Re: OT: Smash His Camera documentary
On 22/11/10, David Parsons, discombobulated, unleashed: For anyone who has Netflix, this is a fascinating documentary about infamous paparazzo Ron Galella and his career chasing celebrities. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Smash-His-Camera/70129362? trkid=153#height2000 For UK viewers, it's on this evening on BBC2 or 4 I think - 8 or 9 pm, check. I've got it set to record. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Smash His Camera documentary
On 22/11/10, David Parsons, discombobulated, unleashed: For anyone who has Netflix, this is a fascinating documentary about infamous paparazzo Ron Galella and his career chasing celebrities. http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Smash-His-Camera/70129362? trkid=153#height2000 BBC1 10.35 http://www.bbc.co.uk/arts/ -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW46 - Dog
On 22/11/10, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: It is. Great and important monument, although the pictures didn´t show much of that. Cigar :) Oh yeah, nice pic ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Getting a K-5 for review; any requests?
On Nov 23, 2010, at 2:05 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I would be interested in your comments on AF focusing in shady areas. Not so much dark, but just shady. You mean shaded, right? Or do you regularly photograph red-light districts? I'd be keen to find out the same thing as I have the same issue with my K10D. 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: off-camera flash
I use a combination of Cybersyncs, a curly (cheap ebay) off camera sync chord, and/or Cactus wireless triggers - depending on how messy my camera bag is and what I can find easily when I have five 2 year olds running around being ultra cute and I am racing to not miss it! ;-) Tan.x. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of eckinator Sent: Saturday, 20 November 2010 8:05 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: off-camera flash quick question for those who have tried both - to use a p-ttl flash off camera would you advise using a) pentax F (male / female hotshoe adaptor plus sync cable) b) 3rd party cheapo cable solution c) wireless, if so, which one? thanks Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Parsnip, Ginger and Orange Soup
On Nov 22, 2010, at 5:32 PM, frank theriault wrote: It tasted damned good: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/parsnip-ginger-and-orange-soup.html I enjoyed every drop. Hope you enjoy seeing it. Lovely photo, but you lost me at parsnip. There aren't many foods that I have never had prepared in a way that I enjoy them and parsnip is two of them. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Home Theater Advice?
On Nov 22, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: My setup is this, John: NAD 320 for amplifier My NAD 3020 is sitting about six feet from me. I bought it almost exactly 30 years ago, and it is still working wonderfully. Like the K-x it is a wonderful piece of kit that performs well above its paygrade. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Waiting for the train
I had a nice walk this afternoon with Brian Walters and even managed to take a few photos. We didn't even get lost... much. I have a handful of pics to put up but they can wait as I have an early start tomorrow and some will need tweaking in Photoshop after I get home. Here are a couple that I took after our harbour dinner cruise ended. We were waiting for the train from Circular Quay back to our accommodation and I realised that the view from our seat was a bit of a new perspective on a famous landmark. http://www.multi.net.nz/sydney/ After I get home I'd like to see if I can get a little detail in the foreground figures. The second photo was simply me having an idea when the announcement said that the next train was not stopping at this station. I stopped down to f/22 and panned as one of the doors went past. The resulting exposure was 1.5 seconds. Technology is really letting us down on this trip. * Janet's cellphone is not connecting to the Australian network. Mine is doing great and we're both on the same provider. * My FA24 lens is not communicating properly with the body so I have to use it in manual mode with the green button trick. * My 43mm lens doesn't seem to like auto-focusing at infinity. Not sure if it's the body or the lens at this stage. 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: PESO - Her Audience
On Nov 22, 2010, at 10:52 PM, Derby Chang wrote: On 23/11/2010 6:34 AM, frank theriault wrote: On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 3:04 AM, Derby Changder...@iinet.net.au wrote: The sweep of the three lumpy bumpy heads and the squirrel, the suggestive curve of the hydrant pipe, the amused half smile of the gent...love it. Oh, and the legs too I think Erwitt low angle could be a great PUG theme, no? I have to admit, I was thinking of you when I saw and shot the scene, Derby. ;-) Gosh, thanks Frank, but I must exfoliate and tan my legs to get them looking as nice as hers. As mathematicians would say necessary, but not sufficient -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - another zoo shot
On Nov 22, 2010, at 9:17 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: this from today... it was beautiful out here, and I finally felt limber enough to carry the camera... no tripod tho... hoping still to get a beastie calendar ready over the next week or so... I headed to a little zoo in Brooklyn I'd never been to before... Mostly, I struck out.. needed that tripod or higher ISO . missed totally on red panda shots because of auto focus that I trusted and shouldnt ahve. but I kinda like this one: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Critters/14740904_qL7Eb/1/1101312771_kjEuR/Large I more than kinda like it. Very nice. ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - another zoo shot
Ann, Great animal portrait! How did you get him ti cooperate? Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 11:17 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: this from today... it was beautiful out here, and I finally felt limber enough to carry the camera... no tripod tho... hoping still to get a beastie calendar ready over the next week or so... I headed to a little zoo in Brooklyn I'd never been to before... Mostly, I struck out.. needed that tripod or higher ISO . missed totally on red panda shots because of auto focus that I trusted and shouldnt ahve. but I kinda like this one: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Critters/14740904_qL7Eb/1/1101312771_kjEuR/Large ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - another zoo shot
I absolutely agree, Ann. This is just great and beautifully rendered. I'd call it a home run! Jack --- On Mon, 11/22/10, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Peso - another zoo shot To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, November 22, 2010, 9:17 PM this from today... it was beautiful out here, and I finally felt limber enough to carry the camera... no tripod tho... hoping still to get a beastie calendar ready over the next week or so... I headed to a little zoo in Brooklyn I'd never been to before... Mostly, I struck out.. needed that tripod or higher ISO . missed totally on red panda shots because of auto focus that I trusted and shouldnt ahve. but I kinda like this one: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Critters/14740904_qL7Eb/1/1101312771_kjEuR/Large ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Pink
http://stobblehouse.com/ Found this at the online photograper. Yellow blazer and pink camera does make it a little bit difficult to photograph unnoticed, but perhaps that was not his intention? Stig Vidar Hovland -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Back Again
Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. They closed down the hospital kitchen a couple of years back and the food is out-sourced to some company up in Virginia. Cooked twice a week, trucked in held in storage until heated to serve to the patients. It was the most god-awful tasting and smelling crap I have ever encountered, including airline food. Although, I think it's the same catering company. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Bet the quality would improve drastically. PDQ! Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-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 Again
On 11/23/2010 3:53 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-D Good news, John. Be sure not to over strain yourself during your recovery :-). 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 Again
On 2010-11-23 8:53, John Sessoms wrote: Good to year you're recuperating well. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. Just watch out for that Kentucky Jelly. :-) I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Should be required in every business, but most especially in government. In the software world, it'd knows as dogfooding or eating your own dogfood. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: The Camera That Can See Around Corners
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2010/11/22/the-camera-the-can-see-around-corners/ Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Again
