Hello from Carlisle!
So how's *your* day going? https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjkkm6x0v5po.amp We're in on high ground in the center of the city but we're concerned about our train tomorrow. Check out the second photo in that BBC article (the busses in the flooded car park); we just walked through there 10 minutes ago. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML UK 2024
Steve Cottrell wrote: >Im on the south coast filming today and staying in an area with no signal!!! >:-) Sometimes I suspect you're always "in an area with no signal" ;-P -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML UK 2024
>No Cotty midnight wake up?? It's not midnight yet :-) May 21, 2024 21:44:48 David J Brooks : > No Cotty midnight wake up?? > > Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. > www.caughtinmotion.com > http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ > York Region, Ontario, Canada > > > On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 4:07 PM Mark Roberts > wrote: > >> Dr Lisa and I just had a great evening out with Mike and Kathy Wilson in >> Carlisle. (No photos to post but I'll have some from the Lake District >> soon.) The evening of food, drink and merriment concluded with a phone call >> to Doug Brewer. Much merriment occurred. >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PDML UK 2024
Dr Lisa and I just had a great evening out with Mike and Kathy Wilson in Carlisle. (No photos to post but I'll have some from the Lake District soon.) The evening of food, drink and merriment concluded with a phone call to Doug Brewer. Much merriment occurred. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Holiday photos
Part 1 of our UK trip is done and I've uploaded a rough cut of photos. Since this is a walking holiday I left the full-frame kit at home and these were all taken with the K-3ii and either the DA 16-50/2.8 or the 55-300WR (both really superb lenses). These are all from the Isle of Islay in Scotland (and, yes, I did a good amount of Scotch tasting along the way). https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720316943057/ More than a few times I've found myself wishing I'd brought the DA 12-24 (if Pentax were to make a weather sealed version of this lens I'd buy it in a heartbeat). Next: Getting on a train to Ulverston in the lake district for the serious walking stage of our trip. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Did anyone get Aurora photos?
In some ways I'm ideally situated now: Good northerly location (Scotland) and far away from any significant light pollution. AND the weather has been pretty clear - unusual for Scotland. But we've been doing long hikes during the day and I've been too exhausted to stay up until it's dark enough to look for auroras (which is made no easier by the fact that sunset comes *very* late at these latitudes). -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Richard Sandler
ann sanfedele wrote: >the guardian doesnt let me in They've obviously heard about you. Probably from Cotty... ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
FS Friday: K-5 and DA-L 55-300
In light of my recent gear acquisition posts, it should come as no surprise that I'm selling the gear I'm replacing. They're both on eBay (where I have photos posted), but I'll knock 10 bucks off the price for anyone who wants to buy direct. DA-L 55-300 https://www.ebay.com/itm/226046234043 K-5 https://www.ebay.com/itm/226047350280 -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Got myself a new lens
Not content with buying a camera recently (a lovely K-5ii), I decided this week to treat myself to a new lens. I haven't bought a lens since... 2018, I think (it was the 28-105 for the K-1). Anyway, I just bought another travel lens for the trips we have planned for the summer: walking England and Scotland in May and bicycling Belgium August. With the outdoorsiness factor weighing heavily I went for a weather-sealed lens, the DA 55-300. I already had the older, non-weather-sealed budget version but the new one is very much nicer. In-lens focusing motor is silent and very quick. Build quality seems excellent. I'll take some test shots soon to check out the optics but if it's as good as the older one I'lkl be very happy indeed. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Has anyone else been having trouble uploading to flickr?
Larry Colen wrote: >When I got home last night I tried another spin on the mount shasta photo >based on the feedback I got. I tried to upload it, and it didn't work. It is >still not working this morning > >I'm getting an error message about CloudFront attempting to establish a >connection. It just worked fine for me. But, being on opposite coasts, you and I may get connected via different servers. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: February PUG is up
Brian Walters wrote: >G'day all > >Enjoy the gallery here: > >http://pug.komkon.org/ Ooh, I love Brian Walters' shot! -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOs (5) - Fisheye Fun NEW LINK
Rick Womer wrote: >This link should work without begging for money: > >https://rickwomer.smugmug.com/2024/January-2024/Fisheye-Fun Cool! I like the shot of the piano keyboard. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: P30?
