Re: Dont miss my Bokina so much now
The lens is great, so is your music! Alan C On 11-Aug-18 07:28 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: Already bought a replacement for my defunct Bokina macro lens. So far, I'm very satisfied with the performance, spec, and build quality. Its branded ELICAR V-HQ MACRO MC 90mm F2.5 but supposedly its made in Japan by Komine. Its a KA mount, has nice multicoatings, and seems to be as sharp as the Tokina was. Whats better than the tokina, is this goes directly from infinity to 1:1, whereas the tokina required adding an adapter to go from 1:2 to 1:1. Heres a sample at f9 full size and a crop of full size. jco https://www.jchriso.com/temp/cases.jpg https://www.jchriso.com/temp/casescrop.jpg P.s. I got the lens off an ebay auction for #113 shipped. I call it a poor mans SMCA 100mm F2.8 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Dont miss my Bokina so much now
Already bought a replacement for my defunct Bokina macro lens. So far, I'm very satisfied with the performance, spec, and build quality. Its branded ELICAR V-HQ MACRO MC 90mm F2.5 but supposedly its made in Japan by Komine. Its a KA mount, has nice multicoatings, and seems to be as sharp as the Tokina was. Whats better than the tokina, is this goes directly from infinity to 1:1, whereas the tokina required adding an adapter to go from 1:2 to 1:1. Heres a sample at f9 full size and a crop of full size. jco https://www.jchriso.com/temp/cases.jpg https://www.jchriso.com/temp/casescrop.jpg P.s. I got the lens off an ebay auction for #113 shipped. I call it a poor mans SMCA 100mm F2.8 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: On Milkweed
That's a fine image , Dan. Pristine Monarch & colourful flowers. I'm waiting for your first shot of "natural" eggs. Alan On 11-Aug-18 06:01 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I've been receiving Monarch Butterfly eggs on small milkweed plants, raising the through the Larval and Pupal stages, and releasing them into my yard. They head right for the butterfly bushes, and have been hanging around our pool patio on sunny afternoons. The desired end, of course, is to have the released Monarchs (or casual visitors) lay eggs on the milkweed I have planted in the yard and in large pots on the deck. Here is an image of one of the Monarchs checking out one of my milkweed plants: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/8/10/on-milkweed K-5 IIS, FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 Comments and criticisms are both invited and appreciated. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: On Milkweed
I've been receiving Monarch Butterfly eggs on small milkweed plants, raising the through the Larval and Pupal stages, and releasing them into my yard. They head right for the butterfly bushes, and have been hanging around our pool patio on sunny afternoons. The desired end, of course, is to have the released Monarchs (or casual visitors) lay eggs on the milkweed I have planted in the yard and in large pots on the deck. Here is an image of one of the Monarchs checking out one of my milkweed plants: http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2018/8/10/on-milkweed K-5 IIS, FA 100 mm Macro F 2.8 Comments and criticisms are both invited and appreciated. 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.
PESOs (2) - Antwerp Guildhalls
The Guildhalls were built in the 16th century, and give some idea how powerful their owners were. I don’t know which is which, but there is a Coopers’ House, a Carpenters' House, a Tailors’ House, and an Archers’ House. https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/organize/AMS-to-CDG/Antwerp/Antwerp/i-BJZWqGp Some detail: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/organize/AMS-to-CDG/Antwerp/Antwerp/i-BJZWqGp 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.
