OT PESO - Ole!
G'day All, One more from last weekends shoot. y the stage I was getting bored with the standard poses was trying to get the models to be a bit more dynamic: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6549348951_634235e315_b.jpg Have at it. 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 - Lighting Candles
That there is awesome for a from the hip shot On 21 December 2011 10:47, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I took this inside the Basilica San Marco in Venice. There are No Photography signs posted, and watchful vergers are quick to scold people with SLRs, but ignore hordes with cell phones, even when they use flash. So I shot from the hip and they left me alone. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14826600 (K-7, DA 16-45) I crave comments. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Illumination
Me like. On 23 December 2011 06:53, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Very fitting photo for this time of year. Dave On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Adam Montoya amont...@gmail.com wrote: I took this photo this in May shortly after getting my K5. I noticed it in my archives when yesterday when i was going through deleting bad photos to save space on my drive. (blurry shots, test photos and the like). I don't know why i didn't upload it sooner. http://www.mountainfort.com/Photography/Uncategorized-2011/15501220_QXzjLX#1639723295_CLfLVxF-A-LB Handheld, 3200 iso. -Adam -- http://www.mountainfort.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. -- 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: Shooting through glass
There are some lovely time lapse sequences on that page. DS On 22 December 2011 18:19, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: There was a thread a short while ago about shooting through glass and avoiding reflections. Came across this: http://philipbloom.net/2011/12/01/lenskirt/ -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Lighting Candles
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I took this inside the Basilica San Marco in Venice. There are No Photography signs posted, and watchful vergers are quick to scold people with SLRs, but ignore hordes with cell phones, even when they use flash. So I shot from the hip and they left me alone. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14826600 Rick, this is a beautiful photo! All the other commenters have said why; I need not repeat the reasons, but I'm blown away with this one! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Venice From Above
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: A view from the Campanile, the tower in San Marco: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14826604size=lg Lovely! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT PESO - Ole!
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:58 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: G'day All, One more from last weekends shoot. y the stage I was getting bored with the standard poses was trying to get the models to be a bit more dynamic: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6549348951_634235e315_b.jpg Have at it. Yowzer! That is one dramatic shot! Love it. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Comet Lovejoy survives close encounter with Sun
I generally try not to be envious of other's good fortune, but you in the Southern Hemisphere have become exceptions to that rule: Comet Lovejoy has become one for the ages: http://www.spaceweather.com/ If you are in the Southern Hemisphere and NOT getting out to see this, then I pity you. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Lighting Candles
Thanks much, Frank! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 7:41 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Lighting Candles On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:47 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: I took this inside the Basilica San Marco in Venice. There are No Photography signs posted, and watchful vergers are quick to scold people with SLRs, but ignore hordes with cell phones, even when they use flash. So I shot from the hip and they left me alone. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14826600 Rick, this is a beautiful photo! All the other commenters have said why; I need not repeat the reasons, but I'm blown away with this one! 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT PESO - Ole!
Well done. I like the classic lighting and the bit of storytelling in the pose. Paul On Dec 23, 2011, at 5:58 AM, David Savage wrote: G'day All, One more from last weekends shoot. y the stage I was getting bored with the standard poses was trying to get the models to be a bit more dynamic: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6549348951_634235e315_b.jpg Have at it. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 in Boston
Having spent a few days in Georgia visiting my parents I'm back in beantown and accessing my email again. What did I miss? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Back in Boston
The second coming. On 23 December 2011 23:09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Having spent a few days in Georgia visiting my parents I'm back in beantown and accessing my email again. What did I miss? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Good news, bad news
As an adjunct faculty member with a large midwestern state university I receive 10-12 emails a day with everything from tornado alerts to notices of pending water shutoffs for drinking fountain repair. One of today's notes was a bit different: The Media Development Center in 213 Hale Library has recently added an automated 35mm slide scanner. The Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650 is designed to convert large numbers of 35mm mounted slides into digital files that can be searched, processed, printed, or delivered electronically. Scanning 50 mounted slides takes approximately 50 minutes, or 1 side per minute. The impresssive optical resolution of 5000 dpi produces digital files that remain true to the original images. Equipment in the Media Development Center is available for use by all faculty/staff and students. Unfortunately campus is 1100 miles away. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Good news, bad news
Road trip! ann On 12/23/2011 10:29, Stan Halpin wrote: As an adjunct faculty member with a large midwestern state university I receive 10-12 emails a day with everything from tornado alerts to notices of pending water shutoffs for drinking fountain repair. One of today's notes was a bit different: The Media Development Center in 213 Hale Library has recently added an automated 35mm slide scanner. The Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650 is designed to convert large numbers of 35mm mounted slides into digital files that can be searched, processed, printed, or delivered electronically. Scanning 50 mounted slides takes approximately 50 minutes, or 1 side per minute. The impresssive optical resolution of 5000 dpi produces digital files that remain true to the original images. Equipment in the Media Development Center is available for use by all faculty/staff and students. Unfortunately campus is 1100 miles away. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Another hit
What Cotty said - I heard that on the news in the middle of the night here :( YOu really don't need any more photo ops like that ann On 12/23/2011 02:27, Cotty wrote: On 23/12/11, David Mann, discombobulated, unleashed: Just to keep us on our toes we had another significant shake today. Take care and have as best a Christmas as you can Dave. -- 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: Good news, bad news
Now that would a handy thing to have somewhere nearby. I've got about 10,000 slides to scan ... ;-) G On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: As an adjunct faculty member with a large midwestern state university I receive 10-12 emails a day with everything from tornado alerts to notices of pending water shutoffs for drinking fountain repair. One of today's notes was a bit different: The Media Development Center in 213 Hale Library has recently added an automated 35mm slide scanner. The Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650 is designed to convert large numbers of 35mm mounted slides into digital files that can be searched, processed, printed, or delivered electronically. Scanning 50 mounted slides takes approximately 50 minutes, or 1 side per minute. The impresssive optical resolution of 5000 dpi produces digital files that remain true to the original images. Equipment in the Media Development Center is available for use by all faculty/staff and students. Unfortunately campus is 1100 miles away. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Good news, bad news
