Re: December PUG is up

2021-12-06 Thread jtainter
Rick wrote:
 
"Joe, I feel the same way. We haven’t been to Asia, but my wife and I were 
getting to Europe for work (with some holiday attached) once or twice a year. 
My last trip was one to London in April 2019. I surmise that the photo is Notre 
Dame; the fire was agonizing to watch on TV, and I’m neither French nor 
Catholic."
 
Rick, thanks for your comment--from a fellow traveler. Of course the photo is 
of Notre Dame. I found a hotel literally just across the intersection. I was 
shocked and saddened when it burned. They are rebuilding it, but there is no 
replacement for that forest of 13th century timbers. After I left I realized 
that the air I was breathing probably had a lot of lead in it. My wife and I 
are getting old, but would like to get in one last trip apiece to our favorite 
countries, Italy and Sweden. And I like France, too--and England, and Germany, 
and Austria, and Spain, and Portugal, and the Netherlands, etc. And I forgot 
countries I've been to in Africa and South America. I miss them all, except for 
Russia.
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Re: September PUG is up.

2021-09-05 Thread jtainter
Thanks for the comments, Dan. The photo was taken in 2005 and is still one of 
my favorites. My wife was driving. I saw the mailbox all alone in this desolate 
place and called for her to stop.

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Re: A* 600/5.6 question

2021-06-27 Thread jtainter
Bill wrote:

"Does anyone know if the above mentioned lens needs a filter in the  filter 
drawer to achieve it's maximum magic?
"Thanks"

Bill, the F* and FA* 600 F4 lenses do require a filter as part of the optical 
system. I would therefore suspect that the A* 600 does also.

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Re: It was twenty years ago today, Sergeant Pepper taught the band to play

2021-01-02 Thread jtainter
Great story, Doug. Thanks again for taking it on.

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Re: December PUG Countdown

2020-11-24 Thread jtainter
Brian wrote:

"No.  I'll update the size limits shortly but it will probably be 500 kb &
1350x950 pixels.


Brian, I just tried to submit a 450 mb file, but the system says it is too big.

Joe

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Er, I meant a 450 kb file. Please let us know when we can submit at the new 
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Re: December PUG Countdown

2020-11-24 Thread jtainter
Brian wrote:

"No.  I'll update the size limits shortly but it will probably be 500 kb &
1350x950 pixels.

Brian, I just tried to submit a 450 mb file, but the system says it is too big.

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Re: PESO: Chipmunk

2020-09-08 Thread jtainter
Very nice. Better than the deer pic would have been.

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Re: An Audubon Cover

2020-08-18 Thread jtainter
Marvelous photo. Congratulations.

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RE: August PUG is up

2020-08-07 Thread jtainter
Thanks to Dan and Cotty for comments on "Market Day, Djenne, Mali." It is one 
of my all-time favorites. I will add that the description is a little off. The 
photo was taken in 1998, not 1992.

Stay healthy, everyone.

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Re: GESO: Kruger Park under Lockdown.

2020-06-12 Thread jtainter
Nice series. I'll probably never get there, so these photos are especially nice 
for me.

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Re: PESO: Mini Iris

2020-05-24 Thread jtainter
That's a lovely one, Dan.

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Re: OT Covid-19

2020-03-15 Thread jtainter
Apparently bottled water has disappeared from many stores. I don't understand 
this at all. Just turn on the tap!

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Re: Adjusted Costs

2020-02-29 Thread jtainter
IRC wrote:

$289 in 1970 is pretty close to $2000 in 2020



Here's a better link:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63691849

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Adjusted Costs

2020-02-28 Thread jtainter
Honeywell Pentax Spotmatic vs. K1-ii.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63691764

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Wild Dogs

2020-02-24 Thread jtainter
I came across this while looking for another older photo:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63675189


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Re: Another Year, Possibly Another Lens

2020-02-16 Thread jtainter
On 2/14/2020 10:10 AM, John wrote:

On 2/11/2020 19:03:22, Bill wrote:

On 2/11/2020 3:24 PM, Dale H. Cook wrote:

I am looking at buying the smc Pentax-D FA 100mm f/2.8 WR macro 
lens for my K-70. A local dealer recently did inventory, figured that the lens 
has been in stock too long with no sign of moving, and is willing to sell it to 
me for a very attractive price. What say you about that lens? 


