GESO - Glow
A few snapshots from the annual Glow festival: http://www.repiuk.nl/albums/new/content/glow-2015/ Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Meerkat
Quoting David Mann dmann...@gmail.com: This is the last of my zoo photos for now. He stood up a few moments later but I resisted showing such a clichéd pose. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/829/#peso Excellent pose and an attractive composition. I like it! -- 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: No disability (warning: strong language)
Quoting Ralf R Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.de/2014/10/keine-behinderung.html The lower board has recently been added at a number of handicapped parking spaces in Neupré, Belgium. They're official and have been put there by the local authorities. It reads: Being a twat isn't a disability. Go park elsewhere. Fantastic! Unusual that a Govt. department would be prepared to be so forthright. -- 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 - Potsdam cloister
Quoting Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17902219 Comments? Rick Yes - I like that. Great contrast of light and shadow and the bicycle is a bonus -- 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.
PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=1679 Look, if the title doesn't make you want to see this shot, just move along now... -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Sorry, you are not permitted to access this material. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=1679 Look, if the title doesn't make you want to see this shot, just move along now... -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Sorry, you are not permitted to access this material. And your IP address is? -- 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.
K-S1?
Has anyone here tried this camera yet? Or seen a detailed review they can point me to? just looking at specs, it appears it might suit me. It is a good deal cheaper lighter than K-3, and I've used a K-X quite a bit without noticing any missing features that make me wish I'd bought a K5 instead so probably do not need advanced K-3 features. It has a newer processor sensor than K-50. As for the K-01, I don't think I'd be happy without a viewfinder. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-S1?
I've read a few hands on reviews, more like previews, of the K-s1 out of curiosity, however DP Review has their in depth review posted now. http://www.dpreview.com/products/pentax/slrs/pentax_ks1 I don't know of anyone who's bought one, but then again I don't hang out much, well at all, at Pentax Fora, which is where you'd be most likely to find postings on that sort of thing. I did decide that it wasn't for me, based on the UI. I have enough trouble with muscle memory switching between the K20D and the K-5, (I don't want to think about the number of times I've pressed the exposure compensation button when I've wanted to press the green button, and vice versa, or wanted to change ISO and managed to switch from focus point selection to quick menu). Most of the UI changes seem to be gratuitous on the K-S1, just making the learning curve for upgraders as difficult as for noobs to the Pentax system. It looks like the camera takes fine images and I know the Pentax team wanted to set it apart from the main line DSLRs but really, putting the mode dial where the metering pattern select was on all Pentax Top of the line DSLRs prior to the K-7 just seems like they're trying to be annoying. The K-50 is nearing the end of it's practical lifetime, and unlike Canon, Pentax can't afford to keep older DSLRs in the line indefinably, I expect it's replacement will be along any month now, and it will probably sport a 20mp sensor, and be more conventionally styled, probably in line with the UI of the K-50/500, which would make the learning curve much easier when upgrading. Well, now I'll just have to read the DP Review post. On 11/14/2014 9:28 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: Has anyone here tried this camera yet? Or seen a detailed review they can point me to? just looking at specs, it appears it might suit me. It is a good deal cheaper lighter than K-3, and I've used a K-X quite a bit without noticing any missing features that make me wish I'd bought a K5 instead so probably do not need advanced K-3 features. It has a newer processor sensor than K-50. As for the K-01, I don't think I'd be happy without a viewfinder. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-S1?
Forget I say that DP Review had their in depth review up, it's just another preview. Sorry about that. On 11/14/2014 10:10 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I've read a few hands on reviews, more like previews, of the K-s1 out of curiosity, however DP Review has their in depth review posted now. http://www.dpreview.com/products/pentax/slrs/pentax_ks1 I don't know of anyone who's bought one, but then again I don't hang out much, well at all, at Pentax Fora, which is where you'd be most likely to find postings on that sort of thing. I did decide that it wasn't for me, based on the UI. I have enough trouble with muscle memory switching between the K20D and the K-5, (I don't want to think about the number of times I've pressed the exposure compensation button when I've wanted to press the green button, and vice versa, or wanted to change ISO and managed to switch from focus point selection to quick menu). Most of the UI changes seem to be gratuitous on the K-S1, just making the learning curve for upgraders as difficult as for noobs to the Pentax system. It looks like the camera takes fine images and I know the Pentax team wanted to set it apart from the main line DSLRs but really, putting the mode dial where the metering pattern select was on all Pentax Top of the line DSLRs prior to the K-7 just seems like they're trying to be annoying. The K-50 is nearing the end of it's practical lifetime, and unlike Canon, Pentax can't afford to keep older DSLRs in the line indefinably, I expect it's replacement will be along any month now, and it will probably sport a 20mp sensor, and be more conventionally styled, probably in line with the UI of the K-50/500, which would make the learning curve much easier when upgrading. Well, now I'll just have to read the DP Review post. On 11/14/2014 9:28 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: Has anyone here tried this camera yet? Or seen a detailed review they can point me to? just looking at specs, it appears it might suit me. It is a good deal cheaper lighter than K-3, and I've used a K-X quite a bit without noticing any missing features that make me wish I'd bought a K5 instead so probably do not need advanced K-3 features. It has a newer processor sensor than K-50. As for the K-01, I don't think I'd be happy without a viewfinder. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Got me! Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 5:23:07 AM Subject: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=1679 Look, if the title doesn't make you want to see this shot, just move along now... -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-S1?
