RE: K-01 is here...
On 3/2/12, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: i despise most toasters; there are only a few worth having, the rest designed to fail after a few years; ... Hmm. I have a simple KitchenAid toaster with wide slots to allow bagels to be toasted that I bought in 1985 for $20. Still working just fine. It's a cheap piece of tin crap but it just keeps on toasting. My butler and housekeeper take care of my toastage needs. I'm informed there is a 'kitchen' somewhere in the east wing. 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: Whale's Tale
On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:33 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15111375 I bet that's a very nice thing to witness. There's a small sculpture of a whale tail on the Wellington waterfront along Oriental Parade. I came across it while running and took a cellphone photo because I was thinking of using that motif in making my headphone stand. I eventually decided I wasn't anywhere near skilled enough to attempt such an ambitious piece of carving so I did something completely different. 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: 'Iao Needle
On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15111392 Nice photo of an amazing landscape. I haven't seen sky like that for a couple of weeks despite it supposedly being summer. Those vertical cliffs in the background are fascinating... how tall are they? 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: You are not a photographer
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Doug Brewer I think the point here, Stan, is not that she has a camera that costs whatever,but the view that, to too many people, all you need to be a photographer is a good camera. it's just snobbery and self-aggrandisement. It's the same sort of thing as I'm a traveller, you're a tourist. Immature and insecure people trying to define categories and rankings to make themselves feel superior to the rest of us. 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 19
On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Last night, before my photo walk, I used my GPS and geotagged some photos showing how to find Studio Gracia, where Friday Night Blues is held. The goal was to show some landmarks off of 8th, and also have the map available. I think I actually like this one of the door as a photo, not just documentation, though I'm not sure whether it's subtle, or bland. Comments appreciated: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6819169805/lightbox/ The style of that number, and the black door on which it's mounted, makes me think of a famous door on Downing St. Probably because I'm nearly halfway through Thatcher's book at the moment. FWIW I'd try cropping out the white as I think it's a bit distracting. 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: Juan Buhler - Hanoi, 2011
On Feb 5, 2012, at 4:27 AM, Bob W wrote: I'm increasingly coming round to the view that it should be legal to kill Juan. Careful, you might set a precedent. And at the end I'd be the only one left. Fantastic photo, Juan. 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: Why I Moved To Medium Format
On Feb 5, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: On 2/4/2012 8:29 PM, Tim Bray wrote: No, I didn't. This guy Zack Arias did: http://zackarias.com/for-photographers/gear-gadgets/why-i-moved-to-medium-format-phase-one-iq140-review/ I do *not* need a 645. I do *not* need a 645. I do *not* need a 645. Nope. -T Man. This kind of stuff just depresses the hell out of me. I'm excited, this is a crystal ball. This is the kind of gear we'll all be able to afford in a few years. 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: Why I Moved To Medium Format
On 2/5/2012 3:03 AM, David Mann wrote: On Feb 5, 2012, at 4:02 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: On 2/4/2012 8:29 PM, Tim Bray wrote: No, I didn't. This guy Zack Arias did: http://zackarias.com/for-photographers/gear-gadgets/why-i-moved-to-medium-format-phase-one-iq140-review/ I do *not* need a 645. I do *not* need a 645. I do *not* need a 645. Nope. -T Man. This kind of stuff just depresses the hell out of me. I'm excited, this is a crystal ball. This is the kind of gear we'll all be able to afford in a few years. Dave That made milk shoot out of my nose, and I haven't had a glass of milk in weeks! -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Happy
On 4/2/12, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: She told (not asked) me to take her picture: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Thanks mate - can you put a warning next time!! Tea and toast first thing with a PDML browse!! -- 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 - Happy
On 4/2/12, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: She told (not asked) me to take her picture: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. BTW excellent 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: You are not a photographer
I think the image is a parody of those old Canon ads that implied you were equivalent to a professional photographer is you used a professional, ie Canon, camera Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 3:15 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Doug Brewer I think the point here, Stan, is not that she has a camera that costs whatever,but the view that, to too many people, all you need to be a photographer is a good camera. it's just snobbery and self-aggrandisement. It's the same sort of thing as I'm a traveller, you're a tourist. Immature and insecure people trying to define categories and rankings to make themselves feel superior to the rest of us. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: 'Iao Needle
Thanks, Dave. I have photographed the needle several times in the past, but since it is in a rain forest, it is usually covered in mist and backed by solid clouds. This day was quite special. The valley floor is about 1,000 feet above sea level, and the needle rises about 1200 feet above the valley. Behind the needle is Puʻu Kukui, which is 5800 feet above sea level, and the second wettest spot in Hawai'i, getting almost 400 inches of rain a year. I suspect the cliffs immediately behind the needle rise about 2,000 feet above the valley floor, and at least 1,000 feet above the top of the needle. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 3:12 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:36 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15111392 Nice photo of an amazing landscape. I haven't seen sky like that for a couple of weeks despite it supposedly being summer. Those vertical cliffs in the background are fascinating... how tall are they? 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: Whale's Tale
Yes it is. There were more exciting breaches on this sail, but somehow I liked the geometry of this posture on the part of the whale. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 3:10 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:33 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15111375 I bet that's a very nice thing to witness. There's a small sculpture of a whale tail on the Wellington waterfront along Oriental Parade. I came across it while running and took a cellphone photo because I was thinking of using that motif in making my headphone stand. I eventually decided I wasn't anywhere near skilled enough to attempt such an ambitious piece of carving so I did something completely different. 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.
Why I added large format
http://zackarias.com/for-photographers/gear-gadgets/why-i-moved-to-medium-format-phase-one-iq140-review/ The article said almost all of it: I can?t properly convey how gorgeous these digital files are. It?s not just the amount of Megapixels that matter. The size of the imaging sensor comes into play in the final quality of the photo. I?d rather have a 20 megapixel medium format camera than a 30 megapixel 35mm based DSLR because the physical sensor is much larger. The larger the sensor the higher the quality. The only thing missing was the question of the image form and lens aberrations. Of course new DSLRs compensate automatically, but still ... I must admit that the close-up of the eyelashes with the MF digital equals enlargements from 4x5 C41. It also betters mediocre LF lenses like the Symmar convertibles from the 50s 60s. But contact /or scan it and there is still no comparison, even with good better lenses. (No need to buy the top-end apo or such.) Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl 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 19
On Feb 5, 2012, at 12:20 AM, David Mann wrote: On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:27 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Last night, before my photo walk, I used my GPS and geotagged some photos showing how to find Studio Gracia, where Friday Night Blues is held. The goal was to show some landmarks off of 8th, and also have the map available. I think I actually like this one of the door as a photo, not just documentation, though I'm not sure whether it's subtle, or bland. Comments appreciated: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6819169805/lightbox/ The style of that number, and the black door on which it's mounted, makes me think of a famous door on Downing St. Probably because I'm nearly halfway through Thatcher's book at the moment. FWIW I'd try cropping out the white as I think it's a bit distracting. Here are a couple tries without the white: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6822644215/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6822639105 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. -- 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 - Happy
Happy indeed. Good one Dave On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:23 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: She told (not asked) me to take her picture: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy.html Hope you enjoy. 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 - Sima and Ray
Great shot Dave On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 3:27 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/sima-and-ray.html Shot in 2009, while visiting Mike Wilson and family. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
I used the Huey Pro for several years. It's quick, easy, somewhat configurable, and MUCH better than nothing. I got my laptop screen to match my 24in monitor at work with 2 tries. The main drawbacks are that one can't use it to set luminance, there is some inconsistency from one calibration to the next, and reading on the web leads one to suspect considerable sample variation in the units themselves. A few months ago I got an i1Display Pro, and it does a great job--fast, consistent, and it does luminance too--and costs twice as much as the Huey Pro. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Adam Montoya amont...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 12:27 AM Subject: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?) So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
FS: Speaking of medium format...
