Another update: the power is back on at our house. Now I can use my own
computer with its dodgy battery...
Getting a bit tired now after the 4:30am alarm. I think I'll need a
snooze. I am
really glad the weather is nice today. I was planning on riding my new
bike
today but have called
Thanks, y'all.
Since posing my question, I've found out I'm heading out of town in the
opposite direction for the next couple of days. So, I figure the best
thing to do is wait until I come back home and see if it's still available.
Cheeky makes a good point, by the way. I'll probably
A fairly large 7.4 is like a somewhat disappointing punch in the face.
I'm glad you're alright, and hope the aftershocks are relatively minor
from here on out.
-- Walt
On 9/3/2010 1:25 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
Glad to hear you're OK. 7.4 is pretty major - will probably make our
news
A famously dull headline: Small Earthquake in Peru - Not Many Dead.
A fairly large 7.4 is like a somewhat disappointing punch in the
face.
I'm glad you're alright, and hope the aftershocks are relatively minor
from here on out.
-- Walt
On 9/3/2010 1:25 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
CheekyGeek wrote:
With power out, I'm trying to figure out how he posted to the list.
He told us:
I'm sending this from one of our laptops (with the good battery) and a
cellular USB modem. Handy things to have. But I might not be checking my
email often for a few days.
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BBC have some pics up:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11185717
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Yes they are. They are expensive though and you're required to disable
Pentax SR (quite obvious).
I dunno their optical performance though.
http://www.pentaxforums.com/userreviews/Sigma-18-250mm-F3.5-6.3-DC-OS-HSM-for-Pentax.html
http://www.sigmaphoto.com/shop/multipurpose-zoom-lenses
On Sep 4, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Cotty wrote:
BBC have some pics up:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11185717
Wow. Most of those photos are from the central city which is full of old
buildings.
This is one of the few times in my life when I'm keen to go into work on
Monday. I'll
On Sep 4, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Bob W wrote:
glad to hear you're ok.
The BBC wants your pictures:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11183685
There's not a lot of interest I can supply. We walked to the local petrol
station for some milk earlier and you wouldn't know anything had
BBC have some pics up:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11185717
Wow. Most of those photos are from the central city which is full of old
buildings.
This is one of the few times in my life when I'm keen to go into work on
Monday. I'll bring a camera but the forecast is
David Mann wrote:
On Sep 4, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Cotty wrote:
BBC have some pics up:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11185717
Wow. Most of those photos are from the central city which is full of old
buildings.
This is one of the few times in my life when I'm keen to go into
On Sep 4, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Cotty wrote:
BBC have some pics up:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11185717
Just got pointed to another gallery. It's starting to hit home a bit just how
big this was for the central city. I heard from a colleague who lives closer
to the city
On Sep 4, 2010, at 8:32 PM, mike wilson wrote:
Still reporting no fatalities and only two serious injuries. Excellent news,
considering.
Yes, excellent news indeed. Looking at the photos from the central city, if it
had hit during the week, especially around lunchtime, there could easily
On 3/09/2010 8:45 PM, Cotty wrote:
On 2/9/10, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed:
A bit of fun last night at the Strand Arcade. Had the GF1, since a big
black DSLR isn't very convenient to shoot while drinking a chambord martini
Mighty Mr Amazon delivered the Peter Galassi HCB MoMA catalog to me this
week, and I have been in hog heaven. Firstly I am amazed this book is
the price that it is (although, locally, it's about double).
Secondly, it is refreshing to read a museum essay that is so completely
clear of
On Sat, 04 Sep 2010 20:31 +1200, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz
wrote:
I'd be thinking about moving to Australia if it wasn't for the snakes
spiders.
Oi!
We've been careful to avoid the sheep jokes but if you're going to pick
on our native wildlife
:-)
Cheers
Brian
On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:41 -0400, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com
wrote:
I thought about that - but it's my neighbour's shed!
We all need to make sacrifices for our art.
Yes - but he might not see it that way.