It's better than my A 100/2.8 Macro.
It's a really, really good lens.

bill


I was going to say it's at least as good as my A 100/2.8 Macro with the 
bonus of being auto-focus when I'm using it as a portrait lens.



It has all the optical goodness of the A lens with none of the rear element 
reflections.


bill

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I don't know how the A 100 Macro relates optically to the FA 100 Macro, which I 
have. The DFA 100 Macro is close optically to the FA, with some change to the 
optical formula to eliminate rear reflections. Funny thing--throughout the 
whole digital era I've use my FA 100 F2.8 Macro a lot, and have yet to see a 
rear element reflection.

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Re: Another year, another lens

2020-02-15 Thread jtainter
>From Bill:

"I haven't seen much by way of Pentax Discuss on the PDML of late, though to be 
fair, Pentax isn't giving us much to talk about these days. They did, however, 
manage to squeeze a new lens onto the market very recently, a 70-210 f/4 
continuous aperture zoom."

As I mentioned in a reply, it is a rebadged Tamron. Here's a review of the 
Tamron version of the lens:

https://www.dpreview.com/reviews/tamron-70-210mm-f4-di-vc-usd-review

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Re: Another year, another lens

2020-02-11 Thread jtainter
Bill, it is a Tamron rebadge, probably with Pentax coatings and electronics. 
Apparently it is a good lens. I will probably get one. It has been discussed 
here:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63557036

My main concern is that it is manufactured in Vietnam, not Japan like my DFA 
15-30 and 24-70. They are quite good.

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Re: Windows 7 End of Life

2020-02-05 Thread jtainter
John wrote:

"I'm looking for an OS that will allow me to continue to use Photoshop CS6 
(standalone). Right now it looks like a "Virtual Machine" running Windows 7 on 
a Linux box is going be the answer."

Does Photoshop 6 not work on Windows 10? Anyone?

Thanks,

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Re: GESO (10) - Around the Arch in St. Louis

2019-11-18 Thread jtainter
Nicely done.

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Re: GESO: Basque Region

2019-11-18 Thread jtainter
Very nice set. I'd like to get there someday.

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Re: PESO: White Wolf

2019-10-20 Thread jtainter
Very nice portrait.

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Re: GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-10-17 Thread jtainter
"I know that construction began in 784 and continued for 200 years or so. I 
don’t know what was built when, but this was the first of the prayer galleries. 
There is another on the other side of the cathedral, which is very similar but 
somehow much less impressive."

Thanks. I've always been interested in the white-and-red masonry, which is 
similar to Byzantine masonry of that period. Somewhere online I read that the 
Cordoba mosque was modeled after the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, which was 
designed by one or more Greek architects.

I've got to see this someday.

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Re: GESO (5) - Cordoba Mosque-Cathedral

2019-10-16 Thread jtainter
These are wonderful. I look forward to seeing more.

Do you know the construction date on the arcade in the first photo?

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Re: PESOs For the Birds

2019-09-18 Thread jtainter
Very nice set. Good work.

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Re: PESO: Monarch on Milkweed

2019-07-16 Thread jtainter
Lovely photo, Dan. I hope you take many more.

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Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

2019-07-12 Thread jtainter
Interesting discussion.

There's not much discussion of Pentax gear on this list, but bring up cars and 
the guys all jump in.

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DFA* 50 F1.4

2019-07-08 Thread jtainter
Here are some images showing what this lens can do at F1.4:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/62855075

This lens is truly remarkable.

