Re: Need advice: Photo Collection on a CD

[Igor PDML-StR]

 John Wed, 17 May 2017 16:12:19 -0700 wrote:

Why does it need to be installed? Wouldn't just a CD with folders to 
organize the photos suffice?


Not installed. I am considering that it would run a photo viewer or a 
web browser (unless autorun is disabled). That's for those who don't know 
what to do with Jpeg files..



Boris and Stan:
Yes, I hear you, and I use a very similar way of passing photographs to
people - via various *box cloud storage or my-own website.
In this case, the format is chosen by the teachers. It's either because 
they are used to that, or because they want to give people something 
tangible (or both). I will try to talk to them, but I am not going to 
insist. (And I won't be burning all the CDs myself. ... probably )


Stan, thank you for offering to check the format.. Unfortunately, it will 
be happening all too quickly that I won't have time for that.



Cheers,

Igor


On Wed, 17 May 2017, Igor PDML-StR wrote:



Hi All!

The end of the school year is a busy time... I've been a bit swamped, but I 
have an urgent and important question for which I hope some PDMLers might 
have some good suggestions.


My kid's school teacher asked to put together photos (mine and teachers') so 
that they will given on a CD to each kid in the class.
(I've been taking a lot of photos at various school events throughout the 
year.)
So, I am thinking how to structure that CD. So, all your practical 
suggestions are welcome.


Here is the way I am thinking about it right now:
1. The simplest thing would be just to have a bunch of folders that are 
titled as date+event name.


Since it should be easy for the end-users (parents, and not all of them a 
computer-comfortable or even computer-literate), I am thinking if it would be 
better to build also simple HTML galleries (in addition to just photos).
Personally, as a customer, I'd prefer just a simple set of folders with 
JPEGs to be viewed by a "standard" (or customer-installed) photo viewer, but 
I am a bit more computer-literate... What do you think?


2. I can set "autorun.inf" for Windows to start something... (e.g. the main 
index.htm file if I were to create web-galleries)

While there are ways to do the same for Mac, e.g. by following this scenario:
http://jordan.broughs.net/archives/2008/03/creating-cross-platform-windows-and-mac-installer-cds
I don't have an easy access to a Mac, so, it is not an option for me...
So, most likely, even if I were to do that for Windows, nothing special will 
be done for a Mac.



3. From what I understand, starting from OS-X, a joliet-format CD is not a 
problem for a Mac anymore (i.e. I don't need to worry about building a 
"hybrid"-format CD).
But I wonder, with a modern Mac, what happens when you insert a CD with a set 
of folders containing JPEGs into a Mac: will it offer to open a photo viewer 
(if nothing is configured to happen as discussed in #2 above)?


4. I assume some of you may have provided your customers with a CD of 
photographs. What type of format did you do in that case? Anything beyond 
just a simple set of JPEGs?


Thank you,

Igor




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Re: Hybrid hard drives, anyone?

[Bruce Walker]

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:45 PM, Sandy Harris  wrote:
> anotherdrunkensot  wrote:
>
>> More memory is always preferable to swap.
>
> "Memory is like an orgasm. You can fake it, but it is much better when
> you don't have to."
>
> The quote is often attributed to Seymour Cray, but I'm not sure that
> is accurate.

Come now.

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Re: Hybrid hard drives, anyone?

[Sandy Harris]

anotherdrunkensot  wrote:

> More memory is always preferable to swap.

"Memory is like an orgasm. You can fake it, but it is much better when
you don't have to."

The quote is often attributed to Seymour Cray, but I'm not sure that
is accurate.

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PESOs(5) - Fabric Store

[Rick Womer]

We’re reupholstering a chair, and I brought my camera along:

https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/organize/PESOs-2017/Fabric-store-jpgs

(K-5, DA 17-70)

Comments appreciated.