I forgot to let PDML know about a gorgeous Pentax 645 with Pentax-A 75mm that I am selling. Sadly, I can't keep everything. It is reasonably priced at $295 plus shipping (will ship worldwide) and the posting is here: http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/photographic-equipment-sale/171138-sale-pentax-645-pentax-75mm-f2-8-a.html If you can't see that forum and need images, drop me a line. Apologies for the non-Friday post. Darren Addy Kearney, NE -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why I added large format
On Sun, 2012-02-05 at 13:06 +, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: http://zackarias.com/for-photographers/gear-gadgets/why-i-moved-to-medium-format-phase-one-iq140-review/ The article said almost all of it: I can?t properly convey how gorgeous these digital files are. It?s not just the amount of Megapixels that matter. The size of the imaging sensor comes into play in the final quality of the photo. I?d rather have a 20 megapixel medium format camera than a 30 megapixel 35mm based DSLR because the physical sensor is much larger. The larger the sensor the higher the quality. The only thing missing was the question of the image form and lens aberrations. Of course new DSLRs compensate automatically, but still ... I must admit that the close-up of the eyelashes with the MF digital equals enlargements from 4x5 C41. It also betters mediocre LF lenses like the Symmar convertibles from the 50s 60s. But contact /or scan it and there is still no comparison, even with good better lenses. (No need to buy the top-end apo or such.) Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott That looks interesting but it doesn't look like something I would want to carry into the field. Evan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
On 04/02/2012 11:27 PM, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -Adam Eye1 Pro. It seems to work. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
Spyder3 Pro - recently upgraded from a Spyder2. Does a good job, even with my cheap monitor. -p On 2/4/2012 11:27 PM, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -Adam -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Why I added large format
On 05/02/2012 7:06 AM, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: http://zackarias.com/for-photographers/gear-gadgets/why-i-moved-to-medium-format-phase-one-iq140-review/ The article said almost all of it: I can?t properly convey how gorgeous these digital files are. It?s not just the amount of Megapixels that matter. The size of the imaging sensor comes into play in the final quality of the photo. I?d rather have a 20 megapixel medium format camera than a 30 megapixel 35mm based DSLR because the physical sensor is much larger. The larger the sensor the higher the quality. To a great extent, what he is saying is a hold over predjudice from the film era, where the larger the negative, the better the image quality would be (painting with a broad brush I realize). In digital, to a great extent, megapixels are all that matters as long as one stays within the noise limitations of the sensor. I've seen comparisons between a 12mp APS-C camera (Pentax Kx) and a 12MP 135 format camera (Nikon D700). Until the ISO was raised fairly significantly, the Kx files were equivalent to the D700 files. Digital is about megapixels and signal to noise. If those numbers are equivalent, or at least below the threshold of viewability, it doesn't matter what size of sensor is in use. My Q does a remarkably good job against my K7, even though the Q sensor is miniscule by comparison. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
The Colormunki is a bit expensive, but it can also do your printer profiles. It can also do projectors. Our club has one and it works very well. I've heard they have a newer, less expensive, model that only does displays. George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net plus.georgesinos.com On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 11:27 PM, Adam Montoya amont...@gmail.com wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
I've done fine with a Spyder 2 Express, the bargain version of the Spyder line. I believe Spyder 3 Express is the current version. It has limitations, but it can match the color cast of my monitor to my printer with precision. I adjust the luminance based on a grayscale and the printer output. If i tweak a file until it looks just right on my monitor, the print from my 2880 will be spot on. That's all I need. That said, I'd like to have the Pro version, so I could calibrate my second monitor as well.The Express version only allows you to do one monitor. The difference is in the software; the sensors are the same. Although I use the second monitor only for tools when working in PhotoShop, it would be nice if it were an exact match. On Feb 5, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Spyder3 Pro - recently upgraded from a Spyder2. Does a good job, even with my cheap monitor. -p On 2/4/2012 11:27 PM, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -Adam -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Sima and Ray
On 04/02/2012 21:27, AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/sima-and-ray.html Shot in 2009, while visiting Mike Wilson and family. He certainly had a way with birds. Much as you have a way with cameras, unlike me. I don't know what this is focused on. http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/temp/IMGP6821.jpg -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A thought about tripods
On 2/5/2012 00:06, David Parsons wrote: I haven't found a tripod to help my composition all that much, but it does make my pictures sharper because I'm not holding the camera. Chach-ing! about 30 years ago I got into Animals Animals / Earth scenes stock agency based largely on my black and white prints. They took a few slides, but not many. My instructions were to get a better loupe and a tripod. No matter how good a mood or an expression on beasties, if it were not razor sharp and preferably no higher an ASA (this was 1980 remember?) than 64 - ideally, Kodachrome 25 - for those of us shoointg 35mm. In BW I shot Tri-x and I could shoot fast enough to keep things sharp. So I got a Benbo. But I had mate back then and we had bucks and drove all over the place so I could stash the T-pod in the car and luxuiate in setting up out in the wild at a nature preserve or park and 'wait for it I also had someone to carry it for me. When we did serious trail walks I carried a lightweight one for low to the ground stuff. I did my street stuff for me and the nature stuff that I managed to get sharp enough I sent to the agency, but it was just too much work for me when I was actually working full time to do all the housekeeping involved - researching details on scientific names , getting the places spot on. So I sent them, to say the least, not enough to make a living on it. I did get some sales back then, but the most recent was probably - um - 4 or 5 years ago. Can't blame them... I hardly have given them anything in the past 15 years. But I'm very very glad I got that tripod. I use it now for shooting stuff I'm putting on ebay and a very occasional bit of roof-top great light things. It certainly cost me shots , too. But I treasure days spent out in the west where I could frame my shot and wait for the sun to rise or set, the birds to return to the nest, the critters to appear while I sipped a cuppa and didn't have to keep looking through the lens and getting cramped up in the arm holding the camera. I always went with two cameras.. the one loaded with T-X and a 50mm or a 28 that stayed around my neck often or with a different speed film so that I could cover the unexpected for my own pleasure or for stuff that didn't need to be razor sharp I can't get sharp shots shooting on the fly at anything less than a shutter speed of 250 - my body won't let me. and frankly, I never could ann On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: I wonder how much of the photographic benefit of using a tripod is from the camera being steadier, and how much of it is because using a tripod forces you to slow down and think a bit longer about the photograph. -- 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: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
Still have my copy of Spyder I. Even thought it was not supposed to work on my iMac 21.5 i seemed to remember a download from the net to look after that issue, and i managed to get a monitor calibrate. Probably should upgrade now anyway. Dave On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:27 AM, Adam Montoya amont...@gmail.com wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -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.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
On 05/02/2012 06:27, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks Funny - I was just about to post on this very subject. Being extremely unhappy at recent reproductions of my drivel (they were being printed much redder than I was seeing on screen) I bought a Hueypro and calbrated (I think) my screen. It now has a decidedly green hue, compared to what I was used to. This would generally be the direction I anticipated but I was not expecting such a noticable transformation. Maybe folks with known calibrated screens could look at my recent posting and tell me if there is anything clearly wrong with it. In the colour stakes - I know about all the other stuff, thanks http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/temp/IMGP6821.jpg -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-01 is here...