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Re: PESO - confluence of circumstances

2019-06-16 Thread jtainter
Great one, Doug.

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Noisy K-3??

2019-06-05 Thread jtainter
I am looking at a K-3 image over at dpreview. Here's the image:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/62749887

Go down to my comment on it. If you enlarge the image (click on it after 
opening it) the sky and clouds strike me as very noisy for ISO 100. Some of 
that is oversharpening, but even the unsharpened image seems noisy to me.

This level of noise surprises me for ISO 100. Is this characteristic of the K-3 
sensor?

I stayed away from the K-3 because I was concerned about high ISO noise. But 
ISO 100??

Thanks,

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Re: PESOs The hunter and the hunted

2019-06-01 Thread jtainter
Great set, Paul.

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Re: PESO Snowdrop 2019

2019-03-30 Thread jtainter
Very nice, Paul. Very nice.

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Re: Asking for a lens

2019-02-22 Thread jtainter
Boris wrote:

"Maybe one of you has Pentax SMC DA 16-45/4.0 that you don't really need...
Might it be possible to convince you to part with it for proper sum of
money?"

Boris, there are several at KEH:

https://www.keh.com/shop/pentax-smc-p-da-16-45mm-f4-0-ed-al-zoom-lens.html

If you get one, test it. I've heard of bad copies. Good copies of it are 
excellent.

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Re: Sorry about my absence

2019-01-17 Thread jtainter
Mark, thanks for putting the annuals together these past years. I have always 
enjoyed how creative the volumes are. You have much talent.

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Re: OT, the brits on this list treat us Yanks with the greatest respect

2019-01-15 Thread jtainter
" That cuts both ways. Don't remember who said it, but ...
> 
> 'The U.K. and the U.S. are two countries separated by a common language.'

"If it wasn't Samuel Langhorne Clemens, it was Winston Spencer Churchill.  
Probably both.  At the same time.  Seperated by the atlantic."

George Bernard Shaw

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Re: OT, the brits on this list treat us Yanks with the greatest respect

2019-01-14 Thread jtainter
They missed the most interesting word of all: the various ways the British use 
the word "right." If there is a pause before the word, it means "You are an 
idiot, but I won't say so explicitly."

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Re: GESO (18) - Pompeii

2019-01-05 Thread jtainter
Nice set. Well done. It's awfully hard to get photos in such places without a 
busload of people in the photo. You did very well.

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Christms Kitty

2019-01-05 Thread jtainter
For those who can tolerate a little cuteness post-Christmas.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/62134756

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Re: GESO - Roman Coliseum

2018-11-29 Thread jtainter
Very nice series. Well done.

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Re: K-1 Mark II Upgrade?

2018-10-25 Thread jtainter
Paul, the main controversy concerns the fact that Pentax added unavoidable, 
baked in noise reduction, apparently kicking in at ISO 640. It cannot be turned 
off. Some people are bothered by the resulting images being softened a little, 
some people are bothered by it in principal, some people don't mind it, and 
some people don't notice it. I avoided the Mark II upgrade largely because of 
this. I shoot a lot at higher ISO settings. Dpreview dinged Pentax for it, but 
the camera got a better review at Pentax Forums.

Some people report better AF.

Another reason why I avoided it is because I would have had to recalibrate all 
my lenses for focus accuracy.

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Re: Attn: Joe T.

2018-09-28 Thread jtainter
>From Igor:

Hi Joe,

Overzealous Earthlink has blocked Komkon server and does not accept incoming 
e-mails from it. I've submitted the request to Earthlink, but it might take a 
couple of days... or longer...


In any case, - your PUG submission was successful.

Best,

Igor



Thanks, Igor, Brian reminded me that I had already submitted an entry for next 
month. So I asked him to keep the first submittal and ignore the recent one.

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Re: PESO: 8 butterflies & 2 moths

2018-09-10 Thread jtainter
A lovely compilation. Well done.