I am glad it went well John! Welcome back. And take it easy for a while! stan On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:53 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. They closed down the hospital kitchen a couple of years back and the food is out-sourced to some company up in Virginia. Cooked twice a week, trucked in held in storage until heated to serve to the patients. It was the most god-awful tasting and smelling crap I have ever encountered, including airline food. Although, I think it's the same catering company. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Bet the quality would improve drastically. PDQ! Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Again
Did your body processing of the food improve it any? Take it easy for quite awhile. Jack --- On Tue, 11/23/10, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Back Again To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 5:53 AM Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. They closed down the hospital kitchen a couple of years back and the food is out-sourced to some company up in Virginia. Cooked twice a week, trucked in held in storage until heated to serve to the patients. It was the most god-awful tasting and smelling crap I have ever encountered, including airline food. Although, I think it's the same catering company. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Bet the quality would improve drastically. PDQ! Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Again
Welcome back John! Dan http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:53 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. They closed down the hospital kitchen a couple of years back and the food is out-sourced to some company up in Virginia. Cooked twice a week, trucked in held in storage until heated to serve to the patients. It was the most god-awful tasting and smelling crap I have ever encountered, including airline food. Although, I think it's the same catering company. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Bet the quality would improve drastically. PDQ! Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Again
Welcome back! Good to hear you're on the way to recovery. Paul On Nov 23, 2010, at 8:53 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. They closed down the hospital kitchen a couple of years back and the food is out-sourced to some company up in Virginia. Cooked twice a week, trucked in held in storage until heated to serve to the patients. It was the most god-awful tasting and smelling crap I have ever encountered, including airline food. Although, I think it's the same catering company. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Bet the quality would improve drastically. PDQ! Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Snow Geese
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:55:59PM -0800, Jack Davis wrote: Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three Representative grabs. I have a lot of editing yet to do and may offer a couple more..someday. I should go for a hide, but haven't had the urge to get out there at dawn when the temps are sinking and the wind picking up. One advantage of this degrading weather, however, is the absence of mosquitoes. Jack Comments welcome! http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=553 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=554 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=555 Great shots, Jack. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.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: Stochastic photography
It is good to be understood correctly... On 11/22/2010 7:06 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Believe me, I don't think you're being patronizing in the least, Boris. In fact, I really appreciate your taking the time to help me address my concerns. Questions like these are stifling for me, and the more help and input I have in hashing them out, the more I can improve. And, the simple fact of the matter is, I love photography -- every moment I spend with my camera. And, to the extent that asking questions makes me better at what I love to do, getting answers to those questions from people who've been doing it a lot longer than I have is never to be seen as being patronized. So, thank you. -- Walt http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert http://waltgilbert.posterous.com/ http://polipix.posterous.com/ Contact Me Facebook http://www.facebook.com/walt.gilbertFlickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/Twitter http://twitter.com/walt_gilbert --- @ WiseStamp Signature http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install. Get it now http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install On 11/22/2010 10:50 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 11/22/2010 6:41 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: Thanks, Boris. I completely agree with your view that these are all individual traits in the photographer. I just can't help wondering if I'm limiting myself by leaning too much on what I'm inclined to do with the camera, instead of making more of an effort to break away from my habits. In a way, it's a chicken vs. egg kind of thing: Do I not use a tripod or bracket my shots because that's my style, or is that my style because I'm too lazy to use a tripod and bracket my shots? It's a conundrum. I will say that I love the mobility that comes from not carrying a tripod and a bunch of gear. It's just that, when I look at Ted's photo of that church in Picher, Oklahoma compared to mine, I can't help feeling like I really half-assed the shot, and that with more deliberation, many of the shots I took could have been better, and I'd have had fewer throw-aways at the end. In the end, it's all part of a self-education process, I suppose. It's just a matter of learning that, while a lot of the photography I do simply isn't conducive to a more deliberative technique, it doesn't necessarily follow that I don't need to learn to be more deliberative. -- Walt Well, here is my view... There is no (or there is, but in reality very little) connection between half-assing the shot and using bracketing and tripod. As a part of good photography /craftsmanship/ we are supposed to be able to recognize whichever tool is best suited to whatever task. Thence, would come a choice - to take a shot handheld 'cause: I'm lazy, I forgot tripod at home, etc or to bring out the tools, set them up and do what you think is needed. I also (personally) have come to realize that as time progresses my own habits change. So, in a sense both you and I are on the /way/ (like in Japanese 'do' or Chinese 'tao'). The other side of this coin is that rather often the photo opportunity will present itself only once. So we better be ready. And then of course the third side of the same coin is that SMC DFA* 5-500/1.2 Limited SDM WR hasn't been constructed yet, as well as a number of other things that might not let us miss those opportunities. If I sound patronizing, I apologize in advance. It is not my intent. 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: PESO: Autumn
You can say that, Ken, and yet you cannot :-). On 11/22/2010 12:06 AM, Ken Waller wrote: So you and Bob went to different arboretums together ? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Not a cormorant
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 04:06:21PM +0530, Subash wrote: hi, something new for me. went birding with my new old a*300/4. the monsoons are here, dark, cloudy and not very good light. but managed a few good ones. this one's of a spot-billed pelican. it posed for a while before flying away. http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Peso#5541938023116541442 k-x, a*300/4 with the 1.7x AF TC, this is from the in-camera jpeg, cropped to about 95% of the original size... appreciate your comments. regards, subash That's a really striking picture, Subash. Great color and sharpness. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.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: New zoom
I have the Tamron, which is why I can't justify buying something that is very similar to it. But it is a very nice, small, light zoom lens. I've had it since 2004 and I don't think it is still being manufactured. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/columns/sm-nov-04.shtml This is the article that basically told me of its existence back in 2004. He obviously liked it too. Jeffery On Nov 22, 2010, at 11:58 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 11/23/2010 1:11 AM, drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Well, today my FA 20-35 took a tumble and now the focus is so tight the camera can't drive it. aside from the K28, this was my widest lens. Still, I may replace is with a more modern zoom. What suggestions do you have, based on your experience. I admit I find it increasingly difficult to keep swapping lenses in a travel situation. It really depends on the monetary constraints. What comes to mind that seemingly wasn't mentioned or mentioned briefly is: 1. Sigma 24-60/2.8 - not as wide, but faster with very good sharpness and bokeh. Downsize - somewhat different colors and big filters. Beware of sample variation and back/front focus issues. Mine requires -7 focus correction with the K-7. 2. DA 16-45/4 - compared directly with your FA 20-35 by photozone. I don't have one, but whenever I borrowed one from fellow PDMLers it came out really good. 3. Sigma 17-70/2.8-4.5 or 17-70/2.8-4.0. I tried the former when Jaume came to Israel and it was surprisingly good. 4. DA 17-70/4 SDM - successor of DA 16-45 in a sense. SDM is either an issue or a non-issue for you. 5. Tamron 17-50/2.8 - cheap alternative to DA* 16-50/2.8. But the IQ is anything but cheap. Actually it is very good judging from what I've seen from the same lens for Canon mount that my friends have. 6. FA 24-90/3.5-4.5 - wobbly build, good optics. With this one you'd loose a bit on the wide end but gain seriously on the long end. HTH. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PAW46 - Dog