Sounds like they were quoting from the Product literature in describing that equipment. A more perhaps realistic assessment can be found in the reviews on bhphotovideo's site. Example: - - - Am getting fairly experienced with this scanner now that I have had it for two months Here's what I've figured out so far. 1] Universal Slide Tray is the only way to go...only problem is Pacific Image can't keep them in stock...this is the only tray that will not jam...the below mentioned 100 slide carousels jam like crazy...the supplied 50 slide tray jams almost as much, though not quite...as above, the Universal Tray is the only one to use. 2] Annoys the hel out of me when scanning hundreds of slides and the auto crop feature misfires and scans way way way more than your slide image..so you have to crop that crab out of their in the post scanning processI'd pay somebody a million dollars if they could solve this issue for meHelp with the Auto Crop...anybody out there have any suggestions... 3] As others have noted...after about 130 scans or so, the scanner just stopsthat would be bad enough, but it gets worse...the only way you can get it going again is to de-power it..and have it reboot itself...this takes the better part of five minutes...and then you loose you place in the process...so you've got to do a test preview or two..to be sure you have the next slide in the sequence cued up...to be sure you don't either duplicate the last slide scanned or to make sure you don't skip the next slide to scan...this will also annoy the hel out of you... As you can tell, like most of us...I have thousands of slides to scan..so #2 and #3 above are real issues If anybody out there can assist...please post... Finally, I am scanning at 720dpi (a compromise of my time)...and I can do 50 slides in 22 minutes..but then I've got to re-crop 10 of them .. for an additional time issue... - - - end of review Interesting too is the fact that this model is no longer available. The 5000 would seem to be the equiv. new model: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/762308-REG/Pacific_Image_PS5000_PowerSlide_3650_Slides_Scanner.html Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Good news, bad news
The DMax of 3.8 is not stellar either, but for the money compromises need to be made. I suppose getting good enough scans DONE as opposed to few (or none) ever getting done at higher quality is the real world issue for many. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 in Boston
David Savage wrote: On 23 December 2011 23:09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Having spent a few days in Georgia visiting my parents I'm back in beantown and accessing my email again. What did I miss? The second coming. So Brad Dobo returned? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Comet Lovejoy survives close encounter with Sun
Comet Lovejoy as seen from the International Space Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoZIwtgEqKYfeature=player_embedded Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Good news, bad news
If they allowed you to use the machine 24x7 you could get it done in a week. From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Now that would a handy thing to have somewhere nearby. I've got about 10,000 slides to scan ... G On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: As an adjunct faculty member with a large midwestern state university I receive 10-12 emails a day with everything from tornado alerts to notices of pending water shutoffs for drinking fountain repair. One of today's notes was a bit different: ?The Media Development Center in 213 Hale Library has recently added an automated 35mm slide scanner. The Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650 is designed to convert large numbers of 35mm mounted slides into digital files that can be searched, processed, printed, or delivered electronically. Scanning 50 mounted slides takes approximately 50 minutes, or 1 side per minute. The impresssive optical resolution of 5000 dpi produces digital files that remain true to the original images. Equipment in the Media Development Center is available for use by all faculty/staff and students. Unfortunately campus is 1100 miles away. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Comet Lovejoy survives close encounter with Sun
On Dec 23, 2011, at 10:28, Darren Addy wrote: Comet Lovejoy as seen from the International Space Station: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoZIwtgEqKYfeature=player_embedded Very very cool, Darren - thanks! -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: OT: Good news, bad news
Seems like all the reviews on BH, whether good or bad, start out the same way ... I bought this to scan xx thousand slides ... Got me to wondering what happened to the used scanners once they'd finished scanning their slides, so I looked on eBay. Weren't as many as I expected, but there's at least one. Not a bad price, but it's a Buy It Now with no returns accepted. Bargain if it's actually working, sort of a rip-off if it's not, although it's covered by eBay Buyer Protection. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Kodak Created it's own Doomsday Device
Applicable poster: http://www.despair.com/discovery.html :) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Good news, bad news
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:39 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Seems like all the reviews on BH, whether good or bad, start out the same way ... I bought this to scan xx thousand slides ... Got me to wondering what happened to the used scanners once they'd finished scanning their slides, so I looked on eBay. Weren't as many as I expected, but there's at least one. Not a bad price, but it's a Buy It Now with no returns accepted. Bargain if it's actually working, sort of a rip-off if it's not, although it's covered by eBay Buyer Protection. I found a bargain: someone on another photo forum posted a note saying, I've scanned all the film I'm ever going to scan. My Nikon Coolscan V has done its job. It's four months old, who wants it? $700 I bought it, and sold my Coolscan IV for $300, a bit more than I paid for it. $400 for a Coolscan V ED is a serious bargain for one of the best scanners in the business. But it's not a volume scanner without an expensive attachment or two. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Well, wasn't that a nice surprise?
A week or so ago a friend in the local camera club I belong to asked me if I'd be interested in an old zoom lens for Pentax a friend of his out in Utah had found while cleaning up. My friend said that he thought his friend would be willing to send it to me if I'd pay the postage. My friend thought it was a 70 to something or something to 70 lens, but it was definitely made for Pentax. I told him sure, thinking maybe an old third party 'M' lens or maybe if I got lucky a third party 'A' lens. It arrived a few minutes ago. SMC Pentax-F, 80-200 f/4.7-5.6 !! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Well, wasn't that a nice surprise?
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:45 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: SMC Pentax-F, 80-200 f/4.7-5.6 !! I've got the A version of that. It's not a bad little lens. Until I got the DA 50-200, it was in my standard small carry kit with the DS2. -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Well, wasn't that a nice surprise?
Cool and congrats! Cheers, Christine On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:45 PM, John Sessoms wrote: A week or so ago a friend in the local camera club I belong to asked me if I'd be interested in an old zoom lens for Pentax a friend of his out in Utah had found while cleaning up. My friend said that he thought his friend would be willing to send it to me if I'd pay the postage. My friend thought it was a 70 to something or something to 70 lens, but it was definitely made for Pentax. I told him sure, thinking maybe an old third party 'M' lens or maybe if I got lucky a third party 'A' lens. It arrived a few minutes ago. SMC Pentax-F, 80-200 f/4.7-5.6 !! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Well, wasn't that a nice surprise?
