Re: OT Stupid Purolator
I had a similar problem when I was getting my Sigma EF500 Super back for getting rechipped. Got the Purolator we missed you note on the door at home. Called them and they delivered to work the next day. I was quite happy about how it was handled. dk On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 2:04 PM, wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 2:38 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Must be. Did you go get it or let them redeliver. Went to pick it up. Couldn't wait for them to try and deliver it again. Wendy -- 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. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Battery Charger for K10D
I was shocked at the price of the OEM batteries. So I resisted. Got all charged up over a good deal on ebay - Charger 3rd party battery for $30. Found it by searching for the NP-400 (Konica-Minolta Equivilent. Works fine for me. On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:30 PM, Steve Desjardins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, I'll admit defeat. I can't find the damned charger for the K10D. Since I don't want to pay $60 USD for a new Pentax one, has anyone had a good experience with one of the cheaper generic ones? Thanks. Oh yeah, and I plan to charge it to my credit card. Just thought I'd get the electrical puns started. -- 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. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Sroke
Sorry to hear that. Hope you have a speedy and full recovery. On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Bob Blakely [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've suffeed a stroke. It's considered mild, affecting only my vision to the right. This makes even reading difficult. How much I recover remains to be seen. Regards, Bob... - Note: No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -- 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. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: ROTFLMAO
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 12:41 PM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steeling some bandwidth http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EY1KD090L._SS400_.jpg smile Thanks. I miss The Far Side. :( -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Henrys taking lens orders
I found that it depends who you are dealing with at Henry's. When I wanted to buy my K10D, they would only take $20 off ($900 at the time), while another sales person took $60 off my 21ltd. (I bought the K10D elsewhere). On Feb 19, 2008 8:42 PM, Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Henry's, like Vistek, sells into the commercial pro markets, which means that the salesguys have room to deal if you spend a lot there. I rarely pay sticker price at Henry's (I usually shop at the Outlet as well, so I'm already saving over the main store) I have tried to dicker with them in the past without success, but then I deal with the two stores in London which are probably more consumer oriented. That, and I only make it down that way a few times per year so they do not know me. I do better with Stan C. Reade, whom I have done business with for 30-odd years. Even though I am in there no more frequently than Henrys, they know me and I can usually get a discount. -- Steve Sharpe [EMAIL PROTECTED] • http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.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. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Work flow with different cameras
I'm changing my management organization now, and removing the camera-specific hierarchy. My plan is : Directory structure: ImageLibrary/mmdd-tag/ Image filenames are renamed to: MMDD-HHMM-origname. I'd use the database tool to determine any camera differences. Like Bob, I'm also planning to use a networked computer for backup. On Jan 23, 2008 10:55 AM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thats what i'm finding now. Abit unorganized and dificult to tell or remember what is backed up or not. Sounds like a main directory and then set up like Cotty or Godfrey, with code for the camera maybe. I don't use LR or Elements to download, i drag and drop from the card reader to the folder directly. That might be easier to follow for back ups. Its time to remove photos from the PC and ibook. Dave Dave On Jan 23, 2008 10:16 AM, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It sounds much too complicated... Then again I only have two dslrs and I haven't come up with a good method, and seldom use them at the same time so archiving should be relatively easy, (any yet somehow it isn't). David J Brooks wrote: Back when i only had one dslr, i just made a yearly directory and added folders as photos came along. Mostly equine as at first, i would not use the dslr for personal use in case i broke it and could not do the shows. As i aquired more cameras i thought it best to keep camera directories. Now, with six cameras, i think its a bit over kill to have a Nikon directory then one for D200, D1H etc and the same with Pentax directory then istD and K10D. Its starting to get confusing as far as back ups, and have i done this one etc. I keep a paper record of whats done, but i just think its a bit over kill to do this. Probably just start a main directory for dslr photos with may be an id letter for camera used. Am i the only one keeping records like this. I'm assuming so.:-) Dave -- I am personally a member of the Cream of the Illuminati. A union with the Bavarian Illuminati is contemplated. When it is complete the Bavarian Cream Illuminati will rule the world -- Anonymous -- 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. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ 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. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: For those that use Future Photo, changes a coming
We didn't have instore printing in our FS here (Kanata-Ottawa), so it doesn't appear to be any change for us. I too love the delivery feature, I can submit prints and have them deliver it to any FS across Canada. Been using Costco more lately though. That Kodak Gallery partnership could be interesting On Jan 15, 2008 3:49 PM, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I suppose we'll hear soon. I use them for some of my prints, and i think they do a decent job, plus they deliver. Dave On Jan 15, 2008 2:07 PM, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: For those that use Future Photo, changes a coming Looks like some changes to my online photo finisher here in the GTA. Dear Future Photo Member, The world of digital photography is changing rapidly, and as a result, so is our approach to the photo finishing business. As a result of these changes, Future Shop has closed its ten in-store Future Photo labs and these stores will become pick-up locations effective January 14, 2008, to match the rest of the stores across Canada. Customers will be able to continue to order online and have their orders shipped to home or delivered to one of our Future Shop stores for free in-store pick-up. All outstanding photo orders can be picked up from the store's Customer Service counter. We regret any inconvenience this might cause. I expect they made a deal with Qualex, and everything will come through their Mississauga lab. William Robb -- 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. -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ 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. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DIGITAL SURVEY
On Nov 19, 2007 6:28 PM, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Must be about time for one. Actually I was reading something on a different list about expectations and fulfilments with regard to DSLR cameras. No need to be precise about brands here, it can be any DSLR, but please limit to this sort of digital camera (with interchangable lens facility) - so no PS or anything esle. Purpose? To help inform my suspicions... 1/ How many DSLRs do you currently own? Two 2/ How many have you owned in the past? Two 3/ How many years ago did you buy (not just use) your first DSLR? 2.75 years 4/ What's the longest length of time you've owned a single DSLR camera? 2.5 year 5/ When you purchased your first DSLR, did it live up to expectations? Exceeded. 6/ How long have you owned you current DSLR (if more than one, the latest) ? 3 months 7/ Has your latest DSLR lived up to expectations ? Not yet. K10D - needed to send back for Backfocus, non-level sensor. Still waiting. Therefore, it hasen't had a chance to live up to my expectations. 8/ If a new model is released that supersedes - improves upon - your current or latest model, will you buy it? No. I only buy if it has functions I need (and I don't forsee that, for the time being). 9/ If a new model is released that supersedes - improves upon - your current or latest model, will you consider your current or latest model 'obsolete' ? No. 10/ Do you consider your first DSLR (whether still owned or not) 'obsolete'? No. 11/ Have you ever had sex with a bicycle? (You don't have to answer this. In fact, better if you don't). Personal summary of results in a week. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.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. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Lens Neglect
So if the red channel only is blowing out detail, what do you do? Underexpose? Don't you then loose all non-red detail? (never really used the RGB channel histograms before). dk On 10/15/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check the red channel of the histogram on the camera. I learned earlier this year, after shooting some cardinals, that even tho the overall histogram was within bounds, when I looked @ the red channel, I was blowing out red details. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Lens Neglect
hmmm most interesting. Thanks for the info. I have been finding that I seem to get a really dominant red for some concert shots. dk On 10/15/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So if the red channel only is blowing out detail, what do you do? Underexpose? I back down the overall exposure until the red channel is within bounds. Don't you then loose all non-red detail? No they become somewhat under exposed. In my cardinal images, It didn't take much correction to prevent red channel blow out, but yes doing this will potentially underexpose non red detail which you should be able to recover in post processing, whereas blown out red detail is gone if you don't bring it within bounds. Kenneth Waller http://tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Dave Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PESO: Lens Neglect So if the red channel only is blowing out detail, what do you do? Underexpose? Don't you then loose all non-red detail? (never really used the RGB channel histograms before). dk On 10/15/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check the red channel of the histogram on the camera. I learned earlier this year, after shooting some cardinals, that even tho the overall histogram was within bounds, when I looked @ the red channel, I was blowing out red details. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, 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. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: October PUG is up
Thanks for the comments all (who commented). T'was nice to be able to shoot right up till breakfast. dk On 10/8/07, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scott Loveless wrote: PUG's up. Sorry for the delay. http://pug.komkon.org/ November's theme is opposites. You can submit photos at http://pdmlpug.org/?cat=4. We have a large field this month. 35 damn fine photos. I guess you guys really don't like John Denver much. I fixed the glitch with the file extensions being case sensitive, so that shouldn't be a problem anymore. Also, if you decide you don't like the photograph you've submitted, just shoot me a message and I can pull it out, or you can submit another photo. In the event that I get more than one photo from the same submitter, I'll use the most recent. Superb gallery well worth waiting for. Standouts for me are Tom Walt's icy cocktails (equally delicious), Ann's John Steinbeck in Colour shot, the fiery Belgian Yves, and that amazing serpentine shot by Dave Kennedy - which gets bonus points for being in easy reach from brekkie. And again major kudos to Scott for the beautiful web design. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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. -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Upcoming October PUG and ultimatum
Is the size limit still 600 longest side? dk On 9/18/07, Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ok, ok...I'm going hiking today and I'll attempt a photo for some filler. We don't get as much color change down here, sadly. :( rg2 On 9/18/07, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If that doesn't work I'm going to start quoting John Denver in my .sig file. You're despicable. --Daffy Duck Scott Loveless wrote: I currently have 3 photos for the October PUG. Granted, there's still plenty of time, but I'd like to think that more than three of you have photos in your archives that qualify for Autumn/Nature Colors. In my mind that theme is wide open for interpretation. Now the ultimatum. If I don't see a few more photos over the next couple of day I'm going to start posting PESOs again. Thanks! -- Remember, it's pillage then burn. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How did we ever do it?
