PESO Veni Vidi Vinca
I got distracted and started playing with my camera in my yard. Sometimes you just luck out and get the HCB moment Veni Vidi Vinca: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49782978857/in/album-72157713919805463/ C appreciated Full set at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713919805463 -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.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.
Pentaxians
Just downloaded the Pentaxian Year Book 2019, good to see some fine contributions from familiar names to PDML-ers ( Rob Studdert, Bruce Walker) amongst a mass of strong and some meh! entries. Well worth a look at: http://pentaxians-yearbook.com/download/Pentaxian-Yearbook-2019-ONLINE.pdf John in Brisbane -- 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.
New[ish] K-3 has arrived.
I just picked up my new to me K-3, and I'm, well not miffed exactly, I did order the Bargain copy. It all works but isn't as pretty as the K-5II I got from KEH about a year and a half ago. It would be called brassed if the body shell were made out of brass. Functionally it's fine though, and I like the handling but the UI is going to take a bit of getting used to. Enough like the K-5II to make somethings very simple to do, enough different to be maddeningly annoying when attempting others. One thing I find annoying is the mode dial lock, the removal of the metering pattern function to make the lock select-able seems utterly unnecessary. I've gotten used to just pressing the center lock button to change mode on the K-5II, it never seemed particularly onerous to do that to change the shutter speeds on the ZX-5n. So I don't see the actual point. Aside from the control differences which I'll have to get used to, the camera seems to handle well. The weight difference seems inconsequential when moving from the K-5II. The K-3 doesn't start up quite as fast as the K-5II, and takes a noticeably, (to me anyway), longer time to wake up from sleep mode, but I haven't actually been out doing any serious shooting except to test out some of the settings so I don't know how annoying these small delays will be yet. When some people raved about the grip I put that off to differences in hand size, but it really is an improvement. I can really tell the difference switching between the cameras. All in all I'm pretty happy so far. The only fly in the ointment being the more evident wear on the K-3 than there was on the K-5II when I got it, but I guess you can't luck out all the time. -- Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind of idiot to use a 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: Malo Seaways
> On Apr 16, 2020, at 12:29 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 16.04.20 um 17:39 schrieb Stanley Halpin: >> Just curious - why do you refer to it as a “stupid” ferry? > > Stupid for the simple reason that I had alreay posted a bunch of ferry > photos over the last few days. There was indeed nothing particularly > stupid about the Malo Seaways. > > I'm just playing around with ON1 Photo Raw and going through loads of > old photos that I've never published. > > Ralf > Thanks Ralf! I thought it might be something like that but wanted to be sure. Meg and I had a very nice overnight trip on such a ferry (possibly exactly that one) - the trip from Oslo to Copenhagen was six years ago, an interlude between a pleasant few days with Jostein and some of his family in/around Oslo and then another few days with Meg’s nephew and his Danish family outside of Copenhagen. stan -- 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 Sunshine & Happiness
> On Apr 16, 2020, at 6:09 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > My God you must be bored… I find time to read this list. > > On 4/15/2020 10:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/UqYnuefBk5UcphS99 >> >> I am trying to take advantage of my days not working combined with nice >> weather and put some miles on my bike. I would have been able to put a few >> more miles on before I ran out of light, but about 7 miles into the ride I >> decided that I really needed to support one of our local businesses. >> >> I’ll post some real photos from yesterday and today’s rides at some point. >> >> -- >> Larry Colen >> l...@red4est.com >> >> >> >> > -- > Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind of > idiot to use a 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. > -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.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: Malo Seaways
Am 16.04.20 um 17:39 schrieb Stanley Halpin: Just curious - why do you refer to it as a “stupid” ferry? Stupid for the simple reason that I had alreay posted a bunch of ferry photos over the last few days. There was indeed nothing particularly stupid about the Malo Seaways. I'm just playing around with ON1 Photo Raw and going through loads of old photos that I've never published. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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: Malo Seaways
Just curious - why do you refer to it as a “stupid” ferry? stan > On Apr 14, 2020, at 2:42 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Yet another stupid ferry: > > https://www.fotocommunity.de/photo/ein-kurzes-gastspiel-fotoralfbe/43717489 > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Web : http://www.fotoralf.de > > -- > 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: OT Sunshine & Happiness
My God you must be bored... On 4/15/2020 10:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: https://photos.app.goo.gl/UqYnuefBk5UcphS99 I am trying to take advantage of my days not working combined with nice weather and put some miles on my bike. I would have been able to put a few more miles on before I ran out of light, but about 7 miles into the ride I decided that I really needed to support one of our local businesses. I’ll post some real photos from yesterday and today’s rides at some point. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com -- Any idiot can shoot with a Canon, Nikon, or Sony, it takes a special kind of idiot to use a 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: Bike rides
On 15/4/20, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >Though I suspect some on this list would be more interested in the toy >parked next to it >https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779053588/in/album-72157713909811417/ Proves that I look at your pics ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ UK Shoot / Edit || (O) | -- _ -- 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: Scanning old negs
