PESO - Morning Light
I was going through some older photos and came across this shot. I don't recall sharing it before. This was taken in the film days, so I can't remember all the details. I believe the camera was a PZ1p and the lens was an FA 28/2.8. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/101434682@N06/10062112613/ -- Bruce -- 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 - Sunset
Taken tonight. I could tell the clouds were going to cooperate to provide a good image - just had to find a location that would work. http://www.flickr.com/photos/101434682@N06/9849048863/ Pentax K-r smc PENTAX-DA* 16-50mm F2.8 ED AL -- 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 - Smoke Effects
There has been some smoke in our area from the Yosemite Rim fire that provided an opportunity. Taken with the K5, Sigma 100-300/4 EX http://www.flickriver.com/photos/101434682@N06/9725783174/#large -- 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 - Flying Rat
Thought I would take a stab at posting a PESO. Haven't been doing this for quite a while and decided to try Flickr as Aperture can post directly to it. Much quicker and easier than dealing with the HTML on my own site. I'm open to suggestions from the group if this doesn't work too well. Anyway, here it is taken at the golden light of sunset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/101434682@N06/9689161611/in/set-72157635419000680 Pentax K5 Tokina AT-X 400 ISO 800 F/8 1/1250 sec -- 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 - Lonesome Gull
Well to get a shot like that is worth getting a little wet. Seems that bad weather makes for more interesting pictures. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Well - the gull isn't very prominent in the frame but I liked the title :-) Taken on my recent sojourn south at the end of a day spent tasting the local Pinot Noir. The distant storm and setting sun produced this almost iridescent blue colour on Port Phillip Bay. Unfortunately our holiday flat was located pretty much in the middle of that storm and, yes, we got drenched about 30 minutes later http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP9089peso.html Comments appreciated. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - The professional email service -- 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 - Skyline at Dawn
Both are nicely done. This new one is the better of the two. It has a little more drama and interest to it. Color becomes you! Keep it up. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Another from the sunrise session taken the weekend before this past one. This was among the earliest I took last Sunday morning, hence the darker skies. Less water, more sky, zoomed out a bit as compared to last week's skyline photo: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/skyline-at-dawn.html By comparison, here's the one I showed last week: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/quiet-city.html Hope you like. Comments welcome. *stD, Tokina 80-200mm f2.8, Manfrotto monopod. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 vs. K-7
All I can say is wow! Both the shot and the dynamic range. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: P N Stenquist wrote: A link from Dario. He points out that not only is the noise greatly reduced, but the dynamic range on blacks is much improved as well. http://www.popco.net/zboard/zboard.php?id=dica_forum_pentaxpage=1sn1=divpage=3sn=offss=onsc=onselect_arrange=headnumdesc=ascno=14223 Very impressive. And it's the dynamic range that has me interested. I never upgraded my K20D to the K7 because I didn't see a significant difference in image quality and didn't really need the other advances it offered. But I can tell you that since buying the Sony A850 I've hardly touched my Pentax gear. Not because of the resolution of the full-frame sensor (though it's certainly nice) but because of the huge improvement in dynamic range the A850 offers over the K20D. Mike Johnston mentioned the DR of the Sony in his full-frame round up (http://theonlinephotographer.typepad.com/the_online_photographer/2008/12/sony-vs-nikon-v.html) but I didn't believe how good it was until I started shooting with the camera. I took some shots in New Hampshire convinced that I was wasting my time because I didn't think it would be possible to get the shadows without losing the highlights or vice-versa (http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/franconia1/7da02723.html) and opening the raw files up in Lightroom was a revelation. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - i-Phone Photog
As presented I think it is a fine shot. Good work as usual. This is the Frank that I remember! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Everyone's a street photographer now: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/i-phone-photog.html ;-) All this talk of rangefinders made me decide to look through some of the discs of scanned rolls I took over the last year. This is one that I originally rejected because it didn't work full frame, but a crop to square makes all the difference. Sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do, eh? Leica CL, Summicron C 40mm f2.0, TriX Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: 645D to be marketed Worldwide in December
Well it is an example of you being out of touch but... Isn't Lisa his SO? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Never thought of that. I assumed it was just another example of me being out of touch. Sigh. On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Alastair Robertson kiwibiolog...@gmail.com wrote: I bet he meant list Alastair On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:30 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: OK, I'll ask. What the hell is the Lisa? On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Miserere wrote: I'm surprised nobody's posted this yet: http://www.dpreview.com/news/1009/10092318pentax645davailbility.asp Prices are (body only)... $10k for the US. £9k for the UK. Seems the Brits are getting the expensive end of the stick again--£9k today is a little over $14k. Anyone who wants to spend a night on the couch on their way to pick up a US 645D can do so :-) Mark, when are you placing your preorder? Jostein, what about you? The amount of fuss we're seeing on the Lisa (IOW, none at all) is pretty much what I'd expect regarding a $10,000 medium format camera. -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: GESO - Vacation quickies Cape May/Sunset/Lighthouse
Nice shots all, but the first one is more than excellent - easily my favorite. Thanks for sharing with us. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: Just some quick shots in the middle of vacation... lighthouse-at-sunset type stuff. I'm without my usual software and working on a pretty poor laptop monitor, but trying to get something out. I've rented a Pentax 12-24/4 for the trip. It's a blast and lots of fun, and optically it seems good enough, but not perfect. Again I haven't looked in great detail, but it seems like there's some visible CA that I'll try to correct later, and textures are not as well defined as they would be on an excellent lens. The challenges of the focal length have to be kept in mind, I suppose. http://ductwhisky.blogspot.com/2010/09/cape-may-sunset-walk-at-meadows.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: CO145
You didn't indicate if you are satisfied with this rendering. It sure jumps out at you. Almost a Velvia look to it. I do like it. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Messing with Photoshop again. Found a tutorial on luminosity masking adjustment layers and thought I'd play around with it to see if I can do anything with it. First effort is a photo I took along side the highway just south of Telluride, CO back in 2007. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/594066/#/photos/jb_sessoms/594066/lightbox/ It really did have that kind of intense color against a brooding dark sky. That's why I stopped. I've posted another photo I took from the same spot once before, but was never satisfied with it. -- 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: are you guys seeing this email?
Yes yes yes -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: test, test, test -- 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: PAW35 - V
Well I find this rather interesting. It feels rather empty but yet it feels full of subject - thanks for sharing. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Another one from some cold beach http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, da*16-5...@16mm, 1/90s, f/9.5, ISO200 DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- 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: Boris Peso 37 - Cabaret Mechanical Theatre
The shadows and colors make this a much better than average picture. One of the more striking images from you Boris. Very well done. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I haven't been posting PESOs for a while. Here is a rather fresh one: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/09/peso-2010-37-cabaret-mechanical-theatre.html Be brutal and honest... Thanks in advance. Boris -- 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: Fairly large earthquake
Wow! I'm glad that you're ok. That is one big earthquake! I was in the middle of the Loma Priata quake near San Francisco in 1989. That was a 7.1 and it was really major. I hope that all turns out well for you. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: Hi all, Not sure if we'll make worldwide news but we've had a 7.4 earthquake here. It struck during the night and was pretty effective at waking me up. It was close and shallow, 30km away and 33km deep. http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366146g.html We're OK, only minor damage. A couple of bits of broken glassware inside, and we lost the top of one of our chimneys which broke a few tiles on its way down. Most of the city has lost power and a water main burst here so there's no water either. I expect that'll be sorted out before too long. I'm sending this from one of our laptops (with the good battery) and a cellular USB modem. Handy things to have. But I might not be checking my email often for a few days. We're getting small aftershocks every couple of minutes (some less small than others!). I'm still shaking a bit myself! Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Fairly large earthquake
Very clever! Me like. :) -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: Pentax SR only works up to magnitude 5.0 quakes, after that performance deteriorates considerably. Everyone knows Nikon and Canon are way ahead of Pentax in this area, boasting SR up to 7.8 magnitude. Tom C. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:10 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Glad you're OK. Those things really scare me. Did you get a chance to test Pentax SR? On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:02 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: That's a major earthquake. Good to hear you're okay. I'm sure it will make international news reports. Good luck with the electricity and water. How long it takes probably depends on the extent of the damage. Paul On Sep 3, 2010, at 1:47 PM, David Mann wrote: Hi all, Not sure if we'll make worldwide news but we've had a 7.4 earthquake here. It struck during the night and was pretty effective at waking me up. It was close and shallow, 30km away and 33km deep. http://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/quakes/3366146g.html We're OK, only minor damage. A couple of bits of broken glassware inside, and we lost the top of one of our chimneys which broke a few tiles on its way down. Most of the city has lost power and a water main burst here so there's no water either. I expect that'll be sorted out before too long. I'm sending this from one of our laptops (with the good battery) and a cellular USB modem. Handy things to have. But I might not be checking my email often for a few days. We're getting small aftershocks every couple of minutes (some less small than others!). I'm still shaking a bit myself! Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: PESO - Charlotte's Web
I would have preferred not to have that in the picture but seeing how the web was attached to it I couldn't risk any kind of removal. Such is real life...sigh. Thanks for taking a look. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:14 -0700, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: I've been very busy, not as much personal shooting lately. Anyway, here is a shot that I took this morning out in the garden. In case you didn't get it from the subject, yes it is a spider. Pentax K-x, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro, Tripod mounted ISO 800, 1/125 sec @ f/11 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto_01044.htm A very well composed and effective image. I'm trying to imagine it without the vertical bit of foliage - on balance, I think the image would work as well. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin -- 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: I hate my K10D's AF