Re: PESO - Red
Ken, I shot a series. Voila: https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/AMS-to-CDG/Antwerp/Antwerp/i-vNDMFPC/A I prefer the first one, but to each his own. Rick > On Aug 9, 2018, at 11:56 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > It would be a striking image if it included only the row of bikes. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > - Original Message - From: "Rick Womer" > Subject: PESO - Red > > >> At a bicycle sharing location in Antwerp: >> https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/AMS-to-CDG/Antwerp/Antwerp/i-ZMQNFxF/A >> (K-5, DA 17-70) >> 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Automotive fun
I guess I was lucky, John - the car kept going for some years after that: it wasn't a lucky car though, it was stolen twice, once just after I had it resprayed British Racing Green! Suckers must have thought it was a fast car! John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of John Sessoms Sent: Saturday, 11 August 2018 3:23 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Automotive fun The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the new engine to block coolant flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. On 8/10/2018 00:02, John Coyle wrote: > That's a terrible tale of woe, Larry - you have my entire sympathy! > On a similar note, in 1975 I changed the head gasket on my 1969 > Escort, using original parts from the local distributor. All seemed > to go well, but then, 60 miles into a two-week planned holiday > visiting several places in the UK, the temperature gauge hit the stop, > steam issued from under the bonnet, and when I popped the lid, the > engine looked very, very hot! It took us hours to get home, topping > the radiator up every twenty miles: when we did eventually get there, I took > the head off again and found that the new gasket had only had the water channels punched out on one side, so all four cylinders were getting no proper coolant flow! > Needless to say, I had a few cross words with the supplier. > > Hope you get yours fixed, too, > > > John in Brisbane > > John > > -Original Message- > From: PDML On Behalf Of Larry Colen > Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2018 7:01 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss List > Subject: Automotive fun > > I've peeved in passing about my recent car problems. In particular, > the mystery water loss on my Subaru. I finally gave up and ordered > the $300 worth of parts to do the headgasket replacement that I tried to save > money on when I put the motor in the car. > > Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby into the > cooling jacket which explained both the water loss and the lack of > other typical blown headgasket symptoms. I was all set to put the new > headgasket in yesterday morning when someone commented that I really ought to > take the heads into the machine shop to be checked out. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157672026815098 > > Yesterday morning, I toss the heads in my van, fill the gas tank and the van > won't start. > Eventually I buy about $).25 worth of gas, pour a tiny bit down the > throttle body, the van starts up, runs fine and I head into Santa > Cruz. I get about another two miles further on, and the van breaks down for > real. > > This morning I realize that the registration and smog are due on the > van. I paid the registration online to avoid late fees, kind of hard to smog > a vehicle that won't start. > > The problem with the van is probably the fuel pump. $200 for the part, > in the gas tank. The full 35 gallon fuel tank that has to be removed > to get to the fuel pump. I could pay my mechanic to do the job, but > that's another $200 that I don't have, particularly since I can't get to work > without a running vehicle. > > The heads are back on the Subie, though not torqued down. If nothing > else goes wrong, it should be running tomorrow afternoon sometime. I > won't bore you with the story of the dumb ass mistake I made yesterday > that cost me something like four hours. On the bright side, I'm now pretty > damned good at assembling Subaru cylinder heads. > > I understand that things come up, and we each face a series of crisis > in our lives. I'd greatly appreciate it, however, if the Universe let > me finish with on crisis before it throws the next one at me. > > In other news, it seems that Mom has flipped her shit and now thinks > that Debbi, the friend who is taking care of her and pretty much > giving her a place to live so she doesn't have to be in a home, is trying to > kill her. > > > > -- 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.
Coyle's are off again
Jan and I are leaving tomorrow for a holiday in Europe, and will be back in Australia on 17/9/18: I will have email access, so I can keep up with all the PDML stuff!. We are visiting Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Rome and Salerno this time - Rome is the only place we have been to before, so it's pretty exciting! Regards John in Brisbane (for the next 24 hours, anyway) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lightroom Question
It would be awesome if there was a collection of these lens profiles someplace. Lr 6 doesn't even have one for the fa50/1.4 On August 10, 2018 2:14:02 PM PDT, Jostein wrote: >Bill, >I'm still on Lightoom 5, and anyways use a number of unconventional >optical setups. I use a plugin called LensTagger that allows me to >write >specific lens designations into the XMP tags. It's donationware, and >well worth the dollars you can spare, IMHO. >https://www.lenstagger.com/ > >Jostein > >Den 10.08.2018 17:56, skrev Bill: >> I am using an old enough version of Lightroom that I cannot expect >any >> more updates (camera raw 7), and my new D FA* 50mm lens is listed as >> "unknown". >> I found a profile writer on the Adobe website, but unfortunately, it >is >> the wrong platform. >> My question is, how do I get Lightroom to identify my new lens >> correctly, or is this even possible? >> >> thanks >> >> 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. -- Sent from my Android device 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: Lightroom Question
Bill, I'm still on Lightoom 5, and anyways use a number of unconventional optical setups. I use a plugin called LensTagger that allows me to write specific lens designations into the XMP tags. It's donationware, and well worth the dollars you can spare, IMHO. https://www.lenstagger.com/ Jostein Den 10.08.2018 17:56, skrev Bill: I am using an old enough version of Lightroom that I cannot expect any more updates (camera raw 7), and my new D FA* 50mm lens is listed as "unknown". I found a profile writer on the Adobe website, but unfortunately, it is the wrong platform. My question is, how do I get Lightroom to identify my new lens correctly, or is this even possible? thanks 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.
