Re: testing testing

[steve harley]

hi folks, you haven't heard from me for a while, but i look in on the group now 
and then and i'm pretty sure i get all the emails; for reference i use 
Fastmail, which requires a modest payment and has no ads, no tracking; i 
transitioned from Thunderbird to the web version about a year ago, but even 
when using Thunderbird i wasn't seeing PDML hit my spam folder in any 
significant way



On Fri, Apr 19, 2024, at 19:14, Stan Halpin wrote:
> Do you see your own posts?
> And I’ve been wondering how your eclipse expedition turned out, did you 
> post and I missed that ?
> Stan
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On Apr 19, 2024, at 6:07 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:
>> 
>> I get intermittent non-delivery ... I'll see replies to messages I haven't 
>> seen.
>> 
>>> On 4/13/2024 10:08 AM, Henk Terhell wrote:
>>> Ann, I had a similar problem not receiving any post from the first of April.
>>> Therefore I switched to my gmail address which is OK sofar.
>>> Henk
>>> Op 2024-04-13 om 15:17 schreef ann sanfedele:
 post I made in the last few weeks to PESOS didn't show up in my PDML 
 folder.. and since the end of March I haven't gotten
 -any- PDML list mail at all..  hmmm
 
 ann
 
 
>>> --
>>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net
>>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and 
>>> follow the directions.
>> 
>> --
>> Vivere in aeternum aut mori conatur
>> 
>> --
>> This email has been checked for viruses by AVG antivirus software.
>> www.avg.com
>> --
>> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net
>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and 
>> follow the directions.
> --
> %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net
> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and 
> follow the directions.
--
%(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List
To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow 
the directions.

Re: OT: CA Wildfires

[steve harley]

On 2020-09-9 10:33, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

There is no "safety" in 2020, it seems. AQI was up into the 130+ "Unhealthy" 
range for the past three days along with ambient temperatures floating up into the 100-115 range 
even here in the SF Bay Area. The particulates in the air are particularly bad.


i think these conditions are hitting many parts of the west; we've had 
similar AQI several times here, above 130 on an hourly basis  multiple times 
recently; we have only two huge fires and two large ones blowing smoke into 
Denver, but major color, haze and darkening in the sky; everyone has burning 
eyes, some have headaches or worse


we just had a rather extreme weather shift that has cleared the air 
temporarily, but AQI forecast is back above 130 on Saturday


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Mac questions, system setup

[steve harley]

On 2020-03-13 15:21, Larry Colen wrote:

I currently have two computer systems that I can use for photo processing.  My 
“at home” system is an early 2009 mac pro and my laptop is a mid 2014 macbook 
pro. [...]

I’m very tempted to try to set up the MBP as my main processing computer and 
the pro as basically NAS. The challenge to this is that I like to use two 
monitors, one horizontal, one vertical, and if I plug them both into the MBP 
then I lose my ethernet adapter.

Is there a reasonably cost efficient way to do this?  Or should I just keep 
muddling along on the tower?


the best solution is an Apple Thunderbolt display, it's a nice display, but 
it also includes a very solid Thunderbolt hub with Ethernet, USB, Firewire, 
and a daisy-chain Thunderbolt jack; i have found mine is very reliable and 
compatible; i use it with a Mac Pro 2013, so i don't use the power jack it 
comes with; barring extraordinary measures, this would have to be your 
landscape orientation display


alternatively try one of the various Thunderbolt-2 or Thunderbolt-1 breakout 
boxes, most of which have HDMI and Ethernet at a minimum


another method — find a cheap used 2011-mid 2014 iMac (any model with 
Thunderbolt 1 or 2, but not the 5K models starting late 2014) in Target 
Display Mode connected via a Thunderbolt cable; the iMac will still run even 
though it's displaying your MBP's desktop; then set up network sharing via 
Thunderbolt and get a network connection from the iMac as well; i haven't 
tested the network part, but i've used an iMac in Target mode next to my 
Apple Thunderbolt Display for a couple of years for a dual 27" desktop


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Snaps from Colorado

[steve harley]

which part of the Collegiates were you in?

in case you didn't already know, 7e302524 is penstemon whippleanus

On 2019-08-8 13:20, Mark Roberts wrote:

Here's a gallery of shots from my trip to Colorado last week. This is
a temporary gallery because it includes some personal friends & family
shots that will get deleted when it moves to the main section of my
web site.

https://robertstech.com/temp/colorado2019/index.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.

Re: OT I gave up

[steve harley]

On 2019-02-21 08:39, David J Brooks wrote:

So, work around was to just transfer photos to iPad mini 2 and will do
a swipe right and show the photos that way next month. 



well, with the photos on your iPad in the Photos app, you can use the 
built-in slideshow feature, which has numerous options; instructions here:




note you say your iPad Mini 2 is up-to-date with iOS 9.3.5, but that model 
can be updated to iOS 12 — i don't know whether iOS 9 has the same slideshow 
features


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Nat Geo paying homage to the PDML

[steve harley]

On 2019-01-10 08:34, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

The cormorant fishing I observed in 1966 was near Hiroshima, in a small
inlet off the Inland sea.  It was quite interesting.


i probably read _The Story About Ping_ 50 times as a young child; it 
features "strange dark fishing birds" which are slightly different in 
appearance from the cormorants i grew up seeing in Maine


see about 5:14:



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Ball Head Question

[steve harley]

On 2018-08-25 11:12, Mark C wrote:

It seems that wanting a lever vs knob knocks out a lot of heads.


i don't know if it would suit you, but i really like my Arca-Swiss P0 ball 
head, which i think was recommended here a few years ago; there is a 
packaged version with integrated lever clamp:




my P0 came as a bare head to which i attached a Sunwayfoto clamp — Sunway, 
Acratech, RRS and several others have lever clamps that you can attach to 
any bare head





--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Dark Sky Weather App

[steve harley]

On 2018-08-24 06:57, Rick Womer wrote:

Since the excellent Storm app was senselessly gutted and replaced by the
slow and inadequate Storm Radar, I've been looking. Weather Live, Weather
live (yup, the name differs by the capitalization), Weather Channel,
AccuWeather, NOAA Radar Pro, Weather Bug, and Dark Sky and a few others
have all passed through my phone.


i was a Storm user, and tried a bunch of replacements also; for forecasts 
i'm still happy with Wunderground, and for radar i switch to MyRadar; it has 
most of what i need, except for a 6-minute delay on radar animations, which 
is enough, on the Colorado front range, to not always know when to expect a 
storm to peak; but the main purpose is to guess whether storms will hit or 
miss, and it works well enough for that


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: so if you are on ebay... do this search :-)

[steve harley]

On 2018-06-4 08:19, ann sanfedele wrote:
every now and then I want to see what my book is going for so I search Ann 
Sanfedele   in the search for items box


look what turned up (in addition to the two things I have listed of mine 
myself)


Ann,

Sign Language is available on AbeBooks too, at anywhere from $3.65 to $118.15

this is the new normal in used book market



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Amazon did it again!

[steve harley]

On 2018-05-21 14:14, Paul Stenquist wrote:

I was shocked to see that once again, the lens was not boxed! I refused 
delivery. Called Amazon and told them to see if they could figure out how to 
put lens number three in a box. They will deliver another one tomorrow. We will 
see.



be glad you aren't this guy:



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: [Sam Nzima]

[steve harley]

On 2018-05-14 16:07, steve harley wrote:

On 2018-05-14 01:19, Alan C wrote:

Can't get this to go. Trying with no subject.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/13/sam-nzima-south-african-photographer-dies-aged-83-soweto 



not completely OT — i noticed in another article i saw before your message 
that his apocryphal shot was done with a Pentax SL — can't find that article 
now, but i think it was a South African periodical that showed up in my news 
feed


weird, don't know if that was autocorrect or what, but "apocryphal" was not 
the word i wanted



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: [Sam Nzima]

[steve harley]

On 2018-05-14 01:19, Alan C wrote:

Can't get this to go. Trying with no subject.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/13/sam-nzima-south-african-photographer-dies-aged-83-soweto 


not completely OT — i noticed in another article i saw before your message 
that his apocryphal shot was done with a Pentax SL — can't find that article 
now, but i think it was a South African periodical that showed up in my news 
feed


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 iBook G4 to recycle

[steve harley]

On 2018-05-9 14:37, Larry Colen wrote:
You might be able to boot it using an external drive and holding the option 
key as you power it up.


first i'd try holding shift as it boots, until after the Apple logo appears 
— this will disable third party extensions that may be causing it to hang on 
boot


to boot an iBook G4 from an external drive, the installed OS version will 
have to be no later than OS X 10.5 (10.4 for some earlier models); the 
original install DVD should also be able to boot it


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Mac help needed!