Rick





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Re: Need advice: Photo Collection on a CD

[Stanley Halpin]

> On May 17, 2017, at 8:55 PM, Stanley Halpin  
> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On May 17, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> Hi All!...
>> But I wonder, with a modern Mac, what happens when you insert a CD with a 
>> set of folders containing JPEGs into a Mac: will it offer to open a photo 
>> viewer (if nothing is configured to happen as discussed in #2 above)?
>> 
>> 
>> Thank you,
>> 
>> Igor
>> 
> I believe it will totally depend on how the user preferences are set. On my 
> iMac, a CD with folders of photos is just like any other set of folders. 
> If/when I double-click on an actual image file (not a folder or sub-folder), 
> then Something will rise up to digest that file and render it in all its 
> glory. It might be Preview, it might be Photos, it might be Elements or it 
> might be Lightroom. etc. All depends on Preferences. Most likely it will not 
> be an app that will smoothly allow for right-arrow/left-arrow movement from 
> image to image. A lot of open file, view, close file, and repeat…
> 
> If it were me, I would set up a gallery within my poorly organized overloaded 
> Zenfolio-based photo gallery. I do that with family reunion photos for 
> example. With a direct link to that specific gallery and easy navigation once 
> there it simplifies the access for less literate viewers. Set the parameters 
> to allow download of original images and tell the parents to go wild. (And 
> maybe provide an email address i anyone needs Help?) If there is concern 
> about “public” posting of kids’ photos, password access to that gallery.
> 
> Many similar options but Zenfolio is the one I know. And a one-year 
> less-than-deluxe membership would probably be less than the cost of a bunch 
> of CDs. 
> 
> Another option is to build and export your gallery from Lightroom as an 
> HTML-coded website which you can then host wherever.
> 
> If you do stick with the CD solution, however you structure the folders and 
> files (and any Mac-compatible .exe gadget), if you want to send me a link or 
> actual content (via dropbox for example) I can do a quick look at how it will 
> perform under OS-X.
> 
> stan
> — 

One other thought. Aren’t there free slide show viewers? For both Mac and 
Windows? Set up one of each with pointers to the root of your image folder 
structure, copy and include on the CD... 


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Re: Need advice: Photo Collection on a CD

[Stanley Halpin]

> On May 17, 2017, at 2:02 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi All!...
> But I wonder, with a modern Mac, what happens when you insert a CD with a set 
> of folders containing JPEGs into a Mac: will it offer to open a photo viewer 
> (if nothing is configured to happen as discussed in #2 above)?
> 
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Igor
> 
I believe it will totally depend on how the user preferences are set. On my 
iMac, a CD with folders of photos is just like any other set of folders. 
If/when I double-click on an actual image file (not a folder or sub-folder), 
then Something will rise up to digest that file and render it in all its glory. 
It might be Preview, it might be Photos, it might be Elements or it might be 
Lightroom. etc. All depends on Preferences. Most likely it will not be an app 
that will smoothly allow for right-arrow/left-arrow movement from image to 
image. A lot of open file, view, close file, and repeat…

If it were me, I would set up a gallery within my poorly organized overloaded 
Zenfolio-based photo gallery. I do that with family reunion photos for example. 
With a direct link to that specific gallery and easy navigation once there it 
simplifies the access for less literate viewers. Set the parameters to allow 
download of original images and tell the parents to go wild. (And maybe provide 
an email address i anyone needs Help?) If there is concern about “public” 
posting of kids’ photos, password access to that gallery.

Many similar options but Zenfolio is the one I know. And a one-year 
less-than-deluxe membership would probably be less than the cost of a bunch of 
CDs. 

Another option is to build and export your gallery from Lightroom as an 
HTML-coded website which you can then host wherever.

If you do stick with the CD solution, however you structure the folders and 
files (and any Mac-compatible .exe gadget), if you want to send me a link or 
actual content (via dropbox for example) I can do a quick look at how it will 
perform under OS-X.

stan
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Re: Need advice: Photo Collection on a CD

[John]

Why does it need to be installed? Wouldn't just a CD with folders to 
organize the photos suffice?


Something like:

Academics
   First Grade
   Ms Smith's Class
   Ms Jone's Class
   Second Grade
   Ms Tompkins' Class
   Mr Rogers' Class

Athletics
   Baseball
   Football
   Soccer
   Track and Field

Clubs and Organizations
   Art Club
   Drama Club
   Science Club

Faculty and Staff
   Administration
   Custodians
   Food Service
   Teachers

Yada, Yada, Yada



On 5/17/2017 14:02, Igor PDML-StR wrote:


Hi All!

The end of the school year is a busy time... I've been a bit swamped,
but I have an urgent and important question for which I hope some
PDMLers might have some good suggestions.