Re: Photo of the Day by WWF
Congrats, Ken! That's an amazing shot. Mark On 8/7/2018 1:25 AM, Ken Waller wrote: Haven't been very active photographically lately but was recently advised my photo "Blue Butt" was chosen as Photo of the Day by the World Wildlife Fund. http://dailywildlifephoto.nathab.com/photos/12049-blue-butt-08-02-2018 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.
More Lake Wissota State Park
All modestly modified for brightness. The bird is cropped. Old Tamron 70-200. Another variation on the rock in the morning water. Lots of trail shots. And gooseberries. Also cropped. A staple of my childhood. https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/albums/72157699511762764 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Automotive fun
On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 10:51:27AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: > > > John Sessoms wrote on 8/10/18 10:22 AM: > > The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to > > pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block > > warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine > > than to try to repair it. > > I don't think that the '69 Escort was ever imported to the US. It was a > replacement for the Ford Anglia and had a cast iron "Kent" motor, same as > the Cortina, pushrod Pinto, and same base as Formula Ford and a bunch of > Lotuses of the time. My parents had one of these (the 'estate', i.e. hatchback). A good basic car - I drove it quite often. My mother did comment on my driving style once, when I was picking her up after she'd spent a weekend as a house guest at a colleague's cotswold cottage (in Windrush - Cotty will know how nice an area that is). I got the loan of the car for the weekend if I was prepared to pick her up. She compained that she'd been jostled around in the car somewhat as I negotiated a roundabout (we were on the major road, and had right of way, so didn't have to slow down and yield to other traffic), but forgave me when I explained that one of the tyres (US - tires) had blown just as I entered the roundabout, so I was basically driving a three-wheeled car. In 1972 (when I officially left home to take up my first job after graduating I was offered the choice of my mother's old Morris Minor estate (for free) or the Escort (at significantly below fair trade-in value). I opted for the Moggie, and my younger brother purchased the Escort. A few years later he totalled it when he fell asleep behind the wheel and clipped a kerb (US - curb), flipping the car onto it's roof. Fortunately both he and his girlfriend were relatively unscathed. Also, fortunately for him, I was visiting my parents at the time, and I was the one who answered the phone. That meant I was the one to tell his girlfriend's somewhat over-protective father that his precious daughter was currently being treated in the emergency room at the local hospital :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO -- Connecticut's Ghost Town
The lease holders didn't want more help from Bridgeport, they had solutions for fire, police, and medical emergencies. The issue was more I think that they made Bridgeport's services look bad. They paid their taxes and took almost nothing from the City. None of the people there were really rich, which was part of the problem, no pull in the system. Just a bunch of middle class people enjoying their version of Nantucket the way it was before being truly discovered, a stone's throw from a place that has been described as 'Bilgeport', and 'the armpit of Connecticut'. On 8/9/2018 11:34 AM, John Sessoms wrote: On 8/8/2018 14:37, Rick Womer wrote: Odd. Got to them using my iPhone. Well done gallery; it makes me wonder what the Bridgeport government was thinking. Rick My guess is they didn't have the $20 plus million a replacement bridge was going to cost and couldn't justify spending taxpayer's money to benefit so few people. And while the question of how to restore public access was in limbo, the squatters, ravers, vandals & hooligans burned down too many of the island structures. Neither Bridgeport nor Stratford, CT had the additional police & fire resources needed to protect the area. Every time another structure was destroyed the "costs" went up and the "benefits" went down. Eventually it reached the point where there was no point in trying to save the houses. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasure_Beach Plus, Stratford wanted to demolish the cottages they owned on their end of the peninsula so they could sell the land to the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service for inclusion in the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge. -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Jinxed my Bokina, can it be repaired?