For me, the write speed was the big improvement over the *istD. I don't recall using af on it very often. The K20 was an improvement in af but I still manually focus it quite a bit. The K-x is much better at af than the K20 and I suspect the K7 is even better. Give them a few more models and they might end up with an ok AF system. Of course I never bought in to the Pentax system because of AF...grin -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: My memories of the K10D are a bit foggy. I don't remember it in detail, but apparently it was at least okay. I do recall that I found it to be an upgrade from the *istD. I do believe that I used manual focus far more often than I now do with the K7. It's all about adapting to the equipment you're using. Paul On Sep 2, 2010, at 10:11 PM, drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Can you feel the love? It's not too bad if you have time to practice. My K10D did fine at the MC race because I has time to prefocus and work out my own timing. -Original Message- From: John Celio n...@neovenator.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 19:00:55 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: I hate my K10D's AF I know your pain, bro. I hate my K10D quite a bit, but when focus is critical I hate it even more. When the day comes that I can afford to upgrade, I'm probably not going to sell my K10D. I wouldn't want to inflict its bullshit on someone else. No, I may just go Office Space on it: http://www.vimeo.com/5944863 John -- http://www.jacelio.com http://www.cafepress.com/jacelio - Original Message - From: eckinator eckina...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:52 PM Subject: I hate my K10D's AF Aaaargh... that thing doesn't have front or back focus, it has effin' wack focus... I just finished culling over 100 pictures of Mattis riding a slow kids' carousel and less than ten are properly focused. I shot images using both auto and manual focus point selection as I was anticipating this. Please tell me the current models have more brains before I am tempted to succumb to the yellow peril again... RGH -- Cheers Ecke - Cameras don’t shoot people. Photographers shoot people. -- 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. -- 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 - Curveball
My, my - Frank has gone from street to landscape to wildlife and now to sports. And he has done quite well at each of these different genres. Nice going again, Frank. To get the best shot off pitching, you have to be near the catcher. Been there many a time. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Well done Frank.You have caught the picture and ball pretty darn well. Dave On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:07 AM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: There's a lot of things I ~don't~ like about this one, but enough good things that I'm showing it anyway. ;-) http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/09/curveball.html For one thing I had the wrong lens (from my vantagepoint I needed something shorter than 200mm, so a zoom would have been nice). Hopefully this weekend there'll be some games and I can spend a good long time there with a zoom getting more shots. *istD, M200mm f4.0, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- 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: Crab Apples
Yes the K-x processing engine does do a pretty good job with the colors. I prefer the first shot - there is more there to hold my attention. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/apples.jpg (20%) http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/apples2.jpg (100%) I decided to stick my son's Super-Multi-Coated Takumar 135/3.5 on the K-X. Hand-held. ISO 200, Av mode. jpg file format. Metering is in averaging mode, so with the sky and brees I had to over-expose about 1 1/3 stops, iirc. Nice color saturation. Better than the K100D. Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- 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: Boston
Nice scene there. The exposure looks quite good. The sky seems just a little to dominant. I would crop a little off the top. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I went to meeting in Boston last week. Pedaling in the fitness room after dinner and saw this view out the window. Got my E-P1 from the room, shut off the lights in the fitness room and shot through the glass. http://s857.photobucket.com/albums/ab138/drd1135/PDML/?action=viewcurrent=bostoncity.jpg E-P1, Lumix 20 mm, f1.7, 1/40 s iso 1600 -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: K7 or Kx
One has to wonder how he came to that conclusion. Seems you would actually have to try all the cameras before relying on that. Perhaps it would be better to try the camera in question before making that broad of a generalization. Changes in sensors and support firmware can have a big impact on these kinds of things. Not to mention design goals of a particular camera. It is much like saying all lenses are sharpest at 2 stops from wide open. We know that isn't accurate because lens designs and goals affect that. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Sorry. The sentence should have read: Interesting that Boris suggests that a good rule of thumb is two EV down from the max ISO. Oy. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 2:17 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I remember Tri-X at ISO 400. All I could afford as a 15 year old kid and I developed it all myself. Interesting that Boris suggest that a good rule of thumb is EV down from the max ISO. So that puts the K7 at 1600 and the Kx at 3200. I found an interesting article at http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/K7/K7A.HTM . It's a K7 review but has many samples of images at high iso on different cameras, one of which was the E-P1. It appears that the E-P1 has better high ISO detailing than the K7, although a lot of this is judgement. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: It is kind of mind boggling. When I got my first SLR in the early 1960s High Speed Ektachrome, at ASA 160, was a big step up in speed. :-) On 9/1/2010 9:53 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I freely admit that I don't think I am really understanding the implications of ISO 12,800. It's like a person being 20 ft. tall. My mind has trouble associating that number with that property. I noticed that one high end Nikon had a max sensitivity of 102,400. That's like trying to grasp an f0.1 aperture. It makes mathematical sense in terms of EVs but I never thought I would see such a thing. On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:25 AM, Paul Sorensonallarou...@earthlink.net wrote: Here's another K-X example if you need low light capabilities. Pretty much a straight import into LR3 - at ISO 12,800. The noise isn't objectionable at normal viewing. (K-X, fa80-...@320mm,1/1...@f5.6) http://www.studio1941.com/photos/content/IMGP0631_large.html -p On 8/31/2010 1:34 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: One big difference for me was that with the K20 and earlier I really had to have good conditions (lighting, processing, etc) to make a high ISO shot reasonable. For instance, when shooting weddings I could take a couple of shots with the 50/1.4 lens close to wide open and no flash, then process to remove ugly color cast and grain, etc. The resulting image would possibly even need to be turned to BW. Basically, this meant that the shot was not the norm, but the exception. With the K-x, it is totally changed. Straight out of the camera, ISO 6400 is looking quite good - no extra work. So now I have shot entire receptions with no flash and no heavy post processing. Even more so, simple snaps of the family in situations where I would have used a flash in the past, I no longer need to. Gathered around the dinner table talking in the evening or playing a game or one of the kids receiving an award at school, etc. The ability to shoot consistently at high ISO (1600+) is a real game changer. ISO 6400, 85mm Soft Focus lens, no post processing, shot right after dinner: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp1200-1.htm I would never have thought to take that kind of shot in the past. That is why I am saying to try the K-x and really see how different you start shooting and thinking. When I got mine, it was only to shoot a gymnastics sporting event - that covered the cost for me. It turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg. Here is a shot from a reception - fairly dim lighting - ISO 6400 - pretty much no post processing: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/hoffman_00295.htm With flash, the shot would not be the same. This is the kind of thing I am talking about. Not really thinking about how you shoot today, but really thinking outside of the box. For me, the K-x was really a game changer in thought process and fun. Prior to that, pretty much the old thought process all the way back into my film days. If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. Time to change it up and see what this Brave New World is offering. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.851 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/3104 - Release Date: 08/31/10 01:34:00 -- 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. No virus found in this incoming
Re: confusing k-x behavior
I know this sounds a bit funny but most of us use a K-x for low light to not use a flash. So I have to at least ask what ISO you are shooting at? Also is this the popup flash or a clip on? Have you considered boosting iso up to 6400 to see how it would perform. These days I almost never use flash with the K-x...and this coming from someone who has 6 flashguns and knows how to use them. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: I've got my FA50/1.4 attached. I'm shooting in low light, but with the flash. It's exposing the images properly. But the images all have 1/8 @ f2.5. And the shutter sounds like it. When I go into brighter light, it behaves as though there is no flash. Still exposes properly per the flash but registers the ambient settings in the image. I'm going to try another lens. :-( Any ideas? Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- 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: confusing k-x behavior
I think we are agreeing. I use flash all the time - but more as fill rather than primary source. Of course when there is that much light, one hardly needs the low light capabilities of the K-x. That is when my K20 comes out to play. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Flash can be a nice supplement in all kinds of light. I frequently use it in full sun. Whether or not the camera has enough sensitivity for the ambient light is beside the point in my opinion. Paul On Sep 1, 2010, at 9:06 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I know this sounds a bit funny but most of us use a K-x for low light to not use a flash. So I have to at least ask what ISO you are shooting at? Also is this the popup flash or a clip on? Have you considered boosting iso up to 6400 to see how it would perform. These days I almost never use flash with the K-x...and this coming from someone who has 6 flashguns and knows how to use them. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: I've got my FA50/1.4 attached. I'm shooting in low light, but with the flash. It's exposing the images properly. But the images all have 1/8 @ f2.5. And the shutter sounds like it. When I go into brighter light, it behaves as though there is no flash. Still exposes properly per the flash but registers the ambient settings in the image. I'm going to try another lens. :-( Any ideas? Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- 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. -- 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 - Charlotte's Web
I've been very busy, not as much personal shooting lately. Anyway, here is a shot that I took this morning out in the garden. In case you didn't get it from the subject, yes it is a spider. Pentax K-x, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro, Tripod mounted ISO 800, 1/125 sec @ f/11 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkdphoto_01044.htm -- Bruce -- 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: K7 or Kx
Funny thing about the low light question...before I got a K-x, I didn't shoot low light much without a tripod but that was really because my K20 and earlier cameras couldn't shoot low light. Now that I have a K-x, my shooting techniques and style s have been changing due too the new capability. So the K7 represents the best of shooting the old way and the K-x represents the opportunity to do some new and exciting things. For me at this stage, I would go for the K-x. If you buy from BH you have some time to return and exchange. That would be ideal. Get the K-x because it lets you try things you haven't done before. If you find you aren't delighted with it you can return it and get the K7. For me, at this point I never use my K20 anymore unless my daughter is using at the time I need it. Given the choice, I always pick the K-x over the K20. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Steven Desjardins wrote: I thought of that, but I'd like to buy a new body. KEH has two K7 now for $789 and $819 which is not much of a savings, and I don't think I'd buy one off ebay, etc. I do like your comment But K-x has a sensor second to none. I think Canon and Nikon might contest that. Of course, it could be a better sensor than the K7. I'm not one that too fussy about micro-artifacts however. I've used both the K-7 and the K-x and my advice is simple: 1) Do you shoot mainly in good/reasonable light, using ISO 100 to 400 and add flash in low light? Go for the K-7, which is an overall better capable camera for sure. 2) Do you shoot with available light? The K-x is far better for that. IMO, all of the K-7 pluses put together cannot compensate for the huge difference in image quality in favor of the K-x above ISO 400. Whichever you choose now, it is likely after Photokina you'll want to jump all feet on such camera and replace it with one of the new ones for a good reason :-) Dario -- 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: K7 or Kx