My kid's school teacher asked to put together photos (mine and
teachers') so that they will given on a CD to each kid in the class.
(I've been taking a lot of photos at various school events throughout
the year.)
So, I am thinking how to structure that CD. So, all your practical
suggestions are welcome.

Here is the way I am thinking about it right now:
1. The simplest thing would be just to have a bunch of folders that are
titled as date+event name.

Since it should be easy for the end-users (parents, and not all of them
a computer-comfortable or even computer-literate), I am thinking if it
would be better to build also simple HTML galleries (in addition to just
photos).
 Personally, as a customer, I'd prefer just a simple set of folders with
JPEGs to be viewed by a "standard" (or customer-installed) photo viewer,
but I am a bit more computer-literate... What do you think?

2. I can set "autorun.inf" for Windows to start something... (e.g. the
main index.htm file if I were to create web-galleries)
While there are ways to do the same for Mac, e.g. by following this
scenario:
http://jordan.broughs.net/archives/2008/03/creating-cross-platform-windows-and-mac-installer-cds

I don't have an easy access to a Mac, so, it is not an option for me...
So, most likely, even if I were to do that for Windows, nothing special
will be done for a Mac.


3. From what I understand, starting from OS-X, a joliet-format CD is not
a problem for a Mac anymore (i.e. I don't need to worry about building a
"hybrid"-format CD).
But I wonder, with a modern Mac, what happens when you insert a CD with
a set of folders containing JPEGs into a Mac: will it offer to open a
photo viewer (if nothing is configured to happen as discussed in #2 above)?

4. I assume some of you may have provided your customers with a CD of
photographs. What type of format did you do in that case? Anything
beyond just a simple set of JPEGs?

Thank you,

Igor




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Re: Need Help With SD Card Problem

[Paul Stenquist]

I buy only top of the heap Sandisk Extreme Pro. You get what you pay for. Zero 
failures since I switched to these exclusively. I also find their speed ratings 
are real. I don't have the K-1 buffer problems that Larry and others have 
reported.

Paul via phone

> On May 17, 2017, at 6:33 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> 
> I carefully cut those teensy plastic dividers away with a very sharp
> x-acto blade and get rid of them. They frequently snap off at one end
> or the middle and cause cards to malfunction when inserted into
> readers. Sometimes the loose sliver of plastic even snags and wedges
> the card into the reader.
> 
> Most cards (eg Sandisk) don't have this superfluous plastic junk, so
> there's really no downside to the sliverectomy.
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 5:10 PM, P. J. Alling
>  wrote:
>> I've run into an interesting problem with SD cards, between the metal
>> contacts are plastic separators if they are bent in the least bit out of
>> shape it can screw up the card seating properly and you'll get a variety of
>> different error messages including but not limited to the card not being
>> formatted and the card being unreadable.  In most cases the stray plastic
>> can be pushed back into position and the card will be read and written to by
>> the device, just fine.  I expect when it happens enough the plastic will
>> break off, what happens after that is anyone's guess.  I'd check that out.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 5/13/2017 12:46 PM, jtainter wrote:
>>> 
>>> Last fall I bought a K-1 with a Sandisk 64 gb card. I have just now gotten
>>> around to calibrating my lenses for autofocus. Partway through this exercise
>>> my system (Windows 7) would not recognize the card. It had recognized the
>>> card fine up to that point. I tried going through a Lexar card reader on a
>>> USB port, but Windows kept saying that the card had an unrecognized file
>>> system and offered to format it for me.
>>> 
>>> I reformatted the card in the camera, but with the same result.
>>> 
>>> I then got out an old 2 gb card, formatted it for the K-1, and Windows 7
>>> read it just fine. So the camera and computer are working okay.
>>> 
>>> At this point I thought the 64 gb card was faulty. But it is only about
>>> six months old and has only about 150 images written to it. (I've been too
>>> busy for photography).
>>> 
>>> Then the next day I put that non-working 64 gb Sandisk in the computer,
>>> and Windows read it fine.
>>> 
>>> So, one day it works, a few hours later it doesn't work, and the next day
>>> it works again.
>>> 
>>> Can anyone pinpoint what the problem might be? Specifically, can I trust
>>> this Sandisk card?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Joe
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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Re: Need Help With SD Card Problem

[Bruce Walker]

I carefully cut those teensy plastic dividers away with a very sharp
x-acto blade and get rid of them. They frequently snap off at one end
or the middle and cause cards to malfunction when inserted into
readers. Sometimes the loose sliver of plastic even snags and wedges
the card into the reader.

