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Congrats on a job well done!

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
The Times frequently uses a few of my photos, but in a piece for the website
about last Sunday's Concours America, the photo editor chose to publish all
19 that I submitted. I have to remember for future efforts that they will
crop everything to the same dimension, regardless of how I framed it. No
short and wide pics for the Times. This project was a struggle because our
power went out a few hours after I got home from the event. I had time to
render a few pics on my desktop system, but had to finish the job on my
laptop at the library. Fortunately, I had those first few for reference.

Not happy with the text. A ham fisted editor worked on it because the auto
section chief was on vacation and the paper was short handed. But that’s life
in the journalism biz.

Anyway, some good looking cars from the show in the pic gallery. My favorite
is the BMW streamlined sports car that opens the set.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/30/automobiles/st-johns-concours-celebrated-virgil-exner-designs-and-jet-age-pickups.html?ref=automobiles_r=0#
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Re: PESO: UNICORN

Pink unicorn? Must be extremely rare:) Doesn't look like it could fly
though, was it displayed in the field?

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 From the Toyota display at the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17822463size=lg
 Comments are invited.

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Re: PESO: Morning at the beach

Beautiful morning light!

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 5:00 AM, Philip Northeast
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 early morning expedition to a deserted beach at  Bridport in Tasmania is
 deserted  in winter


 https://www.flickr.com/photos/27281712@N08/14790739105/

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Re: PESO: Hotel Cota 1400

Thanks, Paul, Jack, Marco, Dan and Dave for the comments.

1400 m is the elevation of the hotel, hence the name. It was built in
1939, originally as a hospital, converted to a hotel in 1947, so your
observations about the institutional/austere look are correct.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:21 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote:
 That reminds me of the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel.

 Cheers,
 Dave

 On Jul 31, 2014, at 9:54 am, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:

 A hotel with a view in the Carpathian mountains, Romania:

 http://500px.com/photo/78195715/hotel-cota-1400-by-attila-boros

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Re: Some pics from the Concours d'Elegance of America at St. Johns

Interesting and informative as usual, with top-notch photo work.

I guess the Times can afford the best!~ G
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Congrats on a job well done!

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net
wrote:
The Times frequently uses a few of my photos, but in a piece for the website
about last Sunday's Concours America, the photo editor chose to publish all
19 that I submitted. I have to remember for future efforts that they will
crop everything to the same dimension, regardless of how I framed it. No
short and wide pics for the Times. This project was a struggle because our
power went out a few hours after I got home from the event. I had time to
render a few pics on my desktop system, but had to finish the job on my
laptop at the library. Fortunately, I had those first few for reference.

Not happy with the text. A ham fisted editor worked on it because the auto
section chief was on vacation and the paper was short handed. But that’s
life in the journalism biz.

Anyway, some good looking cars from the show in the pic gallery. My favorite
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Re: PESO: UNICORN

Thanks, Attila.

The Unicorn was displayed on top of a car:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17822461

As I indicated, this was displayed in the Toyota area of the vender's
midway.  This particular pink unicorn is currently featured  in a TV
ad for Toyota;  sn indulgent father is seen driving home with the
unicorn atop his car.  He says that any father will understand what he
is doing with this enormous stuffed toy, but he also wonders where it
can be kept in their house.

The purpose of the pink unicorn is to draw young girls to see it, so
that the sales staff can give their parents information on the latest
offers on Toyota cars.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola


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 Pink unicorn? Must be extremely rare:) Doesn't look like it could fly
 though, was it displayed in the field?

 On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 From the Toyota display at the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17822463size=lg
 Comments are invited.

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Re: PESO - Rustic in the City

2014-07-31 Thread David J Brooks

thats my kind of photo

Dave

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 8:55 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote:
 On my way to work:

 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17823812size=lg

 (K-5, DA 40/2.8 LTD)

 Comments appreciated.

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Re: PESO: Angry Bird

2014-07-31 Thread David J Brooks

love this shot

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 Another from the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17823736
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Re: PESO: Angry Bird

Thanks, David!

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On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:39 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote:
 love this shot

 On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 4:47 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com 
 wrote:
 Another from the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17823736
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PESO: Camera? Who needs a Camera?

Everyone was taking pictures at the Balloon Fest:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17824727
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Re: OT: another stupid Thunderbird question


On 7/29/2014 5:51 PM, Brian Walters wrote:

Quoting John sesso...@earthlink.net:


I have it set as View  Message Body  Plain Text. Have had it that
way for years.

Most received messages wrap long lines to the window, but occasionally
one doesn't. I don't know why.



I have the same issue but it doesn't happen often enough to irritate me.



Thanks. Hadn't really risen to the level of irritation yet.

It happened when I was going through email cleaning up other stuff 
before reading PDML, so it was just a convenient time to ask.


We went through something about getting format-flowed (or 
flowed-format?) to work a while back  I figured someone here would know 
the answer. It seems to work most of the time, but occasionally it's 
like an itch you can't scratch.


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Re: Empire Parliamentary Delegation to Australia, 1926


On 7/29/2014 7:30 PM, David Mann wrote:

Darren's old photo find has finally spurred me into action...