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Re: Eclipse photo rework

2018-09-02 Thread jtainter
Larry, that's a stunner. Much better than my eclipse photos. What lens did you 
use?

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Re: Threading?

2018-08-15 Thread jtainter
Hmmm. I don't recall having such a habit.

I've noticed for some time that unrelated posts or even threads will suddenly 
pop up within a specific thread. I assume this is cuased by some glitch in the 
software.

Joe


-Original Message-
>From: Jostein 
>Sent: Aug 15, 2018 11:07 AM
>To: pdml@pdml.net
>Cc: jtain...@mindspring.com
>Subject: Re: Threading?
>
>It's been like that for a long time, really. On and off.
>I don't know all the causes, but Joe Tainter's habit of starting new 
>threads by replying to existing ones certainly adds to the confusion. :-)
>
>Some mail clients, and some mail servers, seems to break the email 
>metadata (message heads) too. Which leads to messages orphaned from the 
>rest of the tread.
>
>Jostein
>
>
>Den 11.08.2018 22:02, skrev John Sessoms:
>> Has anyone else noticed messed up threading on PDML? Or is it just me?
>> 
>> Lately several topics appear threaded under other completely different 
>> topics.
>> 
>> 

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Re: PESO: On Milkweed

2018-08-11 Thread jtainter
Marvelous. Well done.

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Two for Paul and Bill

2018-08-08 Thread jtainter
And for anyone else who enjoys cars or the U.S. Southwest.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61476555

Thanks for looking.

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Re: GESO Monthly favorites for July

2018-07-31 Thread jtainter
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157696001222792/

Very nice set, Larry. I always enjoy your photos.

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PESO: Nightshade Again

2018-07-30 Thread jtainter
I enjoy the little Nightshade flowers, and I especially like how well the DFA 
150-450 separates the background.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61439634

Thanks for looking.

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Re: Blood moon in the Netherlands

2018-07-29 Thread jtainter
Very nice photo.

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Some Amaryllis Photos

2018-07-27 Thread jtainter
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61426244

I continue to be very happy with the performance of the DFA 150-450. I have FA* 
telephoto lenses from film days, but I suspect most of them are now retired.

Thanks for looking.

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Re: PESO: Daylilly With Wasp

2018-07-24 Thread jtainter
lrc Tue, 24 Jul 2018 13:06:02 -0700

Nice, what is the close focus distance/max magnification on that lens?

Close focusing distance is about 2 m. I'm not sure about exact magnification, 
but can say that the photo was cropped only on the sides, not top/bottom. In 
other words, the flower nearly filled the frame.

Thanks for your comment.

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PESO: Daylilly With Wasp

2018-07-23 Thread jtainter
I've gotten a lot of mileage just photographing in my yard this summer:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61408567

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Re: PESO - Chartres Chancel

2018-07-21 Thread jtainter
Wonderful series. I love photographing in places like that. Someday I will have 
to get there. Thanks also for the story, which I hadn't known.

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DFA 150-450

2018-07-21 Thread jtainter
Here are a couple of my first efforts with the DFA 150-450. So far I am 
seriously impressed with this lens:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61391546

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61400986

Also, I did a quickie comparison of the DFA 150-450 at 450 mm. with the FA* 400 
F5.6. If interested, it is here:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61397336

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Re: Peso: Random Flowers

2018-07-20 Thread jtainter
This is a focus stack with the D FA 50/1.4. After some testing, I determined 
it's best aperture is f/5.6, so that is what I shot at.

I'm over the moon happy with this lens so far.

http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/addons/K13599-3626stack.html


Technical: Pentax K1, D FA* 50mm f/1.4 1/5 second. 28 image stack

enjoy

bill

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Lovely. And congratulations on sneaking this lens into the house.

Bill, what is the chance you might treat us to some images comparing this lens 
to the FA 50 F1.4?

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Re: GESO a bunch of critters

2018-07-15 Thread jtainter
>From Larry:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/43363009902/in/album-72157669137217797/

Very nice set. You've done well.

