Re: micro 4/3 body, only $159???
We have one of those at school. It's a nice little camera, and a real steal at that price. On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: That looks like a great deal for a backup body for someone with u4/3. I suspect that sensor technology has advanced enough now that there are now u4/3 bodies with what I'd consider usable low light performance. Even with his 25/0.95 lens, my friend Marco's u4/3 body is just shy of working for dance photography. On Apr 24, 2012, at 11:48 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: http://www.cameta.com/Olympus-Pen-E-PL1-Micro-4-3-Digital-Camera-Body-Black- 66752.cfm - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: I am a virgin no more
LOL. I had the same thought. Processing film is a very satisfying job. I still have access to a darkroom and should try it again. On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: For maximum comedic effect, your sentences should have been reversed. : ) On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 7:55 PM, Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca wrote: Tonight I processed my first roll of black and white film! It was messy but the results were...pleasing. -- Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca • 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Fun new photographic meme
What a hoot. On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: As with all things meme-ish, your mileage may vary. http://epicowling.com/epic/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: If it is not yet dark where you live... Photo Op
Nah. No bridge around here. ;-) On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 9:14 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: CRESCENT MOON ALERT: When the sun goes down tonight, step outside and look west into the twilight. You might see something like this: http://www.spaceweather.com/images2012/23apr12/crescent_strip.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Discovery's last flight
That's a hell of a parking lot shot. Well done. The detail on the shuttle is really fine. On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Doug Franklin do...@nutdriver.org wrote: On 2012-04-21 20:40, Mark C wrote: On 4/20/2012 11:16 AM, Bryan Jacoby wrote: No great artistic value here but I thought some might be interested: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bryan_jacoby/7095178799/lightbox/ That's a great shot - I looked at a few snaps on the news pages. Yours is heads and shoulders above the ones I looked at. I agree, Mark. That is, by a considerable margin, the best photo I've seen of Discovery on her final tour. -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: An interesting experiment
Some very nice shots there. On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 12:32 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Experiment worked; excellent photos! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Sent: April 20, 2012 4/20/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: An interesting experiment My friend Aeriol asked me to show up at her gig last night and get some photos of her with her new hairdo. As the bartender said when she saw me More pictures of the same people doing the same thing at the same place!. The difference being that last night, just to see how it would work, I brought a studio strobe. WTF, I've never photographed musicians in a bar, with a full on studio strobe before, I wanted to see how it would work if I could throw stupid big numbers of photons at them. The short answer is that I was eventually able to get some decent photos, but it was tough. Especially only using one strobe. Fortunately it was a quiet night, so I didn't have to worry too much about pissing off too many patrons. Some of my best luck was from cheating a second light source by aiming the strobe at the mirror stage left, but letting a bunch of light spill out the side to get some fill from straight on. I expect that in the future I should try multiple speedlights on light stands. I also found that just using the modeling light as a hot light worked pretty well. This is also the first set of photos that I've tried processing using LR4. I'm not entirely happy with the processing. Auto tone sucks when you really do want a black background. But, for your amusement: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157629493693342/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hey, Paul, did you hear about Humber
It's always great to see an athlete have a moment like that, especially after surgery. OTOH, it's always fun to watch the tension mount as it gets closer. Pierzynski (the catcher) talked about making that last throw to first and not screwing it up. On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 9:10 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: How wonderful for him, The Sox and their fans. 21 years ago I turned on the TV in the third inning of Dennis Martinez' perfect game for the Expos (my poor, dearly departed Expos!). It's a wonderful thing to experience live, even if only as a television spectator. To be part of the last two thirds of that game was an amazing, nailbiting, once in a lifetime thing - since my Expos are now gone and I have no favourite baseball team anymore (and have sworn to myself that I never will; an Expos fan til the day I die). For El Presidente it was the first perfect fame for a Latin American pitcher and it remains the only perfect game by a Canadian team (the Jays have never pitched one, only been on the receiving end). As for Humber, yesterday was his first complete game! Amazing. Congrats to him and all White Sox fans everywhere. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com Sent: April 22, 2012 4/22/12 To: PDML List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Hey, Paul, did you hear about Humber and his perfect game? Great news, no? Cheers, Christine -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO - Nokton 17.5mm 0.95
I like the look of those shots. Of course, I tend to prefer darker to lighter overall tones. On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 8:52 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: :) Thanks Frank and everyone who looked. The 17.5 is micro four thirds, so a nice classic 35mm 'quiv. One other fancy thing about his lens. It has an adjustable aperture ring so you can have click stops, like all good street photographers need, to be able to adjust by feel. Or turn a dial, and the aperture has no click stops, which I imagine would be great for video guys. Clever Red coat is one of those things I try often but almost never succeed. As I walk past, pivot the camera (shooting from the hip as most of these were) to keep her centre. Many more misses than hits, I have to say, with this technique. Clouds are the best, Frank. Nature's softbox. On 21/04/2012 10:21 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Brilliant stuff! Two absolute standouts: The kissing couple (very Doisneau) and the young woman in the red coat looking at her mobile. I'm completely in awe of the latter. Looks like the background isn't just oof but is motion blurred as well. Is that you moving around he subject (sort of a reverse pan)? Absolutely brilliant! Btw, remind me again what body you hang the Nokton on? I hear you about shooting in groups. I don't like it myself. Don't so much like drawing attention when I'm working - whether shooting street or nature, incognito works better with me. And finally, cool shot of the lens innards. Who knew? You've inspired me. It's gloriously cloudy - a great day to shoot the streets. Here I go! :-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Derby Changder...@iinet.net.au Sent: April 21, 2012 4/21/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: OT GESO - Nokton 17.5mm 0.95 Scoff at Cosina as much as you like, but they are pumping out darn sexy lenses right now. I ordered the 17.5mm 0.95 back in Feb and it arrive this week, so tried it out streety today. Sweet. The interesting thing about the lens, it is quite close focusing, so most of the lens throw is less than 1m. That leaves a scat adjustment for 1m to infinity. It didn't occur to me until I started using it, this is beautiful for zone focusing, which I was doing today. Even at f0.95, I could guess the distance and fire away. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_17nokton/index.htm Mid way through the day, I spotted a few 'togs with geared up Leicas, and walking in a pack. Turned out to be Eric Kim's street photography class. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_eric/01.htm I like Eric, but shooting in a pack wouldn't do it for me. Too conspicuous. Bonus on-topic post. When the DA 16-50 came back from repair, they included the left over bits. Here is the PCB and SDM motor http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_sdm/01.htm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT GESO - Nokton 17.5mm 0.95
Stupid question, BTW: what camera? On Sat, Apr 21, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Scoff at Cosina as much as you like, but they are pumping out darn sexy lenses right now. I ordered the 17.5mm 0.95 back in Feb and it arrive this week, so tried it out streety today. Sweet. The interesting thing about the lens, it is quite close focusing, so most of the lens throw is less than 1m. That leaves a scat adjustment for 1m to infinity. It didn't occur to me until I started using it, this is beautiful for zone focusing, which I was doing today. Even at f0.95, I could guess the distance and fire away. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_17nokton/index.htm Mid way through the day, I spotted a few 'togs with geared up Leicas, and walking in a pack. Turned out to be Eric Kim's street photography class. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_eric/01.htm I like Eric, but shooting in a pack wouldn't do it for me. Too conspicuous. Bonus on-topic post. When the DA 16-50 came back from repair, they included the left over bits. Here is the PCB and SDM motor http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_sdm/01.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: photo. net acting funny
Yep. Getting an error page in Chrome. On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Trouble getting access to Dan's photo yesterday. Bob S. On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 7:26 AM, jn289 jn...@verizon.net wrote: Anyone having trouble with photo,net not loading all the pictures ? Thanks Joe http://photo.net.photos/pjjdxn -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESOS: Scoot x Two
Watch it Paul. Before you know it she'll have a Harley. ;-) I particularly like the first one. On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 11:30 AM, jn289 jn...@verizon.net wrote: Paul, I like Scoot better than Scoot two. The face and the scooter, better in this photo..Joe http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15580252 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15580253 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Funny Photoshop job
It took me a while to see it as well, although I thought it was funny ;-) On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 8:24 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: actually that's not very funny at all :-( I looked at both photos and didn't even notice the motorcylce - just noticed that no one had brightened the girl's face or darkened the washed out background... so I thought the joke was nothing was done. then I squinted to read the words. I take it the removing was done by a wiseass :-) ann On 4/20/2012 07:53, Mark Roberts wrote: http://www.bspcn.com/2012/03/20/4chan-photoshop-masters/ ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Last Photo Ever Taken
They have an A50 1.7 at KEH for $84. On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:27 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Your last picture focus point is right on, Walt. Sorry about your rotten luck with the K-X/A 50 f/1.7!! - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 7:00 AM Subject: PESO: Last Photo Ever Taken Well, all I can say is that I'm utterly crestfallen today. Seems I dropped my K-x with the A 50/1.7 -- leaving the lens inoperable and irreparable. This is the last shot that will ever be taken with it. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6950076942/ I think it's fair to say I'm heartbroken. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: SMUGMUG outages et. al.
