Re: OT: Help with plant id

[Steffen Zahn]

Google Image search delivers „Maniok Bisameibisch“ for 2 of the images.

A.k.a. Abelmoschus manihot


Daniel J. Matyola  schrieb am Fr. 11. Okt. 2019 um
20:43:

> I am still trying to identify this plant that recently sprung up in my
> patio garden.  I'm uncertain as to whether it was something I planted that
> was dormant or inconspicuous until recently, or a wildflower or weed that
> was sown by the wind or a bird.
>
> The plant has recently blossomed, with a large and attractive flower.  I am
> hoping this will make it easier to identify:
>
> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/9/30/id
>
> Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.
>
> Dan
> Dan Matyola
> *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
> *
>
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 11:30 AM Daniel J. Matyola 
> wrote:
>
> > I am trying to identify this plant, which has appeared in my butterfly
> > garden.  I am uncertain whether it is something I planted and forgot
> about
> > or a weed that just popped up
> >
> > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/9/30/id
> >
> > Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Dan Matyola
> > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
> > *
> >
> >
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Re: More critters from Moss Landing

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For some reason this redirects to a page with

„It appears that you’re attempting to visit this site from a location in
the European Union. At this point in time we regret to say we cannot make
this site available to you. Please visit our home page eu.usatoday.com“

Igor PDML-StR  schrieb am Do. 8. Aug. 2019 um 18:22:

>
>
> Larry, I enjoyed viewing this collection.
>
> As for turkey in the grass, I thought of something like this:
>
> https://www.thanksgiving.com/celebrate/thanksgiving/roasted-turkey-fresh-herbs/
>
> Cheers!
> Igor
>
>
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Re: On another note

[Steffen Zahn]

"I use an app that lets me manually control settings and record images in
RAW. I’ve been impressed with the results since getting the images into
Lightroom."

And what is the name of that app?

Steffen

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 2:24 PM Eric Weir  wrote:

>
> I’m a little over a week back from a month spent camping and hiking along
> the Blue Ridge Parkway, from the north end to the South. What a beautiful
> place. Beautiful, I would say, because the designers and builders took
> their cue from the landscape. Once a week or so I’d go off the Parkway, get
> a motel room, take a shower, and do laundry. With few exceptions the
> contrasting ugliness of big box and franchise restaurant development that I
> experienced made me want to get back to the Parkway ASAP.
>
> In preparing for the trip I purchased a 52.8 ah battery that I could
> charge with my car and then use to keep my devices charged. Unfortunately,
> the usb chargers I purchased to keep my camera batteries charged did not
> work. The last 1/2 to 2/3 of the trip I had to rely on my iPhone for
> photography. I use an app that lets me manually control settings and record
> images in RAW. I’ve been impressed with the results since getting the
> images into Lightroom.
>
> I haven’t put up a Flickr album yet, but I’ve been showing this image to
> friends pretty often.<
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/eeweir/37721102922/in/dateposted-public/>
>
>
> --
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> eew...@bellsouth.net
>
> "What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone,
> men would die from a great loneliness of spirit."
>
> - Chief Seattle
>
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Re: Photo puzzler

[Steffen Zahn]

it says Forbidden - you don't have permission .

Steffen Zahn


 Am 14.10.2014 um 21:28 schrieb Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org:
 
 
 
 A photo puzzler.
 Guess who this is:
 http://42graphy.org/misc/puzzle1/_IR00178.jpg
 
 Send you answer on the back of a $20 bill... or K-3 ;-)
 ... or just respond to the list. :-)
 
 Cheers,
 
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Re: OT - The good old days (computer-wise)

[Steffen Zahn]

that is already the luxury version of punch cards, with text printed at the 
top. Cards from basic punch card machines would only have the holes. But people 
handling that every day could read the holes without the text after a while.

Steffen Zahn


 Am 22.02.2014 um 15:04 schrieb Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com:
 
 Warning,no photography content :-)
 
 http://annsan.smugmug.com/Graphic-Design/Anns-design-work/3346046_7HfWvF/1/3087138555_gPWTQ8H/Medium
 
 see also
 
 http://www.cafepress.com/annsanstuff.1262911217
 
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Re: Carrying a camera on a long walk

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My wife recently bought the NEX 6LB with the 16-50mm lens. That is really 
lightweight and small, the lens contracts by 2cm in the transport position. The 
sensor is APS-C, it has an electronic viewfinder and at least the out-of-camera 
jpegs look excellent. And the LCD can be flipped to shoot from the hip by 
looking down at the LCD.

