Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks Miserere. :-) I recall I voted for some of the photos in the Pentax gallery. I think it's a shame they didn't make it. Jostein PS how are the dancing lessons going? :-) 2009/8/12 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: 2009/8/11 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: IIRC, there was some bloke who wanted

Re: Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway

2009-08-12 Thread Jens
Congrats, Jostien. I wouldn't sell the K20D just yet. I love that camera :-) But I'll selle my K10D and *ist D, if possible. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Jul 16, 2009 23:22 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: That's kind of you, Steve. Makes it look

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway

2009-08-12 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: I wouldn't sell the K20D just yet. I love that camera :-) But I'll selle my K10D and *ist D, if possible. I'd rather sell the K20D and keep the K10D. The K20D does nothing the K-7 can't do as well but the K10D is much better suited for night photography, has lower

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway

2009-08-12 Thread AlunFoto
Well too late for reconsidering there. The K10D is long gone already. Currently I'm thinking that the the K20D ought to go for some other practical reasons. One is that the K-7 controls are different enough from the K20D to confuse me when in a hurry. Secondly they don't share batteries and

Re: GESO - Huntington

2009-08-12 Thread AlunFoto
Lovely series, Doug. I remember from some time in a previous millenium that you strongly advocated the use of Fuji Astia for nature shots. Being a sucker for stronger colour I didn' understand what you were talking about until I saw your images. Seeing this series reminded me. :-) You have a

Re: Why engineers never score

2009-08-12 Thread mike wilson
John Sessoms wrote: From: Dario Bonazza And the Project Pebble (photo contest winner) has Pentax contents in it. Just see: http://www.projectpebble.co.uk/ I remember it being discussed here earlier because they chose Pentax for the still camera. Shame somebody appears to have nicked it.

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-12 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:41 AM, William Robbwar...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: David J Brooks Subject: Re: Really OT Google maps On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 11:22 AM, John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I carry a loud ball-whistle. Nothing on earth makes that

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway (and Sweden)

2009-08-12 Thread Bertil Holmberg
Gave the old K10D to my sister. But I will keep the *istDS, I still love that tiny DSLR :D Bertil I wouldn't sell the K20D just yet. I love that camera :-) But I'll selle my K10D and *ist D, if possible. I'd rather sell the K20D and keep the K10D. The K20D does nothing the K-7 can't do as

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-12 Thread David J Brooks
Ann, I like the BW shot in the first link. Has a real old time NY feel to it. Dave On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:56 PM, ann sanfedeleann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the  BW.

OT: where to purchase a LOT of 8x12 prints?

2009-08-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Charles Robinson At the Twins Days festival I attended last weekend, I did the official group shots on Saturday and Sunday. People order prints of this picture, and then the people who run the festival pack the ordered shots (usually a pair of prints for either Saturday or Sunday,

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-12 Thread William Robb
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:56 PM, ann sanfedelewrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium This reminds me of something Steichen would have taken. Replace the Fed/Ex van with a

Re: OT: where to purchase a LOT of 8x12 prints?

2009-08-12 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 12, 2009, at 8:52, John Sessoms wrote: If you have to provide the prints, I'd check with CostCo first, see if they can actually make the prints. If so, the price should be pretty good. I'm going to work that angle. Price for an 8x12 is $1.49. I've had stuff printed there

Re: OT: where to purchase a LOT of 8x12 prints?

2009-08-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Charles Robinson Subject: Re: OT: where to purchase a LOT of 8x12 prints? I need to call them and see what they think about really big orders. That would keep a minilab machine busy for a fair amount of time, I would imagine. Wherever you go, odds

Re: GESO - Huntington

2009-08-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11/08/2009, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Family and I drove over to Huntington, WV on Saturday for a day out and to eat at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, a sort of trash art dive outside Huntington. Here are a few of the photos I made on the trip.

RE: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Actually, just dropping your camera on the floor is the most serious g forces you will typically encounter. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 4:46 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Peso New addition to the family.

2009-08-12 Thread David J Brooks
http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Its a bit dark, and i readjusted it but it took close to 4 minutes for LR to make an 86K file, from a 16meg D200 file, so i left it. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region,

Re: The pressure is on (lens/camera advice?)