Super shot. Love the composition and DOF. I must em bark on this style one day. Dave On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 2:44 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA*55mm, 1/125s, f/2, ISO200 DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESO: Waiting for the train
Very nice Dave On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 5:06 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: I had a nice walk this afternoon with Brian Walters and even managed to take a few photos. We didn't even get lost... much. I have a handful of pics to put up but they can wait as I have an early start tomorrow and some will need tweaking in Photoshop after I get home. Here are a couple that I took after our harbour dinner cruise ended. We were waiting for the train from Circular Quay back to our accommodation and I realised that the view from our seat was a bit of a new perspective on a famous landmark. http://www.multi.net.nz/sydney/ After I get home I'd like to see if I can get a little detail in the foreground figures. The second photo was simply me having an idea when the announcement said that the next train was not stopping at this station. I stopped down to f/22 and panned as one of the doors went past. The resulting exposure was 1.5 seconds. Technology is really letting us down on this trip. * Janet's cellphone is not connecting to the Australian network. Mine is doing great and we're both on the same provider. * My FA24 lens is not communicating properly with the body so I have to use it in manual mode with the green button trick. * My 43mm lens doesn't seem to like auto-focusing at infinity. Not sure if it's the body or the lens at this stage. 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. -- 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: Peso - another zoo shot
Very nice. Great detail in the face. Dave On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: this from today... it was beautiful out here, and I finally felt limber enough to carry the camera... no tripod tho... hoping still to get a beastie calendar ready over the next week or so... I headed to a little zoo in Brooklyn I'd never been to before... Mostly, I struck out.. needed that tripod or higher ISO . missed totally on red panda shots because of auto focus that I trusted and shouldnt ahve. but I kinda like this one: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Critters/14740904_qL7Eb/1/1101312771_kjEuR/Large ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESO: Snow Geese
Thanks, Christian! Fun to do. Jack --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com wrote: From: Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com Subject: Re: PESO: Snow Geese To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 6:48 AM On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 12:55:59PM -0800, Jack Davis wrote: Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three Representative grabs. I have a lot of editing yet to do and may offer a couple more..someday. I should go for a hide, but haven't had the urge to get out there at dawn when the temps are sinking and the wind picking up. One advantage of this degrading weather, however, is the absence of mosquitoes. Jack Comments welcome! http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=553 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=554 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=555 Great shots, Jack. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Snow Geese
Great shots, needs more snow:-) I think #1 and #3 are my favorites. Dave On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three Representative grabs. I have a lot of editing yet to do and may offer a couple more..someday. I should go for a hide, but haven't had the urge to get out there at dawn when the temps are sinking and the wind picking up. One advantage of this degrading weather, however, is the absence of mosquitoes. Jack Comments welcome! http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=553 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=554 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=555 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESO - birdy
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 08:47:17PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: That much I'm sure of. I think it's some kind of sparrow. It was only a wee bit bigger than the chickadees. In any case, I'm pleased in that the A400/5.6 doesn't seem to fringe as much with the K5 as it did with the other Pentax DSLRs. Or maybe I just got lucky. Not enough samples to say for sure. K-5, A 400/5.6, ISO 1250, f5.6, 1/800th, AF 540 flash with Xtender. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11980010size=lg How much did you crop (if at all)? I'm surprised you used a flash because I don't see a catchlight in the bird's eye as expected. If I were you, I'd stop down to f8 and drop the ISO to something a bit less noisy. I think it's a chipping sparrow, but i don't have a field guide next to me to confirm. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.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: Autumn
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: A couple of more K-5 shots with the DA60-250/4 zoom. It's a really nice lens. Comments welcome. http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/K5Samples#5539820264829336018 http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/K5Samples#5540605926640445826 I went back yesterday to get the bridge in focus on the first one, but the leaves are gone. :-( My eyes were drawn to the colour, not the bridge post when i first looked at it Bob, so its not that distracting. Like the detail in #2./ Dave The 2nd shot is a ~1400x1100 crop from the original so you could see the details in it. I turned the iso up this high to get more depth of field, still a problem with the other pods. Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PESO - Parsnip, Ginger and Orange Soup
Well composed. Dave On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 8:32 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: It tasted damned good: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/parsnip-ginger-and-orange-soup.html I enjoyed every drop. Hope you enjoy seeing it. ;-) Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: PESO: Little Guy
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 05:29:10PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: Did some shooting at the Johnson Nature Center today. This guy is a tiny squirrel, probably less than a year old and fast as lightening. Got him while he paused on this tree. K5, A 400/5.6 with AF 560 flash and Xtender. ISO 1250, f6.6, 1/800th. Handheld of course. Nice to have a couple extra stops for this lens. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11979750size=lg Cute little guy. Nice grab. This one seems less noisy than the bird, yet it's the same ISO. Weird. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.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: About EVFs and football (soccer) stars
- Mensaje original De: Bob W p...@web-options.com Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: mar,23 noviembre, 2010 00:25 Asunto: RE: About EVFs and football (soccer) stars Hi there, I have finally been able to test a proper Electronic Viewfinder, the Panasonic Lumix G2's specifically. [...] So, what about football? While I was testing the G2 I suddenly changed the place where I was pointing at and then my VF was filled (the camera had a telezoom mounted) with a very well known face. Actually, some people at the store was asking to take a picture with him...he was the current world's best football player !!! Knowing that I live in Barcelona, those of you who know a bit about football won't have any trouble guessing his name... ;-) it all sounds a bit messy to me. Yeah...too many clues... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Snow Geese
Thanks, Dave..and NO THANKS for the snow comment. ;) FTR, I agree with your choices. Jack --- On Tue, 11/23/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Snow Geese To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 7:04 AM Great shots, needs more snow:-) I think #1 and #3 are my favorites. Dave On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 3:55 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three Representative grabs. I have a lot of editing yet to do and may offer a couple more..someday. I should go for a hide, but haven't had the urge to get out there at dawn when the temps are sinking and the wind picking up. One advantage of this degrading weather, however, is the absence of mosquitoes. Jack Comments welcome! http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=553 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=554 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=555 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 03:24:50PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later found are much better for something else entirely? -- A 500/4 makes a nice portrait lens. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.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: off-camera flash
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 11:04:50PM +0100, eckinator wrote: quick question for those who have tried both - to use a p-ttl flash off camera would you advise using a) pentax F (male / female hotshoe adaptor plus sync cable) b) 3rd party cheapo cable solution c) wireless, if so, which one? thanks Ecke I always used the Pentax hotshoe adapter and sync cords with my macro/tele off-camera flash rigs. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.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: Little Guy