Back in February I scanned a box of old glass slides (BW positives sandwiched 
in glass) from the Empire Parliamentary Delegation to Australia in 1926.  My 
mother-in-law had asked me if I could do anything with them and I managed to rig 
something up with my medium format film scanner (Minolta Multi Pro).  The slides 
are a strange size - about 83mm square with an image up to 70mm square (usually 
masked with a border).

There are a handful of colour photos mixed in there which are not part of the 
Australia collection; those are Dufaycolor slides which are fascinating under a 
microscope but utterly horrible to scan.  It looks like those ones were taken 
in NZ.

I was wanting to put them online but with 72 files I wasn't really sure how 
best to present them.  In the end I've taken a lazy approach and thrown them 
into a jAlbum gallery.  The photos are presented in the order they were stored 
in the box.

Note I haven't done anything about dust.

http://www.multi.net.nz/empire/

The photo captions are mostly what's written on the slides, except for the 
number which is their position in the box.  They might not be correct; being 
handwritten and quite small they're difficult to read.  A book accompanies the 
slides but it's packed in a box somewhere.  If it contains more info I'll 
update the gallery.

Cheers,
Dave




They're fairly interesting, but I would have tried to group them 
chronologically/geographically. The delegation appears to be bouncing 
around back  forth across the country.


And perhaps put all the color photos in their own gallery.

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Re: Social media, your photos, and copyright


On 7/30/2014 3:53 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:

Which is why I don't have a facebook account nor do I post to Twitter.
The way I do post at least gives me a fig leaf to hide behind if someone
decides to steal my pictures, as opposed to giving them away under a
websites terms of service.

On 7/30/2014 12:30 PM, Attila Boros wrote:

Might be of interest:

http://www.nyccounsel.com/business-blogs-websites/who-owns-photos-and-videos-posted-on-facebook-or-twitter/







PDML is as much social media as I can handle. I have other reasons for 
shunning facebook beyond the possibility of having my photos stolen.


I don't do Twitter because I don't have a smart phone  I don't do 
texting, so I've never bothered to try to figure it out. Probably for 
the best that I have one less place to say something stupid that I'll 
regret later.


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Re: Pug Submissions

I got another question. How do you guys submit the photos that are 
larger than 800x600?


I see them in the PUG where it says click on the image to see the 
original size, but it won't let me submit mine unless I shrink them down.


On 7/28/2014 7:28 PM, Brian Walters wrote:


Quoting Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net:


I need the Pug submission url..Please! anyone.

Thanks!



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Re: PESO: UNICORN

2014-07-31 Thread Bob W-PDML

On 31 Jul 2014, at 13:21, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 Thanks, Attila.
 
 The Unicorn was displayed on top of a car:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17822461
 
 As I indicated, this was displayed in the Toyota area of the vender's
 midway.  This particular pink unicorn is currently featured  in a TV
 ad for Toyota;  sn indulgent father is seen driving home with the
 unicorn atop his car.  He says that any father will understand what he
 is doing with this enormous stuffed toy, but he also wonders where it
 can be kept in their house.
 
 The purpose of the pink unicorn is to draw young girls to see it, so
 that the sales staff can give their parents information on the latest
 offers on Toyota cars.

When I saw it I had an immediate and compelling vision of a farmer leading a 
large and steaming herd of pink unicorns into a French slaughterhouse.

B
 
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 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17822463size=lg
 Comments are invited.
 
 

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Re: Social media, your photos, and copyright

2014-07-31 Thread Bob W-PDML

On 31 Jul 2014, at 17:25, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:
 
 On 7/30/2014 3:53 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
 Which is why I don't have a facebook account nor do I post to Twitter.
 The way I do post at least gives me a fig leaf to hide behind if someone
 decides to steal my pictures, as opposed to giving them away under a
 websites terms of service.
 
 On 7/30/2014 12:30 PM, Attila Boros wrote:
 Might be of interest:
 
 http://www.nyccounsel.com/business-blogs-websites/who-owns-photos-and-videos-posted-on-facebook-or-twitter/
 
 PDML is as much social media as I can handle. I have other reasons for 
 shunning facebook beyond the possibility of having my photos stolen.
 
 I don't do Twitter because I don't have a smart phone  I don't do texting, 
 so I've never bothered to try to figure it out. Probably for the best that I 
 have one less place to say something stupid that I'll regret later.

Saving it all for Mark?


I was required to sign up to LinkedIn today in order to find something out 
about a consultant we'll be working with. In case you're interested, here's my 
account:

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=359592007authType=nameauthToken=83fgtrk=miniprofile-primary-view-button_mSplash=1

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Re: Social media, your photos, and copyright


On 7/31/2014 1:38 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

On 31 Jul 2014, at 17:25, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:



On 7/30/2014 3:53 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:
Which is why I don't have a facebook account nor do I post to Twitter.
The way I do post at least gives me a fig leaf to hide behind if someone
decides to steal my pictures, as opposed to giving them away under a
websites terms of service.


On 7/30/2014 12:30 PM, Attila Boros wrote:
Might be of interest:

http://www.nyccounsel.com/business-blogs-websites/who-owns-photos-and-videos-posted-on-facebook-or-twitter/


PDML is as much social media as I can handle. I have other reasons for shunning 
facebook beyond the possibility of having my photos stolen.

