Re: PESO: One more sign
On Aug 10, 2013, at 5:25 PM, Alan C c...@lantic.net wrote: I have, however, seen collectors taking specimens from the radiators of cars at filling stations on highways. I often see sparrows in car parks cleaning bugs out the grilles of cars. I don't think they'd touch the butterflies though, I think many are poisonous. 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: How often do you back up your hard drive?
On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: It's very little time to do this stuff since everything is automated. I worked out the policy and mechanisms five or six years back, it's been running the same ever since although I've upgraded drives and computers since several times. This makes me wonder how many of us with comprehensive backups have actually had a drive fail so you need to restore the data? Or is there some variation of Murphy's Law that says you'll only experience problems when you have no backup, or worse, when you thought your backup was good... 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: How often do you back up your hard drive?
On Aug 10, 2013, at 11:15 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: It's very little time to do this stuff since everything is automated. I worked out the policy and mechanisms five or six years back, it's been running the same ever since although I've upgraded drives and computers since several times. This makes me wonder how many of us with comprehensive backups have actually had a drive fail so you need to restore the data? Or is there some variation of Murphy's Law that says you'll only experience problems when you have no backup, or worse, when you thought your backup was good... In the past dozen years, I've had three hard drives fail completely. One incited me to develop the backup policy and procedures. Two of them were after I instituted the backup policy and procedures. The second two were ten minutes work to recover from after acquiring a new drive. The first was ten days work. There's a reason I did this. And it works, perfectly, for my needs. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Fallen
Yes a nice photo, I like the colours. I agree with Bob about the border. One of our camellias has started to burst into flower but the waxeyes have been knocking some of the flowers off as they come in for nectar. Cheers, Dave On Aug 11, 2013, at 2:11 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Peter, Lovely shot. I hate vignetting, but this seems to work OK. Maybe a bit wider/longer transition to black. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 8:39 AM, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Strong winds here yesterday blew the first camelia off its stalk. http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/151750666 Pentax K5, DA 21 f/3.2. Converted in PWP 7.0 64-bit. Comments most welcome. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
PESO x2 from my weekend
We went up to visit my father-in-law this weekend and the region managed to turn on some unexpected weather on Saturday, so we made the most of it. Nice Day For A Paddle: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/642/#peso Kaiteriteri Beach: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/643/#peso Both are cellphone pics and are completely unprocessed except for a slight crop of the second one to remove some foreground shadows. I didn't even take the DSLR on this trip... Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Eastbound
Quoting Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: Love it Brian, you certainly came back with a load of keepers from this last trip, too many! :) Lots of duds, too Thanks for the comment. One of my sons is a rail enthusiast and does excellent rail photography. As he was the main organiser for our trip, it's not surprising that we seemed to find ourselves in areas where there were plenty of opportunities for rail photography. In this case, I didn't mind too much! (actually, I didn't really mind in most cases...) Thanks to everyone who commented or looked. Bob W - not sure about the Alec Guinness reference; what am I missing? Jack - pano framing was partly out of necessity. There was a particularly ugly fence in the foreground. Bob S - glad to delight an old railroader! Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On 9 August 2013 22:06, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Another railway shot - but with spectacular scenery in Glacier National Park: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP3763-K5-1peso.html A larger version is here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/_IGP3763-K5-1peso-lg.jpg Comments, of course, always welcome. -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - At the Beach for the Apocalypse
Quoting Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo13/peso13.html Comments, as always, welcomed. Striking image and an interesting out-of focus background. Looks a bit like a wave breaking but I guess it's a distant shoreline. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Fallen
Quoting Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com: Strong winds here yesterday blew the first camelia off its stalk. http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/151750666 Pentax K5, DA 21 f/3.2. Converted in PWP 7.0 64-bit. Comments most welcome. Really effective contrast between the flower and the old and fresh foliage. I don't think the image is helped by the dark border, though. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: couple more PESOs with the K-5
Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com: All with the 28mm M http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2690413570k=bDcbN3flb=1s=A http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2690412947k=pVFNcL2lb=1s=A For this one - I've posted mainly to ask for plant ID. http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2691169963k=3cn7VjPlb=1s=A The window shot is on the upper east side.. maybe 78th and Madison or Lex .. It's a fun old place and I should know its name I really like the shot of Coke bottles - even the window reflections don't detract. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Eastbound
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Brian Walters [...] Thanks for the comment. One of my sons is a rail enthusiast and does excellent rail photography. As he was the main organiser for our trip, it's not surprising that we seemed to find ourselves in areas where there were plenty of opportunities for rail photography. In this case, I didn't mind too much! (actually, I didn't really mind in most cases...) Thanks to everyone who commented or looked. Bob W - not sure about the Alec Guinness reference; what am I missing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRHVMi3LxZE [...] https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP3763-K5-1 peso.html A larger version is here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/_IGP3763-K5-1peso-lg.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Eastbound
Quoting Bob W p...@web-options.com: Bob W - not sure about the Alec Guinness reference; what am I missing? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRHVMi3LxZE Ah, yes. Been decades since I saw that film. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: More Italy!
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Getting a little bit abstract here: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/wall1.jpg Wonderful contrasting colours but the shadows from the window bars make it a bit special. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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-provoking conversation on the death of snapshots
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bill Sent: 11 August 2013 04:58 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A thought-provoking conversation on the death of snapshots On 10/08/2013 12:44 PM, John wrote: I don't think snapshots have anything to do with best work. Cartier-Bresson, as brilliant a photographer as he was, was little more than a snapshooter. If I am not mistaken, his printing was done by a lab. that doesn't make someone a snapshooter, and HCB was far from that. His photos are rigorous in their timing and composition. His sense of geometry is superb and his nose for the event was exceptional. He was trained in composition and spent his life among great artists, and indeed is one of them, so that it was part of his character and being. He was the very antithesis of the snapshooter, at least as I understand the term, even if he did take pictures quickly, and even if he was very self-deprecating, not to say disparaging of photography at times. just sayin. They're memories we want (need?) to keep. The important images aren't even on the paper. Good photographs evoke some sort of memory in us. None of the shit that is passed of as the rules, be it compositional or technical, matter a whit if the image doesn't tap into an emotional response of some sort. What matters is does the image grab some part of you and hold on to it. Good, effective photography (or indeed any of the visual arts) are no different from writing in that they depend for their effectiveness on some sort of grammar. Good writing is not, by and large, just a random scattering of words on a page, presented to the world without any kind of selection process. It's a process of trying out different arrangements, then selecting the ones you think have something to offer. Even someone like Pollock, who relied to some extent on chance and randomness to produce his work, selected what he showed to the world. Analysis after the fact will tend to show that the most successful have certain properties in common, and these properties tend to cluster around the so-called rules. It follows from this that if you want to be successful in whatever it is you're trying to do with your photos, or your writing, or watercolours or elephant dung, you are more likely to be so if you use the available grammar, or perhaps deliberately abuse it with malice aforethought, depending on what you and your public thinks success is. Otherwise any success you may have is an accident and not something you can hope to repeat except by chance. 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: Carrying a camera on a long walk
On Aug 10, 2013, at 6:46 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: Just don't put anything in the pockets you don't want to get beat all to shit. Oh, I've got that. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. - Thomas Mann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Carrying a camera on a long walk
On Aug 9, 2013, at 3:18 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2013-08-09 1:46 Eric Weir wrote Thanks, Steve. Experiment with the 50 yesterday convinced me that I at least need to take the 28, maybe just the 28. 50mm seems to work differently for different people; i don't use it for portraits much, but still the angle of view seems to suit me Very likely I'll be taking it, too. Very likely I'll find there are situations where I prefer it to the 28. Something I just noticed: the A 28/2.8 is larger that the A 50/1.7. Why? -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net Our world is a human world. - Hilary Putnam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Ladies Zeppelin
Love the set, Dario, especially Jemima Page on K5S17486x I think they need a Johanna Paulina Jones on flute On 8/08/2013 2:37 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Hi all, Her you'll find a gallery of pics shot by me at a Summer concert (beer festival) of a Led Zeppelin all-female cover band. This is the pic starting it all: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9460181190/in/photostream/ I quite like those pictures (some of them more than others, of course). Which pics would you pick as the good ones? Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Fallen
Thanks Brian, as well as Bob, Jack, Ann, Dan, Kenneth and Dave for your feedback, and to everyone else who had a peek :-) Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne On 11 August 2013 17:41, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com: Strong winds here yesterday blew the first camelia off its stalk. http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/151750666 Pentax K5, DA 21 f/3.2. Converted in PWP 7.0 64-bit. Comments most welcome. Really effective contrast between the flower and the old and fresh foliage. I don't think the image is helped by the dark border, though. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - At the Beach for the Apocalypse
Not normally a fan of tele street shots, but this one is superb. So dreamlike with that painterly bokeh. On 11/08/2013 5:06 AM, Marco Alpert wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo13/peso13.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Anna, pronounced Ahna
You sold me. I love the magenta tone. Sleek skirt; are there more to show off the fashion? On 6/08/2013 4:43 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: https://plus.google.com/115347824062413314605/posts/46sU316B2da -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: August PUG -Sign of the Times - is up
On Fri, 9 Aug 2013 16:24:46 +0200 Alan C wrote: Fine shots, interesting interpretations. Photographer's licence? I like The house that once was. Still seems to have CCTV surveillance! Thanks Alan, Looking at the full-size image, it seems to be a fixture for an electric lightbulb :-) Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com/gallery -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESOs - G.A.S.