On Nov 23, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Christian Skofteland wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 05:29:10PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: Did some shooting at the Johnson Nature Center today. This guy is a tiny squirrel, probably less than a year old and fast as lightening. Got him while he paused on this tree. K5, A 400/5.6 with AF 560 flash and Xtender. ISO 1250, f6.6, 1/800th. Handheld of course. Nice to have a couple extra stops for this lens. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11979750size=lg Cute little guy. Nice grab. This one seems less noisy than the bird, yet it's the same ISO. Weird. Thanks Christian. The bird is cropped to about 70% of frame. The squirrel is full frame. That accounts for a bit of extra noise. I also may have done some damage rendering the bird. I'm working on a laptop with a 13 inch screen while my computer is in the shop. Paul -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Again
Great news about the surgery, sorry to hear about the food. Could be that's their way of discouraging lengthy hospital stays and discharge appeals. But, hey ... even a crappy Thanksgiving will seem like a relative cornucopia of epicurean treasures after all that. -- Walt http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert http://waltgilbert.posterous.com/ http://polipix.posterous.com/ Contact Me Facebook http://www.facebook.com/walt.gilbertFlickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/Twitter http://twitter.com/walt_gilbert --- @ WiseStamp Signature http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install. Get it now http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install On 11/23/2010 7:53 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. They closed down the hospital kitchen a couple of years back and the food is out-sourced to some company up in Virginia. Cooked twice a week, trucked in held in storage until heated to serve to the patients. It was the most god-awful tasting and smelling crap I have ever encountered, including airline food. Although, I think it's the same catering company. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Bet the quality would improve drastically. PDQ! Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-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: PESO: Not a cormorant
On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:25:55 -0500 frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Peso#5541938023116541442 Terrific detail, wonderful shot! thanks for looking Frank. glad you enjoyed the photo.. -- regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Not a cormorant
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:54:54 -0500 Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com wrote: On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 04:06:21PM +0530, Subash wrote: http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Peso#5541938023116541442 That's a really striking picture, Subash. Great color and sharpness. thanks for the nice words Christian. appreciate it... -- regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Back Again
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: But, hey ... even a crappy Thanksgiving will seem like a relative cornucopia of epicurean treasures after all that. That reminds me, one Thanksgiving I was in the hospital recovering from surgery. My surgeon came in on rounds to check on me, and I asked her if it was her job to carve the turkey. She said, No, I complain too much about the quality of the knives. I guess we're all equipment snobs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Not a cormorant
I hate you too :-). On 11/21/2010 12:36 PM, Subash wrote: hi, something new for me. went birding with my new old a*300/4. the monsoons are here, dark, cloudy and not very good light. but managed a few good ones. this one's of a spot-billed pelican. it posed for a while before flying away. http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Peso#5541938023116541442 k-x, a*300/4 with the 1.7x AF TC, this is from the in-camera jpeg, cropped to about 95% of the original size... appreciate your comments. regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Little Guy
Paul, you're as steady as ever. On 11/21/2010 12:29 AM, paul stenquist wrote: Did some shooting at the Johnson Nature Center today. This guy is a tiny squirrel, probably less than a year old and fast as lightening. Got him while he paused on this tree. K5, A 400/5.6 with AF 560 flash and Xtender. ISO 1250, f6.6, 1/800th. Handheld of course. Nice to have a couple extra stops for this lens. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11979750size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Snow Geese
Looks like the series of consecutive zoom ins. The last one is outstanding due to its depth of field and play of foreground and background which both are along the third dimension. On 11/22/2010 10:55 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three Representative grabs. I have a lot of editing yet to do and may offer a couple more..someday. I should go for a hide, but haven't had the urge to get out there at dawn when the temps are sinking and the wind picking up. One advantage of this degrading weather, however, is the absence of mosquitoes. Jack Comments welcome! http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=553 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=554 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=555 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - birdy
I am particularly impressed by the precision of the focusing here... On 11/21/2010 3:47 AM, paul stenquist wrote: That much I'm sure of. I think it's some kind of sparrow. It was only a wee bit bigger than the chickadees. In any case, I'm pleased in that the A400/5.6 doesn't seem to fringe as much with the K5 as it did with the other Pentax DSLRs. Or maybe I just got lucky. Not enough samples to say for sure. K-5, A 400/5.6, ISO 1250, f5.6, 1/800th, AF 540 flash with Xtender. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11980010size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso - another zoo shot
Ann, you're sharp! On 11/23/2010 7:17 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: this from today... it was beautiful out here, and I finally felt limber enough to carry the camera... no tripod tho... hoping still to get a beastie calendar ready over the next week or so... I headed to a little zoo in Brooklyn I'd never been to before... Mostly, I struck out.. needed that tripod or higher ISO . missed totally on red panda shots because of auto focus that I trusted and shouldnt ahve. but I kinda like this one: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Critters/14740904_qL7Eb/1/1101312771_kjEuR/Large ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Waiting for the train
David Mann wrote: I had a nice walk this afternoon with Brian Walters and even managed to take a few photos. We didn't even get lost... much. I have a handful of pics to put up but they can wait as I have an early start tomorrow and some will need tweaking in Photoshop after I get home. Here are a couple that I took after our harbour dinner cruise ended. We were waiting for the train from Circular Quay back to our accommodation and I realised that the view from our seat was a bit of a new perspective on a famous landmark. http://www.multi.net.nz/sydney/ Looks like there was a quake there, too... I like that blurry one a lot, actually. ann After I get home I'd like to see if I can get a little detail in the foreground figures. The second photo was simply me having an idea when the announcement said that the next train was not stopping at this station. I stopped down to f/22 and panned as one of the doors went past. The resulting exposure was 1.5 seconds. Technology is really letting us down on this trip. * Janet's cellphone is not connecting to the Australian network. Mine is doing great and we're both on the same provider. * My FA24 lens is not communicating properly with the body so I have to use it in manual mode with the green button trick. * My 43mm lens doesn't seem to like auto-focusing at infinity. Not sure if it's the body or the lens at this stage. 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: PAW46 - Dog
Did I tell you I hated you? :-) On 11/22/2010 9:44 PM, DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, DA*55mm, 1/125s, f/2, ISO200 DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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's Two from the photo lesson Saturday
Dave, the first shot is most impressive. Interestingly enough, the branch on the left seems to complete the view rather nicely. The second shot I don't care about too much, may be because of little tonal separation between the wagon and the trees/bushes between it and the pond. On 11/21/2010 6:49 PM, David J Brooks wrote: In between lessons, i managed to get a few photos on the farm walk. The stare http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11983811 Wagon and pond: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11983812 I took a few shots with the partial sun reflecting off the pond but i',m not very happy with them. This is one area i find the Pentax does a better job than the Nikon in metering in this kind of light., D200, 80-200 F2.8. Comments welcome. 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: Just a note ...