[steve harley]

On 2018-02-20 06:30, Rick Womer wrote:

Two external drives are now connected to my MBP, and are working
normally. The photo drive shows up on my MBP, but won't open, and Disk
Utility tells me (in red) that it can't be un-mounted in order to be
repaired.


you describe two problems:

1) your Mini isn't recognizing any drives — by this i assume you mean the 
drives aren't showing in Finder

  - try mounting them from within Disk Utility
  - if that doesn't work, reboot your Mini with the shift key held down — 
does that change the situation? that clears caches and disables third part 
extensions; if the drives do mount, then reboot again without the shift key, 
are the drives are no longer recognized? that indicates a software 
configuration problem: consider what extensions you may have installed
  - if the shift key boot doesn't change anything, i would suspect system 
software corruption or a hardware problem (such as with Firewire port); 
restoring the system from Time Machine back to before the problem occurred 
would tell you whether it is corrupted software; if that doesn't fix it, 
signs point to a hardware issue


2) your MBP has trouble with one drive — "can't be unmounted"
  - reboot MBP and try again with no applications open; instead of 
unmounting via Disk Utility, use the Finder — it usually gives you a more 
informative message as to why unmount failed
  - open the Console application and put >disk< in the search box; do you 
see lines such as "(date) kernel disk0s2: I/O error."? if so there is a 
problem with the hard drive; it could be the drive itself, the cable, or the 
case (with the Firewire adapter circuit); i have even seen USB hubs (for usb 
drives) and failing power adapters cause such problem
  - if there aren't I/O error messages, it may simply be corruption of the 
drive contents, and Disk Utility may or may not be able to repair it if you 
can unmount it


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Coffee

[steve harley]

On 2017-12-04 16:13 , Bob W-PDML wrote:

Coffee is good. It's one of the few real pleasures in life that actually helps 
prevent rather than induce gout, so one the few earthly pleasures remaining to 
me on my road to martyrdom. Compared to me Simeon Stylites lived a life of 
sybaritic esurience.


gotta feed those hungry ghosts …

my coffee meditation consists of hand-grinding about 16 grams of locally 
roasted beans, popping them into an Aeropress and hitting it with 80° C 
water for 90 seconds; result is about 200ml of something stronger than an 
Americano — and usually that's all i have; it launches me into a 
non-grounded state, assisted by evening local ales, which usually lasts 
until after midnight, when i wake up to ponder all i haven't accomplished 
and invent unbreakable passphrases





--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Speaking of nits to be picked - Thunderbird

[steve harley]

On 2017-08-10 18:20 , John wrote:

The only way to get it to go into "junk" so the adaptive junk control
will work is to go up into the message pane, right click the message and
scroll down through the menu to find "Mark as Junk".


or press the j key (unless you've remapped it)

--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Speaking of nits to be picked - Thunderbird

[steve harley]

On 2017-08-10 10:23 , John wrote:

Someone used the expression in a recent post & it triggered a thought.

Every message I receive using Thunderbird has a "Junk" button I can
click ... EXCEPT for those messages Thunderbird thinks ARE junk.

They have a "Not Junk" button I can click, but nothing that lets me
confirm "Yes, this *IS* Junk."


that's because a the button is a toggle; on those messages, Thunderbird 
already believes "yes, this is junk" **unless** you click Not Junk



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Controversy around McCurry

[steve harley]

On Wed, Apr 5, 2017, at 20:20, Subash Jeyan wrote:

> he is quite popular here and this controversy made mild headlines here
> in india at the time. fwiw, here is another perspective:

>

> https://thewire.in/36155/exposing-steve-mccurrys-photoshopped-world/



thank you for that, it's very valuable to get that angle
-- 
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: BBC News: Night-time in America's small towns

[steve harley]

On Thu, Mar 9, 2017, at 20:46, Stanley Halpin wrote:

> > Night-time in America's small towns

> >  

> > Photographer Daniel Freeman's nocturnal journey around the United
> > States.


these are nicely done; what interests me most is trying to put myself in
the head of Brits trying to imagine the US through these pictures


what bugs me most is the naive copy — "risking bites from coyotes,
snakes and scorpions" pshaw!

-- 
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 standard lens on the horizon

[steve harley]

On Thu, Feb 23, 2017, at 16:37, Bill wrote:

> On 2/23/2017 2:10 PM, steve harley wrote:

> > On 2017-02-22 17:04 , Bill wrote:

> >

> >> I really don't want to use an A15/3.5 as a short tele.

> >

> > i really like how short tele macros work on µ4/3 — Pentax-M
> > 100/4 macro
> > handles really well with focus highlighting, increased
> > effective focal
> > length and depth of field

>

> I can understand it with some lenses. My friend Brian who passed away
> recently was an Olympus user, so I'm pretty familiar with the system.
> Are you familiar with the A15/3.5?



only in theory — i never thought of it as one to look for; i have the
15/4 Ltd, but even if it had an aperture ring i have no _exciteent to
use adapted FF or APS wide angles on µ4/3 since there are very good, reasonably-
priced native lenses in the 14-25mm range — the 20/1.7 is my favorite _




> > just ordered a K-mount Panagor 90/2.8 macro to see how it compares

> >

>

> I bet on the micr 4/3 it is scarily like the FA200/4 macro, except

> smaller.



that's the idea ;?>



the M 100/4 is good, but it is only 1:2; the Panagor is 1:1, and on a
4/3 sensor that is in some ways like 2:1



-- 
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 standard lens on the horizon

[steve harley]

On 2017-02-22 17:04 , Bill wrote:



> I really don't want to use an A15/3.5 as a short tele.



i really like how short tele macros work on µ4/3 — Pentax-M 100/4 macro
handles really well with focus highlighting, increased effective focal
length and depth of field


just ordered a K-mount Panagor 90/2.8 macro to see how it compares




-- 
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 -- Need to identify this font.

[steve harley]

that font is a real bastard; it has letter forms from the stereotypical
Bauhaus typeface, but stretched lower case and high ascenders from some
of the more exaggerated display fonts; i can't find any font with that
weird lowercase g, nor any with both the Herbert Bayer symmetrical lower
case y _and_ the high ascenders




On Wed, Feb 22, 2017, at 14:14, P. J. Alling wrote:

> Well maybe need is too strong a word.  A few years ago, about 7 in
> fact
> I was using this True Type font to watermark my photos on the
> web.  Well
> looking back at my past pesos I decided I really like it.
> Unfortunately
> I lost the file, somewhere in the past either due to a hard
> drive crash
> or an OS upgrade, and the backups are long gone.

>

> It used to be called Sublime.  An Art Deco inspired design.  Now there
> is a font that's called sublime that comes up when you run a google

> search, but it's not the same one.

>

> I assume since it was a free font, that the maker was required
> to change
> it's name since the one available now is a paid product, and
> looks to my
> eye just like another boring Arial derivative. Well anyway, I have a

> sample taken from one of my old PESOs.

>

> https://pdml.updog.co/textsample/

>

> Yes, I know the text in the sample is redundant.