Could be. Its variant the P30n, by the way, is the famed Pentax "Ned". Feb 3, 2024 4:57:28 AM Bob W PDML : > https://www.instagram.com/p/C24TyRFNwjY/?igsh=MXJkcTNnd3VlMTBkOQ== > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Got my K-3ii
My almost-new K-3ii arrived today. It is indeed almost indistinguishable from a new camera and came in original box with everything except a camera strap. I'm looking forward to trying it out tomorrow. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax APS-C cameras
John Sessoms wrote: >What I've got is I got the *ist-D early in 2004 and set the time to "New >York" (aka Eastern US time zone) and shipped out to Iraq a couple of >weeks later. > >I didn't notice the time zone setting until I'd been in country for >several months. And after I did notice, I was back home for several >months before I noticed the camera was still on "Moscow" time (Iraq time >zone) > >So I've got more than a year's worth of photos where the time is off by >12 hours. It's not a world shaking problem, but it BUGS ME - like ALWAYS >being pursued by a cloud of mosquitos. Low level irritation, but >constant and forever. Whenever I travel I start out in my new time zone by taking a photograph of a clock showing local time. Then when I get home I use Lightroom to batch change all the photos by adjusting the "Capture Time" by the number of hours necessary to get the correct time. Takes just a few seconds. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax APS-C cameras
Just found a K-3ii with fewer than 3500 shutter actuations on eBay. I should have it some time next week. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax APS-C cameras
Stanley Halpin wrote: >Long ago and far away (specifically, Northern Italy, 2007) I took a drive from >our B lodging around Lago Garda, a beautiful region favored as a vacation >spot since the Middle Ages if not earlier. Several small fishing villages >around the lake. I of course stopped at every village and took shots of the >fishing boats and other boats in the marinas & dock areas. > >Two weeks later, back home, scrolling through the images on my >computer, I kept thinking to myself: Self, where were you when you >took that photo? Which village was it? How can I properly caption >the image if I dont know the name of the village! This is roughly my situation. Lisa and I are doing a lot more travel these days and I find it very helpful to have GPS tagging on my photos to tell where each was taken (there were places in the Czech Republic that I didn't even know the name of until after the trip when I looked at the GPS coordinates). I'm not interested in adding to either my shooting workflow (taking notes and getting left behind by the rest of the group) or my post-processing workflow (synching up with a separate file of GPS data). And I certainly don't want any extra dongles or anything to carry with me. A GPS-enabled camera is the simplest solution. I'll be getting a K-3ii. BTW: I just noticed that the K-3ii has dual SD card slots! Bravo! Another feature made to order for me. With the K-1 I always shoot to both SD cards at once, just in case of memory card failure or one-off file corruption, the latter of which has happened to me a few times. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax APS-C cameras
Alan C wrote: >It seem only the K3ii has built in GPS like the K1. All right, so the K-3ii it is, then. A quick look around the web shows they seem to be holding their value pretty well, which is a good sign. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Pentax APS-C cameras
What is the most recent Pentax APS-C camera that has built-in GPS like the K-1? We're doing another bicycle trip in the summer and I'd like something more compact than my K-1 but more capable than a phone. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Impressed again
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 19.01.24 um 02:38 schrieb Mark Roberts: >> During our recent trip to Amsterdam and Bruges (got home on Monday) I >> used just one lens the whole time: The old FA*28-70 f/2.8 (on the >> K-1). And having looked through most of the images I'm stunned once >> again at how good a lens that is. >> >So, where are the photos? Bruges: https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720314202508/ Amsterdam: https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720314189047 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Greetings from Amsterdam
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e800101.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Stupid Lightroom Question
Larry Colen wrote: >Why do they insist on having software "help" me, when I don't ask it to? Man, that's the perennial question of software, isn't it? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Amsterdam and Bruges!
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 31.12.23 um 18:14 schrieb Mark Roberts: >> Heading out on a trip at the end of the week. As the subject line >> suggests, the destinations are Amsterdam and Bruges. Any suggestions >> for specific things to add to our itinerary would be most welcome. > >How much time will you be having in Bruges? 3 days. We have time before and after in Amsterdam. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Amsterdam and Bruges!
Heading out on a trip at the end of the week. As the subject line suggests, the destinations are Amsterdam and Bruges. Any suggestions for specific things to add to our itinerary would be most welcome. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Headphone query (waaaay off-topic, I know)
John Sessoms wrote: >So, why can't you uninstall the new software & re-install the old software? Short answer: iPhone In the closed iPhone environment you can't just dig up the old version from a torrent site and install it instead of the new version. If it ain't in the Apple App Store you can't have it. That said, there are some good media players available. Try VLC Media Player to start with. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Toyota's new "Pentax commercial"
https://kosmofoto.com/2023/12/toyotas-new-us-tv-commerical-may-make-you-want-to-buy-a-spotmatic/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Let's test the list!
By the way, I'd like to apologise for the errant apostrophe in "Server God's". I don't know what got into me. Mark Roberts wrote: >Are the Server God's happy? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Let's test the list!
Are the Server God's happy? -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Computers! Aargh!