John Sessoms wrote: I have to go into the VA hospital in Durham, NC tomorrow morning for prostate cancer surgery, so I'm going to be off-line for a while. I hope to be back on-line by the weekend. Y'all keep yer fingers crossed for me please. Fingers duly crossed... un knotted only for typing :-) They are getting much better at taking care of this stuff these days, thank goodness... Will be thinking of you, John best, ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Autumn
Thanks Dave and all of you who had a look. That 2nd shot is cropped from a larger picture. I find myself drawn to the detail in the image. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:06 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: A couple of more K-5 shots with the DA60-250/4 zoom. It's a really nice lens. Comments welcome. http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/K5Samples#5539820264829336018 http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/K5Samples#5540605926640445826 I went back yesterday to get the bridge in focus on the first one, but the leaves are gone. :-( My eyes were drawn to the colour, not the bridge post when i first looked at it Bob, so its not that distracting. Like the detail in #2./ Dave The 2nd shot is a ~1400x1100 crop from the original so you could see the details in it. I turned the iso up this high to get more depth of field, still a problem with the other pods. Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Again
John, Welcome back, glad things went well. Now get rid of that catheter! Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 7:53 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. They closed down the hospital kitchen a couple of years back and the food is out-sourced to some company up in Virginia. Cooked twice a week, trucked in held in storage until heated to serve to the patients. It was the most god-awful tasting and smelling crap I have ever encountered, including airline food. Although, I think it's the same catering company. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Bet the quality would improve drastically. PDQ! Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Not a cormorant
On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:57:54 +0200 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: I hate you too :-). thanks Boris. glad you liked the photo :) http://picasaweb.google.com/pdml.live/Peso#5541938023116541442 -- regards, subash -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Snow Geese
Appreciated comments, Boris. The last one has some fortunate accidental elements for which I'm very grateful. May even include same in my pre- Thanksgiving dinner remarks this week. ;) Jack --- On Tue, 11/23/10, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Snow Geese To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2010, 8:00 AM Looks like the series of consecutive zoom ins. The last one is outstanding due to its depth of field and play of foreground and background which both are along the third dimension. On 11/22/2010 10:55 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Visited Gray Lodge again this AM. The Snow Geese are finally in and in staggering numbers. Did the typical flock shooting and am offering three Representative grabs. I have a lot of editing yet to do and may offer a couple more..someday. I should go for a hide, but haven't had the urge to get out there at dawn when the temps are sinking and the wind picking up. One advantage of this degrading weather, however, is the absence of mosquitoes. Jack Comments welcome! http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=553 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=554 http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=555 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com Subject: Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 03:24:50PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later found are much better for something else entirely? -- A 500/4 makes a nice portrait lens. I've used the 600, with success, as a landscape lens. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Just a note ...
Thanks to all for your good wishes; to Eckinator, Eric Weir, Boris Liberman, Daniel J. Matyola, Paul Stenquist, David J Brooks, Bob Sullivan, Larry Colen, Walter Gilbert, Bill Owens, Tim Bray, Miserere, Stan Halpin, Collin Brendemuehl, Darren Addy, Dario Bonazza, Godfrey DiGiorgi, Ted Bielby, Jack Davis, Ralf R. Radermacher, Steven Desjardins and Mike Wilson. I apologize if I've missed acknolwedging anyone's kind thoughts. I'm still a little overwhelmed catching up on the list and these are everyone's that I've read so far. And for Stan Halpin, I hope your surgery went as smoothly and with as little pain and irritation as my own did. I'll be thinking about you and pulling for you. Hope to see you back here on the list soon. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Again
If only I could afford to be an equipment snob. But, I'm working toward it. -- Walt http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert http://waltgilbert.posterous.com/ http://polipix.posterous.com/ Contact Me Facebook http://www.facebook.com/walt.gilbertFlickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/Twitter http://twitter.com/walt_gilbert --- @ WiseStamp Signature http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install. Get it now http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install On 11/23/2010 9:56 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: But, hey ... even a crappy Thanksgiving will seem like a relative cornucopia of epicurean treasures after all that. That reminds me, one Thanksgiving I was in the hospital recovering from surgery. My surgeon came in on rounds to check on me, and I asked her if it was her job to carve the turkey. She said, No, I complain too much about the quality of the knives. I guess we're all equipment snobs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Again
Good to have you back. -Original Message- From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 08:53:56 To: pdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Back Again Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. They closed down the hospital kitchen a couple of years back and the food is out-sourced to some company up in Virginia. Cooked twice a week, trucked in held in storage until heated to serve to the patients. It was the most god-awful tasting and smelling crap I have ever encountered, including airline food. Although, I think it's the same catering company. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Bet the quality would improve drastically. PDQ! Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
I originally bought the FA135 2,8 for portraits but it was too long. Now I find it useful for nature photography and urban shooting -Original Message- From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:37:12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Christian Skofteland pterali...@aim.com Subject: Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 03:24:50PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: When I bought my sigma 20/1.8, the intention was to use it for indoor, low light, dance photography. For various reasons, mostly involving manual focus, it hasn't proven to be as good for that as I had hoped. On the other hand, I'm finding it very handy as a wide angle macro lens. For example, a lot of the time that I'm shooting mushrooms, to get the angle I want, I need to be very close to the subject because roots of the stump, or the ground, is in the way if I'm trying to use a longer lens. Does anybody else have lenses that they bought for one use, that they later found are much better for something else entirely? -- A 500/4 makes a nice portrait lens. I've used the 600, with success, as a landscape lens. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - another zoo shot
Wonderful portrait, Ann! Dan On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:17 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: this from today... it was beautiful out here, and I finally felt limber enough to carry the camera... no tripod tho... hoping still to get a beastie calendar ready over the next week or so... I headed to a little zoo in Brooklyn I'd never been to before... Mostly, I struck out.. needed that tripod or higher ISO . missed totally on red panda shots because of auto focus that I trusted and shouldnt ahve. but I kinda like this one: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Critters/14740904_qL7Eb/1/1101312771_kjEuR/Large ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Back Again
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: If only I could afford to be an equipment snob. But, I'm working toward it. True equipment snobbery lives in the heart and mind, not in the wallet. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 first K-5 miss I've encountered
That's true, and it may be more the fault of the flash than the camera. I'm going to try this setup again and make sure my contacts are clean and secure. It seems as if the flash reverted to full manual on the occasion I described above. Paul What flash are you using, by the way? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Again
On 23 November 2010 08:53, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. They closed down the hospital kitchen a couple of years back and the food is out-sourced to some company up in Virginia. Cooked twice a week, trucked in held in storage until heated to serve to the patients. It was the most god-awful tasting and smelling crap I have ever encountered, including airline food. Although, I think it's the same catering company. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Bet the quality would improve drastically. PDQ! Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-D Welcome back, John! The bad food is on purpose, so the patients are more willing to leave early. It saves millions each year. —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - another zoo shot
On 23 November 2010 00:17, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: this from today... it was beautiful out here, and I finally felt limber enough to carry the camera... no tripod tho... hoping still to get a beastie calendar ready over the next week or so... I headed to a little zoo in Brooklyn I'd never been to before... Mostly, I struck out.. needed that tripod or higher ISO . missed totally on red panda shots because of auto focus that I trusted and shouldnt ahve. but I kinda like this one: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Critters/14740904_qL7Eb/1/1101312771_kjEuR/Large ann It's fantastic! And it's not even BW! Well done, Ann! —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Home Theater Advice?