>

> If anyone recognizes it and can point me to where it can be downloaded
> I'd appreciate the help.

>

>

> --

> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

> PDML@pdml.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.

Re: An opinion: How much better can things get?

[steve harley]

On 2017-01-09 8:21 , Collin B wrote:

When I look at almost everyone's digital camera offerings, they're all so
good.


i think the smaller-sensor cameras still need a new sensor technology to 
surpass their limits in dynamic range and low light capabilities; plus EVF 
display tech could still improve, along with the mechanics/ergonomics of 
things like focus peaking, wireless transfer, organizing photos (on camera)



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Long time no see, and ramping up for an FS Friday (K5 and 16-50 for starters)

[steve harley]

On 2017-01-06 8:30 , Charles Robinson wrote:

Howdy, folks!  I used to be on this list and things got busy/weird and I
left about a year or two ago...

I came to the realization a while ago that since getting into the Olympus
OM-D line, I've not used my Pentax gear for ages - almost a couple of
years, actually.


interesting Charles — i'm in almost exactly the same position — K-5 and a 
nice set of lenses (100 WR macro, 15/4, 35/2.8 macro …) idle for months; 
having a hard time deciding to completely let go…


i've been using an E-M1 with three main lenses - Panasonic 20/1.7, Olympus 
50/2.0 macro and Pentax-M 100/4 macro; that last keeps my foot in the door 
here — a fun lens at 200mm equivalent and with focus-peaking


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: OSX and externals

[steve harley]

On 2016-12-20 8:57 , David J Brooks wrote:

Just bought and installed a Seagate 1TB external that was on sale for
$89 Canadian. It says it will work on Macs with out having to reformat
by downloading and installing a program from Seagate which i did. Does
anyone else go this route or do you just reformat the drive


you wisely reformatted the drive — hopefully as "Mac OS Extended (Journaled)"

but the implied question is why would a Mac user want to use Seagate's NTFS 
driver? the answer is if you need a drive that you can plug into both a 
Windows machine and a Mac, NTFS can do it, but since it requires a 
third-party driver on Macs, you'd always have to be wary of OS X updates 
causing problems with the driver; i also would expect that Disk Utility on 
the Mac would be unable to "repair" the drive when necessary, but if you 
have a Windows machine that might not matter


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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? Transfers

[steve harley]

On 2016-12-08 16:39 , David J Brooks wrote:

oh another question. Am i getting into any troubel if i go more then
2TB for the drive, say a 3 or 4. its an older computer, 2011 iMac
21.5" with OS 10.11.6


8 petabytes (8000 TB) is the biggest drive OS X can handle; some cheap old 
USB cases can only support up to 2 TB drives, but good USB 2 and probably 
all USB 3 chipsets can theoretically handle 8 zettabyte drives (8,000,000 
TB), if you can find an OS that can handle them


with your Mac, you can use the Thunderbolt-to-USB 3 adapters Larry spoke of 
($70-80) and get a big advantage in transfer speed with (USB 3) external 
drives — it won't make a difference if copying directly from your CD/DVD 
drive, but it will make a difference for use with Lightroom, etc.


if you are using the drives as a deep archive and rarely intend to access 
them, 5400 rpm/USB 2 is fine, otherwise 7200 rpm/USB 3 would be 
substantially faster


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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? Transfers

[steve harley]

On 2016-12-09 5:16 , David J Brooks wrote:

On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:

Is your iMac one of the vintage where you can use it as a thunderbolt
monitor for another mac?


Not sure Larry i'd have to search that


yes, it can — Target Display Mode is supported on all the early (pre-4k/5k) 
Thunderbolt iMacs, regardless of screen size


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Getting in touch with my inner lesbian

[steve harley]

On 2016-10-06 24:31 , Igor PDML-StR wrote:



steve harley Tue, 04 Oct 2016 18:55:04 -0700 wrote:




Subaru is the state car of Colorado; yes, a lot of strong women drive
them, and they seem to hold up well (i've never had one); they are also
favorites of car thieves


You are still talking about "strong women", that "_they_ seem to hold up
well", and _they_ are those who you've "never had"...?
;-)


aside from cars, i'll leave my personal history out of it, but i know where 
i lay my pronouns



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Getting in touch with my inner lesbian

[steve harley]

On 2016-10-03 15:14 , Larry Colen wrote:

I bought a new toy yesterday, took a few snapshots on my way home from
brekkies today.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157673495755641

I know there are some people who hate on Subarus, but this one seems to be
mechanically solid, it was relatively cheap (same out the door as State Farm
paid me for damage to the Screaming Buttweasel),


it may also be cheaper to insure than your Miata …

Subaru is the state car of Colorado; yes, a lot of strong women drive them, 
and they seem to hold up well (i've never had one); they are also favorites 
of car thieves




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Camera mount brackets (for quick orientation flipping)?

[steve harley]

On Sat, Oct 1, 2016, at 17:24, Igor PDML-StR wrote:

Larry has suggested a ball head as those typically have a slit
that allow
to tilt the camera by 90 degrees.
That is a possibility, but: 1. I would be overpaying for the
functionality
I don't need. (Or maybe I am not looking at the right ball heads? Are
there any inexpensive ones?)
and
2. A ball head has more degrees of freedom, which complicates the
situation when I need just to flip it from landscape to portrait
orientation.



i have used a monopod with a simple tilt head and concluded similarly to
Larry's comments that a ball would be better, particularly because i
often used the monopod for macros close to the ground — tilting both the
pole and the camera at odd angles becomes a necessity and a title head 
simply doesn't cut it


so i found a used Gitzo GH1780, a tiny 10 oz. ball head with enough tension
sensitivity to support the camera while allowing adjustment of the
camera position on demand (in comparison many small ball heads simply have a 
"locked/unlocked" feel); i enjoyed using it for a while, but as i've 
graduated to cameras with better shake suppression i don't use the monopod 
very often …



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 spider and cocoon

[steve harley]

On 2016-09-27 21:10 , Larry Colen wrote:

the hose bib as stage for this drama intensifies the sense of impending
doom


It's just an itsy-bitsy spider.


i meant doom for the spider and/or pupa ;?>


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 spider and cocoon

[steve harley]

On 2016-09-27 20:08 , Larry Colen wrote:

The caterpillar I photographed a couple days ago seems to have gotten around
to wrapping a cocoon.  However, there seems to be a spider that thinks it's
a pretty nifty MRE.

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157673270739161


the hose bib as stage for this drama intensifies the sense of impending doom


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Mac Yosemite--"This is a bug, not a feature"

[steve harley]

On 2016-08-18 14:11 , John wrote:

There are plenty of PRE-built Windoze systems that match Mac in terms of
"slimmest, lightest, daintiest" and lack of expandability. For a given
price point it seems like the only major difference is the Macs are all
i5 processors and the Windoze machines are all i7 processors. Although,
you can still buy Windoze gaming systems that have a DVD/Blu-ray drive
standard.


it's worth correcting that misconception — all Macs available with an i5 
also have an i7 version; the exceptions are the new Macbook, available only 
with m3 or m5, and the Mac Pro, which has only Xeons




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 - Wisdom of the List sought......

[steve harley]

On 2016-08-13 5:45 , Steve Cottrell wrote:

I have an old but possibly still useful Nikon LS-1000 film scanner with
a SCSI connection.