2009-08-12 Thread Charles Robinson
On Aug 11, 2009, at 18:42, Doug Brewer wrote: Charles Robinson wrote: The megaphone was worked by my brother. The shot on Saturday in the rainstorm was immensely entertaining - to see approximately 600 people (maybe more!) drop their umbrellas on queue so that they wouldn't block the

Re: Peso New addition to the family.

2009-08-12 Thread Boris Liberman
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 7:28 AM, David J Brookspentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Its a bit dark, and i readjusted it but it took close to 4 minutes for LR to make an 86K file, from a 16meg D200 file, so i left it. Dave Congrats. Perchance you should be

Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread Ed Keeney
De-lurking for a question and/or opinion... For the most part I crop most of my shots as 4x6 for basic printing for myself and family. Every now and then I take it up to 5x7 or even 8x10. Now each of these has a different ratio so it's usually a separate process for each shot (versus printing a

Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-12 Thread Rob Studdert
On 11/08/2009, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: A couple more comments after readings all posts :) - A logger is easier to use but most of them have built-in battery you can't remove. What if it is depleted? Sucks huh? Even if it is removable, one more charger :( - I dunno if some

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Miserere
2009/8/11 Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com: Miserere, that's a pity - I was going to take dancing and singing lessons from you :( --Sasha Yeah, it's sad. But hey, you can still take lessons from me, Sasha. Just not Photography lessons...I wouldn't want to ruin your pictures. --M. --

Re: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-12 Thread Cotty
On 11/8/09, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Guess I'm in a Cotty sort of mood. ;-) Mark! Trouble ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Really OT Google maps

2009-08-12 Thread Desjardins, Steve
Even better: you can sing it to I'm in a New York State of Mind. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Cotty Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 12:03 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: Really OT Google maps On 11/8/09, Christine Aguila,

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread Miserere
Sorry Ed, but I'm not sure what exactly you are asking. I generally crop my photos to 4:5 ratio; it seems the bit of my brain that deals with photography likes to see in that ratio. This is helpful because when I send files out for printing I go for 8x10. Sometimes landscape shots I do leave alone

Re: The pressure is on (lens/camera advice?)

2009-08-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Charles Robinson wrote: Of course! http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2009/twinsdays/content/IMGP3958_large.html -Charles and there yo go. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: GESO - Huntington

2009-08-12 Thread Doug Brewer
Rob Studdert wrote: On 11/08/2009, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: Family and I drove over to Huntington, WV on Saturday for a day out and to eat at Hillbilly Hot Dogs, a sort of trash art dive outside Huntington. Here are a few of the photos I made on the trip.

Re: OT: where to purchase a LOT of 8x12 prints?

2009-08-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
Charles, In addition to mpix.com you may consider adorama's lab: http://www.adoramapix.com/PriceList.aspx They have reasonable prices. I used to use them a lot (although not in the quantaties of 8x12 that you are talking about) in early 2000s, so I don't how they changed since that. A local

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 03:29:26AM -0700, Sasha Sobol wrote: A couple of shots I took with my K20d and their 55mm: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3803774714/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3802958471/ I tried different lenses and I really liked 200mm, 300mm and 50-250mm. No free

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 04:16:45PM -0700, Sasha Sobol wrote: I was afraid you would sentence to writing your name 2,000 times. Miserere, Miserere, Miserere, Miserere, Miserere, Miserere ... Oh well, Miz :) With the s in Miserere shouldn't that be Ms ? -- The first step is learning to take

Re: GESO - Huntington

2009-08-12 Thread Doug Brewer
AlunFoto wrote: Lovely series, Doug. I remember from some time in a previous millenium that you strongly advocated the use of Fuji Astia for nature shots. Being a sucker for stronger colour I didn' understand what you were talking about until I saw your images. Seeing this series reminded me.

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread Miserere
2009/8/12 Desjardins, Steve desjard...@wlu.edu: Actually, just dropping your camera on the floor is the most serious g forces you will typically encounter. I dropped the K10D from about 1m onto concrete. My heart dropped about the same distance. The flash popped open. Within 0.0042 secs I had

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread Miserere
2009/8/12 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: Thanks Miserere. :-) I recall I voted for some of the photos in the Pentax gallery. I think it's a shame they didn't make it. Jostein PS how are the dancing lessons going? :-) Pretty well--I was learning the Foxtrot just this morning. Thanks for

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Miserere
2009/8/12 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 04:16:45PM -0700, Sasha Sobol wrote: I was afraid you would sentence to writing your name 2,000 times. Miserere, Miserere, Miserere, Miserere, Miserere, Miserere ... Oh well, Miz :) With the s in Miserere shouldn't that be Ms ?