On 05/02/2012 09:03, Bob W wrote: On 3/2/12, steve harley, discombobulated, unleashed: i despise most toasters; there are only a few worth having, the rest designed to fail after a few years; ... Hmm. I have a simple KitchenAid toaster with wide slots to allow bagels to be toasted that I bought in 1985 for $20. Still working just fine. It's a cheap piece of tin crap but it just keeps on toasting. My butler and housekeeper take care of my toastage needs. I'm informed there is a 'kitchen' somewhere in the east wing. Always cold when it gets to the table. Don't stay at Bob's. -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
HDR
Hi list. I tried out the in camera HDR today. The K-5 offers a number of Auto-HDR features in this area. In this exapmle I used the highest equalisation feature: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157629185875729/ Please feel free to comment. Which software should I use for out off camera HDR? Regards Jens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
EYE-ONE. Reagards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Feb 5, 2012 17:11 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Still have my copy of Spyder I. Even thought it was not supposed to work on my iMac 21.5 i seemed to remember a download from the net to look after that issue, and i managed to get a monitor calibrate. Probably should upgrade now anyway. Dave On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:27 AM, Adam Montoya amont...@gmail.com wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -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: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
It appears to be spot on for the light on my monitor. It's definitely trending toward green. It might be a hair toward the blue and magenta side of things -- really just a hair -- but that would be right for the open shade light. Paul On Feb 5, 2012, at 10:22 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 05/02/2012 06:27, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks Funny - I was just about to post on this very subject. Being extremely unhappy at recent reproductions of my drivel (they were being printed much redder than I was seeing on screen) I bought a Hueypro and calbrated (I think) my screen. It now has a decidedly green hue, compared to what I was used to. This would generally be the direction I anticipated but I was not expecting such a noticable transformation. Maybe folks with known calibrated screens could look at my recent posting and tell me if there is anything clearly wrong with it. In the colour stakes - I know about all the other stuff, thanks http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/temp/IMGP6821.jpg -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: HDR
Too much. You're getting a lot of halo effect where darks meet lights. You could fix that by cloning on a pixel level, but that's a lot of work. Paul On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Jens wrote: Hi list. I tried out the in camera HDR today. The K-5 offers a number of Auto-HDR features in this area. In this exapmle I used the highest equalisation feature: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157629185875729/ Please feel free to comment. Which software should I use for out off camera HDR? Regards Jens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
I meant to say it's definitely NOT trending toward green. Agh. On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: It appears to be spot on for the light on my monitor. It's definitely trending toward green. It might be a hair toward the blue and magenta side of things -- really just a hair -- but that would be right for the open shade light. Paul On Feb 5, 2012, at 10:22 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 05/02/2012 06:27, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks Funny - I was just about to post on this very subject. Being extremely unhappy at recent reproductions of my drivel (they were being printed much redder than I was seeing on screen) I bought a Hueypro and calbrated (I think) my screen. It now has a decidedly green hue, compared to what I was used to. This would generally be the direction I anticipated but I was not expecting such a noticable transformation. Maybe folks with known calibrated screens could look at my recent posting and tell me if there is anything clearly wrong with it. In the colour stakes - I know about all the other stuff, thanks http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/temp/IMGP6821.jpg -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: HDR
Have no basis for advising anything about HDR programs, but I have tried the in-camera K5 HDR. Can foresee possible future use. Note limb haloing/fringing against the sky. Possibly the result of pushing the contrast. (?) Jack From: Jens p...@planfoto.dk To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, February 5, 2012 8:31 AM Subject: HDR Hi list. I tried out the in camera HDR today. The K-5 offers a number of Auto-HDR features in this area. In this exapmle I used the highest equalisation feature: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157629185875729/ Please feel free to comment. Which software should I use for out off camera HDR? Regards Jens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
Looks good on my monitor. - to get rid of red, you'd want to move toward cyan. -p On 2/5/2012 9:22 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 05/02/2012 06:27, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks Funny - I was just about to post on this very subject. Being extremely unhappy at recent reproductions of my drivel (they were being printed much redder than I was seeing on screen) I bought a Hueypro and calbrated (I think) my screen. It now has a decidedly green hue, compared to what I was used to. This would generally be the direction I anticipated but I was not expecting such a noticable transformation. Maybe folks with known calibrated screens could look at my recent posting and tell me if there is anything clearly wrong with it. In the colour stakes - I know about all the other stuff, thanks http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/temp/IMGP6821.jpg -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: K-01 is here...
i despise most toasters; there are only a few worth having, the rest designed to fail after a few years; ... Hmm. I have a simple KitchenAid toaster with wide slots to allow bagels to be toasted that I bought in 1985 for $20. Still working just fine. It's a cheap piece of tin crap but it just keeps on toasting. My butler and housekeeper take care of my toastage needs. I'm informed there is a 'kitchen' somewhere in the east wing. Always cold when it gets to the table. Don't stay at Bob's. you should have said. Next time I'll get Mercedes or Juanita to warm it up for you in their special way. 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: HDR
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: I tried out the in camera HDR today. The K-5 offers a number of Auto-HDR features in this area. In this exapmle I used the highest equalisation feature: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157629185875729/ Please feel free to comment. Which software should I use for out off camera HDR? The potential is certainly there, but I agree with Paul that the halos distract from the result. When I've combined multiple exposures, instead of producing an HDR image and tone-mapping, I've used exposure fusion. This is implemented in software like enfuse (part of the hugin panorama software) and tufuse http://www.tawbaware.com/tufuse.htm. I've mostly used tufuse, which is command-line software. There is a plugin to integrate enfuse with Lightroom, which probably makes things easier; I haven't tried it http://www.photographers-toolbox.com/products/lrenfuse.php. I've found the results from exposure fusion to look quite natural, which is my intent with this sort of thing: http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/2588764510/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/3478746032/lightbox/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/coneslayer/2930696962/lightbox/ All that said, I don't have any experience with good HDR software like Photomatix or Photoshop. I think people are producing natural-looking results with those packages as well. When I first became interested in HDR, I played around with free software like qtpfsgui http://qtpfsgui.sourceforge.net/ and didn't care for the results. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
On 2012-02-05 10:03, Paul Sorenson wrote: Spyder3 Pro Ditto. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: February PUG - The Train is about to Leave the Station
On 2/4/2012 12:03 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 2/3/2012 22:54, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all Last call for the February PUG. I'll be closing submissions on Monday. So far we have 17 themed submissions and one for the open gallery. +++ Theme: Railway So... So you are keeping track? ann Perhaps he should be making tracks... Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels * Max file size: 300k * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body or lens used is Pentax. * If you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure the image looks right in non colour-managed browsers. More detailed guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Sima and Ray
Great catch Jostein. I like that we can see one of the guys eyes. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is human to arr is pirate 2012/2/4 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/sima-and-ray.html Shot in 2009, while visiting Mike Wilson and family. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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[s] Railroad related PUG rejects
No the PUG isn't rejecting submissions, at least not that I know of, no these are images I rejected, but still thought I'd show just because... I haven't been all that productive lately, (especially in creating worthy images), so I went back to mine a few from when I was still shooting primarily with the *ist-D and Ds. I've shown this one as a BW rendering, but it looks pretty good in color. Some people complained that I cut off the bottoms of it's wheels but you know it's not going anywhere... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20disablediir.html Equipment *ist-Ds/w smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 The second hasn't been shown before AFAICR. This 1890s vintage swing bridge is slated to be replace with a new 40 year* bridge sometime in the next few years. Unless the US Federal Government runs out of money... (Hey wait a minute), oh well, It will still be replaced. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20rrbridgectriver.html Equipment *ist-D/w smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. *More than a little irony in that, Whot? -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens road map
I second this. The 550mm lens would be perfect for skittish birds, especially when there is little tree cover for getting closer. If it will be f5.6, as some people have guessed, it might even be affordable (or at least affordable enough that my wife won't beat me over the head with it when I bring it home, since that would cause focus problems due to lens misalignement). I have an old Sigma 400mm F5.6 that has long since stopped autofocusing and I've been waiting for a lens such as this one for a couple of years. Thrainn Þann 3.2.2012 17:31, skrifaði Paul Stenquist: On Feb 3, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Been thinking more about this, and the long long telephoto doesn't make a huge amount of sense to me on an APS-C camera. A 550mm lens? That would be a 775mm (35mm equiv) on a crop camera. Anybody see a huge demand for that? I want one for my K-5. It would be perfect for shooting small birds. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-01 is here...