Is there anything readily available on the market that would allow me to
connect the scanner to either USB or FireWire on a recent Mac computer?



i would buy a suitably old Mac or PC; the PowerBook 1400 might be a fun way 
to do it, but if you are going to use it a lot i'd go with something faster 
like a PowerMac G4 or G5 with a stock or third-party SCSI card — i'd look 
for a used one that includes OS X 10.4 or 10.5 (the maximum) install discs; 
these are relatively easy to network with your other machines — you could 
put it headless under your desk and control it from your primary computer 
via screen sharing




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Mounting a phone or tablet to a camera? Also tripod heads

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-13 16:25 , Larry Colen wrote:

I've got an adapter for mounting a green laser to my hot shoe. I'd love to
have something similar for holding my smartphone.  Does anyone know of
something existing?


there seem to be dozens of options; this is just the first i clicked on:




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Mounting a phone or tablet to a camera? Also tripod heads

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-13 19:52 , Larry Colen wrote:

It also seems that I might be able to make a fairly sturdy adapter to mount
my big Induro ball head to the tiltall, and I'd be able to use the tilt-pan
of the tiltall to easily level the base of the ballhead.


any standard ballhead should screw right onto the Tilt-All, with just a 
1/4-3/8 adapter if necessary


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.net
http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow 
the directions.

Re: What goats look like

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-13 14:31 , Steve Cottrell wrote:

Nice as usual BUT this is extraordinary:



Absolutely amazing. Everything about it is fabulous. Love it.


i agree, Bob is an extraordinary goat-portraitist (no sarcasm)


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.net
http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow 
the directions.

Re: What goats look like

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-13 13:07 , Larry Colen wrote:



Bob W wrote:

Some snaps from central London on this historic day

http://www.web-options.com/T262c/


I do quite like the goat photo.  Is there anything historic about the day,
other than using the new toy?


i thought he might be speaking of British politics, and the last pic seems 
to confirm it — goats gathered for the new chief nannie






--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Amazon Prime Day

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-12 13:57 , Bob W-PDML wrote:

It's prime year next year, 2017. No zooms allowed.


it's never great to be in a rush



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 English test

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-12 13:52 , mike wilson wrote:

http://www.arealme.com/vocabulary-size-test/en/

30150


29800, the internet exists to praise us while our life drains away


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Amazon Prime Day

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-12 13:11 , Nicole Jacque wrote:

I’m not seeing any Pentax gear :-(


irrespective of Prime Day (which should be a celebration of 
neotraditionalist photography), K-3ii is listed at $730 on Amazon 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.

Re: "You must have a nice camera!": Results vs. Tools (or Toys)

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-10 13:55 , Mark Roberts wrote:

Igor PDML-StR wrote:

How many times have you heard (usually from people you don't know
closely): "You've got nice photos, you must have a nice camera!".


I have heard this precisely zero times. I think it's a photographer's
Urban Legend.


i've heard it in almost those exact words at least twice


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: scanner help

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-10 10:27 , David J Brooks wrote:

bought a new cable, still the same no scanner found error message.


with Image Capture as well?


Now
i can't get the vuescan program to load, the icon just bounces and i
have to force quit.


have you tried unplugging the scanner and launching Vuescan? if that works, 
it's starting to sound like the scanner is borked — sending bad data over 
USB might make Vuescan hang; since you said you had intermittent success i'd 
also check whether the USB socket on the scanner has damage — i've seen 
devices rely on just the solder joint with the PC board to support the 
socket, and a bump can break them off


just to cover the bases, since you have an older OS version, i'd try both 32 
and 64 bit versions of Vuescan, which you can get here:




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: scanner help

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-09 12:37 , David J Brooks wrote:

I did manage to get it to work breifly after a series of off and on's
and unpluggings. Now it not seeing it at all.


try different USB cable(s)


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: scanner help

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-09 10:43 , David J Brooks wrote:

running OSX 10.6.8 i have installed the driver for my OS 10-12 times
now. I cannot find it anywhere on my computer


first of all, Vuescan does not require drivers to use an Epson 2450 — it 
just sees the scanner without help; i don't know whether adding the driver 
will interfere, but it's certainly not necessary


Godfrey mentions a problem with later versions of OS X, but you don't have a 
later version; his point may still be relevant — and it's echoed by this at 
the Vuescan site:


"If VueScan isn't working with the Firewire cable, try a USB cable, try a 
different Firewire port or a different Firewire cable."




regarding the "driver" you've downloaded and installed, you won't see it 
because it consists of support files that are buried in the (hidden) Library 
folders; you don't need to access them; what the driver does is make the 
scanner visible to Apple's simple scanning app, Image Capture; since you've 
installed the driver, try launching Image Capture to see if it can access 
the scanner





--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 Brexit Aftermath

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-06 11:42 , Steve Cottrell wrote:

Like you, I love my country and I don't want to see it watered down by a
conglomerate entity composed of politicians from across the union, some
with their own agendas that bear no parallel with the UK's interests.


i'm just reading this thread through today, and (though i've followed it 
closely elsewhere) it's very helpful to me to hear the articulations of a 
few European individuals on the subject …


your statement above resonates with the concepts of federalism and state's 
rights in the US, which in essence balance  power between the national and 
state governments and promote the states' keeping (some of) their individuality


one could say that over centuries, much "blending" has occurred, but that it 
was a gradual process and there is still plenty of room for difference among 
the states; unfortunately some of the major differences are in equality and 
human rights


just a thought: i wonder if the US states were less "individualistic" if 
there would be more or fewer gay-bashing laws, more or less horrible prison 
treatment, poverty, defunding of education, etc.? in addition, we've had 
several of our own influxes of immigrants which have prompted waves of 
intolerance, and there is much variance among the states in attitudes toward 
same


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: iPhone question

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-07 15:12 , Stanley Halpin wrote:

As I alluded in an earlier comment, you can purposefully use the iPhone to 
build a track of your locations but it seems unnecessarily complicated to me to 
transform that track to a map trace within Google Maps, and so I use the Track 
feature in the GPS units or cameras that provide that option.


a simple way to create a track — and limit it to those places you want 
tracked — is to take photos with the phone; iOS will put your photos on a 
map for you


i did this recently on a 400-mile cactus romp — there was no prepared route 
or map, and our guide simply had us follow him to the next locations; i took 
at least one phone shot at each stop, and sometimes along the way at 
intersections of the back roads; only later, looking at the phone-generated 
map, could i visualize where we had been (it works even if you are out of 
service range when you take the photos)


you can also use these phone photos to automatically geotag your camera photos


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: iPhone question

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-06 19:49 , Bill wrote:

OK, I'm trying to stay with a somewhat general question, so I will get more
specific.
Hypothetical situation, a person has a company supplied iPhone with location
services, wifi and bluetooth turned off.
The company runs find my iphone periodically. Can they tell everywhere the
phone has been in this situation when they check on his phone?


you have to opt in to Find My Phone, so if it's on, just turn it off 
(Settings > iCloud); anyone with a Stingray or a national security letter 
will probably still know where you are based on cell phone signals



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Upgrade a Mac Mini?

[steve harley]

On 2016-07-04 10:36 , Rick Womer wrote:

My photo computer is a Mac Mini with a 2.4 GHz Core2 Duo processor, 8 gig RAM, 
and a spinny internal hard drive (my pics are on a 1T external drive).

I have been considering upgrading it with a 480 GB internal SSD and 16 GB RAM. 
I figure that would cost $600-$700.

Is it worth it, or is the performance of the i5 and i7-based Minis so stellar 
that it's wortth spending the extra money?


6-700 will get you a long way toward a used mid-2011 to late-2013 iMac with 
a quad i5 or i7, a  good GPU, and capacity for 32GB of RAM, with a rather 
nice display as a bonus, even if it isn't "retina"; the main downside is 
they are not worth the trouble to replace the hard drive, so plan eventually 
for a Thunderbolt case/adapter for an SSD




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Life's little lessons learned

[steve harley]

On 2016-06-23 10:29 , John wrote:

The Vet says this food is fine, especially since she WILL eat it. She
won't eat some of the better, more nutritious specialty foods, which is
good for me, 'cause I can't really afford them.


i realize it's a choice, and i've been down the road of "i hate this 
high-end food you're giving me"; just thought it might be a factor in the 
vomiting


we do use mostly no-grain, high-protein foods (except when a cat has kidney 
problems), but we shop around and work the frequent-buyer programs to keep 
the cost under control



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Life's little lessons learned

[steve harley]

On 2016-06-23 9:37 , John wrote:

Friskies Salmon & Shrimp cat food is little chunks of salmon with tiny
shrimp mixed in. It explodes in the microwave. It sticks to all three
walls, the roof & the inside of the door. I don't know how it gets down
under the rotating glass plate, but it does.