If Eric will fix the Tokina, he'll be doing you a special favor. He doesn't have manuals on anything but Pentax, so he'll just go deep enough to fix the immediate problem, he doesn't want to be responsible for destroying your lens, and I don't blame him. On 8/10/2018 1:14 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I think several on the list have had good results from Eric Hendrickson in Knoxville, TN. https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/columns/twenty-questions-eric-hendrickson-interview.html On 8/9/2018 20:38, J.C. O'Connell wrote: last week I was extolling the virtues of my mint Tokina manual focus AT-X 90mm F2.5 macro lens (the"Bokina") and now this week it takes a dump. problem is a sticky aperture ( stays wide open at moment of exposure regardless of f stop setting ). It has this problem both on the "A" setting and when f stops are set manually with the aperture ring. does anyone know of an experienced shop that still services these lenses? its such a quality optic I hate to scrap it. thanks in advance, jco -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Life's little aggravations
If you've got a dumb phone I can't help you, but if you have a smart phone, you can download a call blocker, there are free versions which aren't too intrusive, which will restore your peace. In fact depending on your carrier, they may offer a call blocker, it might even be a free service, even for a dumb phone. I used to have that feature on a couple of different dumb phones, and the music on hold option, which the Samsung pseudo Crackberry offered made me smile, didn't cost any airtime but put the unwanted caller on hold with horrible electronic music. Probably didn't bother the machines much but the actual humans were probably very annoyed... On 8/10/2018 12:57 PM, John Sessoms wrote: *NOW* I've started receiving robo-calls on my cellphone from someone who wants to help me with my "delinquent federal student loans". Press 1 to speak to a representative, Press 9 to decline and be removed. I've never had any student loans, delinquent or otherwise. And I ain't pressing no numbers; learned long ago that's no use whatsoever. Thank you for your patience. /rant -- America wasn't founded so that we could all be better. America was founded so we could all be anything we damn well please. - P.J. O'Rourke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Life's little aggravations
Do not respond - simply delete. Responding lets the robo caller know there is a real person at your number. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "John Sessoms" Subject: OT: Life's little aggravations *NOW* I've started receiving robo-calls on my cellphone from someone who wants to help me with my "delinquent federal student loans". Press 1 to speak to a representative, Press 9 to decline and be removed. I've never had any student loans, delinquent or otherwise. And I ain't pressing no numbers; learned long ago that's no use whatsoever. Thank you for your patience. /rant -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Lightroom Question
Hi Bill, I suspect someone on the list probably has a more detailed knowledge of this question. But maybe a small tidbit that I know could be helpful. I am not sure what you meant by the "wrong platform": Mac vs. Windows or LR CC vs earlier versions. There is a tool "Adobe Lens Profile Creator" available for download for both Mac and Windows: https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/digital-negative.html#Adobe_Lens_Profile_Creator What I don't know if this profile would work for the earlier versions of LR. More over, - I am not sure if this profile creator allows you to enter "unknown" lenses in the database. From what I understand, - it allows saving lens profiles for corrections in LR, but maybe it would also allow adding a new lens. You can try. https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/multi/lens-profile-support.html Cheers, Igor Bill Fri, 10 Aug 2018 08:57:46 -0700 wrote: I am using an old enough version of Lightroom that I cannot expect any more updates (camera raw 7), and my new D FA* 50mm lens is listed as "unknown". I found a profile writer on the Adobe website, but unfortunately, it is the wrong platform. My question is, how do I get Lightroom to identify my new lens correctly, or is this even possible? thanks 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.