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/12/2009 8:27:36 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ewkph...@gmail.com writes: De-lurking for a question and/or opinion... For the most part I crop most of my shots as 4x6 for basic printing for myself and family. Every now and then I take it up to 5x7 or even 8x10. Now each

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/12/2009 10:23:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, miser...@gmail.com writes: But that's OK, chicks dig scars. --M. = You're a chick? Funny, I never realized that. Marnie aka Doe ;-) - We can't solve problems by using

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
This is pretty much my first chance to sit down at a computer since Saturday. To make a long story short, I bartered taking photos at a dance workshop for a huge discount. I like the K-7, I *want* the K-7, right now I can't buy the K-7, I didn't win the K-7. Still not king. The K-7 is slightly

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway (and Sweden)

2009-08-12 Thread gldnbearz
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks of keeping the *istDS for reasons of size nostalgia when going up to the next camera. I like the K200D for it's SR, weather sealing, and larger LCD, but the DS still has its special place. - Pat On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 4:43 AM, Bertil

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Kodak's original 112 film introduced in 1896 produced 5x7 contact prints. The original format was called Postcard size. So there you go. Miserere wrote: Sorry Ed, but I'm not sure what exactly you are asking. I generally crop my photos to 4:5 ratio; it seems the bit of my brain that deals

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway (and Sweden)

2009-08-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Plus I know how to use the old TTL flashes (AF280T and AF500T) with it. I've used it for shooting at a wedding. The K10D with available light and the *istDS with flash. Works just fine and I still enjoy the small size. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 12:33 PM,

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: I realized that you just can't learn much about gear playing around with it in a hotel room. Mark! It is somewhat tempting to buy one at Fry's and return it after spending a weekend putting it through its paces under real

Re: GESO - Huntington

2009-08-12 Thread Doug Brewer
eactiv...@aol.com wrote: = Some nice shots, Doug. I have a weird fondness for the three faucets, and I really like Warehouse and Shipping. Lots and lots of graffiti -- makes for a very interesting shot. Marnie aka Doe :-) thanks, Marnie. Visitors are encouraged to sign the

Re: PESO - Approaching Storm

2009-08-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Great skies Rick. I like the 2nd one a bit better as the horizon is less centered. The foreground of the 1st picture gives me a sense of being on the water,almost rocking in a boat. Great time to be out making pictures, but remember to dodge the lightening. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway (and Sweden)

2009-08-12 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
gldnbearz gldnbearz.p...@gmail.com wrote: I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks of keeping the *istDS for reasons of size nostalgia... Not to forget its infrared capabilities. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com

Re: GESO: What I did last weekend (twins! twins! twins!)

2009-08-12 Thread Bob Sullivan
Charles, Like Marnie says, it's a fun gallery to page thru. They were subtly different in appearance and all seemed rather happy to pose for you. That's way different from my family pictures. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 10:51 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: In a message dated 8/11/2009

Re: GESO - Huntington

2009-08-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/12/2009 10:50:47 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, d...@alphoto.com writes: thanks, Marnie. Visitors are encouraged to sign the place, so pretty much everything was written on. === Ahhh. Marnie aka Doe That must be where the hilly billiness comes into it. Heh.

RE: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread Bob W
This question is more for those who don't print on their own printer, but send it out. Is there a process you follow that will print something that isn't a standard size? I usually leave the photo uncropped. I almost always compose in the viewfinder, so I can't understand why people crop

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread John Sessoms
From: Miserere Does anybody know where/why the 5x7 size originated? It's lost in the dim dark ages of history. Predates photography, although before small format film and film enlargers it would be the common size to contact print from 5x7 glass plates and later from 5x7 negatives. --

RE: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-12 Thread Bob W
My GPS enabled phone achieves TTFF quite fast (as I have the ephemeris file regularly auto DL) and the PDOP values are often as low as 1.6 so the precision is quite good and seems to be more than adequate for geotagging. Yea, I'd been wondering about that... Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/12/2009 11:08:37 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@web-options.com writes: This question is more for those who don't print on their own printer, but send it out. Is there a process you follow that will print something that isn't a standard size? === When