Most cards (eg Sandisk) don't have this superfluous plastic junk, so
there's really no downside to the sliverectomy.


On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 5:10 PM, P. J. Alling
 wrote:
> I've run into an interesting problem with SD cards, between the metal
> contacts are plastic separators if they are bent in the least bit out of
> shape it can screw up the card seating properly and you'll get a variety of
> different error messages including but not limited to the card not being
> formatted and the card being unreadable.  In most cases the stray plastic
> can be pushed back into position and the card will be read and written to by
> the device, just fine.  I expect when it happens enough the plastic will
> break off, what happens after that is anyone's guess.  I'd check that out.
>
>
>
> On 5/13/2017 12:46 PM, jtainter wrote:
>>
>> Last fall I bought a K-1 with a Sandisk 64 gb card. I have just now gotten
>> around to calibrating my lenses for autofocus. Partway through this exercise
>> my system (Windows 7) would not recognize the card. It had recognized the
>> card fine up to that point. I tried going through a Lexar card reader on a
>> USB port, but Windows kept saying that the card had an unrecognized file
>> system and offered to format it for me.
>>
>> I reformatted the card in the camera, but with the same result.
>>
>> I then got out an old 2 gb card, formatted it for the K-1, and Windows 7
>> read it just fine. So the camera and computer are working okay.
>>
>> At this point I thought the 64 gb card was faulty. But it is only about
>> six months old and has only about 150 images written to it. (I've been too
>> busy for photography).
>>
>> Then the next day I put that non-working 64 gb Sandisk in the computer,
>> and Windows read it fine.
>>
>> So, one day it works, a few hours later it doesn't work, and the next day
>> it works again.
>>
>> Can anyone pinpoint what the problem might be? Specifically, can I trust
>> this Sandisk card?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Joe
>>
>>
>>
>
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Re: Pentax sighting

[P. J. Alling]

You wouldn't say that if you were carrying one of these, the heavy duty 
model weighs 44 lbs without the head...


http://www.moogs3.com/products/tripods/gibraltar.html


On 5/15/2017 1:53 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:

Tripods are for wimps. ;)

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mark Roberts
 wrote:

A few days ago when I was crossing the Milennium Bridge in London I
saw someone at the end of the bridge shooting with a Pentax DSLR and
the 15mm Limited. Using a tripod, no less. Proper photographer, that.

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Re: SRS Sale in UK - Pentax gear

[P. J. Alling]

I find it a bit ironic that a place that calls itself SRS /Microsystems/ 
calls itself "specialists in photography".  Isn't photography more a 
related sideline?  Just wonerin' really...



On 5/12/2017 4:56 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

Might be of use to someone in UK:

(links direct to SRS Microsystems web pages)

Lenses:





and

K1:  (1699)








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Re: Need Help With SD Card Problem

[P. J. Alling]

I've run into an interesting problem with SD cards, between the metal 
contacts are plastic separators if they are bent in the least bit out of 
shape it can screw up the card seating properly and you'll get a variety 
of different error messages including but not limited to the card not 
being formatted and the card being unreadable.  In most cases the stray 
plastic can be pushed back into position and the card will be read and 
written to by the device, just fine.  I expect when it happens enough 
the plastic will break off, what happens after that is anyone's guess.  
I'd check that out.



On 5/13/2017 12:46 PM, jtainter wrote:

Last fall I bought a K-1 with a Sandisk 64 gb card. I have just now gotten 
around to calibrating my lenses for autofocus. Partway through this exercise my 
system (Windows 7) would not recognize the card. It had recognized the card 
fine up to that point. I tried going through a Lexar card reader on a USB port, 
but Windows kept saying that the card had an unrecognized file system and 
offered to format it for me.

I reformatted the card in the camera, but with the same result.

I then got out an old 2 gb card, formatted it for the K-1, and Windows 7 read 
it just fine. So the camera and computer are working okay.

At this point I thought the 64 gb card was faulty. But it is only about six 
months old and has only about 150 images written to it. (I've been too busy for 
photography).

Then the next day I put that non-working 64 gb Sandisk in the computer, and 
Windows read it fine.