Re: Automotive fun
John Sessoms wrote on 8/10/18 10:22 AM: The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. I don't think that the '69 Escort was ever imported to the US. It was a replacement for the Ford Anglia and had a cast iron "Kent" motor, same as the Cortina, pushrod Pinto, and same base as Formula Ford and a bunch of Lotuses of the time. I think that you're thinking of the later front wheel drive Escort rather than the rear wheel drive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Escort_(Europe) Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the new engine to block coolant flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. I don't think plastic radiators had come into usage by then. YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. On 8/10/2018 00:02, John Coyle wrote: That's a terrible tale of woe, Larry - you have my entire sympathy! On a similar note, in 1975 I changed the head gasket on my 1969 Escort, using original parts from the local distributor. All seemed to go well, but then, 60 miles into a two-week planned holiday visiting several places in the UK, the temperature gauge hit the stop, steam issued from under the bonnet, and when I popped the lid, the engine looked very, very hot! It took us hours to get home, topping the radiator up every twenty miles: when we did eventually get there, I took the head off again and found that the new gasket had only had the water channels punched out on one side, so all four cylinders were getting no proper coolant flow! Needless to say, I had a few cross words with the supplier. Hope you get yours fixed, too, John in Brisbane John -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/collections/72157612824732477/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: photo bombed
Nice sharp image with a pleasing background. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 9:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Lucked out on this birdie shot. I wasfocusing on the gladiola to see > if it was ifar enough away from it and as i did this fella landed on > the stem. One shot only and gone > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/30094596718/ > > K-5 and 55-300, square cropped. > > Dave > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Automotive fun
The Escort was a great economy car, but if it ever overheated enough to pin the gauge, you were looking at a new engine. Aluminum cylinder block warped. The dealer advised me it would be cheaper to replace the engine than to try to repair it. Plus that Escort had a plastic radiator that could "leak" bits into the new engine to block coolant flow, causing the new engine to fail as well. YMMV, but that's how *my* Escort wagon died. On 8/10/2018 00:02, John Coyle wrote: That's a terrible tale of woe, Larry - you have my entire sympathy! On a similar note, in 1975 I changed the head gasket on my 1969 Escort, using original parts from the local distributor. All seemed to go well, but then, 60 miles into a two-week planned holiday visiting several places in the UK, the temperature gauge hit the stop, steam issued from under the bonnet, and when I popped the lid, the engine looked very, very hot! It took us hours to get home, topping the radiator up every twenty miles: when we did eventually get there, I took the head off again and found that the new gasket had only had the water channels punched out on one side, so all four cylinders were getting no proper coolant flow! Needless to say, I had a few cross words with the supplier. Hope you get yours fixed, too, John in Brisbane John -Original Message- From: PDML On Behalf Of Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, 9 August 2018 7:01 PM To: Pentax-Discuss List Subject: Automotive fun I've peeved in passing about my recent car problems. In particular, the mystery water loss on my Subaru. I finally gave up and ordered the $300 worth of parts to do the headgasket replacement that I tried to save money on when I put the motor in the car. Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby into the cooling jacket which explained both the water loss and the lack of other typical blown headgasket symptoms. I was all set to put the new headgasket in yesterday morning when someone commented that I really ought to take the heads into the machine shop to be checked out. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157672026815098 Yesterday morning, I toss the heads in my van, fill the gas tank and the van won't start. Eventually I buy about $).25 worth of gas, pour a tiny bit down the throttle body, the van starts up, runs fine and I head into Santa Cruz. I get about another two miles further on, and the van breaks down for real. This morning I realize that the registration and smog are due on the van. I paid the registration online to avoid late fees, kind of hard to smog a vehicle that won't start. The problem with the van is probably the fuel pump. $200 for the part, in the gas tank. The full 35 gallon fuel tank that has to be removed to get to the fuel pump. I could pay my mechanic to do the job, but that's another $200 that I don't have, particularly since I can't get to work without a running vehicle. The heads are back on the Subie, though not torqued down. If nothing else goes wrong, it should be running tomorrow afternoon sometime. I won't bore you with the story of the dumb ass mistake I made yesterday that cost me something like four hours. On the bright side, I'm now pretty damned good at assembling Subaru cylinder heads. I understand that things come up, and we each face a series of crisis in our lives. I'd greatly appreciate it, however, if the Universe let me finish with on crisis before it throws the next one at me. In other news, it seems that Mom has flipped her shit and now thinks that Debbi, the friend who is taking care of her and pretty much giving her a place to live so she doesn't have to be in a home, is trying to kill her. -- 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: Jinxed my Bokina, can it be repaired?
I think several on the list have had good results from Eric Hendrickson in Knoxville, TN. https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/columns/twenty-questions-eric-hendrickson-interview.html On 8/9/2018 20:38, J.C. O'Connell wrote: last week I was extolling the virtues of my mint Tokina manual focus AT-X 90mm F2.5 macro lens (the"Bokina") and now this week it takes a dump. problem is a sticky aperture ( stays wide open at moment of exposure regardless of f stop setting ). It has this problem both on the "A" setting and when f stops are set manually with the aperture ring. does anyone know of an experienced shop that still services these lenses? its such a quality optic I hate to scrap it. thanks in advance, jco -- 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: Disassembly/repair
Gives me hope for my beloved *DEAD* Tokina 28-70. It's failure is due to similar irreplaceable information brushes having worn out. Although, thinking about it, I might just look for the same lens in any other mount. If I can buy it cheap enough, I can steal the brushes from that lens to put mine back in business. I even know a shop that can do the work if they had the part, so I wouldn't have to worry about my ham-handed fumble-fingers messing it up even worse than it already is. On 8/9/2018 15:43, Darren Addy wrote: You are a braver man than I. There is this one: https://web.archive.org/web/20110317023023/http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/70-210.htm and this thread:https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/10-pentax-slr-lens-discussion/123586-pentax-f-70-210mm.html Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 2:00 PM, wrote: Anyone have a disassembly/repair doc for the F 70-210? I've got one but the helicoid hits a stopping point where it shouldn't. -- 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: Two for Paul and Bill
One of the places I intend to pass through if I ever get to make another trip out west. On 8/8/2018 17:29, jtainter wrote: And for anyone else who enjoys cars or the U.S. Southwest. https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61476555 Thanks for looking. Joe -- 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.