I just got in fine. maybe it's fixed now. On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: When I go to log in , I get the 'we are working on it' messages I couldnt see either of my most recent galleries, either, Christine... ugh On top of SmUGMUG -- there were cafepress issues yesterday when I was trying to update some things.. and day before internet service locally was out for a few hours. ebay just changed the way you write up things you are selling, too. Not a happy camper here ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Being back, sorta
Welcome back (sort of). I hope all is well. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 3:37 AM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Good to see you posting again, Boris! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent: Thursday, 19 April 2012 2:16 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Being back, sorta Hello there. I'll try to delurk and see if I can handle it. How have you been, ladies and gentlemen while I was standing outside the building? Over here not much happened except that I got myself a second K-5 with a focusing screen that is said to be special for manual focusing (it is indeed) so that I can now return to my most favorite lens - A 50/1.2. Galia gets my another K-5 for her main camera and K-7 as you might have seen is going to be sold. If you frequent (or not so frequent) my blog, you can see most recent shots from the vacation we recently had. Galia did really well with her K-7. Cheers! Boris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Well, that's one way to get a drink.
Some cats like water. This one apparently enjoys the shower. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Doug Franklin do...@nutdriver.org wrote: On 2012-04-18 23:33, John Sessoms wrote: A box of rocks is smarter than the average cat. Smart or dumb, a cat rarely gives a crap about the things important to us humans. :) -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver Racing Sponsored by Murphy -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Nikon Announces 24MP APS-C DSLR - $699
I remember a PDML post once upon a time that claimed it would take about 20-25 MP for digital to equal the IQ of film. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: ...available in red, no less... ;) -c On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/04/19/Nikon-D3200-with-WiFi-Option -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax Sighting - Jaws
Spielberg admitted that he initially thought John Williams' score was silly. As for the Pentax, I don't recall exactly ;-) On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 5:27 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: Stef wanted to watch 'Jaws' which we have in DVD. Absolutely brilliant film as I'm sure you will agree - the best storytelling by a Master. In the scene where they think they've caught the killer shark, the newspaper photographer is snapping the beast with proud captors on the dock, and even though in a wide shot, I'm sure it's a Honeywell Pentax. Any takers? -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would you eat at this restaurant?
We're on a roll now. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Dan your photo leaves me flushed with joy! Cheers, Christine On Apr 19, 2012, at 3:47 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: That is a crappy remark. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:27 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I guess someone could always wipe out their supply. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: PESO: Would you eat at this restaurant? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15563345 They seem to be quite determined to ensure that an adequate supply of toilet paper is on hand in the rest room. [In fact, there is an additional roll, on a floor stand not visible in this image. Comments , criticisms, abuse and rants are all welcome. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Opinion on FA J 18-35
You could get a used one pretty cheap at KEH. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think there is a single J series lens that is worthy of carrying the jock strap of *any* other series of Pentax lens. On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 4:53 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Local shop has one for $140. Haven't had a chance to check it out yet. Anyone here use one? Good, Bad, Average? Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear
I was merely referring to the practical nature of women to use the correct tool for a particular job without prejudice as to its size. (Wow. That was a lot of crap even for an academic.) On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: I knew my ears were burning! Lol. Steven, I *do* have many friends on your side of the world willing to do my dirty work for me you know! ;-) Tan.x. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 10:49 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear I figure she's on the other side of the planet. At least I have time to hide. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:23 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: You're in big trouble now... ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Sent: April 17, 2012 4/17/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear Tan's right. It is a woman. Well, that explains it all. :-o -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Necessary Advice?
Sadly, I've done that. To remind people is a nice gesture. Hopefully, there wasn't a really big lawsuit involved. On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Neither did I. G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 3:49 PM, jn289 jn...@verizon.net wrote: Dan, I do not know what to make of this one.. ? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15539933 Comments are welcome. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear
To say Mark would be to damn with faint praise. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Apr 18, 2012, at 8:19 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I was merely referring to the practical nature of women to use the correct tool for a particular job without prejudice as to its size. My love life is entirely dependent on this trait. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: NO Dough
Agreed. Normally the phrase is half-baked'. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 17/4/12, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: What were you planning to bake? I think I've been on this email list since about 1998 or so and to this date I have never seen this question asked before. -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - No Parking - Strictly Enforced
Excellent. On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:16 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Don't believe they needed the sign. ;-) Jack - Original Message - From: frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 7:04 PM Subject: PESO - No Parking - Strictly Enforced http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/04/no-parking-strictly-enforced.html Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear
Tan's right. It is a woman. Well, that explains it all. :-o On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 6:35 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I don't know how you can tell that in that tiny image. I can barely see that he/she/it has hair and ears. From: Tanya Love Agreed! And also, its not a he, but a she! She's wearing dangly earrings and has her hair pulled back into a bun... -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bong Manayon Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 9:01 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear ...Instagram. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uduIXFUynRQ/T4bdGgCKZaI/Cf8/l48eq J5jvg4/w497-h373/fGxbW.jpg or short URL: http://goo.gl/9ghL8 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESOs - use it or lose it
I like the plane shot because it's hard to get one that good. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: I promised myself to exercise different lenses more often. The DA 16-50 came back from repair, and they returned the faulty PCB and motor. Nice souvenirs But didn't feel like taking the big zoomie, so had a day out with the DA 21 and 70 http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_fluffywhiteclouds/01.htm http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_thefalls/01.htm http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_04/12_04_paddo/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Peso: Burned
We've had some local fires in the George Washington National Forest: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/15174580_3zgwM8#!i=1799901750k=JgZSCMdlb=1s=XL Most of the trees are still green, so this one appears to have just cleared put the brush. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear
I figure she's on the other side of the planet. At least I have time to hide. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 8:23 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: You're in big trouble now... ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Sent: April 17, 2012 4/17/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear Tan's right. It is a woman. Well, that explains it all. :-o On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 6:35 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I don't know how you can tell that in that tiny image. I can barely see that he/she/it has hair and ears. From: Tanya Love Agreed! And also, its not a he, but a she! She's wearing dangly earrings and has her hair pulled back into a bun... -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bong Manayon Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2012 9:01 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: $13 000 worth of camera gear ...Instagram. On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-uduIXFUynRQ/T4bdGgCKZaI/Cf8/l48eq J5jvg4/w497-h373/fGxbW.jpg or short URL: http://goo.gl/9ghL8 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Found Off Road Dead
A little Mothers is all it needs. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 6:06 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I took a little Sunday excursion to Stanley, about 120 miles north. Left at 3:45 AM and arrived shortly after 6:00 AM. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15551533size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: something new