One big difference for me was that with the K20 and earlier I really had to have good conditions (lighting, processing, etc) to make a high ISO shot reasonable. For instance, when shooting weddings I could take a couple of shots with the 50/1.4 lens close to wide open and no flash, then process to remove ugly color cast and grain, etc. The resulting image would possibly even need to be turned to BW. Basically, this meant that the shot was not the norm, but the exception. With the K-x, it is totally changed. Straight out of the camera, ISO 6400 is looking quite good - no extra work. So now I have shot entire receptions with no flash and no heavy post processing. Even more so, simple snaps of the family in situations where I would have used a flash in the past, I no longer need to. Gathered around the dinner table talking in the evening or playing a game or one of the kids receiving an award at school, etc. The ability to shoot consistently at high ISO (1600+) is a real game changer. ISO 6400, 85mm Soft Focus lens, no post processing, shot right after dinner: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp1200-1.htm I would never have thought to take that kind of shot in the past. That is why I am saying to try the K-x and really see how different you start shooting and thinking. When I got mine, it was only to shoot a gymnastics sporting event - that covered the cost for me. It turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg. Here is a shot from a reception - fairly dim lighting - ISO 6400 - pretty much no post processing: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/hoffman_00295.htm With flash, the shot would not be the same. This is the kind of thing I am talking about. Not really thinking about how you shoot today, but really thinking outside of the box. For me, the K-x was really a game changer in thought process and fun. Prior to that, pretty much the old thought process all the way back into my film days. If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. Time to change it up and see what this Brave New World is offering. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 10:07:28 AM, you wrote: SD Thanks for the shots. When needed, I would push the K10D to 800. The SD K7 should be at least that good, yes? I am intrigued by Bruce's SD comment. We are now reaching the stage where digital will begin to SD have capabilities that will change the way people shoot. HDR might SD also that it they ever get it right. My own wild prediction is that SD eventually exposure will be a non-issue and will be a processed SD property. Maybe even focus. SD On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 12:33 PM, paul stenquist SD pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On the other hand, if you plan to shoot in bad weather or if you work your cameras as hard as I do, you'll probably want the K7. While the K7 does begin to show some noise in exposures at ISOs above 400, the noise doesn't ramp up all that much at levels above 400. My photo for the Pentax show in Chicago was shot at ISO 3200 with the K7: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=9902961size=lg I've had reasonable success with the K7 at 6400: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10541951size=lg And I regularly use it at ISO 800: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11014855 Film grain never bothered me a lot, and a bit of digital noise isn't a problem for me or my clients. But I will be adding a K5 to the arsenal when it becomes available. My k7 is closing in on 30,000 frames, so it's time to send it to back-up mode. Paul On Aug 31, 2010, at 12:02 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Funny thing about the low light question...before I got a K-x, I didn't shoot low light much without a tripod but that was really because my K20 and earlier cameras couldn't shoot low light. Now that I have a K-x, my shooting techniques and style s have been changing due too the new capability. So the K7 represents the best of shooting the old way and the K-x represents the opportunity to do some new and exciting things. For me at this stage, I would go for the K-x. If you buy from BH you have some time to return and exchange. That would be ideal. Get the K-x because it lets you try things you haven't done before. If you find you aren't delighted with it you can return it and get the K7. For me, at this point I never use my K20 anymore unless my daughter is using at the time I need it. Given the choice, I always pick the K-x over the K20. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: Steven Desjardins wrote: I thought of that, but I'd like to buy a new body. KEH has two K7 now for $789 and $819 which is not much of a savings, and I don't think I'd buy one off ebay, etc. I do like your comment But K-x has a sensor second to none. I think Canon and Nikon might contest that. Of course, it could be a better sensor than the K7. I'm not one that too fussy
Re: Gear discovery Lowepro Inverse 200 AW belt pack
Not good to hear. I have been a fan of theirs for a long time and have many of their bags. No recent purchases but I will now be much more aware as I make future decisions. Thanks for the heads up. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: If the Inverse 200 had been available, I would have gotten it instead of the Orion AW. The Orion is too deep (front-to-back), and the top backpack section is useless to me. Unfortunately, I think the quality of LowePro products has declined recently. I had an Off Road that withstood over a decade of heavy use with nary a scuff. My Orion AW's shoulder strap wore out in 6 months (I'm now using the like-new strap from the Off Road!), and it is visibly scuffed. My Transit backpack (a general purpose bag, not a photo bag) had the velcro in the cell phone pocket wear out in one month, and one shoulder strap is fraying after 1 1/2 years. Not encouraging. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 8/30/10, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Gear discovery Lowepro Inverse 200 AW belt pack To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, August 30, 2010, 9:38 PM I've been looking for a good belt pack for about three years, I don't know if they just came out, or the local store just started carying them, but the Lowepro Inverse 200 AW is darn near exactly what I was looking for. On top of that, the tripod straps are almost exactly right for strapping it to the rack of my bicycle to use it as a bike trunk on bike rides. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: K7 or Kx
I certainly hope so. Of course then I would have to figure out how to afford it... -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Bruce, You're evil... Maybe the K-5 will be K-X like?? Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 1:34 PM, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: For me, the K-x was really a game changer in thought process and fun. Prior to that, pretty much the old thought process all the way back into my film days. If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. Time to change it up and see what this Brave New World is offering. -- 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: K7 or Kx
Hello John, I have both the K10 and K20 and the low light on the K10 is much worse, as you have experienced. The K20 and K7 have basically the same sensor so the low light performance between them is very similar. There are a few who think the K7 is better and a few who think the K20 is better. Be that as it may, the K-x is at least as much better than the K20 as the K20 is compared to the K10. Did I say that right. The step up from K10 to K20 is big, but the step up from K20 to K-x is even greater when it comes to low light performance. Yes, the shot needs the little catchlight removed, as you noted, but overall, the need to image process for high ISO is significantly lower than with the K20. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, August 31, 2010, 2:27:04 PM, you wrote: JS From: Bruce Dayton One big difference for me was that with the K20 and earlier I really had to have good conditions (lighting, processing, etc) to make a high ISO shot reasonable. For instance, when shooting weddings I could take a couple of shots with the 50/1.4 lens close to wide open and no flash, then process to remove ugly color cast and grain, etc. The resulting image would possibly even need to be turned to BW. Basically, this meant that the shot was not the norm, but the exception. JS I don't shoot a lot of high ISO. JS My experience with the K10 and K20 is/was that the K20 is better at ISO JS 1600 than the K10 was at ISO 800. At ISO 800 the K10 gave really sub-par JS results; at ISO 1600 the K20 gives adequate results - not great, but JS adequate. JS Maybe I got a better sample of the K20 than I did of the K10, but that's JS the way I experienced it. With the K-x, it is totally changed. Straight out of the camera, ISO 6400 is looking quite good - no extra work. So now I have shot entire receptions with no flash and no heavy post processing. Even more so, simple snaps of the family in situations where I would have used a flash in the past, I no longer need to. Gathered around the dinner table talking in the evening or playing a game or one of the kids receiving an award at school, etc. The ability to shoot consistently at high ISO (1600+) is a real game changer. ISO 6400, 85mm Soft Focus lens, no post processing, shot right after dinner: http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp1200-1.htm JS Needs just a bit of post processing. JS Good photo, and I can see what you mean about the low noise capability JS at high ISO, but that one highlight at the inside corner of the eye just JS reaches out and smacks you right in the face. -- 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: K7 or Kx
Based on your thoughts I would agree the K-x would be competing. The K7 seems to be the better choice for you. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. drd1...@gmail.com wrote: The E-P1 will probably be my low light camera since it's the one I'll grab to go walking around with. For me its mostly a question of actually taking the camera with me for events where photography is not the main purpose. The more I think about it, the Kx and the E-P1 may be competing for the same job. Shooting off the LCD is even better in low light. This is what has me thinking about the K7 as the serious work camera, like a motorcycle race. -Original Message- From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:46:33 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K7 or Kx Good question, with only opinions for answers. First off you have to ask yourself what the primary use of this camera will be. Any professional use or strictly amateur. The K-x is extremely well speced and is a bargain. It is very small and light and handles well. It is also tops when it comes to low light work. The K7 is a pro build, solid workhorse that is really designed to be used and abused. Everything about it is excellent. The one weakness is the sensor isn't as good at low light a the K-x. So I see it as the K-x is your choice if low light work is a major issue or if the camera will be used moderately. The K7 is your choice if you are looking for a real go to camera that is going to be used a lot. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Geez, the Leica thread turned into an everybody sucks thread. Here's a photographic opinion question for the combined wisdom of the list. OK, so the last time I saved up money I ended up buying an E-P1 and a Lumix 20mm 1.7. Combined with the macro 50 it's my walk around Disney World, etc., kit. I just did a major culling of the Pentax gear and only have the FA20-35, FA50 1.4 and the FA135 2.8 left. I need a new main body (I do have the *ist D and Ds left but not what I want to go with). The Kx and K7 should be coming down a bit in price because of the Kr and K5. I have about $900 but the Kr looks a lot like an upgraded Kx with the same sensor. I can go with the Kx and get a couple of kit lenses for about $100 extra (the 18-55 and the 55-300) or just blow it all on the K7. there are lots of advantages to the Kx but the K7 might make a better compliment to the E-P1. Also, this body has to last a bit. Since I'd like to start spending future funds on lenses, especially since I'm now keeping two kits. Thoughts? BTW, any opinions about how long I should wait for the best to within $100 Kx/K7 price? -- Steve Desjardins -- 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. -- 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: My first Red Tail Hawk