Re: First thoughts: GPS, geocoding (Mac, Lightroom)

2009-08-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/12/2009 11:11:58 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, p...@web-options.com writes: My GPS enabled phone achieves TTFF quite fast (as I have the ephemeris file regularly auto DL) and the PDOP values are often as low as 1.6 so the precision is quite good and seems to be more

RE: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread Bob W
From: Miserere Does anybody know where/why the 5x7 size originated? It's lost in the dim dark ages of history. Predates photography, although before small format film and film enlargers it would be the common size to contact print from 5x7 glass plates and later from 5x7 negatives.

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Roberts
I try to avoid cropping in most cases, but I have nothing philosophically against it and I'm happy to make images in 2:3, 3:4, 6:7, 4:5, panoramic and other ratios. (As Michael Reichmann said, The manufacturer of my camera has no right in the world to tell me what aspect ratio my photographs have

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway (and Sweden)

2009-08-12 Thread gldnbearz
I didn't know about that. - Pat 2009/8/12 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: gldnbearz gldnbearz.p...@gmail.com wrote: I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks of keeping the *istDS for reasons of size nostalgia... Not to forget its infrared capabilities. Ralf -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

PESO 2009 - 133 - GDG

2009-08-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
another morning walk ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/133-from-above Comments always encouraged. Thanks for looking! Godfrey -- a photo blog: http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread P. J. Alling
John Sessoms wrote: From: Miserere Does anybody know where/why the 5x7 size originated? It's lost in the dim dark ages of history. Predates photography, although before small format film and film enlargers it would be the common size to contact print from 5x7 glass plates and later from

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 12, 2009, at 10:31 , Larry Colen wrote: The topic of my pocket camera came up, and people marvelled at the lens cap on my DA 40. I forget who told me about it, but I'm certain that the sunshade had to have been designed with that in mind. Mark even took pictures of it. and someone at

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread Ed Keeney
OK - lots of answers and thoughts. Thanks! One reason I print 4x6 is to keep in a standard album. Stuff like vacations, kid's sports, etc. When I shoot the kids sports, I tend to take shots of other kids as well and I like to hand out prints to the parents. Going larger tends to increase

RE: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Desjardins, Steve
I wasn't thinking Mark! so much as depends on the gear ;-) -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Matthew Hunt Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 1:48 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 01:27:08PM -0400, Miserere wrote: 2009/8/12 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 04:16:45PM -0700, Sasha Sobol wrote: I was afraid you would sentence to writing your name 2,000 times. Miserere, Miserere, Miserere, Miserere, Miserere, Miserere ... Oh

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 12, 2009, at 11:52 , Joseph McAllister wrote: I will now try something I have not before, and that is to us someone's software to convert the PEFs to DNGs of JPEGs s can see them bigger than a business card. Correction to things the spell checker did not flag, so it's a real

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Ed Keeney Subject: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do? De-lurking for a question and/or opinion... For the most part I crop most of my shots as 4x6 for basic printing for myself and family. Every now and then I take it up to 5x7 or even 8x10. Now each

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:52:58AM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: Positive. I got to watch a Professional Photographer struggle to test out his 250-600 Pentax on a K-7. Couldn't find anything far enough away that the ?5.6 lens would focus on. So he went out to where he could find some

Re: OT: Silver linings

2009-08-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good for you, John. Keep us informed on your progress. BTW, Target is by far my favorite store. -Brendan - Original Message From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009 1:26:34 PM Subject: OT: Silver linings Just an update on the

Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?

2009-08-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
Not sure having Pentax being associated with Fry's is a good idea. In the past, they were the subject of multiple complaints from classic bait-n-switch sales scams, advertising prices that turn out to require sending in rebate forms without disclosure, to repackaging busted returned goods for

Enablement

2009-08-12 Thread David J Brooks
My $4.95 US mini softbox from Hong Kong arrived to day. It looks like $4.95 might have been a bit steep for this, but, I'll try it out and see what it does. If its no good, I'll at least have a Christmas present for Doug. Dave -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway (and Sweden)

2009-08-12 Thread AlunFoto
indeed not, Ralf. :-) I keep reminding myself to go and buy an IR filter. One of these days... Jostein 2009/8/12 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: gldnbearz gldnbearz.p...@gmail.com wrote: I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks of keeping the *istDS for reasons of size nostalgia...