Steffen Zahn


Am 08.08.2013 um 03:58 schrieb Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com:

 It's well known that I'm not overly enamored of the Fuji cameras. If you're 
 used to an *ist DS, I find it's a difficult job to get that quality out of 
 any small-sensor camera. 
 
 My 'easy carry for travel' fixed lens camera is the Leica X2, which is a bit 
 on the expensive side, but there are several other cameras in the class 
 (Nikon A, Fuji X100, Ricoh GR, etc) that are also good choices. There are 
 deals available on the Ricoh GXR and A16 24-85mm zoom camera unit too, a fine 
 shooting pair if you don't mind the automation. 
 
 Picking a single prime lens camera is, I find, a useful exercise in lack of 
 distractions. I prefer it to the zooms. A few examples from my trip to NY a 
 couple of weekends back:
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157634778877665/
 
 Good luck finding what suits YOU best. :-)
 
 Godfrey
 
 
 
 On Aug 7, 2013, at 4:42 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
 
 
 Thanks, to all who responded. I checked out all the suggestions. Financial 
 considerations and my sense of what's gonna work for me in the circumstances 
 inclined me toward John Sessom's Op-Tech suggestions---actually their 
 Bino-Cam harness and their stabilizer strap.
 
 However, I've been having second thoughts about taking the *ist DS, lenses, 
 batteries, charger, etc., etc. I looked back at Stan Halpin's suggestion of 
 the WG-3 back when I first asked for advice about a camera for this trip, 
 that led me to look at other waterproof point and shoots, and then just at 
 point and shoots.
 
 At this point I'm being sorely temped by the Fujifilm X10.  Would feel a 
 little guilty about sticking with Pentax, though.
 
 Who knows what will happen next.
 
 
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Re: K-5 dead

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Well, my 7 year old K100d has some kind of reset every other month, where it 
forgets all settings. And the autofocus is not the best. But when I hear this I 
think I can wait a bit longer with an upgrade. It never needed to be sent out 
for repair.

Steffen Zahn


Am 16.06.2013 um 18:26 schrieb Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net:

 
 It happened at a bad time, too.  We flew to North Carolina for the National 
 High School Outdoor Track meet this weekend... After the first  400 meters of 
 the 4 x 800 meter relay championship race... in which my son  his team were 
 competing .. The camera stopped working.  I had shot a couple dozen frames at 
 the meet already, no problem.  But, then, it just stopped.  Wouldn't focus, 
 wouldn't shoot, no matter the on/off, in/out/switch of battery, lens switch, 
 shooting mode change, etc. it turns on, but when you press the shutter, it 
 freezes, and the LCD says battery depleted (though it is not). Then, it 
 won't do anything.  That was yesterday, same story this morning.
 
 So.  Stuff happens, I get that.  Still, I'm finding it hard to imagine a 
 worse betrayal of gear right now.  I have been shooting these guys all year, 
 they have had a great run, so to speak, since the winter season. This was 
 their last race together.  This was a big deal.  They ran their best time 
 ever, finished in the top 10.  And I have no photos.  
 
 Not sure if this is a warranty repair or not... Especially since the mirror 
 flop fix of last year... Will check my paperwork when I get home.  Wondering 
 if I have reached the point of throwing good money after bad, at least on 
 this camera.
 
 Maybe you'll be hearing from me again on for sale Friday
 
 (For the record, my back-up camera, the K-01, also made the trip, my 
 husband was shooting video with it at the time. Glad we have that, anyway.)
 
 :(
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Re: DA 40mm XS on full frame SLR

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Interesting. I thought that the XS lenses were not compatible with SLRs because 
there would be a collision with the mirror movement.

Steffen Zahn


Am 02.04.2013 um 01:51 schrieb Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net:

 I recently stumbled on a Pz-1p at a good price and bought it - I doubt that 
 I'll use it much but it is a great camera and I do still shoot film. Took it 
 out to test and tried the DA 40mm XR that came with the K-01 on it, just to 
 see how it looked. I tried this earlier on an MZ-S but since I could not 
 directly control the aperture I did not test it systematically.
 
 The DA 40mm XS works very well on the full frame 35mm film body! There is 
 noticeable light falloff at f2.8, noticeable enough to be objectionable, but 
 it is greatly diminished at f4 and more or less gone at f5.6 and beyond. For 
 an f8 and there lens it would be fine. Pretty remarkable considering the 
 small size (and thinness.)
 