And he's bigger than me.
Very nice. I love the light. The furrow makes
Saw this guy out parasurfing around dusk the other night. Too bad the
sail or parachute part of his apparatus is so far from his body - to
get them both in the same shot would mean he'd be way too small.
Anyway, here he is:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/parasurfer.html
Hope you
On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:55 -0500, CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com
wrote:
However, my wife fell in love with
the character of the place and calls it our Hobbit House. Which
leads me to this PESO:
http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/hearth.png
Yes, it certainly exudes 'character' and you've
The worst part is that I love houses like this, but I do not have the
patience or skills to own one.
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 12:55 PM, CheekyGeek cheekyg...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, my old house has a fair amount of
On Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:43 -0400, Daniel J. Matyola
danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
A view of Hector Lake in the Canadian Rockies:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11550853
Comments, Suggestions, Criticisms and Abuse are all Welcome.
Which way is up? Buggered if I know
I'm
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 1:07 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
Amazing how sharp it is with just a camera, flash and no lens...
Who needs a lens, when you have the K10D.
DAVE
On 8/31/2010 5:44 PM, David J Brooks wrote:
One of our male birds that feeds in our back yard.
Nice shot Darren. Gorgeous room.
Paul
On Sep 3, 2010, at 12:55 PM, CheekyGeek wrote:
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:20 PM, Steven Desjardins
drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
Actually, my old house has a fair amount of rusty iron pipe with
shut-off valves.
Scared to try turning one of them.
You folks know
Nice shot! I'd probably play with curves a bit to bring the upper
portion highlights down a bit and saturate the sky a bit more.
On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 2:43 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
A view of Hector Lake in the Canadian Rockies:
Hi Dave: Just took a look at the BBC pics Cotty posted. So glad you're ok.
Now stay safe. And be nice to the plate-tectonic gods :-). Hope family
and friends are safe. Cheers, Christine
- Original Message -
From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com
To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net
Sent:
- Original Message -
From: David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz
Here are a few snaps I took of our place, plus a seismographic drum
recording (where it's red they've clipped the reading to prevent it
obscuring the rest of the image).
http://www.multi.net.nz/quake/
Sure hope there
- Original Message -
From: David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz
Getting a bit tired now after the 4:30am alarm. I think I'll need a
snooze.
I'd go for the booze instead :-). Cheers, Christine
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On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 09:31:53AM +0100, Bob W wrote:
you'll also need some insect repellent to fight off the plague of locusts,
and some sort of prophylactic against the pestilence which will surely
follow, yea even as night followeth unto day. Wellington boots are also
handy for walking
On 8/30/2010 5:10 PM, Miserere wrote:
On 30 August 2010 03:57, Derby Changder...@iinet.net.au wrote:
One of my most oft-used lenses, the 77. But a lens on an SLR feels totally
different to one on a rangefinder. The 43mm is a perfect case study.
Plus...
Damn, now you're morphing into a nature photographer of the romantic
school. (I think I just made that up, but I'm not sure).
On 8/29/2010 7:12 AM, frank theriault wrote:
Technically far from perfect (although I have to say, personally I
like the noise), I still think it works despite all
I';m kinda happy you went this way Frank and not include the sail. It
has a really good action feel to it this way/.
Dave
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 7:13 AM, frank theriault
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Saw this guy out parasurfing around dusk the other night. Too bad the
sail or parachute
Nicely captured subject knarF.
However it appears dark on my calibrated monitor.
Setting the white point using the white of the spash fixes that.
I'd also eliminate some of the'blank' in back of the surfer to make it
stronger - as is the blank is somewhat disturbing to me.
Kenneth Waller
David Mann wrote:
On Sep 4, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Cotty wrote:
BBC have some pics up:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-11185717
Wow. Most of those photos are from the central city which is full of old
buildings.