DXOMark has their detailed information about the K-S1's sensor up. It's not really a review in the conventional sense since it completely ignores ergonomics. However there' as usual lots of data. On 11/14/2014 9:28 AM, Sandy Harris wrote: Has anyone here tried this camera yet? Or seen a detailed review they can point me to? just looking at specs, it appears it might suit me. It is a good deal cheaper lighter than K-3, and I've used a K-X quite a bit without noticing any missing features that make me wish I'd bought a K5 instead so probably do not need advanced K-3 features. It has a newer processor sensor than K-50. As for the K-01, I don't think I'd be happy without a viewfinder. -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
I got it with no issue. -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle Sorry, you are not permitted to access this material. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=1679 Look, if the title doesn't make you want to see this shot, just move along now... -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Potsdam cloister
Thanks, Brian. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 4:54 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17902219 Comments? Rick Yes - I like that. Great contrast of light and shadow and the bicycle is a bonus -- 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 - Potsdam cloister
Peter, I see what you mean. I was, indeed, trying to get both sides. Short of taking another trip (which I wouldn't mind, but isn't likely in the near future) it might work to play with the exposure and contrast on the two sides. I may play with this a bit over the weekend. Thanks very much for the comment! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Richard Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Brian. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 4:54 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17902219 Comments? Rick Yes - I like that. Great contrast of light and shadow and the bicycle is a bonus -- 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: ordered Yongnuo flash triggers now looking for strip lights.
On 11/13/2014 5:47 PM, Larry Colen wrote: John wrote: On 11/13/2014 3:53 AM, Larry Colen wrote: At the very least, I'd like to pick up some yongnuo 603 II triggers maybe even a 560III and TX Has anyone done the research as to where is the best place in the states to pick them up? BH says 2-4 weeks to ship Most everyplace else seems to be sending them from overseas. Looks like Amazon.com has them for overnight delivery. Thanks. I don't need overnight delivery. In theory, the free shipping will get them here by Tuesday, which is much better than a week or two, or four, from China. BH has them as special order, one or two weeks to get them in stock. In a couple weeks, BH should start carrying the YN 560-III. I was poking around to find one or two used alien bees, found a white lightning x1600 at KEH for $290, then I found three X1600s on ebay, which I was able to get for $650. They were shipped to PC Buff who will charge me $50 each to clean (they're dusty from being used outside), check and repair, and they'll even give me used reflectors to replace the missing ones. So, I'm rather stoked about all that. I will soon have four matching, pretty powerful, studio strobes. That means that I can also start working on getting standardized light modifiers. It's a bit more expensive than getting a bunch of YN 560 IIIs, and a bit less portable, but I don't need to worry about batteries, the special mounts to use the flashes and so forth. So I'm happy. I've really liked what Bruce has been doing with strip lights, so now I need to start shopping around for some. If you're looking at the Yongnuo triggers as a low cost, yet reliable alternative to Pocket Wizards, you ought to take a look at Paul C. Buff CyberSync. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Easy Access
Thanks, but it was Don's comment about moving pianos that triggered a flashback. On 11/13/2014 6:39 PM, Richard Womer wrote: John, Always glad to cause PTSD symptoms. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 4:45 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: On 11/12/2014 11:55 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: Ah memories... I worked my way through college moving furniture in the summers. The first day I learned a new maxim : Pianos always go from the basement of one house to the 2nd story of the next. The only piano I ever had to move working for a moving company went from a fourth floor apartment to a third floor music room in a historic house. It was, of course, an antique (1890s) CONCERT GRAND. *BIG*, Rococo, antique concert grand on 4 legs. I was part of the first crew of 4 they sent out. We couldn't even lift it to sit it on its side so it could be strapped to the piano board. It took 12 of us to finally move the damn thing. I've always wondered how they got it up there in the first place. It was an old, 1930s vintage apartment building that piano wouldn't have fit through a window even if they'd been able to maneuver a crane in there to lift it. Thinking about it now, it's amazing it hadn't delivered itself to the basement. It was that heavy. I'd almost forgotten about it. I'd really like to thank you for reminding me. I moved quite a few pianos working for a music store while I was in high school, but those were always upright pianos that two guys could move with clamp-on piano dollies on each end. On 11/11/14, 11:00 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 2 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 20:55:38 -0500 From: Rick Womerrickpic...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Easy Access Message-ID:dbb29c85-9c10-4059-80b9-7da835826...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii I hope this guy never buys a piano... http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17897689 (K-5, DA 1645) Comments? Rick PS: I soon quit the moving business. Found much easier work as a hod carrier on a hot tar roofing crew. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
I'm using gmail. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Sorry, you are not permitted to access this material. And your IP address is? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: No disability (warning: strong language)
On 11/13/2014 11:26 PM, David Mann wrote: On Nov 14, 2014, at 12:13 pm, Ralf R Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.de/2014/10/keine-behinderung.html The lower board has recently been added at a number of handicapped parking spaces in Neupré, Belgium. They're official and have been put there by the local authorities. It reads: Being a twat isn't a disability. Go park elsewhere. Awesome :D Having said that there are many people here who have disabilities that aren't obvious so they tend to get harassed a bit by people when they park in an accessible space, despite having a permit. Cheers, Dave You can't always tell if the person has a legitimate need for the special parking or not based on appearances. Around here, handicap parking permits are sometimes abused by healthy family members. The person whose handicap permit is displayed is not always the driver, and sometimes is not even present in the vehicle. Around here, handicap parking permits are sometimes abused by healthy family members. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: Meerkat
Very good pose! On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 8:22 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: This is the last of my zoo photos for now. He stood up a few moments later but I resisted showing such a clichéd pose. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/829/#peso Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Sorry, you are not permitted to access this material. And your IP address is? I'm using gmail. ??? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Medicine Chest
Thanks to everyone who looked at and/ or commented on my picture. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Vivian Maier Documentary on Oscar short list
http://www.rogerebert.com/life-itself/three-chicago-docs-vie-for-oscar 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: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Just my inarticulate way of saying I'm not at my office and using someone else's wifi. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Sorry, you are not permitted to access this material. And your IP address is? I'm using gmail. ??? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Off the Path
South I assume. Odd juxtaposition of racer and path made for a clever photo. Made me smile at the almost abstract look. Also sort of in the mode of Dag, whose name you invoked in another message. Always a look I admire but can never emulate. On 11/14/14, 3:51 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 7 Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 21:25:22 -0500 From: Rick Womerrickpic...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Off the Path Message-ID:6fc0200a-8952-4fbd-91c7-00986e6d8...@gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii This was part of the view from my hotel window in Berlin. I learned that it is the back yard of the Korean Embassy. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=1790size=lg (K-5, DA 50-200) Comments appreciated! Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: I am SOOOOOOOOOO happy!