I don't do Twitter because I don't have a smart phone  I don't do texting, so 
I've never bothered to try to figure it out. Probably for the best that I have one 
less place to say something stupid that I'll regret later.


Saving it all for Mark?


I was required to sign up to LinkedIn today in order to find something out 
about a consultant we'll be working with. In case you're interested, here's my 
account:

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=359592007authType=nameauthToken=83fgtrk=miniprofile-primary-view-button_mSplash=1

B



If it's stupid but it makes the quotations list it ain't stupid.

I'm retired, I don't do LinkedIn either.

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Flash for K-5IIs

I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs.  Recently, however,
my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
replacing it.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

I've never owned a modern Pentax flash. When it came time to get one,
I looked at the power and features and went with the Metz 58 AF-1. I
think that has been supplanted by the AF-2 now, but it still gets very
decent reviews:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/744545-REG/Metz_MZ_58327PS_mecablitz_58_AF_2_TTL.html

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

That being said, the first review on this page is worth reading:
http://www.amazon.com/Metz-mecablitz-Digital-Pentax-Cameras/product-reviews/B004DUMU8I/ref=pd_sxp_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8showViewpoints=1

Hope this helps.

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I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs. Recently, however,
my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
replacing it.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

Thanks, Darren.

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On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 2:19 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
I've never owned a modern Pentax flash. When it came time to get one,
I looked at the power and features and went with the Metz 58 AF-1. I
think that has been supplanted by the AF-2 now, but it still gets very
decent reviews:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/744545-REG/Metz_MZ_58327PS_mecablitz_58_AF_2_TTL.html

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

Hope this helps.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com
wrote:
I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs. Recently, however,
my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
replacing it.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Dan Matyola
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Re: Flash for K-5IIs


On 7/31/2014 2:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs.  Recently, however,
my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
replacing it.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola



Different flashes depending on the situation. This page hasn't been 
updated in a while, but ...


http://pttl.mattdm.org/

The AF200FG works remarkably well with the K10D  K20D if you just want 
fill  are trying to balance the flash with ambient light.


I really haven't tried it with the K3 yet because the K3's built in 
flash does a very good job, but I expect it should work as well with the 
K5II as it does with the K10D  K20D.


I also have the AF360FGZ and AF540FGZ.

I'm not as happy with the AF540FGZ as I feel I should be based on how 
much it costs. I think there were production quality problems with the 
early AF540FGZ. It didn't work as well as it should have even before I 
dropped it.


When I talked to the Pentax Rep that time they brought the 645Z to my 
local independent dealer, he said they're looking to establish a new 
(additional) repair facility on the east coast. Once I find out where 
that is going to be, I think I'll send my AF540FGZ in to be serviced.



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Re: Social media, your photos, and copyright

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:25 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote:

 PDML is as much social media as I can handle. I have other reasons for
 shunning facebook beyond the possibility of having my photos stolen.

 I don't do Twitter because I don't have a smart phone  I don't do texting,
 so I've never bothered to try to figure it out. Probably for the best that I
 have one less place to say something stupid that I'll regret later.

I don't really like Facebook either, but I need it to keep in touch
with some people. It's extremely popular with the young folks, for
reasons I fail to understand. As for Twitter, I don't get it and don't
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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

2014-07-31 Thread Paul Stenquist

I’ve had good success with the Pentax AF 540FGZ flash. I have two of them and 
use them for everything, including outdoor fill at high-speed synch. The new 
Pentax flash, AF540FGZ II  is supposed to be better and well matched to the 
newer Pentax DSLRs. Plus it’s weather resistant. I want one. But it is pricey.

Paul


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 I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs.  Recently, however,
 my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
 replacing it.
 
 Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?
 
 Thanks in advance for your advice.
 
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Re: Social media, your photos, and copyright

2014-07-31 Thread Bob W-PDML

On 31 Jul 2014, at 19:47, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:
 
 I was required to sign up to LinkedIn today in order to find something out 
 about a consultant we'll be working with. In case you're interested, here's 
 my account:
 
 https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=359592007authType=nameauthToken=83fgtrk=miniprofile-primary-view-button_mSplash=1
 
 Wow, you must have thousands of years of experience! g
 

Yes, and I'm the only person on the whole of LinkedIn with one of my skills, so 
I can charge whatever I want for it!

I must admit, it's quite an old picture and I'm not that young anymore, but I'm 
sure I'm not the only person who's flattered himself a little on LinkedIn. 

Anyway, here's a more recent picture, which I use on my profile at work, so 
people know who to look for when they want something done:

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/129762-004-115a6735.jpg

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

2014-07-31 Thread Paul

I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much
concur with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and
swivel, features that I prefer for better lighting.

The Pentax is a little quicker to use since you can make most changes
via buttons rather than spending time in menus. The secondary flash on
the Metz is very useful for a fill light and the Metz is upgradeable via
a USB cable.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

On 7/31/2014 1:19 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

Hope this helps.

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I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs. Recently, however,
my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
replacing it.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

Thanks, John, Paul and Paul. Your comments are very helpful.