Sorry to hear about your troubles, Rick. Sometimes I feel that you are to computers what Dave Brooks is to spell-checkers. Nov 14, 2023 9:28:32 PM Rick Womer : > I’ve accumulated a lot of photos recently, from travel and walks through > groves of autumn color. > > Today I sat down to post some. But… > > When I launched Lightroom the window that should have displayed the photos > was blank. Both my primary and secondary external hard drives had errors that > Disk Utility couldn’t fix. I have no idea why. > > Not sure how to approach this yet, but I will likely spend several more hours > sorting things out. > > Sometimes I really miss film, a light box, and a loupe. > > Rick > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hello all, been a while
Brendan MacRae wrote: >Some may remember me selling a venerable Pentax-A* 85mm f1.4 for a >1967 Austin-Healey Sprite a long time ago. Well, it's almost >finished...it's only been 12 years... Show us some photos! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Good find today (not Pentax)
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 30.09.23 um 17:55 schrieb Mark Roberts: >> John Francis wrote: >> >>> On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 05:18:50PM +0100, Bob W PDML wrote: >>>> ??? >>>>> On 29 Sep 2023, at 00:52, John Sessoms wrote: >>>>> >>>>> ???[???] I don't even think the hole is still there in the wall. [???] >>>> >>>> I looked on street view- the hole???s still there, but the wall has gone. >>>> It looks a bit like Blackburn, Lancashire. >>> >>> Well, at least the holes are rather small ... >> >> But someone had to count them all. > >4000, at the last count. Enough to fill the Albert Hall! -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Good find today (not Pentax)
John Francis wrote: >On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 05:18:50PM +0100, Bob W PDML wrote: >> ??? >> > On 29 Sep 2023, at 00:52, John Sessoms wrote: >> > >> > ???[???] I don't even think the hole is still there in the wall. [???] >> >> I looked on street view- the hole???s still there, but the wall has gone. It >> looks a bit like Blackburn, Lancashire. > >Well, at least the holes are rather small ... But someone had to count them all. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photos from the latest trip
ann sanfedele wrote: >using that great pano as a marker , I have to say I enjoyed all the >stuff after that point much more than the stuff before it.. because what >you were presented with after that point was more interesting .. The >little glimpses of side streets and oddities are wonderful I >confess to not liking the architecture in Salzburg > > the night shot along the water was one I did like - maybe because the >buildings were in silhouette :-) > >Glad you were in good enough shape to do that much.. and I bet you ate >well in Prague. The cycling was great but we didn't bike all the way into Prague because the roads are too dangerous and there's no scenery to speak of for the last 50 miles or so. Still, the group we rode with was wonderful. Lots of doctors and lawyers (it was an expensive package) but nice folk. Oddly enough, the food in Prague was the worst of the trip. We were booked in at a 4-star (by whose accounting?) restaurant with a chef who had no idea how to make anything vegetarian. Literally every other restaurant on the trip was better. In fact, the airline food on the flight back was better! We didn't get to spend enough time in Prague, so we'll have to go back. Very crowded and touristy, but the architecture is magnificent. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Photos from the latest trip
We got home two days ago and have almost overcome the jet lag. I've managed to put up a gallery of photos from our bicycle trip across Austria and the Czech Republic. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720311016868 -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Guardian - Photos from South-East London
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Just found this series of photos by one Josh Edgoose in today's online >edition of The Guardian and thought Bob W and a few others might like them: > >https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2023/aug/29/like-an-alien-world-the-banks-of-the-river-thames-and-beyond-in-pictures At first glance, I thought the bloke in the kayak (second photo) was Bob W! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Salzburg to Prague
We're off to Austria tomorrow, doing a bicycle trip that starts from Salzburg and ends up in Prague. It shouldn't be a very strenuous trip, as they're saying 36 miles is the most we'll be covering in a day, so that ought to leave plenty of time for some photography. Photos to follow! -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Photos from Colorado
Not content with the UK and Austria trips that are bookending our summer, the Dr and I went to visit some friends in Colorado for a week. Here are a few snaps: https://flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720310376906 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: August PUG is Up
Stan Halpin wrote: >Ralf, your shot was very nicely done! And all the rest in the gallery were >quite nice as well. Another good month. Thanks Brian! We can always count on Ralf for a great photo. THis one looks kind of like a real-life Mondrian. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Some snaps from Colorado
We're flying back home tomorrow after a week in Colorado. I've posted a few shots from our adventures. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720310376906 -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO March recon vol. 1
BTW, regarding the original set of photographs (nice stuff) that started this thread: I will never be able to look at an F4 Phantom without thinking of Dan Matyola. (Also, I think the F100 Super Saber has to be the ugliest jet fighter ever.) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO March recon vol. 1
mike wilson wrote: >Two ways On the 23, there is a vertical fin under the fuselage at the tail. >Not visible in your pic. The elevator surfaces extend beyond the jet pipe >on the 27, which does seem to be the case. There is also a slight difference >in the air intakes, not discernable here. Otherwise, they are almost >identical externally. If you're into jet plane geekery you might enjoy this fellow's stuff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCQbBfie3ZA -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
DP Review has been bought from Amazon
Looks like Gear Patrol had purchased DP Review from Amazon: https://www.gearpatrol.com/about/a44214660/gear-patrol-dpreview-acquisition/ -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Whatever became of this lens?
coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: >https://us.ricoh-imaging.com/product/smc-pentax-fa-35mm-f2-0-al-refurbished/ For a moment I thought this was some kind of new, D-FA lens until I realized they're simply referring to the old FA 35/2 and have the wrong photo with it. (Perhaps they just use that as a generic photo with certain postings?) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GFM 2023
Oh, and definitely NOT Tom Rittenhouse. Jun 12, 2023 5:41:16 PM Mark Roberts : > Yep. Doug and Nico. I think they're the only ones you'd recognize in those > shots. The new nature museum facility is amazing. > > Jun 12, 2023 11:16:39 AM Steve Cottrell : > >> In the last pic (406) is that the Dougster front / center sans moustache? >> And do I spy Nico Reinbold on the left chomping? And is that Tom Rittenhouse >> on the right with the beard?? >> >> Cot >> >> >> >>> On 9 Jun 2023, at 21:20, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> >>> A couple of new photos added. Two stream shots that aren't as good as >>> the first one and a quick phone grab of the interior of the new nature >>> museum at Grandfather Mountain. It's quite splendid. More later >> >> >> -- >> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GFM 2023
Yep. Doug and Nico. I think they're the only ones you'd recognize in those shots. The new nature museum facility is amazing. Jun 12, 2023 11:16:39 AM Steve Cottrell : > In the last pic (406) is that the Dougster front / center sans moustache? And > do I spy Nico Reinbold on the left chomping? And is that Tom Rittenhouse on > the right with the beard?? > > Cot > > > >> On 9 Jun 2023, at 21:20, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> A couple of new photos added. Two stream shots that aren't as good as >> the first one and a quick phone grab of the interior of the new nature >> museum at Grandfather Mountain. It's quite splendid. More later > > > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GFM 2023
A couple of new photos added. Two stream shots that aren't as good as the first one and a quick phone grab of the interior of the new nature museum at Grandfather Mountain. It's quite splendid. More later Mark Roberts wrote: >The 2023 Nature Photography Weekend gets underway tomorrow at >Grandfather Mountain. Doug and I arrived yesterday and have already >been stirring up trouble. Feels good to be back! > >I'm going to try to post photos throughout the weekend but I have only >one to start with. >https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720308917375 -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GFM 2023
The 2023 Nature Photography Weekend gets underway tomorrow at Grandfather Mountain. Doug and I arrived yesterday and have already been stirring up trouble. Feels good to be back! I'm going to try to post photos throughout the weekend but I have only one to start with. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720308917375 More to come! -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
GESO: Our just-completed Pennine Way walk
Finishing up (finally) in Scotland a couple of weeks ago. https://www.flickr.com/photos/166715344@N04/albums/72177720308386495 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML-UK Part 2
Steve Cottrell wrote: >>> Never mind. My brother recently informed me I'm also a "rat bastard" >>> after I showed him the bass guitar I bought recently. ;-) > >> Dont fret. > >Youre a nut. I'm not nutty enough to play an Irish Bouzouki, though! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML-UK Part 2
Larry Colen wrote: >> On May 22, 2023, at 2:30 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> mike wilson wrote: >> >>> Thought you were leaving today? >> >> Ah, yes. I sent that this morning. I must have been offline at the >> time so it didn't go out until I checked in here. (I'm in London now.) >> >> Looks like I'm the scurvy dog here. >> >> Never mind. My brother recently informed me I'm also a "rat bastard" >> after I showed him the bass guitar I bought recently. ;-) > >Dont fret. The new one, in fact, does have frets. But I do have a fretless as well. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML-UK Part 2
mike wilson wrote: >Thought you were leaving today? Ah, yes. I sent that this morning. I must have been offline at the time so it didn't go out until I checked in here. (I'm in London now.) Looks like I'm the scurvy dog here. Never mind. My brother recently informed me I'm also a "rat bastard" after I showed him the bass guitar I bought recently. ;-) >> On 22/05/2023 21:35 Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> >> Doug Brewer wrote: >> >> >wait a sec. I'm reasonably certain my parents were married when they >> >found me. >> >> Sorry. I'm still on Lindisfarne so I suppose you should be a "Scurvy >> Dog" then? I can never keep these things straight. >> >> -- >> Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia >> www.robertstech.com -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML-UK Part 2
Doug Brewer wrote: >wait a sec. I'm reasonably certain my parents were married when they >found me. Sorry. I'm still on Lindisfarne so I suppose you should be a "Scurvy Dog" then? I can never keep these things straight. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PDML-UK Part 2
We met up with Mike Wilson and Cath this morning for a walk around Lindisfarne. Great to catch up and to talk about everyone else on the PDML behind their backs. Especially that bastard Doug Brewer ;-) I still haven't had time to really go through any of the photos I've taken so far. I'll try to post some soon but despite the best of intentions it may not happen till we get back to the States. Then I'll have to act fast because the Grandfather Mountain Nature Photography Weekend is coming up fast... -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax Film Camera News