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Re: Peso Joy

2018-07-13 Thread jtainter
Lovely and cute.

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Re: Blast from the Past: PDML @ GFM 2007

2018-07-07 Thread jtainter
Great photo...

but I wonder sometimes if Pentax has any young users.

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Re: PESO - Entering Chartres

2018-07-05 Thread jtainter
Very nice. A lovely place. Thanks for posting.

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Fw: GESO: Victims of Vesuvius

2018-06-14 Thread jtainter
Fifth attempt:

Just a caution: Some people might find this GESO disturbing:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61260056

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PESO (second try): Vatican Museum Exit

2018-06-14 Thread jtainter
My first post on this didn't go through. I often see posts where people ask 
about ultra-wide lenses. The DA 10-17 can very nice results:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61255774

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Re: Peso - another city puzzle for fun

2018-06-11 Thread jtainter
Your guess is as good as mine.. (regarding how many buildings)  more than those 
in Igor's though


Just browsing some recent files of mine I found this..


https://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/2017-2018snaps/i-SWXp6Mp/A

ann

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12.

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Re: K-1 Mk II upgrade - interim progress report

2018-06-11 Thread jtainter
"I will also be interested to see if I need to recalibrate the AF compensation 
on my lenses."

I think it would be wise to. I have a lot of full-frame lenses, and having to 
retest all of them for focus accuracy is one reason I will probably pass on the 
Mark II.

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Not Junk

2018-06-11 Thread jtainter
Doug, could you please instruct your server that emails from me are not junk 
mail.
I've had two rejected recently, one a few seconds ago.

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Re: PESO Good Morning Deer

2018-06-09 Thread jtainter
Marvelous shot. Lovely.

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e: PESO and puzzle - building - matryoshka

2018-06-08 Thread jtainter
Igor wrote:

The key for the answer is here:
http://42graphy.org/misc/building-matryoshka_IR46424-marked.jpg

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Hmmm. There seems to be a skyscraper at the top right of the photo, behind the 
glass building. That makes 10.

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Re: PESO and puzzle - building - matryoshka

2018-06-07 Thread jtainter
There are 10 buildings.

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Re: PESO: Purple Iris

2018-06-03 Thread jtainter
Lovely, Dan.

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Re: D-Xenon Lenses in Penrax aps-C AF mount?

2018-06-03 Thread jtainter
J.C. O'Connell Sat, 02 Jun 2018 22:04:18 -0700

whats the deal on these lenses? are they just rebadged pentax's?
or are they something different, better or worse?
jco

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They are Pentax lenses, marketed by Samsung when it was selling Pentax DSLRs 
under its own brand. Samsung pretended they were Schneider-Kreuznach lenses. 
IIRC, this was back in the days of the K20D, which had a Samsung sensor.

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Re: Pentax DSLR lineage / features questions

2018-06-02 Thread jtainter
Bill wrote:

"I'm not sure if they got everything fixed on the K5 during it's run, but in 
addition to the AF issues, they had problems with spots of cement on the sensor 
on early ones and buttons falling off. Apparently if you got a good one, they 
were very good indeed. I wasn't so lucky."

I guess I got lucky with my K-5. I did eventually part with in in favor of the 
K-5II and IIs. I still use them when I travel. They (and the DA lenses) are 
smaller and lighter than my K-1 and its lenses, and I am still very pleased 
with the image quality.

The K-5 was produced by Hoya, the II and IIs by Ricoh. The Hoya version was 
notorious for cheapness. Ricoh, to their credit, fixed that.

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Bees in Flight Photos

2018-05-29 Thread jtainter
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61200403

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Re: Slightly different SDXC card questions

2018-05-29 Thread jtainter
My puzzle is a little different.

My K-1 saves to both card slots, for safety. Slot 1 has a Lexar 64 GB. Slot 2 
has a Sandisk 64. When formatted, the Lexar shows room for a handful more 
shots. I've never filled the cards.