Well they are much better than my Red Tail Hawk pictures seeing how I don't have any :( They were much better than you indicated in your writeup. Thanks for sharing them. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: My very first Red Tailed Hawk shots. They aren't the sharpest, and a little blurry, but I was working quickly to get some shots before he decided to fly off (and he flew off right after the second picture. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/4942134355/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/4942723408/ -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.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: K7 or Kx
Good question, with only opinions for answers. First off you have to ask yourself what the primary use of this camera will be. Any professional use or strictly amateur. The K-x is extremely well speced and is a bargain. It is very small and light and handles well. It is also tops when it comes to low light work. The K7 is a pro build, solid workhorse that is really designed to be used and abused. Everything about it is excellent. The one weakness is the sensor isn't as good at low light a the K-x. So I see it as the K-x is your choice if low light work is a major issue or if the camera will be used moderately. The K7 is your choice if you are looking for a real go to camera that is going to be used a lot. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Geez, the Leica thread turned into an everybody sucks thread. Here's a photographic opinion question for the combined wisdom of the list. OK, so the last time I saved up money I ended up buying an E-P1 and a Lumix 20mm 1.7. Combined with the macro 50 it's my walk around Disney World, etc., kit. I just did a major culling of the Pentax gear and only have the FA20-35, FA50 1.4 and the FA135 2.8 left. I need a new main body (I do have the *ist D and Ds left but not what I want to go with). The Kx and K7 should be coming down a bit in price because of the Kr and K5. I have about $900 but the Kr looks a lot like an upgraded Kx with the same sensor. I can go with the Kx and get a couple of kit lenses for about $100 extra (the 18-55 and the 55-300) or just blow it all on the K7. there are lots of advantages to the Kx but the K7 might make a better compliment to the E-P1. Also, this body has to last a bit. Since I'd like to start spending future funds on lenses, especially since I'm now keeping two kits. Thoughts? BTW, any opinions about how long I should wait for the best to within $100 Kx/K7 price? -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: The Pentax Photo Gallery
You have a good memory. I did resubmit a few. I found no rhyme or reason to the decisions made. Images that had been accepted before were rejected and images that were rejected before were accepted. Sometimes a rejected image would be resubmitted and then accepted, etc. So between all that and the extremely clunky interface I finally gave up and moved on. I haven't really been back since. It has been a rather long time. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Bruce, I clearly remember your pulling your 50+ images with the explanation, if I recall correctly, that you intended to resubmit them to determine if they would be accepted under the current standards. You may have been one who began to submit images early on and at a time, perhaps, when submission were ravenously accepted in an effort to develop a gallery. As time passed and the gallery inventory increased, standards for acceptance seemed to stiffen. It was my assumption that you wanted to test your images against the current and seemingly more stringent standards. I recall the respect and admiration, actually expressed by some, you garnered by so doing. From time to time I checked your gallery in the hope you would be pleased at the rate of re-acceptance. Haven't done so for awhile. Jack --- On Thu, 8/26/10, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com Subject: Re: The Pentax Photo Gallery To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 9:47 PM I gave up a long time ago and pulled all my pictures off. Between the very inconsistent voting and the crazy interface it just wasn't worth the aggravation. Haven't been to the site in a long time. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, one has to be pretty well adjusted to wait out the time lag, doubtless created do to lack of interest in voting. Still, it's a healthy incentive stimulated by the challenge of having their photographic efforts find approval. The proof is in the obvious satisfaction gleefully expressed by many when announcing their work's acceptance. Jack --- On Thu, 8/26/10, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: The Pentax Photo Gallery To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 3:49 PM On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:25 +1000, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 August 2010 04:04, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: In any event, one thing that bothers me is the way the size limitation is structured. The recommended image size is 600 pixels high. There is no stated limit on width, however. That means the images in portrait orientation are much smaller -- in both the thumbnail and the full size -- than images in landscape orientation or even square images. I think that it makes it more difficult to get a portrait image in the gallery and worse, it makes it harder to appreciate those in the gallery that are in portrait orientation and therefore quite reduced in size. Has anyone else noticed this? I think the World's gone landscape in the digital realm, the tendency towards video and wide aspect ratio monitors has left portrait orientated images as a legacy of sorts, basically suitable for print only, it's a pity. In any case I stay away from the PPG, I find the interface slow and hideous and I don't subscribe to their philosophy regarding selection, basically it's a crapshoot, if you partake you have to be tolerant of the foibles of the system. I've long since stopped pondering what will make an 'acceptable' image for the PPG. I just submit images that I like and shrug my shoulders when they're rejected I participate for the challenge but I can't imagine that anyone would ever go there to view my images, or anyone else's for that matter. That interface is simply bizzare. Waiting while the 12 generic images load before you can even look at the gallery can often take up to a minute - and once you're actually in and viewing, the rate at which images appear redefines the word 'sluggish'. If you have supersonic broadband, maybe you'd hang around for a bit but I doubt that many would. Very strange design. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- 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 KBA vs LBA
I wish I had a problem like that. I can't seem to get enough cash together to spend wantonly on any one thing to end up with an excess. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: eckinator Anyone else here suffer from Knife Buying Addiction as well? No, but I have way too many guitars. -- 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: The Pentax Photo Gallery
I gave up a long time ago and pulled all my pictures off. Between the very inconsistent voting and the crazy interface it just wasn't worth the aggravation. Haven't been to the site in a long time. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Yeah, one has to be pretty well adjusted to wait out the time lag, doubtless created do to lack of interest in voting. Still, it's a healthy incentive stimulated by the challenge of having their photographic efforts find approval. The proof is in the obvious satisfaction gleefully expressed by many when announcing their work's acceptance. Jack --- On Thu, 8/26/10, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: From: Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm Subject: Re: The Pentax Photo Gallery To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 3:49 PM On Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:25 +1000, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: On 27 August 2010 04:04, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: In any event, one thing that bothers me is the way the size limitation is structured. The recommended image size is 600 pixels high. There is no stated limit on width, however. That means the images in portrait orientation are much smaller -- in both the thumbnail and the full size -- than images in landscape orientation or even square images. I think that it makes it more difficult to get a portrait image in the gallery and worse, it makes it harder to appreciate those in the gallery that are in portrait orientation and therefore quite reduced in size. Has anyone else noticed this? I think the World's gone landscape in the digital realm, the tendency towards video and wide aspect ratio monitors has left portrait orientated images as a legacy of sorts, basically suitable for print only, it's a pity. In any case I stay away from the PPG, I find the interface slow and hideous and I don't subscribe to their philosophy regarding selection, basically it's a crapshoot, if you partake you have to be tolerant of the foibles of the system. I've long since stopped pondering what will make an 'acceptable' image for the PPG. I just submit images that I like and shrug my shoulders when they're rejected I participate for the challenge but I can't imagine that anyone would ever go there to view my images, or anyone else's for that matter. That interface is simply bizzare. Waiting while the 12 generic images load before you can even look at the gallery can often take up to a minute - and once you're actually in and viewing, the rate at which images appear redefines the word 'sluggish'. If you have supersonic broadband, maybe you'd hang around for a bit but I doubt that many would. Very strange design. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- 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: Disablement, followed by Super Enablement
Good news indeed John, I hope the new job works out well for you. That K5 is no longer a pipe dream. All they have to do is make it. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: Today is my last day at the sign shop. After 4:30pm (Pacific time), I will be unemployed. It won't last long, though: On thursday I start my new job at a non-profit in Berkeley. Finally, full time work! Hopefully this means I'll be able to pay off my credit card debt from almost two years of part-time work and then upgrade my camera sometime after the K5 comes out. :D John -- http://www.neovenator.com http://www.cafepress.com/jacelio -- 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 Veyron serendipity
That seems odd. I have never had any issue with the K20 or any other Pentax digital looking blurry when the image is actually in focus. Are you adjusting the diopter correctly for your vision? That could cause the behavior you describe. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I've been playing with autofocus lately, especially with the stock focusing screen in my K20 where things always look a little blurry, even when they're focused properly. With the 16-50 being so quiet, it can be hard to notice if it actually focuses or not, so there have been a couple of times where I forgot that the camera was on manual focus. I meant to get a picture of the Veyron, but didn't notice the camera was misfocused. However when I looked at what I got, I did a little cropping and ended up with what I think is a much stronger picture. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4902762069/in/set-72157624625010641/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 - Rainy Morning
Yes they are both nice. I like the first a little more because of the colors - it sort of grabs my attention more than the second shot. Good work as usual! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Both great shots Rick. Dave On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:32 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Yesterday morning was cool and wet at the lake. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11448033 and http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11448031 (K7, DA 16-45) 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. -- 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: Pano The storm approacheth
I always enjoy your pianos. This one is pretty cool in the change in the sky. Thanks for sharing. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Team, Just a quick pano to share caught this afternoon. The image consists of six in camera jpgs shot hand held with my S90 @ 6mm F5.6, 1/250, ISO 80, auto-focus, manual exp, auto-WB and it was assembled using Autopano rendered in a rectilinear projection plus a little tweaking of shadows in PS. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9304908/Pano%20-%20IMGS00698%20-%2010058x3617.jpg (~1.6MB) Hope you enjoy. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- 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: woot!