You have to clean it up right away or everything you cook in the
microwave from then on will smell like rotten fish.

Did I mention it STICKS to the interior?


great imagery!

i wonder if a different grade of cat food would help?





--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: vignetting on the K-1 --- Lightroom 6.6

[steve harley]

On 2016-06-18 12:40 , John wrote:

Can't see it unless you create a Tumblr account. Ain't gonna.

On 6/17/2016 8:20 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote:


I get what you're saying about Facebook, though. It inspired me to
create, and rapidly abandon, this Tumblr:

https://www.tumblr.com/blog/thatsnotareleasenote


try



but as Matthew hinted, there's not much 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.

Re: Card not formatted

[steve harley]

On 2016-06-04 13:51 , Bruce Walker wrote:

There are always writes, Larry. Eg: file metadata like "last time
accessed". A few others too that make sense to the OS, but that are
unimportant to "we the people". And these writes are to the directory
structure.


i'm really surprised by this and wonder if it is a misleading error message 
based on some stupid assumption of the camera firmware; i've not seen this 
error, but Larry is not alone:




it wouldn't seem to fit the idea of writing metadata such as access time 
(given that the card has only been "read") because i don't believe OS X 
would store access time on the FAT filesystem SD cards use in a way that 
would corrupt the card if the write was interrupted



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: DVD ripper recommendations?

[steve harley]

On 2016-06-03 24:04 , Bipin Gupta wrote:

Hello Christine, a good DVD Ripper is DVD Decrypter. It was Open
Source Software and totally FREE.


Bipin, i found it here:



however it is Windows-only and it does not transcode the content — Christine 
needs a Mac application that transcodes into MP4 for use with iTunes; she's 
gotten both open source and payware suggestions for exactly what she needs


also, it appears DVD Decrypter is not actually open source — it _was_ 
freeware, but distribution is prohibited by the current owner of the software



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: DVD ripper recommendations?

[steve harley]

On 2016-06-02 10:55 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

Handbrake is decent on OS X, but not great. It fails to rip about half of the 
titles I've tried using it, where WinX DVD for Mac has only failed to rip two 
titles (out of 35) so far.


i've ripped more than 300 movies and episodes with Handbrake over several 
years; the occasional failures i've had have always been due to scratched 
media, or sometimes choosing the wrong tracks (which can be troublesome with 
some discs)


Handbrake has got way more options than i need, but i have used the same 
saved settings for two or three years; other than track selection and output 
filename, the only thing i ever change are the subtitle settings, and rarely 
the audio track settings, for non-English discs


i use it in conjunction with MetaZ to add metadata to the rips, and load the 
results into iTunes for beaming to an AppleTV; also sometimes load the same 
rips onto an iPad for travel; i'm using the latest versions of Handbrake on 
OS X 10.9.5



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: The interior shoot

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-25 18:48 , Paul Stenquist wrote:

I passed up an excellent opportunity to buy the DFA 15-30. The 12-24 in crop 
mode really isn't wide enough for interiors. This was a lot of work. At some 
point I couldn't bear compositing another set of windows  and resorted to 
burning them in. Eventually chucked the tripod as well and relied on the low 
light capability of the K-1. Am I getting old or what? BTW if a PDML member 
buys my house at the advertised price Ill throw in a K-1, a DFA 15-30 and the 
24-70. Such a deal.
http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1091330


well-photographed, i think you got the windows well enough for this type of 
shot; a few funny angles, but i have a hard time putting myself into the 
shoes of someone wanting this type of house so i can't really say … 
definitely better than the vast majority of real estate shots; good luck 
with the sale — would be $1.5+M here in silly Denver




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Boris PESO #23 and #24 - Using SMCP A 50/1.2 on Olympus EM-1

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-20 12:42 , Boris Liberman wrote:

Using this lens even at f1.2 and getting accurate focus is
extraordinarily easy... The view finder (being really nice and
comfortable for me EVF) shows in-focus transition really clearly.
Also, on-demand magnification and focus peaking help a lot.


i have an E-M1 now too, moved up from an E-M5, and i like how both handle 
with small Pentax lenses, but especially the focus-peaking on the E-M1; a 
direct K->µ4/3 adapter, even a cheap one, should fix infinity


i liked 50mm (and macro) so well with these cameras, however, that i 
splurged on an Olympus 50mm f/2.0 macro (with a 4/3->µ4/3 adapter); still 
use my Pentax-M 100mm f/4 Macro though



http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2016/05/2016-24-dog-life.html


great dog! looks like it's on a moving train, but of course it's not, and a 
nice balance



Now, only if PDML elders would permit such a blasphemy and let me post
PUGs or even for PDML annual...


using a Pentax lens on any camera is eligible for PUG, i thought


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Telemarketers

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-19 15:26 , Igor PDML-StR wrote:


Yep, and "You've got a virus on your computer" is yet another popular one.


this is Windows Technical Support, we have detected some problems with your 
computer …


i have had this one probably 50 times in the last five years; it is my 
mission to get one of them to admit that they are ashamed that they scam 
people for a living; the closest i have gotten is cuss words in polite 
Indian/Pakistani English



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Heron

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-09 16:13 , Nicole Jacque wrote:

Well, this is turning into a PESO/GESO a day-so, but I’ve now gone through my 
pictures from the other side of Morro rock.  My favorite picture from the south 
side was a tiny bird, but on the north side, it’s a big one:

Coming in for a landing: https://flic.kr/p/G6vFd4

In flight: https://flic.kr/p/G6vFug


i didn't look at the album because the first two were excellent, didn't need 
more; especially the headless one you call "in flight"



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: no mas mark

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-14 7:10 , Bob W-PDML wrote:

All the Marks should change their name to Steve. That would simplify things. At 
least according to Ockham's theory. Steve of Ockham, that is.


that doesn't work; i was one of three steves in 3rd grade; they decided to 
call me the surname of my mother's then-boyfriend


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Way OT - iPhone cat pic

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-12 19:08 , Marco Alpert wrote:

Tucker feels the Internet is sorely lacking cat videos.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3275i3k6rkzz6uw/Tucker2.jpg?dl=0


catching up on his twitter feed no doubt



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: This is an HTML email

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-13 10:34 , John wrote:

On 5/11/2016 7:04 PM, steve harley wrote:


just to exercise the new config here are some non-ASCII characters:

üµ•°√`¡™£¢∞§

(my UTF-8 emails to the list are often converted to ASCII by the listserv)



FWIW, some of those characters (£, ¢) worked before the change was implemented.


as far as i know, they all worked previously (assuming a compliant 
recipient); i was just checking to be sure the switch to transmitting UTF-8 
as base64 didn't disrupt things; most people won't have noticed the base64 
detail



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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-1 on Amazon for $1996

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-11 19:13 , Larry Colen wrote:

Someone with the account "Pentax" on Amazon has a K-1 for $1996, it seems to
be in stock.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BL6L3G6/ref=s9_dcacsd_bhz_bw_c_x_1

Have they already raised the price?


"by Pentax" is the manufacturer; "Ships from and sold by PORTABLE GUY."

--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: This is an HTML email

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-10 10:27 , Rick Womer wrote:

Herr Listmeister set the software to accept html, but it converts it to
plain text, IIRC.


indeed, that's what it is doing; one odd side-effect is that Unicode email 
is coming in base64-encoded; it's plain text, and it's legal, but it seems 
unnecessary:



Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64



just to exercise the new config here are some non-ASCII characters:

üµ•°√`¡™£¢∞§

(my UTF-8 emails to the list are often converted to ASCII by the listserv)

--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: And again, in the Chicago area ...