I upgraded to a 17in CRT just over a year ago, when the 15in died. You get along with what you have I suppose. dk On 9/17/07, Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: agreed, especially since I got mine free. no complaints here - if anything, I can pretend my pictures are sharp because I have to view them smaller than you ;) rg2 On 9/17/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine's 15 and perfectly satisfactory. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of graywolf Sent: 17 September 2007 18:30 To: Pentax Discussion Mailing List Subject: How did we ever do it? Being on this old 15 inch monitor temporarily (I hope), I have to ask, how did we ever do photo stuff on them. It is woefully tiny. I seems inadiquate for email even. However, the color may be better than 19 Hitachi, which is scary because that particular Hitachi was considered the best monitor available at any price (and it was over $800) back when it was new (about 1998-99). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- the subject of a photograph is far less important than its composition -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: EF500 with K10/K100
So, how does an incompatible EF500 Firmware load function (or not) on the K10D? I just put my 2-year old flash on my brand spanking new K10D, fired, and the shot looked ok. I haven''t had enough time to play with the K10D, let alone put the flash on it. dk On 9/13/07, Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, though there is some disagreement about how well. To work properly, it needs to have its firmware updated by Sigma to match the latest K10D firmware. Even then, mine delivers somewhat inconsistent results. If I had it to do over again, I would have saved my pennies, waited a few months, and bought the Pentax 540. Rick --- MikeM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can a Sigma EF500 be used with a K10 K100? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. http://autos.yahoo.com/new_cars.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
8 Eneloop batteries $19 Dell.ca today only.
In case anyone is interested. dk -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Peso Back yard Jay
Nice shot. The expression on the bird reminds me of the scene in Jurassic Park 3, where camera follows the fight down the river and then the focus changes to the Pterodactyl in the foreground as it turns around and sees the main character. dk On 7/18/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6208577 Since I'm pretty much off until fall, Liz and i have our morning Tea and afternoon pint, out back under a tree. I have been trying to get jay shots for about 4-5 weeks now, but it seems everytime i stepped inside for a moment, he shows up. Not last night.:-) Swooped down from the tree for a peanut, and i managed to get a few, This is a crop and a handle of a shovel cloned out. istD 50-200 Pef conversion and crop. Comments welcome Dave -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT DVD RAM
On my Panasonic DVD recorder, I can delete through DVD management menu, or in the navigator by pressing submenu. dk On 6/19/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Sylwester Pietrzyk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/06/19 Tue AM 07:26:15 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT DVD RAM On 18.06.2007, at 23:42 , mike wilson wrote: I bought a DVD recorder which came with some DVD RAM discs, which I understand are re-recordable. Having used some of them once I now want to re-use them. They will not automatically record over what is on them but I can't see any way of formatting them in the DVD recorder. My computer DVD drive does not recognise them. Any suggestions? Mike, there is usually an option to erase each title somewhere in menu of the recorder. At least it is done that way in my Panasonic DVD recorder. But you should have an option to format entire DVD-RAM disc also, just you have to check all menu options once again :-) That's my plan for this evening. 8-( I've had quite a good look but there does not seem to be any erase or format option. On another topic entirely, will be in Polska from 13th to 24th august. I have a small but beautifully appointed apartment in Krakow, with spare beds, if anyone wishes to visit. The weekend in the middle is already taken, so if you turn up then it's the floor or a bench in the Planty. - Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Birding pictures in your back yard.
Speaking of squirrels... Our dog has great fun chasing the squirrels. He's normally in the house, but when we see them at the feeder, a whisper to the dog, and he's ready at the door. Open it a crack and he's bolted after the squirrel. The squirrel usually makes it up the nearest tree and chatters away at him. On occasion, he's at the feeder before the squirrel sees anything and then it's a really interesting dance between the 2. most amusing. :) I've been thinking about setting up a place for photographing the birds for a while, I don't like bird feeder shots. My wife likes the feeder nice close to the house, but that's not conducive to getting the shots I want. On 5/24/07, Christian [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The slingshot is at the ready by the back door for the frigging squirrels. My accuracy has improved in a short period (damn squirrel proof bird feeders don't work!). It's one shot, one kill these days (no actual killing, just a good scare). -- http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada Go Sens Go! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Is it worth updating this..
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Re: OT: Wish Me Luck
On 3/25/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The nightmare had become reality.snip Paul, Trust it all works out in the end. The road can get rough tho. Hang tough, best of luck. dk -- www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: brief 77s appearance
I was wondering if you had received yours yet. dk On 3/22/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Reminds me, i nmeed to see were my status is on the 77 at Henrys Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: A cool accesscory
I have one of the Lowepro cases. Keep empty cards in the right side, full cards on the left. Whenever a cards is full, I also slide the Write Protection switch on after removing it from the camea. It doesn't get switched off until the pictures are safely transferred to PC or CD. dk On 2/28/07, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My big problem is that when I'm rotating four or five cards through the camera, the wallet, and the image tank, it's easy to lose track of the state of each one and accidentally format a card you haven't moved to the tank yet. I'm still working out my process for taking care of that. -- www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Toronto area deals
Tempting indeed. Probably a good thing for me that it's personal shopping only. I could see my 21mm fund being depleted before it reaches reality. dk On 2/26/07, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Henry's Outlet has used DS's for $350CDN and D's for $400CDN, if anybody local is looking for one. Damned tempting, and I no longer have K mount kit -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: NY Times stringers shoot Pentax!
I said that hoof hardedly Good, the last thing we need is another whinny photographer. Not very tack-fully said. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Poll - Your Backup Copies?
My process: 1) When I move from SD to harddrive, everything is also copied to a CD-R. 2) Raw files are processed and moved to a directory For Second Backup, Jpegs are copied to My Pictures 3) When the For Second Backup reaches approx 4G, it's copied to a DVD-R, and removed from the harddrive. 4) I use the Photoshop Elements backup utility to recommend the Jpeg backups. I always do a full backup. The Raw DVDs are kept in my detached garage (about 30ft from the house). Therefore, I have Raw files on CD DVD. JPEGS on multiple backup DVDs. dk On 2/20/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah, I am back, couldn't stay away. :-) I was talking with some people today about fire. Several condos here over the years have been gutted by fires. Made me think I should get a safety deposit box and copy my digital photos to DVD and put them in it. When I think of fire the first thing that springs to mind is what a shame it would be to lose all my photos. But I've been negligent about it. And, although, this has been discussed some before, it made me think of a poll -- I am curious how many others are negligent like me -- so... This could apply to film as well as digital, but digital is probably easier (we'll find out). 1. Do you have a location in which you put backup copies of your JPG/DNG/RAWs (etc.), negatives, and/or prints? Is it a location other than your home, in case of fire or disaster? 2. If, so, is it a safety deposit box? Or is it a fire-proof strong box at home? Or something else? 3. How often do you do make backup copies to safely store away? Do you have some sort of backup schedule or is it sort of hit and miss? Anything else about backing up copies that you want to add... Marnie aka Doe :-) BRBRBR**BR Check out free AOL at http://free.aol.com/thenewaol/index.adp. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, millions of free high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and much more. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO - Inversion
Great Eye. Wonderful job, Tom. On 2/12/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Driving down the dirt road this morning, I rounded a corner and came on this view. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5588182size=lg Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- www.pbase.com/davekennedy Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA77 - going out of production?
Mike, The Camera Canada site has been saying that (only one 77) for a couple of months now. I'd take it with a grain of salt. dk On 2/7/07, Mike Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I've put both of my FA Limiteds (77 and 43) on the auction block. I figure I can make some money on at least the 77 (especially since it's black... those seem to be popular), and probably make a bit on the 43. I'm finally deciding that I'm not shooting film often enough (I've got a roll in each of my film bodies that's been there for months), and the likelihood of that increasing is quite slim. I don't think I've ever actually used my FA77 on my film bodies!! :) So I was checking Canadian online shops for price of DA primes (70, mostly), and I see on the Camera Canada website that Pentax Canada only has 1 FA77 left in stock. I haven't heard any word about the lens going out of production, but I know that Dave Brooks has been waiting (impatiently?) for his to arrive for months now... http://www.cameracanada.com/eNet-cart/product.asp?pid=27970 Immediately, i feel reservations about selling my FA77 - but as I've been watching GDG's musings about equipment, I'm aware that it's only equipment. I just wonder if it's not wiser to hold onto the lens and sell it later! :) -- Cheers, [EMAIL PROTECTED] MichaelHamilton.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: combat photography
I was shooting (photographing) some paintball over Christmas. One of the players saw me in the corner of his eye, turned fired. Took it in the left hand. If it wasn't holding the lens, paint would have been all over my DS 50-200. Not quite combat, I know. dk On 2/3/07, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 5:38 PM Subject: Re: combat photography Digital Image Studio wrote: On 04/02/07, mike wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: More likely a .22 Or baton round. A BB from a modified air rifle perhaps? ;-) Sucker arrow from a toy crossbow? Yellow paper spitball? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Geomagnetic Storm in Progress
Thanks for the tip. I'll take a look tonight. dk On 1/29/07, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Those in northern Europe should be on the lookout for aurorae now. Five to 8 hours later those of in the northern tier states of the USA and further north should be on the lookout. http://www.spaceweather.com http://www.sec.noaa.gov/SWN/index.html Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Eneloop batteries on DS or Flash?
Anyone using Eneloop batteries in their cameras or flash? Just wondering how they perform. Dell.ca has a good one-day deal on them today. dk -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Eneloop batteries on DS or Flash?
Just ordered 8 for $19 cdn (+ tax). $30 discount today only. dk On 1/26/07, Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 26, 2007, at 9:45, Rob Brigham wrote: Damnit - I have just spent more money that I didn't really need to! Seriously though, these sound like they will be the perfect answer for my flash and also for the istD now that it will be dormant as a backup body assuming the K10 takes over now it is on the scene. They are far from cheap in the UK...! They are about US $12.00 for a set of 4 here. :-) -Charles -- Charles Robinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PESO: Ice Storm
We only got snow in Ottawa. I like four five. dk On 1/15/07, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like # 3. Looks like you got it a bit worse than us. Not much at all on the trees up this way. Roads a little slick, but it only took me 10 extra minutes to get to work. Over 450 OPP responded to accidents on our 400 series of hwys. When will folks learn to slow down when its slippery. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Gotta Go ....