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway (and Sweden)

2009-08-12 Thread AlunFoto
If I'm not mistaken, all cameras based on that particular CCD from Sony share those IR capabilities. Which means both the whole *istD-series, the K100D and many cameras from Nikon. For Nikon F aficionados, however, there are some Fuji cameras that trumphs all. Jostein 2009/8/12 gldnbearz

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway (and Sweden)

2009-08-12 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
gldnbearz gldnbearz.p...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't know about that. Haven't you seen the links I posted a week ago in the context of someone asking for a DSLR suitable for IR? If not I could send them to you directly. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog

Re: K-7 has materialised in Norway (and Sweden)

2009-08-12 Thread AlunFoto
2009/8/12 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: If I'm not mistaken, all cameras based on that particular CCD from Sony share those IR capabilities. Which means both the whole *istD-series, the K100D and many cameras from Nikon. For Nikon F aficionados, however, there are some Fuji cameras that

Re: GESO - Huntington

2009-08-12 Thread AlunFoto
2009/8/12 Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com: That's very nice of you, Jostein, and you have backed into something by accident; I'm still trying to replicate that Astia look, because it was a film that I felt best expressed my impressions. My preset list is filled with the faded remains of failed

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Aug 12, 2009, at 12:40 , John Francis wrote: On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 11:52:58AM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: Positive. I got to watch a Professional Photographer struggle to test out his 250-600 Pentax on a K-7. Couldn't find anything far enough away that the ?5.6 lens would focus on.

Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?

2009-08-12 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Brendan MacRaebrendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: Not sure having Pentax being associated with Fry's is a good idea. In the past, they were the subject of multiple complaints from classic bait-n-switch sales scams, advertising prices that turn out to require

Re: Enablement

2009-08-12 Thread Brian Walters
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 16:21 -0400, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: My $4.95 US mini softbox from Hong Kong arrived to day. It looks like $4.95 might have been a bit steep for this, but, I'll try it out and see what it does. If its no good, I'll at least have a Christmas present for

Number 4

2009-08-12 Thread paul stenquist
The fourth installment of my Dream Cruise blog is up on the New York Times website: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/a-life-together-that-began-on-woodward-avenue/ Pics are on the ordinary side, but they support the story. I had a great old BW yearbook photo from the 1950s slated

RE: Number 4

2009-08-12 Thread Bob W
The fourth installment of my Dream Cruise blog is up on the New York Times website: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/a-life-together-tha t-began-on-woodward-avenue/ Pics are on the ordinary side, but they support the story. I had a great old BW yearbook photo from the 1950s

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread Doug Franklin
Ed Keeney wrote: I've thought about it a little more and really what I'm thinking about is say you have a shot that you've cropped square (or wide) and want to print it. How would you go about that. I guess, if you print it, you could always post print crop via a mat or some other mounting

Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?

2009-08-12 Thread Doug Franklin
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Both I and my partner shop at Fry's often when we need electronics gear. They're ten minutes away and very convenient. My experience agrees with yours, Godfrey. The Fry's here just opened a couple of years ago, but I've spent a boatload of money there on a wide

Re: Peso: Brooklyn Bridge DUMBO area

2009-08-12 Thread ann sanfedele
William Robb wrote: On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 2:56 PM, ann sanfedelewrote: poking around in stuff I took a year or so ago... I _think_ I prefer the BW. http://annsan.smugmug.com/gallery/2564371_i3HHm/1/615974287_MBwWh/Medium This reminds me of something Steichen would have taken.

Re: Number 4

2009-08-12 Thread David J Brooks
Good story Paul Dave On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 5:29 PM, paul stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: The fourth installment of my Dream Cruise blog is up on the New York Times website: http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/12/a-life-together-that-began-on-woodward-avenue/ Pics are on the

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread Sasha Sobol
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:15 AM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 09, 2009 at 03:29:26AM -0700, Sasha Sobol wrote: A couple of shots I took with my K20d and their 55mm: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3803774714/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/sobol/3802958471/ I tried

Re: Number 4

2009-08-12 Thread Jack Davis
The shots do support the story and very well, Paul. Nice thing to have happened. Well done! Jack --- On Wed, 8/12/09, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: Number 4 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Wednesday,

Re: Northumbrian coast PDML meet

2009-08-12 Thread mike wilson
mike wilson wrote: AlunFoto wrote: John Francis mentioned staying in London/Kent area for the first half of September. I'll be in London for a meeting 10.-11. September and can extend the stay over the week-end (12.-13.). Here's the thread in the archives:

Re: The K7 roadshow came to town today ...