I think a new, fixed-lens film camera is the sort of thing a lot of my students would go for. They'd never dream of entering the murky world of second-hand, 30-year-old film cameras. (Nor should they be.) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Hello from somewhere in Scotland
...in a field a couple of miles outside village of Kirk Yetholm. We'll be finishing our epic Pennine Way walk soon. Photos later. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Photos soon (or eventually)
Dr. Lisa and I are walking the final section of the Pennine Way after our meeting with Bob W. It's proving eventful so far. I'll have photographic evidence soon... -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
UKPDML
Looks as though we will have a UK PDML meet-up in the coming week, albeit a small one. Lisa and I will be over for a couple of weeks, mainly to finish the last leg of the Pennine Way walk, but we're going to meet with Bob W in Worthing on Wednesday the 10th. Then we're off to the North! Most of our walk will be in Northumberland but it keeps dodging across the Stots border (follows Hadrian's wall for a fair bit) and finishes up in Scotland. Any lurkers fancying a meet-up? Just drop us a note. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Nature Photo Weekend Details Announced for June 9-11 Event
Stan Halpin wrote: >Thanks for the info John! I cant do it this year but I think I can get down >there next year. Do you think they will go back to a registration process >early in the year, or will they stick with May? I can't say for certain but I think they're likely to keep it about a month before the event. You may have noticed it's a week later than usual this year. Don't know if it will follow that pattern next year. Landis is back at Grandfather now (yay!) running the public relations show and I think she's still feeling out the situation and trying to determine what works best. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K3 Mark III Monochrome Matte Black Edition
From my days as a components engineer at an electronics firm, I would be very surprised if the minimum order for a specialized item like this sensor wasn't at least 1000 units. Apr 21, 2023 10:35:47 AM Ralf R Radermacher : > Am 21.04.23 um 15:28 schrieb mike wilson: >> I wonder how big a "run" is. Not into triple figures, I would guess. > > Could this be the ‘workshop-like’ approach to production that they > announced in January of last year? > > Ralf > > -- > Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany > Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com > Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf > Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_photos/770012 > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Vacation suggestion
Larry Colen wrote: > > >> On Apr 19, 2023, at 7:40 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >> >>> Am 19.04.23 um 15:59 schrieb coll...@brendemuehl.net: >>>> Except for the 6x7. At 10 shots per roll one must be judicious. >>> >>> ...or take enough film. >> >> When I was shooting with the 67 I would bring along a DSLT with a lens >> of the same approximate angle of view, set the ISO to that of the film >> I had in the 67 (or an even multiple) and test every shot with the >> DSLR before doing the capture with the 67. The ability to check >> exposure with the histogram and pre-view the composition is a great >> benefit. I ended up with nary a wasted frame. > >I agree with this. You also get a backup in case something goes wrong with >the film processing THIS! I once had an entire trip's worth of film ruined when the lab had a problem with the bleach fixer. Another advantage is the difference in aspect ratio between 35mm and 6x7. You can get two different compositions. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Vacation suggestion
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 19.04.23 um 15:59 schrieb coll...@brendemuehl.net: >> Except for the 6x7. At 10 shots per roll one must be judicious. > >...or take enough film. When I was shooting with the 67 I would bring along a DSLT with a lens of the same approximate angle of view, set the ISO to that of the film I had in the 67 (or an even multiple) and test every shot with the DSLR before doing the capture with the 67. The ability to check exposure with the histogram and pre-view the composition is a great benefit. I ended up with nary a wasted frame. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome
I just read through the comments section on DPreview. Reminded me of why I haven't looked at DPreview for years. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K3-iii Monochrome
Steve Cottrell wrote: >https://www.dpreview.com/news/2780405465/ricoh-announces-pentax-k-3-iii-monochrome-dslr Looks interesting. I'll show it to my Digital Photography I class tomorrow (coincidentally, "Black & White" was the assignment for this week). It'll be interesting to see what they make of it and if there's any interest (I won't mention the price because that alone will kill any interest from students). My thoughts tend in two directions: The disadvantage is being unable to really control spectral response. Since they've actually done away with the RGB filters over the pixels you're stuck with the spectral response you're given (other than by using traditional colored B filters): There'll be no adjusting the response curve in post the way you can with RGB images. The advantages are, well first of all you *will* be able to use traditional colored B filters (the results when they're put over RGB sensors are weird). You'll also get higher sensitivity (no filters over the pixels) and lower noise (and no chroma noise at all!) Theoretically, you should also get finer detail, though with over 25 megapixels crammed into an APS-C area I'm not sure how evident that will be. I'll wait for real-life tests but I imagine you'll need the highest resolution lenses to see much difference. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PDML Gothic