While it's always fun going out with new gear, I definitely notice a productivity hit when I do. Not that I'm complaining, trying new things is fun. I just come back with less bang per click. The Aussie Dollar is on a slippery slope back to its natural place in the world, but there are still some local stockists holding inventory at bargain prices. The Sigma 35mm 1.4 is a very attractive looking lens. It has this odd thing where the focusing scale goes from 0.3m to 1m for most of the focus throw, and then a tiny movement from 1m to infinity. It isn't a macro, so I wonder why they did that. The Voigtlander 17.5 0.95 does the same thing. Still, the HSM is really S, quieter than the Pentax SDM, I think. Very well damped manual focusing feel. I like it much more than the just-ok 30mm 1.4. The next lenses in the Art series should prove interesting. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/sig35/index.html And for a bit of retro, I picked up a pristine Minolta CLE. The wee bugger is beautiful, no wonder they didn't let it last long. It is a shame the shutter sound is rather loud; I was definitely clocked more than I normally am. On the last few rolls of Neopan too. Should do one more last time buy. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/cle/index.html -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: First experiments with IR adapted K-5
Larry, the dance shots are great, your camera and no-light settings are perfect. The sushi shots, on the other hand, not so appertising IR block filters are easy to come by, just ask your friendly Leica pusher. Not cheap, but easy. Ahem On 11/08/2013 8:22 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Cutting to the chase: A friend and I went out for sushi before going dancing. There are some strong artistic limitations to IR photography, the set also includes a couple randoms from the afternoon: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157635017858426/ This set was shot at Friday Night Blues. The thing that got me into IR in the first place was being able to use a flash without blinding people, each shot is processed in both color and BW: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157635011398151/ I got my K-5 back from Pro Camera Repair yesterday. They repaired the broken sensor, and converted it to (full spectrum) IR for $350, which is about $100 less than CRIS wanted to just repair it. Most of my photos in the afternoon/evening were just of random things, because I had no idea how anything would turn out. I snuck out of the office, and ran down to San Jose camera. They had a 77mm, Hoya IR filter for $109, which is about what BH charges. Meanwhile Keeble and Schuchat wanted something like $240 for a 77mm IR filter. Neither one had a 49mm filter. I haven't been able to find a good source on an IR block filter, to convert the camera back to visible only. Comments, suggestions, feedback and ideas for processing are appreciated on these photos. They are *very* experimental, it is almost like learning photography all over again. Some observations and notes: 1) In camera exposure metering is very unpredictable. I suspect that the metering also has IR filters over it, which weren't removed, so there is a strong disconnect between what the metering sees and what the meter sees. 2) For autofocus: If you are shooting in IR, use IR lights and live view, or stop things down more. Autofocus (on a full spectrum) is calibrated for visible light, not IR. 3) If you get a full spectrum camera, budget a few hundred dollars for IR block and visible block filters for both primes (49mm ish) and Zooms (77mm ish). 4) The color adjustment in LR doesn't go far enough, in either temperature or tint. I will eventually experiment with two pass color correction, exporting the file to DNG or TIFF, then running it through again. 5) Accept the fact that photos will look weird. Don't fight it, go with it, and figure out ways to make that weirdness work. 6) When things do correct to closer to natural lighting, they'll end up kind of flat and pastel in shading. 7) For working with IR, you really want a camera that works well in Live View mode. You really want to see what the camera will be seeing. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT Back up silly question of the week.
So, after marks back up question last week, i have decided to add one more external HD to my machine and do a full back up, currently i use two externals to back up photos and some doc's. I looked at Time Machione links on Gogle and i noticed this quote from Apple: :Time Machine can’t back up to an external drive that's connected to an AirPort Extreme or a drive formatted for Microsoft Windows (NTFS or FAT format). If you select an NTFS or FAT-formatted drive, Time Machine prompts you to reformat the drive. Choose a different drive or reformat the drive in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. When i buy my new external, do i have to run the disk utilities and format to Mac extended or is there a format on the external any way. Dave OSX 10.6.8 21.5iMac -- 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: First experiments with IR adapted K-5
On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Some observations and notes: 1) In camera exposure metering is very unpredictable. I suspect that the metering also has IR filters over it, which weren't removed, so there is a strong disconnect between what the metering sees and what the meter sees. 2) For autofocus: If you are shooting in IR, use IR lights and live view, or stop things down more. Autofocus (on a full spectrum) is calibrated for visible light, not IR. The guy i talked to at Pro said to send in the lens i would be using the most so they could adjust the af to it. I am going to get the 720 filter installed so i dont have to use externals should i go ahead and do my K10D Dave -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: How often do you back up your hard drive?
Quite a few years ago I used two external drives. One held all of my photos. The other was synchronized with SecondCopy software to be a daily backup. I don't know if I had a power problem, drives were less reliable back then or there was a mystical spell cast on my computer setup; but over a period of 3 or 4 years I replaced 3 bad drives. About 3 years ago I added a Microsoft Home Server to the mix. That backs up everything everyday. Somewhere along the line one of my PCs picked up a virus. It was a simple matter to restore it to a date that I knew it was clean. The MHS is starting to get old. It's served me well but an aging server is nothing to trust. Even though I regularly backup the server I picked up a Network drive Friday. I'll set it up to automatically back up the server daily. Should the server die, I'll just point everything to the Network drive. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to tighten my belt and adjust my suspenders. GS George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 1:23 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: On Aug 10, 2013, at 11:15 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: It's very little time to do this stuff since everything is automated. I worked out the policy and mechanisms five or six years back, it's been running the same ever since although I've upgraded drives and computers since several times. This makes me wonder how many of us with comprehensive backups have actually had a drive fail so you need to restore the data? Or is there some variation of Murphy's Law that says you'll only experience problems when you have no backup, or worse, when you thought your backup was good... In the past dozen years, I've had three hard drives fail completely. One incited me to develop the backup policy and procedures. Two of them were after I instituted the backup policy and procedures. The second two were ten minutes work to recover from after acquiring a new drive. The first was ten days work. There's a reason I did this. And it works, perfectly, for my needs. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Carrying a camera on a long walk
On 7/8/13, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed: At this point I'm being sorely temped by the Fujifilm X10. Would feel a little guilty about sticking with Pentax, though. Deffo go for the X20 if you can - unless price is crucial. Not just saying this as some sort of defence, but the current Fuji lineup in terms of quality and obvious devotion to producing gear that photographers like to use, reminds me very much of Pentax in the late 70s and early 80s... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Carrying a camera on a long walk
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 7/8/13, Eric Weir, discombobulated, unleashed: At this point I'm being sorely temped by the Fujifilm X10. Would feel a little guilty about sticking with Pentax, though. Deffo go for the X20 if you can - unless price is crucial. Not just saying this as some sort of defence, but the current Fuji lineup in terms of quality and obvious devotion to producing gear that photographers like to use, reminds me very much of Pentax in the late 70s and early 80s... My main issue with Fuji is that it's less supported on Linux due to their oddball sensor design (although we did just get a Fuji X-S1 for my partner, who likes it a lot better than the Panasonic FZ-35). But our primary camera right now seems to be the Canon G1X, which has about the best low-light performance of any zoomable PS. Also takes really nice pictures. A new G1X is too spendy for what you get (although I probably will just pay for a new G2X whenever it comes out now that I've had reasonable experience with the G1X), but we got ours from keh.com for about $500. Doesn't seem to be available there right now, but bhphoto does. The X20 doesn't yet have results on dxomark, but it would need to be a considerable improvement over the X10 for its F2 lens to match the G1X's F2.8. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.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: OT Back up silly question of the week.
Dave, if you buy a drive from the Apple store or an Apple 3rd party supplier it will almost certainly come pre-formatted for Mac OS X. Otherwise just run Disk Utilities.app when you get a new backup drive and reformat it. Takes all of a minute or two to do. It's no big deal at all. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:41 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: So, after marks back up question last week, i have decided to add one more external HD to my machine and do a full back up, currently i use two externals to back up photos and some doc's. I looked at Time Machione links on Gogle and i noticed this quote from Apple: :Time Machine can’t back up to an external drive that's connected to an AirPort Extreme or a drive formatted for Microsoft Windows (NTFS or FAT format). If you select an NTFS or FAT-formatted drive, Time Machine prompts you to reformat the drive. Choose a different drive or reformat the drive in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. When i buy my new external, do i have to run the disk utilities and format to Mac extended or is there a format on the external any way. Dave OSX 10.6.8 21.5iMac -- 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. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Back up silly question of the week.