I just like Kompressor with the K. ;-) Looks really fun. On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 2:34 AM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 April 2012 14:00, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: I decided it was time to get beyond buying camera gear for a while. I mean, really, I have other obsessions to deal with. 2000 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230 Kompressor http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25268645/SLK_230_Kompressor.jpg So I don't buy a Summilux 75 and a second M9 body for a while. Will it really hurt me? (Photo on left with GXR, center and right with the iPhone 4S.) Life is good. G Spotto! http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spotto Uber cool. I've liked those Benzes from the moment they first appeared. Is the Kompressor a turbo or a supercharger? I recently got a turbo diesel in an SUV (Hyundai ix35) and the turbo lag takes some getting used to. On the flipside, hills and mountains are barely noticed and it's uncannily quiet at freeway speeds, ticking along at hardly more than an idle. regards, Anthony Of what use is lens and light to those who lack in mind and sight (Anon) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Imagine
As always, Paul, a touching photo. On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 10:50 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: That is quite nice. Dave On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: My favorite of the Easter pics. K-5, DA 16=50/2.8, f4 1/13th, ISO 1600 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15508193size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Thomas Kinkade, Dead
Paul is on to something here. There is nothing strange about someone producing lousy art. OTOH, it's really weird that so many people bought this stuff. This is not some kind of visual Ponzi scheme; you can actually see what you are buying and there is no deception. If he sold his stuff then there's certainly a major source of reinforcement that a lot of people think his art is just peachy. Why should he pay any attention to the ones that don't like his stuff and assume they are right? A lot a folks don't listen to Mozart, after all. Of course, his reported personal unhappiness may indicate that he didn't like his own stuff. On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Apr 8, 2012, at 5:42 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 03:44:34PM -0500, Christine Aguila wrote: I don't even blame Kinkade for his own self-promotion. I have absolutely no problems with his self-promotion, nor with his ability to sell vast quantities of his product. My objection is to the pretence that he is providing the artistic equivalent of fine dining rather than fast food. Of course if his work wasn't positioned as a fine dining equivalent, it wouldn't sell. The pretense is an essential part of the product. While his happy little scenes aren't my idea of art, they obviously fit that definition for some. That's opinion to which his buyers are entitled. Beauty and message are subjective, and the art market isn't subject to censor by the taste police. Paul -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Thomas Kinkade, Dead
I object to anyone my age dying. It encourages what I consider to be a bad trend. On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 7:31 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I don't know anything about Kinkade swindling investors but I certainly did hear about his temper and other rather unsavory things about his personal life. Whatever. Much as I may dismiss his art (such as it is) I'm not sure how it is that he didn't deliver. Seems to me that he did deliver - exactly what his buyers wanted (otherwise they wouldn't have bought, right?). Whatever our opinion might be of his works, the sheer number of paintings and prints sold must say something... Bottom feeder? Perhaps. Opportunistic panderer? Almost certainly. Rich man? Well, he was that. Fat lot of good his money is doing him now. I guess it'll buy him a nice funeral and keep his heirs in funds for a generation or two. I hear he was a Christian. I'm sure there will be a Thomas Kinkade wing added to his church now, likely filled with his paintings. As others said, condolences to his family. May they find consolation in their grief... frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Sent: April 7, 2012 4/7/12 To: pdml@pdml.net I'm not really impressed with his success, any more than I'm impressed with the success of ... oh say ... Bernie Madoff. Kinkade was selling champagne when he couldn't even deliver beer and swindling his investors on top of it. Plus, he was an opportunistic bottom feeder. And lets not even get into the way he acted when he was drinking. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Testing the K-01
Is this the new 40? On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hello Christine, and others who may be intested: As promised, I will post some test shots, done with the K-01 in this Flickr set: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157629380559984/ The first test shots are macro shots. Regards Jens -- -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - L SALES FINAL
I'm a big fan of the one book justification for a Kindle. I find my paper book purchases have all but evaporated. I have the $79 Kindle, which cost much less than my cellphone. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: John, They are not for me, but I do appreciate the Kindle when we go on vacation. Only one 'book' to haul. Never need to go shopping for new reading material. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 1:48 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Never have to recharge the battery on a real book, and you can still read a real book that has a bullet hole in it. From: Bob Sullivan My daughter bought a Kindle. My wife saw it and got one also. They both love 'em and share titles, plus the library has Kindle books for loan as well. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:18 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 3, 2012, at 10:27 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Maybe I'd be happer with an iPad or one of the dedicated thingamajigs, but I'm not willing to drop the big bux to find out. I've been thinking towards a Kindle lately but I don't really read enough to justify getting one. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax FF
Now that you mention it, I have far more FA than DA lenses. Of course, i wouldn't spend $2500 on any camera. On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:02 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Tom C John Sessoms wrote: Well, if they end up making a profit off the Q and the K-01, I don't suppose it's a waste of money, although neither of them fits my needs. I've been sort of aiming towards the K-3 being my next Pentax camera, whether it's FF or not. I'm not willing to pay $3K for another APS-C body, but I would for full frame. It would hurt, but I'd do it. At that point I'd just sell all my Pentax gear, buy a D800/E and start over. Watch everyone complain if/when there's a Pentax FF that now all the money they spent on the APS-C lenses reduces the resolution when put on a FF body. Many will have to buy new lenses, so at that point, why Pentax? Pentax has taken too long for me to conceivably buy into a FF system from them. Even a $2000 body at 24MP would make me think long and hard on spending on Pentax vs. taking my business elsewhere. Yeah, a big investment in APS-C lenses would be a problem, but mostly I've been getting by using film lenses. The only APS-C lenses I have are the 18-55 kit lens that came with the K-20D a couple of Sigmas (30mm f/1.4 10-20 zoom). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: A new drug for us
Too close. I'm off P mode. . . On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 4:57 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.petapixel.com/2012/04/05/fauxtographor-a-prescription-drug-commercial-parody/ -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.blogspot.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Cat photo
You caught a very cattish expression. On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 9:37 PM, Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net wrote: Nice cat capture... Wish mine would stay in one spot when I get down to get an eye level capture she comes over for some loving. Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2012 7:31 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Cat photo Here's our little guy Fenway, age 9 months: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc01723.jpg Yeah, I'm bored tonight... -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: New lens prices
Agreed. Some zooms are just Freudian for polite company. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 11:30 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: What Christine said--that's me too on the 16-5mm--I so hate that external zoom. There's something very rude about the way it juts out. :-) Course, I do wish I could replace my DA 16-45mm with a weather sealed lens--I can't deny that, but I've become very skilled at walking between raindrops--so I got me a work-around :-). Cheers, Christine/Chicago On Apr 3, 2012, at 5:06 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 3:27 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: I was having a hard time justifying the purchase at the old price, due to the lens' uneven reputation. I can't imagine shelling out at the new price. I bought my 16-50 as soon as the lens was introduced and it's worked without a hitch for years, including several rain-sodden hikes across Grandfather Mountain. It's my most-used lens. I know I'm just one data point but it's the data points that experience a failure that usually make the loudest noises ;-) I remember you telling me how much you like that lens! And a couple of times since then, I've been ready to pull the trigger, and... I see a fresh batch of mixed reviews, and I stop. Beyond that, I don't love the external zoom... The weather sealing is nice, but... really, I'm not much for rainy hikes. All that humidity totally wrecks my hair. :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Tractorotica
I like it. The BW rendition really highlights the details and textures which is the interesting part of old machinery (IMHO). Good parking space, too. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:10 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Dave! I knew you'd be one who might be interested in seeing it. -- Walt On 4/3/2012 4:54 PM, David J Brooks wrote: My kinda ride. Nicely done Dave On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:19 AM, Walt Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I know there are a few folks on the list who like old tractors, and I happened upon another one today while I was out on an otherwise non-productive photowalk. I left too early and the sun was too high -- same-old, same-old. I suppose I got a few decent shots, but nothing that I'm enthusiastic about working on beyond this one, so I figured I'd share it for those who appreciate this sort of thing. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6894840204/ K20D, A-50/1.7, f/5.6, ISO 500, 1/100 Hope y'all like it! If not, comments and critiques are always welcomed. Thanks! -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT- Camera Auction, very OT.