NOT! I've spent the last week trying to ressurect my sister's computer (Compaq Presario manufactured by HP). It had crashed on her and she couldn't get it to boot. I managed to rescue her data from the hard-drive. While I had the hard-drive out, I gave the inside of the case a thorough cleaning. Put the hard-drive back in tried to do a system restore to return the operating system, Vista Home Basic, to Out Of The Box condition. The diagnostics included with the system restore passed the hard-drive, motherboard CPU, but failed the memory. I replaced the memory. I've also run diagnostics of my own - 20+ passes of Memtest86+ on the new memory Spinright 6.0 on the hard-drive. It takes about 24 hours for each of those to run to completion, so that's 2 days right there. Both diagnostis completed without finding any errors. Still, the computer kept crashing when I tried to run Windows Update. I finally overcame that by booting into Safe Mode and running the Norton Removal Tool. After that I was able to run Windows Update from the Control Panel and install updates 2 3 at a time. Running it from the taskbar crashed the computer again. I've spent 5 days downloading installing updates, rebooting and downloading installing updates again. I got down to one last update that wouldn't install, and according to Microsoft support (via Google) I needed to install Service Pack 2. Looking at the requirements for Service Pack 2, I have to have Service Pack 1 installed in order to install Service Pack 2. Service Pack 1 installation failed. It gave an error code, but before I could write it down it flashed to a BSOD, which also shut down rebooted before I could write down the error number. It wasn't one I'd seen before. And now, it won't start again. I get a BSOD reboot OR a black screen reboot OR it gets to the logon screen goes black/BSOD when I enter the password. I can't even get into Safe Mode. Safe Mode with Networking goes black reboots as soon as the last driver loads; Safe Mode without networking BSODs reboots ... in either case it doesn't pause long enough for me to write the Stop Code down. Thank you for listening. I don't feel any better, but at least I've been able to vent. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:50 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Sorry, you are not permitted to access this material. And your IP address is? I'm using gmail. ??? Just my inarticulate way of saying I'm not at my office and using someone else's wifi. Go to www.whatismyip.com -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I got it with no issue. same here on gmail Dave -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle Sorry, you are not permitted to access this material. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=1679 Look, if the title doesn't make you want to see this shot, just move along now... -- 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. -- 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.
Videoing a theatrical performance
Hey guys, Thanks for your help my recent questions regarding video cards and my K7. I've gotten the cards and am experimenting with them. So, I've been asked to video an event which is about 2 hours long. This will be in a dark theatre. I'll be able to experiment ahead of time, and position my camera where it is most convenient. I can see that I'm going to have to video in snippets about 7.5 minutes each. That's a little tedious, but not such a problem. Doing some tests in my living room, I saw that after several minutes of continuous video work, the camera starts warning about internal temperature. But after 30 minutes, it wasn't shutting down. So I guess the heat wasn't so bad... But here's my question. Any advice on settings I should use that might ease this process? I suspect that potential overheating might be an issue, so is there any setting that would minimize this? I'd assume that using the native sensitivity setting of 100 would be best? Any other suggestions or tricks? Look, I'm a scientific plant photographer, so this is out of my comfort zone Cheers Barry Barry Rice, Ph.D. Sarracenia.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: I am SOOOOOOOOOO happy!
Is everything in the BIOS OK? Can you update the BIOS to the latest version without running the OS? You might try creating a Knoppix disc and booting from that. You might have to go into the BIOS and change the boot order so it looks for the Knoppix disc first. If that runs OK it would seem the problem is in the HDD. You said you had managed to rescue the data, but Knoppix will allow you to mount the HDD to see if it's working OK or to move data to another disc. Just mentioning this 'cause Knoppix has saved my bacon a couple times... -p On 11/14/2014 11:57 AM, John wrote: NOT! I've spent the last week trying to ressurect my sister's computer (Compaq Presario manufactured by HP). It had crashed on her and she couldn't get it to boot. I managed to rescue her data from the hard-drive. While I had the hard-drive out, I gave the inside of the case a thorough cleaning. Put the hard-drive back in tried to do a system restore to return the operating system, Vista Home Basic, to Out Of The Box condition. The diagnostics included with the system restore passed the hard-drive, motherboard CPU, but failed the memory. I replaced the memory. I've also run diagnostics of my own - 20+ passes of Memtest86+ on the new memory Spinright 6.0 on the hard-drive. It takes about 24 hours for each of those to run to completion, so that's 2 days right there. Both diagnostis completed without finding any errors. Still, the computer kept crashing when I tried to run Windows Update. I finally overcame that by booting into Safe Mode and running the Norton Removal Tool. After that I was able to run Windows Update from the Control Panel and install updates 2 3 at a time. Running it from the taskbar crashed the computer again. I've spent 5 days downloading installing updates, rebooting and downloading installing updates again. I got down to one last update that wouldn't install, and according to Microsoft support (via Google) I needed to install Service Pack 2. Looking at the requirements for Service Pack 2, I have to have Service Pack 1 installed in order to install Service Pack 2. Service Pack 1 installation failed. It gave an error code, but before I could write it down it flashed to a BSOD, which also shut down rebooted before I could write down the error number. It wasn't one I'd seen before. And now, it won't start again. I get a BSOD reboot OR a black screen reboot OR it gets to the logon screen goes black/BSOD when I enter the password. I can't even get into Safe Mode. Safe Mode with Networking goes black reboots as soon as the last driver loads; Safe Mode without networking BSODs reboots ... in either case it doesn't pause long enough for me to write the Stop Code down. Thank you for listening. I don't feel any better, but at least I've been able to vent. -- 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.