Bruce, i guess my main question would be this. When i set up my computer the first time, as i plugged in my existing back up drives, a pop up screen asked if i wanted to make it the time machine drive, which i said no to. I can then say yes to the new one, before formatting it, i'm assuming yes. Dave On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, if you buy a drive from the Apple store or an Apple 3rd party supplier it will almost certainly come pre-formatted for Mac OS X. Otherwise just run Disk Utilities.app when you get a new backup drive and reformat it. Takes all of a minute or two to do. It's no big deal at all. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:41 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: So, after marks back up question last week, i have decided to add one more external HD to my machine and do a full back up, currently i use two externals to back up photos and some doc's. I looked at Time Machione links on Gogle and i noticed this quote from Apple: :Time Machine can’t back up to an external drive that's connected to an AirPort Extreme or a drive formatted for Microsoft Windows (NTFS or FAT format). If you select an NTFS or FAT-formatted drive, Time Machine prompts you to reformat the drive. Choose a different drive or reformat the drive in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. When i buy my new external, do i have to run the disk utilities and format to Mac extended or is there a format on the external any way. Dave OSX 10.6.8 21.5iMac -- 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. -- -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. -- 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: OT Back up silly question of the week.
If you plugin the drive and it's _not_ OS X formatted, I'm not sure that you'll even get that helpful popup question at all. If it does it will probably prompt you to reformat at that time. In any event, you can easily add any compatible drive as the TM backup drive from TM preferences later on. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:57 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Bruce, i guess my main question would be this. When i set up my computer the first time, as i plugged in my existing back up drives, a pop up screen asked if i wanted to make it the time machine drive, which i said no to. I can then say yes to the new one, before formatting it, i'm assuming yes. Dave On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, if you buy a drive from the Apple store or an Apple 3rd party supplier it will almost certainly come pre-formatted for Mac OS X. Otherwise just run Disk Utilities.app when you get a new backup drive and reformat it. Takes all of a minute or two to do. It's no big deal at all. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:41 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: So, after marks back up question last week, i have decided to add one more external HD to my machine and do a full back up, currently i use two externals to back up photos and some doc's. I looked at Time Machione links on Gogle and i noticed this quote from Apple: :Time Machine can’t back up to an external drive that's connected to an AirPort Extreme or a drive formatted for Microsoft Windows (NTFS or FAT format). If you select an NTFS or FAT-formatted drive, Time Machine prompts you to reformat the drive. Choose a different drive or reformat the drive in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. When i buy my new external, do i have to run the disk utilities and format to Mac extended or is there a format on the external any way. Dave OSX 10.6.8 21.5iMac -- 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. -- -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. -- 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. -- -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: How often do you back up your hard drive?
It depends on the data type and the frequency that I am editing or updating though I do have automated incremental system/data back-ups from by server to a WS which I use WOL to back up to early morning. Otherwise most of the written work that I do I save in Dropbox which is set up as a service on my server too so stuff is replicated real time to a half dozen or so systems in different suburbs. Any cloud services I use are also saved real time to various local machines too. All my images files/edits and AV files/edit are backed up to separate drives which I keep off site and are replicas of the drives in my server. The only instance that I came to grief with of late is when an SD card failed to download completely. Fortunately even though the card had been subsequently formatted and written to I still managed to recover the lost files as I realized fairly quickly that the some images were missing, On 9 August 2013 11:46, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Well, since I've been working on this massive Photoshop textbook project, the answer for me is At least twice a day! :) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO - Ladies Zeppelin
Hi Dario: I really like the shots below. Must of been a fun photo shoot. Great work throughout the gallery! Cheers, Christine http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9460202616/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9457427049/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9460216282/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9457439935/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9460228750/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9457454245/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9457466507/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9457466263/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9460247440/in/photostream/ On Aug 7, 2013, at 11:37 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Hi all, Her you'll find a gallery of pics shot by me at a Summer concert (beer festival) of a Led Zeppelin all-female cover band. This is the pic starting it all: http://www.flickr.com/photos/dariobon/9460181190/in/photostream/ I quite like those pictures (some of them more than others, of course). Which pics would you pick as the good ones? Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Frond
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013, Bruce Walker wrote: On Sun, Jul 21, 2013 at 11:06 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468790 Comments are invited. Looks great to me! Seems to be missing something, though [...] I know, it needs a rubber ducky. I might consider reducing shutter speed and aperture for greater DOF, mainly because of the slightly softened water drop mid-bottom-left (particularly if you want a larger print size). This is an interesting one, Dan. While the graphic elements please me, I find the busy background too jarring. Competes with the foreground. I think the colour scheme is disharmonious -- that may be what's bugging me. For fans of a certain TV show: purple! green! PURPLE! GREEN! I kinda see what you mean, but that's not my reaction, and to the extent that I do share your reaction, it's reduced when I view the larger image (which foregrounds the frond more). -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.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: GESOs - G.A.S.
Image #2 in your 35/1.4 set: wonderful! But image #9: my eyes! my eyes! ;-) On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:48 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: While it's always fun going out with new gear, I definitely notice a productivity hit when I do. Not that I'm complaining, trying new things is fun. I just come back with less bang per click. The Aussie Dollar is on a slippery slope back to its natural place in the world, but there are still some local stockists holding inventory at bargain prices. The Sigma 35mm 1.4 is a very attractive looking lens. It has this odd thing where the focusing scale goes from 0.3m to 1m for most of the focus throw, and then a tiny movement from 1m to infinity. It isn't a macro, so I wonder why they did that. The Voigtlander 17.5 0.95 does the same thing. Still, the HSM is really S, quieter than the Pentax SDM, I think. Very well damped manual focusing feel. I like it much more than the just-ok 30mm 1.4. The next lenses in the Art series should prove interesting. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/sig35/index.html And for a bit of retro, I picked up a pristine Minolta CLE. The wee bugger is beautiful, no wonder they didn't let it last long. It is a shame the shutter sound is rather loud; I was definitely clocked more than I normally am. On the last few rolls of Neopan too. Should do one more last time buy. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/08/cle/index.html -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: (Non-pentax) PESO: Aerial Pano
Very nice, Charles! Cheers, Christine On Aug 7, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Very impressive indeed, especially so for built-in software. No wonder smartphones are shifting the casual photographers from ps and SLRs. On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 11:45 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Aug 7, 2013, at 10:37 , Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: 1st let me say that's a pretty cool photo no matter the camera and 2nd I never thought of a pano for this use. 3rd what sftwr did you use on phone? I turned on the phone, went to the camera app, selected options, panorama. Turn to the left, press the shutter button, swivel to the right, press the shutter button again, done. This is exactly what the phone gave me. No post-processing whatsoever! But then just check out the DETAIL in this thing. A photo of this group of people taken just a minute later with the K5 and the 16-50... doesn't appear as detailed. http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2013/IMG_2996.jpg Note link has changed due to a request from the organization I shot this for... (I posted a link to this somewhere where they'd rather I hadn't and it's simpler to just move the file rather than find and remove my posting): http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2013/save_it_for_later/IMG_2996.jpg -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Best Buds
On Mon, Jul 22, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468795 Thanks, Ken and Ann. Actually, I took another image without the leaf: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468794 Somehow, I like the composition of the image with the leaf better, although I was also a bit bothered about the light area, as Ann was. You definitely have a point about your first composition looking better, though I think trying the single bud in portrait would be a Good Idea. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.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: couple more PESOs with the K-5
Wow, bottles is fantastic. Delightful colors and mix of packaging imagery etc. Well seen, Ann! Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: All with the 28mm M http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2690413570k=bDcbN3flb=1s=A http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2690412947k=pVFNcL2lb=1s=A For this one - I've posted mainly to ask for plant ID. http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2691169963k=3cn7VjPlb=1s=A The window shot is on the upper east side.. maybe 78th and Madison or Lex .. It's a fun old place and I should know its name ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Fallen
Great tones and deep colours in this, Peter. I prefer underexposure for shots with flowers and this hits it just right. On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 9:39 AM, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Strong winds here yesterday blew the first camelia off its stalk. http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/151750666 Pentax K5, DA 21 f/3.2. Converted in PWP 7.0 64-bit. Comments most welcome. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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 - At the Beach for the Apocalypse