On Nov 23, 2010, at 3:46, Larry Colen wrote: On Nov 22, 2010, at 10:19 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: My setup is this, John: NAD 320 for amplifier My NAD 3020 is sitting about six feet from me. I bought it almost exactly 30 years ago, and it is still working wonderfully. Like the K-x it is a wonderful piece of kit that performs well above its paygrade. Sadly, the only NAD gear I ever purchased was their first (!!) CD player back in 1984-85 and it was an unmitigated disaster. Which is too bad because I like the design philosophy and appearance. -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 first K-5 miss I've encountered
On Nov 23, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Darren Addy wrote: That's true, and it may be more the fault of the flash than the camera. I'm going to try this setup again and make sure my contacts are clean and secure. It seems as if the flash reverted to full manual on the occasion I described above. Paul What flash are you using, by the way? AF540 in high-speed synch mode with an Xtender range multiplier. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Jetty Dreams
On 10-11-22 3:09 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 12:08 PM, Bruce Walkerbruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: We were out airing the dog in Port Credit, down at Lake Ontario on Saturday. I was needing some landscapes to experiment with an idea I had for simulating the Singh-Ray Gold-N-Blue polarizing filter, so I snapped a few. This one turned out the best after a little PP ... http://goo.gl/zKJDm K20D, DA* 16-50 @ 50mm, 1/2000th, f/8, ISO 200. PP purely in ACR. That's a gorgeous shot, Bruce! Port Credit is just a few miles west of me in New Toronto. cheers, frank We spend a lot of time down in the Port Credit area, Frank. This shot was taken in the JJ Plaus Park, but we're more often found walking through the RK McMillan Park which is actually half-way back east toward New Toronto. If you haven't yet, you should take a bike ride out to Port Credit sometime. It's very photogenic. We used to walk our dogs at the Colonel Samuel Smith park back when we lived in Etobicoke. I figure I'll bump into you down on the Lakeshore one of these days because I still visit CanClone, my favourite large format printer, down there a few blocks west of Kipling. Thank you very much for your comments, Frank. -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: Lightroom file management question
On Nov 21, 2010, at 5:59 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Eric, at one time i was a one camera guy. However this list has mystical powers and soon after joining i seemed to have amassed six digital cameras. I had a k-x in my hand the other day. Very nice, but I was not tempted. My *ist DS has a lot to teach me before my vulnerability to temptation puts me at risk. [Though with the k-r out, the price of used k-x's may bring that day closer.] -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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's Two from the photo lesson Saturday
Thanks Boris. The wagon and pond, I have shot that a number of times over the years. There is a photo it there somewhere, i just can't seem to find it.:-) Dave On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, the first shot is most impressive. Interestingly enough, the branch on the left seems to complete the view rather nicely. The second shot I don't care about too much, may be because of little tonal separation between the wagon and the trees/bushes between it and the pond. On 11/21/2010 6:49 PM, David J Brooks wrote: In between lessons, i managed to get a few photos on the farm walk. The stare http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11983811 Wagon and pond: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11983812 I took a few shots with the partial sun reflecting off the pond but i',m not very happy with them. This is one area i find the Pentax does a better job than the Nikon in metering in this kind of light., D200, 80-200 F2.8. Comments welcome. 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.
RE: Back Again
Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. Glad to have you back. Hope everything continues to go well. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. It's the same the world over. Here in the UK there is a thinly-veiled threat phrased as 'do you like hospital food?'. Last time I was in, having the plate removed from my wrist 2 or 3 years ago, I just couldn't eat the food at all. Mince (ground beef) which was all gristle, covered in about 3 years worth of the RDA of salt. Completely inedible. When I finally arrived home there was an enormous meal waiting for me but I was so hungry I threw up afterwards! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Getting a K-5 for review; any requests?
I would be interested in your comments on AF focusing in shady areas. Not so much dark, but just shady. You mean shaded, right? Or do you regularly photograph red-light districts? he uses film noir. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Parsnip, Ginger and Orange Soup
It tasted damned good: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/parsnip-ginger-and- orange-soup.html I enjoyed every drop. Hope you enjoy seeing it. Lovely photo, but you lost me at parsnip. There aren't many foods that I have never had prepared in a way that I enjoy them and parsnip is two of them. have you ever had them roasted? Lovely! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for
On 23/11/10, Christian Skofteland, discombobulated, unleashed: A 500/4 makes a nice portrait lens. Now that's just plain mean. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: State Quarters
Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do? Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters than I do? I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me. Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the state quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket on my jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent less than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999. Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once in a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state put 'em into plastic tubes. Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by year. Anyway, I'm rambling ... I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the pile I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing a 'D' quarter. Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter. I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular clad quarter. Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-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: Getting a K-5 for review; any requests?
On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 10:30 AM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 22, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Miserere wrote: On 22 November 2010 10:05, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: This is good to hear. I would be interested in your comments on AF focusing in shady areas. I might take the camera down to South Boston or Dorchester; would those areas be shady enough? That will do. I'll have my man meet you there. If its shady enough for Paul, its shady enough for me. Dave —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- 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: PAW46 - Dog
I must em bark on this style one day. Try not to be rough. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: PAW46 - Dog
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: I must em bark on this style one day. Try not to be rough. Wonder how much money this can fetch 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.