Santa comes early. That's a handy lens to have, especially for the price. On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 2:13 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Cool and congrats! Cheers, Christine On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:45 PM, John Sessoms wrote: A week or so ago a friend in the local camera club I belong to asked me if I'd be interested in an old zoom lens for Pentax a friend of his out in Utah had found while cleaning up. My friend said that he thought his friend would be willing to send it to me if I'd pay the postage. My friend thought it was a 70 to something or something to 70 lens, but it was definitely made for Pentax. I told him sure, thinking maybe an old third party 'M' lens or maybe if I got lucky a third party 'A' lens. It arrived a few minutes ago. SMC Pentax-F, 80-200 f/4.7-5.6 !! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Untitled
On Dec 22, 2011, at 7:15, frank theriault wrote: There was some sort of guerilla Santa attack at a downtown mall on Saturday. Then I noticed the young lady on the cell phone. I don't know what it all means, or what to call it, but I hope you think it's as funny as I do: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/untitled.html Fun! But could stand for some brightening-up. -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: OT: Comet Lovejoy survives close encounter with Sun
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011, at 07:03 AM, Darren Addy wrote: I generally try not to be envious of other's good fortune, but you in the Southern Hemisphere have become exceptions to that rule: Comet Lovejoy has become one for the ages: http://www.spaceweather.com/ If you are in the Southern Hemisphere and NOT getting out to see this, then I pity you. I accept your pity, but we haven't had a cloud-free sky in Sydney for weeks. However, I'll make the effort on Christmas morning, provided I don't over-indulge on Christmas Eve Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Another hit
On Dec 24, 2011, at 4:36 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: What Cotty said - I heard that on the news in the middle of the night here :( YOu really don't need any more photo ops like that To be honest we didn't really get any photo ops this time around. Our side of town was pretty much unaffected. The poor people out East on the other hand... I'd be ready to buy a one-way ticket in their situation. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-earthquake/6186554/Months-of-hard-work-undone-by-quake 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: OT: Good news, bad news
Though not in actuality, but in spirit, we are a Pentax Camera Club. As such, I propose that as many of us that have copious slides to scan pool our funds, buy the thing, pay the $179 for a three year warranty, pool our Universal Slide Trays, and pass it around. We could draw straws of a digital kind to see what order the machine should be used, or go by need, or second letter of the last name, or the like. I can't afford $1500 right now, but I can afford $300 - $400. If one of those who would be interested has never used Bill Me Later and has a good credit rating, the costs could be defrayed over a six month period with no fees, no interest. It has to be paid by six months or all accrued interest will be added at a high interest rate. So no fooling around, and no jumping in if you can't swim. There are two concurrent rebates available for this machine, which reduce the price another $300, to $999.99, plus the $178 warranty price for 3 yrs, $359.98 for 5 years. The machine must be purchased by 12/31/2011, and the rebate forms mailed by January 14th, 2012. If the need is there, and you have the time to spend a week or a month or two scanning all your 35mm slides for the historical record, and if you have a large enough hard drive to hold the results, get in touch. On Dec 23, 2011, at 08:29 , John Sessoms wrote: If they allowed you to use the machine 24x7 you could get it done in a week. From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Now that would a handy thing to have somewhere nearby. I've got about 10,000 slides to scan ... G On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: As an adjunct faculty member with a large midwestern state university I receive 10-12 emails a day with everything from tornado alerts to notices of pending water shutoffs for drinking fountain repair. One of today's notes was a bit different: ?The Media Development Center in 213 Hale Library has recently added an automated 35mm slide scanner. The Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650 is designed to convert large numbers of 35mm mounted slides into digital files that can be searched, processed, printed, or delivered electronically. Scanning 50 mounted slides takes approximately 50 minutes, or 1 side per minute. The impresssive optical resolution of 5000 dpi produces digital files that remain true to the original images. Equipment in the Media Development Center is available for use by all faculty/staff and students. Unfortunately campus is 1100 miles away. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Some cover pics
Both of the cover photos on the April 2012 issue of Mopar Action are mine. (Yes, the publisher dates his newsstand mags that far in advance. The theory being that shoppers pick up the issue that appears to be latest when choosing between similar pubs.) Had to shoot both of these cars with the sun pretty high in the sky, as I shot from morning to night. Both shot from a ladder with the DA* 16-50 at about f6.7. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14855855 Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Good news, bad news
On the other hand, the 35mm 120 film scanner model Pacific Image Prime Film 120 Multiple Format Scanner after rebates is just $1500, free shipping, USA. I also found that the previously mentioned Pacific Image Powerslide 4000 CCD Scanner is also sold under the Braun banner at BH with less resolution, for $200 more, or $1699.00 with no rebates. On the good side is they have a refurbished unit for $899.00. I wonder about the BH writers who compose these catalog listings. Here they are selling a $1300 scanner (the 5000) and the big print is supposed to put one in rapture because the listing tells you that the $18.95 Universal Slide Tray is included FREE!!. On Dec 23, 2011, at 12:43 , Joseph McAllister wrote: Though not in actuality, but in spirit, we are a Pentax Camera Club. As such, I propose that as many of us that have copious slides to scan pool our funds, buy the thing, pay the $179 for a three year warranty, pool our Universal Slide Trays, and pass it around. We could draw straws of a digital kind to see what order the machine should be used, or go by need, or second letter of the last name, or the like. I can't afford $1500 right now, but I can afford $300 - $400. If one of those who would be interested has never used Bill Me Later and has a good credit rating, the costs could be defrayed over a six month period with no fees, no interest. It has to be paid by six months or all accrued interest will be added at a high interest rate. So no fooling around, and no jumping in if you can't swim. There are two concurrent rebates available for this machine, which reduce the price another $300, to $999.99, plus the $178 warranty price for 3 yrs, $359.98 for 5 years. The machine must be purchased by 12/31/2011, and the rebate forms mailed by January 14th, 2012. If the need is there, and you have the time to spend a week or a month or two scanning all your 35mm slides for the historical record, and if you have a large enough hard drive to hold the results, get in touch. On Dec 23, 2011, at 08:29 , John Sessoms wrote: If they allowed you to use the machine 24x7 you could get it done in a week. From: Godfrey DiGiorgi Now that would a handy thing to have somewhere nearby. I've got about 10,000 slides to scan ... G On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 7:29 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: As an adjunct faculty member with a large midwestern state university I receive 10-12 emails a day with everything from tornado alerts to notices of pending water shutoffs for drinking fountain repair. One of today's notes was a bit different: ?The Media Development Center in 213 Hale Library has recently added an automated 35mm slide scanner. The Pacific Image PowerSlide 3650 is designed to convert large numbers of 35mm mounted slides into digital files that can be searched, processed, printed, or delivered electronically. Scanning 50 mounted slides takes approximately 50 minutes, or 1 side per minute. The impresssive optical resolution of 5000 dpi produces digital files that remain true to the original images. Equipment in the Media Development Center is available for use by all faculty/staff and students. Unfortunately campus is 1100 miles away. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com THE SENILITY PRAYER : Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, The good fortune to run into the ones I do, and The eyesight to tell the difference. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com The Big Bang was silent, and invisible in it's beginning moments. Photons were one of the earliest particles to develop, but I don't think any were able to escape for a little bit more. Once they could, there would have been a flash during expansion. No one would notice, of course, for another 4.2 billion years. Now we are trying to catch up by looking out, and back in time to that infinitesimally small fraction of a millisecond in an attempt to see what caused that singularity to become the Big Bang. This attempt will fail in any visual way, as the furthest galaxies and elements are now moving faster than light by recent theory, making the information sought beyond a theoretical event horizon. — update to the Pentaxian's thoughts on particle physics, so far. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some cover pics
Congrats Paul! Thanks for sharing them. Well done! Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some cover pics
Well done, and congrats on the cover, Paul. Those shots look great! Did you get to do the Ps work to extract from background, or does the mag's art dept. do that? On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Both of the cover photos on the April 2012 issue of Mopar Action are mine. (Yes, the publisher dates his newsstand mags that far in advance. The theory being that shoppers pick up the issue that appears to be latest when choosing between similar pubs.) Had to shoot both of these cars with the sun pretty high in the sky, as I shot from morning to night. Both shot from a ladder with the DA* 16-50 at about f6.7. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14855855 Paul -- -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: OT: Good news, bad news
I thought about exploring the Quality issue, but then decided that such details had no place in my sudden fantasy about thousands of slides perfectly, and automatically, scanned. But thanks for the info! stan On Dec 23, 2011, at 10:57 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Sounds like they were quoting from the Product literature in describing that equipment. A more perhaps realistic assessment can be found in the reviews on bhphotovideo's site. Example: - - - Am getting fairly experienced with this scanner now that I have had it for two months Here's what I've figured out so far. 1] Universal Slide Tray is the only way to go...only problem is Pacific Image can't keep them in stock...this is the only tray that will not jam...the below mentioned 100 slide carousels jam like crazy...the supplied 50 slide tray jams almost as much, though not quite...as above, the Universal Tray is the only one to use. 2] Annoys the hel out of me when scanning hundreds of slides and the auto crop feature misfires and scans way way way more than your slide image..so you have to crop that crab out of their in the post scanning processI'd pay somebody a million dollars if they could solve this issue for meHelp with the Auto Crop...anybody out there have any suggestions... 3] As others have noted...after about 130 scans or so, the scanner just stopsthat would be bad enough, but it gets worse...the only way you can get it going again is to de-power it..and have it reboot itself...this takes the better part of five minutes...and then you loose you place in the process...so you've got to do a test preview or two..to be sure you have the next slide in the sequence cued up...to be sure you don't either duplicate the last slide scanned or to make sure you don't skip the next slide to scan...this will also annoy the hel out of you... As you can tell, like most of us...I have thousands of slides to scan..so #2 and #3 above are real issues If anybody out there can assist...please post... Finally, I am scanning at 720dpi (a compromise of my time)...and I can do 50 slides in 22 minutes..but then I've got to re-crop 10 of them .. for an additional time issue... - - - end of review Interesting too is the fact that this model is no longer available. The 5000 would seem to be the equiv. new model: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/762308-REG/Pacific_Image_PS5000_PowerSlide_3650_Slides_Scanner.html Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Good news, bad news
On Dec 23, 2011, at 1:36 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:39 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Seems like all the reviews on BH, whether good or bad, start out the same way ... I bought this to scan xx thousand slides ... Got me to wondering what happened to the used scanners once they'd finished scanning their slides, so I looked on eBay. Weren't as many as I expected, but there's at least one. Not a bad price, but it's a Buy It Now with no returns accepted. Bargain if it's actually working, sort of a rip-off if it's not, although it's covered by eBay Buyer Protection. I found a bargain: someone on another photo forum posted a note saying, I've scanned all the film I'm ever going to scan. My Nikon Coolscan V has done its job. It's four months old, who wants it? $700 I bought it, and sold my Coolscan IV for $300, a bit more than I paid for it. $400 for a Coolscan V ED is a serious bargain for one of the best scanners in the business. But it's not a volume scanner without an expensive attachment or two. -- Godfrey Keep me in mind when you are finished with it. stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some cover pics
Way to go, Paul! Nice job. Cheers, Christine On Dec 23, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Both of the cover photos on the April 2012 issue of Mopar Action are mine. (Yes, the publisher dates his newsstand mags that far in advance. The theory being that shoppers pick up the issue that appears to be latest when choosing between similar pubs.) Had to shoot both of these cars with the sun pretty high in the sky, as I shot from morning to night. Both shot from a ladder with the DA* 16-50 at about f6.7. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14855855 Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Some cover pics