Very nice! Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 2:06 PM, Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com wrote: http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo13/peso13.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Eastbound
Wonderful! You make our landscapes look beautiful! Cheers, Christine On Aug 9, 2013, at 7:06 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Another railway shot - but with spectacular scenery in Glacier National Park: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP3763-K5-1peso.html A larger version is here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/_IGP3763-K5-1peso-lg.jpg Comments, of course, always welcome. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Fallen
That's nice, Peter! Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Strong winds here yesterday blew the first camelia off its stalk. http://www.pbase.com/petergly/image/151750666 Pentax K5, DA 21 f/3.2. Converted in PWP 7.0 64-bit. Comments most welcome. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - Halloween Candy
George, I think you should have arranged all the eyes on the left to look out from the package at the camera. Or you could arrange the eyes so that they were looking in all different directions. Granted it might have taken some doing while still in the package, but it could have yielded some comical effect :-). Cheers, Christine On Aug 8, 2013, at 8:48 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: Seems like the retailers push the holiday sales earlier every year. I was at the local grocery store yesterday and saw one aisle full of Halloween candy. Seems early to me. Besides, if they fill the space with Halloween candy where are they going to put the Christmas stuff? http://georgesinos.com/blog/2013/8/8/halloween-candy-and-school-supplies GS George Sinos www.GeorgesPhotos.net www.GeorgeSinos.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Soul
Pretty close! Cheers, christine On Aug 7, 2013, at 7:08 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Is it me or does this guy look like Smokey Robinson? Taken at a local fair on the weekend, this is local RB guy Jarvis Church (ex of the Philosopher Kings): http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/08/soul.html?m=1 Took the wonderfully heavy Vivitar S1 f2.8 35-85mm and in the low light the wide-ish aperture was utilized. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. Cheers, frank For me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. -- 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: Peso A view from the flatlands
I might agree with Steve. Maybe saturation is a tad strong. Composition is excellent. Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 1:05 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2013-08-10 11:55 John wrote Flickr sez: ! This is not the page you're looking for. This one maybe? http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/9474838174/ yes, he edited the dust and reposted the saturation seems a bit strong but it is very nice in the abstract -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Sun's house
I like this, Dave. Angle works, has a kind of gentle wind-swept feel to it. Original perspective to the flower shot. Cheers, Christine On Aug 8, 2013, at 1:54 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17489171 Dave -- 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 The look
What Ken said. Cheers, Christine On Aug 8, 2013, at 3:55 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Good subject composition - anytime you can get two of the same in an image, its generally a plus. Seems a bit soft to me. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Peso The look Jays have been quiet lately but they are back in full force. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17488920 Dave -- 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: PESOs: Not sepia
Hi Ken: Well, I checked out the P7100 and it does look like a mighty little camera--and affordable. Thanks for the heads up. Cheers, Christine On Aug 7, 2013, at 3:03 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I wished I had a smaller high quality camera just for snaps when traveling for work. Hi Christine 'A' A while back I picked up a Nikon Coolpix P7100 - a really great rangefinder digital, a little bigger than your typical P S camera. I'm thoroughly impressed by it. I wanted something smaller than a digital SLR and yet capable enough to do most of the work of a DSLR. I especially was interested in this model as it has an optical viewfinder in addition to an LCD, tiltable back. I could go on about this gem - it has most of the features of my K20D plus alot more features that the Pentax doesn't have. Unfortunately its out of production after only 2 years and replaced by another without the optical viewfinder. I got mine new for $364. Check it out. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Subject: Re: PESOs: Not sepia Hi Chris: Really Sweet! The Fuji is impressive. I just got back from Portland, and I was loaded down with tech--including camera, and there were times I wished I had a smaller high quality camera just for snaps when traveling for work. Lugging tech through the airport security is annoying--but the tech bag challenges are even more annoying. Excellent shot of Katy--and I noticed there were a lot of baffled peasants on this trip! Looks like all had a great time. Cheers, Christine On Aug 6, 2013, at 12:54 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/MikeCath100/slides/DSCF2622.html OK, I lied: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/MikeCath100/slides/DSCF2646.html And Bob Baffled at the evening ceilidh: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/MikeCath100/slides/DSCF2688.html Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
SF Street Art
Some Street Art photos of San Francisco. Taken at high noon with the K20D + Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC lens. Exif data is intact. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nem0h4umlml76po/xx4mJlnw4U https://www.dropbox.com/home/Photos/SF%20Street%20Art Regards. Bipin - photography is the only tool that will stop time itself -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Echinacea
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468791 Ken, Bob and Bruce, thanks for looking and thanks for your comments. I liked the shape of the group in my original PESO, despite the OoF flowers at the top. I decided to take your advice, and cropped the image: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17471959 I hope this is an improvement. Comments are invited. Strongly disagree -- I like the two-tone/hierarchical effect of the original. Just wish you'd composed a tiny bit more to the left (flower chopped off on left and leaf is intruding on right). For an interesting effect, you might try picture-in-picture with the bee blown up. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.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: SF Street Art
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013, Bipin Gupta wrote: Some Street Art photos of San Francisco. Taken at high noon with the K20D + Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC lens. Exif data is intact. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nem0h4umlml76po/xx4mJlnw4U https://www.dropbox.com/home/Photos/SF%20Street%20Art Nice! That second URL is demanding a login. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6http://rule6.info/ * * * Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.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: OT Back up silly question of the week.
Yes i see that now, missed it on my original read through. The other drives were formated to win/mac before this new machine, on the iBook G4 i believe Dave On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 11:13 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: If you plugin the drive and it's _not_ OS X formatted, I'm not sure that you'll even get that helpful popup question at all. If it does it will probably prompt you to reformat at that time. In any event, you can easily add any compatible drive as the TM backup drive from TM preferences later on. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:57 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Bruce, i guess my main question would be this. When i set up my computer the first time, as i plugged in my existing back up drives, a pop up screen asked if i wanted to make it the time machine drive, which i said no to. I can then say yes to the new one, before formatting it, i'm assuming yes. Dave On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, if you buy a drive from the Apple store or an Apple 3rd party supplier it will almost certainly come pre-formatted for Mac OS X. Otherwise just run Disk Utilities.app when you get a new backup drive and reformat it. Takes all of a minute or two to do. It's no big deal at all. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:41 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: So, after marks back up question last week, i have decided to add one more external HD to my machine and do a full back up, currently i use two externals to back up photos and some doc's. I looked at Time Machione links on Gogle and i noticed this quote from Apple: :Time Machine can’t back up to an external drive that's connected to an AirPort Extreme or a drive formatted for Microsoft Windows (NTFS or FAT format). If you select an NTFS or FAT-formatted drive, Time Machine prompts you to reformat the drive. Choose a different drive or reformat the drive in Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format. When i buy my new external, do i have to run the disk utilities and format to Mac extended or is there a format on the external any way. Dave OSX 10.6.8 21.5iMac -- 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. -- -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. -- 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. -- -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. -- 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: couple more PESOs with the K-5
Thanks Christine, Ken, Brian and all .. it was a fun find. The whole place is intersting - gotta find it again. Company coming over shortly to watch PGA - we had planned to get together for this earlier, but now Im the one with the extra TV with Rabbit ears and we can watch TNT until 2 pm and switch to CBS at 2. My friend in Florida who I'm selling Starbucks cards for has friends on the leader board, including current leader so though I'm sad Tiger and Lefty are way out of it, this should be fun to watch and cheer on. ann On 8/11/2013 11:22, Christine Aguila wrote: Wow, bottles is fantastic. Delightful colors and mix of packaging imagery etc. Well seen, Ann! Cheers, Christine On Aug 10, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: All with the 28mm M http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2690413570k=bDcbN3flb=1s=A http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2690412947k=pVFNcL2lb=1s=A For this one - I've posted mainly to ask for plant ID. http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/Learning-the-K-5/30564911_mcsJ8s#!i=2691169963k=3cn7VjPlb=1s=A The window shot is on the upper east side.. maybe 78th and Madison or Lex .. It's a fun old place and I should know its name ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A thought-provoking conversation on the death of snapshots