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Re: Book submissions

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Maybe you should add a list of names to your request. My mind reading skills 
are not up to the task.

Steffen Zahn


Am 22.03.2013 um 18:54 schrieb Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com:

 Hey all,
 
 We've gotten a couple of submissions for this year's photo annual from folks 
 we've never heard of. If you are one of them, please introduce yourself to 
 the List and let us know who the hell you are.
 
 Thanks ever so much,
 
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Re: Quotations List X (2012) is now on line

[Steffen Zahn]

Not for everyone, apparently. I get an error 403.

Steffen Zahn


Am 25.12.2012 um 14:40 schrieb Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com:

 Merry Festivus!
 http://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm
 
 
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Re: The PDML Annual

[Steffen Zahn]

Yes, and it looks like parts of one of my images made it into the cover image. 
That was a nice surprise.

Steffen Zahn


Am 25.06.2012 um 02:32 schrieb Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net:

 The photography is excellent. Another book in which the list can take pride. 
 Glad to see Ken finally submitted his Jersey shore pic for the book. Love 
 that one.
 
 But what strikes me most is the artistry of the book design. When Mark first 
 took on the task of producing this book he was a very good graphic artist. 
 Now he's a great one. Kudos to Mr. Roberts.
 
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Re: Ricoh reshuffle sees Pentax take control of cameras

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Shouldn't these patents be invalid by now? Patents only last 20 years.

Steffen Zahn


Am 10.02.2012 um 02:52 schrieb William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com:

 On 09/02/2012 3:15 PM, mike wilson wrote:
 On 09/02/2012 16:28, Darren Addy wrote:
 Surely one of the real assets that Pentax carries with it is its name
 and name
 recognition.
 
 I was going to say no to this. Then, remembering that the whole world
 and its dog has owned Pentax recently and therefore had access to its
 coating technology, I thought that you are probably right. All Pentax
 has now is a name.
 
 Having had access to their coating technology is not the same as being able 
 to take advantage of it now. If the SMC patents stayed with Pentax, then 
 whatever Hoya does, they won't be using SMC coatings on it.
 Pentax is as much a name as Nikon is, FWIW.
 Nikon has been little more than a blip on Mitsubishi's balance sheet for some 
 3 decades now. Funny how no one disses Nikon for that.
 
 -- 
 
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Re: PDML Photo Annual - who's been in all 3 books so far?

[Steffen Zahn]

For me its also the third book.

Steffen Zahn


Am 31.01.2012 um 15:20 schrieb Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com:

 According to my records (let me know if I've missed anyone) the
 following photographers have contributed to all three books so far:
 Adam Montoya
 Annsan
 Bill Robb
 Bob Sullivan
 Bong Manayon
 Boris Liberman
 Brendan MacRae
 Brian Walters
 Bruce Walker
 César Matamoros
 Christian Skofteland
 Cory Waters
 Cotty
 Dan Matyola
 Dario Bonazza
 David Brooks
 Derby Chang
 Doug Brewer
 Fernando Terrazzino
 Ira Bryant
 Jack Davis
 John Celio
 John Coyle
 John Francis
 John Sessoms
 Jostein Øksne
 Ken Waller
 Luka Kneževic-Strika
 Mark Roberts
 Matthew Hunt
 Mike Wilson
 Paul Stenquist
 Rick Womer
 Stan Halpin
 Steven Sharpe
 Subash Jeyan
 Ted Beilby
 Thrainn Vigfusson
 Tim Bray
 Tim Øsleby
 Wendy Beard
 
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Re: Radio trigger synch speed

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I have seen similiar effects with chinese triggers a few years ago. But I found 
that it also depends on the flash. If you have an ancient flash without TTL, 
maybe even non-Pentax, try that also.

Steffen Zahn


Am 19.11.2011 um 22:50 schrieb Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com:

 I have recently had a pair of radio triggers (Aputure brand) said to
 be compatible with Pentax cameras.
 Their declared that the synch speed is (up to) 1/250 second.
 They seem to synch properly at only 1/60 second on both K20D and K5.
 The units are also compatible with Canon cameras so I expect their
 support for Pentax may only be partial...
 TTL / P-TTL is not supported.
 
 This low speed makes them of little use.
 I am still not sure if there is something I could try to make them
 synch at a higher speed.
 
 Any experiences? Any ideas?
 
 Bulent
 
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Re: 99.7F in Boston

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In Germany it is raining for several days.