Thanks Bruce. The magazine's art directors did the PS work. I do some general retouching before I send off the pics, but never crop into the cars. The covers are done at the publisher's headquarters, and some fairly good craftsmen are employed there. The inside photos are handled by more junior people. For newsstand mags, it's all about covers. Paul On Dec 23, 2011, at 4:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Well done, and congrats on the cover, Paul. Those shots look great! Did you get to do the Ps work to extract from background, or does the mag's art dept. do that? On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 4:09 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Both of the cover photos on the April 2012 issue of Mopar Action are mine. (Yes, the publisher dates his newsstand mags that far in advance. The theory being that shoppers pick up the issue that appears to be latest when choosing between similar pubs.) Had to shoot both of these cars with the sun pretty high in the sky, as I shot from morning to night. Both shot from a ladder with the DA* 16-50 at about f6.7. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14855855 Paul -- -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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lenticular clouds over Yorkshire
on 2011-12-22 15:08 Cotty wrote V cool! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16302606 these are fairly common in the Colorado front range, especially in Boulder where i lived for some time; i understand they form as a result of a standing wave in the atmosphere; the examples on the BBC page are very fine and more multi-layered than we are used to seeing -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Sigma 10 - 20 mm
Here's one of the first shots with my new Sigma: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2011/12/neues-aus-dunkirchen.html Looks good, so far. Happy Holidays, everybody. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Dunkerque/Dunkirk, France Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Sigma 10 - 20 mm
Very nice. I'm quite sure you are going to like that lens. Did you get the f4-5.6 version or the f3.5 ? Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Thanks to the PDML and Peter Loveday in particular
For those of you who haven't heard already, I ended up winning the AMC photo contest People's Choice award (it's a Festivus miracle!) Thanks to everyone who voted. Especially thanks to Peter Loveday because if he hadn't pointed out the lame photograph that was winning at the time I wouldn't have bothered even looking at the contest again until it was over, much less asking other friends to vote. This photo will be one of the two prints I donate to the charity auction held by my Pan-Mass Challenge cycling team in 2012. These kinds of awards really do help generate bidding. Thanks again! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150424877981681.354590.43527081680type=1 -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Sigma 10 - 20 mm
Very nice. I like the composition. Distortion appears to be minimal. Did you do any PS transformations? Paul On Dec 23, 2011, at 4:55 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Here's one of the first shots with my new Sigma: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2011/12/neues-aus-dunkirchen.html Looks good, so far. Happy Holidays, everybody. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Dunkerque/Dunkirk, France Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2011 - 151 - GDG
I have most of the shooting for this series done. Next year I'll produce the book. :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6561165975/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6561165975/ Thanks for looking! Comments always appreciated. Greetings of the season for all! -- Godfrey Communicating 2011 series: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625672485865/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Thanks to the PDML and Peter Loveday in particular
Well deserved. Congratulations! On Dec 23, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: For those of you who haven't heard already, I ended up winning the AMC photo contest People's Choice award (it's a Festivus miracle!) Thanks to everyone who voted. Especially thanks to Peter Loveday because if he hadn't pointed out the lame photograph that was winning at the time I wouldn't have bothered even looking at the contest again until it was over, much less asking other friends to vote. This photo will be one of the two prints I donate to the charity auction held by my Pan-Mass Challenge cycling team in 2012. These kinds of awards really do help generate bidding. Thanks again! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150424877981681.354590.43527081680type=1 -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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.
PESO - Basilica San Marco
Another from-the-hip shot inside San Marco: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14826599 (K-7, DA 16-45) The walls and ceiling are covered in glass tiles, covered with gold leaf, covered with centuries of soot and incense residue. The place is amazing, but would be utterly dazzling if it were cleaned. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Good news, bad news
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Keep me in mind when you are finished with it. I will, but it will be a long while. I bought it because I recently acquired a Leica M4-2 and like shooting with it occasionally, so I need a good scanner to take my negatives into digital domain with on an ongoing basis. For bulk scanning, I'm going to bundle most of everything up and ship it to http://www.scancafe.com. I've done a few sets that way ... they do as good or better a job as I can, it costs far less than my time does. My time is too limited for bulk scanning ... I'm not retired! :-) -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Basilica San Marco
I need to go back. When I went, I had a PS and the flash was on, and 99% of the shots were completely unusable. Did you go to the top of the cupola? On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Another from-the-hip shot inside San Marco: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14826599 (K-7, DA 16-45) The walls and ceiling are covered in glass tiles, covered with gold leaf, covered with centuries of soot and incense residue. The place is amazing, but would be utterly dazzling if it were cleaned. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Good news, bad news
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 9:39 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Seems like all the reviews on BH, whether good or bad, start out the same way ... I bought this to scan xx thousand slides ... Got me to wondering what happened to the used scanners once they'd finished scanning their slides, so I looked on eBay. Weren't as many as I expected, but there's at least one. Not a bad price, but it's a Buy It Now with no returns accepted. Bargain if it's actually working, sort of a rip-off if it's not, although it's covered by eBay Buyer Protection. I found a bargain: someone on another photo forum posted a note saying, I've scanned all the film I'm ever going to scan. My Nikon Coolscan V has done its job. It's four months old, who wants it? $700 I bought it, and sold my Coolscan IV for $300, a bit more than I paid for it. $400 for a Coolscan V ED is a serious bargain for one of the best scanners in the business. But it's not a volume scanner without an expensive attachment or two. I have a CoolScan IV ED that I bought in 2003. I paid somewhere between $400 and $600 for it. Don't really remember how much it was now. I was going to use it to scan slides as I took them instead of trying to attack any big backlog. But, before I really got any use out of it, I got mobilized, bought the *ist-D and got sent to Iraq. I'd have never got any use out of it over there, because I had no way to get film processed other than to mail it home to the USA. I still use it occasionally though when I get the rare urge to shoot 35mm film. I'm thinking about a flatbed for MF, LF old photos. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Well, wasn't that a nice surprise?