Best of luck Shel. Hurry back. dk On 1/14/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The doctor called me yesterday and wants me to go into the hospital for some tests. I'll be leaving in a couple of hours and will be away for a short while. I usually don't put my business on the internet, but I'm a little concerned, and for some odd reason doing so now helps me to feel a little better. Maybe it's because I'm anxious and there's no one to tell right now - gotta wait a few hours to tell friends and family ... I don't do hospitals and illness very well ;-)) So, wish me luck (if you so choose), and I'll see you when I get back. Bye for now. Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Off to Florida
Have a great trip. Looking forward to seeing some photos. On 1/11/07, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leaving tonight to visit my brother in Ocala, Florida for a few days. Hoping to do some photography for the first time in a *long* while. (Man, this college professor sh*t is time consuming! And school starts again on Tuesday.) So anyway... I'm taking the K10D, four Ltd lenses (21, 31, 43, 77) and the 80-200/2.8. Can't justify the size/weight of a 300/2.8 for this trip so I'm gonna take the 1.7x teleconverter to use with the 80-200 if I need something long. Hope to bring back some photos. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Pentax advertising at World Juniors.
Anyone notice that Pentax has their name behind the net at the world Junior Hockey Championships? I was surprised to see it there. (end of first, Canada 3, Russia 0) dk -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Hoya - Pentax Merger?
See here: http://www.dpreview.com/news/0612/06122101pentaxhoyamerge.asp or here: http://www.hoya.co.jp/data/current/newsobj-368-pdf.pdf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Please everyone set up an email filter
Don't cook alot, but nothing beat fresh fish in a cast iron frying pan on a fishing trip :) dk On 12/20/06, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't like aluminium cookware. Cast iron and Stainless with copper base is my preference. Cheers, Dave On 12/20/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cast iron is good for a lot of things, but you can still get hard anodized aluminum as well. Calphalon sells both; hard anodized and teflon coated, Some stores might stock only the teflon, out of ignorance. Paul On Dec 19, 2006, at 11:24 PM, graywolf wrote: Wow, that stuff is expensive. Back in the 80's I had some hard anodized frying pans that were great. No non-stick, metal handles, not outrageously expensive, the best frying pans I have ever used. I keep looking for something similar but everything I find is Teflon lined, I hate Teflon. So, I am using cast iron pans now. Paul Stenquist wrote: I'd recommend the Calphalon hard anodized over any pan with a non- stick coating. You don't need the coating if you break it in right, and your pan will last forever. I have some Calphalon pans that are twenty years old. I can make an omelette in my 8 inch skillet and turn it to do the flip side. It has a beautiful glazed surface, better than anything in teflon. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: My greatest christmas present
Wonderful shot. dk On 12/19/06, Ralf R. Radermacher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lalalalaaa... :-) I've offered myself the greatest christmas present ever: no christmas this year! No bickering from the monster-in-law. No hours of preparation and cooking to do. No mess in the kitchen. No heaps of dirty dishes. This is what I'll be looking at, this christmas eve: http://www.fotocommunity.de/pc/pc/mypics/770012/display/5772748 Isn't life wonderful. Happy holidays to all of you. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany private homepage: http://www.fotoralf.de manual cameras and photo galleries - updated Jan. 10, 2005 Contarex - Kiev 60 - Horizon 202 - P6 mount lenses -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
New firmware available. DS thru K110D
Just came across new firmware loads on dpreveiw pentax japan web site. http://www.dpreview.com/news/0612/06122002pentaxsdhcfirmware.asp http://www.pentax.co.jp/english/support/ Change details are: Addition of compatible SDHC Memory card dk -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Please everyone set up an email filter
That is hilarious! On 12/20/06, Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife can be quite scientific about things. Each time one of her friends has got married, she has staged a session at some sports arena, where the bride to be has thrown a frying pan as far as she could. The distance measured was written down on a Safe Range certificate, and delivered to the groom at the reception *after* the wedding. From her experience, most women prefer light pans with long range over cast iron stuff. :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: why won't my raw converter covert?
I had a problem converting to JPEG when I inadvertantly set the converter to 16bit color. On 12/12/06, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Suddenly, my raw converters refuse to convert... I downloaded directly from camera - switched the card back and forth between cameras and while the images download they dont convert - ok it's darkside software - but it is only for the images I loaded today -- last night it was fine. I tried downloading these pics again with dif file names, I used the two different conversion things I have, etc -- I took another raw file, previously downloaded and was able to convert that... what's going on here? as it happens, the pics I'm trying to convert now were shots I really need anyone know waht's going on here or what I should be checking? TIA ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Published!
Congrat's. Great shots. dk On 12/4/06, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All text pictures by me, on shooting live concerts and performance: http://www.dariobonazza.com/provv/PC200612.jpg It's been published on december issue of PC Photo magazine in Italy. Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Photoshop elements 5.0 and 3.0 - prices
I have Elements 3.0 and it supports Raw conversion. I don't use it tho. I found it too cumbersome, as I have to open every image in ACR to convert it to JPEG (i.e. No batch processing). I've been using RSE for Raw conversion, altho I've just downloaded a copy of silkypix for conversion to see how it works IIRC Elements 3.0 had some backdoors into curves and channel mixer which was taken out of 4.0. I don't know what 5.0 has. dk On 12/6/06, Mat Maessen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/6/06, ann sanfedele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can get both at my local Staples for $59.00 (after rebate) $89.00 if the rebate doesnt instead of going on line and getting the upgrade from Adobe - $89 is the normal price from Adobe. They list $69 as the upgrade price. So the $59 after rebate is a little cheaper, though you have to wait for the rebate check. I don't think I really need 5.0 but maybe I'm wrong IIRC, Elements 5.0 added raw support. Which is a good reason to upgrade. -Mat -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Photoshop elements 5.0 and 3.0 - prices
Thanks John, I'll have to check that out... Should have known there would be a better way to do it. Much Appreciated. dk On 12/6/06, John Francis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 06, 2006 at 12:43:11PM -0500, Dave Kennedy wrote: I have Elements 3.0 and it supports Raw conversion. I don't use it tho. I found it too cumbersome, as I have to open every image in ACR to convert it to JPEG (i.e. No batch processing). Odd - I've got Elements 3.0, and find it very useful for batch processing. In fact if I've been shooting RAW I fire up Elements to build a set of JPEG previews. It lets me resize, auto-levels, and save the JPEGs. It's on the File menu under Process Multiple Files... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Teensy Brag
Congratulations Wendy! (Also saw a printout of one of your shots (looked like Algonquin Park to me) at the Kanata Costco display. ) dk On 12/4/06, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations Wendy. Tom C. From: wendy beard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Teensy Brag Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 10:03:04 -0500 OT because I didn't use a Pentax for the pics, but some of you might have already seen my handiwork without knowing it. The 2007 Dogs in Canada Annual features 12 of my photos and one of them is actually of me :-) (besides my photo of myself and Tyra in the contributor's section) Besides going to all the members of the CKC, the annual is also available in bookstores such as Chapters - it might even be available in the US, I'm not sure. Anyway, if you spot it in the bookstore just take a peek :-) Wendy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: How Long ...
Earliest evidence I can find in my personal archives is May1998. Been in and out numerous times since then. dk On 12/3/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. have you participated in the PDML, in its various iterations. While sitting in traffic this afternoon, the thought crossed my mind that some of us have been here a *very* long time. While I can't recall exactly when I joined, I think it was some time in 1999, maybe 1998 - before the arrival of many, if not all, of the MZ/ZX cameras I believe, when the LX reigned supreme. That seems like a long time to be on a mailing list, yet there are some folks here who were here when I arrived and who are still here. Bill Robb, Steady Stenquist, Stan Halpin, Rob Studdert, and Steve Larson are just a few names that come to mind. Bill Castleberry, up on the Oregon Coast, was here, disappeared, popped up again briefly, and then disappeared again. Do any of the old timers recall how they heard about the list? Shel -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: Bought a DS
I know I haven't been following the PDML too closely over the past while, but is purchasing a DS *really* Off Topic these days? wow. dk On 11/29/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yup. KEH. Good price. The prices on the *istD there are really low now, BTW. I wanted one with a faster write and a bigger buffer, so I went with the DS. I don't like shilly shallying around shopping. Actually I hate shopping, so I try to make up my mind fairly quickly. Not in my hands yet, but it will be fun to try out the Pentax glass I have when it arrives. I decided I could wait for SR until later when I will probably get the K10D. More important to me now than SR is seeing if I can get as good results (or almost as good) with the DS and some older Pentax glass as I have gotten with my 300D and expensive Canon glass. This is not a minor point as it will take big bucks when the new Pentax lenses come out to duplicate the Canon kit I have now. If I switch back completely, I can't outlay that much right away. It will definitely be incremental. :-) Thanks for everyone's input. Cough. I guess I am back in the Pentax fold. Part way anyway. 1/2 Lightside, 1/2 Darkside. Like that Star Trek episode. Wonder if I will be as conflicted as that guy was? Marnie aka Doe Probably. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Some PUG comments 3 of 3
Thanks for taking the time to do this Jostein. (and thanks for the comment) dk On 11/9/06, Jostein Øksne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fort St Andries by Henk Terhell A classic ruin shot. What makes this one stand out, IMO, is the repetition of the fallen chunks on the right and beyond the arch. I like the rest of the composition too, btw. :-) Mesa Verde NP by Tom Reese Tom's photos usually strike a chord with me, but this one failed to pluck even a single string, I'm afraid. I'd say it probably works as an illustration photo of the place, though. It makes me want to visit the place some time. Seen Better Days by Bill Burton Old cars are great subjects for abandoned. This shot absolutely conveys how the car is about to literally fall apart, but I think the composition could have been made stronger if the shot was taken closer to the car, to avoid the branches intruding on the pic from the left. There also seems to be something very odd about the colour balance in this shot. Too much green/cyan, maybe? When I was a kid.. by Sandy Hermann The story around it makes the picture grow, but I think some of the elements distract. The unsharp object in the lower left corner, and the unsharp twig in the right hand corner. The long twig meandering from the top is a nice element, I think, and it would have been even better if it didn't cross the valve. With the almost square format, the crop is actively chosen for the presentation, and to me it seems like a good choice because it brings the object so close and sort of intimate. Not easy to be intimate with an old cart wheel... Marble by Robert Gonzalez This device looks like it has lost more than it's marbles (ok, ok, just can't resist...). Parked by the roadside, some nondescript and undefinable objects in the background and the wheels coming off; it looks seriously abandoned. Four fungi by Jan van Wijk Too bad the fourth got turned to mush...:-) It's a lovely pic of the three fungi remaining. Special price for most stretched interpretation of the theme. :-) Forerunner by Ann Sanfedele Running ahead into abanonment... lol... This pic certainly hit home with me. Frosty Roof by Dave Kennedy Great detail, sharpness in the right place... Like it. Not for any particular reason at all, I just like it. Hwy 395 revisited by Brendan MacRae This one is also very well done. Wouldn't change a thing. Villa Maiuri - Interior by Gianfranco Irlanda There's something special about this one. It's so anti every rule of composition with the huge door and wall in the middle, and the two exits on either side. Still it works. Very intriguing. My favourite this month. Jostein -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax 16-45 vs 18-55
I've been happy with the 18-55 (granted, my eyes aren't as critical as some). For superwide, I'm saving for a DA12-24. When looking for top quality, I flip over to the FA28 F50 primes. dk On 10/26/06, J and K Messervy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When my K10D finally arrives, I'm trying to decide which lens to get with it. My ist DL came with the Sigma 18-50, so the bar has been set pretty low. I gather the Pentax 18-55 is quite a bit better. My question is, is the Pentax 16-45 a big enough improvement over the 18-55 to warrent the extra $? What are the areas where improvement will be noticeable? Sharpness, colour, etc? James -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: lens quick change Q?