Fwd: Re: OT: I am SOOOOOOOOOO happy!
OOPS!! Forgot the link to Knoppix... http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-info/index-en.html -p Original Message Subject: Re: OT: I am SOO happy! Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:32:34 -0600 From: Paul pentax1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Is everything in the BIOS OK? Can you update the BIOS to the latest version without running the OS? You might try creating a Knoppix disc and booting from that. You might have to go into the BIOS and change the boot order so it looks for the Knoppix disc first. If that runs OK it would seem the problem is in the HDD. You said you had managed to rescue the data, but Knoppix will allow you to mount the HDD to see if it's working OK or to move data to another disc. Just mentioning this 'cause Knoppix has saved my bacon a couple times... -p On 11/14/2014 11:57 AM, John wrote: NOT! I've spent the last week trying to ressurect my sister's computer (Compaq Presario manufactured by HP). It had crashed on her and she couldn't get it to boot. I managed to rescue her data from the hard-drive. While I had the hard-drive out, I gave the inside of the case a thorough cleaning. Put the hard-drive back in tried to do a system restore to return the operating system, Vista Home Basic, to Out Of The Box condition. The diagnostics included with the system restore passed the hard-drive, motherboard CPU, but failed the memory. I replaced the memory. I've also run diagnostics of my own - 20+ passes of Memtest86+ on the new memory Spinright 6.0 on the hard-drive. It takes about 24 hours for each of those to run to completion, so that's 2 days right there. Both diagnostis completed without finding any errors. Still, the computer kept crashing when I tried to run Windows Update. I finally overcame that by booting into Safe Mode and running the Norton Removal Tool. After that I was able to run Windows Update from the Control Panel and install updates 2 3 at a time. Running it from the taskbar crashed the computer again. I've spent 5 days downloading installing updates, rebooting and downloading installing updates again. I got down to one last update that wouldn't install, and according to Microsoft support (via Google) I needed to install Service Pack 2. Looking at the requirements for Service Pack 2, I have to have Service Pack 1 installed in order to install Service Pack 2. Service Pack 1 installation failed. It gave an error code, but before I could write it down it flashed to a BSOD, which also shut down rebooted before I could write down the error number. It wasn't one I'd seen before. And now, it won't start again. I get a BSOD reboot OR a black screen reboot OR it gets to the logon screen goes black/BSOD when I enter the password. I can't even get into Safe Mode. Safe Mode with Networking goes black reboots as soon as the last driver loads; Safe Mode without networking BSODs reboots ... in either case it doesn't pause long enough for me to write the Stop Code down. Thank you for listening. I don't feel any better, but at least I've been able to vent. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- 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: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Looks like a forgotten classic. My favourite film poster seen on the tube - and I wish I'd photographed it - was a classic of witty criticism. It was for Conan the Barbarian, but someone had crossed out the C. B On 14 Nov 2014, at 13:23, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=1679 Look, if the title doesn't make you want to see this shot, just move along now... -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
On 14/11/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=1679 Look, if the title doesn't make you want to see this shot, just move along now... Amazing! I know the guy who made this movie - I used to work with him in the 1980s. He's a good friend and ABSOLUTELY does not take himself seriously. The film itself is a schlock-horror comedy with ridiculous throwaway lines, and a grizzly plot. The stars in it were current TV stars at the time and could be seen in high-profile UK prime time comedy and drama shows. They all agreed to take part in Vampire Motorcycle for the simple reason that it was a favour to Mycal, the director, who was a full time film editor working on said programmes. They did is because they liked Mycal, and no mainstream studio would make such a movie! There are various clips on the internet, search the title and have a look. I believe the bike was a Norton... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --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: Any probs remaining with K-3? YES
I offer my experience with the K3 - No functional issues at all in 10 months and approx 1400 images - includes usage in snowy days around zero degrees F and in 4 rainy days of usage. I upgraded from the K20D and found the controls somewhat different but am slowly getting the hang of it. A worthwhile upgrade IMO. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jan van Wijk pen...@dfsee.com Subject: Re: Any probs remaining with K-3? YES Hi Ralph, On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:28:39 +0200 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: I'm thinking about buying a K-3 with the 18 - 135 mm lens and must admit I haven't paid much attention to all the K-3 discussions. But I think I remember threads about various probs like the famous mirror flapping bug. A very late reply, but I have been on a 3 week roadtrip covering part of route-66 and the Natchez-trace. I know you already got yourself a K3 by now, but I do want to share my experiences from this roadtrip, where I took well over 3300 images. This K3 is almost a year old, and has about 8000 exposures sofar. It has firmware rev 1.11, is being used with the GPS unit attached, using fast 32Gb and a somewhat slower 64Gb Sandisk memory card. It was used in P mode mostly, and sometimes TaV. Lens used was the DA 18-135 for 95%, and the SIGMA 50-500 OS for the rest. Has all this been dealt with, in the meantime, or are there any potential probs one should be aware of? First off, I made some really good images during the trip, in general the K3 did not dissapoint, there have been several low-light ones to, with ISO turned up to 6400 or so. Does the K-3 suffer from the usual Pentax probs like sticking trigger button, erratic rear thumbwheel etc. that I've had on practically all of my Pentax DSLRs over the years? I experienced three different kind of problems during the trip, two of them really annoying due to the frequency of them occuring: 1: Quite often, I found one of the settings that can be changed directly with the four-way controller to be 'off by one' after putting the camera away for a while (front seat :) and retrieving it. This would be White-balance, drive-mode changes mostly, and also the mode of displaying INFO at the rear screen. This happened at least once a dat (every few hundred exposures) and I assume it may be caused by unintended activation of the four-way controller. 