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >I'm in NY for a short visit to deal with some family business and see a couple >of friends ... And of course I visited Ann while I was here. :) > >PDML Gothic - Manhattan, New York City 2023 :: https://flic.kr/p/2osw7km Oh come on. Neither of you is wearing nearly enough eye makeup to be gothic. ;-) (PS: My left hand has healed enough that I can type almost normally now. Fewer Dave-Brooks-like typos for me!) -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: April PUG is up
Larry Colen wrote: >> On Apr 7, 2023, at 9:02 AM, John Sessoms wrote: >> >> On 4/7/2023 8:58 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >>> Brian W wrote: >>>>> >>> I believe that Dave emits a "typographical/spelling-error field", >>> previously unknown to science, that causes these things to happen >>> whenever he is involved, no matter how remotely. There's a Nobel Prize >>> in it somewhere, I'm convinced. >> >> Or perhaps an Ig-Nobel one. >> >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiA5lj5BLPY > >Definitely worth a paper in the JIR > >https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal_of_Irreproducible_Results Those guys should look into the "Rick Womer Field" that causes failures and anomalies in any computer equipment that it encounters. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: April PUG is up
Brian W wrote: >> On 07 April 2023 at 00:44 Mark Roberts wrote: > >> And Dave Brooks even managed to get a typo into his own name! The >> finishing touch! > >Har! > >Mea Culpa - that typo is on me. Dave is innocent! > >I obviously hit an extra key during the copy/paste procedure. > >I will fix :-) I believe that Dave emits a "typographical/spelling-error field", previously unknown to science, that causes these things to happen whenever he is involved, no matter how remotely. There's a Nobel Prize in it somewhere, I'm convinced. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: April PUG is up
Stanley Halpin wrote: >Wow! A great collection of images this month. And Dave Brooks even managed to get a typo into his own name! The finishing touch! >> http://pug.komkon.org/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Bob, Dan, Godfrey, Bill, Collin and I are alive...
Rick Womer wrote: >Mark, > >Yes; it arrived Saturday, and it works! Thank you. Har! I had it all packed up and ready to ship out when I realized I hadn't used it in years. So I unpacked it and made sure it worked before re-packing it and actually putting it in the post. >> On Mar 28, 2023, at 5:57 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> >> Rick Womer wrote: >> >>> Is anyone else? >> >> I'm alive and getting better... slowly. >> >> BTW, did you get the trackball yet? I was delayed in getting it to the >> Post Office as last week was the first week of classes after spring >> break and I was way behind on work because my surgery really slowed >> things down for a couple of weeks. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Bob, Dan, Godfrey, Bill, Collin and I are alive...
Rick Womer wrote: >Is anyone else? I'm alive and getting better... slowly. BTW, did you get the trackball yet? I was delayed in getting it to the Post Office as last week was the first week of classes after spring break and I was way behind on work because my surgery really slowed things down for a couple of weeks. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?
mike wilson wrote: >First Northumbrian distillery in 200 years opens just off the route of your >last day. Would seem churlish not to visit. > >https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-65038894 Ooh, looks nice! And I can probably sell Lisa on the "Anglo-Saxon Museum" angle ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: St. Patrick's Day in Berkeley
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Have you seen this video? Kinda spooky. >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ8giCWDcyE > >YIKES! Yep. And things are only going to get worse. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax to make new film camera?
I'd really prefer it if they (or someone else) made an all-manual DSLR for photography students. Having so much automation available is a real handicap for my beginning students learning photography. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: St. Patrick's Day in Berkeley
Larry Colen wrote: >Most of the advances in phone cameras are in the field of computational >photography. Theyll basically take a short video, then combine the photos, >throw a bunch of DSP at it etc. > >If the computational aspect could be applied to DSLR sized sensors the results >would be mindblowing. Have you seen this video? Kinda spooky. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ8giCWDcyE -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DPReview to Close Down
I can't say I'm surprised, really. It's been years since I visited DPreview, myself. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Network outage
Larry Colen wrote: >I mentioned a few days back that my network is out at home, its still out. I >went over to my neighbors yesterday and got some photos of the neighbors >house > >https://photos.app.goo.gl/PTWDjsuDJ7EbKgvX7 The value of that Blues Junior probably went up ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?