The BOOWU-M arrived about 10 minutes ago, so after a brief moment of confusion until I realised I had to remove the lens head from the 50mm, I took a first snap. This is with the A4 attachment, shot in window light at f8, aperture priority. The full frame with no post production. The book is larger than A4 which is why it’s skewed. It was very quickly done - very old-skool but quick and effective. https://adobe.ly/2xB5oEx A nice led light panel is on its way to me, so I shall try a page of negs and slides when it arrives. > On 13 Apr 2020, at 19:43, Bob Pdml wrote: > > Good luck with that. I have a film scanner, but want to scan whole sheets. > > As well as a scanner I have a cunning plan. > > I have just bought on ebay a BOOWU-M (later BOWUM), which is a very old skool > Leitz copy stand on legs, set up for use with a 50mm lens, with which you can > copy documents of A4, A5 or A6 format. Pentax used to sell something similar. > > I can attach to this my Leica typ 262 with the 50mm Summicron, plonk it on a > large enough light table above the page of negs/slides, mask off any excess > light, and bad-a-bing - with the self-timer as the typ 262 can’t be tethered > to LR. > > I also have the M adapter for my micro-4/3rds camera, so I could also try > that, but tethered to LR. > > Watch this space. > > B > >> On 13 Apr 2020, at 15:24, Dale H. Cook wrote: >> >> My brother bought a used slide scanner, and when he finishes scanning his >> slides he will ship it to me. I didn't ask what make or model it is, but he >> said it has carriers for a few sizes of film including 35mm. I probably >> won't have it here for another month or two, but when I do I will have a >> stab at my Tri-X and Plus-X negatives and will report on the results. >> -- >> Dale H. Cook, Pentax K-70 w/ Pentax-DA 18-270mm walking- >> around lens, Rokinon 650Z 650-1300mm telephoto lens >> https://plymouthcolony.net/photos/index.html >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. -- 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 - Flowers
Rick Thanks for the comments. I also dislike the Morning Glory plants and remove when I can. I have tried with the sliders in light room but I need to experiment more as I am still not happy with the results. Patrick On 4/16/2020 1:20 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Patrick, I particularly like the morning glory pic—very nice use of lighting, DOF, and color. I hate morning glory plants, though, because once they get into a garden they’re almost impossible to get rid of. If you’re shooting RAW, and using Lightroom, I’ve played with the Saturation slider in HSL to tame red and yellow flowers. Rick On Apr 12, 2020, at 12:23 PM, patrick nelson wrote: Hello All Trying to keep amused under lockdown Geranium Bud https://flic.kr/p/2iPBcrx Morning Glory https://flic.kr/p/2iPBcuo Both taken with Ks-2 and Pentax A 100 F4 Macro with extension tubes I need to look into focus stacking and the Geranium tends to blow out the reds. Comments welcome Patrick -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.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: Bike rides
> On Apr 15, 2020, at 10:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > It’s funny how what would be a nice warm up before the serious part of a > ride, when you’re in shape, can kind of kick your butt on your fourth ride of > the year (or fifth ride in too many years). I am rather fortunate that there > are some very nice bike rides in my area, particularly if you enjoy hills. > I’ve been trying to take it easy, using the granny gears and staying off the > steep grades. There were a couple of times my cyclometer said 10%, but I > think it was just confused, I doubt I did much riding past 5%. > > In the department of “built for comfort not for speed”, that is to say my > bike, I’m not built for either, here’s a photo of my current nice roadbike: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779560781/in/album-72157713909811417/ > > It’s a Soma Doublecross steel (cyclocross style frame), triple gear front > crankset (any ride within 30 miles of my house involves hills, and I’ve > depended on that granny gear low for 40 years) > Suspension forks with cantilever brakes, you can’t see them in this photo but > I’ve got the inline brakes on the upper bar so I can ride in a comfortable > position. With everything off the bike, it’s 32 pounds, with both bags, > water, camera and second lens, etc. it weighed in at 44 pounds. I figure > that with me pushing 200 lbs, it’s more cost efficient to lose 30 pounds off > the rider than 10 pounds off the bike. > > I saw this toy by the side of the road yesterday and had to get a photo > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779052848/in/album-72157713909811417/ > > Though I suspect some on this list would be more interested in the toy parked > next to it > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779053588/in/album-72157713909811417/ > > Full set at: > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713909811417 > > If you do any hiking on the west coast, an important rhyme to learn is > “leaves of three, let it be” > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779936812/in/album-72157713909923417/ > > Here’s a shot I rather like of some lupin > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779587901/in/album-72157713909923417/ It’s a lovely one but I also like several others, such as https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779063053/in/album-72157713909923417/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779928117/in/album-72157713909923417/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779940032/in/album-72157713909923417/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779940947/in/album-72157713909923417/ And for the life of me I wouldn’t be able to decide which crop I like better between these two: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779935537/in/album-72157713909923417/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/49779072773/in/album-72157713909923417/ I’m glad I don’t need to choose! > > My flower and mushroom shots of the past two days are here, if anyone wants > to ID them, that would be great. > https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157713909923417 > > > -- > Larry Colen > l...@red4est.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.