2: On one ocassion, when shooting with the Sigma 50-500 in Continuous Mode, I experienced the 'Mirror flapping' after a burst of perhaps 25 shots. Switching off, and removing the battery briefly, made the camera responsive again. But it would NOT take anymore pictures at that point, which turned out to be caused by the memory card being full. (not sure if that caused the mirror flapping too). 3: (the most annoying) After NOT using the camera for a while, probably letting go into power-save mode, if quite often happened that the exposure values (in P mode) were completely off: - aperture completely closed (values f/22 to f/40, depending on focal length set) - exposure times WAY to long (at least 5 stops over) like half a second This results in way overexposed images with lots of motion blurr. This condition does NOT reset itself, I had to use either the green button to fix it, or turn the camera off/on to reset it. Of the 3300 images, this has const me at least 30 shots, some of them not repeatable, so really lost opportunities. So, while I am quite happy with the quallity of many of the images I got, I also was frustrated quite a few times by the K3 ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com Flickr : jvw_pentax -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Steve Cottrell wrote: On 14/11/14, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=1679 Look, if the title doesn't make you want to see this shot, just move along now... Amazing! I know the guy who made this movie - I used to work with him in the 1980s. He's a good friend and ABSOLUTELY does not take himself seriously. The film itself is a schlock-horror comedy with ridiculous throwaway lines, and a grizzly plot. The stars in it were current TV stars at the time and could be seen in high-profile UK prime time comedy and drama shows. They all agreed to take part in Vampire Motorcycle for the simple reason that it was a favour to Mycal, the director, who was a full time film editor working on said programmes. They did is because they liked Mycal, and no mainstream studio would make such a movie! There are various clips on the internet, search the title and have a look. I believe the bike was a Norton... Wow. That *is* amazing! -- 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: Any probs remaining with K-3? YES
*bitch mode* Yeah, I'm waiting for my *THIRD* K-3 to come in the mail. The first one had a misaligned sensor/mount, the second one bricked when writing the latest firmware and the third one? WTF knows!? I also sent my horribly decentered 55-300 back in and my 20-40 is going to Precision for alignment. $2700 and not one item worth keeping except for the flash and grip that came with the K-3. Pentax really needs to get it together IMO. If future purchases are all like this I'm really going to consider Fuji as much as that hurts to say. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:12 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I offer my experience with the K3 - No functional issues at all in 10 months and approx 1400 images - includes usage in snowy days around zero degrees F and in 4 rainy days of usage. I upgraded from the K20D and found the controls somewhat different but am slowly getting the hang of it. A worthwhile upgrade IMO. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jan van Wijk pen...@dfsee.com Subject: Re: Any probs remaining with K-3? YES Hi Ralph, On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:28:39 +0200 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: I'm thinking about buying a K-3 with the 18 - 135 mm lens and must admit I haven't paid much attention to all the K-3 discussions. But I think I remember threads about various probs like the famous mirror flapping bug. A very late reply, but I have been on a 3 week roadtrip covering part of route-66 and the Natchez-trace. I know you already got yourself a K3 by now, but I do want to share my experiences from this roadtrip, where I took well over 3300 images. This K3 is almost a year old, and has about 8000 exposures sofar. It has firmware rev 1.11, is being used with the GPS unit attached, using fast 32Gb and a somewhat slower 64Gb Sandisk memory card. It was used in P mode mostly, and sometimes TaV. Lens used was the DA 18-135 for 95%, and the SIGMA 50-500 OS for the rest. Has all this been dealt with, in the meantime, or are there any potential probs one should be aware of? First off, I made some really good images during the trip, in general the K3 did not dissapoint, there have been several low-light ones to, with ISO turned up to 6400 or so. Does the K-3 suffer from the usual Pentax probs like sticking trigger button, erratic rear thumbwheel etc. that I've had on practically all of my Pentax DSLRs over the years? I experienced three different kind of problems during the trip, two of them really annoying due to the frequency of them occuring: 1: Quite often, I found one of the settings that can be changed directly with the four-way controller to be 'off by one' after putting the camera away for a while (front seat :) and retrieving it. This would be White-balance, drive-mode changes mostly, and also the mode of displaying INFO at the rear screen. This happened at least once a dat (every few hundred exposures) and I assume it may be caused by unintended activation of the four-way controller. 2: On one ocassion, when shooting with the Sigma 50-500 in Continuous Mode, I experienced the 'Mirror flapping' after a burst of perhaps 25 shots. Switching off, and removing the battery briefly, made the camera responsive again. But it would NOT take anymore pictures at that point, which turned out to be caused by the memory card being full. (not sure if that caused the mirror flapping too). 3: (the most annoying) After NOT using the camera for a while, probably letting go into power-save mode, if quite often happened that the exposure values (in P mode) were completely off: - aperture completely closed (values f/22 to f/40, depending on focal length set) - exposure times WAY to long (at least 5 stops over) like half a second This results in way overexposed images with lots of motion blurr. This condition does NOT reset itself, I had to use either the green button to fix it, or turn the camera off/on to reset it. Of the 3300 images, this has const me at least 30 shots, some of them not repeatable, so really lost opportunities. So, while I am quite happy with the quallity of many of the images I got, I also was frustrated quite a few times by the K3 ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com Flickr : jvw_pentax -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: ordered Yongnuo flash triggers now looking for strip lights.