Dan Matyola
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 4:36 PM, Paul pentax1...@gmail.com wrote:
I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much concur
with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and swivel,
features that I prefer for better lighting.

The Pentax is a little quicker to use since you can make most changes via
buttons rather than spending time in menus. The secondary flash on the Metz
is very useful for a fill light and the Metz is upgradeable via a USB cable.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

On 7/31/2014 1:19 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/744545-REG/Metz_MZ_58327PS_mecablitz_58_AF_2_TTL.html

If you don't need that much power:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

That being said, the first review on this page is worth reading:

http://www.amazon.com/Metz-mecablitz-Digital-Pentax-Cameras/product-reviews/B004DUMU8I/ref=pd_sxp_cm_cr_acr_txt?ie=UTF8showViewpoints=1

Hope this helps.

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wrote:

I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs. Recently, however,
my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
replacing it.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

2014-07-31 Thread Igor Roshchin

Dan,

I've been heavily relying on flash in what I photograph:
quick dances in a dark room, fill-in flash for my child indoors and
outdoors photos, some candid portraits in dynamic settings.

While I have only tried Pentax AF540 with K-7, I didn't like it,
and bought Metz 58 (not 2 yet), that I've been happily using ever
since, with both K-7 and K-5IIs.
IMHO, it works much better (but not universally perfectly, - so you have
to use it smartly).
I've been using it in two modes: either in A, where the flash decides
when to cut itself off, or in PTTL.
In most cases, I find that A mode works better, especially when
I turn the main flash up, and have the front fill-in sub-flash enabled.
I use PTTL often for forward-facing (typically longer-distance) shots.

Also, PTTL seems to work somewhat better at the very close range (1-3 feet),
maybe because camera's CPU is faster to cut off this powerhouse.

I agree, however, that the buttons of Pentax AF540 are more convenient
than the menues of Metz 58. Those menues are frustrating.
But I choose a better functionality.

Also, there were some problems (and I don't remember all the details),
that Pentax AF540 didn't not keep its settings upon power-cycling, and
it might not allow a manual mode. (Larry might still remember this part,
- he complained about that more recently.)

It looks like Metz 58-2 might have a better hotshoe mount, which is
welcome, as the one in Metz 58 is becoming a bit loose after a lot of
use, and may require occasional adjustment after insertion.

See my earlier response about Metz 58 in this thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg656989.html

HTH,

Igor

Thu Jul 31 16:36:09 EDT 2014
Paul pentax1941 at gmail.com wrote:

I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much
concur with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and
swivel, features that I prefer for better lighting.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

On 7/31/2014 1:19 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
I've never owned a modern Pentax flash. When it came time to get one,
I looked at the power and features and went with the Metz 58 AF-1. I
think that has been supplanted by the AF-2 now, but it still gets very
decent reviews:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/744545-REG/Metz_MZ_58327PS_mecablitz_58_AF_2_TTL.html

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

Hope this helps.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmatyola at gmail.com
wrote:
I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs. Recently, however,
my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
replacing it.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

Thanks, Igor.

Dan Matyola
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:

Dan,

I've been heavily relying on flash in what I photograph:
quick dances in a dark room, fill-in flash for my child indoors and
outdoors photos, some candid portraits in dynamic settings.

Also, PTTL seems to work somewhat better at the very close range (1-3 feet),
maybe because camera's CPU is faster to cut off this powerhouse.

I agree, however, that the buttons of Pentax AF540 are more convenient
than the menues of Metz 58. Those menues are frustrating.
But I choose a better functionality.

It looks like Metz 58-2 might have a better hotshoe mount, which is
welcome, as the one in Metz 58 is becoming a bit loose after a lot of
use, and may require occasional adjustment after insertion.

See my earlier response about Metz 58 in this thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg656989.html

HTH,

Igor

Thu Jul 31 16:36:09 EDT 2014
Paul pentax1941 at gmail.com wrote:

I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much
concur with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and
swivel, features that I prefer for better lighting.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

Hope this helps.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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Re: PESO: Hotel Cota 1400

2014-07-31 Thread P.J. Alling


Crystal clear atmosphere, I can see Dracula from here...

OK, so I can't.

On 7/30/2014 5:54 PM, Attila Boros wrote:

A hotel with a view in the Carpathian mountains, Romania:

http://500px.com/photo/78195715/hotel-cota-1400-by-attila-boros




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Re: PESO: UNICORN

2014-07-31 Thread P.J. Alling

It's not actually purebred Unicorn, it seems to be crossed with a 
Pegasus and a horse of a different color somewhere in it's ancestry.


On 7/31/2014 7:11 AM, Attila Boros wrote:

Pink unicorn? Must be extremely rare:) Doesn't look like it could fly
though, was it displayed in the field?

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 From the Toyota display at the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17822463size=lg
Comments are invited.

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Re: Social media, your photos, and copyright


On 7/31/2014 3:01 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

On 31 Jul 2014, at 19:47, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:



On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:

I was required to sign up to LinkedIn today in order to find something out 
about a consultant we'll be working with. In case you're interested, here's my 
account:

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=359592007authType=nameauthToken=83fgtrk=miniprofile-primary-view-button_mSplash=1


Wow, you must have thousands of years of experience! g



Yes, and I'm the only person on the whole of LinkedIn with one of my skills, so 
I can charge whatever I want for it!