Yes, Virginia - there is a Santa Claus Look forward to the results ann On 12/23/2011 13:45, John Sessoms wrote: A week or so ago a friend in the local camera club I belong to asked me if I'd be interested in an old zoom lens for Pentax a friend of his out in Utah had found while cleaning up. My friend said that he thought his friend would be willing to send it to me if I'd pay the postage. My friend thought it was a 70 to something or something to 70 lens, but it was definitely made for Pentax. I told him sure, thinking maybe an old third party 'M' lens or maybe if I got lucky a third party 'A' lens. It arrived a few minutes ago. SMC Pentax-F, 80-200 f/4.7-5.6 !! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Basilica San Marco
No, we stayed on ground level at the Basilica, but went up to the top of the Campanile (previous PESO). Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 5:25 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Basilica San Marco I need to go back. When I went, I had a PS and the flash was on, and 99% of the shots were completely unusable. Did you go to the top of the cupola? On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Another from-the-hip shot inside San Marco: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14826599 (K-7, DA 16-45) The walls and ceiling are covered in glass tiles, covered with gold leaf, covered with centuries of soot and incense residue. The place is amazing, but would be utterly dazzling if it were cleaned. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.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 2011 - 151 - GDG
The girl picking her nose brings this one down to earth... Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com To: PAW Picture-A-Week project p...@micapeak.com; SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com; BAPhotoShooters BAPA baphotoshoot...@yahoogroups.com; PDML List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 5:18 PM Subject: PESO 2011 - 151 - GDG I have most of the shooting for this series done. Next year I'll produce the book. :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6561165975/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6561165975/ Thanks for looking! Comments always appreciated. Greetings of the season for all! -- Godfrey Communicating 2011 series: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625672485865/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
lighting thoughts/questions
I wonder if anyone has tried simulating a ring light for macro work, by putting a studio strobe with umbrella directly behind the camera and triggering the camera with a cable release? In a similar vein, what is the fabric that is used for shoot through umbrellas, soft boxes etc? It seems I could make a really big softbox for a lot less than it would cost to buy, if I bought the right fabric, plastic or whatever is used for the diffuser. -- 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.
Blurb color profiles
How much difference does it really make to use the blurb ICC color profiles rather than sRGB? I would guess that they would know the necessary correction to apply from sRGB to their own machines to get that last little tweak. Part of the reason I asked is that I followed the directions for adding the icc profiles to both the Mac and to lightroom, and they still aren't showing up as an option in lightroom. The costco ones I added a few years ago are there fine. -- 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: lighting thoughts/questions
On Dec 23, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I wonder if anyone has tried simulating a ring light for macro work, by putting a studio strobe with umbrella directly behind the camera and triggering the camera with a cable release? I used to use a device called a sof' shoulder for macro. It's no longer available, but it was an umbrella and flash on a rig that was positioned it over the photographer's shoulder. It worked well In a similar vein, what is the fabric that is used for shoot through umbrellas, soft boxes etc? It seems I could make a really big softbox for a lot less than it would cost to buy, if I bought the right fabric, plastic or whatever is used for the diffuser. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Another hit
On Dec 24, 2011, at 4:36 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: What Cotty said - I heard that on the news in the middle of the night here :( YOu really don't need any more photo ops like that Someone had a good sound recording op... a band was doing some work in a studio when the 6.0 came through. http://soundcloud.com/charlie-underwood/chch-earthquake-23-12-11-raw I couldn't get it to work in Safari but Firefox was fine. For best effect listen through something with plenty of bass :) Oh yeah, it contains naughty language. 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: Blurb color profiles
On 24 December 2011 10:34, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: How much difference does it really make to use the blurb ICC color profiles rather than sRGB? I would guess that they would know the necessary correction to apply from sRGB to their own machines to get that last little tweak. Part of the reason I asked is that I followed the directions for adding the icc profiles to both the Mac and to lightroom, and they still aren't showing up as an option in lightroom. The costco ones I added a few years ago are there fine. I've no idea but if the specific profile allows colours outside the gamut of sRGB then those potentially reproducible colours can't be reinstated if the images are supplied mapped to sRGB CS. You can upload the custom colourspace to http://www.iccview.de/content/view/3/7/lang,en/ and compare the colour spaces for clipping visually. Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: lighting thoughts/questions
On Dec 23, 2011, at 6:40 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Dec 23, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I wonder if anyone has tried simulating a ring light for macro work, by putting a studio strobe with umbrella directly behind the camera and triggering the camera with a cable release? I used to use a device called a sof' shoulder for macro. It's no longer available, but it was an umbrella and flash on a rig that was positioned it over the photographer's shoulder. It worked well I should add that I found the umbrella rig better than a ring light, in that the light wasn't as flat. In a similar vein, what is the fabric that is used for shoot through umbrellas, soft boxes etc? It seems I could make a really big softbox for a lot less than it would cost to buy, if I bought the right fabric, plastic or whatever is used for the diffuser. -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2011 - 151 - GDG
Um ... thanks Rick... G On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: The girl picking her nose brings this one down to earth... Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com To: PAW Picture-A-Week project p...@micapeak.com; SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com; BAPhotoShooters BAPA baphotoshoot...@yahoogroups.com; PDML List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, December 23, 2011 5:18 PM Subject: PESO 2011 - 151 - GDG I have most of the shooting for this series done. Next year I'll produce the book. :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6561165975/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6561165975/ Thanks for looking! Comments always appreciated. Greetings of the season for all! -- Godfrey Communicating 2011 series: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625672485865/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some cover pics