OT: Life's little aggravations
*NOW* I've started receiving robo-calls on my cellphone from someone who wants to help me with my "delinquent federal student loans". Press 1 to speak to a representative, Press 9 to decline and be removed. I've never had any student loans, delinquent or otherwise. And I ain't pressing no numbers; learned long ago that's no use whatsoever. Thank you for your patience. /rant -- 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.
Lightroom Question
I am using an old enough version of Lightroom that I cannot expect any more updates (camera raw 7), and my new D FA* 50mm lens is listed as "unknown". I found a profile writer on the Adobe website, but unfortunately, it is the wrong platform. My question is, how do I get Lightroom to identify my new lens correctly, or is this even possible? thanks 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.
Re: photo bombed
What a stroke of luck. It worked out very well. I'm not surprised at all - my 55-300 gives me tack sharp images. Alan C On 10-Aug-18 04:09 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Thanks Paul. I'm quite suprised of the quality of the 55-300, i was using a monopod for this one though. On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 9:56 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: NIce. He has a seed in his beak. Good detail. On Aug 10, 2018, at 9:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Lucked out on this birdie shot. I wasfocusing on the gladiola to see if it was ifar enough away from it and as i did this fella landed on the stem. One shot only and gone https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/30094596718/ K-5 and 55-300, square cropped. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: photo bombed
What Paul said. J Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 10, 2018, at 6:56 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > NIce. He has a seed in his beak. Good detail. > >> On Aug 10, 2018, at 9:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> Lucked out on this birdie shot. I wasfocusing on the gladiola to see >> if it was ifar enough away from it and as i did this fella landed on >> the stem. One shot only and gone >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/30094596718/ >> >> K-5 and 55-300, square cropped. >> >> Dave >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: photo bombed
Thanks Paul. I'm quite suprised of the quality of the 55-300, i was using a monopod for this one though. On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 9:56 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > NIce. He has a seed in his beak. Good detail. > >> On Aug 10, 2018, at 9:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: >> >> Lucked out on this birdie shot. I wasfocusing on the gladiola to see >> if it was ifar enough away from it and as i did this fella landed on >> the stem. One shot only and gone >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/30094596718/ >> >> K-5 and 55-300, square cropped. >> >> Dave >> -- >> Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. >> www.caughtinmotion.com >> http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ >> York Region, Ontario, Canada >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: photo bombed
NIce. He has a seed in his beak. Good detail. > On Aug 10, 2018, at 9:45 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > Lucked out on this birdie shot. I wasfocusing on the gladiola to see > if it was ifar enough away from it and as i did this fella landed on > the stem. One shot only and gone > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/30094596718/ > > K-5 and 55-300, square cropped. > > Dave > -- > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
photo bombed
Lucked out on this birdie shot. I wasfocusing on the gladiola to see if it was ifar enough away from it and as i did this fella landed on the stem. One shot only and gone https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/30094596718/ K-5 and 55-300, square cropped. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Automotive fun
Not advanced enough? > On 10 August 2018 at 01:06 Rick Womer wrote: > > > Ah, but it didn’t inject any spark into his life. > > > On Aug 9, 2018, at 2:05 PM, Ken Waller wrote: > > > >>> Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby > >> You dirty bugger. > > > > It was exhausting but he had manifold reasons to do it. > > > > Kenneth Waller > > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > > > - Original Message - From: "Steve Cottrell" > > Subject: Re: Automotive fun > > > > > >> On 9/8/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>> Monday night I had the heads off, found evidence of blowby > >> You dirty bugger. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