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-09 7:19 , Collin B wrote:

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nwc/phd/554219.html
K85/1.8


you might be interested in this:



in case it's gone by the time you look, it's FA* 85/1.4 for $600 in Denver; 
i am tempted, but i'd rarely use it




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: price question

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-07 5:37 , David J Brooks wrote:

Is a A three year old plus or minus, mac book pro with 4 gig ram El
Capitan OS at $895 Canadian
a little high??


coming at this late, i am shopping for a new (used) laptop so i have a sense 
of the market, and yes, that price seems just a bit high unless there are 
some major perks (e.g. remaining AppleCare warranty, accessories, large SSD)


it's hard to be sure without getting into some details

if it's really three years old (2013 model), it's a "Retina" model, which 
means non-upgradable, and thus 4GB is a sign of a lower-end model; if it 
happens to be a 2012 model, you'll see from the link below that is a 
transition year — some models were Retina and some not — so it may be 
expandable, but 4GB still likely indicates a lower-end model


if you want a low-end model, i think for that price you should be able to 
find a 2014 with some AppleCare left (AppleCare warranty lasts three years, 
and is a big plus on a used Mac)


EveryMac is a very good reference to tell the difference between models, 
however i find their estimated used prices to be much too high




note the Q links toward the top of the page


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Questions regarding drives

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-03 2:45 , Larry Colen wrote:

The second is that I've heard a lot of anecdotal evidence that an SSD for
the primary drive, and for the lightroom catalog will make a big difference
in performance.  The one person I was able to find who benchmarked this
found no difference in performance:
http://www.computer-darkroom.com/blog/will-an-ssd-improve-adobe-lightroom-performance/


first, those were clearly compute-bound tests, so the SSD didn't really get 
tested; because of that it doesn't matter that he put the SSD on the slower 
of the two internal buses on the MacBook Pro in question, though it would 
have made a difference on i/o bound tests


further, that's four years old — even if your Mac is that old, Lightroom and 
SSDs have both changed significantly since then




Has anyone done any actual benchmarking on this?


not me


 SSDs do give a benefit in
latency, but do they have any higher of a data transfer speed?  What about
PCI-Express SSD cards?  Are they any better than SATA SSDs?


today's SSDs almost always outperform spinny disks in transfer rate, and 
SATA can be the limiting factor on fast SSDs; external buses like Firewire, 
USB-3 or even Thunderbolt 2 can also be a limiting factor


what i think you need to find out is whether i/o speed is important to your 
workflow; i understand LR6 has *some* optimizations to use GPUs on Macs now, 
and likes quad i7 CPUs; and i would expect maxing RAM would be important 
too; after addressing those, as the processing part gets more efficient, the 
relative importance of file system performance will increase



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Stupid Mac Question

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-01 12:57 , Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:

While all of that might be useful if you're working with corporate security, 
the VAST majority of users will never have the sophistication to crack the 
system and really track down all the bits. No need to change or wipe machines, 
and very very VERY few people install spyware on computers that they share with 
their partners, unless they both have deep problems that have been going on for 
years and years, and they're particularly computer skilled.


i agree, what i described as the "most paranoid course" is only for a 
high-stakes situation



To lock down a system that's been shared:

1- In System Preferences, create a new user account with administrator 
privileges and a strong password.
2- Restart and login with that new account.
3- In System Preferences, disable administrator privileges on all other 
accounts.
4- Restart again.
5- Login on the user account you want to protect.
6- In System Preferences, change the user account's password.
7- If the account shared permissions in the file system with any other account, 
change the permissions on those folders to restrict access to just the owning 
account.
8- Logout of the user account, login on the administrator account.
9- Enable FileVault with a strong password.


yes, this is the course to take if the ex has hands-on access to the 
computer; i assumed that wouldn't be the case and focused on remote exploits


either way, it's still imperative to change the iCloud password, if iCloud 
is in use


and if File Sharing, Remote Login etc. has been enabled, the steps above 
won't keep out someone who has added their account to the lists of permitted 
users; changing the passwords for all accounts takes care of that without 
having to know all the details of how remote access works, but you also have 
to look out for Sharing permissions for "everyone"; these are things an 
ordinary experienced user could exploit


using FileVault depends on the details of that "older machine"; i would not 
recommend FileVault unless running Lion (10.7) or newer; it also may 
significantly slow a computer unless it has an i5 or i7 CPU (which have 
encryption commands built-in)


in addition to passwords for various online accounts, also change the 
"security questions" if the ex knows the answers


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Stupid Mac Question

[steve harley]

On 2016-05-01 7:46 , Bill wrote:

A friend (yes, I have 2, and I value them), has an Apple laptop of some
sort. It's a few years old. This might give a hint.
Anyway, she is going through a bit of a breakup and wants to change her
passwords to keep the soon to be ex out of her computer, and she has asked
me to assist.

So, how similar is her computer going to be to my iPad in terms of this sort
of thing?


it's not exactly simple…

if he has physical access to the computer and a little bit of knowledge, the 
only way to keep him out would be to use FileVault to encrypt the whole hard 
drive; if that's not an issue, at a minimum you need to look for


1) change passwords for all Users (System Preferences > Users and Groups); 
note that any user labeled "admin" can access all files on the computer


2) change iCloud password (for Mail, iTunes purchases, etc.) managed on the 
web via icloud.com


3) carefully check the settings for each service under System Preferences > 
Sharing (each of these has detailed settings for who can use that sharing 
type); turn off unneeded sharing, and vet the list of users for any needed 
sharing type


4) reset password for ISP and any wifi router

this doesn't begin to address her internet accounts; Stan is right about the 
Keychain — if he has already got a copy of it and knows her old login 
passsword, he can unlock that he can get all the passwords to internet 
accounts and whatnot that might have been saved


i have probably overlooked something, and there's always a chance that 
spyware or something might be hidden on the computer … the most paranoid 
course would be (after changing passwords) to start with a new computer, 
turn filevault on, and transfer her info (Apple will often do that as a 
courtesy when you buy a computer), then destroy the hard drive in the old 
computer, and change passwords again


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Long macro lenses for K mount?

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-29 14:52 , Larry Colen wrote:

What are the options for long focal length macros?  How are they optically?
Are there any teleconverters that do well?  Or, am I just better off
cropping tighter?



this 300mm mirror lens has 0.5X maximum magnification and theoretically 
exists in k-mount:




i got the max magnification from sources listing the lens for other mounts; 
it may also be available from Rokinon, and Tokina seems to have a 300mm 
mirror with the same magnification, though i can't find anything about 
K-mount; at a fixed f/6.3 it will have a very shallow depth of field, and 
i'm not sure what to expect when stacking images with "ring" bokeh





--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Long macro lenses for K mount?

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-29 14:52 , Larry Colen wrote:

What are the options for long focal length macros?  How are they optically?
Are there any teleconverters that do well?  Or, am I just better off
cropping tighter?


one option is to use a 100mm macro on a Micro 4/3 camera; i find that the 
Pentax M 100/4 handles nicely, and focus-peaking in the EVF is a bonus


another option is adapted lenses on K-mount bodies; for example i have a 6x7 
SMC Macro-Takumar 135mm/4 which i've considered adapting; it's a big 
beautiful lens, but i'm not not convinced it would be tack sharp on a small 
sensor, and it's not that much longer than the 100mm macros i have



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: OOF rendering in focus stacks

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-28 11:49 , Jostein wrote:


Had another go at stacking today, and followed the simplest possible
variation of the suggestions from the List. One extra exposure at f/22 at
the far end of the focus stack. Looks like an improvement to me. :-)

http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/


the transition is much more natural, however for this particular image (and 
your earlier version) i like the more blurry background corns




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Monitor Specs

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-28 11:04 , Darren Addy wrote:

Flat out - if you're mostly displaying your work on the web, use sRGB.