Nice captures both Paul ! Did you write a piece to go with the photos ? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Some cover pics Both of the cover photos on the April 2012 issue of Mopar Action are mine. (Yes, the publisher dates his newsstand mags that far in advance. The theory being that shoppers pick up the issue that appears to be latest when choosing between similar pubs.) Had to shoot both of these cars with the sun pretty high in the sky, as I shot from morning to night. Both shot from a ladder with the DA* 16-50 at about f6.7. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14855855 Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Some cover pics
On Dec 23, 2011, at 7:42 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Nice captures both Paul ! Did you write a piece to go with the photos ? Thanks Ken. I rarely write for this book. They don't pay very much, and the repetitive nature of the subject matter doesn't interest me. But the annual Mopar Nationals photo shoot is a good deal for me because I get a flat rate for three days of shooting, and I sell photos to the car owners. It's a refreshing exception to the way I usually work. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Some cover pics Both of the cover photos on the April 2012 issue of Mopar Action are mine. (Yes, the publisher dates his newsstand mags that far in advance. The theory being that shoppers pick up the issue that appears to be latest when choosing between similar pubs.) Had to shoot both of these cars with the sun pretty high in the sky, as I shot from morning to night. Both shot from a ladder with the DA* 16-50 at about f6.7. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14855855 Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Thanks to the PDML and Peter Loveday in particular
Well done. That's a fantastic photo. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Fri, Dec 23, 2011, at 05:12 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: For those of you who haven't heard already, I ended up winning the AMC photo contest People's Choice award (it's a Festivus miracle!) Thanks to everyone who voted. Especially thanks to Peter Loveday because if he hadn't pointed out the lame photograph that was winning at the time I wouldn't have bothered even looking at the contest again until it was over, much less asking other friends to vote. This photo will be one of the two prints I donate to the charity auction held by my Pan-Mass Challenge cycling team in 2012. These kinds of awards really do help generate bidding. Thanks again! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150424877981681.354590.43527081680type=1 -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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. -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Blurb color profiles
On Fri, Dec 23, 2011, at 03:34 PM, Larry Colen wrote: How much difference does it really make to use the blurb ICC color profiles rather than sRGB? I would guess that they would know the necessary correction to apply from sRGB to their own machines to get that last little tweak. Part of the reason I asked is that I followed the directions for adding the icc profiles to both the Mac and to lightroom, and they still aren't showing up as an option in lightroom. The costco ones I added a few years ago are there fine. I've only ever used sRGB and I've been happy with the results. I've downloaded the Blurb profile and use it (occasionally, when I remember) to check for out of gamut colours. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - IMAP accessible web-mail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Untitled
On 12/22/2011 5:15 AM, frank theriault wrote: There was some sort of guerilla Santa attack at a downtown mall on Saturday. Then I noticed the young lady on the cell phone. I don't know what it all means, or what to call it, but I hope you think it's as funny as I do: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/untitled.html Maybe it had something to do with this: http://santacon.info/Toronto-ON/ Title suggestions gratefully considered. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Untitled
I'm guessing it had a lot to do with that. Thanks, Larry! And thanks to everyone who looked.and commented. Based on a couple of suggestions I've re-done it: Different crop, lighter, adjusted the color balance a bit. Will post the new one tomorrow morning. I'll be most interested to hear what (if anything) people will have to say. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Sent: December 23, 2011 12/23/11 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Untitled On 12/22/2011 5:15 AM, frank theriault wrote: There was some sort of guerilla Santa attack at a downtown mall on Saturday. Then I noticed the young lady on the cell phone. I don't know what it all means, or what to call it, but I hope you think it's as funny as I do: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/12/untitled.html Maybe it had something to do with this: http://santacon.info/Toronto-ON/ Title suggestions gratefully considered. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (from dos4est) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2011 - 151 - GDG
Like it a lot. Lovely lighting, composition, rendering and subject matter. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com Sent: December 23, 2011 12/23/11 To: PAW Picture-A-Week project p...@micapeak.com, SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com, BAPhotoShooters BAPA baphotoshoot...@yahoogroups.com, PDML List PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO 2011 - 151 - GDG I have most of the shooting for this series done. Next year I'll produce the book. :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6561165975/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6561165975/ Thanks for looking! Comments always appreciated. Greetings of the season for all! -- Godfrey Communicating 2011 series: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625672485865/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Thanks to the PDML and Peter Loveday in particular
It's a wonderful photo and richly deserved winning, even if we know the fact that you have so many friends ~may~ have contributed just a bit to the outcome. ;-) Congrats! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Sent: December 23, 2011 12/23/11 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Thanks to the PDML and Peter Loveday in particular For those of you who haven't heard already, I ended up winning the AMC photo contest People's Choice award (it's a Festivus miracle!) Thanks to everyone who voted. Especially thanks to Peter Loveday because if he hadn't pointed out the lame photograph that was winning at the time I wouldn't have bothered even looking at the contest again until it was over, much less asking other friends to vote. This photo will be one of the two prints I donate to the charity auction held by my Pan-Mass Challenge cycling team in 2012. These kinds of awards really do help generate bidding. Thanks again! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150424877981681.354590.43527081680type=1 -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Sigma 10 - 20 mm
Wow, terrific shot! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de Sent: December 23, 2011 12/23/11 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Sigma 10 - 20 mm Here's one of the first shots with my new Sigma: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2011/12/neues-aus-dunkirchen.html Looks good, so far. Happy Holidays, everybody. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Dunkerque/Dunkirk, France Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 in Boston
Of who? ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com Sent: December 23, 2011 12/23/11 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Back in Boston The second coming. On 23 December 2011 23:09, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Having spent a few days in Georgia visiting my parents I'm back in beantown and accessing my email again. What did I miss? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Well, wasn't that a nice surprise?