I must admit, it's quite an old picture and I'm not that young anymore, but I'm 
sure I'm not the only person who's flattered himself a little on LinkedIn.

Anyway, here's a more recent picture, which I use on my profile at work, so 
people know who to look for when they want something done:

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/129762-004-115a6735.jpg

B



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Re: PESO: Hotel Cota 1400

On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:44 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:

 Crystal clear atmosphere, I can see Dracula from here...

 OK, so I can't.

Thanks, P.J. The Bran Castle is in the opposite direction, but the
view is blocked by even higher mountains:)

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

2014-07-31 Thread Stan Halpin

The older and newer 340 and 540 are easy to set but they do not have an option
to remember the previous setting which is a minor nuisance. Not that big a deal
given the ease of string mode etc. I don't know about the older 540 but the
older 360 and both new Ii models have a manual option with various power
settings. They communicate well with K-5 and K-3 models.

stan

Sent from my iPad

On Jul 31, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:

Dan,

I've been heavily relying on flash in what I photograph:
quick dances in a dark room, fill-in flash for my child indoors and
outdoors photos, some candid portraits in dynamic settings.

Also, PTTL seems to work somewhat better at the very close range (1-3 feet),
maybe because camera's CPU is faster to cut off this powerhouse.

I agree, however, that the buttons of Pentax AF540 are more convenient
than the menues of Metz 58. Those menues are frustrating.
But I choose a better functionality.

It looks like Metz 58-2 might have a better hotshoe mount, which is
welcome, as the one in Metz 58 is becoming a bit loose after a lot of
use, and may require occasional adjustment after insertion.

See my earlier response about Metz 58 in this thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg656989.html

HTH,

Igor

Thu Jul 31 16:36:09 EDT 2014
Paul pentax1941 at gmail.com wrote:

I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much
concur with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and
swivel, features that I prefer for better lighting.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

Hope this helps.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmatyola at
gmail.com wrote:
I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs. Recently, however,
my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
replacing it.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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Re: Pug Submissions

2014-07-31 Thread Brian Walters


Quoting John sesso...@earthlink.net:

I got another question. How do you guys submit the photos that are  
larger than 800x600?



You can't.

Well, actually you can.  But only as high as 800 x 800.




I see them in the PUG where it says click on the image to see the  
original size, but it won't let me submit mine unless I shrink them  
down.



What we have here is a terminology problem.  In PUG terminology,  
Original Size doesn't actually mean Original Size.


Let me explain how the PUG works.

Images are displayed in the gallery in a way that doesn't require  
vertical scrolling of the image on most desktop monitors. So, any  
image with a vertical dimension more than about 530 pixels gets  
resized for display purposes.


As an example, an image of (say) 600 (h) x 800 (v) pixels will be  
displayed in the gallery at about 398 x 530 pixels.  In such cases the  
Click Image to view at original size message will appear.  When you  
click that image it will display in a separate window at the full 600  
x 800 pixels.


So, in PUG terminology original size means original size as submitted.

Suggestions as to better terminology most welcome...


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Re: Social media, your photos, and copyright

2014-07-31 Thread Brian Walters

Quoting John sesso...@earthlink.net:

On 7/31/2014 3:01 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:

On 31 Jul 2014, at 19:47, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:

I was required to sign up to LinkedIn today in order to find
something out about a consultant we'll be working with. In case
you're interested, here's my account:

https://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=359592007authType=nameauthToken=83fgtrk=miniprofile-primary-view-button_mSplash=1

Wow, you must have thousands of years of experience! g

Yes, and I'm the only person on the whole of LinkedIn with one of
my skills, so I can charge whatever I want for it!

I must admit, it's quite an old picture and I'm not that young
anymore, but I'm sure I'm not the only person who's flattered
himself a little on LinkedIn.

Anyway, here's a more recent picture, which I use on my profile at
work, so people know who to look for when they want something done:

http://www.britannica.com/blogs/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/129762-004-115a6735.jpg

The LinkedIn page won't display anything except for a
join-up/sign-in page. Fuck 'em. I won't.

Presumably Linkedin's theory is that if you want to make use of the
service (as in viewing someone's Linkedin profile), you need to sign up.

Probably not an unreasonable business approach - but I agree with your
last sentence, regardless...

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Re: OT: another stupid Thunderbird question

2014-07-31 Thread steve harley


on 2014-07-31 10:08 John wrote

We went through something about getting format-flowed (or flowed-format?) to
work a while back  I figured someone here would know the answer. It seems
to work most of the time, but occasionally it's like an itch you can't scratch.


it's literally format=flowed, a flag in a normally-invisible email header; 
it's something the sender has to do, and on by default in emails  TB sends


on the receiving end, TB uses it to decide whether to reflow an email to 
fill the window; if you are not seeing the problem on this message from me, 
i doubt it is related to format=flowed, but you could try this in the config 
editor:


  mailnews.display.disable_format_flowed_support = true

probably all that will happen will be that messages like this will display 
with shorter lines (unless your viewing window is really narrow)



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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

Thanks, Stan.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Stan Halpin
s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
The older and newer 340 and 540 are easy to set but they do not have an
option to remember the previous setting which is a minor nuisance. Not that
big a deal given the ease of string mode etc. I don't know about the older
540 but the older 360 and both new Ii models have a manual option with
various power settings. They communicate well with K-5 and K-3 models.

stan

Sent from my iPad

On Jul 31, 2014, at 5:15 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:

Dan,

I've been heavily relying on flash in what I photograph:
quick dances in a dark room, fill-in flash for my child indoors and
outdoors photos, some candid portraits in dynamic settings.