Just ordered four transceivers for about $65. Plus they'll work with the 560 iiis when I can afford to get them. I'll keep the Metz for ttl, though it often seems to fight hard against proper auto exposure. On November 14, 2014 8:44:52 AM PST, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: On 11/13/2014 5:47 PM, Larry Colen wrote: John wrote: On 11/13/2014 3:53 AM, Larry Colen wrote: At the very least, I'd like to pick up some yongnuo 603 II triggers maybe even a 560III and TX Has anyone done the research as to where is the best place in the states to pick them up? BH says 2-4 weeks to ship Most everyplace else seems to be sending them from overseas. Looks like Amazon.com has them for overnight delivery. Thanks. I don't need overnight delivery. In theory, the free shipping will get them here by Tuesday, which is much better than a week or two, or four, from China. BH has them as special order, one or two weeks to get them in stock. In a couple weeks, BH should start carrying the YN 560-III. I was poking around to find one or two used alien bees, found a white lightning x1600 at KEH for $290, then I found three X1600s on ebay, which I was able to get for $650. They were shipped to PC Buff who will charge me $50 each to clean (they're dusty from being used outside), check and repair, and they'll even give me used reflectors to replace the missing ones. So, I'm rather stoked about all that. I will soon have four matching, pretty powerful, studio strobes. That means that I can also start working on getting standardized light modifiers. It's a bit more expensive than getting a bunch of YN 560 IIIs, and a bit less portable, but I don't need to worry about batteries, the special mounts to use the flashes and so forth. So I'm happy. I've really liked what Bruce has been doing with strip lights, so now I need to start shopping around for some. If you're looking at the Yongnuo triggers as a low cost, yet reliable alternative to Pocket Wizards, you ought to take a look at Paul C. Buff CyberSync. -- 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: Videoing a theatrical performance
Barry, Borrow a video recorder. The heat problems will not go away. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 12:07 PM, Barry Rice bamr...@ucdavis.edu wrote: Hey guys, Thanks for your help my recent questions regarding video cards and my K7. I've gotten the cards and am experimenting with them. So, I've been asked to video an event which is about 2 hours long. This will be in a dark theatre. I'll be able to experiment ahead of time, and position my camera where it is most convenient. I can see that I'm going to have to video in snippets about 7.5 minutes each. That's a little tedious, but not such a problem. Doing some tests in my living room, I saw that after several minutes of continuous video work, the camera starts warning about internal temperature. But after 30 minutes, it wasn't shutting down. So I guess the heat wasn't so bad... But here's my question. Any advice on settings I should use that might ease this process? I suspect that potential overheating might be an issue, so is there any setting that would minimize this? I'd assume that using the native sensitivity setting of 100 would be best? Any other suggestions or tricks? Look, I'm a scientific plant photographer, so this is out of my comfort zone Cheers Barry Barry Rice, Ph.D. Sarracenia.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: Do I need 18 Gb of LR catalog backups?
On Nov 8, 2014, at 7:05 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godd...@me.com wrote: The Lightroom's simplistic internal backup system does nothing more than make a copy of the .LRCAT file at the scheduled times into a specified directory. By default, the specified directory is a sub-folder of the catalog folder. For example, if the catalog folder is named MyWork, by default the backup directory will be MyWork/Backups and the individual backups will be in date-named subfolders there, like this: MyWork/Backups/2014-11-01 1116/MyWork.LRCAT MyWork/Backups/2014-11-02 1205/MyWork.LRCAT Each of the catalogs is complete as of the time of its writing, so every single one of them contains the entire history of all the editing done on every image file. It stands to reason that, given the above example, the catalog copied at 2014-11-02 1205 will contain a bit more information than the catalog copied at 2014-11-01 1116, not less, so saving 2014-11-01 1116 will recover no more changes than 2014-11-02 1205 should you need to use the backup. So the right things to do are: a) specify a location for the backup catalogs on your external drive, and b) periodically prune down the backup catalogs to just the last one to save space on the external drive. You do this outside of Lightroom in the Finder (on OS X) and in the File Manager (on Windows). I have my Lightroom catalogs set to create a backup once a day. Every week or so, I go into my external drive where I have it write the backups and delete all but the last one for each catalog. (Note the plural: My usual workflow is based on two catalogs … one for work in progress and one for completed projects … and I create small catalogs from the master work in progress catalog every so often when I'm doing a project or work for a client. If you work in a one catalog workflow, you'll only need to manage backups for one catalog.) Thanks for the explanation, Godfrey. Very helpful, about both how catalogs are created and what they consist of and about the advantages of smaller catalogs. -- 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.
PESO - 'Man - O - Man Omena'
Taken in Omena, Michigan on west Grand Traverse Bay with an MZ-S and 70-210mm SMC F and Velvia @50, shortly after sunset. The piles are remnants of a lumbering pier. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17903887 Comments solicited Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - 'Man - O - Man Omena'
Love it, very graphic. Paul On Nov 14, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Taken in Omena, Michigan on west Grand Traverse Bay with an MZ-S and 70-210mm SMC F and Velvia @50, shortly after sunset. The piles are remnants of a lumbering pier. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17903887 Comments solicited Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - 'Man - O - Man Omena'
I like it, abstract yet not. On 11/14/2014 4:53 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Taken in Omena, Michigan on west Grand Traverse Bay with an MZ-S and 70-210mm SMC F and Velvia @50, shortly after sunset. The piles are remnants of a lumbering pier. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17903887 Comments solicited Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Videoing a theatrical performance
Barry, First, - if you want to increase the size of the piece of the video, you can decrease the resolution of the video. However, with K-7, the maximum resolution is 720p (unlike with K-5 and K-3), - so, decreasing it might not be practical. I observed that with continuous recording of video, the temperature warning was coming on within 30-40 minutes, depending on the ambient temperature in the room. As far as I understand the big reason for this heating in Pentax DSLRs is the fact that the sensor is suspended (for the optical stabilization), and that reduces the heat sink. While I understand your thought that running at lower ISOs would require lower signal amplification, and hence might potentially decrease the currents (and heating). I am not sure where the amplification process is happening: right on the sensor chip, or away from it. If it is the latter, it wouldn't matter much for the sensor heating. But in any case, - I don't think there is a way to set the ISO that the camera is using during recording video. AFAIK, the camera chooses the parameters (including the effective ISO) based on the the aperture and the available light. So, the only way to decrease the effective ISO would be to open the aperture as wide as possible. And AFAIR, you can only change the aperture _before_ you start recording the video. In any case, with any tricks yuou might play, with K-7 (and K-5*), I don't think you'd be able to record continuously (even with multiple files) over a period longer than 40 minutes, 1 hour tops. Sorry for the disappointment, but I hope this information helps. Igor Barry Rice Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:08:14 -0800 wrote: Hey guys, Thanks for your help my recent questions regarding video cards and my K7. I've gotten the cards and am experimenting with them. So, I've been asked to video an event which is about 2 hours long. This will be in a dark theatre. I'll be able to experiment ahead of time, and position my camera where it is most convenient. I can see that I'm going to have to video in snippets about 7.5 minutes each. That's a little tedious, but not such a problem. Doing some tests in my living room, I saw that after several minutes of continuous video work, the camera starts warning about internal temperature. But after 30 minutes, it wasn't shutting down. So I guess the heat wasn't so bad... But here's my question. Any advice on settings I should use that might ease this process? I suspect that potential overheating might be an issue, so is there any setting that would minimize this? I'd assume that using the native sensitivity setting of 100 would be best? Any other suggestions or tricks? Look, I'm a scientific plant photographer, so this is out of my comfort zone Cheers Barry Barry Rice, Ph.D. Sarracenia.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: ordered Yongnuo flash triggers now looking for strip lights.