Sounds like most people use the hoods to protect the lens, which begs the question: do you use hoods on *all* your lenses? I currently only have hoods on my DA18-55, and DA50-200. I don't have hoods for the primes. dk On 10/24/06, Patrick Genovese [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've lined the bottom of my camera bag's lens compartments (shoulder bag) with a microfibre cloth (the sort used to clean spectacles) it is kind to the uv filters and have never had a scratch. In any case the lens hood usually ensures that the uv filter never comes into contact with the cloth. If otoh i'm using a lens without a uv filter then i religiously put the lens cap back on. As far as the rear cap I use the non bayonet type caps (like the ones) supplied with the FA50 1.4 these are practical and very quick to put on / remove. They have a tendency to fall off but i find they provide sufficient protection for a lens in a camera bag. I normally have a couple lying around the bag ready for a quick lens change. Rgds Patrick On 10/23/06, cbwaters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I figure the answers to this will be all over the map but here goes: When your out shooting and changing lenses fairly frequently, Do you replace the caps all the time? I was walking in the city with my daughter this weekend. We were taking photos for a school project on urban areas. She's 8 so she's in a hurry to get moving all the time. At least until we'd been walking a couple hours and were many blocks from the car, then she wanted to sit on every bench, stoop, open patch of sidewalk, etc Anyhoo, I was switching between a couple lenses. I like to keep the caps on when not in use but I found that I would just leave the hoods on and dump the lens into the bag I was carrying to save time. So, what do you do? Cory sick of looking at message subjects about surveys... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- Regards Patrick Genovese -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: lens quick change Q?
Great thread. Lots of useful ideas here. Thanks. dk On 10/23/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: While the same as your back to back caps, I have a different intent in mind. I won't store lenses back to back on a siamesed cap ... that makes the total package too long for my bag/slot design and means hunting for the right lens as part of a lens pair, can mean even more bits to juggle. I tried it with my Leica gear some years ago but didn't like it very much. The purpose for the back to back rear caps is to enable changing the lens more quickly and reducing the amount of bits juggling you have to do in the operation of pull out a lens - pull the rear cap - put a cap on the lens you just took off the camera. With back to back rear caps, you twist a lens onto the one you just pulled from the bag, then hold the cap and twist the other right off, barely moving your hands. The lens that goes in the bag has a cap on the rear in the end, with a siamesed rear cap opening unused. Because I will not depend on the caps to stick together with the weight of two lenses bearing on the cement joint, almost any cement will do (epoxy, rubber cement, cyanoacrilate ...). Their join could always be reinforced with a glued in reinforcing ring too. Godfrey On Oct 23, 2006, at 8:23 AM, Shel Belinkoff wrote: I've done that for years, and it works great. I can carry two lenses in the space for one. Some different techniques and epoxies have been tried, and although none of the caps have separated, the later attempts both look nicer and might even be a little stronger. If you'd like some tips or ideas, just let me know. My first attempt was sent to Bob Walkden several years ago, and AFAIK, he's still using the back-to-back caps I made for his Leica glass. Another thing I'm going to do is buy six rear caps and glue them together into pair. That will make it easier when doing a quick change to transfer the cap from one lens to the next ... just connect the lens you just took off to the one you just pulled out, then twist the one going to the camera off and drop the other back into the bag. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT - loss of a PDML member
Grant, My condolances for you and your family. Thank you for letting us know this sad news. When I was having problems with my F70-210 last summer, Powell was the first to jump in and give me a hand (albeit over email). He'll be missed. dk On 10/13/06, Grant H [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am sad to announce the death of PDML member Powell Hargrave, who was my brother. Powell was struck down by lung cancer on October 10, less then a week after the cancer had been diagnosed. He had been suffering from what he thought was a pesky pneumonia for a couple of months, happily he was not in pain in his last days. Powell bought his first Pentax in the early '60s and subsequently studied photography in California and then as a member of the Royal Canadian Air Force. He quit the RCAF to go to the University of British Colombia and worked as a wedding photographer to make money on the side as well as being a staff photographer for the student paper. He taught me the basics of photography and I ended up with his Pentax S1a back in the '70s. I have since always had at least one Pentax, except for a short period a couple of years ago when I thought mistakenly that a digital could do it all and sold my K1000. When I realised the digital camera I could afford couldn't do all I wanted, Powell sent me off to eBay to get a decent Pentax film camera, and encouraged me in my subsequent Pentax collecting fever. He maintained his interest in photography throughout his life even though he seldom earned his living directly from it. I noticed his last contributions to the PDML were at the beginning of October, a couple of days before his health failed. He was a wonderfully jack of all trades but with the twist of being master of several. The explanation of how he fixed his Pentax F 70-210 lens is a good example. See his site; http://members.shaw.ca/hargravep/ Powell worked at the Nanaimo BC art gallery for the last 18 years, a tribute publish earlier this year; http://www.mala.bc.ca/~nag/news.htm Go out and take a picture in his memory... or take your camera apart - that is what he would have done. Grant Hargrave (Spotmatic, SP500, KX, KM, K1000, MX and all the M-series (including 2 MF Es with SMC Pentax AF 35-70/2.8 lenses), MZ-50, P3... Powell was a bad influence!) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FS: the remaining stuffs...