So, one day it works, a few hours later it doesn't work, and the next day it 
works again.

Can anyone pinpoint what the problem might be? Specifically, can I trust this 
Sandisk card?

Thanks,

Joe






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Re: K-s2 vs K70?

[Jaume Lahuerta]

El Miércoles 17 de Mayo de 2017 17:58, P. J. Alling 
 escribió:

>I think the only real advantage of the K-S2 at this point is it has NFC 

connectivity, (is that really an advantage), and slightly lighter weight.

FWIW, I have camera + phone NFC capable and the photo transfer process is much 
more convinent that the wifi ones that I have tried. So it may make a slight 
difference difference for those who like to share a lot.
Apple iOS does not support NFC though (other than Apple Pay)...

Regards,
Jaume

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Re: Need advice: Photo Collection on a CD

[Boris Liberman]

Igor, the last time I gave out CDs (it were actually DVDs) was
gazillion years ago. It wasn't even the 6th grade of my older
daughter, while she's finishing 10th grade now.

I have started with DropBox account where I would put 20x30 cm
printables and share the link to the folder of each event via e-mail.

The problem with DropBox was that it had too small a size, so I went
down the Google route. Nowadays, I'm uploading 20x30 cm printables to
Google Drive (15 GB free out of the box, so to say, no pun here) and
sharing the links from my cell phone to the WhatsApp group. This is
for my younger daughter who's now finishing 3rd grade in school. This
really works like a charm.

I remember having most annoying problem with the DVDs/CDs - each
parent wants specific sub-set of photos, where their own kid shows.
So, I've spent lots of time doing all kinds of stuff. Say, there were
few parents who asked me to please give them photos of just their kid
for bat-mitzvah/bar-mitzvah albums. I obliged, but it was laborious.

With things such as DropBox or Google Drive - each one just gets to
easily page through all the pics and download whatever they want - no
involvement from me.

Boris


On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:02 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
>
> Hi All!
>
> The end of the school year is a busy time... I've been a bit swamped, but I
> have an urgent and important question for which I hope some PDMLers might
> have some good suggestions.
>
> My kid's school teacher asked to put together photos (mine and teachers') so
> that they will given on a CD to each kid in the class.
> (I've been taking a lot of photos at various school events throughout the
> year.)
> So, I am thinking how to structure that CD. So, all your practical
> suggestions are welcome.
>
> Here is the way I am thinking about it right now:
> 1. The simplest thing would be just to have a bunch of folders that are
> titled as date+event name.
>
> Since it should be easy for the end-users (parents, and not all of them a
> computer-comfortable or even computer-literate), I am thinking if it would
> be better to build also simple HTML galleries (in addition to just photos).
>  Personally, as a customer, I'd prefer just a simple set of folders with
> JPEGs to be viewed by a "standard" (or customer-installed) photo viewer, but
> I am a bit more computer-literate... What do you think?
>
> 2. I can set "autorun.inf" for Windows to start something... (e.g. the main
> index.htm file if I were to create web-galleries)
> While there are ways to do the same for Mac, e.g. by following this
> scenario:
> http://jordan.broughs.net/archives/2008/03/creating-cross-platform-windows-and-mac-installer-cds
> I don't have an easy access to a Mac, so, it is not an option for me...
> So, most likely, even if I were to do that for Windows, nothing special will
> be done for a Mac.
>
>
> 3. From what I understand, starting from OS-X, a joliet-format CD is not a
> problem for a Mac anymore (i.e. I don't need to worry about building a
> "hybrid"-format CD).
> But I wonder, with a modern Mac, what happens when you insert a CD with a
> set of folders containing JPEGs into a Mac: will it offer to open a photo
> viewer (if nothing is configured to happen as discussed in #2 above)?
>
> 4. I assume some of you may have provided your customers with a CD of
> photographs. What type of format did you do in that case? Anything beyond
> just a simple set of JPEGs?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Igor
>
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Re: Third party K-1 pixel shift support

[Mark C]

Thanks for sharing that info, I'll probably give it a try. I 
experimented a little with RawTherapee a few years ago when toying with 
the idea of trying to setup a Linux based photo workflow, but did not 
get into it enough to form any opinion. The ability to have it auto 
select pixel shift method (motion corrected or not) sounds interesting. 
Silkypix allows you to manually select between the two or to disable it, 
but no auto correct.  When I do focus stacks there are occasional 
vibrations due to trucks passing etc. that may affect one or two images 
in the stack.It would be nice if the raw converter automatically 
detected those situations and adjusted them. As it is a just process all 
as motion corrected.