Steffen Zahn


Am 23.07.2011 um 04:28 schrieb Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com:

 Mean Wheatfield!
 
 boo hoo
 
 ann
 
 On 7/22/2011 21:55, William Robb wrote:
 17ºC at the moment.
 
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Re: OT: TinEye

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I found it also to be very useful, it found even an image that had been edited. 
Specifically it had been made darker, scaled up, and an image element in the 
background had been removed. That modified image also showed up on several 
stock image sites.

Steffen Zahn


Am 14.06.2011 um 18:01 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com:

 Does anyone else use TinEye?
 
 A while back, someone was using one of my images on the net without my
 permission;  in fact, it was listed in a stock image site.  After I
 had that image removed. I found TinEye, and it showed me images not
 only identical to mine, but on occasion, ones that were very similar
 but clearly not the same.  It also brought up the handful of images
 that I had posted on a stock image site some time ago.
 
 Now, all my TinEye search are coming back with 0 matches, with one
 exception.  Even those that I know are still on a stock site return 0
 matches.
 
 Have they changed their criteria or the sources they search?  Do they
 now have a way to eliminate images I posted on more than one site?
 
 Dan
 
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Re: Not my best but my favorite

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My PDML Annual rejects:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffenz/5167365662/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffenz/4652617613/

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OT: extreme slow motion video

[Steffen Zahn]

http://www.engadget.com/2011/02/11/phantom-flex-camera-slows-down-time-drops-jaws-with-incredible/

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Re: OT:Gmail filters

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Am 03.11.2010 23:05, schrieb Bob W:


does this mean you don't want to buy the Viagra?

B

Please don't mention the V-word in regular emails, that could mess up my 
self-learning spam filter ;-)


Steffen

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Re: Dimples

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Am 31.10.2010 00:04, schrieb Bob W:

I had a rush of blood to the head today, and bought a Voigtlander 75/1.8.
Lovely lens, but surprisingly much larger than the Pentax M 85/2.

Here are some test shots:
http://www.web-options.com/V75/

I need to be a bit more careful at the wider apertures - I missed a few.

I particularly like this one, which shows what it can do:
http://www.web-options.com/V75/content/L149_large.html

B


What a coincidence!. I bought a new Voigtländer color-skopar 20mm F3.5 
SL II  on Friday.


First shots: 
http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffenz/tags/voigtlandercolorskopar20mmf35sliiaspherical/


best regards
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PESO Velothon Berlin 2010

[Steffen Zahn]

Sunday was a bicyle race in Berlin, called Skoda Velothon 2010

Pentax K100D, Walimex 85mm F1.4

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffenz/4652617613/

More:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steffenz/tags/velothon/

Comments welcome.

best regards
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Re: Mass-scale Copyright Infringement

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Am 21.05.2010 23:26, schrieb Charles Robinson:
 
 Speaking of copyright infringement if you've ever wondered how many times 
 an image of yours has been appropriated and used elsewhere on the web, try 
 this site: http://www.tineye.com

 Enter a URL for your image, and it will point you to other URLS with 
 similar images - usually a copy/edit of the original. So far I've gotten no 
 false hits.

 Kinda fun/interesting/sad depending on your mood.

 For example: 
 http://www.tineye.com/search/c234e37f48b4c44aebb6887ca6608f7c210a6628

  -Charles
   
tineye is not bad it found someone selling slightly modified versions of
one of my images on gettyimages and istockfoto.

Thanks for the tip.
   Steffen

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Re: Books on the way

[Steffen Zahn]

Hello,

my book has already arrived here in Germany. I have no idea how that is
even possible when according to blurbs email it was sent out yesterday.
Unless the book is really printed somewhere in Europe.

And the book is great.

Steffen

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Re: Books on the way

[Steffen Zahn]

Am 24.04.2010 14:45, schrieb eckinator:
 How much does Blurb charge for postage then? Do they make a killing on it?
 Ecke

   
I paid 41.90 for the book, plus 3.29 taxes plus 5.17 shipping. The
shipping in Europe is supposed to be some kind of flat-rate. All values
in EURO.

Steffen

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Re: A couple of questions

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Am 04.02.2010 22:30, schrieb John Sessoms:
 What is a reasonable price for a used K20D kit w/18-55 lens?

 Figure condition is = KEH EX.