Am interested in Cokin P121 filter. How much to ship to Ottawa, K2K 2E6? dk On 10/5/06, Alan Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just a little updates price cuts. Feel free to make me any offers. I can cut the prices a little more with multi-items. Always quote the lowest shipping by air. http://www.pbase.com/wlachan/selling Regards, Alan Chan http://www.pbase.com/wlachan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: K10D page at Steve's Digicams
drool. Does anyone have a water proof keyboard? I knew I should not have looked. dk On 9/12/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.steves-digicams.com/pr/pentax_09132006_k10d_pr.html?AType=0 Also, the DA70/2.4 Limited ... enjoy Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: WTB 43 Limited
The rebates didn't apply to Canada, hence you won't be seeing it at the Camera Canada. dk On 9/7/06, Bill Lawlor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just noticed that BH and Adorama no longer have the 43mm Ltd with rebate in stock. Can anyone direct me to a source? I tried Canada Camera but they don't show the rebates. Thanks, Bill Lawlor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: photo browser/laboratory 3
Yup. I went to install it on my laptop to experiment with, and it asked me for the CD. After exhaustively searching my computer room, I found the CD, and started to install it on my main computer. Didn't need the CD. Has/does anyone use it? I played with it briefly, but the workflo seemed so more complex than RSE. dk On 9/7/06, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it doesn't if you already have any previous version installed. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Amusing product review
Actually, I've sticking with 512M cards (mostly). I've found that they work best with my portable CD burner that I use while on Vacation - at the end of the day, burn all my cards to cd and then I have a RAW CD backup copy for archive as well. Course with the family vacations, I haven't been burnt through much more than two 512M cards in a day. I've a Photo-oriented trip to Algonquin Provincial Park at the end of Sept. I may end up using more there tho. dk On 9/3/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As a D shooter, I have only one SD card -- a one meg Sandisk Ultra that I bought for my Panasonic PS. I'll buy more, but I'm going to wait until I have the K10 in hand, since prices keep dropping. However, I don't think I want any cards bigger than 2 gig. I figure that a lost card or a failed card will be less painful in proportion to its size. paul On Sep 3, 2006, at 4:51 PM, Mat Maessen wrote: On 9/3/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been shopping for SD memory cards (gr...) in anticipation of purchasing a K10D in the near future. I've limited my searches to 4G capacity as I expect that'll be my minimum size for use with this camera. Resellerratings.com only showed two cards at this capacity and only one of them had a user review. Here's the review: http://www.epinions.com/content_241028468356 Sounds like an equipment limitation, rather than a card limitation. :-) -Mat (who needs to buy another 2GB SD card) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: OT: People in academics
Neat story, Gotta pay attention to the details. Congratulations Mark! dk On 7/27/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: You got a job in a university and you call that a real job ??? Well sort of. Half, anyway: There's a considerable separation from reality, so the real part is somewhat dubious. But I've taught a college course before, and my mother spent here career as a college professor, so I'm well aware of the enormity of the job part of the deal. Lotsa work involved... There's a whole lot of serendipity involved in my getting this job. I picked up the Sunday (July 16) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette classified ads on Monday morning after a busy Sunday. I noticed this teaching position at Youngstown State University (in Ohio) that looked tailor-made for me so I made a note to apply for it. It hadn't been in the previous week's paper so I didn't think there would be any urgency about it, even though something in the back of my mind thought it was late in the year for this kind of position to be advertised. I didn't get around to preparing my application materials until Tuesday afternoon, at which point I noticed that the application deadline was Wednesday, July 19 - the next day! I continued scrambling to get materials together and zapped off a quick email to them asking if it was OK to apply via email or if they wanted hard copy (I mentioned, while hoping not to sound too desperate, that I'd be willing to drive up Wednesday if necessary). On Wednesday morning I got a reply saying email would be fine (I was just getting ready to get in my car to drive up there) so I sent of an email with a ton of attachments. On Thursday morning I got a phone call asking if I could come up to interview and give a brief demonstration lecture on Tuesday. So I spent the weekend preparing my presentation and drove up Tuesday morning. The woman who had led the search committee recognized me from my web page head shot (thanks Cesar!) and I discovered that she: Also lives in Pittsburgh and commutes to Youngstown And lives less than two miles from me Did the same master's program at Duquesne University that I did And her husband teaches at Duquesne And that she knows the guy with whom I taught the sound course at Duquesne last year Anyway, my presentation wen *very* well on Tuesday and they called me at 9:00 Wednesday morning and offered me the job! Job officially starts on Aug 16 (classes begin Aug 28) but I'm going to be up to my eyeballs in preparation until then. I suspect the teaching workload with new (to me) classes will severely cut down my PDML participation time from now on. Whether that's good or bad is another matter ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com 412-687-2835 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Pentax Mount Tamron 28-200 XR
I pulled out my FA28-200 for a concert I went to a month or so ago. I was pleasantly surprised with the results. It was the first time I used it in many moons. http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy/wonderland dk On 7/28/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought it was second generation. Still Tamron kept improving it after the Pentax badged version was released. There's a FA 28-200 new old stock in a local Camera Store. I think they want something around $299.00 for it. I never liked mine on film but on digital it's, I want to say not bad, but really it's very good. (At $299 it's not a bad lens at all). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Beware New eBay Scam
Same here. If Ebay needs to contact me, they can do it through the 'My Messages' mailbox. dk On 7/11/06, R.C.Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just never respond to any ebay or paypal emails and report them to ebay or paypal. None of them have been legit. RCB - Original Message - From: Jay Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 11:20 AM Subject: Beware New eBay Scam I just got a fake eBay message from a supposed buyer threatening to report me to eBay if I don't answer his question. It looks just like the regular eBay messages with a Respond Now button. The item in question does not exist. Not sure what would happen if I would have bit on it, but it was initially pretty compelling. The message was worded like this: Hey, listen buddy, i don't know what kind of game are you playing with me. If you don't answer me i'll be forced to report you at ebay and i assure you that you will be suspended from ebay. This is the final warning. cata2000x I suspect that the link to respond would take you to some fake login that would perhaps reveal your real login for use by these losers. Anyhow just thought I'd give a heads up to others in the PDML. JayT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: FA28-70/4 repair.
A few weeks ago, a 'certain auction site' had a number of Factory Refurbished FA28-70/4 lenses going for $100. I was tempted to pick one up as backup, but I got a FA28/2.8 instead. They may still be there, they didn't seem to be moving quickly. dk On 6/24/06, P. J. Alling [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Don, I still have mine and I'd love to get it fixed. I've been making do with a F 35-70 3.5-4.5 which is sharp enough but just not in the same league. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the course of talking to Pentax repair in Colorado I asked (again) about repair on the FA28-70/4, notorious for its seperated rear element. I was told (this time) that they CAN repair it if I send it in to them. I will have it on the way to them Monday. For those of you that still have one of these, hang on a bit longer. I'll post to the list as soon as I get the verdict from Pentax. Don This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- When you're worried or in doubt, Run in circles, (scream and shout). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: Managing all these RAW files with Photoshop Elements 4.0
This is the way I'm managing Raw files. I typed it up for myself so I would stick to it better. Raw Workflow: 1. Import raw files to: ~/MyPictures/RawImport/yymmdd directory. 2. Process using RSE 3. Convert to jpeg into directory: /converted. 4. Move jpegs to /pictures/istd/yymmdd structure for import into Elements. 5. Rename raw file directory to 'archive_x-x'. x is the image number. 6. Copy Directory to CD-R. 7. When the enough files accumulate, copy again to DVD. Store offsite. 8. Delete Raw files from Hard Drive. This gives me CD-R and DVD backups of my Raw files and RSE conversion data. It also keeps the Raw files out of Elements, making it easier to manage (to me). Because I rarely change jpg filenames, I can easily find the RAW original if needed. Elements Workflow: 1. Apply Tag To be reviewed/Categorized to all new images 2 As images are categorized, remove this tag. 3. Perform jpg backups as per Elements 3 Reminder. If I end up shooting jpeg for a specific reason, these files go straight to the /pictures/istd/yymmdd Directory structure. dk On 6/20/06, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bob, I suspect there will be as many best practices as there are photographers on this list...:-) Folder structure is the basic element of my solution. All the RAW-files goes into one folder structure The names of the folders and the organisation is down to personal taste, of course. I prefer a simple date-based setup like this: RawFiles year quarter date-keyword (example: 20060620-gardenShots) date-keyword quarter ...etc. The quarter structure is a bit arbitrary. I chose to use it because it fits well with my production volume and the change of seasons where I live. It also works as a zeitgeber for my secondary backup cycle (DVD burning). For developed TIFF files, I have a similar structure, but skip the date-keyword level. I also have a third structure where I put all images to be published on the web, but that's not in a state fit to describe to anyone...:-) When all that is said, I must admit that I avoid using Photoshop for organising files. Instead, I use ThumbsPlus v7, which is an archiving software capable of creating previews of raw files and keeping them in a database for swift access. In addition, I use a dedicated raw file converter which has a reasonable file browser as well. If you don't wish to invest in archival software, maybe the freeware viewer suggested by Mark Roberts a week ago could be something: http://graunet.dyndns.org/alexwww/rawviewer/rawviewer.php hth... :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; PDML pdml@pdml.net; Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 4:13 AM Subject: OT: Managing all these RAW files with Photoshop Elements 4.0 2nd try, 1st didn't make it to the list. Bob S. -- Forwarded message -- From: Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Jun 19, 2006 8:09 PM Subject: OT: Managing all these RAW files with Photoshop Elements 4.0 To: pdml@pdml.net So now that you have me shooting RAW files, how do I manage them in PS Elements 4.0? That is, I have 3,600-4,000 photos in Elements 4.0 now, mainly jepg's. Some RAW files are also mixed in from this month (GFM and later). They are a pain to open for editing because they each want to be converted on opening. So what do you all do? Convert them all in a batch and just save the converted versions as high quality photoshop files? Do you put the RAW originals away somewhere, out of Elements 4.0? I really need to untangle the mess I am making by having the RAW file and then 2 or 3 versions of the conversion jpeg in the catalogue. What's the best way to do this? Sorry if I wasn't paying attention before :-( Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: PUG Challenge!
On 21/6/06, Don Sanderson, discombobulated, unleashed: Good for you Paul, architecture should be right up your alley. Mark! At least it is a topic with some structure to it Right. It's certainly something we can build on. Yeah, but I have a hard time getting my foot in the door. Helps to start with a firm foundation in the basics. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Re: loooooooong distance remote or IR release
Godfrey is right on that one. I'd be very surprised if a cable that long would work. The resistance of the cable may be getting too high to get a reliable shutter firing, especially if the camera was designed for short cable releases. 'Course, I could be wrong, I haven't looked into it at any great detail. dk On 6/20/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For that long a connection, you want radio control I think. Godfrey On Jun 20, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Aaron Reynolds wrote: How much length might you need. Oh, a hell of a lot. Couple hundred feet. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
Raw images need help. Flat, Dark.
Recently went our for a walk at a local Conservation Area, cool, dark, bit of rainy day. - Shot everything in Raw. - Back home, imported to PC, - Raw to JPEG conversion via RSE primarily with the default settings. - In Elements, added Name to corner, - Exported to resize and reduce jpeg quality (to about 8) - Uploaded them to the web The pictures looked fine/ok on my pc at home during the Raw Conversion, but now on my PC at work, they are dull, flat, dark, soft. See here: http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy/morris My home monitor is uncalibrated (as is my work monitor), but I'm still surprised to see the images come out like this, as the images were largely converted using defaults. Any thoughts? Is this a: Shooting problem? Raw Workflow Problem? Elements Export problem? Monitor Problem? or all of the above? thanx dk
Re: Raw images need help. Flat, Dark.
Tom, That would be nice, but I think the problem is going to be a bit bigger than that. I doubt that it is my work monitor, as other pictures (on the PDML gallery, for instance) look fine. dk On 5/12/06, Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know this already but, if they (the converted RAWs) looked fine on your home monitor where you did the work and now they look terrible on your work monitor, it's 99.9% chance it's the work monitor. Mine at work is just crap and there seems to be little adjustment that can be done to make it better. Tom C. From: Dave Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Raw images need help. Flat, Dark. Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 13:36:08 -0400 Recently went our for a walk at a local Conservation Area, cool, dark, bit of rainy day. - Shot everything in Raw. - Back home, imported to PC, - Raw to JPEG conversion via RSE primarily with the default settings. - In Elements, added Name to corner, - Exported to resize and reduce jpeg quality (to about 8) - Uploaded them to the web The pictures looked fine/ok on my pc at home during the Raw Conversion, but now on my PC at work, they are dull, flat, dark, soft. See here: http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy/morris My home monitor is uncalibrated (as is my work monitor), but I'm still surprised to see the images come out like this, as the images were largely converted using defaults. Any thoughts? Is this a: Shooting problem? Raw Workflow Problem? Elements Export problem? Monitor Problem? or all of the above? thanx dk
Re: Raw images need help. Flat, Dark.