That was not what I was expecting. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:58 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.michaelyon-online.com/camera-auction.htm -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax FF
I think of you as more of cheapskate than a tightwad, Christine. Just for the record. On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Christine was complaining that the DA* 16-50mm was too expensive for her when it cost $800, which is a bargain when you consider what Canikonians pay for the standard f/2.8 zooms, and she's far from the only one. The core Pentax userbase is a bunch of tight bastards who spend money only at gun-point (I'm one of them) and I don't see them (us) buying a $3,000 FF from Pentax. Hang on -- how did I get to be the posterchild for Pentax Tightwads?! :) Just to clarify -- my doubts about that lens have more to do with its spotty reputation... deserved or not... and its unseemly zoom behavior. I happily spent at least as much on the 50-135, and know what a bargain it is, compared to the (FF) equivalents of the other brands. I won't detail the rest of my gear purchases, but believe me, I'm down with spending. But cheapskate or no, 800 bucks is 800 bucks. If I'm not convinced I want the product, I'm not going to spend it. As it is, each time I think about buying a new lens (or body), I go through the motions of convincing myself that Pentax I are in it for the long haul. They're putting out lots of mixed signals, for sure. I would be very interested to know just who the core Pentax userbase really is, btw. Obviously, the samples here and at PF must be small in comparison to the general population... and I wonder how different the demographic is here in the US vs. Europe vs Japan, for ex? :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax FF
I'm just fine with this. It was well done in that it listed a reasonable set of specs, a price point, and then said just kidding. It wasn't really subtle but a pretty clear message to PR. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:37 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2012-04-01 16:49 Darren Addy wrote I've got to believe that Ricoh Pentax Japan is not terribly overjoyed to be implicated in this April Fools joke. It is one thing for a company (like Google) to do an April Fools joke in its own name. It would be quite another for a company (like Google) to do an April Fools book about another company (like Yahoo for example). Yet that is what Adam did to Pentax and he made a lot of consumers rather mad in the process. Particularly given that the April Fools concept is not necessarily understood by all cultures, I think this was an especially dumb move. it seems to me you must think Pentax is a rather fragile target, as it's quite common to do spoofs like this at the expense of consumer product companies; for example i remember several addressed at Apple last year -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax FF
A question to the more engineering oriented ones on the list. How hard would it be for Pentax to stick a FF sensor in something like a K5 body? On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:20 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I'm just fine with this. It was well done in that it listed a reasonable set of specs, a price point, and then said just kidding. It wasn't really subtle but a pretty clear message to PR. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 1:37 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2012-04-01 16:49 Darren Addy wrote I've got to believe that Ricoh Pentax Japan is not terribly overjoyed to be implicated in this April Fools joke. It is one thing for a company (like Google) to do an April Fools joke in its own name. It would be quite another for a company (like Google) to do an April Fools book about another company (like Yahoo for example). Yet that is what Adam did to Pentax and he made a lot of consumers rather mad in the process. Particularly given that the April Fools concept is not necessarily understood by all cultures, I think this was an especially dumb move. it seems to me you must think Pentax is a rather fragile target, as it's quite common to do spoofs like this at the expense of consumer product companies; for example i remember several addressed at Apple last year -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Girl in the Shower
Wow, that took me a second to realize it was a statue. I particularly like the placement of the mirror. On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I finally found a woman who would would pose without any clothes on for me: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15455620 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Considering how much Leicas cost...
I think we can all agree that a $31,770 white leather Leica is a joke. The real question is whether or not they intended it as such.;-) On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 3:44 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: lol! are we sure that isn't a late April Fools Day joke? Can't imagine who would buy a white leather-covered camera. Inuit with more blubber than sense one misleading detail, however, is saying that the unicorn variant goes for $31,770 over the regular model's $8,000. Regular model M9-P (itself a special variant ...!) goes for $8000, sure, but without any lens at all. That lens goes for another $11,000 so the competing standard model is $19,000 ... so a 40% premium for a limited edition special of a special edition ... Hmm. Maybe it is worth it .. I'll buy one when they can deliver it to me on a real unicorn. And I won't fall for the old albino rhinoceros trick again... B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax FF
Good point. I should have added in a way that results in a functional camera :-o On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 4:03 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Steven Desjardins A question to the more engineering oriented ones on the list. How hard would it be for Pentax to stick a FF sensor in something like a K5 body? Ball peen hammer, hydraulic press, some duct tape or super glue ... no problem; oughta' fit right in there. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax FF
It's all heresay anyway. On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 6:42 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: When we had a good friend who was one of Pentax's top reps (many of you know him) on the list (lurking) he would even tell Pentax who were the kooks to be ignored. I think this year’s Annual should definitely have a “kooks to be ignored” section. -T In order to avoid the ignominy of finding my entry there when my copy arrives, I hear-by nominate myself for inclusion. Damned spell-chequer. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Considering how much Leicas cost...
It would go so well with my white loafers . . . On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 5:36 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Apr 2, 2012, at 15:16, John Sessoms wrote: From: Mark Roberts ...don't you think the company could afford a more skilled Photoshop artist to create their composite images? http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/22/leicas-m9-p-white-unicorn-for-japan/ (Perhaps the image was put together by Engadget...) Sad. Already up on Photoshop Disasters. http://www.psdisasters.com/2012/03/leica-shutter-bugged.html An alternate view of this combination suggests it's not as shoppy as you might presume: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tokyocamerastyle/7005667757/lightbox/ -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Hello Nothing great
I really like #1. On Sat, Mar 24, 2012 at 12:26 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone: Wow! I just blazed through an insanely busy patch at work; I'm whipped and blurry-eyed. But I made it through. I put together this little gallery just to remind myself that I'm a member of a very nice photo group and that I need to start taking pictures again. No need to comment--just a little exercise for the photographer within. Hope is well by everyone! Christine in Boston--very sorry to hear about your K-5. Bummer. I feel your pain. Hope it works out ok and the camera is not gone too long. Big cheers, Christine/Chicago http://www.caguila.com/miscell -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Safety First
How cute is that? On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 7:33 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Another great portrait, PU. Of course, you do have an exceptional model there. She may work cheap now, but what until you get those college bills. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 6:22 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=15460688 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Inaugural K20D photowalk results
Nice. The Dof is well used in the first shot. I also like the dog catching the food. The K20D is a very capable body. On Sun, Apr 1, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: It's an accepted fact that the K20D is a sure cure for Tourette syndrome. at no extra charge. ;-) Jack - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, April 1, 2012 7:26 AM Subject: Re: GESO: Inaugural K20D photowalk results Thanks, Jack! I have to say, I'm elated with the K20D. I never said dammit a single time while I was using it -- which is more than I can say for my own brain. -- Walt On 4/1/2012 7:04 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Impressive images, Walt! Great image quality, especially considering the web size files. Jack - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbertldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 8:54 PM Subject: GESO: Inaugural K20D photowalk results Hi all! Well, I'm just absolutely beaming right now. I L.O.V.E this camera! The first thing I noticed about it was how much more quickly it focuses with my A 50/1.7 and how I managed to get shots with it that I never would have gotten with my K-x. There really is no comparison. Here's about 20 shots I grabbed today -- out of a total of 86 taken. They're a bit redundant, unfortunately, but that's because I couldn't make up my mind which ones I liked best. I rarely get anywhere near that percentage in keepers from either of my other two bodies. And I'm just astounded that anyone could possibly have a knock against the IQ of this camera. Anyway -- here are the results of my first outing with it: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157629712433629/ Comments, critiques and suggestions are welcome as always. But, I have to say I'm pretty happy with the results given the fact that I know almost nothing about this camera. I can't wait to get familiar with it. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Enablement: What has two thumbs and a Pentax K20D?