2009-08-12 Thread gldnbearz
There isn't a NorCal PDML planned that I know of. The last one was in Sacramento in the spring. - Pat On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Sasha Sobolsa...@asobol.com wrote: When is the next NorthCal meeting? The guy with Sasha tag was me indeed :) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax in Fry's, other stores?

2009-08-12 Thread Mark Roberts
On Wed, 12 Aug 2009 13:14:12 -0700 (PDT), you wrote: Not sure having Pentax being associated with Fry's is a good idea. It's not a good idea in my mind to be associated with any of the big box stores but that's the only way they're going to sell product these days. Better get used to it. --

OT jetblue all you can jet

2009-08-12 Thread Larry Colen
$600 to fly anywhere you like from Sept 8 to Oct 8. http://www.jetblue.com/deals/all-you-can-jet/ -- The first step is learning to take great photos, the second step is learning to throw away ones that are merely good. Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: OT jetblue all you can jet

2009-08-12 Thread Cory Waters
Knock a zero off that price and you've got my attention. ($600 is more like the total trip budget and I'm generally in a group of four) CW Larry Collen wrote: $600 to fly anywhere you like from Sept 8 to Oct 8. http://www.jetblue.com/deals/all-you-can-jet/

Re: Enablement

2009-08-12 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm sure Doug will appreciate your thoughtfulness. David J Brooks wrote: My $4.95 US mini softbox from Hong Kong arrived to day. It looks like $4.95 might have been a bit steep for this, but, I'll try it out and see what it does. If its no good, I'll at least have a Christmas present for Doug.

Re: Number 4

2009-08-12 Thread Rick Womer
Nice photos and excellent copy, Paul. I'm really enjoying this. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Wed, 8/12/09, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: The fourth installment of my Dream Cruise blog is up on the New York Times website:

Re: PESO 2009 - 133 - GDG

2009-08-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/12/2009 11:26:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ramar...@mac.com writes: another morning walk ... http://godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com/133-from-above Comments always encouraged. Thanks for looking! Godfrey = Nice shot. Like it. Glad class went well. Marnie aka

Re: Number 4

2009-08-12 Thread Eactivist
In a message dated 8/12/2009 5:46:19 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, rwomer1...@yahoo.com writes: Nice photos and excellent copy, Paul. I'm really enjoying this. Rick What he said. Nice couple. Marnie aka Doe :-) --- On Wed, 8/12/09, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread Miserere
2009/8/12 eactiv...@aol.com: In a message dated 8/12/2009 10:23:12 A.M.  Pacific Daylight Time, miser...@gmail.com writes: But that's OK, chicks dig  scars. --M. = You're a chick? Funny, I never  realized that. Marnie aka Doe  ;-) Nope, not a chick. More of a rooster. But I

Re: A question of curiosity

2009-08-12 Thread P. J. Alling
Miserere wrote: 2009/8/12 eactiv...@aol.com: In a message dated 8/12/2009 10:23:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, miser...@gmail.com writes: But that's OK, chicks dig scars. --M. = You're a chick? Funny, I never realized that. Marnie aka Doe ;-) Nope, not a chick. More

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Ed - I incorporate a border to make sure there is no clipping or cropping by the printer, no matter what the aspect ratio... for instance, the cafepress calendar size (standard size) of a page is 8 1/2 x 11... so no matter how I've cropped a landscape orientation shot or shot it full frame

Re: Cropping Printing - What Do You Do?

2009-08-12 Thread ann sanfedele
Doug _ I just wrote much the same thing to Ed ... but you put it more simply. I'm too gabby. :-) In Elements 5 this is done easily by using resize and resize the canvas, not the image. ann Doug Franklin wrote: Ed Keeney wrote: I've thought about it a little more and really what I'm