Wow! A big congratulations! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: I entered two prints in the photography exhibit at the Nevada County Fair this year. I was a bit wary about this year especially since it appeared as though the number of entries and the quality of work seemed to be increasing over the last couple of years (last year I entered two prints including my Augenblick picture and failed to place). Happily, this year I took two blue ribbons and a Best Of Show for my picture of Teagan on the beach. Woot! http://www.primelensphoto.com/fair_photos/index.html Brendan -- 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: I think I'll keep the k7 :-)
Was there really any doubt? I don't think I've heard of anyone desiring to stick with the K20 given the opportunity to have a K7. I'm glad that you like it. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Shooting with this camera, for me, is quite different than the K20. My rhythm is off--I'm behind, and the K7 is ahead of me. I've been working on keeping up. :-) One factor involved here is the K7's sounds are different--lens focusing and shutter etc--I can barely hear anything, which is good, but it's thrown me off a bit. Funny how you get used to the sounds of a camera. That horizon level is amazing. I certainly do A LOT less crop adjustments. I didn't use the creative filter options on the K20, but I'm having fun with the K7's filters--pretty fun, in my view. Love the fish-eye, watercolor, and toy camera filters: http://www.caguila.com/caguila/k7play The view finder is great, and it's easier to see through. I'm not shooting with the battery grip because I haven't purchased it. A part of me would like the vertical buttons, but I have to say, it's been so much fun shooting with a really light camera. That K20 is a tank, especially with battery grip. Moving through a crowd with the K7 is fun. It's so quiet. I can get closer, and I'm quieter. Of course, if you get noticed, you get noticed, but if you don't and take a picture folks aren't going to hear much. I worry a lot less about exposure due to the K7's improved exposure accuracy, and find I'm not chimping as much--though I do some--but still this is quite liberating. Post-processing seems quicker--less cropping adjustments et al. If the rumor is true that a K5 is coming, it's going to be really interesting to see what the improvements are. So, I think I'll keep K7. I know I'm singing to the choir here, but I just wanted to get my say in :-). http://www.caguila.com/caguila/korean2010 More testing and play here. Comments welcome. Cheers, Christine P.S. I know there are two color pictures in this black and white gallery, but I just couldn't get rid of the playful purple. :-) -- 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: Orange Cruiser
Yup, that is certainly orange! I'd venture to say that is probably not the original color... -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11395207 Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are All Welcome. Dan -- 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.
PESO - Monument
Last week my family was in Maryland at a reunion and visiting the DC area. One evening we did the walk around the monuments in DC. Here are two different views of the Washington Monument - one at dusk and the other at night. The vantage points are very different as well. And yes the second shot was at ISO 10,000 - when you are walking with a family who are anxious, you don't have much time. I didn't even attempt to take a tripod, just relied on the K-x high ISO. Pentax K-x, DA 18-55 Storm trooper lens ISO 125, 1/200 sec @ f/11, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp1804-1.htm Pentax K-x, DA 18-55 Storm trooper lens ISO 1, 1/30 sec @ 5.6, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp1829.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- 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 - American Goldfinch
I can see why they are called gold - quite a shot. So 200mm is a kit lens these days, huh? -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Walter G. ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Just to follow up on my previous one... Here's the one I caught perched in the tree: http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/4888903359/#/photos/walt_gilbert/4888903359/lightbox/ I shot this one with my 200mm kit lens at 800 ISO, 1/180 at f/7.1 in portrait mode. (I obviously didn't check before taking the shot.) -- http://www.facebook.com/walt.gilbert http://www.flickr.com/photos/walt_gilbert/ http://wally-gee.deviantart.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Flø
Well it is a pleasant scene to look at. My issue is that it doesn't really grab me - more like it is a background image for some other use. There needs to be something to really make it jump out at me. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/2010/08/fl.html Not much to say really, except comments appreciated. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.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: Berlin
I really live the first one. Such a striking image. The composition is great and thee lighting is just right. Very nicely done! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. SV Hovland p...@heime.org wrote: Hi I recently visited Berlin and here are two pictures from a very interesting city. From the Memorial of the murdered Jews of Europe http://download.heime.org/foto/Berlin/IMGP8384.jpg From the Sony Centre http://download.heime.org/foto/Berlin/IMGP8520.jpg And from the Reichstag building http://download.heime.org/foto/Berlin/IMGP8403.jpg Stig Vidar Hovland -- 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 chimping
Just a little fyi for those who might find it interesting...on most sites that I browse to on my android phone allow me to zoom in and out to view pictures and text. The one exception is Flickr. For some reason, it does not allow me to do that. I tried 4 different browsers and all of them behaved the same. There is something odd about Flickr. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/4878422527/in/set-72157624694407156/ At least I didn't call it the chimp -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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 RANT: Textbooks
I had felt that putting all the textbooks on an iPad and selling them for about $50 a pop would bring the cost down considerably and still allow enough margin for everybody to make their money and still not ding the student so badly. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Ebooks could help solve some of this. Most of the cost involved in marketing textbooks has to do with the inordinate amount of waste in the distribution system. On Tuesday, August 10, 2010, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I was once interested in taking a course in English, (Elixzbithan Period), History, It fulfilled a core requirement and looked interesting. The cost of books on the reading list amounted to $800.00 for used books, (this was in 1976!), the other course that fulfill the requirement was an American History course. The entire reading list cost $30.00, for about the same number of books. I decided to take the American History course. On 8/10/2010 9:35 PM, John Sessoms wrote: I cannot believe what a rip-off textbook prices are. I get $300 from the VA to buy textbooks one book is $158.00 ... and that's the friggin' PAPERBACK version! -- Here's something to think about: How come you never see a headline like 'Psychic Wins Lottery'? --Jay Leno -- 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: Old lens back in use
I really like Karin's shot. Not your typical airshow shot but works very well. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Just thought it would be worth sharing this purely for interest. Pentax-M 135/3.5 on my wife's Panasonic G2. Airbus 380 taken at the Farnborough airshow last weekend. http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Farnborough2010/slides/_1000263.html Works well if a teeny bit soft - don't know whether that's the lens, my inability to focus manually or a bit of shake / movement. Of course, on the Micro 4/3 system it's equivalent to 270mm. I'll get round to doing some controlled tests one day. Karin got a nice bit of foreground interest in this one during the Red Arrows' display: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Farnborough2010/slides/_1000248.html That was taken with the Panasonic 14-42 lens. Chris -- 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: Basketball Reject
Umm, yeah! I'd say so! Getting the hang of it indeed. Very nice work there! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. p...@philnortheast.com wrote: I like to go to our local team's home games and of course I take my camera. The fast action is difficult to foillow with the camera, even thouigh I played the game for many years. But with much practice I think I am starting to get the hang of photographing the games. http://philnortheast.com/aviewfinderdarkly/general/potw/basketballreject.htm K10D DA*50-135mm 1/250 @ f3.5 ISO 1600 (on auto). The Noise Ninja plugin in Bibble5 reduced the noise considerably Phil Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au -- 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 2010 - 129 - GDG
Wow it almost looks like you created the art rather than finding it. Much like the previous shot, I really like this one too. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: A poesy available for your viewing ... along with another photograph, of course. http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/transition-to-parts comments always appreciated, thanks for looking. Godfrey -- http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.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: Monsoon Sky Redux