When I remove the Lexar from slot 1 to transfer the images to my computer, then 
put the card back, the K-1 says the cards are unformatted. Huh?

When I remove the Sandisk from slot 2, then put it back, there's no problem. So 
that is now what I do.

Can anyone figure out what the problem is?

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2018 Annual

2018-05-25 Thread jtainter
Thanks to Mark for another wonderful annual. It is a pleasure to go through, as 
always.

I enjoyed all the photos, but two in particular caught my eye:

Piper Club, by Larry Colen. It's mesmerizing, like an M. C. Escher drawing.

Red Wood Ant, by Jostein Oksne. Wonderfully done.

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PESO: Cutenss Alert: Ducklings

2018-05-25 Thread jtainter
https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/61185018

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Re: lens advice: FA* 400

2018-05-18 Thread jtainter
It's a fine lens, very sharp and well made. Perhaps its best characteristic is 
that it is almost as sharp wide open as it is stopped down. If you want to 
shoot it hand-held, this matters, because you can then shoot at a higher 
shutter speed.

You won't be disappointed.

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Re: DPR review of K1 II is now up, not very favourable ...

2018-05-08 Thread jtainter
Re:

"There is a thread on DPR about this. It seems that in typical fashion, DPR did 
a Bozo the Clown with the K1II. They didn't use the same lens as they did on 
the K1, and the consensus among some of the sharper tacks that post there is 
that the K1II images are not focused as sharply as they could be. The 
conclusion seems to be that very slight misfocus can appear to be heavy handed 
noise reduction. I wouldn't read anything into the DPR test other than that 
they are ham fisted morons."

Okay, but there is a test over at PentaxForums that seems to show similar 
results:

https://www.pentaxforums.com/articles/hands-on-reviews/k-1-ii-vs-k-1-noise-image-quality.html

That reviewer concluded that the K1II images looked better. That's a judgement 
call. What I've seen tells me that I should stick with my K-1. If anyone else 
prefers the II, that's fine.

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Re: DPR review of K1 II is now up, not very favourable ...

2018-05-07 Thread jtainter
For me, this is actually a relief. I was interested in upgrading my K-1 mainly 
for improved noise performance. Now that is off the table. I didn't mind the 
cost. My concern was that I have a lot of lenses, and it is a nuisance to test 
them all for focus accuracy, which I would have had to do. Instead I'll just 
stick with my outdated K-1, which I've been very pleased with.

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Re: Ricoh announces an upgrade service for current PENTAX K-1 consumers

2018-02-22 Thread jtainter
I doubt if I'll ever need ISO 819,200 and I will probably never use pixel 
shift. Is there any other reason to take up this offer?

Also, if I get this new motherboard, will I have to do focus testing again on 
all of my (many) lenses? Unless the upgrade offers something more than the 
above, this would be a deal killer.

Thanks to anyone who can answer.

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Re: Link to Paul's excellent NY times article on an important safety subject

2017-10-28 Thread jtainter
Congratulations, Paul. Good job, and a good bit of public service.

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GESO: In the Dinétah

2017-08-15 Thread jtainter
Here's a series of photos taken of early 18th century Navajo defensive sites in 
the Dinétah region of northwestern New Mexico, the ancestral homeland of the 
Navajo. There are also photos of a rock art panel dating several centuries 
earlier. The first link explains the images.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59977270

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/59977312

One or more of these may show up in the next PDML Annual.

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Need Help With SD Card Problem

2017-05-13 Thread jtainter
Last fall I bought a K-1 with a Sandisk 64 gb card. I have just now gotten 
around to calibrating my lenses for autofocus. Partway through this exercise my 
system (Windows 7) would not recognize the card. It had recognized the card 
fine up to that point. I tried going through a Lexar card reader on a USB port, 
but Windows kept saying that the card had an unrecognized file system and 
offered to format it for me.