I once wrote an essay on Toast, and it may be the most popular thing I ever published on my blog. Read the comments: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/02/10/On-Toast On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: i despise most toasters; there are only a few worth having, the rest designed to fail after a few years; ... Hmm. I have a simple KitchenAid toaster with wide slots to allow bagels to be toasted that I bought in 1985 for $20. Still working just fine. It's a cheap piece of tin crap but it just keeps on toasting. My butler and housekeeper take care of my toastage needs. I'm informed there is a 'kitchen' somewhere in the east wing. Always cold when it gets to the table. Don't stay at Bob's. you should have said. Next time I'll get Mercedes or Juanita to warm it up for you in their special way. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO: Fog and public service
If you have a camera, you can't stay inside when it's foggy out: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2012/02/05/Freezing-fog -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lens road map
Well, they make a 300mm f4.0 and the F 1.7x adapter is common enough, if you really want one. The maximum aperture for a 400mm f4.5 with a 1.4x TC would be within about 1/3 stop of the afore mentioned combination and only 50mm shorter, as well as probably being quite a bit less expensive. Most people seem to think I have nothing to complain about as far as image quality is concerned using even my ancient A*300 f4.0 with the F1.7x. On 2/3/2012 12:48 PM, Jack Davis wrote: I'd secretly (my wife is listening) like to see a 400mm f/4 or 4.5 and a quality 1.4 T/C. Jack ;-) From: Paul Stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, February 3, 2012 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Lens road map On Feb 3, 2012, at 12:16 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Been thinking more about this, and the long long telephoto doesn't make a huge amount of sense to me on an APS-C camera. A 550mm lens? That would be a 775mm (35mm equiv) on a crop camera. Anybody see a huge demand for that? I want one for my K-5. It would be perfect for shooting small birds. Now a 550mm or 600mm lens on a full frame, would be much more likely to be in at least some demand. But even if a full-frame camera is introduced, there won't be enough market penetration to justify such a lens for a long time -- if ever. The other thing is... Hoya stopped the publicizing of lens road maps like this. But that doesn't mean that there wasn't one. And given the short time that Ricoh has owned Pentax, it is likely to me that these future lenses on the road map are lenses that were already in some form of development at Hoya/Pentax. While Hoya/Pentax didn't appear to be interested in FF cameras, it seems crazy to me that they didn't have somebody at least doing RD on one. In fact, that would be good window dressing to showcase if you were going to shop the company. (look at the additional product lines you can expand into). I think the Marc Newson camera is another example of Hoya/Pentax carry-over. Add that to the comments in the earlier interview from the Ricoh/Pentax exec. talking about the importance of a full DSLR product line and I think the evidence is getting stronger for a FF Pentax camera to be at least announced, very soon. 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. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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] Railroad related PUG rejects
Well I have a slight preference for the close-up but they are both PUG worthy I think ann On 2/5/2012 13:29, P. J. Alling wrote: No the PUG isn't rejecting submissions, at least not that I know of, no these are images I rejected, but still thought I'd show just because... I haven't been all that productive lately, (especially in creating worthy images), so I went back to mine a few from when I was still shooting primarily with the *ist-D and Ds. I've shown this one as a BW rendering, but it looks pretty good in color. Some people complained that I cut off the bottoms of it's wheels but you know it's not going anywhere... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20disablediir.html Equipment *ist-Ds/w smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 The second hasn't been shown before AFAICR. This 1890s vintage swing bridge is slated to be replace with a new 40 year* bridge sometime in the next few years. Unless the US Federal Government runs out of money... (Hey wait a minute), oh well, It will still be replaced. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20rrbridgectriver.html Equipment *ist-D/w smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. *More than a little irony in that, Whot? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
On 05/02/2012 17:39, Paul Stenquist wrote: I meant to say it's definitely NOT trending toward green. Agh. On Feb 5, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: It appears to be spot on for the light on my monitor. It's definitely trending toward green. It might be a hair toward the blue and magenta side of things -- really just a hair -- but that would be right for the open shade light. Paul On Feb 5, 2012, at 10:22 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 05/02/2012 06:27, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks Funny - I was just about to post on this very subject. Being extremely unhappy at recent reproductions of my drivel (they were being printed much redder than I was seeing on screen) I bought a Hueypro and calbrated (I think) my screen. It now has a decidedly green hue, compared to what I was used to. This would generally be the direction I anticipated but I was not expecting such a noticable transformation. Maybe folks with known calibrated screens could look at my recent posting and tell me if there is anything clearly wrong with it. In the colour stakes - I know about all the other stuff, thanks http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/temp/IMGP6821.jpg Thanks. It certainly looks better than it did before. -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A thought about tripods
I haven't found a tripod to help my composition all that much, but it does make my pictures sharper because I'm not holding the camera. I have. It does indeed force you to slow down. Outdoor photog pros will advise to hand hold the camera roughly compose the intended shot then move the tripod into position to support the camera for that composition. I've seen the tripod paralize some - they come upon a scene immediately position the tripod without ever getting a rough idea of the indended image thru the handheld camers. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com Subject: Re: A thought about tripods I haven't found a tripod to help my composition all that much, but it does make my pictures sharper because I'm not holding the camera. On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 6:03 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I wonder how much of the photographic benefit of using a tripod is from the camera being steadier, and how much of it is because using a tripod forces you to slow down and think a bit longer about the photograph. -- 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[s] Railroad related PUG rejects
I prefer the first one, but I like machinery shots. On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 2:16 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Well I have a slight preference for the close-up but they are both PUG worthy I think ann On 2/5/2012 13:29, P. J. Alling wrote: No the PUG isn't rejecting submissions, at least not that I know of, no these are images I rejected, but still thought I'd show just because... I haven't been all that productive lately, (especially in creating worthy images), so I went back to mine a few from when I was still shooting primarily with the *ist-D and Ds. I've shown this one as a BW rendering, but it looks pretty good in color. Some people complained that I cut off the bottoms of it's wheels but you know it's not going anywhere... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20disablediir.html Equipment *ist-Ds/w smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 The second hasn't been shown before AFAICR. This 1890s vintage swing bridge is slated to be replace with a new 40 year* bridge sometime in the next few years. Unless the US Federal Government runs out of money... (Hey wait a minute), oh well, It will still be replaced. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20rrbridgectriver.html Equipment *ist-D/w smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. *More than a little irony in that, Whot? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K-01 is here...
On 05/02/2012 18:27, Bob W wrote: i despise most toasters; there are only a few worth having, the rest designed to fail after a few years; ... Hmm. I have a simple KitchenAid toaster with wide slots to allow bagels to be toasted that I bought in 1985 for $20. Still working just fine. It's a cheap piece of tin crap but it just keeps on toasting. My butler and housekeeper take care of my toastage needs. I'm informed there is a 'kitchen' somewhere in the east wing. Always cold when it gets to the table. Don't stay at Bob's. you should have said. Next time I'll get Mercedes or Juanita to warm it up for you in their special way. Tasty as well as toasty? -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Happy
Fantastic! With dental work like that she must be British. Probably due to too much sugar Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: RE: PESO - Happy She told (not asked) me to take her picture: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank Fantastic! With dental work like that she must be British. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: You are not a photographer
Immature and insecure people trying to define categories and rankings to make themselves feel superior to the rest of us. You mean I'm not ? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Subject: RE: You are not a photographer From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Doug Brewer I think the point here, Stan, is not that she has a camera that costs whatever,but the view that, to too many people, all you need to be a photographer is a good camera. it's just snobbery and self-aggrandisement. It's the same sort of thing as I'm a traveller, you're a tourist. Immature and insecure people trying to define categories and rankings to make themselves feel superior to the rest of us. 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: K-01 is here...