So you seem to know better sky gods than I do. Or at least you feed them better. Could use a little more contrast but very nice. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Jerry in Arizona glewis4...@yahoo.com wrote: A few days I submitted a pic of an Arizona monsoon sky and got some nice comments, but it was suggested that showing some ground would improve the image. Well the sky gods cooperated again this evening and I took a few with a wider lens and included some ground clutter. The building on the lower left is the same one as in the previous pic. Thus I submit this humble effort for your review and consideration. http://i896.photobucket.com/albums/ac164/gelewis_2010/MonsoonSky3_PESO_I5811.jpg Jerry in Arizona -- 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 - Top Dollar
Excellent shot! The car is just a bit too rich for my blood. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Shot RM's classic car auction at Meadowbrook today for a short Times article. Among many great cars that went on the block were two Deusenbergs, a few Rolls, a Stutz Bearcat, and an Auburn Speedster. But top dollar was paid for a Chrysler: the 1953 Thomas Special. Designed by Virgil Exner, it was a styling exercise that was actually produced and driven by Chrysler's CEO. I believe it has the early 331 cubic inch version of the first Chrysler hemi V8. It went for $840,000. ISO 1250, f 5.6 @ 1/60th DA* 60-250 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11322315size=lg -- 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: PESOS - Summer Visitor
Love the colors and composition. Well done! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11317015size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11317016size=lg -- 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 - twin peaks
Well not at all what I was expecting. I've been up there many times and this is not the typical scene. Thanks for surprising me. A nice shot and kudos for coming up with something out of the ordinary. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4808390049/lightbox/ Comments and critique welcome -- 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: GESO - Yosemite
Your comments are much appreciated, eric. Glad you liked them. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Jul 22, 2010, at 4:15 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 6/23/2010 5:04 AM, Bruce Dayton wrote: I've never been a big fan of GESO's, simply because there is so much to see at once, but since everyone has been viewing all the Yosemite shots, we might as well go that direction. So here is the beginning of the GESO - just click 'Next' to view through the rest of them. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp6420.htm Spectacular, Bruce. So diverse, and each one brilliant. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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: Street Pizza
Wow punchy colors! The scene really jumps out at you. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11070239 Comments. criticisms, suggestions and abuse all are welcome. Dan -- 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: Lenses again, again
I have lots of images shot with that zoom that are excellent. I have 2 copies of it because my oldest daughter fell in love with it. It is highly recommended in my book. I also have shot a fair bit with that particular 200 and it does not produce as contrasty of images. They tend to be a bit muted. Definitely the zoom in this case. I can show you a bunch of images shot with it if you like. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I've won an SMC A 28mm f2.8 on eBay for $90. Other sellers were asking a little to a lot more. I'm also thinking about a telephoto lens. If it was between an SMC A 70-210mm F4 Macro and an SMC M 200mm f4, both about the same price. Assuming a limited budget, and limited set of lenses already in hand, what would you choose? [My camera's a *ist DS.] -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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- roof top wind turbines
The picture is nice. There is no controversy, the turbines are ugly. Nice work you have done. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. p...@philnortheast.com wrote: The latest addition to Hobart's skyline is causing controversy - some say the turbines are unsightly. http://philnortheast.com/aviewfinderdarkly/general/potw/rooftopturbines.htm K10D - 21mm Limited f7.1 @ 1/400 There has been some correction in Bibble5 for optical characteristics of the lens. Phil Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au -- 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: upcoming theater shoot
Use spot metering as the lights will make very light and dark areas that will cause problems for matrix or center weighted modes. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Everyone: I've been asked to photograph scenes from the play My Sister Eileen which will open tomorrow night at a university near by. The shoot will take place after a Friday night performance, and the producer said normally the shoot is about an hour long. The cast is small (9), so I think I've a wide enough lens for a cast group shot. I've requested a comp ticket, so I can see the show before the shoot, and they've kindly agreed. I'll be looking for good dramatic scenes, of course, and I've been told that there's nothing exotic about the lighting direction for this play--just standard stage lighting. Has anyone had experience doing theater shoots? Any tips or suggestions you'd be willing to share? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Christine -- 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 - Open
Well, the something is certainly open. I like the sign but it would be nice to have more context. Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: In front of a bookstore in Great Barrington, Massachusetts: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11294973 (K7, DA 16-45) 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. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A new tradition
I have to concur, what a wonderful shot! drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I'll repeat the adjective but wonderful is the best word. -Original Message- From: wendy beard pointyp...@gmail.com Sender: pdml-boun...@pdml.net Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:36:30 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: A new tradition 24 years ago, I took my daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. Last Monday, I took my daughter's daughter's first photograph with a Pentax. To make it a true tradition, I suppose I should have used the same Pentax :-) But anyway, here she is: Serina Josephine Groen http://www.pbase.com/wendybeard/image/126577914 -- Wendy Beard Carp, 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. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Thank you for not smoking
Well she was caught in the act now wasn't she? I'm not sure what cell phones
have to do with anything. Nice catch anyway.
P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
I was out shooting some record shots for a proposed redevelopment
project, (and testing my newly repaired A*300mm f4.0), when I came
across this scene.
This isn't fair, it probably isn't nice, but then nobody who's gotten to
know me ever accused me of being fair, or nice...
There are a number of things you shouldn't do in public. Using a cell
phone is one of them...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20%20thankyoufornotsmoking.html
Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax A*300mm f4.0.
As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored.
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Re: PESO - A Tasty Morsel
Well, for how shy beavers are around here this shot is rather amazing! You got him doing a wonderful beaver activity as well. Nice work! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I won't go into the long story, but suffice to say that I was following a family of swans (two adults and three or four cygnets) along a bank when they went into a quiet corner of an inlet. Then I saw first one, then two beavers. After some time (and many shots) the swans and one of the beavers left, and this fellow let me get closer and closer. I'd quietly take a step, stop, take several photos, then take another step until I got to within maybe ten feet. I have lots of photos to go through, but this stands out as one of the better ones: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/tasty-morsel.html *ist D, Sigma 50-200mm f3.5 zoom, Manfrotto monopod. Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: iPad
It would be nice if you could compare it to something we all relate to. Pad devices look like they finally might take off due to the iPad. Please share some of your experiences. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Toine to...@repiuk.nl wrote: I am currently testing an iPad for work. This thing is amazing and even more amazing for pictures, The screen is just perfect. My favorite web app slideshowpro now supports the iPad. Http://www.repiuk.NL/mobile Toine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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 - In the fountain
Almost a superb shot. For the little cut off on the top of her head, it is merely a great shot. You caught the emotion perfectly. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11284350 -- 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's 2010 version of the annual plowing demo.