Excellent score! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Sent: December 23, 2011 12/23/11 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Well, wasn't that a nice surprise? A week or so ago a friend in the local camera club I belong to asked me if I'd be interested in an old zoom lens for Pentax a friend of his out in Utah had found while cleaning up. My friend said that he thought his friend would be willing to send it to me if I'd pay the postage. My friend thought it was a 70 to something or something to 70 lens, but it was definitely made for Pentax. I told him sure, thinking maybe an old third party 'M' lens or maybe if I got lucky a third party 'A' lens. It arrived a few minutes ago. SMC Pentax-F, 80-200 f/4.7-5.6 !! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Thanks to the PDML and Peter Loveday in particular
Way to go, Mark! congrats. Cheers, Christine On Dec 23, 2011, at 10:27 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: It's a wonderful photo and richly deserved winning, even if we know the fact that you have so many friends ~may~ have contributed just a bit to the outcome. ;-) Congrats! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Sent: December 23, 2011 12/23/11 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Thanks to the PDML and Peter Loveday in particular For those of you who haven't heard already, I ended up winning the AMC photo contest People's Choice award (it's a Festivus miracle!) Thanks to everyone who voted. Especially thanks to Peter Loveday because if he hadn't pointed out the lame photograph that was winning at the time I wouldn't have bothered even looking at the contest again until it was over, much less asking other friends to vote. This photo will be one of the two prints I donate to the charity auction held by my Pan-Mass Challenge cycling team in 2012. These kinds of awards really do help generate bidding. Thanks again! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150424877981681.354590.43527081680type=1 -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Another hit
Wow! Interesting. Thanks for posting. By the by, I did get it to work in Safari. Cheers, Christine On Dec 23, 2011, at 5:45 PM, David Mann wrote: On Dec 24, 2011, at 4:36 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: What Cotty said - I heard that on the news in the middle of the night here :( YOu really don't need any more photo ops like that Someone had a good sound recording op... a band was doing some work in a studio when the 6.0 came through. http://soundcloud.com/charlie-underwood/chch-earthquake-23-12-11-raw I couldn't get it to work in Safari but Firefox was fine. For best effect listen through something with plenty of bass :) Oh yeah, it contains naughty language. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Sigma 10 - 20 mm
Bery nice, Ralf. Good to see you posting again! cheers, Christine On Dec 23, 2011, at 3:55 PM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: Here's one of the first shots with my new Sigma: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com/2011/12/neues-aus-dunkirchen.html Looks good, so far. Happy Holidays, everybody. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Dunkerque/Dunkirk, France Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 2011 - 151 - GDG
I like it. Nice layered cluster of subject there. Great rendering as usual. Cheers, Christine On Dec 23, 2011, at 4:18 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I have most of the shooting for this series done. Next year I'll produce the book. :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6561165975/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6561165975/ Thanks for looking! Comments always appreciated. Greetings of the season for all! -- Godfrey Communicating 2011 series: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625672485865/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Thanks to the PDML and Peter Loveday in particular
Congratulations! Worth a note in your resume. The whole voting process may have been a bit third-world, but the outcome was about right anyway - your's was clearly one of the top 2 or 3 and arguably the very best. stan On Dec 23, 2011, at 5:12 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: For those of you who haven't heard already, I ended up winning the AMC photo contest People's Choice award (it's a Festivus miracle!) Thanks to everyone who voted. Especially thanks to Peter Loveday because if he hadn't pointed out the lame photograph that was winning at the time I wouldn't have bothered even looking at the contest again until it was over, much less asking other friends to vote. This photo will be one of the two prints I donate to the charity auction held by my Pan-Mass Challenge cycling team in 2012. These kinds of awards really do help generate bidding. Thanks again! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150424877981681.354590.43527081680type=1 -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.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: Comet Lovejoy survives close encounter with Sun
As far as I'm concerned, this is both the most beautiful and remarkable photo that I have seen in 2011. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-30/hires/iss030e015479.jpg In 2nd place, is the Vancouver riot couple's kiss shot. Memorable in the extreme. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/17/vancouver-riot-kiss-photograph-mystery Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Comet Lovejoy survives close encounter with Sun
On Dec 23, 2011, at 10:00 PM, Darren Addy wrote: As far as I'm concerned, this is both the most beautiful and remarkable photo that I have seen in 2011. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-30/hires/iss030e015479.jpg That photo is amazing. I cannot count the number of ways that I wish I had taken that photo. Is there nobody on the list that has been able to take photos of Lovejoy? I've got a K-5 and an O-GPS1, all I need is a plane ticket to the Southern Hemisphere. In 2nd place, is the Vancouver riot couple's kiss shot. Memorable in the extreme. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jun/17/vancouver-riot-kiss-photograph-mystery Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lenticular clouds over Yorkshire
Mount Rainier creates several almost every day. Sometimes it will wear a cap for many days. It's an air compression humidity thing. They are formed by strong updrafts acting upon moist air at lower altitudes, causing the air to cool to its dew point as it reaches the mountaintop where it wraps around it . The cooled air then falls into the warmer air and the condensed moisture dissipates (disappears). I think... On Dec 23, 2011, at 13:54 , steve harley wrote: on 2011-12-22 15:08 Cotty wrote V cool! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-16302606 these are fairly common in the Colorado front range, especially in Boulder where i lived for some time; i understand they form as a result of a standing wave in the atmosphere; the examples on the BBC page are very fine and more multi-layered than we are used to seeing It's not that life is too short, it's that you're dead for so long.. — Anon Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Another hit
On Dec 24, 2011, at 6:24 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Wow! Interesting. Thanks for posting. By the by, I did get it to work in Safari. Cheers, Christine Curious, may have just been me. I wish I had a recording of what I heard in February as that was in a different league. There are some photos on the BBC website now but they don't show a lot. Most of the damage is confined to a couple of smallish areas. But those small areas wore it big time. This is about the 4th or 5th time they've had to dig this crap out. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16315538 The authorities had recently rezoned them from orange to green meaning they could move ahead with repairing their houses, but now they're begging to be rezoned to red so they can have the government buy their land and move out. I don't blame them as that land should never have been built on in the first place. I'm waiting to find out whether it's slumped or not. If so it could become prone to flooding. The next year or so is going to be interesting as more and more people are planning to leave the city, many going to Australia. Even those without property damage are getting really sick of it. I'd better mention that we're OK and are not planning to go anywhere. 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: OT: Comet Lovejoy survives close encounter with Sun
On Dec 24, 2011, at 7:00 PM, Darren Addy wrote: As far as I'm concerned, this is both the most beautiful and remarkable photo that I have seen in 2011. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-30/hires/iss030e015479.jpg Thanks for sending that link as I was able to find my way to a larger copy of one that I'd saved the other day: http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-30/hires/iss030e014350.jpg I don't want to start an argument but I prefer this one ;) Here's an index page with several other photos. http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-30/inflight/ndxpage9.html 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.
PESO 2011 - 152 - GDG
Ok, so I'm up late ... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6563072625/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6563072625/ Thanks for looking. Comments always appreciated! Happy Holidays to Everyone! Godfrey - Communicating 2011 series page: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625844414410/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