I once wrote an essay on Toast, and it may be the most popular thing I ever published on my blog. Read the comments: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/02/10/On-Toast Very American. You're pretty much all wrong about toast. Here's the way it's done in the civilised world. When the toast is ready you put it in a rack so that it doesn't go soggy and will be crisp when taken to the breakfast table and buttered. Soldiers are for dipping into a soft boiled egg. I dislike marmalade, but the best is Frank Coopers and taking a jar when you visit your French friends will ensure that they remain so. I was told this at 14 by my French teacher just before I went to stay for 2 weeks near Rheims with my pen-friend's family. It was true then and is true now. Marmalade confuses the French, who call it confiture, which is the same word that they use for jam, which is clearly very different from marmalade. English confiture also amuses them endlessly because we put the word 'preservative' on the label. This means something entirely different in French. If you're eating your toast later in the day, perhaps after a wet, muddy and cold walk in the countryside, then you must have it hot buttered, which is to say you may butter it straight away, as you've described. But that is not toast, it is hot buttered toast. B On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: i despise most toasters; there are only a few worth having, the rest designed to fail after a few years; ... Hmm. I have a simple KitchenAid toaster with wide slots to allow bagels to be toasted that I bought in 1985 for $20. Still working just fine. It's a cheap piece of tin crap but it just keeps on toasting. My butler and housekeeper take care of my toastage needs. I'm informed there is a 'kitchen' somewhere in the east wing. Always cold when it gets to the table. Don't stay at Bob's. you should have said. Next time I'll get Mercedes or Juanita to warm it up for you in their special way. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: A thought about tripods
I like my tripods and try to carry one of them with me whenever possible. Still, there are times when I just leave the tripod at some place (under a shade, on a rock, whatever) and walk only with my camera at hand. I know I can reach it for help if I need to; I do not feel guilty (!) if I do not use the tripod at all on that occasion. And, there are occasions (macros come to mind) where I always use a tripod. And, I do macros rather frequently... Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-01 is here...
Oh Bob! Thanks; you made my day :) Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2012/2/5 Bob W p...@web-options.com: I once wrote an essay on Toast, and it may be the most popular thing I ever published on my blog. Read the comments: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/02/10/On-Toast Very American. You're pretty much all wrong about toast. Here's the way it's done in the civilised world. When the toast is ready you put it in a rack so that it doesn't go soggy and will be crisp when taken to the breakfast table and buttered. Soldiers are for dipping into a soft boiled egg. I dislike marmalade, but the best is Frank Coopers and taking a jar when you visit your French friends will ensure that they remain so. I was told this at 14 by my French teacher just before I went to stay for 2 weeks near Rheims with my pen-friend's family. It was true then and is true now. Marmalade confuses the French, who call it confiture, which is the same word that they use for jam, which is clearly very different from marmalade. English confiture also amuses them endlessly because we put the word 'preservative' on the label. This means something entirely different in French. If you're eating your toast later in the day, perhaps after a wet, muddy and cold walk in the countryside, then you must have it hot buttered, which is to say you may butter it straight away, as you've described. But that is not toast, it is hot buttered toast. B On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: i despise most toasters; there are only a few worth having, the rest designed to fail after a few years; ... Hmm. I have a simple KitchenAid toaster with wide slots to allow bagels to be toasted that I bought in 1985 for $20. Still working just fine. It's a cheap piece of tin crap but it just keeps on toasting. My butler and housekeeper take care of my toastage needs. I'm informed there is a 'kitchen' somewhere in the east wing. Always cold when it gets to the table. Don't stay at Bob's. you should have said. Next time I'll get Mercedes or Juanita to warm it up for you in their special way. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K-01 is here...
For the English, caramelized bread, is like snow to the Eskimos. On 2/5/2012 2:28 PM, Bob W wrote: I once wrote an essay on Toast, and it may be the most popular thing I ever published on my blog. Read the comments: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2009/02/10/On-Toast Very American. You're pretty much all wrong about toast. Here's the way it's done in the civilised world. When the toast is ready you put it in a rack so that it doesn't go soggy and will be crisp when taken to the breakfast table and buttered. Soldiers are for dipping into a soft boiled egg. I dislike marmalade, but the best is Frank Coopers and taking a jar when you visit your French friends will ensure that they remain so. I was told this at 14 by my French teacher just before I went to stay for 2 weeks near Rheims with my pen-friend's family. It was true then and is true now. Marmalade confuses the French, who call it confiture, which is the same word that they use for jam, which is clearly very different from marmalade. English confiture also amuses them endlessly because we put the word 'preservative' on the label. This means something entirely different in French. If you're eating your toast later in the day, perhaps after a wet, muddy and cold walk in the countryside, then you must have it hot buttered, which is to say you may butter it straight away, as you've described. But that is not toast, it is hot buttered toast. B On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:27 AM, Bob Wp...@web-options.com wrote: i despise most toasters; there are only a few worth having, the rest designed to fail after a few years; ... Hmm. I have a simple KitchenAid toaster with wide slots to allow bagels to be toasted that I bought in 1985 for $20. Still working just fine. It's a cheap piece of tin crap but it just keeps on toasting. My butler and housekeeper take care of my toastage needs. I'm informed there is a 'kitchen' somewhere in the east wing. Always cold when it gets to the table. Don't stay at Bob's. you should have said. Next time I'll get Mercedes or Juanita to warm it up for you in their special way. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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] Railroad related PUG rejects
I like the image of the wheels very much. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:29 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: No the PUG isn't rejecting submissions, at least not that I know of, no these are images I rejected, but still thought I'd show just because... I haven't been all that productive lately, (especially in creating worthy images), so I went back to mine a few from when I was still shooting primarily with the *ist-D and Ds. I've shown this one as a BW rendering, but it looks pretty good in color. Some people complained that I cut off the bottoms of it's wheels but you know it's not going anywhere... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20disablediir.html Equipment *ist-Ds/w smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 The second hasn't been shown before AFAICR. This 1890s vintage swing bridge is slated to be replace with a new 40 year* bridge sometime in the next few years. Unless the US Federal Government runs out of money... (Hey wait a minute), oh well, It will still be replaced. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20rrbridgectriver.html Equipment *ist-D/w smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. *More than a little irony in that, Whot? -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: February PUG - The Train is about to Leave the Station
Give him a kick in the caboose. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:14 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/4/2012 12:03 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 2/3/2012 22:54, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all Last call for the February PUG. I'll be closing submissions on Monday. So far we have 17 themed submissions and one for the open gallery. +++ Theme: Railway So... So you are keeping track? ann Perhaps he should be making tracks... Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels * Max file size: 300k * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body or lens used is Pentax. * If you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure the image looks right in non colour-managed browsers. More detailed guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Nashville flea market
The 150mm was not a popular focal length, (more expensive a 135, which everyone and his brother just had to have and an odd icky focal length), and might even be considered a collectors item if it's in good enough shape. If it's as sharp as it's M42 mount predecessor, (I have a Super Takumar 150 f4.0, which was my first real telephoto), its certainly well worth the money optically. On 1/28/2012 4:43 PM, Jeffery Johnson wrote: We went to the flea market this morning and I ended up getting a SMC Pentax-M 1:3.5 150mm and a Rikenon P 1:2 50mm for $15 apiece and the fella through in a few filters for free. I have done some experimenting with the Rikenon but I haven't had a chance to play around with the 150mm. I am hoping it was a good deal but not for certain until I can get a chance to play around with them more but I have other pressing matters to get finished. Jeffery Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1416 / Virus Database: 2109/4772 - Release Date: 01/28/12 -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Life of a wedding photographer
If she's self employed SS tax will be about 7K right there. She may not have a tax accountant. Lots of people don't and she could be in a high tax state, which reduces your federal taxes but you can pay more to the state. Then there's things like this. Connecticut for example photographers are responsible for collecting sales tax on their services. Connecticut's a small place and you're competing with photographers from all neighboring states who may or may not have to worry about collecting sales tax. You can't offset that against your earnings, that's a cost to the customer, which goes into the final package price. She might even be including sales taxes on her materials, it's often not worth it to get a tax number for resale items, it causes the taxing authority to take a closer look at you which can lead to all kinds of fun. I can easily see paying that much in Taxes. Now her equipment costs seem a bit high. But then again I'm cheap. On 1/28/2012 2:59 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 02:24:11PM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: She's also entering some of her living expenses, which is a bit odd . . . More than simply a bit odd. She assigns costs for her house and car over the full year, rather than for just the four months she claims is her working season. She also claims a tax bill of $15,000 on income of $50,000, which suggests she needs a better tax attorney - many of the charges detailed (and already counted in the balance sheet) can be offset against taxable income, which should reduce that total considerably. I'm not saying that she's charging too much - just that the figures presented to justify that charge don't hold water. Far better to simply say I charge that much because that's a fair market price for what I offer - if you can find a deal you like better, take it. [Personally, I wouldn't want to shoot weddings as a way of earning money. I've done a couple of low-key events for friends family, but never as principal photographer at a formal wedding] -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
