Snowdrop
The snowdrops bloomed yesterday. As I’ve done for many a year, I got down on the ground — more or less — and photographed a bloom. k-1, DFA 100/2.8 macro, f13 1/250th. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ewfysku994twcsd9puqoe/snowdrop.24.jpg?rlkey=csl5k56dysa7eqgjdu7so7udb=0 Paul -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
On 3/03/2024 8:01 pm, Henk Terhell wrote: More news on the Pentax film camera: https://youtu.be/xqRQTOkhOJU?si=PssAjafiIoYaxbuW As for me, with a least a dozen film camera's accumulating dust on the shelf is not fair to these to invest in a new one. Same here. All of this discussion reminded me that I have an old (very old!) Olympus Pen half frame around somewhere. If I can work up enough enthusiasm, I might try it out for old time's sake - assuming it still works. I think it dates from around 1959. Brian -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. www.avast.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)
I should be free mid afternoon. Fire when ready. On 3/3/24 6:08 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Thanks, Doug. I’d love to “pick your brain”! Church and a memorial service ate up today. Tomorrow is pretty clear; mid-to-late morning or after 2 in the afternoon would be best for me. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
On 3/3/2024 4:25 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Very few of my fantasies are likely, that doesn't make them much less fun, it just means that they remain fantasies rather than becoming memories. You just described my experience with girls while I was a teenager. bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)
Thanks, Doug. I’d love to “pick your brain”! Church and a memorial service ate up today. Tomorrow is pretty clear; mid-to-late morning or after 2 in the afternoon would be best for me. On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 13:20 Doug Brewer wrote: > Rick, I'm home working on some edits. Drop me an email if you like and > I'd be glad to offer what guidance I can. > > On 3/3/24 11:00 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > > I have been using Lightroom since 2005, and it has worked well. There are > > over 50,000 photos in my library. Last week I upgraded the Mac OS to > Sonoma > > 14.1.2, and upgraded LrC to 13.1. > > > > All hell broke loose. Since the upgrades LrC simply doesn't work: > opening a > > library opens only a fraction of the photos it contains, and those cannot > > be edited. When I try to import new photos from an SD card, LrC > re-imports > > existing photos from the catalog along with some of the new ones; and > once > > they're "imported" neither I nor the Finder can't find them. > > > > I removed LrC 13.1 and re-installed it, but the problem persists. Disk > > Utility finds no problems, and my other apps are running without > problems. > > > > Advice that leads to restoring a usable LrC will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Rick > > -- > > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
> On Mar 3, 2024, at 1:34 PM, Bill wrote: >> If Ricoh were really thinking outside the box, they would take a film SLR >> and replace the focusing screen with a sensor. The viewfinder would be >> electronic, and it would be able to take digital images either as proofs or >> cheap snaps, but when you wanted, you could flip a switch and expose a frame >> of film. >> > This would require a sea change in their camera philosophy and a tremendous > cash outlay available for throwing burning hundred dollar bills out the > window. > > Neither is likely. Very few of my fantasies are likely, that doesn't make them much less fun, it just means that they remain fantasies rather than becoming memories. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
On 3/3/2024 2:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: You mean that there are people who think that photography is actually fun? Some of us still do it for the joy of doing it rather than treating it as some sort of chore where we need to post one masterpiece per day in Instagram. I was quite surprised that it is a vertical half frame, but the logic behind that decision is that a vertical format is what the target market is already comfortable with. I'm inclined to suggest that one of the biggest advantages of film is that every frame does cost money, it is what forces you to slow down and think about each shot. If Ricoh were really thinking outside the box, they would take a film SLR and replace the focusing screen with a sensor. The viewfinder would be electronic, and it would be able to take digital images either as proofs or cheap snaps, but when you wanted, you could flip a switch and expose a frame of film. This would require a sea change in their camera philosophy and a tremendous cash outlay available for throwing burning hundred dollar bills out the window. Neither is likely. bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
On 3/3/2024 11:49 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 03.03.24 um 18:39 schrieb Doug Brewer: Grain is indeed part of the allure. In an earlier life, I used to shoot expired Tri X at 3200 and process it in Diafine, mostly because it was cheap and simple. You don't get much grainier than that. Ralf I used to rate Kodak Recording film at either 3200 or 6400 for similar effect. bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