Bob W PDML wrote: >That sounds very unpleasant and disabling, I hope you make a quick and >complete recovery. > >It was a motorbike mishap for me. I was doing my compulsory basic training >with a view to buying a 125-equivalent electric motorbike. When the instructor >dropped his arm to signal an emergency stop I ballsed it up and came off. >Concussion, bruising and a broken collarbone were my reward, but Ive decided >that motorbikes and I are not meant for each other. Yikes!!! I've fallen off at over 100mph and just gone racing the next day! Your "emergency dismount" (equestrian euphemism I learned from my mum) sounds like an epic mishap. I usually tell people after their first crash to stick with it and not give up, but in your case I think I'll concur with your own decision. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?
Bob W PDML wrote: >Ill be in Paris from 18-21 May. > >10th and 11th are possibilities but Im trying to arrange a trip to >Amsterdam and the NL for May sometime, so its a bit uncertain. > >It also depends to some extent how well my fractured collarbone has healed. >I expect to be discharged at the end of April, and so far everythings >going well, but who knows? Yikes! Didn't know about the collarbone. Cycling mishap? I just had surgery on my left hand two weeks ago (and had the stitches removed 2 hours ago!) for Dupuytren's Contracture on two fingers. Still painful and inconvenient and the recovery time won't be quick but I hope to be playing bass again within 6 weeks or so. Keep me posted on your recovery. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
UK PDML meet-up in May, anyone?
We'll be in the UK in May, finishing up the final third of our Pennine Way walk and doing some general wandering. We arrive in London on May 9 but we'll probably only be there for a day or two before heading north for the walk. We're spending most of our time in The North (eckythump!) but still haven't decided exactly when we're returning to London - we could spend the 21st through the 23rd in the northern hinterlands (Mike Wilson territory) or we could go beck to London early and spend more time there (our return flight's on the 24th). -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Mouse/trackball question
Rick Womer wrote: >I have been using a Logitech trackball for my photo computer for years, and it >is wearing out. It has a red ball operated by ones right thumb, and a >vertical scroll wheel and two buttons operated by index and second fingers. > >What should I replace it with? Is this the kind of thing you're referring to: https://www.robertstech.com/temp/trackball1.jpg If so, you can have the one in that photo. I never used it. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Hi kids!
What's up? I've been a non-participant (but active lurker) here for a while. The pandemic was rough here, coinciding as it did with Lisa's mum's 2-1/2 year(!) fight with pancreatic cancer, but we've been getting our lives back on line, so to speak, for a while now. Nothing much seems to have changed on the PDML, though. That's good to see! -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Grandfather Mountain
John wrote: >Looks like there are going to be some changes post covid. > >The Nature Photography Weekend & the Camera Clinic are going to be combined >into >The Grandfather Mountain Photography Weekend. August 14 & 15 > >https://grandfather.com/event/grandfather-mountain-photography-weekend/ I've been in communication with Frank at GFM. The nature museum and auditorium are currently under construction and undergoing massive upgrades, so they aren't available for use. So with no food services and no place to hold the photo presentations or contest and awards there's no way they can hold a Nature Photography Weekend. They're doing a much more low-key event (everything outdoors) in August this year. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
OT: Anyone in San Diego who might be able to do a favcor?
I'm trying to buy a guitar amp from someone in San Diego (through reverb.com) but he'll only sell locally. I'm trying to find someone who can pick up an amplifier and ship it to me (all at my expense, of course). Any PDML'ers in the area? -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: December PUG is up
Only one cormorant??? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Semi-OT: Thunderbird update 78.5.1 is fucked up!
John wrote: >Changed the fonts, changed the icons and it keeps trying to force me to log in >to Yahoo. Once every few years I am reminded, to my complete and utter astonishment, that Yahoo is actually still in business. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: DxO Photolab 4 - the verdict
Ralf R Radermacher wrote: >Am 02.12.20 um 18:00 schrieb l...@red4est.com: >> Thanks for the review. I was really hoping there was a good alternative to >> lightroom > >The output quality is OK. > >As long as your directories don't have more than, say, a few hundred >files and your camera is a K10D or later then it is usable. Shouldn't you be able to convert older raw files into DNG and use them that way? I do this with all my raw files anyway. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: What happened to instagram?
I just made a post to Instagram from my desktop web browser and it worked the same way as always. No problems. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Use of GPS in cameras?