Larry, I found that with K-5iis and Metz 58-AF, the A mode on the flash often works better than P-TTL. That's especially the case with the bounce flash and the if the distance to the subject exceed certain minimum distance (say, at least 3-5 ft.) At shorter distances, it looks like that in A mode this powerful flash is not fast enough to cut off itself before it overexposes the subject. However, I haven't tried to set the fractional power or to apply the built-in diffuser. That may improve the results of the A mode at these short distances. HTH, Igor Larry Colen Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:09:37 -0800 wrote: I'll keep the Metz for ttl, though it often seems to fight hard against proper auto exposure -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - 'Man - O - Man Omena'
I imagine, at this point, it's too late to extend the right edge crop to approximate the left. If not, I'd crop the left edge to approximate the right. MZ-S is a terrific camera. It was the last film camera I owned. Jack - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 1:53:38 PM Subject: PESO - 'Man - O - Man Omena' Taken in Omena, Michigan on west Grand Traverse Bay with an MZ-S and 70-210mm SMC F and Velvia @50, shortly after sunset. The piles are remnants of a lumbering pier. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17903887 Comments solicited Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Fwd: Re: OT: I am SOOOOOOOOOO happy!
On 11/14/2014 1:34 PM, Paul wrote: OOPS!! Forgot the link to Knoppix... http://www.knopper.net/knoppix-info/index-en.html -p Original Message Subject: Re: OT: I am SOO happy! Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 12:32:34 -0600 From: Paul pentax1...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Is everything in the BIOS OK? Can you update the BIOS to the latest version without running the OS? You might try creating a Knoppix disc and booting from that. You might have to go into the BIOS and change the boot order so it looks for the Knoppix disc first. If that runs OK it would seem the problem is in the HDD. You said you had managed to rescue the data, but Knoppix will allow you to mount the HDD to see if it's working OK or to move data to another disc. Just mentioning this 'cause Knoppix has saved my bacon a couple times... -p Spinright boots from a CD does a bit by bit examination of the Hard-drive for bad parts that might corrupt data. If it finds bad spots it does a multi-pass read to try to determine what data is supposed to be there - recovers it if it can. If it can't it marks it to let you know you've got an unresolved problem. Spinright didn't find any problems with the drive. Memtest86+ does the same - boots from a CD runs multiple stress tests - for the memory. It's recommended to let it run at least three passes. I let it run for 21 and it didn't find any problems with the new memory. The new memory is at the high end of what the motherboard will support. I didn't run Memtest86+ on the old memory. It failed all the diagnostic tests included on the recovery partition so I didn't see any need. The new memory passed the on-board diagnostics before I ran Memtest86+ on it. At this point I think I have one of two things - files installed by Vista from the recovery partition are CRAP *or* the mother-board's memory controller is shot. Although, I can't rule out BOTH. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Any probs remaining with K-3? YES
Same here. Only have two complaints, one minor, one not so minor. Minor - The battery grip doesn't have room to store the Remote Control F. Not so minor - Life ain't giving me any time to USE the K-3, but that's not really the K-3's fault. It does seem like the battery display shows full charge until just before the charge is exhausted. Once you see the half charged symbol, it's going to be a matter of minutes before it shows you the battery is depleted. On 11/14/2014 12:12 AM, Ken Waller wrote: I offer my experience with the K3 - No functional issues at all in 10 months and approx 1400 images - includes usage in snowy days around zero degrees F and in 4 rainy days of usage. I upgraded from the K20D and found the controls somewhat different but am slowly getting the hang of it. A worthwhile upgrade IMO. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jan van Wijk pen...@dfsee.com Subject: Re: Any probs remaining with K-3? YES Hi Ralph, On Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:28:39 +0200 Ralf R Radermacher wrote: I'm thinking about buying a K-3 with the 18 - 135 mm lens and must admit I haven't paid much attention to all the K-3 discussions. But I think I remember threads about various probs like the famous mirror flapping bug. A very late reply, but I have been on a 3 week roadtrip covering part of route-66 and the Natchez-trace. I know you already got yourself a K3 by now, but I do want to share my experiences from this roadtrip, where I took well over 3300 images. This K3 is almost a year old, and has about 8000 exposures sofar. It has firmware rev 1.11, is being used with the GPS unit attached, using fast 32Gb and a somewhat slower 64Gb Sandisk memory card. It was used in P mode mostly, and sometimes TaV. Lens used was the DA 18-135 for 95%, and the SIGMA 50-500 OS for the rest. Has all this been dealt with, in the meantime, or are there any potential probs one should be aware of? First off, I made some really good images during the trip, in general the K3 did not dissapoint, there have been several low-light ones to, with ISO turned up to 6400 or so. Does the K-3 suffer from the usual Pentax probs like sticking trigger button, erratic rear thumbwheel etc. that I've had on practically all of my Pentax DSLRs over the years? I experienced three different kind of problems during the trip, two of them really annoying due to the frequency of them occuring: 1: Quite often, I found one of the settings that can be changed directly with the four-way controller to be 'off by one' after putting the camera away for a while (front seat :) and retrieving it. This would be White-balance, drive-mode changes mostly, and also the mode of displaying INFO at the rear screen. This happened at least once a dat (every few hundred exposures) and I assume it may be caused by unintended activation of the four-way controller. 2: On one ocassion, when shooting with the Sigma 50-500 in Continuous Mode, I experienced the 'Mirror flapping' after a burst of perhaps 25 shots. Switching off, and removing the battery briefly, made the camera responsive again. But it would NOT take anymore pictures at that point, which turned out to be caused by the memory card being full. (not sure if that caused the mirror flapping too). 3: (the most annoying) After NOT using the camera for a while, probably letting go into power-save mode, if quite often happened that the exposure values (in P mode) were completely off: - aperture completely closed (values f/22 to f/40, depending on focal length set) - exposure times WAY to long (at least 5 stops over) like half a second This results in way overexposed images with lots of motion blurr. This condition does NOT reset itself, I had to use either the green button to fix it, or turn the camera off/on to reset it. Of the 3300 images, this has const me at least 30 shots, some of them not repeatable, so really lost opportunities. So, while I am quite happy with the quallity of many of the images I got, I also was frustrated quite a few times by the K3 ... Regards, JvW -- Jan van Wijk; http://www.dfsee.com Flickr : jvw_pentax -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: No disability (warning: strong language)