Enjoy. If I remember correctly, the K20D shutter sounds like a Harley with straight pipes. Of course, I do get more confused as I age. On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I'm anxious to hear the shutter on the K20D, myself. The K-x and K100D sound completely different, so I assume the K20 will have its own sound as well. More than anything, though, I'm anxious to see how it performs with fast primes like my K 50/1.4 A 50/1.7 and I'm sure the other cameras could use a rest, too. -- Walt On 3/27/2012 5:09 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Lately, I've taken to having the K20D handy with a lens mounted. The beautiful K-5 has been worked pretty hard for some months and has earned a bit of a rest. There is just something about the capable K20 and its crisp clean shutter sound that draws me back from time to time. Too good to lay idle. Jack From: Walt Gilbertldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 2:10 PM Subject: Re: Enablement: What has two thumbs and a Pentax K20D? Ha! Thanks, Kenneth! As I understand it, you have to get the cameras /before/ the woman -- otherwise, it becomes an either/or proposition. I'm really looking forward to taking the K20D out for a few hundred clicks as soon as I get my hands on it. I'm sure it'll more than fulfill any photographic need I could possibly have for the foreseeable future. -- Walt On 3/27/2012 3:00 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Sounds more like you need a woman than the K20D !VBG ENJOY I've had my K20D since they first came out and it remains my primary body, with a K10D as backup. I've resisted the urge to go after the latest offerings from Pentax as the 20D fulfills my needs. Now if a better AF Pentax DSLR came along Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbertldott...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Enablement: What has two thumbs and a Pentax K20D? Well, you're an exceptionally jaded and cynical person who long ago allowed reality to throttle every last bit of poesy from your being. Me? I am a defiant romantic. -- Walt On 3/27/2012 9:56 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: I've had a K20D for the last year and and 1/2 and all I have to say is what ever you're smokin' I want some. On 3/27/2012 10:15 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: A: *This guy.* So, I'm now gazing longingly out the window in anticipation of the imminent arrival of said fine piece of photographic equipment, dreaming the dreams of a lovelorn photographer whose yet unrequited love sits on a shelf awaiting delivery to its ultimate destination -- perhaps destiny itself. Bring on the upstart models bristling with lighting rigs clutched to their supple breasts, and all of the earth's most enchanting flora and fauna, perpetually frozen in fortuitous poses as though born between the pages of a photograph album. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Big news!!
You've always had a good sense of what around you was important and it shows in your pictures. Use a K-01 just to show off. ;-) On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 2:35 AM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Thanks so so much guys! Its all happening! So exciting! CR Kennedy (Pentax Australia) have just called me to interview me for their Masterclass series. So exciting but now I feel under pressure to perform to a certain expected level. What if I stuff up? Aaargh! I think I have set the bar too high, now I need to make sure I am always bettering what I have previously done... The pressure! Lol. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 7:59 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Big news!! Thats great news, congrats Dave On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: Hey guys and gals! Ok, well, I know I have been ultra quiet around here of late, but there is a good reason. Its because I have been busier than a beaver! BUT, I have some news to share and wanted you to be among the first to know as you guys have been with me almost since I purchased my very first camera. so, guess who was just announced to be the AIPP Qld Professional Family Photographer Of The Year (Runner Up) for 2012?? :-) I was pipped at the post by a really beautiful lady who specializes in amazing newborn portraits, by, wait for it, ONE point. Grrr!! One point separated us! Even so, it is only my second year of entering the awards and I am extremely happy with this feather to put in my cap. REALLY hoping next year I can find that extra point though! And now I have to get busy preparing my prints for the APPAs (Australian Professional Photography Awards) in May. I can only hope to do so well there too! Thank you to everybody here for your words of wisdom and advice over the years, I share this title with all of you! Tan. x. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: My K-5 is going to Arizona...
Don't jinks us... The renowned fraternal empathy of the PDML. ;-) On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Don't jinks us... On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Boohoo. Mirror flops have resurfaced. Randomly activating mirror is what Randall on Pentax live chat calls it. Of course, he says he couldn't say what causes it. It's a bummer - I do love this camera in so many ways, it really stinks that it's less than 6 months old. And, I've been busy with it -- there's never a good time to be without your favorite camera, I guess. Thankfully I have my K-7, but it's just not the same... Can I be the only one here on the pdml who's seen this affliction? 'Fess up if you've had it, no need to be ashamed... :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photo Rumors: K-r successor
I think (hope) that the K-01 is really a prototype and that a more refined, smaller, etc. K-02 will follow. The K20 was the K10 fixed, as was the K5 to the K7. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:57 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/21/2012 10:02 PM, Paul Ewins wrote: On 22/03/2012, at 6:27 AM, Miserere wrote: Paul, The problem I see with your sales pitch is that is fails to account for those users who are growing *into* mirrorless, not *out* of it. That's just the point - this isn't a camera aimed at that segment of the market. Pentax now has two cameras that are completely different to the rest of the market, and therefore aren't competing with Sony, Panasonic etc. If you want a truly pocketable camera, then there is the Q - nothing else is that small. If you have vague aspirations to go further with your photography then the K-01 is a way of hedging your bets. At this point Pentax has to be different from the rest of the crowd, otherwise their mirrorless offering would sink without trace, just like their PS cameras. Sadly Pentax doesn't seem to be competing period. It's one thing to be different. But there's only so far different will take you. They should have at least have made provision for a decent accessory EVF. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-r successor coming soon?
Agglutinative? That give the wordsmith in me tumescence. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Nicknames at my school were agglutinative. We had one lad called John William Clive Semolina Sebastian Plum Pudding Boot-on-the-Hill Five-and-a-Half in Coldfield, and another called Big Fat Bastard Swine Dog N-. It was the 70s. B Never heard of him, but we had Wahoo McDaniel, Black Jack Mulligan Ric Flair. From: Walt Gilbert I hated Killer Kowalski when I was a kid. -- Walt On 3/21/2012 9:26 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I love Kowalski Kielbasa. They're a bit spicier than the typical sausage and grill up real nice. Paul On Mar 21, 2012, at 9:38 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: You want to be Peter Lik, Steve wants to be Stanley Kowalski; this has become a ~non-sequitor~ thread. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - A Scooter Named Desire
Makes me want to rip my t-shirt. ;-) Nice shot and title. On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:56 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Cute title, and nice image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:17 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/03/scooter-named-desire.html Hope you enjoy. Sorry about the title. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-r successor coming soon?
Makes me want to rip my t-shirt. ;-) Nice shot and title. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 1:48 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 19/03/2012 19:53, Larry Colen wrote: I think that the single biggest thing Pentax could do to sell more cameras is to get them into stores where people can buy them. Would work for me, so Mark! -- No fixed Adobe -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-r successor coming soon?