On Aug 10, 2013, at 2:22 PM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: That is the viewpoint from a collector, of course. If we don't produce any artifacts now, there won't be anything to collect later. The basic concept has been brought up several times over the last many years. Not only do people not make prints, they don't get the photos off of their devices. I guessing most of us know someone that lost all of the photos when a phone or computer was lost. Apple, Google, Smugmug and others may help a little bit as photos taken on a phone can automatically be copied to the Internet, but when the person quits using the account (for whatever reason) all of those photos go away. If you don't take an active part in constantly backing up your photos, and moving them to whatever new and improved media emerges, they will be gone. As silly as it sounds, the fragile paper print may be the most archival media for most people simply because it can be put in a shoebox, stuffed under the bed and forgotten for a few decades. Agreed! This is an interesting topic both in the general and personal sense. Having passed the half century mark and not having kids, I've been thinking about all my stuff, and, of course, that includes photography. What do I leave behind? Is anybody really going to be interested in my stuff (probably not)? Darrel I have started cleaning house this summer, culling my personal library, giving away clothes and household items to charity. There's much more work ahead, but it's really starting to feel liberating. I don't think anyone in my family will be interested in the stewardship of hard drives with digital negatives (frankly, I don't find it much fun either :-)), but they do have interest in prints and as you'd expect, prints of family moments. Prints are mainly stored in boxes to be sure, but not all. And my family really enjoys looking at the photo books we can make through blurb. They enjoy looking at the PDML annual, and they really enjoyed looking at the Wilson book the UK PDMLers and I made for the Wilsons as a thank you gift after last year's trip to England. So this is the direction I'm headed. It's no longer a question of, how am I going to store this stuff digitally (though that issue doesn't go away obviously), but rather, let's get these photos printed up and in books for both future enjoyment and perhaps more reliable backup if you will. This also includes my own personal work--the GESOs and PESOs and photo essays I've done over the years. I'm even planning to do some quick books by year; that is, best snaps of each year since I've been back in photography. With Lightroom it's pretty easy to go through large groups of photos, make collections, then pop over to the book module and do a basic layout. Granted I may be oversimplifying a bit, but if you don't over-think the project, you can get a project done pretty efficiently. So I say get them in books and prints and move on. I'm not sure I completely agree with Robert Jackson's definition of a snapshot, which he claims is often a mistake, but I do agree snaps of family and friends should be printed up for posterity. Printing should not be an activity exclusive to fine art printmaking. Print the silly, the playful, the fun--then share! Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A thought-provoking conversation on the death of snapshots
I think I've posted this link before, but it's no less valid... http://www.shutterbug.com/content/point-view-prints-are-precious-or-praise-shoebox And...after you've made a print of family members, note on the back who they are. I have prints from early in the 20th century that I know are family members, but have no idea who they are or where they fit into the family. -p On 8/11/2013 12:30 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: On Aug 10, 2013, at 2:22 PM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: That is the viewpoint from a collector, of course. If we don't produce any artifacts now, there won't be anything to collect later. The basic concept has been brought up several times over the last many years. Not only do people not make prints, they don't get the photos off of their devices. I guessing most of us know someone that lost all of the photos when a phone or computer was lost. Apple, Google, Smugmug and others may help a little bit as photos taken on a phone can automatically be copied to the Internet, but when the person quits using the account (for whatever reason) all of those photos go away. If you don't take an active part in constantly backing up your photos, and moving them to whatever new and improved media emerges, they will be gone. As silly as it sounds, the fragile paper print may be the most archival media for most people simply because it can be put in a shoebox, stuffed under the bed and forgotten for a few decades. Agreed! This is an interesting topic both in the general and personal sense. Having passed the half century mark and not having kids, I've been thinking about all my stuff, and, of course, that includes photography. What do I leave behind? Is anybody really going to be interested in my stuff (probably not)? Darrel I have started cleaning house this summer, culling my personal library, giving away clothes and household items to charity. There's much more work ahead, but it's really starting to feel liberating. I don't think anyone in my family will be interested in the stewardship of hard drives with digital negatives (frankly, I don't find it much fun either :-)), but they do have interest in prints and as you'd expect, prints of family moments. Prints are mainly stored in boxes to be sure, but not all. And my family really enjoys looking at the photo books we can make through blurb. They enjoy looking at the PDML annual, and they really enjoyed looking at the Wilson book the UK PDMLers and I made for the Wilsons as a thank you gift after last year's trip to England. So this is the direction I'm headed. It's no longer a question of, how am I going to store this stuff digitally (though that issue doesn't go away obviously), but rather, let's get these photos printed up and in books for both future enjoyment and perhaps more reliable backup if you will. This also includes my own personal work--the GESOs and PESOs and photo essays I've done over the years. I'm even planning to do some quick books by year; that is, best snaps of each year since I've been back in photography. With Lightroom it's pretty easy to go through large groups of photos, make collections, then pop over to the book module and do a basic layout. Granted I may be oversimplifying a bit, but if you don't over-think the project, you can get a project done pretty efficiently. So I say get them in books and prints and move on. I'm not sure I completely agree with Robert Jackson's definition of a snapshot, which he claims is often a mistake, but I do agree snaps of family and friends should be printed up for posterity. Printing should not be an activity exclusive to fine art printmaking. Print the silly, the playful, the fun--then share! Cheers, Christine -- 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: PESO x2 from my weekend
I really like the PoV on the first shot. Nice image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 2:58 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: We went up to visit my father-in-law this weekend and the region managed to turn on some unexpected weather on Saturday, so we made the most of it. Nice Day For A Paddle: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/642/#peso Kaiteriteri Beach: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/643/#peso Both are cellphone pics and are completely unprocessed except for a slight crop of the second one to remove some foreground shadows. I didn't even take the DSLR on this trip... 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.
PAW188 - Antenna
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, FA77mm, 1/125s, f/11, 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: How often do you back up your hard drive?
on 2013-08-11 24:15 David Mann wrote On Aug 9, 2013, at 1:54 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: It's very little time to do this stuff since everything is automated. I worked out the policy and mechanisms five or six years back, it's been running the same ever since although I've upgraded drives and computers since several times. This makes me wonder how many of us with comprehensive backups have actually had a drive fail so you need to restore the data? my own main drive hasn't failed in a long time, but my partner's laptop drive failed a couple of years ago and Time Machine made recovery pretty seamless; i do restore individual items from Time Machine periodically, which is a partial test of backup integrity, and when i switch hard drives i use a clone, which is a pretty good test of the procedure i use for tertiary backups; i have had backup drives fail several times i did recently help a friend who had not thought things through when she brought her iMac in for repair — they replaced the iMac and her data was gone; fortunately i had set her up with Time Machine and it saved the day; there was a glitch with Time Machine, though, due to a configuration change she had made while waiting for the iMac; for a few hours she was faced with the scenario of 1) data wiped out, and 2) backup not intact; we eventually worked around it, but it reinforced my prior advice for a tertiary backup system so she started doing periodic clones and taking them off-site a few years ago i contracted at a large corpse where another department (on which my department relied for file services) managed to obliterate a RAID array (RAID is safe, right?) and in the process discovered their (untested) backups were also faulty … heads rolled; the situation i had been brought in to clean up (i am a software janitor) was even more tenuous, but from the start i had advocated protective measures, so i was made to seem very wise quite recently i took a retainer for improving a website and said one of the first things i needed to do was confirm the site was properly backed up; i soon got word from the previous contractor that he didn't think the backups were working; the clients, while failing to give me any way to check the backups, and thus making it impossible to set up a staging server, nonetheless insisted i rush a major reconfiguration of the site; when the clients clearly didn't understood nor accept the liability of this approach, i told them it wasn't going to work and said goodbye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Carrying a Camera on a Long Walk
on 2013-08-08 13:19 Bipin Gupta wrote As one gets older camera sling bags, back packs or even the neck strap become a pain in the neck - literally. one of my pet peeves is backpacks with useless (or missing) waist straps; a good, countoured hip belt (and using it properly) takes the load off your shoulders; a piece of 1-inch strapping can't do the job; i like a good backpack with a hip-belt for heavy loads on the other hand, a cross-strap on a messenger bag can take a little bit of shoulder load off, and also stabilize the load; such a messenger bag with camera insert is what i like for light loads and short trips (most of my photography) for moderate loads, and for some of the convenience of messenger bags, i have used lumbar packs since the mid-80s; the Mountainsmith Day Tour models have good suspensions, and these are great packs if not much volume is needed; for more volume, and an even better suspension, i use the discontinued Cairn for long hikes; i wear lumbar packs with the shoulder strap across my chest, so i can unclip the belt and swing it around easily; most of the time the weight is completely off my shoulders; there may be a few other good brands, but most waist packs do not have a good lumbar suspension like the Mountainsmith models -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 -- DiMage Scanner with Windows XP
Well it's kind of OT but not really. A friend of mine is trying to get his DiMage (I believe it's a Scan Multi), working with WinXP. It was last used with a Windows 98 box, and has been in storage for the last few years. I tried to diagnose his problems on the phone, but that didn't work out as well as I would have liked. He's using an Adaptec SCSI card that according to the manufacture's site has native XP Drivers embedded in the OS. However the Minolta supplied software didn't recognize the scanner and neither did the OS. I suggested that he download Hamrick VueScan, which caused a bluescreen when first started, and after rebooting it didn't see the scanner either. I'm kind of at a loss, has anyone else here used an older SCSI scanner with XP successfully? If so what steps did you take? -- A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant, and the crazy, crazier. - H.L.Mencken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
It continues ...