I reformatted the card in the camera, but with the same result.

I then got out an old 2 gb card, formatted it for the K-1, and Windows 7 read 
it just fine. So the camera and computer are working okay.

At this point I thought the 64 gb card was faulty. But it is only about six 
months old and has only about 150 images written to it. (I've been too busy for 
photography).

Then the next day I put that non-working 64 gb Sandisk in the computer, and 
Windows read it fine.

So, one day it works, a few hours later it doesn't work, and the next day it 
works again.

Can anyone pinpoint what the problem might be? Specifically, can I trust this 
Sandisk card?

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Re: 20th Anniversary PUG is Up!

2017-04-06 Thread jtainter
Great gallery, everyone. Thoroughly enjoyable.

And Cotty, thanks for the detailed comments. Your comments are almost as 
enjoyable as the photos.

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Re: SF Camera store closing

2017-04-02 Thread jtainter
http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/networth/article/Legendary-SF-photo-shop-Adolf-Gasser-to-shutter-11040079.php

- - - - - - - - - -

This is sad. I bought my first Pentax SLR (a used H2) at Gasser's on Geary 
Street in 1966. When I was in San Francisco a few years ago I went by the 
downtown store, but it did not compare in size or equipment with that store on 
Geary. I am lucky that the Geary store existed when I was becoming interested 
in photography.

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Utah Landscape

2017-01-14 Thread jtainter
This one is for Wheatfield (or anyone who cares to look at it).

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58960783

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Re: K-1 Autofocus

2017-01-08 Thread jtainter
"Question: How is the K-1 autofocus, as compared to say, a K-5?"

Thanks to Hoya, the K-5 had quite poor autofocus, especially in low light. On 
the other hand, the K-5II and IIs (I have both) have excellent AF.

I have used my K-1 only a little so far, but my impression is that it hunts 
more than my K-5II and IIs cameras, and has more trouble finding focus in low 
light. That is not to say that the K-1 AF is bad, just that it seems a step 
backward from the excellent AF of the K-5II series cameras. I never used a K-3.

If you are using a K-5, you will be pleased with the K-1 AF.

On all my cameras, I use only central point autofocus.

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Re: PESO: Another Dog Picture

2016-12-18 Thread jtainter
So sorry to hear about your loss, Bill. I had that happen a few years ago with 
an elderly Sheltie. Now one of my miniature Australian Shepherds is having 
problems with her hindquarters.

Great portrait.

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Re: K-1 First Photo

2016-11-21 Thread jtainter
Igor wrote:

"Joe,

"It is an awful[lynice] image. And I see that the camera is giving you all type 
of troubles and headaches (Auto ISO, etc.).


"I cannot watch while a nice person like you is suffering. I am ready to do an 
ultimate sacrifice and take off your hand this culprit of your enormous 
suffering. I would even cover the postage, so that you would not carry any 
financial burden associated with this humanitarian action: You've suffered 
enough!"

Thanks for the offer, Igor. I am having two problems: Firstly, I am hopelessly 
20th century, and am suffering from featuritis in Pentax's recent DSLRs. 
Secondly, my mind just does not work the same way as the writers/editors who 
prepare the indices in Pentax's manuals. I simply don't know what terms to use 
when searching an index. Both problems are no doubt my fault. It was dumb of me 
to search for "focus beep" instead of realizing that I needed to search under 
"sounds." In the meantime, thanks to everyone who responded. I am slowly 
mastering the K-1. At least, it is allowing me to think that I am mastering it.

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Re: K-1 Turning Off Auto ISO

2016-11-20 Thread jtainter
Paul wrote:

"Don't know what happened here. I meant to say, my K-1 goes to auto ISO only in 
TVR exposure mode."

Paul, every Pentax DSLR I've owned has come with Auto ISO as the initial 
setting (*ist D, K10D, K20D, K-5, K-5II, K-5IIs, and now K-1).

Anyway, I think now I've got it licked.