Unfortunately, in my pre-coffee stupor I managed to post that comment to the wrong thread. It makes more sense over there in a Scooter named Desire. On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I hated Killer Kowalski when I was a kid. -- Walt On 3/21/2012 9:26 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I love Kowalski Kielbasa. They're a bit spicier than the typical sausage and grill up real nice. Paul On Mar 21, 2012, at 9:38 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: You want to be Peter Lik, Steve wants to be Stanley Kowalski; this has become a ~non-sequitor~ thread. ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walkerbruce.wal...@gmail.com Sent: March 21, 2012 3/21/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: K-r successor coming soon? On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Larry Colen wrote: I think that the single biggest thing Pentax could do to sell more cameras is to get them into stores where people can buy them. Well, yeah. But that's a little like saying the best way to become rich is to make lots of money. It's true, but doesn't provide much helpful information about how to accomplish the task. Oh pt! *That's* no biggee, mate. Climb stuff, take wide scenic shots, crank the saturation to 11, print 'em real big and flog 'em on cable TV. Drag along a videographer to document how hard you work. Piece o' cake. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Photo Rumors: K-r successor
I think it's K-french poodle. On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: http://photorumors.com/2012/03/19/pentax-k-r-successor/ My eyeball-based deconvolution algorithm says K-z. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would a BW ONLY digital camera appeal to you?
My question: where is the advantage? Is there any way Leica could develop a purely BW sensor that had advantages that it wouldn't have if it did color as well? On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: It has occurred to me that one of the stupid things about making a digital camera with a black-and-white-only sensor would be that it would be like buying a film camera that would only work with one kind of film. OK, you could have different sensitivity settings, but BW films had their own sensitivity curves and reacted differently to red, green and blue light. You could change things with filters, of course, but those are not nearly flexible/versatile to make one film emulate the RGB sensitivity curves of another. In a digital camera you can emulate the looks of different BW films to some extent by working with the individual RGB curves during raw processing, but the sensor has to capture individual RGB data in the first place - a BW-only sensor wouldn't permit this so you'd be locked into one look forever. If Leica were to make a BW-only camera, one way around this would be to use a color sensor and implement the BW limitation in software. That seems a bit silly (not that some people wouldn't buy it anyway). If the Leica rumor turns out to be real, perhaps they are implementing the BW-only limitation in software but using the kind of sensor Kodak announced a few years ago with a non-Bayer pattern that sacrifices some color sensitivity for greater luminance sensitivity . Here's the DP Review article about it: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2007/6/14/kodakhighsens -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Happy Pi Day
If you're in a dd/mm/ part of the world, Pi Day doesn't (or shouldn't) exist, unless there's a 14th month out there I haven't heard about That alone is a reason to switch. On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: 3/14 is Pi Day! http://www.piday.org/ But, but, but. 3/14 only works in those parts of the world where the date is in mm/dd/ format. If you're in a dd/mm/ part of the world, Pi Day doesn't (or shouldn't) exist, unless there's a 14th month out there I haven't heard about :-) -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would a BW ONLY digital camera appeal to you?
I want the workers' camera that shoots only red. On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 4:00 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: on 2012-03-15 17:42 Bob W wrote Nothing that Leica does would surprise me, but I might be a bit surprised if they do that. howz about an eco-camera that shoots only green? powered by the envy of others... B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Would a BW ONLY digital camera appeal to you?
That was well said, Godfrey. We tend to forget that BW is an abstraction (and not just a simplification) of what we perceive as the color world. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 9:32 PM, JC O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: yeah, but what if you get other bonus stuff in exchange for a BW only sensor like higher resolution, and better sensitivity, or much lower cost? If all you got extra with a BW sensor is lack of color of course nobody would want it. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Godfrey DiGiorgi Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2012 6:15 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Would a BW ONLY digital camera appeal to you? On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 2:41 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Let's rephrase that question: Would you like a camera with two stops more sensitivity, and three or four times the resolution? Don't mix up the subject of resolution and sensitivity. A Bayer mosaic sensor with a given dimension photosite array has exactly the same spatial resolution as a non-mosaic sensor with that same set of dimensions. The only way you get more resolution is to add photosites and reduce antialiasing requirements. A Bayer mosaic sensor interpolates chrominance values per output pixel, not the spatial values of points in the scene it captures. What if you had to give up color to get it? Color doesn't come for free. In order to get color, you have to throw away a lot of light at each sensor site. If all you ever photograph are technically easy subjects like models in the studio, barns, or cats in plenty of light, then incrementally better performance isn't a big deal. If you find yourself pushing the performance envelope of your camera and having to convert to BW, not for specific effect but because the noise is less obnoxious in BW than in color, an added stop of performance can be worth it. Here's the deal: The key to BW photography is that it is a non-linear capture of a color universe abstracted into a set of monochromatic tonal relationships. One of the vectors is the translation of chrominance to luminance. When we were working with BW film, we chose films with particular spectral characteristics and then added filtration in front of the lens to tweak those spectral characteristics to match the particular end tonal relationships we wanted. For instance, red and green at the same luminance look the same when cast into monochromatic values. But to capture their perceptual/emotional difference correctly, we need to differentiate them. So we use filters that separate them (red filters makes red things brighter, green things darker, and vice versa). When we moved into the digital capture realm, BW become a rendering exercise instead of a capture exercise ... it's dependent upon how we evaluate and translate the chrominance values into luminance, not how the sensor captures the data that we work from. We pay a small price for this in terms of putting filters on the photosites, reducing sensitivity by some amount (not two stops, given the same photosite array dimensions) to capture the whole range of spectral data, and by doing so we gain massive amounts of rendering flexibility. With a sensor that only captures monochromatic values, we're back to considering BW at capture time ... so we have to pull out the filters again in order to adjust chrominance to luminance translation at capture time, cutting sensitivity by at least as much as the Bayer color mosaic does. I'd rather have the flexibility. I've worked with monochromatic digital capture cameras way back in the digital dark ages (1980s) and have NO interest in going back there. I want the ability to manipulate chrominance to luminance translation at rendering time, not at capture time, with a larger, more robust captured dataset. I probably wouldn't drop the dosh on the Leica version though, even if I had Godfrey's toy budget. LOL! Sorry, the Leica isn't a toy. I don't consider it as such. A K5 or K-01 might be a toy to you ... to me the Leica M9 is a serious instrument for making photographs, as would either the K5 or K-01 be if I went to purchase them. By making that statement, you are implying a) that I have a lot of money and b) that I toss money around without discretion, Larry. I don't on either count. I studied and considered what I wanted to work with for more than a year before I came to the decision, and not lightly, that it was the Leica M9. And then I saved up the money to obtain the M9 and bought it. Now having spent the money for the camera and the lenses I want to use with it, and having spent some time to learn to use it, I can say without a doubt that if I could only have one camera, I'd sell everything else in a heartbeat. It suits me perfectly and is a tool worth every penny I've put into it. It is
Re: Pentax Forums in depth review of the K-01
From my reading of the review, it doesn't say that the K-01's contrast detection AF is much worse than anyone else's, just that it's worse than phase detection AF. This is still true in general for mirrorless system cameras. I'm not saying it's great but merely that they didn't compare the contrast detection AF with anything else. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: - Mensaje original - De: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Asunto: Pentax Forums in depth review of the K-01 http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/pentax-k-01-review/ It is a bit sad to read that autofocus is still Pentax Achilles' heel, now with contrast detection AF. But for me, and after my experience with a Sony NEX, the real problem of this camera is the lack of articulated LCD screen and (at least optional) electronic viewfinder. And this time it is not a problem of space, I would say... Regards,Jaume -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT - Online critics