I've got a spyder II express. It does the job good enough for me. To calibrate both displays with it, there are things you can do to convince the system that screen 2 is actually screen 1, calibrate that screen, then switch back. I bought it because at the time I was running Linux and at the time that was the only one I could find software for that would work on Linux. I bought it and in conversations with them, found out that they were actively hostile to Linux. I guess they make too much money by selling both a crippled version of their software and charging more for a functional version of their software. On Feb 4, 2012, at 9:27 PM, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -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. -- 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: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:56 PM, Doug Franklin do...@nutdriver.org wrote: On 2012-02-05 10:03, Paul Sorenson wrote: Spyder3 Pro Ditto. Ditto -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Sima and Ray
On 2/5/2012 10:09 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 04/02/2012 21:27, AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/sima-and-ray.html Shot in 2009, while visiting Mike Wilson and family. He certainly had a way with birds. Much as you have a way with cameras, unlike me. I don't know what this is focused on. http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/temp/IMGP6821.jpg I'm getting the message, This page cannot be displayed so obviously it's focused on nothing. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: February PUG - The Train is about to Leave the Station
Quoting Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: Give him a kick in the caboose. Do that and I'm likely to go quite loco. I might even tender my resignation Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:14 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/4/2012 12:03 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 2/3/2012 22:54, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all Last call for the February PUG. I'll be closing submissions on Monday. So far we have 17 themed submissions and one for the open gallery. +++ Theme: Railway So... So you are keeping track? ann Perhaps he should be making tracks... Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels * Max file size: 300k * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body or lens used is Pentax. * If you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure the image looks right in non colour-managed browsers. More detailed guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
Hi Adam, Last month I posted my summary in a similar search: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2012-January/299378.html Since that, - a brand new Spyder 4 appeared on the market at $169, and Xrite ColorMunki Display (CMUNDIS) went up in price to the same $169. HTH, Igor On 05/02/2012 06:27, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
On Feb 5, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I've got a spyder II express. It does the job good enough for me. To calibrate both displays with it, there are things you can do to convince the system that screen 2 is actually screen 1, calibrate that screen, then switch back. I wonder if there's any way of doing that with an iMac? The computer knows damn well which screen is screen 1. I bought it because at the time I was running Linux and at the time that was the only one I could find software for that would work on Linux. I bought it and in conversations with them, found out that they were actively hostile to Linux. I guess they make too much money by selling both a crippled version of their software and charging more for a functional version of their software. On Feb 4, 2012, at 9:27 PM, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -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. -- 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.
PAW109 - Tiles
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*16-50mm@28mm, 1/20s, f/2.8, ISO100. 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: Test
On 1/29/2012 12:11 PM, Jack Davis wrote A for technique, F for content. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)
On Feb 5, 2012, at 2:26 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Feb 5, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I've got a spyder II express. It does the job good enough for me. To calibrate both displays with it, there are things you can do to convince the system that screen 2 is actually screen 1, calibrate that screen, then switch back. I wonder if there's any way of doing that with an iMac? The computer knows damn well which screen is screen 1. Yes, there is. I did it. It's not so much screen 1 and 2, as which one is the main screen, defined by which one has the menu bar at the top. My second screen is a half dead View Sonic CRT, so it's not worth a lot of effort to keep recalibrating it, because I don't do any critical work on it anyways, so I don't remember the exact incantation I used. I bought it because at the time I was running Linux and at the time that was the only one I could find software for that would work on Linux. I bought it and in conversations with them, found out that they were actively hostile to Linux. I guess they make too much money by selling both a crippled version of their software and charging more for a functional version of their software. On Feb 4, 2012, at 9:27 PM, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have two monitors running. What cabibration tools are worth using these days? The Pantone huey Pro has a nice price tag, is it worth while? Thanks -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. -- 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. -- 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[s] Railroad related PUG rejects
PJ, I especially like how the steam locomotive's wheel show. This is always hard to show being black on black. Being old and faded probably helps, but you still did a fine job. The 1890's swing bridge looks good. We have one of similar vintage in Rock Island, Illinois. I'd suggest including some closer-up photos of the ironwork. I'm always inpressed by the contrast between old and new bridgework. The old bridgework is like lace - holy with rivits holding it all together. The new bridgework is more like extruded plastic in special shapes, no economy in the use of steel. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:29 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: No the PUG isn't rejecting submissions, at least not that I know of, no these are images I rejected, but still thought I'd show just because... I haven't been all that productive lately, (especially in creating worthy images), so I went back to mine a few from when I was still shooting primarily with the *ist-D and Ds. I've shown this one as a BW rendering, but it looks pretty good in color. Some people complained that I cut off the bottoms of it's wheels but you know it's not going anywhere... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20disablediir.html Equipment *ist-Ds/w smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 The second hasn't been shown before AFAICR. This 1890s vintage swing bridge is slated to be replace with a new 40 year* bridge sometime in the next few years. Unless the US Federal Government runs out of money... (Hey wait a minute), oh well, It will still be replaced. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20rrbridgectriver.html Equipment *ist-D/w smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f4.0~5.6 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. *More than a little irony in that, Whot? -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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[s] Railroad related PUG rejects
A little irony, perhaps, but a bit rusty as well. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:29 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: *More than a little irony in that, Whot? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW109 - Tiles
Interesting. The hand really changes everything in this fine image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 5:29 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA*16-50mm@28mm, 1/20s, f/2.8, ISO100. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: February PUG - The Train is about to Leave the Station
Will I get coal in my stocking? Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: Give him a kick in the caboose. Do that and I'm likely to go quite loco. I might even tender my resignation Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 1:14 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/4/2012 12:03 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: On 2/3/2012 22:54, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all Last call for the February PUG. I'll be closing submissions on Monday. So far we have 17 themed submissions and one for the open gallery. +++ Theme: Railway So... So you are keeping track? ann Perhaps he should be making tracks... Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ The main requirements are: * Max. pixel dimensions: 800 x 800 pixels * Max file size: 300k * Third party equipment is acceptable provided either the camera body or lens used is Pentax. * If you embed a colour space in the image, it should be sRGB to ensure the image looks right in non colour-managed browsers. More detailed guidelines here: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Sima and Ray
I have no problem seeing the image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 4:03 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/5/2012 10:09 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 04/02/2012 21:27, AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/sima-and-ray.html Shot in 2009, while visiting Mike Wilson and family. He certainly had a way with birds. Much as you have a way with cameras, unlike me. I don't know what this is focused on. http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/temp/IMGP6821.jpg I'm getting the message, This page cannot be displayed so obviously it's focused on nothing. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K-01 is here...