Read this article: https://fstoppers.com/pictures/adobergb-vs-srgb-3167

Your goal should be to work in the same color space that your target
audience will be seeing. For 99% of computer monitors, that means
SRGB. Doesn't matter if you personally have a wide-gamut monitor, most
people don't.


one thing i'd note is that if you have a wide audience "computer monitor" 
should be broadened to include mobile devices; current iPhones and iPads 
have pretty much exactly sRGB gamut; iPad Pro meets DCI-P3, an up-and-coming 
display standard that extends sRGB about halfway to the extra greens and 
blues of Adobe RGB


some Android devices are also wide-gamut, and there are wider-gamut 
standards and displays on the horizon, so i think if you are buying a 
display for photo editing to last you a few years, it's worth going beyond 
sRGB in capability


[also from the linked article]

You can create the photo with a non-sRGB color space and let the web
automatically convert/interpret the colors to sRGB. But if you let the
web do that conversion, it will not do a great job, some colors will
look off or desaturated... whereas your own conversion will be exactly
what you want.


and unfortunately you'll want to consider reconverting in a couple of years 
when the consumer display space has moved forward


it's also worth pointing out that for web images it's the browser or the OS, 
not the web, that does the conversion



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 few grains of pepper

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-26 11:44 , Jostein wrote:

http://www.alunfoto.no/sider/peso/

Comments most appreciated.
This photo is an experiment in stacking. It's made from about 40 exposures,
which may be overkill but is at least without glitches in the focus area.
Personally I don't like the sharp transition between in-focus and OOF areas
in the picture, and wonder if anyone has suggestions for how this can be
rendered in a more natural looking way.



that's a cool shot — gives the peppercorn some personality, like it is 
striving for individuality


i have an idea for fixing the stacking transition, but i haven't tried it — 
first of all it looks like you stacked more deeply than you needed, but that 
might help — find the first shot with focus behind the peppercorn, and apply 
a very slight Gaussian blur, go to the next shot and apply slightly more, 
and so forth, then stack; to make a very smooth transition, you might need 
even more back-focused shots


there is also an abrupt front transition; you could try the same technique 
there, or just take a few more shots front-focused



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Monitor Specs

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-26 3:27 , Larry Colen wrote:

I mentioned that used mac pro I got
a great deal on, it turns out that my thunderbolt display does not work with
it. I suspect that backward compatibility is against the macintologist
religion or something.


Thunderbolt at the video source is directly backward compatible with 
DisplayPort, and via trivial adapters with HDMI and DVI


the Thunderbolt Display, as the receiver of the video signal, only works 
with Thunderbolt Macs, and was primarily intended as a "dock" for 
Thunderbolt laptops, since it also has two-way audio & video, USB, FireWire 
and Ethernet and power …


Apple has moved on to 5K Retina displays on the iMacs, but there's so far no 
corresponding 5K external display, probably because there are lots of 
gotchas about transmitting the signal; the only way Macs can drive a 5K 
display at present is if they have Thunderbolt 2 and use a pair of 
Thunderbolt or DisplayPort cables; the exception would be Mac Pros with a 
third party video card supporting HDMI 2.0


this is a pretty thorough guide to what Macs can use what displays, though 
it does not get into the color space issue at all:




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: iCrap

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-23 12:07 , John wrote:

If you're setting it up to recognize fingerprints, register as many of
them as it will let you - from both hands.


i use one main thumbprint, give it a couple of rounds, then wait and give it 
a round with my finger just after a shower, or after a post-gardening scrub, 
or some other time when it doesn't register well; that makes it able to 
recognize me whether i'm fresh or sour



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: SMC Pentax M 100/4 Macro

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-22 2:25 , Alan C wrote:

Any comments on this lens? Would $40 be a fair price?


i have one that i've used a fair amount on µ4/3 and i enjoy using it and get 
good results; if it's in good shape that's a good price


i've also had the K-mount Sigma EX 105/2.8 Macro and now the DFA 100/2.8 WR 
— those are a major step up and more generally useful, but of course they 
cost quite a bit more



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 different test

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-21 10:11 , steve harley wrote:


i don't have a
"Correspondents" column


i take this part back — it turns out the first update didn't get me all the 
way to Thunderbird 45; now i have that version and see Correspondents, 
(though it's not acting like yours) and the instructions i referenced worked 
perfectly for reverting to the old columns



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 different test

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-20 19:30 , ann sanfedele wrote:

[...] Now, there is a column entitiled "Correspondents" [...]

Am I stuck with this, Fellow users of Thunderbird?  do ya know?

Do you see the mail coming from me as being from the list in the indexes of
your mail? OR can you see my name in that column?


Ann, i just applied the latest Thunderbird update, but i don't have a 
"Correspondents" column; i do believe you are seeing it — i learned that 
it's a new feature combining From and To columns; so in the case of your 
outgoing emails it is indicating that *you* sent to *Pentax-Discuss*, and if 
you look closely there should be arrows indicating the difference between 
outgoing and incoming


on my end, and most of our ends, we see it as coming from you, so your mail 
hasn't changed, just the details of the Thunderbird interface


here's a blog post i found on getting the old behavior back:




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 - Office Sharing

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-17 18:43 , ann sanfedele wrote:

NSFMJ

Used tripod  - ISO 400 f 7.1   21mm   - got away with this because I didn't
try to evict her...


i'm "all ears" waiting for the link ;?>

--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 an idiot: Broke off the battery door on my K-3 II

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-16 15:30 , Darren Addy wrote:

No idea how it happened, but I know I was stupid enough to leave the
camera with the battery door open.


if this helps you a little bit, i was stupid enough to leave the whole 
camera once



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: PDML: Where are you located? (Lurkers also welcome to reply.)

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-16 20:13 , ann sanfedele wrote:

a tourist in Boston asking a cabby
where he could get Scrod and the
cabby replied  "I didn't know that verb had a past plu-perfect"


thank you for re-enlightening me (grew up in Maine, of Boston ancestry, but 
never belonged)


[and brought to my knees by you, the Scrabble erudite, spelling it "cabby"]


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: PDML: Where are you located? (Lurkers also welcome to reply.)

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-14 8:07 , Darren Addy wrote:

I'm curious as to where in the world PDML people are located.


Denver, Colorado, USA
in the ancient alluvial plain of the South Platte River, steppe climate, 
purple politics, inflated real estate market, beer



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Word of the Day

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-13 13:28 , Bob W-PDML wrote:

Roads shouldn't be straight. They should follow contour lines, or old animal 
migration trails, or drove roads. Straight roads are an abomination. Although 
it's quite nice to follow Roman roads. There's a good one leading from Pontoise 
right into Paris.


to take this farther afield, the Mayans built some amazing roads in the 
Yucatan, where the contour lines, and often the roads, are very, very straight


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 - 'Looking at you'

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-11 14:30 , Ken Waller wrote:

A White-breasted Nuthatch captured with a K3 & FA 300mm f4.5 - @ f5.0,
1/400sec, 800 ISO, handheld.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18216352


eye-catching!


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Word of the Day

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-12 17:43 , Bruce Walker wrote:

On Tue, Apr 12, 2016 at 6:40 PM, steve harley <p...@paper-ape.com> wrote:


my grandmother Priscilla's lifelong nickname was Pike; she was the opposite
of an ecdysiast


Which, presumably, is someone who pulls clothes on for the amusement
(relief?) of others.

Or is it someone who disrobes to enrage others?


it's a puzzle, was she a dysecdysiast, an antiecdysiast?

i think she was an anecdysiast, but my evidence is largely anecdotal

--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Word of the Day

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-12 16:21 , P.J. Alling wrote:

That's my understanding as well.  It gets more confusing here because the
State removed the Tolls from the Connecticut Turnpike about 20 years ago so
it's properly speaking no longer a turnpike.