These kind of tests also reveal something of the nature of famous photos. A lot of folks don't like Picasso either. ;-) On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 5:10 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: So I came across this via FB today... There is a flickr group called deleteme where images in the groups pool of photos is voted on to either be be retained of deleted. Someone decided to test members visual literacy photographic knowledge by submitting this photo (read the comments): http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrerabelo/70458366/ Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Ever wanted to see a Parcel Package Route Map
The world is flat. It's just that space-time is curved. On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 4:49 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 5:47 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Mar 13, 2012, at 10:33, Jeffery Johnson wrote: Yeah sometimes I can be a bit obsessive so I located the following site to track packages giving you a visual map: http://www.packagemapping.com/ Here's my brother's most-recent iPad (iPad 2, refurbished) purchase if you need a number to see how it looks: http://www.packagemapping.com/?action=trackshipper=upsmitracknum=497394749006uniqueID=; Told ya the world was flat Dave -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 4x% Kodachromes from WWII
I was just struck by the sheer quality of those images, essentially from that long ago. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: Great pix - technically and historically. Thanks for the link. ASA (ISO) was really slow back then. I bought double 8mm and 35mm Kodachrome that was ASA 12 in the late 1950's. Thought it was a great improvement when they came out w/Kodachrome 25. :) -p On 3/13/2012 8:58 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Cool photos! 4x5 Kodachromes from the WWII era. I wonder about the lighting set-up. They are all well lit. Wasn't it Kodachrome 14 or slower in those days? The lighting is striking. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bong Manayonbongmana...@gmail.com wrote: Wow. I showed them to my students who thought they were cos-players. Bong On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Steven Desjardinsdrd1...@gmail.com wrote: A site I got form another forum: http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914 Give them a minute to load. Well worth the look. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Bong Manayon http://bong.manayon.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Ever wanted to see a Parcel Package Route Map
I just get the form. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Jeffery Johnson jefferytjohn...@bellsouth.net wrote: Yeah sometimes I can be a bit obsessive so I located the following site to track packages giving you a visual map: http://www.packagemapping.com/ Later, Jeffery Photo Captures by Jeffery http://www.photocapturesbyjeffery.com - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2113/4868 - Release Date: 03/13/12 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 4x% Kodachromes from WWII
That's interesting, John. By the time I started doing serious photography, electronic flashes had taken over. I really don't know the characteristics of flashbulbs. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 1:06 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Flashbulbs From: Bob Sullivan Cool photos! 4x5 Kodachromes from the WWII era. I wonder about the lighting set-up. They are all well lit. Wasn't it Kodachrome 14 or slower in those days? The lighting is striking. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:22 AM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: Wow. ?I showed them to my students who thought they were cos-players. Bong On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: A site I got form another forum: http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914 Give them a minute to load. ?Well worth the look. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: 4x% Kodachromes from WWII
Those are indeed lovely images. Since most of what we see of that era is black and white, this lends a feeling of modernity. It wasn't that long ago. Well said, Tom. I was trying to express this very idea but couldn't verbalize it. On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: I was just struck by the sheer quality of those images, essentially from that long ago. A site I got form another forum: http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914 Give them a minute to load. ?Well worth the look. -- Steve Desjardins Those are indeed lovely images. Since most of what we see of that era is black and white, this lends a feeling of modernity. It wasn't that long ago. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: frank's sunrise photo
Very nice. Few are sentimental about winter as it goes away, yet it does have its beauty and it's not always snow. On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 10:56 PM, Subash pdml.l...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:29:15 -0700 Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: That's quite lovely, frank. http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2012/03/late-winter-sunrise.html yes. very atmospheric and moody as someone else pointed out... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
4x% Kodachromes from WWII
A site I got form another forum: http://pavel-kosenko.livejournal.com/303194.html?thread=22669914 Give them a minute to load. Well worth the look. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso: wishful thinking
For some reason, I'm getting a whole gallery. It's very nice, but what would identify the picture so I can go looking for it. On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 9:52 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: On 3/5/2012 20:26, steve harley wrote: on 3/4/12 9:55 PMAnn Sanfedele wrote http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-Snaps-2011/15389206_cBJMSB/1/1736512949_8DhMnDS/Large very enjoyable image in which i find many layers of meaning and no-meaning a note on a subtle aspect of the presentation: the caption about lack of snow, while interesting, first focused my mind on a simple irony, somewhat deterring me from relishing the deeper absurdity of the image second thoughts... I guess thats why 'Untitled is the best title.. and looking at it again, I see what you mean about the other absurdities - the silly trees in the the green bin and the stacks of something contributed.. ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Daylight Savings Time Starts Tomorrow in the US
We could leave the clocks alone and start everything an hour earlier. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 11:11 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Figures. I finally got all the damn clocks around here set to the right time this past week. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Daylight Savings Time Starts Tomorrow in the US
Just as I got around to dating everything 2012. LOL. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: On 3/10/2012 10:11 AM, John Sessoms wrote: Figures. I finally got all the damn clocks around here set to the right time this past week. Just as I got around to dating everything 2012. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Back in a week
My wife and I honeymooned there way back in '69. A few months later the hotel we stayed at burned down Did you use a timer or radio control? On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:38 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz: I'm unsubscribing as we're off on honeymoon to Norfolk Island tomorrow. To catch the plane we have to get up at an hour that shouldn't exist, but I'm still looking forward to the trip. Janet's uncle told me it's the place for newlyweds and nearlydeads so I'm sure we'll fit right in :D Yes, I'm bringing my camera. I don't know what the situation is like for internet access over there but if it's cheap and easy enough I might resubscribe and post a few PESOs... Have fun. It's a beautiful place. My wife and I honeymooned there way back in '69. A few months later the hotel we stayed at burned down Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: peso: where this man has never gone before
Have fun, be safe, don't fall off. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 2:07 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Can't wait to see the pictures! Have a great time! Cheers, Christine On Mar 10, 2012, at 9:33 AM, Subash wrote: come may first, i'll be heading to the himalayas again, on a 15-days trek. we are hiring mules this time to carry our backpacks (and tents and cooking stuff) so that leaves me free to carry a little extra photo gear. taking the mz-5n which i enabled myself with recently and managed to find myself some rolls of fuji superia reala. unchartered territories for me. but looking forward to it actually. :) https://picasaweb.google.com/117979942681874882460/Peso#5718290870842495522 (k200d, tamron 17-50/2.8, ISO 1600) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
25 mm f1.1 lens for Pentax Q
This is neat (an expensive): http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem_trksid=p4340.l2557item=280833393275nma=truert=ncsi=tMOvvekaE3H7Uyr%252BRqUImsqAtAg%253Dorig_cvip=truert=nc#ht_7559wt_1042-- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Le masque et le carnaval
Very nice. You hang with a colorful crowd. On Sat, Mar 3, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 2/3/12, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: ...is the subject of my French cinema class this term, so I have put together a collection of my photos on the subject for my co-students, and share it with you. You've seen most of them before, but some are probably new to you. http://www.web-options.com/MasqueCarnaval/ Enjoyed them all. First class. grassy arse, as they say in Spain. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Spring Has Sprung!