On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 07:28:32PM -, Bob W wrote: I dislike marmalade, but the best is Frank Coopers . . . Hardly. It's not bad (and certainly a cut above Golden Shred, let alone the high-fructose corn-syrup laden abominations perpetrated on the American publc by the likes of Smuckers), but it's by no means the best that is available. Duerr have a couple of reasonable varieties (their Manchester marmalade, for example, is what Golden Shred is trying to be, while their 1881 Original is similar to Cooper's Oxford). Then there's the stuff the Scandinavian's prodece; I'm quite partial to Elki's Orange fruit spread from their Scandinavian Delights line - minimally processed, and extremely tasty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-01 is here...
Amazon has both Duerr's and Elki's orange marmalade. On Feb 5, 2012, at 7:07 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 07:28:32PM -, Bob W wrote: I dislike marmalade, but the best is Frank Coopers . . . Hardly. It's not bad (and certainly a cut above Golden Shred, let alone the high-fructose corn-syrup laden abominations perpetrated on the American publc by the likes of Smuckers), but it's by no means the best that is available. Duerr have a couple of reasonable varieties (their Manchester marmalade, for example, is what Golden Shred is trying to be, while their 1881 Original is similar to Cooper's Oxford). Then there's the stuff the Scandinavian's prodece; I'm quite partial to Elki's Orange fruit spread from their Scandinavian Delights line - minimally processed, and extremely tasty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K-01 is here...
The breadth and depth of the arcane pedantry on this list is truly impressive. On 2/5/2012 4:07 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 07:28:32PM -, Bob W wrote: I dislike marmalade, but the best is Frank Coopers . . . Hardly. It's not bad (and certainly a cut above Golden Shred, let alone the high-fructose corn-syrup laden abominations perpetrated on the American publc by the likes of Smuckers), but it's by no means the best that is available. Duerr have a couple of reasonable varieties (their Manchester marmalade, for example, is what Golden Shred is trying to be, while their 1881 Original is similar to Cooper's Oxford). Then there's the stuff the Scandinavian's prodece; I'm quite partial to Elki's Orange fruit spread from their Scandinavian Delights line - minimally processed, and extremely tasty. -- 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 - Sima and Ray
Great shot! ann On 2/4/2012 15:27, AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/sima-and-ray.html Shot in 2009, while visiting Mike Wilson and family. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-01 is here...
The ultimate disrespect for the K-01: it lost the battle for the hearts of the PDML to toast. On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: The breadth and depth of the arcane pedantry on this list is truly impressive. On 2/5/2012 4:07 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 07:28:32PM -, Bob W wrote: I dislike marmalade, but the best is Frank Coopers . . . Hardly. It's not bad (and certainly a cut above Golden Shred, let alone the high-fructose corn-syrup laden abominations perpetrated on the American publc by the likes of Smuckers), but it's by no means the best that is available. Duerr have a couple of reasonable varieties (their Manchester marmalade, for example, is what Golden Shred is trying to be, while their 1881 Original is similar to Cooper's Oxford). Then there's the stuff the Scandinavian's prodece; I'm quite partial to Elki's Orange fruit spread from their Scandinavian Delights line - minimally processed, and extremely tasty. -- 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. -- 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 - Spur
The French rested easy because they believed their own propaganda. On 1/30/2012 5:59 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Fiddle-faddle! The French had the utmost confidence in the Maginot Line. They knew that the Germans would not even ~try~ to invade. Why the only entrance into France was through the Benelux Countries, and they were friends. The Germans were to stupid to go through Belgium. No, the French rested easy in those idyllic pre-war years... Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bob Wp...@web-options.com Sent: January 30, 2012 1/30/12 To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail She's a French film teacher, so naturally she invokes Voltaire. In fact, as the spectator watching the film from our viewpoint, you know what happened in the war so you can see that the trains prefigured events to come. But bear in mind that trains have run between Germany and France several times before WWII, and also that many of the French pre-war films were about the coming war, which of course many people knew was going to happen, and had a pretty good idea of the likely outcome for France. La Regle du jeu (Renoir) is the classic example. B -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-01 is here...
The hands down best is the kumquat stuff my mum makes. On 6 February 2012 08:07, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 07:28:32PM -, Bob W wrote: I dislike marmalade, but the best is Frank Coopers . . . Hardly. It's not bad (and certainly a cut above Golden Shred, let alone the high-fructose corn-syrup laden abominations perpetrated on the American publc by the likes of Smuckers), but it's by no means the best that is available. Duerr have a couple of reasonable varieties (their Manchester marmalade, for example, is what Golden Shred is trying to be, while their 1881 Original is similar to Cooper's Oxford). Then there's the stuff the Scandinavian's prodece; I'm quite partial to Elki's Orange fruit spread from their Scandinavian Delights line - minimally processed, and extremely tasty. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 PESO - Moore River
G'day All, I had a short weekend away with friends. Between drinks we somehow managed to get out take some photos. Here's one that doesn't suck too much: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/6823836719/in/photostream/lightbox/ Enjoy. 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: Here's a list guaranteed to generate a lot of debate
My theory is that most of those contributing to that list were between 20 and 25, the rest were pretty evenly divided between Nikon users, Canon users and Alzheimer patients... On 1/29/2012 8:55 PM, Larry Colen wrote: The 50 greatest cameras of all time: http://www.photographymonthly.com/Magazine/2010/50-Greatest-Cameras-of-All-Time I've got a lot of issues with the list. For example the K20D, but not the spotmatic? Or, for that matter the K-5. The Lumix DMC-LX3 and not the Argus C3, which was made for something like 35 years? -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Light painting
I've got an idea for some photos that I'd like to do. In short, light painting some Japanese calligraphy. To do this, I need a flashlight with a fairly bright, fairly tight beam, with a non-locking push-to-close switch. If need be, I can probably get the beam I need using a fairly bright light and some sort of a snoot on the beam, but all of the flashlights I seem to have these days have push on / push off switches. It seemed that it used to be that all flashlights had the type of switch I'm looking for so that you could send morse code or something. Anybody have suggestions on where to find a suitable flashlight for what I need, preferably under $20? Or am I looking at getting creative with a flashlight and a switch from Radio Shack? -- 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: OT PESO - Moore River
On 2/5/2012 4:52 PM, David Savage wrote: G'day All, I had a short weekend away with friends. Between drinks we somehow managed to get out take some photos. Here's one that doesn't suck too much: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/6823836719/in/photostream/lightbox/ Another great one. -- 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: OT PESO - Moore River
Love it. Brilliant colors, nice composition, great fun. Paul On Feb 5, 2012, at 7:52 PM, David Savage wrote: G'day All, I had a short weekend away with friends. Between drinks we somehow managed to get out take some photos. Here's one that doesn't suck too much: http://www.flickr.com/photos/disavage/6823836719/in/photostream/lightbox/ Enjoy. 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: K-01 is here...