This is one of the few times in my life when I'm keen to go
Another naive question from me: I just took delivery of an smc a 70-210 f4 zoom
that I won off eBay for $77. It was not described as a macro lens, nor is it
indicated to be such at the front of the barrel. On the right side of the
distance scale, however, there is a green line with macro in
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 2:16 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Another naive question from me: I just took delivery of an smc a 70-210 f4
zoom that I won off eBay for $77. It was not described as a macro lens, nor
is it indicated to be such at the front of the barrel. On the right
You have friends?
On 8/31/2010 5:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Aug 31, 2010, at 2:08 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Larry Colen
I'll be in the desert and out of touch, so happy birthday a little early.
You don't have to go to the desert. ;-D
Once again I can count on this list to find out
On Sep 4, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
It's not a Macro lens, but it can focus down to 1:4 magnification
making it a useful near-macro. Macro is one of the most abused terms
out there for lens designations, very few zooms have real macro
capability, although there are a few which can
Yes, in a sense. That lens produced some striking macros for me. Had needle
sharp success at f/32 in macro mode, especially when attaching a close-up
filter.
Loved, but sold it several years back when converting to AF digital.
Jack
--- On Sat, 9/4/10, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Same here. The guy is pretty damn right when he says he may come home
in a bucket... he obviously hasn't got good sense enough to match his
skills. Amazing photos nonetheless but not worth the risk.
My €0.02
Ecke
2010/9/4 Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com:
I don't need those warnings to worry.
On Sep 4, 2010, at 3:18 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
Loved, but sold it several years back when converting to AF digital.
I'm brand new to digital, after a lapse of several years, due to real poverty,
from photography altogether. And by the lights here I was was barely a rank
amateur then. So I
Just having breakfast now. The media reported 20 aftershocks overnight but
they are only the ones that registered enough for Geonet to list them (looks
like the cutoff is about magnitude 3). We're still getting small tremors quite
regularly, quite a bit of variation so they might be 5 minutes
[...]
I chatted on Facebook to one of my colleagues whose house is close to the
city centre. Their next-door neighbour had a VERY lucky escape. He was
in
this bed just seconds before this fell on it. I've told her to send it to
the
press.
http://www.multi.net.nz/quake/bed.jpg
Bloody
A day late with for sale stuff, but I didn't get some of it up until this
morning. I had a 105/2.4 as well, but it sold immediately for $150.
A list of my auctions is here:
http://shop.ebay.com/pnstenquist/m.html?_nkw=_armrs=1_from=_ipg=_trksid=p4340
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Only just caught up - great to know you hid under a sheep with Nikon SR... =)
Best wishes
Ecke
2010/9/3 David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz:
Hi all,
Not sure if we'll make worldwide news but we've had a 7.4 earthquake
here. It struck during the night and was pretty effective at waking
me up.
Bloody hell! That's wake you up. Or perhaps not.
How are other parts of New Zealand? Is it just the South Island that's
affected? Any news of Alastair Robertson and family - on the North Island, I
think?
Bob
we are fine - Palmerston North is a long way from Christchurch.
Masha felt the
I completely missed this one, Frank. But then I also missed your
defection to colour, so I got quite a shock.
As far as I can tell on my blackberry screen, this looks nice and
romantic, like Paul said.
Would make a good BW...
On 04/09/2010, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/29/2010 1:22 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
On 8/29/2010 5:43 AM, dylyn wrote:
hi dad/ pdml people i am the son of which he speaks. oops i broke the
first rule of lurking *hides*
How many lurking rules are there then? ;-)
Bran, glad to have you back on list. Dear lurker, please take care of
On 8/30/2010 12:41 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: David J Brooks
Am thinking of getting a small PS something i can keep in my pocket
for Erins wedding or the console of my truck. I'll drag my big gear
but would like something small and handy.