Also, PTTL seems to work somewhat better at the very close range (1-3 feet),
maybe because camera's CPU is faster to cut off this powerhouse.

I agree, however, that the buttons of Pentax AF540 are more convenient
than the menues of Metz 58. Those menues are frustrating.
But I choose a better functionality.

It looks like Metz 58-2 might have a better hotshoe mount, which is
welcome, as the one in Metz 58 is becoming a bit loose after a lot of
use, and may require occasional adjustment after insertion.

See my earlier response about Metz 58 in this thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg656989.html

HTH,

Igor

Thu Jul 31 16:36:09 EDT 2014
Paul pentax1941 at gmail.com wrote:

I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much
concur with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and
swivel, features that I prefer for better lighting.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

Hope this helps.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmatyola at
gmail.com wrote:
I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs. Recently, however,
my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
replacing it.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Dan Matyola
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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

2014-07-31 Thread Larry Colen

When my AF 540 died, I replaced it with a metz 58-2.

For just basic flash operations, it works a lot better. My AF-540 was an
unreliable piece of crap. Unreliable in that it kept breaking and unreliable in
that I could never rely on it to do what I told it to.

The UI of the Metz is not very good. The other problem with the Metz is that I
cannot figure out how to use it as a dumb optically triggered strobe. It’ll
work with the fancy ttl controls, at least in theory, I haven’t had much luck,
but when I want it on a stand, triggered off my studio lights, I seem to be SOL
and just need to get an external optical trigger.

I’ve been looking at the yongnuo and the Midwest photo strobes lately.

On Jul 31, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:

Dan,

I've been heavily relying on flash in what I photograph:
quick dances in a dark room, fill-in flash for my child indoors and
outdoors photos, some candid portraits in dynamic settings.

Also, PTTL seems to work somewhat better at the very close range (1-3 feet),
maybe because camera's CPU is faster to cut off this powerhouse.

I agree, however, that the buttons of Pentax AF540 are more convenient
than the menues of Metz 58. Those menues are frustrating.
But I choose a better functionality.

It looks like Metz 58-2 might have a better hotshoe mount, which is
welcome, as the one in Metz 58 is becoming a bit loose after a lot of
use, and may require occasional adjustment after insertion.

See my earlier response about Metz 58 in this thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg656989.html

HTH,

Igor

Thu Jul 31 16:36:09 EDT 2014
Paul pentax1941 at gmail.com wrote:

I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much
concur with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and
swivel, features that I prefer for better lighting.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

Hope this helps.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

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Re: PESO: UNICORN

G
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 5:48 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
 It's not actually purebred Unicorn, it seems to be crossed with a Pegasus
 and a horse of a different color somewhere in it's ancestry.


 On 7/31/2014 7:11 AM, Attila Boros wrote:

 Pink unicorn? Must be extremely rare:) Doesn't look like it could fly
 though, was it displayed in the field?

 On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:13 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com
 wrote:

  From the Toyota display at the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17822463size=lg
 Comments are invited.

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Flash for K-5IIs

2014-07-31 Thread Bipin Gupta

Sir, buy the cheapest Chinese make PTTL Flash you can buy on Evil Bay
or Amazon with FREE Shipping.
You won't regret it.
I have one since May 2009 - for my K20D -  and still enjoying it with the K-5.
I have one since 1995 for the Leica R5 and still enjoying it.
All electronics are ultimately expendable, but not ones costing 
from Pentax.
Nanhi.
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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

Thanks, Larry.

Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:55 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
When my AF 540 died, I replaced it with a metz 58-2.

For just basic flash operations, it works a lot better. My AF-540 was an
unreliable piece of crap. Unreliable in that it kept breaking and unreliable
in that I could never rely on it to do what I told it to.

The UI of the Metz is not very good. The other problem with the Metz is that
I cannot figure out how to use it as a dumb optically triggered strobe. It’ll
work with the fancy ttl controls, at least in theory, I haven’t had much
luck, but when I want it on a stand, triggered off my studio lights, I seem
to be SOL and just need to get an external optical trigger.

I’ve been looking at the yongnuo and the Midwest photo strobes lately.

On Jul 31, 2014, at 2:15 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:

Dan,

I've been heavily relying on flash in what I photograph:
quick dances in a dark room, fill-in flash for my child indoors and
outdoors photos, some candid portraits in dynamic settings.

Also, PTTL seems to work somewhat better at the very close range (1-3 feet),
maybe because camera's CPU is faster to cut off this powerhouse.

I agree, however, that the buttons of Pentax AF540 are more convenient
than the menues of Metz 58. Those menues are frustrating.
But I choose a better functionality.