The first one is my favorite. The color, pose and background all work together ver well. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Hi gang. I shot about 360 photos at this years plow demo with the old horse drawn equipment. I've had a quick look and processed these three for starters. How's that Doug.;-) Massey cutter http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11275241 Corn harvester http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11275246 Granddaughter helping http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11275249 D200, D2h, 18-70 and or 70-200 f2.8 vr Comments welcome 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: PESO 2010 - 115 - GDG
Well not only do I like it but my 9 year old daughter thought it was awesome. Very nicely done. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: Another photo, another blog post for you: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/of-time-and-place Comments always appreciated, thanks for looking. :-) Godfrey -- a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Lake Edith, Jasper National Park
the reflection is nice and the composition looks good. i wish the sky had a little more color. the horizon maybe slightly tilted. as always light is the key. keep at it! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Michael Hamilton mhp...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.michaelhamilton.ca/images/MH100518.jpg This is one of the few 'serious' photographic attempts that I've made in a while. It's inspired by those photos that are often found in mountain resort lodges, such as the Jasper Park Lodge where I was staying. This is my favourite photograph to take, and I want to get better at it. What do you think? -- Michael Hamilton -- 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: PAW27 - cornered
Nice idea but the lighting is a little tough on this one. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/files/page7-1000-full.html K20D, da*16-5...@34, 1/15s, f/2.8, ISO200 The previous PAWs are here: http://www.thrane.name/page3/page7/page7.html and a few of the other galleries have some new images as well. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- 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: Bald Eagle
pretty cool shot. Now it's time to cough up the big boy lens! Good work thee. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: I spent a long weekend up on Lake Vermilion here in Minnesota. Lots of wildlife and water. I managed to see quite a few loons and bald eagles - including watching one eagle swoop down and snatch a fish out of the water just 30 feet from me. Very cool. I must say that taking photos from a boat bobbing in the water, with the 80-200 in full-zoom is quite tricky. Got a few good shots, though. Here's a mildly-acceptable one, taken right after he lept off of a branch to fly off: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/vermilion/content/IMGP3237_large.html Yeah, it's cropped a bit and sharpened a bit and was taken with a $40 lens. Someday I'll get the 50-300 and will be happy. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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: Heat lightning
I concur. Really cool image. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: That is a beautiful and unusual photo. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sun, 7/11/10, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com Subject: PESO: Heat lightning To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 5:02 PM On my last night out, the storm clouds started building up and flashing inside... we never really saw any storm activity (disappointing) but it was sure fun watching the clouds on the horizon blink and flash for a couple of hours before going to bed! http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2010/vermilion/content/IMGP3258_large.html -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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: back in the world of film (sort of) with my MX
Saturday, July 10, 2010, 8:34:48 AM, you wrote: BW [...] Not to be overly contentious, but the Pentax MX viewfinder had for me the same issues I had with the Olympus OM1 and Nikon FM series viewfinders: too much magnification, not enough eye point distance for me wearing my glasses. I had to work to see the whole frame and find the metering information and camera settings. The high-eye point viewfinder on my Nikon F3/T, Olympus E-1, Panasonic G1 is FAR superior ... I can see the whole image at a glance, as well as all the in-viewfinder exposure settings and metering indicators, with no strain. And the G1 finder is perfectly visible in light levels that leave the MX with a 50mm f/1.4 lens like looking into a black hole. I hear this kind of praise of old 35mm SLR viewfinders all the time. I think it's mostly just wistful fondness for things past. BW That's just bad luck for glasses wearers, not wistful thinking. I would take BW the MX viewfinder over the E-1 finder any day (other things being equal). BW One reason for wanting a 35mm-sized sensor is to be able to get decent BW viewfinders again. Well, I can really relate to Godfrey on this one. Up until now, I have managed with mostly contacts my entire life. There was a short stint where I was wearing glasses and I really didn't like shooting a camera, because of the lack of eye relief. At age 50, and with astigmatism, it looks like I will be heading back to glasses shortly to allow me to see near and far well. I have been doing the trick of monovision where one eye is corrected for near and one for far, but finding that to not work as well anymore - have done it for several years. So when I put on glasses and look through my K-x vs my K20D, the K-x is a bit easier to see everything than the K20D. -- Bruce -- 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 - Bike Recovered
so glad it ended well john. it sucks that the thieves get away with this. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. John Celio n...@neovenator.com wrote: A happy ending to my stolen bike saga! When I reported my bike stolen, the police and others suggested checking out the local weekly swap meet. This morning, a friend picked me up early and we headed over there. By mistake we ended up missing the parking lot turn-off and parked in the swap meet area. By pure luck, we parked two rows down from a big van that was FULL of bikes, and by even more luck my bike was one of the two dozen he had pulled out and set up in his stall. Now, as I mentioned in the original thread, I had never written down the serial number of my bike, so I couldn't just go claim it. I called the police, who showed up and said that if I could identify it as the same one from the description in my police report, they could probably convince the seller to turn it over. The seller was in no mood to cooperate and was very argumentative with me as I explained every mark and scratch on the bike. He had stripped off almost all the accessories I'd put on it, but there were clear distinguishing marks that I had described on the police report that were still evident. Eventually one officer pulled him aside, and after a few minutes the officer came back and told me to take the bike, it was mine. He later told me he had asked the seller for his business license or tax info, neither of which he had. When the officer said he would be forced to run a check on all the serial numbers on all the bikes in his van for stolen property, the seller quickly said he'd let me take the bike if we'd leave, and that was that! I wish I'd been smart and written down the serial number, because then the seller might actually be facing criminal charges. Who knows how many stolen bikes he's fenced for thieves? I've resolved to keep a record of every serial number of every item of value that I have, starting with my bike and camera equipment, so that the next time this happens I will be better prepared. Live and learn! Thanks for reading, John -- http://www.jacelio.com http://www.cafepress.com/jacelio -- 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.
Ping
Testing mail client. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. -- 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: Ping
okay i can see it myself so it is working now. no need for lots of answers from others. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Testing mail client. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. -- 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 - Sweltering Night
having lived in the midwest for about 10 years our other saving grace is cool mornings and evenings. we can change by 40 degrees which makes a very big difference. most of the day is pretty pleasant. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Once lived in the Midwest US where the citizens and ice drinks sweat from May thru Sept. Our northern Cal forecast is for 98 today and 100 for the next three days. Relief at that point is back to 98 F. Saving grace; the humidity is very low most of the time. Jack --- On Thu, 7/8/10, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Sweltering Night To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Date: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 8:22 PM You know it's a hot, humid night when condensation appears on your glass of ice water: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2010/07/sweltering-night.html Today whilst cycling around town, the hottest thermometer I saw indicated 97F, around 36C. With the humidex (how hot it actually feels due to the humidity) the temps were well over 100F, 40C. I figure I drank at least 6 to 8 litres of water while cycling, and lots more ice water this evening (see photo above). cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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: PESO : raspberries
mmm yum i want some! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Madame RD romd...@orange.fr wrote: my very own raspberries . they're homegrown in a container and I can't believe they're back every year http://www.flickr.com/photos/la_meduse/4776937963/in/photostream/ comments welcome as usual . dominique -- 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 - Kensington Porches
Ditto. These patterns are so cool. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: A fine example of repetition. :) Jack --- On Fri, 7/9/10, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Subject: PESO - Kensington Porches To: Pentax List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, July 9, 2010, 6:49 PM Another from my photo walk in London in early May. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11206013 (K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 560, f/8 @ 1/45) A bit trite, perhaps, but I love patterns like this and can't resist. 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. -- 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 2010 - 124 - GDG
And enjoyable it is. Well done sir! -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: a photo for your enjoyment http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/124-broken-leaf comments always appreciated, thanks for looking. Godfrey -- a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: PESO - Granny Boots
Made me chuckle. Nice catch there. -Original Message- From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:37 AM To: Pentax List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Granny Boots Not your typical little-old-lady footwear: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11205917 (K10D, DA 16-45, ISO 400, f/6.7 @ 1/250) Plaudits and constructive brickbats equally welcome. Rick [The entire original message is not included] -- 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 - A Canada Day Toast
Fun shot there Frank! -Original Message- From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 7:05 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - A Canada Day Toast Today, July 1, is Canada Day, celebrating the day we were (more or less but not quite) granted nationhood by Britain in 1867. We get a holiday (but not a long weekend) to mark the occasion. As the Canada Geese of Lake Ontario say, Bottoms up!: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/canada-day-toast.html cheers, frank -- [The entire original message is not included] -- 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: Feed Us Your Photoblog--The Solution
Well Tom, you have worded my feelings exactly. Blogging and twitter just seem like so much information I don't want to hear about. I don't have enough time as it is to want to sift through all the 'noise' to find the few tidbits I'd like. GESOs are a similar thing for me, though not nearly as bad. Time to view them all and comment is almost not worth it. Actually I will spend about the same amount of time on one photo as a whle gallery - so you can surmise the type of feedback I'm going to give on a gallery. -Original Message- From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 8:35 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Feed Us Your Photoblog--The Solution I confess having some difficulty with blogs. I wasn't going to say it, but since you broached it. I don't really want to do all the reading that a blog presumes I do, and I don't like clicking on the inevitable thumbnail in the blog to get to the larger version of an image. I find most blogs present even the thumbnail in such an unappealing manner that I'm not inclined to click. On a photography list I'm going to the blog to see the photo not read about it. And finally maybe, somewhat rudely, but not intended so, I find a blog a bit akin to watching someone's home movies. They tend to mean much more to the creator than to the audience, and so come across, to me at [The entire original message is not included] -- 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 - In Love
I shot a wedding reception last weekend. This moment was captured during the 'line' - the bride had a moment to gaze at her new husband. Pentax K-x, DA* 50-135/2.8 @ 135mm ISO 6400, 1/125 sec @ f/5.6, Handheld http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/hoffman_00295.htm Comments welcome -- Bruce -- 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 - Serpentine
Well, it certainly is desolate looking from the air. Makes me want to visit it from the ground! -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 11:48:56 AM, you wrote: TC With a Canon S90 in RAW mode, from 40,000 ft somewhere SE of Salt Lake TC City over Utah TC http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11194040size=lg -- 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 - tiny dancer's curtain call