I've already mentioned that my K20D has a great big (about 150 pixels) defect clump right in the middle of the sensor. Yesterday I took my K10D out for some exercise. Ended up out at the airport on the observation deck just as a thunderstorm was sweeping over the active runway. One of the images I wanted was the wind-sock against the dark storm clouds. Decided I needed just a little fill flash to lighten up the sock. Make it POP! Could not get the on-board flash to give me a proper exposure. I could get the sock illuminated, but even with the flash dialed down as far as it would go, the background was blown completely out whenever I used the flash. Even with manual exposure. I could either get the sock background exposed without the flash (which either made the background too light or the sock too dark), but when I added the flash the sock would be exposed the sky would be completely whited out. And then, sometime over night the monitor on my internet computer died. The inverter for the back-light is failing. I can turn it off back on I'll get the display back for about 10 seconds before it goes black once again. If I take a flashlight shine it at the screen from the side, I can see the ghost of my desktop. I'm really angry about it, because I'm pretty sure it could be fixed with a $0.15 part. ONE FRIGGIN IC! But there's no where to get it fixed. I could even do the repair myself if I could just find the part. But all the places that used to be sources for electronic repair parts and all the places I used to be able to get a TV or monitor repaired have gone out of business. I hate this fuckin' disposable society! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 -- DiMage Scanner with Windows XP
P.J. Alling wrote: Well it's kind of OT but not really. A friend of mine is trying to get his DiMage (I believe it's a Scan Multi), working with WinXP. It was last used with a Windows 98 box, and has been in storage for the last few years. I tried to diagnose his problems on the phone, but that didn't work out as well as I would have liked. He's using an Adaptec SCSI card that according to the manufacture's site has native XP Drivers embedded in the OS. However the Minolta supplied software didn't recognize the scanner and neither did the OS. I suggested that he download Hamrick VueScan, which caused a bluescreen when first started, and after rebooting it didn't see the scanner either. I'm kind of at a loss, has anyone else here used an older SCSI scanner with XP successfully? If so what steps did you take? I have used exactly that scanner successfully with Win XP and Windows 7. With Windows 7 you definitely need VueScan. With XP you can use the Konica-Minolta software if you download their latest universal scanner driver (the drivers that came with the scanner won't work at all). It's been a while since I did it but I don't recall having any difficulty at all. I do have the XP driver that worked if he can't find it on line. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT -- DiMage Scanner with Windows XP
on 2013-08-11 15:26 P.J. Alling wrote Well it's kind of OT but not really. A friend of mine is trying to get his DiMage (I believe it's a Scan Multi), working with WinXP. [...] I suggested that he download Hamrick VueScan, which caused a bluescreen when first started, and after rebooting it didn't see the scanner either. well, since Vuescan says it supports the Scan Multi, i would try to get Vuescan to work; of course it could be something in the setup of the SCSI card i'm not a Windows whiz, but note that there are x32 and x64 versions of Vuescan Hamrick has been helpful when i've (rarely) had problems; see the faq for what to try before reporting a problem, and how to report a problem http://www.hamrick.com/sup.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Landscapes by Yiming Hu
http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape.php Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO skin in IR, rope in UV
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9489462930/ I was hoping that nylon rope and webbing would not reflect IR, and would just appear black, so that fluorescent rope in IR and black light would only show the fluorescent colors, rather than the colors mixed with the IR baseline. That didnt' quite work, but the technique does show a bit of promise: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9489462930/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Landscapes by Yiming Hu
Saturation's made my eyeballs bleed. It looks as though he's gone to all the places everyone else goes to, taken the same photos, and cranked the saturation up to 11. Painful, dull, no personal vision (he stole Ken Rockwell's). B On 11 Aug 2013, at 22:56, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape.php Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Landscapes by Yiming Hu
Thanks for the link, Daniel. I agree with Bob's saturation complaint. I can't blame him for shooting gorgeous geography, and it certainly takes effort to get to some of those places. I think the window is closing on me ever being able to physically get to some of those places, even if I had the wherewithal to plan on such a trip. I sort of get tired of the philosophy that beauty is only to be found at the seashore or in the mountains. I highly recommend reading William Least Heat Moon's book Prairy Erth in which he dissects Chase County Kansas in every way that you can. I came away from reading it with an ability to see beauty in the road ditches of my flyover state of Nebraska. In other words, anybody can have their breath taken away by a sunrise illuminating a snow-covered mountain top, but I think it is a greater challenge to find stunning images in the minutia of a more everyday life. I did take a couple of things out of Yiming Hu's series. http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape/OH-102.jpg We get dense fog regularly here in the Platte River Valley. Fog can hide an ugly background and allow you to isolate a subject. And shooting into the sun can be effective in fog. I'm going to make a note to try more of that. Similarly, the low-lying fog is something we get at times. It makes a good picture into a great one: http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape/KY-104.jpg I also liked how he avoided the temptation to place himself squarely in the middle of the lane (which is probably what I would have done). Or maybe he did for some shots, but like this one best. This one struck my eye as a fake (combo of 2 shots): http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape/bashang-110.jpg The light in the sky really doesn't match the light on the ground, to my eye. There also seems to be a telltale border to the sky where it meets the ground on the right hand side of the pic. But I could be wrong. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Saturation's made my eyeballs bleed. It looks as though he's gone to all the places everyone else goes to, taken the same photos, and cranked the saturation up to 11. Painful, dull, no personal vision (he stole Ken Rockwell's). B On 11 Aug 2013, at 22:56, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.yiminghuphoto.com/portfolio/landscape.php Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Photography is a Bastard left by Science on the Doorstep of Art - Peter Galassi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: First experiments with IR adapted K-5
I have to agree with others that the sushi looks revolting. A couple of the shots look like ones that have faded after 15 years in the sun on a cardboard advert in a restaurant window. To me the other shots look like you've documented a Ghoul's Night Out. :-) On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Cutting to the chase: A friend and I went out for sushi before going dancing. There are some strong artistic limitations to IR photography, the set also includes a couple randoms from the afternoon: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157635017858426/ This set was shot at Friday Night Blues. The thing that got me into IR in the first place was being able to use a flash without blinding people, each shot is processed in both color and BW: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157635011398151/ I got my K-5 back from Pro Camera Repair yesterday. They repaired the broken sensor, and converted it to (full spectrum) IR for $350, which is about $100 less than CRIS wanted to just repair it. Most of my photos in the afternoon/evening were just of random things, because I had no idea how anything would turn out. I snuck out of the office, and ran down to San Jose camera. They had a 77mm, Hoya IR filter for $109, which is about what BH charges. Meanwhile Keeble and Schuchat wanted something like $240 for a 77mm IR filter. Neither one had a 49mm filter. I haven't been able to find a good source on an IR block filter, to convert the camera back to visible only. Comments, suggestions, feedback and ideas for processing are appreciated on these photos. They are *very* experimental, it is almost like learning photography all over again. Some observations and notes: 1) In camera exposure metering is very unpredictable. I suspect that the metering also has IR filters over it, which weren't removed, so there is a strong disconnect between what the metering sees and what the meter sees. 2) For autofocus: If you are shooting in IR, use IR lights and live view, or stop things down more. Autofocus (on a full spectrum) is calibrated for visible light, not IR. 3) If you get a full spectrum camera, budget a few hundred dollars for IR block and visible block filters for both primes (49mm ish) and Zooms (77mm ish). 4) The color adjustment in LR doesn't go far enough, in either temperature or tint. I will eventually experiment with two pass color correction, exporting the file to DNG or TIFF, then running it through again. 5) Accept the fact that photos will look weird. Don't fight it, go with it, and figure out ways to make that weirdness work. 6) When things do correct to closer to natural lighting, they'll end up kind of flat and pastel in shading. 7) For working with IR, you really want a camera that works well in Live View mode. You really want to see what the camera will be seeing. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -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 skin in IR, rope in UV
I didn't realize you were that into bondage, Larry. It sounds like an interesting experiment. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9489462930/ I was hoping that nylon rope and webbing would not reflect IR, and would just appear black, so that fluorescent rope in IR and black light would only show the fluorescent colors, rather than the colors mixed with the IR baseline. That didnt' quite work, but the technique does show a bit of promise: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9489462930/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: First experiments with IR adapted K-5