 Is there a SIMPLE, easy way to find out the total cumulative shutter
 activations?

exiftool imgtmp/Winter10428.jpg  |   grep  'Shutter Count'
Shutter Count   : 12246


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Interesting Timelaps film of Vancouver

[Steffen Zahn]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMz2SnSWS4


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Re: OT - CinePaint and Pentax Photo 3.61 under Linux, work in progress

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Hello,

for Linux I can recommend RawTherapee for working on raw images,
combined with digiKam as the management solution for images (including
tags and upload-plugins for various online services).

Steffen

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Re: I am impressed - high-ISO performance of K-x

[Steffen Zahn]

Am 19.01.2010 23:17, schrieb Dario Bonazza:
 .. business, trying to manage it with a K-x (and the cons of a
 low-end body, such as slow changes in settings, no AF indication in
 finder, etc.) or buying a D700 and lenses/flash/whatever.



Really? Is there no AF indicator in the finder of the K-x? Even my K100D
has that, which is also an entry level camera.

Steffen

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Re: eBay Store - foto-tip: Samyang MF lenses

[Steffen Zahn]

Hello,

users of the 85mm Samyang lens gather at the Flickr group
http://www.flickr.com/groups/vivitar_85_14/ , where you can find
discussions and example images. The lens is sold under a lot of
different brand names. I have one myself under the brand name Walimex,
it is good even at F1.4, but of course it is without auto focus.

best regards
   Steffen Zahn

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Re: K10 problem

[Steffen Zahn]

This can also be caused by aperture blades that temporarily get stuck. I
have a lens that has this problem, and when used in A-position of the
aperture ring, the blades will close a bit more with successive
pictures. One can see this when looking through the front side of the
lens while taking pictures. The correct operation is when the blades
completely open up after each picture.

best regards
   Steffen Zahn

John Francis schrieb:
 When I had problems like this (many years ago, with my PZ-1p), the
 problem was a borderline contact between the lens and the camera.
 Hold the lens just the wrong way and the A pin didn't make contact,
 so the camera took a shot or two with the aperture set to f/32 (I
 usually shoot in Tv mode, so the shutter speed was fixed as well).

 It took me a while to figure this out, but nowadays it should be
 much, much easier - look at the EXIF entries to see what has changed.
 If the A contact is suspect the lens information code will switch.
 If, on the other hand, all the EXIF value look reasonable you may have
 a lens that is misbehaving (a sticky iris, perhaps).



 On Tue, Sep 08, 2009 at 11:31:25PM +1000, MikeM wrote:
   
 I think I might have not been clear about the 3 shots. They were not 
 taken in a burst. I looked at the results of each shot before taking the 
 next. I had only a Tamron 70-300 mm lens, the shots were taken along a 
 walking track, and I don't take other lenses on the walks.

 Mike

 - Original Message - From: MikeM mmo45...@bigpond.net.au
 To: PDML@pdml.net
 Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 2:57 PM
 Subject: K10 problem


 
 My K10 has started taking shots that are very dark followed by some 
 shots that are ok then there are a few that are very dark followed by 
 more that are ok. So far the bad shots have all been occurring in 
 groups of 3. I don't know if that is just coincidence or not. In 1 
 group of bad shots 2 were dark and 1 was so light it was difficult to 
 make anything out.

 A few months ago my K100 started rebooting occasionally. Pentax quoted  
 $549 to replace the circuit board. Does the K10 problem sound like it  
 could be as serious, and expensive?


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Re: DA* 16-50/2.8 CA

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Paul Stenquist schrieb:
 DA* 16-50 paranoia is upon us again. Since I use mine almost every
 day, I figured I ought to show a sample of how it renders the most CA
 prone subject possible: dark tree branches against a white sky. Yes, I
 know that no one in their right mind shoots tree branches against
 white sky, but sometimes they end up in frame, as they did here.
 Here's the entire frame:
 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=8817194

Well try again with focus on those tree branches I would say.

best regards
Steffen

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Re: Pentax SMCP-FA 50mm f/1.4 Lens or Pentax SMC DA Lens - 40 mm - F/2.8

[Steffen Zahn]

I think this discussion so far abstracts to much from the image quality
of both lenses when used wide open. I have the FA 50/1.4 and below F2.0
it is very soft and lacks details, not to mention the color fringing on
high contrast transition areas in the image. You need to go to F2.4 to
have good sharpness in the center, and if you need sharpness to the
border, you have to use F2.8 or F3.5.

I don't have the 40mm, but if I read test results it looks like the 40mm
delivers a good resolution wide open.


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