Yes indeed - a born entertainer! -Original Message- From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:47 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - tiny dancer's curtain call Since so many of you had a look at my tiny dancer pic, I thought you might like to see how she posed at the conclusion of her dance. She's definitely a born entertainer: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11129251size=lg -- 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: Finally got a gallery of GFM photos on line
Well it would almost be easier to say the ones I didn't like. Excellent set of images Mark. -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:58 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Finally got a gallery of GFM photos on line FINALLY - a month after the event - I got around to uploading photos from the 2010 Nature Photography Weekend at Grandfather Mouintain: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2010/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: Finally got a gallery of GFM photos on line
Ok, so I picked my favorite: http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2010/7da02447.html Lighting and composition win out for me. -- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 5:10:17 PM, you wrote: BD Well it would almost be easier to say the ones I didn't like. Excellent set of images Mark. BD -Original Message- BD From: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com BD Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 3:58 PM BD To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net BD Subject: Finally got a gallery of GFM photos on line BD FINALLY - a month after the event - I got around to uploading photos BD from the 2010 Nature Photography Weekend at Grandfather Mouintain: BD http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/gfm2010/index.html BD -- BD PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List BD PDML@pdml.net BD http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net BD 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: cycle trip
Wow, sounds like an amazing trip! Be safe and share when you can. -Original Message- From: Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 6:26 PM To: PDML pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: cycle trip hi, haven't been contributing all that much to the list though i *have* been looking at most of the pesos posted. :) saturday i am catching a three-hour flight to new delhi, spend a couple of days shopping there and then take a 20-hour bus journey to a village in the upper himalayas from where i am starting my three-week bicycle ride. i am hoping to cover roughly 900 km in about 18 days, through a road which will take me through five high altitude passes (the highest of which is about 18,000 ft). this road remains under snow most of the year and usually gets open by may end. due to unprecedented snowfall it only got open last week so it's going to be a bit of a rough ride. i've prepared as well as i can. hopefully i'll go out and enjoy it now... :) unfortunately i am not taking my kx with me as planned. three of us had planned this trip. the other two have dropped out, if for genuine reasons, i am doing the ride alone now, so have to take other essentials. i am just taking a ps with me, the fuji f70exr. hopefully i can still bring back some interesting snapshots. there should at least be a couple of places en route having mobile network. i'll be updating my progress as and when network becomes available on my blog: http://jeyan.wordpress.com do drop in if you feel like it... :) catch you all later, regards, subash -- 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 Home made Headers
They look more like fingers than heads to me...grin -Original Message- From: 27...@comcast.net Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:26 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO Home made Headers Sorry, here it is..Joe http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11018541 - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 11:48:23 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: PESO Home made Headers link? [The entire original message is not included] -- 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 - Yosemite
Thanks for looking, Tim. Your other favorite is not in Yosemite, but is in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the same range as Yosemite. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, June 27, 2010, 4:20:15 AM, you wrote: TØ Well done Bruce. First and this TØ http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/fathersons2010_00096-1.htm TØ are my favourites. TØ -- TØ MaritimTim TØ http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ TØ 2010/6/23 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com: I've never been a big fan of GESO's, simply because there is so much to see at once, but since everyone has been viewing all the Yosemite shots, we might as well go that direction. So here is the beginning of the GESO - just click 'Next' to view through the rest of them. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp6420.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- 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: GESO - Yosemite
Thanks again, Bob. Your comment motivates me to do something more with this shot than nothing. I'll show it to a few more people and get some opinions on what might be good to do. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, June 27, 2010, 7:05:39 AM, you wrote: BS Bruce, BS That fisherman shot is still a joy to see every time I open it. BS You've got to sell it somewhere. BS Title it 'God loves fishermen.' BS Regards, Bob S. BS On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 6:20 AM, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: Well done Bruce. First and this http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/fathersons2010_00096-1.htm are my favourites. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/6/23 Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com: I've never been a big fan of GESO's, simply because there is so much to see at once, but since everyone has been viewing all the Yosemite shots, we might as well go that direction. So here is the beginning of the GESO - just click 'Next' to view through the rest of them. http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp6420.htm -- Best regards, Bruce -- 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: GESO - Yosemite
This one was shot at Jenkinson Lake at Sly Park right near Pollack Pines. Thanks for looking! -Original Message- From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 10:01 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: GESO - Yosemite Guess I'd not noticed, but is this person fishing the Merced River in Yosemite Valley? Lovely setting beautifully done, Bruce! Jack --- On Sun, 6/27/10, Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: From: Bruce Dayton bkday...@daytonphoto.com Subject: Re: GESO - Yosemite To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 9:22 AM [The entire original message is not included] -- 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 Langdale pano
Well, not your typical wedding shot - no bride! It is a pretty cool pano though. -- Best regards, Bruce Saturday, June 26, 2010, 4:33:30 AM, you wrote: mw Took some snaps at a friend's wedding last weekend. At the end of the mw day, the view from our hotel room was... mw http://www.mikeawilson.co.uk/temp/langdalepanocopy.jpg mw Two-shot hand-held pano, ~750KB mw Can you see the join? -- 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 - some days you get caught in traffic
Seems like this would be good for an ad of some type. I could see several different pertinent phrases. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, June 25, 2010, 11:30:09 PM, you wrote: DB http://dougbrewer.posterous.com/some-days-you-get-caught-in-traffic DB enjoy -- 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: *ist DL?
Hello Eric, You seem to be bouncing around between different models. Maybe you could tell us better what your target price is so that we could hone in on models and deals that would work well for you. From a practical perspective, the older models will be slower to shoot and have smaller screens on the back. For example, I started shooting with an *istD - eventually aquired a second. While shooting weddings one really big issue was write speed to the card. Basically it took about 7 seconds to write a RAW image to the card. So the buffer was about 6 images. Now with a processional with of bridesmaids and groomsmen this could be a huge issue. I would need to shoot faster than once every 7 seconds. When I upgraded to a K10D, the write speed for a RAW file was about 1 second - this becomes a very reasonable rate. So the older models are going to function much slower - meaning take the shot and how fast it comes up on screen after and how soon you can shoot again when the buffer fills. K10D and later models really don't have much issue with write speed - a really long sequence could cause problems depending on buffer size, but for most people, not really an issue. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, June 25, 2010, 7:59:48 AM, you wrote: EW On Jun 25, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Check with the bible - Boz's site. http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/ist_D/index.html EW Thanks, Bob. Didn't know about this. I prefer the *ist DS or DS2 to the DL, and they are a cheap way to try digital. EW Yes, I think it'll be something from the *ist D series, and with EW the information I'm getting here and elsewhere, I'm definitely EW leaning toward DS or DS2. They seem to be rare in the used market, though. You should also recognize that you will need some computer horsepower, storage, and software. I started with Photoshop Elements to process and organize my pictures. And added a portable hard drive to store/backup the pictures. You'll find it's cheap and easy to save nearly everything you shoot, easier than trying to weed out the maybe's. EW I have a high-end MacBook, the one just before the solid aluminum EW bodies came out; a 500 GB Western Digital USB drive; and Photoshop EW Elements. The camera's the missing element -- a digital camera, that is. EW Thanks much, EW -- EW Eric Weir EW Decatur, GA USA EW eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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 - young Pentxian
Nice shot, there. It's good to start 'em young! -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, June 25, 2010, 6:34:56 AM, you wrote: SS http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/4729565284/ SS Comments welcome! SS --Sasha -- 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 - Lower Falls
Lower Yosemite Falls. I like how the mist from Upper Falls is highlighted in the URH corner. Pentax K-x, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 50mm ISO 200, 1/200 sec @ f/5.0 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/imgp6552-1.htm Comments welcome -- Best regards, Bruce -- 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: *ist DL?
I was actually more trying to help Eric understand where some of the big differences between older and newer models were. Image quality is much more subjective and so is AF speed and so on. When I go back and pick up my *istD and compare it to the K10D, K20D or K-x - what immediately jumps out at me is the slower speed of shooting (shot, write, review - including waiting on full buffer sometimes) and the tiny review screen. Most other aspects don't bother me nearly as much. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, June 25, 2010, 10:22:23 AM, you wrote: BS Eric and Bruce, BS I never had much of a problem with the *ist Ds and continuous shooting. BS My first experience was with some nesting tree swallows, and BS I'd get 6 or 7 shots in a burst before the buffer filled and I had to wait. BS (see here) BS http://picasaweb.google.com/rf.sullivan/NestingTreeSwallows# BS They were probably jpeg files, not DNG's, but that's a good option, BS and a faster write to the card. BS Regards, Bob S. BS On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Bruce Dayton BS bkday...@daytonphoto.com wrote: Hello Eric, You seem to be bouncing around between different models. Maybe you could tell us better what your target price is so that we could hone in on models and deals that would work well for you. From a practical perspective, the older models will be slower to shoot and have smaller screens on the back. For example, I started shooting with an *istD - eventually aquired a second. While shooting weddings one really big issue was write speed to the card. Basically it took about 7 seconds to write a RAW image to the card. So the buffer was about 6 images. Now with a processional with of bridesmaids and groomsmen this could be a huge issue. I would need to shoot faster than once every 7 seconds. When I upgraded to a K10D, the write speed for a RAW file was about 1 second - this becomes a very reasonable rate. So the older models are going to function much slower - meaning take the shot and how fast it comes up on screen after and how soon you can shoot again when the buffer fills. K10D and later models really don't have much issue with write speed - a really long sequence could cause problems depending on buffer size, but for most people, not really an issue. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, June 25, 2010, 7:59:48 AM, you wrote: EW On Jun 25, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Check with the bible - Boz's site. http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/bodies/ist_D/index.html EW Thanks, Bob. Didn't know about this. I prefer the *ist DS or DS2 to the DL, and they are a cheap way to try digital. EW Yes, I think it'll be something from the *ist D series, and with EW the information I'm getting here and elsewhere, I'm definitely EW leaning toward DS or DS2. They seem to be rare in the used market, though. You should also recognize that you will need some computer horsepower, storage, and software. I started with Photoshop Elements to process and organize my pictures. And added a portable hard drive to store/backup the pictures. You'll find it's cheap and easy to save nearly everything you shoot, easier than trying to weed out the maybe's. EW I have a high-end MacBook, the one just before the solid aluminum EW bodies came out; a 500 GB Western Digital USB drive; and Photoshop EW Elements. The camera's the missing element -- a digital camera, that is. EW Thanks much, EW -- EW Eric Weir EW Decatur, GA USA EW eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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.