It looks like Metz 58-2 might have a better hotshoe mount, which is
welcome, as the one in Metz 58 is becoming a bit loose after a lot of
use, and may require occasional adjustment after insertion.

See my earlier response about Metz 58 in this thread:
https://www.mail-archive.com/pdml@pdml.net/msg656989.html

HTH,

Igor

Thu Jul 31 16:36:09 EDT 2014
Paul pentax1941 at gmail.com wrote:

I have both the Metz 58 and the Pentax AF540 and would pretty much
concur with the Amazon review from Darren's link. Both will tilt and
swivel, features that I prefer for better lighting.

Either one will serve you well. The Pentax *is* pricier by about $50.

-p

If you don't need that much power:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=Metz+52+AF-1+pentaxN=0InitialSearch=yessts=maTop+Nav-Search=

Hope this helps.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 1:12 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmatyola at
gmail.com wrote:
I have been extremely pleased with my new K-5IIs. Recently, however,
my hotshoe mounted flash has be acting up, and I am thinking of
replacing it.

Which flash unit would you recommend for use with the K-5IIs?

Thanks in advance for your advice.

Dan Matyola
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Re: Some pics from the Concours d'Elegance of America at St. Johns

2014-07-31 Thread Zos Xavius

Good set. I love old cars.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
Interesting and informative as usual, with top-notch photo work.

I guess the Times can afford the best!~ G
Dan Matyola
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Congrats on a job well done!

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 3:45 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net
wrote:
The Times frequently uses a few of my photos, but in a piece for the
website about last Sunday's Concours America, the photo editor chose to
publish all 19 that I submitted. I have to remember for future efforts that
they will crop everything to the same dimension, regardless of how I framed
it. No short and wide pics for the Times. This project was a struggle
because our power went out a few hours after I got home from the event. I
had time to render a few pics on my desktop system, but had to finish the
job on my laptop at the library. Fortunately, I had those first few for
reference.

Not happy with the text. A ham fisted editor worked on it because the auto
section chief was on vacation and the paper was short handed. But that’s
life in the journalism biz.

Anyway, some good looking cars from the show in the pic gallery. My
favorite is the BMW streamlined sports car that opens the set.

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Re: Flash for K-5IIs

No experience, but Bipin's advice wouldn't cost a lot to follow.
:)

Forgive my ignorance of your land's naming conventions, but are you
known in the U.S. as Mr. Bipin or Mr. Gupta? I know from my dealings
with people from China that this is not the dumb question that it may
at first seem.
:)
Thank you, in advance, for your kind reply.


On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 9:45 PM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote:
 Sir, buy the cheapest Chinese make PTTL Flash you can buy on Evil Bay
 or Amazon with FREE Shipping.
 You won't regret it.
 I have one since May 2009 - for my K20D -  and still enjoying it with the K-5.
 I have one since 1995 for the Leica R5 and still enjoying it.
 All electronics are ultimately expendable, but not ones costing 
 from Pentax.
 Nanhi.
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OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s

I'm not terribly interested in mirrorless cameras (although I have to
admit that I love that, thanks to the mirrorless design you can use
about any legacy lens on them (with the proper adapter). But after
reading a petapixel article on the a7s and its potentially being the
best astrophotography (low light) camera on the planet, I had to read
up on it.

From a marketing standpoint, what Sony has done appears to be a head
scratcher. From the article:

The Sony a7S is the third variation of the full-frame mirrorless a7
series of cameras that Sony has recently released. First Sony released
the 24.3 megapixel a7 and 36.4 megapixel a7R, the first mirrorless
cameras with full-frame 24mm x 36mm sensors. The recently released a7S
seems like sort of the oddball of the three a7 variations: It has only
a 12.2 megapixel sensor and at the time of this writing, it costs
almost $1000 more than the a7 and $200 more than the much higher
resolution a7R. But with that 12.2 megapixel sensor comes some
distinct advantages, especially for low-light photography and video.

12.2 Megapixels

With the a7S, it seems like you’re paying more for less. But even with
a sensor resolution that is a third the resolution of the cheaper a7R,
the a7S offers two things in return: sensitivity and 4K video (sort
of*). The A7s has larger pixels than pretty much any consumer level
full-frame digital camera. The larger pixel size means that each pixel
can collect physically more light. The more light per pixel, the
better the signal to noise ratio for that pixel and so that pixel will
more accurately detect the incoming light than a smaller pixel would.
This means that, all other things being equal, the A7s should be
capable of the best per pixel signal-to-noise ratio of any production
camera. 

- - -
Can you imagine what the Pentax hoards would say if Pentax came out
with a full frame camera with fewer megapixels than the flagship? This
Sony camera is fewer megapixels than the PREVIOUS Pentax flagships:
the K-5, K-5ii/iis

That is really interesting. Frankly, I think it spells disaster from a
sales/marketing standpoint but I still find it intriguing that Sony
went forward with it.

To segue back into PentaxLand, it is clear that Pentax is going to
introduce a full frame (although still NOT at this coming Photokina).
What Pentax is telegraphing (or will at Photokina) is that they are
designing/developing full frame lenses again. I expect them to talk
about full frame more, even if they aren't showing a prototype.