Mark

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Re: LR Dehaze filter

[David J Brooks]

Thanks all. I'm on 6.0 so it looks like I neef to update

On May 17, 2017 12:56 PM, "Jan van Wijk"  wrote:

> Hi David, Mathew,
>
> On Wed, 17 May 2017 08:22:25 -0400 Matthew Hunt wrote:
> >
> >The Dehaze tool is officially only in Lightroom CC, not in perpetually
> >licensed Lightroom 6. However, if a preset is created in Lr CC with a
> >dehaze setting, Lr 6 will understand and apply that dehaze setting. So
> some
> >nice people have created presets with a range of dehaze settings that you
> >can use in Lr 6:
> >
> >https://petapixel.com/2015/06/24/this-preset-pack-brings-
> real-dehaze-to-lightroom-6-1/
> >https://www.proloststore.com/products/dehaze
> >
> >It's not as convenient as a slider, but it is, as you say, a workaround.
>
> There is also a plugin that will add it as a slider, you still have to
> activate
> for each image seperately though, using the menu:
>
> 'File -> Plugin Extras -> DeHaze Control'
>
> The desciption and download for this plugin is at:
>
> https://cutthruthefog.wordpress.com/lightroom-6-dehaze/
>
> I have been using it for several months now (on Lightroom 6.6.1) and it
> works well.
>
>
> Regards, JvW
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Need advice: Photo Collection on a CD

[Igor PDML-StR]

Hi All!

The end of the school year is a busy time... I've been a bit swamped, but 
I have an urgent and important question for which I hope some PDMLers 
might have some good suggestions.


My kid's school teacher asked to put together photos (mine and teachers') 
so that they will given on a CD to each kid in the class.
(I've been taking a lot of photos at various school events throughout the 
year.)
So, I am thinking how to structure that CD. So, all your practical 
suggestions are welcome.


Here is the way I am thinking about it right now:
1. The simplest thing would be just to have a bunch of folders that are 
titled as date+event name.


Since it should be easy for the end-users (parents, and not all of them a 
computer-comfortable or even computer-literate), I am thinking if it would 
be better to build also simple HTML galleries (in addition to just 
photos).
 Personally, as a customer, I'd prefer just a simple set of folders with 
JPEGs to be viewed by a "standard" (or customer-installed) photo viewer, 
but I am a bit more computer-literate... What do you think?


2. I can set "autorun.inf" for Windows to start something... (e.g. the 
main index.htm file if I were to create web-galleries)
While there are ways to do the same for Mac, e.g. by following this 
scenario:

http://jordan.broughs.net/archives/2008/03/creating-cross-platform-windows-and-mac-installer-cds
I don't have an easy access to a Mac, so, it is not an option for me...
So, most likely, even if I were to do that for Windows, nothing special 
will be done for a Mac.



3. From what I understand, starting from OS-X, a joliet-format CD is not a 
problem for a Mac anymore (i.e. I don't need to worry about building a 
"hybrid"-format CD).
But I wonder, with a modern Mac, what happens when you insert a CD 
with a set of folders containing JPEGs into a Mac: will it offer to open a 
photo viewer (if nothing is configured to happen as discussed in #2 
above)?


4. I assume some of you may have provided your customers with a CD of 
photographs. What type of format did you do in that case? Anything beyond 
just a simple set of JPEGs?


Thank you,

Igor


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Re: K-s2 vs K70?

[Zos Xavius]

Way better DR, way better high ISO. Like a generation better. Its a no
brainer unless you can't afford it IMO.

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Re: K-s2 vs K70?

[Zos Xavius]

!!

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Bob W-PDML  wrote:
> Looks like they give away free exclamation marks with every purchase!!! Gonna 
> get me some of them for sure!
>
> B
>
>> On 16 May 2017, at 20:14, Zos Xavius  wrote:
>>
>> Even better! $258! :)
>>
>>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Zos Xavius  wrote:
>>> WHOAH! The smurf K-01! For 285!
>>>
 On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Alan C  wrote:
 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXCELLENT-INEXPENSIVE-PENTAX-K-01-BODY-WHITE-and-BLUE-A-/162509836781?hash=item25d65751ed:g:x84AAOSwc-tY2RRo

 Alan C

 -Original Message- From: Sandy Harris
 Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 8:04 PM
 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
 Subject: K-s2 vs K70?