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K-1 Turning Off Auto ISO

2016-11-20 Thread jtainter
This seems to do it:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58681200

As far as I can tell, the manual does not say how to turn off Auto ISO. I've 
had no trouble like this in previous Pentax DSLRs that I've owned. Odd that in 
a professional-grade camera, there is no easy way to turn off a feature 
designed for beginners.

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K-1 First Photo

2016-11-20 Thread jtainter
Here:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/58681028

I'm surprised that the autofocus seems sluggish compared to my K-5II and 
K-5IIs. I use central-point af on all my cameras.

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Re: K-1 Questions

2016-11-20 Thread jtainter
Stan wrote:

"I'll look for answers later, but note that you can download a PDF version of 
the manual. On my iMac and iPad, the search function within PDFs works well. 
YMMV."

Thanks, Stan. I searched "auto ISO" and "focus beep" in the pdf, but that 
produced nothing.

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K-1 Questions

2016-11-20 Thread jtainter
Every new Pentax camera has more features, larger menus, and more sub-menu 
options, but the manual never gets any clearer. The biggest problem is the 
index, which has an inscrutable approach to naming things that I have questions 
about. I find Pentax's indices virtually useless for finding answers to my 
questions.

So, can someone please help me with a couple of questions?

1. How do I turn off Auto ISO?

2. How do I turn off the focus beep?

(Most of my approach to new cameras is to turn defaults off.)

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K-1 and Photoshop CS6

2016-11-18 Thread jtainter
I am expecting my K-1 to arrive later today. Can someone tell me if Photoshop 
CS6 will recognize PEF files from the K-1? Or should I shoot in DNG format?

Thanks,

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Re: K-1 Price

2016-11-15 Thread jtainter
"The price of the K-1 has not dropped from the initial introduction, it
has increased instead. Its almost $200 from the initial $1800 or so
that it was several months ago"

The word is that this was due to the appreciation of the dollar relative to the 
yen.

I had a little money come in, so I've just ordered a K-1, despite the price 
increase. For now I'll pair it mainly with the film era FA 24-90 (plus many 
primes that I have).

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Re: OT: Magnificent Moscow Metro

2016-10-05 Thread jtainter
Dan wrote:

When we were in Russia, 20 years ago, I was quite impressed by the beauty
of the Moscos Metro stations, and the steep, speedy and thrilling escalator
rides down to the stations.


I don't have any decent images from back then, but here are a few someone
else took and posted:

http://themetapicture.com/moscow-metro-stations-are-magnificent/

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Stalin said that the metro stations would be palaces for the people. They are 
indeed magnificent.

Joe



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Re: OT: Ring lights?

2016-09-27 Thread jtainter
Check eBay. Last spring from eBay I got an AF 160 FC from a seller in Japan, 
priced much lower than the price at B&H. There was no problem with the 
transaction and it arrived quickly. The manual included English.

Joe




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Re: Archeologist

2016-09-24 Thread jtainter
Dan wrote:

An Archeologist at work at Ephesus in Turkey:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18288564&size=lg
K-5 IIs, DA 18-135
Comments are invited

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The Turkish government has just shut down a decades-long excavation by the 
Austrian Archaeological Institute at Ephesus:

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/09/turkish-government-shuts-down-important-archaeological-dig-apparently-punish-austria

Joe


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Re: PESO: RUF Porsche

2016-09-03 Thread jtainter
Paul linked:

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/79914167/8494.jpg

Nice panning shot. Well done.

Joe




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PDML Annual 2016

2016-05-16 Thread jtainter
My copy just arrived. It looks great. Thanks to Mark for putting this together, 
and to all of you for a stunning set of photos.

Joe




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Re: Does Pentax make the new D-FA 28-105 Zoom?

2016-05-11 Thread jtainter
The 62 mm. filter size make me suspect that it is made by Tamron. Tamron 
routinely uses that size, whereas Pentax has never (or never before) used that 
diameter.

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