Nice. As flowers go, the crocuses will push their way up through the the snow if necessary. Crocuses are not so much a sign of spring as spring flipping off winter. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:38 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Don't you mean upside down under? I have no idea what you're talking about :) http://flourish.org/upsidedownmap/ I like Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion maps - they're really good at showing the world's connectedness. This is a great example: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map-of-human-migrations.jpg B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Workin on the RR
Lovely tones. The flare is not really an issue at all. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 12:36 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks Dan, This trestle runs maybe 1.5 miles with oh a 100' drop into the river valley. The track runs down the middle with the walkway created by the RR ties on both sides for the repair crews to stand on. However there is only a hand rail on the one side so they could not pay me enough to go out there although there are two bump outs to stand on if the train comes through. Every year kids go out there and the police have to stand at each end to wait for them as they are not allowed to go out after them for fear the kids might fall off trying to escape. Another interesting note: supposedly the trestle is privately owned and the RR pays an amount for each wheel that crosses - at least twice a day. Message: 2 Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:05:08 -0500 From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Workin on the RR Message-ID: caomwt1zgnxwwvzzgrqo66zfqv3pg4nozwhvdpnzy03udgxt...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Nice image, with great use of the lines for perspective. I'm not sure exactly what I am looking at , howvever; is the central part of the image the ties from an inactive track? What are the dark objects on the right? Is the other rail between the visible rail and the fence on the left? I like the mystery of it all Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Something hard to do with a digital camera
It's a really cool idea, too bad the pictures look like crap. Mark. On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 2:37 AM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Hated it - what was the point? John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Wednesday, 29 February 2012 2:58 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: OT: Something hard to do with a digital camera On Feb 29, 2012, at 2:25 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Here they are presented as a Flickr slideshow: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seriykotik/sets/72157625753792973/show/ And for those who hate Flickr slideshows, a link to the set itself: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seriykotik/sets/72157625753792973/with/6792660218/ Just want to view one? http://www.flickr.com/photos/seriykotik/6792635624/in/set-72157625753792973/lightbox/ My initial impression is that if one person does it then it's quite an interesting way to make art, but if everyone does it I'll start to hate it very quickly. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: Roger Ebert quote regarding BW
That is an intriguing quote. It's hard to describe the appeal of BW. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: While doing a little research on last night's big Oscars winner (The Artist, which I knew nothing about) I ran upon this interesting quote from Roger Ebert (a relatively famous movie reviewer here in the U.S.) regarding his love of Black and White films. He said: I also love black and white, which some people assume they don't like. For me, it's more stylized and less realistic than color, more dreamlike, more concerned with essences than details. I think it is hard to put into words what I find so appealing about (well done) BW, but that isn't bad. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
That new 41 MP camera you've been looking for
http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/27/tech/mobile/mobile-gadgets/index.html -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: That new 41 MP camera you've been looking for
Oops. Missed the other thread. On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:45 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/27/tech/mobile/mobile-gadgets/index.html -- Steve Desjardins -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO: Cotty and Kitty
Looks comfy. On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 8:13 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Nice Dave On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Postmaster postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Warning: Cat photo http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc01535.jpg The man and his dear, now-departed cat Duki. From our visit to chez Cotty last month. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT PESO - Figure (NSFW)
*WARNING* If offended by nudity, don't click on the link below */WARNING* I really like nudity, so I double clicked. It has that HDR look to it, almost approaching computer animation in appearance. I like it quite a bit since this one is well done. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:23 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 23/2/12, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: That statement is a classic example of Markbait. Mark! Gocha -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
An Old Kodak Lens being adapted for mu43
Who cares? But the Google translation of the announcement is hilarious. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=autotl=enjs=nprev=_thl=enie=UTF-8layout=2eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yasuhara.co.jp%2Fm%2Findex.html -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: An Old Kodak Lens being adapted for mu43
My favorite was Aperture Area of the Forbidden. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/24/2012 10:52 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Who cares? But the Google translation of the announcement is hilarious. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=autotl=enjs=nprev=_thl=enie=UTF-8layout=2eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yasuhara.co.jp%2Fm%2Findex.html Ha! I love it! Reminds me of one of my favorite SNL skits of all time, where Mike Meyers plays a Japanese television executive who was taking over a US network and was introducing a new sitcom to the lineup called Nude House of Wacky People. I've never been able to find it online and I've been looking for it for years, checking back every few months to see if someone has uploaded it to YouTube or some other video hosting site. Thanks for the laugh! -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Mary Ellen Mark on iconic images
My LCD has shown me screwed-up shots that I have successfully repeated. If I'm shooting quickly then I don't check much because I can't. I guess it depends on what you are shooting. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 3:09 PM, Bruce Walker brucessupect.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Speaking for myself, I find that disabling the LCD simply removes that distraction, and so encourages me to focus on the action (I'm somewhat ADD, so removing distractions helps me focus). It also speeds up shot-taking quite a bit as the camera doesn't have to waste time creating the preview JPEG. I still chimp a few reference shots to check exposure. It's trivial to just press the preview button now and then. I've been doing this for a couple of years now. I'm totally sold on it and would advise anyone to try it. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:51 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: Good advice for her, not for everyone. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: She gives a piece of good advice: Turn the back [LCD] off. http://www.profoto.com/us/mary-ellen-mark-icon -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: An Old Kodak Lens being adapted for mu43
Also very funny. Sometimes translation leaves mostly truth. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com: Who cares? But the Google translation of the announcement is hilarious. http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=autotl=enjs=nprev=_thl=enie=UTF-8layout=2eotf=1u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yasuhara.co.jp%2Fm%2Findex.html I like the final line: The infrequently updated. Please take a look occasionally. That's honest blogging -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO: Frontin'
Oooh, the fish fillet is back . . . Nice shots, Same weather here. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: A cold front came through today, bringing high winds and rain. I shot a few frames on the way to the grocery store: http://scotchtape.ductwhisky.com/2012/02/frontin-28-28-03.html This is part of a new project: For Lent, I'm giving up all of my lenses except for the A28/2.8, which I just purchased from Perry and received yesterday. I'm still getting the hang of it, and fighting my difficulties manually focusing the K10D with a stock screen, but I think it did pretty well today. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Question: Sell K7 to buy K-01?
I appreciate the advice about KEH. They really aren't my first choice at all, but their email sparked this line of thought. I would certainly try the PDML first. My problem is that the K7 gets almost no use anymore, as I tend to grab the E-P2 or X-10. This leads me to wonder if I should sell it now while it still has some value. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 10:25 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com Subject: Re: Question: Sell K7 to buy K-01? From: Steven Desjardins This is a real question for me. KEH will be nearby on Saturday, and it got me to thinking about selling my K7 to buy the K-01, given that the latter will have a much better sensor, electronics, and hence IQ. Thoughts on this? If the K-01 is the tool you need to take your photography where you want it to go, and KEH will offer enough for the K7 to make that possible, it's a no brainer. You've apparently never tried to sell anything to KEH. Moot point. If both conditions apply ... it is a no brainer. If neither condition applies ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso - they'll never find me here
Of course, I was just going to write how much I like the blues and greens. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 12:47 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Feb 23, 2012, at 11:39, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Went to the zoo yesterday- had to get out... Didn't get much -- most stuff far too soft - spent frames upon frames on a bufflehead .. ugh but i was kinda pleased with this kookaburra http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_C2Dvws/1/1722610272_GX8F6kX/Large Nice, although I would like to see it with slightly warmer tones. Seems very very blue. -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO -- Pot hole
interesting geometric composition; if the bottom of the pothole were black, it might be a little more surreal Then it would be a black hole. (Also bored) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Peso - they'll never find me here
It is better. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: On 2/23/2012 12:58, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 9:39 AM, Ann Sanfedeleann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Went to the zoo yesterday- had to get out... Didn't get much -- most stuff far too soft - spent frames upon frames on a bufflehead .. ugh but i was kinda pleased with this kookaburra http://annsan.smugmug.com/Works-in-Print/Works-In-Progress/More-Critters/15842756_C2Dvws/1/1722610272_GX8F6kX/Large Like the photo! Like the blues and greens, but it does seem just a hair more cyan than it ought to be. ;-) But I'm jealous that you got to the Bronx Zoo. I haven't been there in at least 30 years! I went to High School basically right across the street from the Zoo and used to go there often. It has lost some of it's glow.. a few things better - but a lot not as nice. ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Live and learn
I'm not even sure a K5 would survive. I don't think weather sealing if aimed at hydrocarbon based compounds which can react with plastic or rubber components. Maybe an assistant to handle the parts while you handle the camera would work better. On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Looks like my choice of the K-r for a commercial environment was not well-considered. Initially I was going to be shooting cleaned parts. But as time has gone on the situation has changed. Now I'm handling parts that are still covered in tranny fluid. And that has migrated to the camera. A major frustration. Some contamination has occurred -- probably transfer from my thumb to the camera controls. The wheel/dial now goes only up, never down, in value. So tomorrow it is going off to Pentax for (warranty) service. In the mean time I'm going to dig up a K-5 (with extended warranty) for the main body and relegate the K-r to backup status. I wish all camera functions could be controlled remotely, on a keypad built for a harsh environment. Might be a great commercial solution ... Sincerely, Collin Brendemuehl He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose -- Jim Elliott -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