The thing is that the time is right (the technology planets have
aligned) for Pentax to give its users a real choice: A 24.3MP APS-C
camera OR a 24.3MP full frame camera (for a lot more money). Sony
makes such a sensor and it is pretty awesome. It has also been out
long enough that Pentax may be able to buy it in 2014/15 at prices
that make the resulting camera sellable (unlike the Sony a7s at
$2500).

Check out this great comparison of a 24.3MP APS-C vs a 24.3MP full
frame and decide for yourself:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6EmdyBPF2w
Watch the above video in HD and with fullscreen.

With other manufacturers making noise on moving in on Pentax medium
format land, a bang-for-the-buck full frame camera is nearly a
necessity. Pentax/Ricoh is making money on their Q line of cameras
(especially in the parts of the world that are not the U.S.) and that
is good for Pentax/Ricoh. I'm fairly convinced that Pentax will have
to say a bit about full frame at Photokina (but not want to freeze
sales of existing products) and will have a 24.3MP full frame
introduced in early 2015.

Or maybe I'm just Charlie Brown believing that Lucy is going to
actually hold the football for me to kick THIS TIME.
:)

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Re: OT: Sort of fascinated by what Sony has done with the a7s

Oops. Forgot to link to the Petapixel article (for those that haven't seen it):
http://petapixel.com/2014/07/30/sony-a7s-astrophotography-review/

Sony manufactures the 12.2MP full frame chip. Frankly I think they HAD
to develop a camera for it because third parties aren't buying it and
their marketing departments want more MP from a full frame sensor.
Sony was forced to eat their own dogfood but that doesn't mean it
won't be a cracking good camera - if a bit pricey for my tastes.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:58 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote:
 I'm not terribly interested in mirrorless cameras (although I have to
 admit that I love that, thanks to the mirrorless design you can use
 about any legacy lens on them (with the proper adapter). But after
 reading a petapixel article on the a7s and its potentially being the
 best astrophotography (low light) camera on the planet, I had to read
 up on it.

 From a marketing standpoint, what Sony has done appears to be a head
 scratcher. From the article:

 The Sony a7S is the third variation of the full-frame mirrorless a7
 series of cameras that Sony has recently released. First Sony released
 the 24.3 megapixel a7 and 36.4 megapixel a7R, the first mirrorless
 cameras with full-frame 24mm x 36mm sensors. The recently released a7S
 seems like sort of the oddball of the three a7 variations: It has only
 a 12.2 megapixel sensor and at the time of this writing, it costs
 almost $1000 more than the a7 and $200 more than the much higher
 resolution a7R. But with that 12.2 megapixel sensor comes some
 distinct advantages, especially for low-light photography and video.

 12.2 Megapixels

 With the a7S, it seems like you’re paying more for less. But even with
 a sensor resolution that is a third the resolution of the cheaper a7R,
 the a7S offers two things in return: sensitivity and 4K video (sort
 of*). The A7s has larger pixels than pretty much any consumer level
 full-frame digital camera. The larger pixel size means that each pixel
 can collect physically more light. The more light per pixel, the
 better the signal to noise ratio for that pixel and so that pixel will
 more accurately detect the incoming light than a smaller pixel would.
 This means that, all other things being equal, the A7s should be
 capable of the best per pixel signal-to-noise ratio of any production
 camera. 

 - - -
 Can you imagine what the Pentax hoards would say if Pentax came out
 with a full frame camera with fewer megapixels than the flagship? This
 Sony camera is fewer megapixels than the PREVIOUS Pentax flagships:
 the K-5, K-5ii/iis

 That is really interesting. Frankly, I think it spells disaster from a
 sales/marketing standpoint but I still find it intriguing that Sony
 went forward with it.

 To segue back into PentaxLand, it is clear that Pentax is going to
 introduce a full frame (although still NOT at this coming Photokina).
 What Pentax is telegraphing (or will at Photokina) is that they are
 designing/developing full frame lenses again. I expect them to talk
 about full frame more, even if they aren't showing a prototype.

 The thing is that the time is right (the technology planets have
 aligned) for Pentax to give its users a real choice: A 24.3MP APS-C
 camera OR a 24.3MP full frame camera (for a lot more money). Sony
 makes such a sensor and it is pretty awesome. It has also been out
 long enough that Pentax may be able to buy it in 2014/15 at prices
 that make the resulting camera sellable (unlike the Sony a7s at
 $2500).

 Check out this great comparison of a 24.3MP APS-C vs a 24.3MP full
 frame and decide for yourself:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6EmdyBPF2w
 Watch the above video in HD and with fullscreen.

 With other manufacturers making noise on moving in on Pentax medium
 format land, a bang-for-the-buck full frame camera is nearly a
 necessity. Pentax/Ricoh is making money on their Q line of cameras
 (especially in the parts of the world that are not the U.S.) and that
 is good for Pentax/Ricoh. I'm fairly convinced that Pentax will have
 to say a bit about full frame at Photokina (but not want to freeze
 sales of existing products) and will have a 24.3MP full frame
 introduced in early 2015.

 Or maybe I'm just Charlie Brown believing that Lucy is going to
 actually hold the football for me to kick THIS TIME.
 :)

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