 I'm not a remarkably serious or advanced photographer. Mostly street
 shhoting while travelling, some landscapes, churches, etc. I had a K-X
 for some time & while my own limitations ruined quite a few shots, I
 cannot recall camera limitations ever posing a problem other than
 weight & low light performance.

 If I saw a K-S1 or K-01 at a good price, I'd grab it, mainly becase
 those cameras are light so good for travel. Anyone selling one?

 My main question, though, is whether anyone has opinions on the
 relative merits of K-S2 and K-70. Lokking at the web, the S2 is a
 little cheaper & lighter, but not enough to really matter. The main
 advantage of the 70 is that it has the sensor-shift high-res mode.
 Have people found that useful?

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Re: LR Dehaze filter

[Jan van Wijk]

Hi David, Mathew,

On Wed, 17 May 2017 08:22:25 -0400 Matthew Hunt wrote:
>
>The Dehaze tool is officially only in Lightroom CC, not in perpetually
>licensed Lightroom 6. However, if a preset is created in Lr CC with a
>dehaze setting, Lr 6 will understand and apply that dehaze setting. So some
>nice people have created presets with a range of dehaze settings that you
>can use in Lr 6:
>
>https://petapixel.com/2015/06/24/this-preset-pack-brings-real-dehaze-to-lightroom-6-1/
>https://www.proloststore.com/products/dehaze
>
>It's not as convenient as a slider, but it is, as you say, a workaround.

There is also a plugin that will add it as a slider, you still have to activate
for each image seperately though, using the menu:

'File -> Plugin Extras -> DeHaze Control' 

The desciption and download for this plugin is at:

https://cutthruthefog.wordpress.com/lightroom-6-dehaze/

I have been using it for several months now (on Lightroom 6.6.1) and it works 
well.


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Re: PESO - body sculpture study

[Bruce Walker]

Not true: you work sometimes. I saw those DIY shed pics. :)

Thanks, Dave!


On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 10:30 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:
> since i don't work i clicked on the link. Very nice photo
>
> Dave
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:35 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
>> A body, making a sculpture, for study. NSFW: undraped female breast.
>>
>> http://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/I8hGxTz3yncg
>>
>> 645z, dfa645 55mm/2.8, f/10, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO.
>>
>> The body is Dorrie Mack's.
>>
>> Enjoy!
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Re: Third party K-1 pixel shift support

[P. J. Alling]

I really wish I could trust RawTherapee, I last used it when I first got 
my K20D and it would crash trying to render thumbnails from either DNG 
files generated by the camera or PEF files.  In fact it even crashed 
when trying to render DNG files generated by Adobe's DNG converter 
software that were originally from the K20D.   It took them so long to 
fix that issue, with no workaround on the horizon that I simply 
uninstalled the software and moved on.


The only other thing that I remember about it was that even rendering 
6MP files from the *ist-D and Ds cameras I was using were painfully slow 
compared to pretty much everything else, though IIRC the resulting 
images were nice.


I guess I shouldn't complain, the software was free, but I don't expect 
people to use my software if it doesn't fulfill it's purpose for them, I 
have the same expectation from other people's software.


On 5/16/2017 4:40 PM, Gonz wrote:

http://rawtherapee.com/blog/rawtherapee-5.1-released





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Re: K-s2 vs K70?

[P. J. Alling]

Unless you plan on doing photography that actually requires the pixel 
shift I wouldn't worry about it.  For your described shooting style it 
seems to be particularly useless for any hand held application.  It 
wouldn't hurt to have it but then you'll probably want to invest in a 
very good tripod, which if you don't own one already, well, the price is 
actually shocking.


I think the other advantages of the K70 are more important, it's higher 
resolution, thought 20 vs 24mp isn't that important, but, (these are all 
in the K70's favor), it got a bigger buffer, higher available ISOs, 
better live view AF, faster frame rates, not that the buffer is all 
that, but you'll get faster shot to shot times both raw and JPEG.