My mother had a handicapped placard that bore her picture. I thought that was a great idea, if the placard holder wasn't in the vehicle it wasn't valid. jm -Original Message- From: John Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 12:12 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO: No disability (warning: strong language) On 11/13/2014 11:26 PM, David Mann wrote: On Nov 14, 2014, at 12:13 pm, Ralf R Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de wrote: http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.de/2014/10/keine-behinderung.html The lower board has recently been added at a number of handicapped parking spaces in Neupré, Belgium. They're official and have been put there by the local authorities. It reads: Being a twat isn't a disability. Go park elsewhere. Awesome :D Having said that there are many people here who have disabilities that aren't obvious so they tend to get harassed a bit by people when they park in an accessible space, despite having a permit. Cheers, Dave You can't always tell if the person has a legitimate need for the special parking or not based on appearances. Around here, handicap parking permits are sometimes abused by healthy family members. The person whose handicap permit is displayed is not always the driver, and sometimes is not even present in the vehicle. Around here, handicap parking permits are sometimes abused by healthy family members. -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Meerkat
Thanks for the comments, everyone. My only gripe with the photo is that there's a wire or something running across the background. But these things are difficult to avoid in a zoo. Cheers, Dave On Nov 14, 2014, at 10:49 pm, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting David Mann dmann...@gmail.com: This is the last of my zoo photos for now. He stood up a few moments later but I resisted showing such a clichéd pose. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/829/#peso Excellent pose and an attractive composition. I like it! -- 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: Any probs remaining with K-3? YES
On Nov 15, 2014, at 1:44 pm, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: Not so minor - Life ain't giving me any time to USE the K-3, but that's not really the K-3's fault. Bummer, I could have used it on my trip. It does seem like the battery display shows full charge until just before the charge is exhausted. Once you see the half charged symbol, it's going to be a matter of minutes before it shows you the battery is depleted. Really? Wow... I thought they would have figured that one out by now. My K10D behaves a bit like that, although I got a couple of hours of light usage (I think). It shut down just after I took a photo and I was worried that it might have corrupted the card, but it turned out fine. Damn it, now you've reminded me of Darwin, which is where that happened. I want to go back! 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 - 'Man - O - Man Omena'
Interesting and effective. The ripples are hypnotic. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 4:53 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Taken in Omena, Michigan on west Grand Traverse Bay with an MZ-S and 70-210mm SMC F and Velvia @50, shortly after sunset. The piles are remnants of a lumbering pier. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17903887 Comments solicited Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 - 'Man - O - Man Omena'
Thanks Paul. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Re: PESO - 'Man - O - Man Omena' Love it, very graphic. Paul On Nov 14, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Taken in Omena, Michigan on west Grand Traverse Bay with an MZ-S and 70-210mm SMC F and Velvia @50, shortly after sunset. The piles are remnants of a lumbering pier. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17903887 Comments solicited Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Any probs remaining with K-3? YES
On 11/15/2014 12:07 AM, David Mann wrote: On Nov 15, 2014, at 1:44 pm, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: Not so minor - Life ain't giving me any time to USE the K-3, but that's not really the K-3's fault. Bummer, I could have used it on my trip. The K20D did that too, but the K-5II doesn't seem to have that problem, but then again I don't think I've ever come close to exhausting it's battery either. It does seem like the battery display shows full charge until just before the charge is exhausted. Once you see the half charged symbol, it's going to be a matter of minutes before it shows you the battery is depleted. Really? Wow... I thought they would have figured that one out by now. My K10D behaves a bit like that, although I got a couple of hours of light usage (I think). It shut down just after I took a photo and I was worried that it might have corrupted the card, but it turned out fine. Damn it, now you've reminded me of Darwin, which is where that happened. I want to go back! Cheers, Dave -- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work; I want to achieve immortality through not dying. -- Woody Allen -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle
Sorry, you are not permitted to access this material. 121.223.171.211 I think Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 15/11/2014 12:50 am, Mark Roberts wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Sorry, you are not permitted to access this material. And your IP address is? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Substitute Ash Tray
Our apartment in Melbourne had a private landing that had a brick wall on the opposite side. Within this wall was an air vent. With no ash trays provided, somebody used the vent. http://gallery.multi.net.nz/photo/830/#peso I had to take the photo at an angle as the vent was on the other side of a partition. 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.