I'll never eat sushi again! I like sashimi better in any event . . . . Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I have to agree with others that the sushi looks revolting. A couple of the shots look like ones that have faded after 15 years in the sun on a cardboard advert in a restaurant window. To me the other shots look like you've documented a Ghoul's Night Out. :-) On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Cutting to the chase: A friend and I went out for sushi before going dancing. There are some strong artistic limitations to IR photography, the set also includes a couple randoms from the afternoon: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157635017858426/ This set was shot at Friday Night Blues. The thing that got me into IR in the first place was being able to use a flash without blinding people, each shot is processed in both color and BW: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157635011398151/ I got my K-5 back from Pro Camera Repair yesterday. They repaired the broken sensor, and converted it to (full spectrum) IR for $350, which is about $100 less than CRIS wanted to just repair it. Most of my photos in the afternoon/evening were just of random things, because I had no idea how anything would turn out. I snuck out of the office, and ran down to San Jose camera. They had a 77mm, Hoya IR filter for $109, which is about what BH charges. Meanwhile Keeble and Schuchat wanted something like $240 for a 77mm IR filter. Neither one had a 49mm filter. I haven't been able to find a good source on an IR block filter, to convert the camera back to visible only. Comments, suggestions, feedback and ideas for processing are appreciated on these photos. They are *very* experimental, it is almost like learning photography all over again. Some observations and notes: 1) In camera exposure metering is very unpredictable. I suspect that the metering also has IR filters over it, which weren't removed, so there is a strong disconnect between what the metering sees and what the meter sees. 2) For autofocus: If you are shooting in IR, use IR lights and live view, or stop things down more. Autofocus (on a full spectrum) is calibrated for visible light, not IR. 3) If you get a full spectrum camera, budget a few hundred dollars for IR block and visible block filters for both primes (49mm ish) and Zooms (77mm ish). 4) The color adjustment in LR doesn't go far enough, in either temperature or tint. I will eventually experiment with two pass color correction, exporting the file to DNG or TIFF, then running it through again. 5) Accept the fact that photos will look weird. Don't fight it, go with it, and figure out ways to make that weirdness work. 6) When things do correct to closer to natural lighting, they'll end up kind of flat and pastel in shading. 7) For working with IR, you really want a camera that works well in Live View mode. You really want to see what the camera will be seeing. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Carrying a camera on a long walk
On 8/8/2013 10:05 PM, steve harley wrote: on 2013-08-08 7:27 Eric Weir wrote I have an an A 50/1.7 and an A 28/2.8. It will be a trade-off between the speed of the 50 and the wider angle of the 28. And John Sessom's suggestion, I think I'll look to Op-Tech for my solution for carrying the camera, in part because it will be inexpensive, in part because it comes reasonably close what I think I need/want. i would take both; they are small, and having both myself (well, i have the _FA_ 28) i have to say that while i love the 50, it is simply too narrow for some shots, especially when traveling (then again, the 50 has practically no distortion, so you could do hand-held panoramic sets and stitch them later) even with both, you may still feel somewhat constrained by lack of a true wide angle; that is what eventually led me to the DA 15; it took a while because it's in a different price range even when a bargain; but the DA 15/4, A 28/2.8 A 50/1.7 together weigh only 562g! I went to Iraq in 2004 with a PZ-1p a brand new *ist-D, 28-200 Tameron zoom and the two fast ATX-Pro Tokina lenses, 28-70 80-200. As soon as I got to my permanent duty station, the 28-200 went on the PZ-1p and they both went into my footlocker. There was no where to do film over there. The 28-70 was my workhorse. I'd have to look, but I expect more than 2/3 of my images were taken with that lens. I got to where I no problem changing lenses while bouncing down an unpaved goat path at 60mph in the back of an open-top HMMWV if I saw something that needed the range of the 80-200. I just tucked whichever lens I wasn't shooting with down inside the top of my day-pack with my spare socks, underwear MREs. Didn't really feel the lack of a wide angle until I got to Scotland on my RR and couldn't quite get Edinburgh Castle in the same frame with the Scottish Royal Academy Scottish National Gallery from the vantage of the roof of Princes Mall. Hadn't yet figured out how to combine frames for a panorama. I bought an FAJ 18-35 at Jessops on Shadwick Place tried again. I had a Thinkpad R30 a camera bag from Adorama that Herbert Keplar from Popular Photography recommended (and might have designed for them). It looked like the old carry-on bags that SAS Airlines used to give away in the early 60s. The whole kit fit into the bag you couldn't tell it was a camera bag. The display on my Thinkpad failed while I was in Scotland. I checked with IBM but they had something like a 3 week waiting list couldn't ship it back to me in Iraq. I bought an inexpensive 17in flat panel at Curry's PC World in Glasgow. When I finally got back to the States, the problem with the Thinkpad's display turned out to be a $0.15 inverter. With parts labor the whole repair was under $20. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SF Street Art
I think the 4th is the most successful of these... the angle and the various strong shadows enhance... and intersting subject to be sure. ann On 8/11/2013 12:05, Bipin Gupta wrote: Some Street Art photos of San Francisco. Taken at high noon with the K20D + Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC lens. Exif data is intact. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nem0h4umlml76po/xx4mJlnw4U https://www.dropbox.com/home/Photos/SF%20Street%20Art Regards. Bipin - photography is the only tool that will stop time itself -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PAW188 - Antenna
hehe - cute, Dag ann On 8/11/2013 15:42, DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, FA77mm, 1/125s, f/11, 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: It continues ...
John, how about DigiKey? http://www.digikey.com/ Or Mouser? http://mouser.com Or even Jameco? http://www.jameco.com/ I know, you can't just drive over. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 5:45 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm really angry about it, because I'm pretty sure it could be fixed with a $0.15 part. ONE FRIGGIN IC! But there's no where to get it fixed. I could even do the repair myself if I could just find the part. -- -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 - Anna, pronounced Ahna
On 8/7/13 11:39 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Wonderful! You caught the hair perfectly, Doug. Love it! Cheers, Christine Thank you, Christine. You don't always need the burst, but when you want it, it's good to have. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
(My) Ricoh GR review
Hi, I had the chance to spend some days with the Ricoh GR and I wrote a review in my friend's technology blog. In Spanish but with several example images in case that you are interested in this special fixed-lens-APSC-size-sensor compact camera: http://www.teknofilo.com/ricoh-gr-analisis/ A fine camera with very sharp results...but not for everybody. Regards, Jaume -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Anna, pronounced Ahna
On 8/11/13 7:26 AM, Derby Chang wrote: You sold me. I love the magenta tone. Sleek skirt; are there more to show off the fashion? On 6/08/2013 4:43 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: https://plus.google.com/115347824062413314605/posts/46sU316B2da Thanks, Derby. Yes, I have more of the outfit: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/eJkDbGpCwKp https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/WsDtHJ9eKs9 and one other hair shot in b/w: https://plus.google.com/u/0/115347824062413314605/posts/anmuVufYBcR there are a few lurking in the archives that I'm not sure about yet. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question to Google Plusers
On 8/7/13 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Google Plus has users? don't tell anyone. We don't want the Facebook crowd to invade. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: It continues ...
On 8/11/2013 7:39 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: John, how about DigiKey? http://www.digikey.com/ Or Mouser? http://mouser.com Or even Jameco? http://www.jameco.com/ I know, you can't just drive over. I appreciate that. I like doing business locally so I can avoid having to fool with that stupid internet tax. But I don't hate that internet tax as much as I hate having to take something I think should be repairable to the dump. I'll take the darn thing apart see if I can't get an actual part number and give 'em a call. My first little Google search hadn't turned up anything. I was figuring on trying to contact the manufacturer on Monday. I think those links will help. Trying to look on the bright side of things, I got my desk cleaned while I was installing the new monitor. It won't last, but I'm going to enjoy it for as long as I can. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 5:45 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: I'm really angry about it, because I'm pretty sure it could be fixed with a $0.15 part. ONE FRIGGIN IC! But there's no where to get it fixed. I could even do the repair myself if I could just find the part. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question to Google Plusers
On 8/7/13 1:30 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Well, it's not _quite_ automatic posting. When you save your Blogger article it automatically pops up the G+ share UI to prompt you to post it. Sure that's useful, but I disabled it a while back because it also pops it up every time you make any small change to your posting like adding tags or correcting a spelling error. Something to be aware of is that the users at Google+ expect you to post an image to G+ itself rather than a link to an image somewhere else. For some reason G+ users (all 17 of them! :-) ) expect to see local images and will pretty much ignore any image-link posting. Google+ reinforces that too by showing off-linked images as tiny thumbnails while displaying local content as big pictures. And if you share an image to one of the G+ Groups, you will be verbally taken to task if you post a link to a blog article or Flickr page rather than local content. They like to be able to comment and +1 stuff on G+ itself rather than deal with 3rd parties, which I kind of get, but it's annoying. Google+ is too much of a closed community. I liked it in the beginning but I don't have the time to invest in so many different little gated communities. This is all pretty spot-on, although I disagree with the end point; It *can* be closed community, if you want it to be. There is a definite hierarchy, though. G+ is the only social network I come close to understanding, and I've been fortunate enough to work out a combination of weirdness and pretty girls that I've been moderately successful there. I've made a number of friends/contacts there that have been good for me and the things I find important. We got speakers for the Camera Clinic at GFM both last year and this from G+. It's a myth, BTW, that G+ is a ghost town. The users are there. It's just up to you to find them, by providing compelling, original work and interacting with those who have interesting work as well. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question to Google Plusers
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: G+ is the only social network I come close to understanding, and I've been fortunate enough to work out a combination of weirdness and pretty girls that I've been moderately successful there. I've made a number of friends/contacts there that have been good for me and the things I find important. We got speakers for the Camera Clinic at GFM both last year and this from G+. To be fair, if I were only going to be active in one social net it might very well be G+ because I get it too. Or it gets me, or something. But I've cut way back on social net'ing in general. I've become disillusioned with all of them really. I think if one is inherently anti-social in real life it will eventually affect one's social net interactions too. :-) I spend most of my soc-net time reading PDML. It's a myth, BTW, that G+ is a ghost town. The users are there. It's just up to you to find them, by providing compelling, original work and interacting with those who have interesting work as well. I was just riffing on the popular joke, Doug. I'm quite aware that G+ is a busy place -- over 3100 folks have circled me. That number plateaued only because I haven't been very active lately. I post an image now and then just to fan the embers. -- -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: (My) Ricoh GR review
I read the google translation and it mirrors many of the other reviews I have read. 28mm is a bit wide for me for full time use, but I'm sure some people love it. Actually the wide angle adapter would give me something more useful. I either want to go ultra wide, normal, or to 100-200mm. Then again a camera like this would completely change my approach to street shooting by allowing me to get up close and personal without feeling so awkward On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I had the chance to spend some days with the Ricoh GR and I wrote a review in my friend's technology blog. In Spanish but with several example images in case that you are interested in this special fixed-lens-APSC-size-sensor compact camera: http://www.teknofilo.com/ricoh-gr-analisis/ A fine camera with very sharp results...but not for everybody. Regards, Jaume -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: (My) Ricoh GR review