I think the only real advantage of the K-S2 at this point is it has NFC 
connectivity, (is that really an advantage), and slightly lighter weight.


If the price difference is not a big factor get the K70, except for 
minor cosmetic differences the body and handling of the two cameras is 
pretty much the same.



On 5/16/2017 2:04 PM, Sandy Harris wrote:

I'm not a remarkably serious or advanced photographer. Mostly street
shhoting while travelling, some landscapes, churches, etc. I had a K-X
for some time & while my own limitations ruined quite a few shots, I
cannot recall camera limitations ever posing a problem other than
weight & low light performance.

If I saw a K-S1 or K-01 at a good price, I'd grab it, mainly becase
those cameras are light so good for travel. Anyone selling one?

My main question, though, is whether anyone has opinions on the
relative merits of K-S2 and K-70. Lokking at the web, the S2 is a
little cheaper & lighter, but not enough to really matter. The main
advantage of the 70 is that it has the sensor-shift high-res mode.
Have people found that useful?




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Re: PESO - body sculpture study

[David J Brooks]

since i don't work i clicked on the link. Very nice photo

Dave

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:35 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> A body, making a sculpture, for study. NSFW: undraped female breast.
>
> http://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/I8hGxTz3yncg
>
> 645z, dfa645 55mm/2.8, f/10, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO.
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> The body is Dorrie Mack's.
>
> Enjoy!
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Re: PESO - body sculpture study

[Bruce Walker]

Appreciated, Paul.

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> Thank you, Larry.
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>>
>>
>> Bruce Walker wrote:
>>>
>>> A body, making a sculpture, for study. NSFW: undraped female breast.
>>>
>>> http://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/I8hGxTz3yncg
>>
>>
>> Lovely pose and model.
>>
>>>
>>> 645z, dfa645 55mm/2.8, f/10, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO.
>>>
>>> The body is Dorrie Mack's.
>>>
>>> Enjoy!
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Re: PESO - body sculpture study

[Bruce Walker]

Thank you, Larry.

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>
>
> Bruce Walker wrote:
>>
>> A body, making a sculpture, for study. NSFW: undraped female breast.
>>
>> http://portfolio.brucemwalker.com/index/I8hGxTz3yncg
>
>
> Lovely pose and model.
>
>>
>> 645z, dfa645 55mm/2.8, f/10, 1/125th sec, 100 ISO.
>>
>> The body is Dorrie Mack's.
>>
>> Enjoy!
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Re: LR Dehaze filter

[Matthew Hunt]

The Dehaze tool is officially only in Lightroom CC, not in perpetually
licensed Lightroom 6. However, if a preset is created in Lr CC with a
dehaze setting, Lr 6 will understand and apply that dehaze setting. So some
nice people have created presets with a range of dehaze settings that you
can use in Lr 6:

https://petapixel.com/2015/06/24/this-preset-pack-brings-real-dehaze-to-lightroom-6-1/
https://www.proloststore.com/products/dehaze

It's not as convenient as a slider, but it is, as you say, a workaround.

On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 7:13 AM, David J Brooks  wrote:

> Hi all.
>
> The lead in our passing show book has a mac with LR6 CC version and we
> noticed in yesterdays photo review it has the de haze filter. I
> thought great i have LR 6 stand alone at home so went back to try it.
> Lo and behold its not on my version. Is there a work around or is this
> filter only available on the CC version
>
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LR Dehaze filter

[David J Brooks]

Hi all.

The lead in our passing show book has a mac with LR6 CC version and we
noticed in yesterdays photo review it has the de haze filter. I
thought great i have LR 6 stand alone at home so went back to try it.
Lo and behold its not on my version. Is there a work around or is this
filter only available on the CC version

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Re: Dust cover photo

[Larry Colen]

Adam Montoya wrote:

Sound's like mine. Just imagine an "A" in front of "dan" and you'll have
the Spanish version of Adam.  ;-)


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Re: Dust cover photo

[Adam Montoya]

Sound's like mine. Just imagine an "A" in front of "dan" and you'll have
the Spanish version of Adam.  ;-)

-Adam(n)

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 6:07 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:

>
>
> Adam Montoya wrote:
>
>> Larry,
>>
>> I don't have a copy yet, what is the photo of on the dust cover?
>>
>
> A yellow leaf on dirt or clay.
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