> On Mar 3, 2024, at 9:29 AM, Bill wrote: > > > On 3/3/2024 9:04 AM, Comcast wrote: >> As a medium, film suffers in comparison to digital in that it is less >> capable of low light reproduction and when pushed, image quality drops >> precipitously. The solution has always been larger formats. My best film >> work was generally on 6x7 or 6x6 film. Half a f a 35 mm frame has no appeal >> whatsoever. Am I missing something here? >> Paul > > Yeah, you are not in the target market for a half frame P camera just like > the target market for this camera is interested in a view camera. I remember when I was a kid all of the anti-drug propaganda that was made by adults who were desperately trying to send out messages that were "cool", and failing miserably. I also look at every fashion trend that I think is incredibly lame, but which is the hot buzz, from wearing trousers hanging so low that half your underwear is visible to "stanced" cars, that I think is incredibly lame, but nonetheless is "cool". I can't tell whether this is a case of Ricoh cluelessly trying to be cool, my being clueless at what actually is cool, or both. There is a lot to be said in favor of the not just being a 'me too' company and trying new things. I personally would prefer a K-1 III, and I'd also prefer a UI that put less effort into being a large heavy expensive point and shoot, and more into making it easier to get the best possible raw file. Unfortunately, once again, I am not what large companies perceive as their target market, otherwise I would have been able to find a sporty rear wheel drive hatchback (estate or shooting brake) car that gets >35MPG on the freeway, has a manual transmission and doesn't have all sorts of "features" where the car does things that the driver doesn't explicitly tell it to do. > > Over on the Forum of Pentax this camera is getting quite a bit of buzz from > people who still treat photography as a fun experiment. You mean that there are people who think that photography is actually fun? > > I was quite surprised that it is a vertical half frame, but the logic behind > that decision is that a vertical format is what the target market is already > comfortable with. I'm inclined to suggest that one of the biggest advantages of film is that every frame does cost money, it is what forces you to slow down and think about each shot. If Ricoh were really thinking outside the box, they would take a film SLR and replace the focusing screen with a sensor. The viewfinder would be electronic, and it would be able to take digital images either as proofs or cheap snaps, but when you wanted, you could flip a switch and expose a frame of film. > > bill > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from ret13est -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
Am 03.03.24 um 18:39 schrieb Doug Brewer: Grain is indeed part of the allure. In an earlier life, I used to shoot expired Tri X at 3200 and process it in Diafine, mostly because it was cheap and simple. You don't get much grainier than that. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
Am 03.03.24 um 18:29 schrieb Bill: I was quite surprised that it is a vertical half frame, but the logic behind that decision is that a vertical format is what the target market is already comfortable with. Making it a horizontal half frame would mean transporting the film from top to bottom and a very odd shape of the camera. There has apparently been a market for vertical frame cameras long before mobile phone photography. Remember those 645 rangefinders from Bronica (or Mamiya) in the late 80s or 90s? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
Grain is indeed part of the allure. On 3/3/24 10:51 AM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 03.03.24 um 16:16 schrieb Bob W PDML: Yes. You’re not part of the target market. It’s aimed at young people who are using it for fun. If shooting grainy photos is fun then let them have it. :-) Ralf -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email topdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
On 3/3/2024 9:04 AM, Comcast wrote: As a medium, film suffers in comparison to digital in that it is less capable of low light reproduction and when pushed, image quality drops precipitously. The solution has always been larger formats. My best film work was generally on 6x7 or 6x6 film. Half a f a 35 mm frame has no appeal whatsoever. Am I missing something here? Paul Yeah, you are not in the target market for a half frame P camera just like the target market for this camera is interested in a view camera. Over on the Forum of Pentax this camera is getting quite a bit of buzz from people who still treat photography as a fun experiment. I was quite surprised that it is a vertical half frame, but the logic behind that decision is that a vertical format is what the target market is already comfortable with. bill -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)
Rick, I'm home working on some edits. Drop me an email if you like and I'd be glad to offer what guidance I can. On 3/3/24 11:00 AM, Rick Womer wrote: I have been using Lightroom since 2005, and it has worked well. There are over 50,000 photos in my library. Last week I upgraded the Mac OS to Sonoma 14.1.2, and upgraded LrC to 13.1. All hell broke loose. Since the upgrades LrC simply doesn't work: opening a library opens only a fraction of the photos it contains, and those cannot be edited. When I try to import new photos from an SD card, LrC re-imports existing photos from the catalog along with some of the new ones; and once they're "imported" neither I nor the Finder can't find them. I removed LrC 13.1 and re-installed it, but the problem persists. Disk Utility finds no problems, and my other apps are running without problems. Advice that leads to restoring a usable LrC will be greatly appreciated. Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