PS thanks for sharing. There were some nice photos in your review too. :) On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 9:21 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I read the google translation and it mirrors many of the other reviews I have read. 28mm is a bit wide for me for full time use, but I'm sure some people love it. Actually the wide angle adapter would give me something more useful. I either want to go ultra wide, normal, or to 100-200mm. Then again a camera like this would completely change my approach to street shooting by allowing me to get up close and personal without feeling so awkward On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:46 PM, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi, I had the chance to spend some days with the Ricoh GR and I wrote a review in my friend's technology blog. In Spanish but with several example images in case that you are interested in this special fixed-lens-APSC-size-sensor compact camera: http://www.teknofilo.com/ricoh-gr-analisis/ A fine camera with very sharp results...but not for everybody. Regards, Jaume -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: First experiments with IR adapted K-5
Msashimi.. On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:11 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I'll never eat sushi again! I like sashimi better in any event . . . . Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 7:07 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I have to agree with others that the sushi looks revolting. A couple of the shots look like ones that have faded after 15 years in the sun on a cardboard advert in a restaurant window. To me the other shots look like you've documented a Ghoul's Night Out. :-) On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 6:22 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Cutting to the chase: A friend and I went out for sushi before going dancing. There are some strong artistic limitations to IR photography, the set also includes a couple randoms from the afternoon: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157635017858426/ This set was shot at Friday Night Blues. The thing that got me into IR in the first place was being able to use a flash without blinding people, each shot is processed in both color and BW: http://www.fluidr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157635011398151/ I got my K-5 back from Pro Camera Repair yesterday. They repaired the broken sensor, and converted it to (full spectrum) IR for $350, which is about $100 less than CRIS wanted to just repair it. Most of my photos in the afternoon/evening were just of random things, because I had no idea how anything would turn out. I snuck out of the office, and ran down to San Jose camera. They had a 77mm, Hoya IR filter for $109, which is about what BH charges. Meanwhile Keeble and Schuchat wanted something like $240 for a 77mm IR filter. Neither one had a 49mm filter. I haven't been able to find a good source on an IR block filter, to convert the camera back to visible only. Comments, suggestions, feedback and ideas for processing are appreciated on these photos. They are *very* experimental, it is almost like learning photography all over again. Some observations and notes: 1) In camera exposure metering is very unpredictable. I suspect that the metering also has IR filters over it, which weren't removed, so there is a strong disconnect between what the metering sees and what the meter sees. 2) For autofocus: If you are shooting in IR, use IR lights and live view, or stop things down more. Autofocus (on a full spectrum) is calibrated for visible light, not IR. 3) If you get a full spectrum camera, budget a few hundred dollars for IR block and visible block filters for both primes (49mm ish) and Zooms (77mm ish). 4) The color adjustment in LR doesn't go far enough, in either temperature or tint. I will eventually experiment with two pass color correction, exporting the file to DNG or TIFF, then running it through again. 5) Accept the fact that photos will look weird. Don't fight it, go with it, and figure out ways to make that weirdness work. 6) When things do correct to closer to natural lighting, they'll end up kind of flat and pastel in shading. 7) For working with IR, you really want a camera that works well in Live View mode. You really want to see what the camera will be seeing. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 skin in IR, rope in UV
I'm that into photographing interesting things. There are a lot of pretty things you can with rope. It's not my kink per se but it makes for interesting photos. Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't realize you were that into bondage, Larry. It sounds like an interesting experiment. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9489462930/ I was hoping that nylon rope and webbing would not reflect IR, and would just appear black, so that fluorescent rope in IR and black light would only show the fluorescent colors, rather than the colors mixed with the IR baseline. That didnt' quite work, but the technique does show a bit of promise: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/9489462930/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question to Google Plusers
On 8/11/13 8:51 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I was just riffing on the popular joke, Doug. I'm quite aware that G+ is a busy place -- over 3100 folks have circled me. That number plateaued only because I haven't been very active lately. I post an image now and then just to fan the embers. yeah, I should have been more clear that I was not aiming specifically at you, but rather that same popular joke. 3100 is healthy. And I have noticed a falloff in your posts. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 -- DiMage Scanner with Windows XP
Its been a while but I used a Canon Canonscan FS4000 on an XP box running through a SCSI port. The Adaptec AHA940AU card in the XP machine displays a dialog box when the machine boots - before XP loads. You see the BIOS and then Adaptec message (with the right key strokes you can go in and configure it) and then XP loads. You probably checked this already but if the SCSI card shows up as functioning properly in device manager then I would expect the scanner to work. I still have the SCSI card in my XP box and see that start up message every time I boot up. The power supply on my XP box blew a while back, and while it was out of commission I ran the Canoscan via its USB 1.1 interface off my laptop, running 32 bit vista. It was slow but the output was fine. However, it would not work with Vuescan or the Canon software until I installed the device drivers. I initially tried running the scanner, via the USB 1.1 interface, on a 64 bit WIndows 7 machine, but could not get it to work. I used a Minolta Diamage scanner as one of my first dedicated film scanners and loved it Don't remember the exact model number. . The DMAX for slides was not so hot and it had problems with shadows on slide film, but it nailed the color balance of slide and C-41 film better than any other scanner I have ever used, and I've used a lot of them. Mark On 8/11/2013 5:26 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: Well it's kind of OT but not really. A friend of mine is trying to get his DiMage (I believe it's a Scan Multi), working with WinXP. It was last used with a Windows 98 box, and has been in storage for the last few years. I tried to diagnose his problems on the phone, but that didn't work out as well as I would have liked. He's using an Adaptec SCSI card that according to the manufacture's site has native XP Drivers embedded in the OS. However the Minolta supplied software didn't recognize the scanner and neither did the OS. I suggested that he download Hamrick VueScan, which caused a bluescreen when first started, and after rebooting it didn't see the scanner either. I'm kind of at a loss, has anyone else here used an older SCSI scanner with XP successfully? If so what steps did you take? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: First experiments with IR adapted K-5
On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 07:11:05PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I'll never eat sushi again! Those pictures were chosen to show both the strengths and weaknesses of IR and full spectrum photography. I think we can conclude that IR is not suitable for taking appetizing pictures of food. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Eastbound
Quoting Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com: Wonderful! You make our landscapes look beautiful! Cheers, Christine Thanks, Christine. It's not hard to make landscapes look beautiful when they *are* beautiful... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Aug 9, 2013, at 7:06 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Another railway shot - but with spectacular scenery in Glacier National Park: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP3763-K5-1peso.html A larger version is here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1370864/_IGP3763-K5-1peso-lg.jpg Comments, of course, always welcome. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 x2 from my weekend
Thanks, Dan. I was wanting to take a photo of the birds lined up along the barrier but the wind tide were not cooperating and I didn't have the patience to try and get closer. It was a nice day though. Each time I go there I find myself being able to paddle for longer so it's nice to see the time in the gym is having an effect. Cheers, Dave On Aug 12, 2013, at 6:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I really like the PoV on the first shot. Nice image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 2:58 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: We went up to visit my father-in-law this weekend and the region managed to turn on some unexpected weather on Saturday, so we made the most of it. Nice Day For A Paddle: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/642/#peso Kaiteriteri Beach: http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/643/#peso Both are cellphone pics and are completely unprocessed except for a slight crop of the second one to remove some foreground shadows. I didn't even take the DSLR on this trip... 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Dianthus
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17491773 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: How often do you back up your hard drive?
On Aug 12, 2013, at 7:46 AM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: a few years ago i contracted at a large corpse where another department (on which my department relied for file services) managed to obliterate a RAID array (RAID is safe, right?) and in the process discovered their (untested) backups were also faulty … heads rolled; the situation i had been brought in to clean up (i am a software janitor) was even more tenuous, but from the start i had advocated protective measures, so i was made to seem very wise I know a guy who used to work at Telecom. He once told me about a telephone exchange that crapped itself and lost its data, so they went to restore from backup. The trouble is, they'd had a software update a couple of years previously that had a bug which caused it to write corrupt data to the backup. So they had to re-enter everything from paper records. quite recently i took a retainer for improving a website and said one of the first things i needed to do was confirm the site was properly backed up; i soon got word from the previous contractor that he didn't think the backups were working; the clients, while failing to give me any way to check the backups, and thus making it impossible to set up a staging server, nonetheless insisted i rush a major reconfiguration of the site; when the clients clearly didn't understood nor accept the liability of this approach, i told them it wasn't going to work and said goodbye Very wise move. You have a good CYA plan :) 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.