Another successful campaign by the Toast Marketing Board! On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 07:41:04PM -0500, Steven Desjardins wrote: The ultimate disrespect for the K-01: it lost the battle for the hearts of the PDML to toast. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Nashville flea market
On 6 February 2012 07:08, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: The 150mm was not a popular focal length, (more expensive a 135, which everyone and his brother just had to have and an odd icky focal length), Back in the dawn of photography lenses were simpler beasts and cameras all used plates or sheets of glass, copper, tin or paper, and later on film. Many sizes were popular for various uses, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_format#Single_image It followed that many different lens focal lengths were required for each format to have a normal lens that was the best natural performer for that image size. To shoot longer or wider a photographer simply fitted his camera with the normal lens of a larger or smaller camera. Wide-angle shooting was a problem, because to make a smaller camera's normal lens work well on a larger camera it needed to be stopped down considerable, and still wasn't very good. Eventually the lens designers got better at their craft and we got decent wide angle lenses as well as long focus and portrait lenses that were specialized to their tasks. Which is all a long-winded way of saying that odd icky focal length(s) are mostly the normal lenses of forgotten formats. 120mm is the normal lens of a 3in x 4in camera. 135mm is the normal lens of a quarter plate camera. 150mm is the normal lens of a postcard camera. 135mm lingered as a popular focal length. And then someone at Pentax felt a need to revive some less popular focal lengths, and we got 120mm and 150mm Takumars and Pentaxes. regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Wesley
Funny day yesterday: I didn't set out to take street portraits but that's the way it worked out. About an hour after I took Happy, I bumped into Wesley. He needed $13 to stay at a men's shelter, and after we chatted for a few minutes, I gave him a few bucks. Only then did he ask if I wanted to take a photo, and he seemed genuinely pleased that I did. Not technically perfect (the focus is off a tad - one of us must have moved), I still like the gentleness in his eyes: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/wesley.html Hope you enjoy. 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.
Re: Light painting
I don't know if the light would be strong enough, bright enough for what you need, but I have a couple of different small LED lights powered by a single AA or a couple of buttons. Each has a twist-to-light mechanism, and when you are just short of screwed-in/turned-on, a push on the button at the base of the barrel establishes contact and the light illuminates as long as the button is held down. Try looking at something like that rather than a real full-size flashlight . . . stan On Feb 5, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I've got an idea for some photos that I'd like to do. In short, light painting some Japanese calligraphy. To do this, I need a flashlight with a fairly bright, fairly tight beam, with a non-locking push-to-close switch. If need be, I can probably get the beam I need using a fairly bright light and some sort of a snoot on the beam, but all of the flashlights I seem to have these days have push on / push off switches. It seemed that it used to be that all flashlights had the type of switch I'm looking for so that you could send morse code or something. Anybody have suggestions on where to find a suitable flashlight for what I need, preferably under $20? Or am I looking at getting creative with a flashlight and a switch from Radio Shack? -- 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 - Wesley
Nice portrait, Frank, with a lot of character. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:14 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Funny day yesterday: I didn't set out to take street portraits but that's the way it worked out. About an hour after I took Happy, I bumped into Wesley. He needed $13 to stay at a men's shelter, and after we chatted for a few minutes, I gave him a few bucks. Only then did he ask if I wanted to take a photo, and he seemed genuinely pleased that I did. Not technically perfect (the focus is off a tad - one of us must have moved), I still like the gentleness in his eyes: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/wesley.html Hope you enjoy. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Light painting
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1600-Lm-CREE-XML-T6-LED-Zoomable-Flashlight-Torch-18650-Battery-Charger-/280796300688?pt=AU_Sport_Camping_Hiking_Lamps_Torcheshash=item4160c38590 I personally use an LED Lenser that runs off 4 AAA is crazy bright. Are you looking at writing onto objects? On 6 February 2012 09:27, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I've got an idea for some photos that I'd like to do. In short, light painting some Japanese calligraphy. To do this, I need a flashlight with a fairly bright, fairly tight beam, with a non-locking push-to-close switch. If need be, I can probably get the beam I need using a fairly bright light and some sort of a snoot on the beam, but all of the flashlights I seem to have these days have push on / push off switches. It seemed that it used to be that all flashlights had the type of switch I'm looking for so that you could send morse code or something. Anybody have suggestions on where to find a suitable flashlight for what I need, preferably under $20? Or am I looking at getting creative with a flashlight and a switch from Radio Shack? -- 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: K-01 is here...
On 4 February 2012 04:11, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: i despise most toasters; there are only a few worth having, the rest designed to fail after a few years; almost all the ones built to last are 40-50 years old; someone gave me a KitchenAid toaster with a pretty flexible functional design, so i use it, waiting for it to burn out, or the buttons sealed under flexible plastic to crack; my old purely mechanical heavy chromed steel toaster will go back in service as soon as it is needed; its only flaw is it doesn't fit Bagels, but i have a 40-year-old toaster oven that will handle them So, I suppose you ~wouldn't~ appreciate a Talkie Toaster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRq_SAuQDec regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-01 is here...
To drag this thread vaguely back on topic, and to provide at least a modicum of support for my claims of some knowledge in this area, I offer this photograph (albeit using the Olympus, not a Pentax: http://www.jfwaf.com/temp/Marmalade.jpg [As you may surmise, I *do* like marmalade. But I'd be prepared to believe that the Kumquat marmalade mentioned by a different poster is better than any of the varieties I have in the cupboard; I have made my own Kumquat marmalade in the past, and found it excellent] On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 04:12:59PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: The breadth and depth of the arcane pedantry on this list is truly impressive. On 2/5/2012 4:07 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sun, Feb 05, 2012 at 07:28:32PM -, Bob W wrote: I dislike marmalade, but the best is Frank Coopers . . . Hardly. It's not bad (and certainly a cut above Golden Shred, let alone the high-fructose corn-syrup laden abominations perpetrated on the American publc by the likes of Smuckers), but it's by no means the best that is available. Duerr have a couple of reasonable varieties (their Manchester marmalade, for example, is what Golden Shred is trying to be, while their 1881 Original is similar to Cooper's Oxford). Then there's the stuff the Scandinavian's produce; I'm quite partial to Elki's Orange fruit spread from their Scandinavian Delights line - minimally processed, and extremely tasty. -- 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 - Wesley
That really is a rather lovely portrait. Nice work mate. DS On 6 February 2012 10:14, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Funny day yesterday: I didn't set out to take street portraits but that's the way it worked out. About an hour after I took Happy, I bumped into Wesley. He needed $13 to stay at a men's shelter, and after we chatted for a few minutes, I gave him a few bucks. Only then did he ask if I wanted to take a photo, and he seemed genuinely pleased that I did. Not technically perfect (the focus is off a tad - one of us must have moved), I still like the gentleness in his eyes: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/wesley.html Hope you enjoy. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 Dog Walkers
Not silly at all. The FA 24-90 was my favorite lens on my (P)Z-1p, and it still spends lots of time on my K-7. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, February 4, 2012 3:25 PM Subject: The Dog Walkers I submit this photo not so much as art but as a lens test. I recently bought a SMC Pentax FA 35-80 off Amazon $40 shipped. Looked to be new in the box. I took it for a test walk Thurs. I wasn't expecting much but I have been pleasantly surprised. This zoom range seems to be on everyone's walk-around lens list. I think I have found mine. Putting this on my K-5 seems a little silly but here's the result. These ladies happily agreed to my request for a photo and posed themselves. The only issues I have otherwise is terrible lens flare as it has no hood. I have ordered a couple of lens hoods to see if one helps. Comments? http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/6818580139/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Happy
Thanks, Dave, and thanks to everyone else who commented. She was quite a character! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Sent: February 5, 2012 2/5/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Happy Happy indeed. Good one Dave On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:23 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: She told (not asked) me to take her picture: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/02/happy.html Hope you enjoy. 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Sima and Ray
I agree with Ann. Great shot! Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com Sent: February 5, 2012 2/5/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - Sima and Ray Great shot! ann On 2/4/2012 15:27, AlunFoto wrote: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/sima-and-ray.html Shot in 2009, while visiting Mike Wilson and family. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