My take is this: Pentax has a history of zigging while others are zagging.The demographic of the majority of those getting into film today are people who have been raised knowing nothing but digital - those to whom film is something new and different. (It's the Dr. Seuss book Star-Bellied Sneetches.) If Pentax is offering a half-frame in digital, it is because it will give them an advantage over the majority of existing film cameras: twice the number of shots on a roll of film. This obviously reduces the cost of film & developing by 50% for those using half-frames. Vintage half frames aren't going to have the ease of use of a new Pentax model - if prospective buyers even know that they exist. Also, many today are living in a hybrid world of film and digitizing. Who knows what other things Ricoh/Pentax are dreaming up to potentially meld those two worlds? A small market is effectively a large market if you have it almost entirely to yourself. Respectfully, Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Sun, Mar 3, 2024 at 10:15 AM mike wilson wrote: > > > On 03/03/2024 15:04 GMT Comcast wrote: > > > > > > As a medium, film suffers in comparison to digital in that it is less > capable of low light reproduction and when pushed, image quality drops > precipitously. The solution has always been larger formats. My best film > work was generally on 6x7 or 6x6 film. Half a f a 35 mm frame has no appeal > whatsoever. Am I missing something here? > > Paul > > Not being (or wanting to be) part of the in crowd? > > > > > > On Mar 3, 2024, at 4:01 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > > > > > > More news on the Pentax film camera: > > > https://youtu.be/xqRQTOkhOJU?si=PssAjafiIoYaxbuW > > > > > > As for me, with a least a dozen film camera's accumulating dust on the > shelf is not fair to these to invest in a new one. > > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- “The Earth is Art, The Photographer is only a Witness ” ― Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Earth from Above -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
> On 03/03/2024 15:04 GMT Comcast wrote: > > > As a medium, film suffers in comparison to digital in that it is less capable > of low light reproduction and when pushed, image quality drops precipitously. > The solution has always been larger formats. My best film work was generally > on 6x7 or 6x6 film. Half a f a 35 mm frame has no appeal whatsoever. Am I > missing something here? > Paul Not being (or wanting to be) part of the in crowd? > > > On Mar 3, 2024, at 4:01 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > > > > More news on the Pentax film camera: > > https://youtu.be/xqRQTOkhOJU?si=PssAjafiIoYaxbuW > > > > As for me, with a least a dozen film camera's accumulating dust on the > > shelf is not fair to these to invest in a new one. > > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Lightroom Classic + Sonoma upgrades = Trouble (still)
I have been using Lightroom since 2005, and it has worked well. There are over 50,000 photos in my library. Last week I upgraded the Mac OS to Sonoma 14.1.2, and upgraded LrC to 13.1. All hell broke loose. Since the upgrades LrC simply doesn't work: opening a library opens only a fraction of the photos it contains, and those cannot be edited. When I try to import new photos from an SD card, LrC re-imports existing photos from the catalog along with some of the new ones; and once they're "imported" neither I nor the Finder can't find them. I removed LrC 13.1 and re-installed it, but the problem persists. Disk Utility finds no problems, and my other apps are running without problems. Advice that leads to restoring a usable LrC will be greatly appreciated. Rick -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
Am 03.03.24 um 16:16 schrieb Bob W PDML: Yes. You’re not part of the target market. It’s aimed at young people who are using it for fun. If shooting grainy photos is fun then let them have it. :-) Ralf -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email topdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog :http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos :https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
> Am I missing something here? Yes. You’re not part of the target market. It’s aimed at young people who are using it for fun. > On 3 Mar 2024, at 15:07, Comcast wrote: > > As a medium, film suffers in comparison to digital in that it is less > capable of low light reproduction and when pushed, image quality drops > precipitously. The solution has always been larger formats. My best film work > was generally on 6x7 or 6x6 film. Half a f a 35 mm frame has no appeal > whatsoever. Am I missing something here? > Paul > >> On Mar 3, 2024, at 4:01 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: >> >> More news on the Pentax film camera: >> https://youtu.be/xqRQTOkhOJU?si=PssAjafiIoYaxbuW >> >> As for me, with a least a dozen film camera's accumulating dust on the shelf >> is not fair to these to invest in a new one. >> >> Henk >> -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
As a medium, film suffers in comparison to digital in that it is less capable of low light reproduction and when pushed, image quality drops precipitously. The solution has always been larger formats. My best film work was generally on 6x7 or 6x6 film. Half a f a 35 mm frame has no appeal whatsoever. Am I missing something here? Paul > On Mar 3, 2024, at 4:01 AM, Henk Terhell wrote: > > More news on the Pentax film camera: > https://youtu.be/xqRQTOkhOJU?si=PssAjafiIoYaxbuW > > As for me, with a least a dozen film camera's accumulating dust on the shelf > is not fair to these to invest in a new one. > > Henk > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A half-frame Pentax film camera
More on PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2024/02/29/pentaxs-brand-new-film-camera-will-lauch-this-summer/ > On 3 Mar 2024, at 09:01, Henk Terhell wrote: > > More news on the Pentax film camera: > https://youtu.be/xqRQTOkhOJU?si=PssAjafiIoYaxbuW > > As for me, with a least a dozen film camera's accumulating dust on the shelf > is not fair to these to invest in a new one. > > Henk > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
A half-frame Pentax film camera
More news on the Pentax film camera: https://youtu.be/xqRQTOkhOJU?si=PssAjafiIoYaxbuW As for me, with a least a dozen film camera's accumulating dust on the shelf is not fair to these to invest in a new one. Henk -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