I find GPS invaluable for travel photography, both for identifying subject matter (OK, that's a 15th-century church in Oxfordshire, but *which* 15th-century church?) and for tracking locations on various hikes through the White Mountains, the Blue Ridge, the Yorkshire Moors, etc. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Vintage Enlarger
At this point, *all* enlargers are vintage enlargers. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: FS Friday.. please look
I just bought your "New Yorker Book of Cat Cartoons". :-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Instagram
Toine wrote: >Anybody using instagram? It's very popular so I heard. I remember Instagram >as a lomography retro vintage style app with a very silly and ugly icon >(they changed that). Since it is focused on photography I started using it. >To my surprise and an hour or so wasted: you can't upload from a desktop pc >or mac! You can easily upload to Instagram from a desktop computer by using either Chrome or Opera and switching into Developer Mode. (I use Opera and the menu access is Menu > Developer > Developer Tools, then pick a phone to emulate.) The trick is to format your images to one of the three accepted sizes: square 1080px x 1080px, panoramic 1080px x 608px, or 8x10 1080px x 1350px. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Questions for PDML members from the UK
John wrote: >On 9/7/2020 10:06:29, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> These are serious questions, not meant to be political, solely to satisfy >> my own curiosity: >> >> 1. What the heck is Cornwall? Is it just a region of England, or are the >> Cornish a separate ethnic group, like, for example, the Welsh? >> > >Wasn't Cornwall where the "Dread Pirate Roberts" came from? And Worzel Gummidge! -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: 30 Landscapes You Won't Believe Are in the U.S.
Bob Pdml wrote: >A strange article really because it seems to me that most of the US places >are better known than the places theyre compared to. Anyone who is aware >of the foreign places is probably also aware of the US places, so they >certainly will believe they are in the US. National Geographic has been dumbed down considerably since Rupert Murdoch bought it. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: QUESTION
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >Well, my mom's family (from the neighborhood of Napoli, Italy) was founded by >a British merchant in casks and barrels Sounds very uncomfortable. ...which proves they were British ;-) -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: if its fuzzy turn it into a B
David J Brooks wrote: >saved a photo using DNG files and some c=B sliders in LR vers 6 > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50154848698/in/dateposted-public/ >original > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/djbrooks/50155405621/in/dateposted-public/ Does "fuzzy" refer to the cat or the photo? -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Danger
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >That is a pretty extreme case! I'd say it's a terminal case. >On Mon, Jul 6, 2020 at 4:28 PM Larry Colen wrote: >> >> > On Jul 6, 2020, at 11:21 AM, Daniel J. Matyola >> wrote: >> > >> > OK, I give up; what is it? >> >> Corrosion on a battery terminal. >> >> >> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/50081224292/in/album-72157714984560581/ -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Negatives into positives?
Rick Womer wrote: >Ive been going through lots of family photos the last few days for an >upcoming event. > >Most of the shots were slides, but a substantial number were prints. For many >of those, the prints are lost but the negatives remain. > >Is there a way, without huge investment, to turn scanned color negatives into >positives? All film scanners I know of have software that does the necessary inversion and color mask removal. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: The Joy of Spring
Larry Colen wrote: >> On May 16, 2020, at 8:42 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> Just got back from our local Asian restaurant (they are Chinese, but do >> fine sushi and That as well). They had quite a line out front, waiting for >> pick-ups. > >Once things start easing up, thats probably how singles bars will work too. Not to mention truck dealerships. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Information to be announced on new Pentax APS-C flagship tomorrow
John wrote: >If it's the new APS-C flagship, wouldn't it have an APS-C Sensor? Or am I >missing something? I think he means size in megapixels rather than physical dimensions. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Information to be announced on new Pentax APS-C flagship tomorrow
Larry Colen wrote: >> On May 15, 2020, at 10:13 AM, Bill wrote: >> >> The APS-C camera is nice, but the 21mm LTD looks like it will be pretty >> spectacular. > >It has the integrated sunshade of the FA 31 that I hate so much. I also >notice that they didnt mention the max aperture. I also hate the integrated lens shade :( The front element looks too small for it to be a 2.8 (I have the FA 20mm f/2.8) so I'm betting it'll be f/4.0 -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Information to be announced on new Pentax APS-C flagship tomorrow
Henk Terhell wrote: >https://photorumors.com/2020/05/13/ricoh-to-release-additional-information-on-their-upcoming-flagship-pentax-aps-c-dslr-camera-and-pentax-d-fa-85mm-f-1-4-lens-this-friday/ Yeah, but it's not mirrorless, is it? And everyone knows that you can't take good photos any more unless you're using a mirrorless camera. It's been scientifically proven. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.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.