I hadn't thought of that. Thanx I'll try that. dk On 5/12/06, Kenneth Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doesn't sound like a shooting or RAW workflow problem since you got acceptable images @ home. Sounds like a possible monitor problem @ work. Also are you using the same program @ home work to view the images? If so is it set the same home/work? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Dave Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Raw images need help. Flat, Dark. Recently went our for a walk at a local Conservation Area, cool, dark, bit of rainy day. - Shot everything in Raw. - Back home, imported to PC, - Raw to JPEG conversion via RSE primarily with the default settings. - In Elements, added Name to corner, - Exported to resize and reduce jpeg quality (to about 8) - Uploaded them to the web The pictures looked fine/ok on my pc at home during the Raw Conversion, but now on my PC at work, they are dull, flat, dark, soft. See here: http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy/morris My home monitor is uncalibrated (as is my work monitor), but I'm still surprised to see the images come out like this, as the images were largely converted using defaults. Any thoughts? Is this a: Shooting problem? Raw Workflow Problem? Elements Export problem? Monitor Problem? or all of the above? thanx dk
Re: Raw images need help. Flat, Dark.
Thanks for the comment Paul. I really appreciate the breakdown of your workflow/thought process as you go through the Raw Workflow. I use the histogram alot in camera, especially to determine if there saturated highlight's but I've been using the monitor view when tweaking for the Raw Conversion. This is why I've been wondering if I have a monitor adjustment issue. I'll keep a closer look at the histogram when I do these. thanx dk On 5/12/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, I should have added that you have some very nice work here. To expand on what I've said below, if I were working on these in the PSCS RAW converter, I would be adjusting the shadow control to set the black point. I think the blacks can go deeper without going off the histogram. But that's why the histogram is provided. It helps you see when too much is just too much. I'd also turn up the exposure until I either achieved the overall brightess I wanted or until the histogram indicated that highlights were being clipped. If highlights started clipping before I achieved sufficient brightness, I would brighten the midrange some more with the brightness slider. I would also look at everything at 200% to see if any CA was evident. If I saw any color banding, I would try to eliminate it with the CA adjustment. I would then set my output size to 16 bit 144 megabyte, select prophoto colorspace and convert. (I make all my files large for the masters.) I then might perform some a! dd! itional adjustments in PhotoShop and apply Unsharp Mask as needed. For the web images I would size them at 13 inches on the long side at 72 dpi using bicubic sharper. Then I would convert to Srgb and do a Save for Web in PhotoShop. Paul -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm not familiar with RSE. I use PSCS RAW converter, but I can say with certainty that very few RAW images will look satisfactory at any given set of default settings. Almost all require fine tuning. Yours are very close for RAW, and they err in the direction in which they should: subdued highlights. All they need is some adjustment during the conversion process. You can just tweak the jpegs now if you wish, but working with your images during conversion is much prefered as you will find that you can fine tune the range much better. If you don't want to work on your conversions, shoot jpeg. Paul -- Original message -- From: Dave Kennedy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Recently went our for a walk at a local Conservation Area, cool, dark, bit of rainy day. - Shot everything in Raw. - Back home, imported to PC, - Raw to JPEG conversion via RSE primarily with the default settings. - In Elements, added Name to corner, - Exported to resize and reduce jpeg quality (to about 8) - Uploaded them to the web The pictures looked fine/ok on my pc at home during the Raw Conversion, but now on my PC at work, they are dull, flat, dark, soft. See here: http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy/morris My home monitor is uncalibrated (as is my work monitor), but I'm still surprised to see the images come out like this, as the images were largely converted using defaults. Any thoughts? Is this a: Shooting problem? Raw Workflow Problem? Elements Export problem? Monitor Problem? or all of the above? thanx dk
Re: Raw images need help. Flat, Dark.
Wow. That is a very useful tip. I was just playing with that, it looks like it could save a fair amount of work. Thanks Tim. On 5/12/06, Tim Øsleby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some good photography there, but they do look a bit flat at my monitor too. Just converting without adjusting does not make sense. You are not using the potential of raw shooting. At first I struggled a lot with this myself. (In fact, I still do, but my skills have improved). RSE has a neat feature that will get you going pretty fast. You can simply use the Alt + E keys, and viola, RSE suggests adjustments based on some kind of picture analysing. The suggestions are not perfect, but in many cases they are ok. And in most cases it will give you a rough idea on what to do. After a bit of fine tuning it usually ends up pretty good. Off course, the best thing is to do it all by yourself, but why not get a bit of help? It sure speeds things up. Tim Mostly harmless (just plain Norwegian) Never underestimate the power of stupidity in large crowds (Very freely after Arthur C. Clarke, or some other clever guy) -Original Message- From: Dave Kennedy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 12. mai 2006 19:36 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Raw images need help. Flat, Dark. Recently went our for a walk at a local Conservation Area, cool, dark, bit of rainy day. - Shot everything in Raw. - Back home, imported to PC, - Raw to JPEG conversion via RSE primarily with the default settings. - In Elements, added Name to corner, - Exported to resize and reduce jpeg quality (to about 8) - Uploaded them to the web The pictures looked fine/ok on my pc at home during the Raw Conversion, but now on my PC at work, they are dull, flat, dark, soft. See here: http://www.pbase.com/davekennedy/morris My home monitor is uncalibrated (as is my work monitor), but I'm still surprised to see the images come out like this, as the images were largely converted using defaults. Any thoughts? Is this a: Shooting problem? Raw Workflow Problem? Elements Export problem? Monitor Problem? or all of the above? thanx dk
Re: OT: Seeking Book Recommendations
I'd recommend these as well. On 4/9/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Freeman Patterson : Photography and the Art of Seeing : Photographing the World Around You -Adam
Re: OT: help from the RAW file shooters
For those of us who are running Elements with ACR or RSE, is there any real value in the Real World Camera Raw book for Photoshop? dk On 4/7/06, graywolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why don't you recommend that your friend buy a copy of Real World Camera Raw and crib his paper from there. It is the book most of the folks on the list learned from and it is only $25 from amazon.com. graywolf http://www.graywolfphoto.com http://webpages.charter.net/graywolf Idiot Proof == Expert Proof --- Aaron Reynolds wrote: On Apr 7, 2006, at 8:56 AM, John Forbes wrote: Or do you REALLY never make an error with exposure? The exposure has not changed inside the domed stadium in recent memory. Perhaps one day they will change the lights. But in the meantime, yes, I am pretty sure that I will not make an error with exposure. Why do people think this is even related to my question? -Aaron
Re: GESO: Another pass at editing
Wow. Incredible. Great job. dk On 4/5/06, Juan Buhler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A million thanks to all of you who commented in the previous pass at editing the pictures for my show. It really helped more than I was expecting: seeing the excitement or lack thereof by other people regarding a given picture, it makes me perceive it in a more objective light. So, thanks all. I just posted a new pass: they are sixteen pictures now. I took out eight, and added one that you guys saw here last year. http://www.jbuhler.com/html/sp3.html This might actually be the final selection. I still have some time before I have to commit to it though. Thanks for looking, j -- Juan Buhler Water Molotov: http://photoblog.jbuhler.com Slippery Slope: http://color.jbuhler.com
Re: Wide Angle advice for *ist-DS
I'd started writing an email similar to your original post several times over the past few months, but never finished it. I'm in a similar situation, although the lens lineup I have is a little different. I don't have the 16-45, but the kit 18-55 instead, and I have the FA100/2.8 Macro instead of the 135 Short-wise, I've pretty well decided to go to a 14/2.8. I was bouncing alot between the 16-45 and the 14, but I've pretty well come to the conclusion that the 16-45 would be too big for snaps, and the fact that it doesn't give me a *whole lot* more width than the 18-55. Probably the biggest issue was that it's taking me about 6-8 months to save up for the lens, and the FL difference between the two isn't that big. While I recognize that there is a quality difference between the 18-55 and the 16-45, a longer term plan to work toward primes tends to make me lean toward the 14mm. I've never actually had anything wider than 28mm (in 35mm) so this will be an interesting experiment. If I really don't like it, I expect the resale value of the 14mm would be pretty good. dk On 4/3/06, David Oswald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for your remarks Godfrey; always informative. I think I'll start working toward getting the DA14/2.8 and eventually a DA70/2.4Ltd (when available). The latter sounds absolutely ideal. Where does it fall on the roadmap? A couple people have mentioned that I ought to just get my use out of the 16-45. It has been a great lens for me, and I never feel that it's producing inadequate results. I just happen to actually *enjoy* shooting with non-zoom lenses more, for some reason. I've never been able to quite put my finger on the reason. I think that by picking a focal length and sticking with it for awhile helps me to see potential shots in terms of that focal length before I bring the camera up to my eye, and that helps me to achieve more meaningful composition. By the way, my *least* used lens, since acquiring the *ist-DS is the 80-320. I almost sold it a couple times, but stopped myself when I saw how cheap they go for on eBay; not even worth bothering to sell. So I hang onto it for the one or two times a year where it proves to be the right choice of equipment.
Re: Rebate posted today
US only. Sigh I was hoping that that the DA14/2.8 might be a little sooner than originally expected. Pentax Canada doesn't seem to be big on rebates. dk On 4/1/06, Cesar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David Savage wrote: On 4/2/06, Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aaaagh! Just what I needed. More temptation. Just buy it. It's only money. Give in to temptation. Dave :-) I agree with Dave. They got me too. I have a silver 43 on order. It is good that they extended the rebate since they could not get my lens to me before the old deadline passed. Not that I need a 43 now, but later? César Panama City, Florida
Re: First success
Great shot.! Congrat's. dk On 3/30/06, Boris Liberman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! Company called Pentar (Pentax representative in Russia) had a photo competition. The topic was Spring. The genre was macro. I submitted this work: http://www.penta-club.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=6267 And... won the competition! Special thanks goes to Joe Wilensky who enabled me with Tamron 90/2.5 SP macro that was used in this shot. -- Boris
Wired remote on a DS - display shuts off.