Re: Lightroom file management question
On Nov 20, 2010, at 8:40 PM, steve harley wrote: so now i always import directly and automatically from the card into year/month/day folders; Aperture remembers to: Store Files: 2010 Subfolder: Image Month/Day the names may be a bit different in LR, but having two nested 2010 folders would be as if i had selected instead: Subfolder: Image Year/Month/Day (which would make a 2010 folder and place that folder within the existing 2010 folder) -- i think you'll find you need to either point it at the level above the main 2010 folder when telling LR where to import to, or have LR only make month and day subfolders, not a year subfolder Thanks, Steve. As I say, my grasp of LR, even just of file management, is pretty shaky at this point. I'll have to see if I can do it the way you do. A catch may be that in the camera the images are in subfolders by date in a folder by year. Perhaps there is a way to change that on the camera side? I'll have to see. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: State Quarters
Anyway, I'm rambling ... Mark! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: 23 November 2010 19:00 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: State Quarters Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do? Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters than I do? I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me. Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the state quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket on my jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent less than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999. Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once in a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state put 'em into plastic tubes. Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by year. Anyway, I'm rambling ... I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the pile I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing a 'D' quarter. Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter. I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular clad quarter. Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
55/1.4 SDM v FA50/1.4
Anyone using the 55? How do they compare optically? Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lightroom file management question
On Nov 21, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: She does a good job of covering the basic operations for Lr 3 in that video. I see she prefers to use a by category type of file organization. (There seems little point to me for a by camera model organization schema since you can always discover that inside Lightroom using the metadata filters.) Regards the structure of the image file repository (where to put them on disk), I wrote up the way I do it and posted it as a pdf some time ago: http://www.gdgphoto.com see 07 - Image File Organization and Naming Notes. I have that, and am pretty much following your conventions for structuring and naming files. Regards whether to use Lr to move the files to the repository or whether to do that manually first and then just add them, well, that depends on what I need to do for a specific camera. Right now, with the E-1, L1 and G1 bodies, I have Lr3 do the whole process of moving them to the working repository, making backup copies on an external drive, renaming them and converting them to DNG in one go. It saves a lot of time and reduces the possibility I make a mistake and put them in the wrong place. I'm sure it's easier in LR than the way I'm doing it right now, but for the time-being, till my grasp of LR gets better than it is right now, I think I'll have a two-stage process so I can make whatever adjustments to organization and naming seems to be in order before importing into LR. It's possible that down the road, though, I'll go back to doing it within LR. Regarding converting to DNG, I will now expose my naiveté by [1] admitting that, again for the time-being, I am shooting jpeg, [2] asking what's the advantage of DNG. Though my mastery of file management is minimal I sense that I may be making my first forays into editing soon. E.g., I did a lot of shooting at my camera's highest iso setting at a community pot-luck the other night; the images are fine till you look close; I'm now wondering if the instructions in the help file for cleaning up noise in high-iso images might help me improve the quality somewhat. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: 55/1.4 SDM v FA50/1.4
Very subjective, but I think the DA*55 is more like the old A*85. Something about the softness out of focus. DagT http://www.thrane.name Den 23. nov. 2010 kl. 20.15 skrev Collin Brendemuehl: Anyone using the 55? How do they compare optically? Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: State Quarters
S means San Francisco, D means Denver, and no mint mark means Philadelphia. San Francisco mint quarters would normally be proof coins. Some, but not most, proofs are silver rather than the usual nickel-copper-clad coins. Proof coins lose most of their value once they enter circulation. http://coins.about.com/od/coinvalues/l/bl_state_quarter_values_coins_prices.htm http://lynncoins.com/proof-silver-quarters.htm Dan On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 2:00 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Does anyone know more about the state quarters than I do? Let me rephrase that ... Does anyone know LESS about the state quarters than I do? I just found something odd. At least it's odd to me. Ever since the program began, I have tried to keep every one of the state quarters I've received in change. Just tuck 'em into the watch pocket on my jeans and they tend to pile up around the house. I think I've spent less than $10.00 of the state quarters since 1999. Mostly because of my east coast location I get 'P' quarters. Every once in a while I sort through the piles and separate them by state put 'em into plastic tubes. Any 'D' quarters I get are segregated to a separate pile. I don't get enough to justify separate tubes for each state, but I can sort them by year. Anyway, I'm rambling ... I needed some change just now and grabbed a dollar's worth out of the pile I hadn't sorted through yet and decided to make sure I wasn't grabbing a 'D' quarter. Instead, there was a South Carolina 'S' quarter. I understood the 'S' were all silver proof sets, but this is a regular clad quarter. Try to keep the explanation simple like me. ;-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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Just a note ...
From: Larry Colen On Nov 16, 2010, at 2:54 PM, Miserere wrote: On 16 November 2010 11:59, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Hey John - I go in Friday morning for the same thing. Send some good thoughts my way . . . Best of luck and best wishes for a rapid recovery. stan Dammit, Stan, how unoriginal ;-) Yeah, if you're going to follow the crowd you should have bought a K-5 instead. It's cheaper, more fun, and a lot less of a pain in the ass. Wrong specialization. PITA is Proctology; we're talking Urology 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: PESO: Little Guy
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:31:07AM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: On Nov 23, 2010, at 10:16 AM, Christian Skofteland wrote: On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 05:29:10PM -0500, paul stenquist wrote: Did some shooting at the Johnson Nature Center today. This guy is a tiny squirrel, probably less than a year old and fast as lightening. Got him while he paused on this tree. K5, A 400/5.6 with AF 560 flash and Xtender. ISO 1250, f6.6, 1/800th. Handheld of course. Nice to have a couple extra stops for this lens. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11979750size=lg Cute little guy. Nice grab. This one seems less noisy than the bird, yet it's the same ISO. Weird. Thanks Christian. The bird is cropped to about 70% of frame. The squirrel is full frame. That accounts for a bit of extra noise. I also may have done some damage rendering the bird. I'm working on a laptop with a 13 inch screen while my computer is in the shop. Paul Thanks for the reply, Paul. The crop makes a lot of sense with regards to the perceived noise and detail in the bird photo. -- Christian - http://404notfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.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: 55/1.4 SDM v FA50/1.4
On 10-11-23 2:15 PM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: Anyone using the 55? How do they compare optically? Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org Collin, that lens has become my default carry. I like pretty much everything about it. It's practically glued to my K20D. You can see a whole whack of shots I've done with it here: http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/tags/smcpda55mmf14sdm/ Sorry, I can't compare it with the FA50 for you as I've not used one. I do have an s-m-c Takumar 1.4/50 screwmount, and as nice as that is, I prefer the DA55 to it. -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: Freebie: KatzEye Focusing Screen - way late entry
From: Matthew Montgomery Hi all, I figured someone here might be interested in a freebie KatzEye focusing screen for the K10D/K20D. It is in OK shape but has a few scratches from a botched install by yours truly. Honestly, it didn't bother me when using it but I couldn't bring myself to try and sell it due to this. I'm currently using a K-7, um with a K-5 on the way, so it really is of no use to me. By the way anyone want to buy a like new K-7? :-) I'd love to buy a like new K-7. Unfortunately my budget just won't stretch that far right now. ;-D I know it's way late; I've been sort of busy, but, if no one else has already claimed the KatzEye, I'd be interested in having it. ;-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: Peso - another zoo shot