US 36 in Colorado was still called "the turnpike" long after tolls stopped; 
the name had mostly faded away by the time it was rebuilt last year, adding 
toll lanes but no toll booths or pikes; plus now the buses on that road will 
be called "bus rapid transit" even though they don't come close to meeting 
the international standards for BRT; names don't seem to mean as much any more


my grandmother Priscilla's lifelong nickname was Pike; she was the opposite 
of an ecdysiast



--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Word of the Day

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-12 15:49 , Brian Walters wrote:

Speaking of words, 'turnpike' is one I've never understood. I know it
refers to what we (ie. downunder) would call an expressway or motorway,
but what's the etymology of 'turnpike'?


it's specifically a toll road in the U.S.; online etymology dictionary tells 
me "pike" was a barrier at which one would stop and pay the toll, and "turn" 
is because the barrier could be hinged out of the way





--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Good photographic essay

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-10 13:22 , Stanley Halpin wrote:

 From today’s NY Times, some very compelling photos…

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/04/08/sunday-review/exposures-kuwait-salgado.html?ref=opinion


that was intense

another powerful take on that same apocalyptic episode was Werner Herzog's 
"Lessons of Darkness"; the footage is pure documentary, but the narration is 
not; it's probably pretty good on video but it's amazing on a big screen


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Breakfast

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-08 23:56 , David Mann wrote:

Sadly the winters here are too cold so I have to start from seeds again each 
spring.


note that you can bring pepper plants inside for the winter and they keep 
producing; ours don't get full sun in winter so their production drops; 
there are some small ornamental (but edible, and spicy) peppers which are 
more eye-pleasing; we once kept one of the jewel-like Thai peppers alive for 
a few years


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Bag Heaven in Europe

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-07 14:33 , Steve Cottrell wrote:

I wasn't going to post this to the PDML as it appears the things can
only be purchased in Europe and thereby denying our esteemed rest-of-the-
world colleagues the chance to (should their bag-envy kick in) buy one.

Found a heavenly leather camera bag made by Frenchman Paul Maurius. I've
got the smaller one, Le Petit Reporter.


i am not a leather camera bag person, but these look like excellent bags for 
the price; i went direct to paulmarius.fr and saw (via an a somewhat 
involved faux purchase exercise) that one can specify an États-Unis shipping 
address and pay 35 euro shipping — still comes out pretty competitive with 
boutique brands here


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-06 17:40 , David J Brooks wrote:

Its just that i'm a tad concerned due to my reluctance to upgrade my
OS and am still on 10.6.8


ClamXav will run on that


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-06 17:07 , steve harley wrote:

i don't use it, but i tend to be skeptical about such products, and that is
borne out by the testing of the 2.9.4 version of MacScan noted in this article:

<http://www.thesafemac.com/mac-anti-virus-testing-2014/>


and further by the Amazon reviews of the current version:

<http://www.amazon.com/Tri-Synergy-183861001604-MacScan/product-reviews/B000RJX55G>

i have always heard good things about ClamXav, though i haven't tried using 
it in several years:


<https://www.clamxav.com>

and Bruce Walker gave a strong endorsement for Kaspersky, which has a Mac 
product; alas, a lot of Amazon users do *not* like the Mac Kaspersky product:


<http://www.amazon.com/Kaspersky-Internet-Security-for-Mac/dp/B00E6ONJZY#customerReviews>


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-06 9:06 , David J Brooks wrote:

Anyone else use Macscan. I bought it a few years ago and run it now
and then. It seems to find 1-20 tracking cookies which i delete each
time. Am i expecting to much from Macscan.??


i don't use it, but i tend to be skeptical about such products, and that is 
borne out by the testing of the 2.9.4 version of MacScan noted in this article:





--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Floppy Brummy

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-04 11:28 , John Francis wrote:

On Sun, Apr 03, 2016 at 08:47:13PM +0100, Bob W-PDML wrote:


also tried to dig into his multiplication algorithm, but became impatient


[...] Booth's algorithm attempts to speed the multiplication process up by 
reducing the
number of addition steps needed. [...] (If you want even more details, there's 
a fairly good Wikipedia article).


i actually started with the Wikipedia article, and i have enough background 
i could have worked through it, but i could see it was going to take some 
concentration … i liked your explanation better — boiled down to the key points


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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 - a silly thing.. veso

[steve harley]

On 2016-03-29 15:07 , Steve Cottrell wrote:


At the moment it is. The thing about Youtube which is so shit is that it
doesn't matter what format you upload your video in, Youtube will re-
encode it into Flash Video which has major suckage factors.


i don't have Flash installed for my browser (Safari), so YouTube 
automatically switches to HTML5 video (and loads what is probably an MP4 
version)


Ann's video doesn't play for me on eBay, but i bet the embed code she used 
assumes i have Flash; it plays fine on YouTube


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Floppy Brummy

[steve harley]

On 2016-04-02 14:41 , Bob W-PDML wrote:

An interesting article for the computer people on the list:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35924858


got me interested enough to find a photo of Booth's original magnetic drum



also tried to dig into his multiplication algorithm, but became impatient


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: stuff does wear out

[steve harley]

On 2016-03-31 9:08 , Stanley Halpin wrote:

Yesterday I received from B a new Airport Extreme basestation (6th Gen) to 
replace my old Airport Extreme basestation (2nd Gen). Life is good. I am once again 
living in the fast lane…

I am still a bit baffled as my naive expectation is that electronic gear will 
either go bad within weeks of purchase or it will last forever. But apart from 
a major speed boost coming with the move from 2nd to 6th Generation, the 
changeover seems to have also taken care of the reliability issue. So I guess 
even electronics wear out.



i'm not so sure about your conclusion, since i can think of some other 
possibilities; that's not to say that upgrading is a bad idea, just that the 
rationale that the "old one wore out" should be tentative


the most common reliability problem i have experienced with hardware has to 
do with power supplies; when they don't simply fail, they sometimes put out 
too little, or varying power, or one of two voltages fail; the symptoms may 
be intermittent, or the device may seem to power on, but not actually work


wifi routers are known to have firmware bugs, sometimes triggered by new 
characteristics in network traffic; for example there is a lot more 
"flooding" type traffic on the Internet in recent years, and it's known to 
crash some routers; i had a DSL router with exactly that problem a few years 
ago; a firmware update can be the cure, but newer routers often have the 
benefit of firmware that's been better hardened


it may also be that your radio environment has changed, and that simply 
finding, and switching to, the least-used channel would help; newer, 
multi-antenna routers seem to have less trouble with interference


finally there are configuration issues; a few years ago i stayed in my 
brother's Brooklyn apartment and he noted that his wifi router had to be 
restarted often; i did some research and found that a certain mode that was 
supposed to speed things up actually interacted poorly with his ISP; turning 
that mode off put the router on a steady footing




--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Changes (aging) new beginnings & HD v SMC

[steve harley]

On 2016-03-29 8:31 , Mark Stringer wrote:

I wouldn't rid myself of a good lens just to get the HD nor would I pass up
a good used lens.  The article you may have read and I read was here

http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/hd-pentax-limited-primes/introduction.html

worth reading by any member concerned about the difference.  As steve harley
wrote, there are some trade offs.


yeah that was the article; i have the SMC 15mm as well, and didn't see 
reason to yearn for either of the HD versions


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.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: Fwd: Spring Pond size

[steve harley]

On 2016-03-29 8:10 , Jack Davis wrote:

As is obvious, I sent this response to Dan, but have now decided to
post it to the list.
Anyone else find this an unwieldy sized image?

httP://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1043


it loaded a bit slowly, making me think you might have used HTML to scale a 
larger image to fit the box, but my scrutiny says you did not — just a 
quality-10 JPEG with lots of detail


as far as size on my screen, with that much detail i usually like them that 
large or larger, but not everyone has big displays


--
PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List
PDML@pdml.net
http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow 
the directions.