Tried out my wired remote on my DS yesterday, and found that when the remote in plugged in, my display is shut off. Hence I cannot see the histograms - that doesn't make any sense to me. Is this normal? Is there a way to turn to display on when using a wired remote? (yes I did read thru the manual, but I didn't see anything). TIA dk
Re: Wired remote on a DS - display shuts off.
Thanks all, for the replies. I'll have to try it again tonight. Hopefully it was the -20c wind chill slowing down my brain cells sufficiently that I couldn't think clearly enough to get it to work yesterday. (it made no sense to me why it would not function the same as the shutter release on the body either). dk
Re: Attention Yahoo Email account holders
If anyone wants a gmail invite, I have about 98 left. Cotty? (duck and run) 8-) dk On 3/9/06, Doug Brewer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sending this out to the general list to get it into the archives, where it might be seen by curious Yahoo users.. Yahoo has recently, as in the last day or so, changed a setting in their email delivery system, and it is causing every email sent to every PDML subscriber using Yahoo addresses to bounce. What fun this is. Until I have an hour or so to go through and see what I have to do, and then spend a while doing it, don't expect much in the way of PDML traffic. I'll get it done as soon as I can. Thanks Doug List Guy
Re: OT: We have a winner....
Congratulations William. dk On 3/8/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A few weeks ago, I was invited to attend a competition shoot modeled on the Naked in the House projects. The rules were simple: The pictures had to be shot on BW film, the photographer had one camera, one lens, one roll of film, and half an hour to shoot a nude model using available light only. Reflectors were allowed, and the rules were relaxed so that C-41 monochrome film was allowed. Anyway, it turns out I won the contest with the following image: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb/pictures/works/01500016b.html Even more interesting (to me, anyway), is that the first *and* second place pictures were printed in an Epson inkjet printer, as opposed to photographic paper. William Robb
Re: DS remote control/flash questions
On 3/5/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The IR remote isn't reliable from behind the camera. The signal can bounce around the room, but it depends on what's in the room. For Christmas last year, my wife gave me a wired and wireless remote for my DS. (This which blew me away 'cause she has always maintained that she would never buy me any camera 'stuff'. She loves the pictures, but has no interest in all in the equipment. ) Her intent was for me to keep the remote that I would actually use, and return the other. It didn't take long to convince myself (and her) that the wireless remote is not the best tool for shooting behind the camera. Two different tools, completely different purposes. (I kept both). dk
Re: FS unemployment is for the birds
Collin, Is the Tokina 80-200/2,8 auto focus? Would you ship to Canada (for the additional cost of course)? thanx dk On 2/27/06, Collin R Brendemuehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A100/2.8, non-macro version, both caps, ex. cond., $225 Tokina 80-200/2.8, A version, both caps, vgc, $225 $10 shipping (within US) includes insurance PayPal. He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott
Re: Curious
Derby, You sure you're not in Telecom Product Development.? Looks like a snapshot of our of our industry. . dk On 2/24/06, Derby Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm in medical device product development. Consumer gear has different constraints, but I'll bet the frustrations are the same. * Marketing changes their product requirements every 3-2 months * Upper management moves the company in different strategic directions once a year * Regulatory hurdles get tighter each year. Europe and China are currently putting in ROHS and WEEE requirements for recyclable and waste material * Software bugs are found requiring big iterations through marketing, design and testing again * Hardware bugs are found requiring big iterations through marketing, design, refabrication, and testing again * Engineers put off finishing their required documentation until right at the end * Suppliers fail to meet delivery schedules * Finance puts on the brakes because the product doesn't meet the initial cost of goods estimate * Service guys get upset because they have been left out of the loop and haven't been trained and there is no service strategy before product release. I love it, and wouldn't want to be in any other job. D -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc
Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment.
I've dealt with Cameracanada.ca as well. The Sigma Flash was a special order, still got it in a week. I'll do business with them again. dk On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:00:08 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick W said: I believe I saw a new DS2 from a Canadian dealer on Ebay, if that's any help. Camera Canada dot com in London Ontario, lists 3 Pentax models. The DL and the Ds is listed as in stock and the istD is listed as special order. https://www.cameracanada.com/eNet-cart/Default.asp?cat=CAMSLRtype=1mkt=brand=Pentax I have contacted them about the istD earlier and they said they have a supplier that can get one should the need arise. They are the only Canadian dealer i have found still listing the D. I have bought several items from them,the DA 50-200, the 70-200 VR F2.8 and the Nikon 1.7 tele. No problem receiving items in a timely fhasion. Not sure how their x border shopping is, but they are good to deal with email or phone. (I have no affiliation with the store) Dave --- Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Agreed ... I've looked at the inventories of close to twenty five shops all over the US and in Canada seeking an istDS2, and could only find one shop in the US that had one listed in it's inventory. They all had the DL, though ... it bothers me that, if I want a camera that's in production, within a definite time frame, I can't buy locally, have to search across the US, and may end up buying from Canada. Some have said it's the same for Nikon, or other brands ... well, I saw plenty of Nikons in these stores. If Canada can keep the DS2 in stock, why not Pentax USA? I'm sure there's an explanation that makes sense ... it would be nice to know what it is. Shel [Original Message] From: Tom C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Date: 2/16/2006 8:37:42 AM Subject: Re: Pentax Pre PMA announcment. You can't sell cameras if they aren't available to sell. A potential buyer will be easily swayed to another brand if the product is not available. That bodes ill, not well, as with less than 10% of the DSLR market, Pentax really can't afford to lose sales. If Pentax can see a camera is selling well and the volume of that model in the supply chain is shrinking, some foresight dictates that they ramp up to keep the supply constant. A customer purchasing another brand, will likely send more business the non-Pentax direction in the way of lens purchases. I question why I don't see a single Pentax DSLR at my local Best Buy, Circuit City, CompUSA, and Costco. Nikons, Canons, and even Minolta abound. I don't think it's because they sold out. __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: PESO: Church Door (we have a winner)
Wonderful shot. Congratulations! dk On 2/10/06, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mark, Congratulation! Extremely nice textures and processing. Sepia is great choice. A small thing I suppose, but I especially like your close attention paid to the borders. Jack --- Mark Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some of you may have seen this in my collection of UK vacation photos from last summer. The Office of International Programs at Duquesne University, where I'm currently working on my masters degree, just had a photo contest and I won first prize with this one. I'm not sure if I get anything besides bragging rights but what the heck, maybe it'll look good on my resume! http://www.robertstech.com/peso.htm Notes: 1. Luddites rejoice! This was shot on FILM! (Pentax 645, Ilford HP5+) 2. I really do like the sepia toning, but the main reason I did it at the time was so I could print it at home: I haven't yet mastered the art of getting neutral monochrome reproduction out of my Epson 2200 and I hoped that the sepia tone would hide any slight color cast. It worked - the print looks great! 3. I was pleasantly surprised at the quality of the entries in the contest. Yes, there were a lot of vacation snapshots and a few really nice photos that were obviously the kind of lucky grab that we all got from time to time before we started doing photography seriously, but there were several that were clearly the work of talented people. The one I thought should have won was by someone who did people photos of locals in various parts of the Caribbean. He or she had a knack for composition, a talent for getting people to be at ease when he photographed them and a natural eye for good light. Wish this stuff was on line so everyone could see it. -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: Pentax Wants Your Digital Pix
If this is a formal Pentax Canada request, I'm surprised that they would want these sent to a freebee gmail account. Puts some red flags up for me. I would have thought that they would use the Pentax or PentaxCanada domain email accounts. (Course, I'm extremely cautious with respect to this kind of request on the internet). dk On 1/27/06, frank theriault [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm passing this along to the list at the request of someone who works at Pentax Canada: I currently work for Pentax and we are calling out to pentax users for images shot with Pentax digital cameras. Digital SLR and point and shoots. Please mention what camera you used to take the photo. We would like to have one or two of you best images sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If there are people in your shot please think before you send it to us. They may not want to be in a slide show. These photos will not be used on our website or in any print ads. Only in a slide show of images at conventions. We don't need big files 500k or smaller. These will be used in a slide so at conventions to show images produced on pentax cameras. Thank you for your time. I can assure you that this is entirely legit, and although I'm not sure that the person wants his name passed along, he does indeed work for Pentax Canada. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson
Re: Which lens do you use most?
1) FA28-70/4 2) SMC-F70-210 3) FA18-55 4) Kiron 105/2,8 Macro - just replaced with a FA100/2.8 Macro dk On 1/26/06, Jostein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gang, This is not really meant as a survey, but it would be interesting to hear other people's preferences. Counting exposures made in 2005, my most used lens was the D-FA 16-45/4 zoom. With a Sigma 70-200 as a good number 2. Primes in the focal range covered by the 16-45 (20, 31 and 50mm) saw very much less use. And here I was thinking that I still was more of a Primes kind of guy...g Jostein
Re: OT, but photo related
Sounds like fun. Have a blast. let us know when it's up and running. dk On 1/23/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems our town has plans of starting a Community Radio Station in its future. I have emailed the Manager and asked if they were still looking for Volunteers for on air personal, producers etc. I mentioned my 3 years in radio(1971-73) and 4 years in TV production,(1971-1974) and he informed me i was most welcome into the fold. Still need to get funds and approval from the CRTC(same as the FCC in the states). I also mentioned my photo hobby and equine work and i'v been asked to do some photo work for the web site and shoot the fund raiser Feb 4th. Possible weekly Blues show and or something in an equestrian theme. After all, we are in the Country up here,..for now.:-) Just thought i'd share, Captain R is out of retierment.LOL. Dave
Re: PESO - White forest
Wow. Love it. Great Job. dk On 1/14/06, DagT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have lost contact with the list several times the last weeks, so I ´ll combine a test with a PESO. This was what the woods close to Oslo looked like last week. http://foto.no/cgi-bin/bildekritikk/vis_bilde.cgi?id=213843 Now all the snow is gone :-( DagT PS: Thanks to Tim for commenting in Norwegian and suggesting the grey background
Re: The Future of Film?