What a wonderful shot. -Original Message- From: Miserere miser...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:55:42 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Peso - another zoo shot On 23 November 2010 00:17, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: this from today... it was beautiful out here, and I finally felt limber enough to carry the camera... no tripod tho... hoping still to get a beastie calendar ready over the next week or so... I headed to a little zoo in Brooklyn I'd never been to before... Mostly, I struck out.. needed that tripod or higher ISO . missed totally on red panda shots because of auto focus that I trusted and shouldnt ahve. but I kinda like this one: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Critters/14740904_qL7Eb/1/1101312771_kjEuR/Large ann It's fantastic! And it's not even BW! Well done, Ann! —M. \/\/o/\/\ -- http://WorldOfMiserere.com http://EnticingTheLight.com A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Back Again
I'm very much an equipment snob. The problem is my wife isn't. -Original Message- From: Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 11:25:09 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Back Again If only I could afford to be an equipment snob. But, I'm working toward it. -- Walt http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert http://waltgilbert.posterous.com/ http://polipix.posterous.com/ Contact Me Facebook http://www.facebook.com/walt.gilbertFlickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/Twitter http://twitter.com/walt_gilbert --- @ WiseStamp Signature http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install. Get it now http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install On 11/23/2010 9:56 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: But, hey ... even a crappy Thanksgiving will seem like a relative cornucopia of epicurean treasures after all that. That reminds me, one Thanksgiving I was in the hospital recovering from surgery. My surgeon came in on rounds to check on me, and I asked her if it was her job to carve the turkey. She said, No, I complain too much about the quality of the knives. I guess we're all equipment snobs. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Back Again
BH disagrees. ;-) -Original Message- From: Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:44:35 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Back Again On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 12:25 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: If only I could afford to be an equipment snob. But, I'm working toward it. True equipment snobbery lives in the heart and mind, not in the wallet. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Back Again
The food they serve in hospitals is revenge for the medical care they give in restaurants. -Original Message- From: Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 09:44:53 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Back Again Great news about the surgery, sorry to hear about the food. Could be that's their way of discouraging lengthy hospital stays and discharge appeals. But, hey ... even a crappy Thanksgiving will seem like a relative cornucopia of epicurean treasures after all that. -- Walt http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/waltergilbert http://waltgilbert.posterous.com/ http://polipix.posterous.com/ Contact Me Facebook http://www.facebook.com/walt.gilbertFlickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/Twitter http://twitter.com/walt_gilbert --- @ WiseStamp Signature http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install. Get it now http://my.wisestamp.com/link?u=ypgdb385pypw7fhbsite=www.wisestamp.com/email-install On 11/23/2010 7:53 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Made it successfully through my surgery and have recovered enough to be on my own again. I'm not experiencing any real pain post-op, and just a low level irritation from the catheter. That's supposed to come out about a week from now, so I guess I'll just have to deal with it until then. The people at the VA Hospital in Durham, NC were wonderful. The only complaint I have is with the food and I don't blame the Durham VAMC for that. They closed down the hospital kitchen a couple of years back and the food is out-sourced to some company up in Virginia. Cooked twice a week, trucked in held in storage until heated to serve to the patients. It was the most god-awful tasting and smelling crap I have ever encountered, including airline food. Although, I think it's the same catering company. Anyway, the taste and smell was so bad I'd start vomiting every time I tried to eat. I finally managed to choke down a few tiny bites and figured out to hang on to the juice pack crackers. I'd make it a part of the contract for this sort of outsourced catering that the corporate executives and board board of directors of the company doing the catering be required to eat their every meal from the menus they provide to the VA. Bet the quality would improve drastically. PDQ! Anyway, I'm up and around and more or less mobile and on the way back to normal. Gonna close this right now, gotta go chase some kids off my lawn. ;-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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: 55/1.4 SDM v FA50/1.4
I guess both are good enough for most purposes... DA*55 @f/1.4: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page8/files/page8-1012-full.html DA*55 @f/1.7: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page8/files/page8-1019-full.html http://www.thrane.name/page3/page8/files/page8-1006-full.html FA50 @f/1.4: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page8/files/page8-1048-full.html FA50 @f/1.7: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page8/files/page8-1044-full.html DagT http://www.thrane.name Den 23. nov. 2010 kl. 20.20 skrev DagT: Very subjective, but I think the DA*55 is more like the old A*85. Something about the softness out of focus. DagT http://www.thrane.name Den 23. nov. 2010 kl. 20.15 skrev Collin Brendemuehl: Anyone using the 55? How do they compare optically? Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Absolutely Fireproof
From: Brian Walters On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 12:10 PM, Charles Robinson charlesr at visi.com wrote: On Nov 16, 2010, at 9:52, CheekyGeek wrote: http://www.pixelsmithy.com/absolutely-fireproof Swell ghost sign! Did you juice the colors a bit or is/was it really that VIVID? This is an in camera jpg, shot with my old K200D. The only post-processing was to pull up the Levels in Photoshop and bring the right end in to match where the signal began. I may have adjusted the midpoint slightly. As you can see in the sky, I didn't even remove the dirty sensor spot. Oh Please! Don't call the K200D 'old'! I can't afford to upgrade mine. I really can't Great shot, by the way. I wonder why the owners felt the need to mention the building's fire-proofness? Cheers Brian I'd guess the hotel was built *after* the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Possibly a claim to modern building code standards for fire resistance that grew out of that tragedy. Looks like late 19th or early 20th century advertising. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: 55/1.4 SDM v FA50/1.4
Thanks for the images. The FA50 has as good resolving power as anyone could ask. But the 55 has a better rendition. Much better. At least that's how I see it. It really shows up in the Goldenrod shot. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/5001786204/ I love it. Highly desirable. As I just told a friend, this is the type of lens that could make me leave 4x5. (Rendition is everything.) If only it weren't $500+. But I guess quality always costs. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl http://kerygmainstitute.org He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - another zoo shot
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Subject: Peso - another zoo shot this from today... it was beautiful out here, and I finally felt limber enough to carry the camera... no tripod tho... hoping still to get a beastie calendar ready over the next week or so... I headed to a little zoo in Brooklyn I'd never been to before... Mostly, I struck out.. needed that tripod or higher ISO . missed totally on red panda shots because of auto focus that I trusted and shouldnt ahve. but I kinda like this one: http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/Critters/14740904_qL7Eb/1/1101312771_kjEuR/Large ann Very nice shot Ann. Its obvious you tool some time with this. I like the subject, pose, light the exposure you chose. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Absolutely Fireproof
A Flickr reader provided a link to the application for putting the Clarke Hotel on the National Historic Register (back in 1987): http://www.nebraskahistory.org/histpres/nebraska/adams/AD04-022_Clarke_Hotel.pdf (it is a big PDF so allow a little time). Since the sign says 170 rooms, it is post-1916. The Hotel was originally 120 when built in 1914, but expanded by 50 rooms in 1916. No info in the PDF on when the sign was originally painted, or when the last coat might have been applied (if any). It is fortunate that this sign is on the south side of the building, as the winter North winds tend to do more damage than the south side summer sun to these ghost signs. The PDF also provides information on the architect and some of the other Hastings buildings for which he was responsible. I think I'm going to have to make that a theme of my next photo excursion to Hastings. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Friend has a problem with a *ist DL
Pentax replaced that with some kind of long latency rechargeable storage. I like to believe it's a capacitor, it's the romantic in me. On 11/21/2010 7:10 PM, Theodore Beilby wrote: Paul Ewins said: Metering accidentally set to spot? I did that again on the weekend. That could be a thing to check, will pass it on to him. Brian Walters said: Sounds odd. I have no clue but the DS/DL use AA batteries loading via the base into the handgrip. The battery locking system is pretty secure but if it breaks, the batteries would simply fall out. On my *ist D, there is a circular battery compartment holding a flat quarter size battery as well as the regular batteries. That is the one I was referring to. I checked on DP Review and the pictures of the DS and the DL showed no such battery compartment on them. So I answered my own question. Thanks to you both for sending your thoughts. TedI -- His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed moral bankruptcy. -Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
