hands on them as they are now in long term storage). I also have a stack of high end Verbatim compact disks that were burned using Nero Burn software on a top end Plexwriter CD burner around 6 years ago that can no longer be read. Prints will survive benign neglect. A box under the bed in an above grade room is all that is required to preserve them (dark fading and the like still is an issue of course). A digital archive will not survive being neglected. An active and ongoing strategy is required to preserve digital images, and this extends to far more than the media it is stored on. I've been at this digital photography game for less than ten years, and have lost serveral thousand times more digital images to media failure than the number of silver/dye based photographic images lost over the previous 3 decades. The simple and sad fact is, digital image files cannot be trusted to last over the long haul, especially given most peoples rather lassez faire attitude towards how they keep their computer files. There is just too much more that can go wrong with them compared to a photographic print. 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. -- 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: RIP: Irving Penn
From: ann sanfedele Did he die before or after the William or Sean? Penn PDML quip? ann paul stenquist wrote: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/07/irving-penn-dead-celebrit_n_313051.html I'll have to try to remember to look later. Huffington Post won't come up now. Get an error Firefox is unable to find the server. I've been seeing a lot of that lately, like some of the DNS servers are going wonky. -- 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: Coming to Chicago for PDML Exhibit
I'm semi serious about coming over. If I do, then I'd probably have to skip K-7 and wait for the K-ate. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.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: PESO - Pinnacles Pano
Interesting, photogenic terrain, Brian. Well composed. Jack --- On Thu, 10/8/09, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: PESO - Pinnacles Pano To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, October 8, 2009, 3:10 AM G'day all I still have a lot to learn about doing successful panoramas but here's one I took on my recent trip in Western Australia. Not sure the foreground foliage helps. http://www.blognow.com.au/PESO/171144/The_Pinnacles.html This is a pretty small version. A larger one (500k) is here: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1370864/__IGP3073-3075pano.jpg Comments, criticisms gratefully received... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A fast, anti-spam email service. -- 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: OT: Need help from a PC guru
Still love the old Battlestar Galactica. On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 12:24 PM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: OT: Need help from a PC guru 8008, 8080, Z80, 6502? Where can I get a job writing toaster applications? Put in a resume with Admiral Adama. 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. -- 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: Need help from a PC guru
Good luck with the Best Buy guys. Like any tech shop, there will be smart folks and not-so-smart folks in the lab. It's kind of a crapshoot which one will sit down at this machine to work on it, though. I've had a very good experience with the locl 'Geek Squad' from the local Best Buy in the suburbs of Detroit. Fixed my issues and then some, also sold me the hardware at employee pricing ! Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com Subject: Re: OT: Need help from a PC guru On Oct 7, 2009, at 12:47, paul stenquist wrote: My daughter has a custom built PC. It's about four years old, and I'm not sure what processor is in it. It runs Windows XP and was fine until recently. Now she can't seem to get it to boot, and she can't afford to get help. I'm useless when it comes to PCs. Here's her description of the problem. Can anyone give us a clue? On startup I get this error message: Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS \SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM That's one of the three registry hives. There are a few possibilities: 1. A disk error is preventing that file from loading/reading properly. If that were the case, a simple tool like spinrite (approx $80 and lovely tool to have in your bag of tricks) could likely fix the problem and you're on your way. 2. The file itself is corrupted even though the disk is good. If this is the case, it's restore from backup or reinstall. But you've said that the reinstall is not working either (which is weird), so 3. Could be a RAM problem, or motherboard problem - just hangs up while reading the file even though that file might be fine. Hard to fix. But if you download Memtest-86 (freeware!) and burn it to a CD, you can run this software on that machine and see if there is a memory issue. http://www.memtest86.com/ -- free download, just pull down the ISO image and burn it yourself. Last possiblity: 4. Some sort of virus is on the PC. You'd need to boot from some other disc and scan the drive to remove whatever it is. This can be a challenge. Good luck with the Best Buy guys. Like any tech shop, there will be smart folks and not-so-smart folks in the lab. It's kind of a crapshoot which one will sit down at this machine to work on it, though. Too bad you aren't closer to Minnesota - I'd take a look at it for you for nuttin'! -Charles -- 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: GESO - 67 bots
Mere thought of the size to which these could be enlarged is rather mind boggling, Brother Derby... Boris (not a brother) Derby Chang wrote: Brother Luka's recent posts got me to dust off the 67ii, and take some bots in the rain. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/09/09_10/09_10_bots/index.htm I sure like the old skool image stabilisation - build it to weigh a ton, and it won't jiggle in your hands. Brother D -- 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: Back Home Again
Brian - although I didn't go through it in great detail (that's just my lifestyle these days) I did enjoy checking out your travel journal that Christine posted because it is exactly the kind of trip I love -- coast to coast by ground transportation in one's country of residence... driving being first choice. Of course, coast to coast in some areas isn't quite as long a journey as you too or has I've taken :-) I did a coast-to-coast bike ride a few weeks ago. 25 miles. 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: What did I use to take that shot?
On Thu, Oct 08, 2009 at 01:30:45PM -0400, Bruce Walker wrote: At this point I just have to say that as a Mac user I'm being greatly entertained by this thread. :-) Don't be. It's just as easy to screw up a Mac (or a Linux system) by messing with permissions, which is what I suspect is going wrong here. -- 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: GESO - Aikido belt tests
The food in NHS hospitals is revolting. The staff in private hospitals are idiots. One bimbo on reception when I turned up for an ear operation asked me if I'd come to see the gynaecologist. Or perhaps you mis-heard :) I soon as I posted that I thought D'oh! Someone will reply that it's because I look like such a sick . 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: GESO - 67 bots
- Original Message - From: Boris Liberman Subject: Re: GESO - 67 bots Mere thought of the size to which these could be enlarged is rather mind boggling, Brother Derby... I was hired to do some pictures for a store display. They told me they would be printed big and that they would be at eye level. I used the 6x7 and Ektar 25 for the job. They were printed to 40x60 inches. The quality was quite nice. Boris (not a brother) I have a kit for sale if you want g As an aside, I've been very tardy about testing that lens. I have to cook up a big batch of my famous Jambalaya this afternoon, and then I am hoping to get out and do some shooting. It's been raining here pretty much nonstop for the past 3 weeks, which has made infinity focus tests a little difficult. 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: Need help from a PC guru
- Original Message - From: Tom C Subject: Re: OT: Need help from a PC guru Still love the old Battlestar Galactica. I figured you'd have better taste than that. VW -- 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: Back Home Again
- Original Message - From: Bob W Subject: RE: Back Home Again I did a coast-to-coast bike ride a few weeks ago. 25 miles. You should come to Canada sometime. Twenty five miles will take you from one end of downtown Calgary to the other end of downtown Calgary... Five thousand miles (IIRC) will take you from St. Johns harbour to the Vancouver seawall. 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: Coming to Chicago for PDML Exhibit
Yeah, it is a bit early as I don't even know yet if I'm going to have anything worth submitting for the annual, much less anything that might get selected for the exhibition. But, I'm willing. I'll probably try to get there unless something major happens to prevent me. I'll likely be driving rather than flying. The Fri night reception, Sat photo-walk / pizza party sounds good to me. -- 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.