My local camera shop (small town about 10,000), is now selling off the E6 inventory, and is not planning to get any more. They said no-one buys it anymore. I know I haven't since I got my DS. dk On 1/18/06, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Prox' a year ago, a local camera shop (with C-41 and digital services lab.) was told by Kodak that the E-6 volume was insufficient to justify their continuing to pick up film. This past Fall, local Walgreen's Mgr. said Kodak pick-ups had dropped to twice weekly and their stopping at all was only justified by lumping several stores together. Pick-up is now once a week. US Mail probably not far off. Jack --- Bob Shell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 18, 2006, at 3:37 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Got any stats for E6 or don't you guys do slide film? My local lab used to run E6 once a day, sometimes twice a day when volume was high. Now they run it once a week, and some weeks only have two or three rolls. I expect them to stop offering the service in the near future. Bob __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Enablement. FA100 Macro from KEH.
Financial Christmas gift from my Dad went into my Lens fund, and I just received my FA100 Macro (EX+) from KEH. Looks beautiful, but sadly my cameras are at home (and I'm at work), so I can't test it. (Especially after seeing the thread about the problem William had with the KEH lens). Shipping went well (UPS into Canada). Ordered on Thursday, arrived today. Passed thru customs, no tax. I reshuffled my LWL (Lens Wish List) before christmas after my Kiron 105/2.8 Macro started rattling and giving some haloing around high contrast areas. That, and the problems with the F70-210 I had in the summer as caused me to re-evaluate the wish list.. LWL now stands at: Wide angle 18mm 70-200/2.8 Something between the Wide Angle and the 70-200/2.8, possibly 16-45, 28/2.8 or 35/2, to replace the 28-70/4 in the event of failure.
Re: Enablement. FA100 Macro from KEH.
Thanx Igor. Yes, it is the 2.8. I would have gone with the DFA, but the cost advantage of the FA did it for me. (A DFA 100/2.8 Macro runs about $800 CDN, I got the FA for half that). Enjoy it when you get it! I hope the lack of inventory of the DFA100/2.8Macro is a good sign indicating high demand. I know some of the Canadian site here mark it as a hot item. dk On 1/10/06, Igor Roshchin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Congratulations, Dave! Which one did you get? I guess f/2.8. (or 3.5?) I've been looking at the 100 macro f/2.8 FA's myself. About a month ago there was one in a similar condition at jackscamera for $309, IIRC. For myself, I practically decided to buy a D-FA version instead. Smaller weight+size + shift focus (+ presumed benefits of D- antiglare feature) of a D-FA overweighted (pun intended) the better build quality + focusing range limiter + cheaper price (used vs. new) of an FA. I hope disappearance of the D-FA from Adorama and BH is temporary, and just a result of the holiday rush. Igor Tue, 10 Jan 2006 09:32:13 -0800 Dave Kennedy wrote: Financial Christmas gift from my Dad went into my Lens fund, and I just received my FA100 Macro (EX+) from KEH.
Re: Bargaining with used photo-gear stores
Actually, I've had success haggling with Henrys used inventory online. I pointed out some Canadian links with the same product cheaper, and then offfered them a comparable price. They took it. Got my FA28-70/4 that way. dk On 1/4/06, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not around here. One of the local chains (Henry's) has an entire store dedicated to used, open box and clearance items. I get my stuff pre-discounted there (the old film camera guy likes me, and I spend a fair bit there every month, which eventually adds up to serious cash). I've done some haggling, but usually stick to the 'what can you do for me' method. -Adam mike wilson wrote: From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2006/01/04 Wed AM 08:08:24 GMT To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: RE: Bargaining with used photo-gear stores Not with those you list, but I have certainly bargained with almost every photo store I've bought used from in the UK. It goes something like this: Is £50,000.00 your best price for this used lens cap? We might be able to take a bit off. I'll give you 50p OK. They're in the business of moving stock across the counter. As long as they make a profit (or minimise a loss) they'll do a deal. If you've ever sold to a dealer, you'll know how much mark-up they put on the stuff, so you can generally work backwards to find their best price. -- Cheers, Bob I've had reasonable success with the chain stores, although they are limited in what freedom they have to bargain by group protocols. The local mom pop store's original owner (the grandfather of the present staffers) is so hard nosed that I have had almost no success at all. He comes across as this avuncular figure that is doing you a real favour selling you something whereas, in fact, he is carefully removing your eye teeth along with the contents of your wallet. It's the only place in town that does secondhand gear now, though. Anyone else noticed that there is virtually no secondhand stock in the shops any more? m -Original Message- From: Igor Roshchin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 January 2006 00:43 To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net Subject: Bargaining with used photo-gear stores While I am in the question mode, let me ask the question I've had in my mind for long time. I wonder if anybody has a) bargained b) successfully bargained with any of the used photo gear stores (e.g. KEH, BH, Adoram, Jackscamera, etc. or any local ones)? If you have, - please tell your story, if you don't mind, or at least just the result. Thank you, Igor - Email sent from www.ntlworld.com Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software Visit www.ntlworld.com/security for more information
Re: OT: Upcoming auction
Can't find the Place Bid button.vbg dk On 12/22/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For those who are interested in all sorts of photo stuff and can get to Columbus in the next couple of weeks ... http://www.mvhauctioneer.com/member.html Scroll down to the camera auction section Collin KC8TKA mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ .
Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 #2984
Whew. Thanx for the clarification. Last week I saw a Tamron 90 Macro on one of the used camera web sites (in Canada), that I check from time-to-time. I remember thinking Wow, that's a good deal. It's gone now. dk On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:18:57 US/Eastern, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dave. Sorry, must of had a typo in my reply. NO problems with Henrys ebay check out system. Sorry for any heart failures.g I have seen what the FA and Tamron has produced, so i'd like to stay with one of those. Its just a rarly see the Tamron. But i dont look at ebay every day, so i might miss one here and there. I would be interested as well in the Sigma performance. Dave You've had problems with the Henry's checkout system? I've bought several things through there, and haven't had a problem yet. Do you know the problem is due to using the Henry's checkout? I see that Henrys has a Sigma 105/2.8 Macro EX. Are you looking at that one as well, or are you limiting yourself to the FA100 or the Tamron 90 Macro? I guess I'm wondering how the Sigma performs. dk On 11/24/05, Dave Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for that link Godfrey. I had a quick look see just now. When i saw they accepted CC's i went oh no, but they use a system similar to Henrys indipendent check out which i have had now problems with.ie no mystery shoppers using my card.g Now, fisheye first or macro. My head hurts David J Brooks Equine Photography in York Region www.caughtinmotion.com Pentax istD, Nikon Friggin D2H
Re: PEOW: RiverBoy
You can feel his excitment, just looking at it. Good capture. dk On 11/25/05, John Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've not posted much in a while so I thought I would put this one out there. My FA 50 f1.4 has been seriously underutilized and the sun hasn't been out in a while here in the Pacific Northwest. But I happened to catch another snap of my grandson during a brief outing to the Snoqualmie River last weekend. Comment appreciated as always. Thanks for looking. Jay http://i.pbase.com/o4/87/63987/1/52723043.DariusRiver.jpg
Re: My first PESO
Not wanting to advocate censorship, but the 'family friendly' format or at least a nudity warning is helpful, for me. I sometimes go thru the PDML PESOs while here at work, and they have very strict rules about inappropriate use of tools. There'd be a huge difference between having a landscape on my desktop vs a nude. dk On 11/25/05, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Bob sadly you will find the same kind of censorship even on this PDML forum - they call it a family list then :-( greetings Markus Seriously, though, I find it very depressing that there is this attitude in the USA that equates all nude photography with pornography. Bob
Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 #2984
You've had problems with the Henry's checkout system? I've bought several things through there, and haven't had a problem yet. Do you know the problem is due to using the Henry's checkout? I see that Henrys has a Sigma 105/2.8 Macro EX. Are you looking at that one as well, or are you limiting yourself to the FA100 or the Tamron 90 Macro? I guess I'm wondering how the Sigma performs. dk On 11/24/05, Dave Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for that link Godfrey. I had a quick look see just now. When i saw they accepted CC's i went oh no, but they use a system similar to Henrys indipendent check out which i have had now problems with.ie no mystery shoppers using my card.g Now, fisheye first or macro. My head hurts David J Brooks Equine Photography in York Region www.caughtinmotion.com Pentax istD, Nikon Friggin D2H
Re: Shoot now, focus later
Yup. When I went on holidays in 2004, I regularly used 2 bodies. Long lens on one, short lens on the other. Made it a whole lot easier to capture the shot (seems with the one DS body, I always have the wrong lens). dk On 11/24/05, Fred [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought a second DS body for backup. That's what it gets used for. I really only 'need' one. I'd like a 2nd DS to use along with the 1st - it cuts down the number of times that I have to change lenses (which, depending on the situation, may or may not be of significant help). And, if one did ever poop out on me (perhaps even due to batteries or a full card), I'd have the other one ready to go. (Yes, I know that batteries and memory cards can be changed, but sometimes it'd be quicker to switch bodies and lenses than to swap batteries or cards.) And, of course, this would also be true if the failure was more serious than a full card or empty batteries. Fred
Re: Which RAW converter?
Laziness, mostly. It's easy. Plus, it allows me to do the catalogueing
immediately after the files are imported. I found that if I didn't do
it immediately, it didn't get done.
('Course now, I'm finding that this may be causing me grief further on
in the process. )
dk
On 11/22/05, Herb Chong [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
why do you have to import using PSE? open the card/camera and copy the
files.
Herb
Re: Which RAW converter?
Not really. It just automates the process. Creates a new directory based on import date and time, and brings all the new images up in a new window for cataloguing (or deletion). If you move images around outside of PSE (i.e. in the windows environment) after they've been catalogued, you may screw up PSE cataloguing. I expect this is a problem with any image managment s/w. dk On 11/23/05, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pardon my ignorance. What's the difference between importing the files with PSE and just copying them from the card to a folder on the hard disk? Does importing imply or mean something more than that?