Thinking along the lines of the Canon Powershot A
working on a blog post but this photo didn't fit ... and I like it too
much to not post it around. figured the folks on here would enjoy it.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4113/4957812427_56057152fe_o.jpg
Panasonic G1 + Lumix G 20mm f/1.7
ISO 100 @ f/4.5 @ 1/250 second
.. Went to the meetup
On 8/29/2010 11:25 PM, Miserere wrote:
On 28 August 2010 20:48, Christine Aguilacagu...@earthlink.net wrote:
What I like about that one is the Friedlander / Eggleston thing that's
going
on in the background
I'd agree with that, though I think Miserere's shot, and gallery, is a bit
kinder
I often wonder if i should keep or sell my 6x7 stuff.
I always wanted the 300 but was always out of my price range.
Dave
BTW the 200 i have is probably the best lens i ever owned.
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 5:18 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
A day late with for sale stuff,
On Sep 5, 2010, at 9:04 AM, Bob W wrote:
How are other parts of New Zealand? Is it just the South Island that's
affected? Any news of Alastair Robertson and family - on the North Island, I
think?
The quake was felt through most of the country but it's only the Canterbury
region that
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote:
On Sep 4, 2010, at 2:29 PM, Adam Maas wrote:
It's not a Macro lens, but it can focus down to 1:4 magnification
making it a useful near-macro. Macro is one of the most abused terms
out there for lens designations, very few
On 3 September 2010 11:37, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote:
I don't think I've ever been to that part of the world - my knowledge of
southern Sydney is woefully inadequate!
I like the wildflower images but my favourite has to be the eucalypt
bark.
Hi Brian,
Thanks for the
Using a MF lens solved the AF speed problem.
That's the solution I've used on every autofocus Pentax SLR.
On 8/29/2010 10:29 PM, drd1...@gmail.com wrote:
I still have my *ist D (what a pain to type that on a BlackBerry) with the grip
and an A50 1.7 in my office. I use it for all
That's very nice.
On 9/1/2010 11:14 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
I've been very busy, not as much personal shooting lately. Anyway,
here is a shot that I took this morning out in the garden. In case
you didn't get it from the subject, yes it is a spider.
Pentax K-x, Tamron 90/2.8 Macro, Tripod
I'm pretty happy with the K20D at ISO 2500, without preforming heroic
post processing. The K-7 should handle ISO 1600 with no problems.
On 8/31/2010 1:07 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
Thanks for the shots. When needed, I would push the K10D to 800. The
K7 should be at least that good, yes?
My K7 is slightly less noisy than was my K20 at speeds of 800 and above. It
might be slightly more noisy in the shadows at 400, but not significantly.
Paul
On Sep 4, 2010, at 8:22 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I'm pretty happy with the K20D at ISO 2500, without preforming heroic post
processing.
Somewhere around the 1990's I read about a doping method for film
being pioneered by AGFA that would bring allow film ISO's to exceed
204,800 with acceptable results IIRC.
On 9/1/2010 11:16 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote:
It is kind of mind boggling. When I got my first SLR in the early
1960s
It is much like saying all lenses are sharpest at 2 stops from wide open.
Yes, but If you don't how the lens is optimized, as a general rule of
thumb it works better than most.
On 9/1/2010 6:03 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote:
One has to wonder how he came to that conclusion. Seems you would
On 9/3/2010 12:20 PM, John Francis wrote:
On Fri, Sep 03, 2010 at 11:41:08AM +0100, Cotty wrote:
On 1/9/10, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed:
She's an idiot. Sounds like my sister.
Boy if ever there was a mantra for the masses...
But I've never met Joseph's sister!
MARK!
Probably a A 50mm f2.0. Not the best, but it's a 50. Nobody made a
really bad one.
On 9/3/2010 11:03 AM, Walter Gilbert wrote:
Hi all,
Just wanted to solicit some opinions as to whether or not this would
be worth an hour-and-a-half drive.
It actually was a bit hazy that morning. The mountains therefore came
out a bit muted, while, for some reason, the reflection in the lake
seemed much clearer.
Despite its faults, this image made it into the Pentax Gallery. G
Dan
On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote:
Not the MV. It was black plastic. I don't think there was even a
Chrome version produced. I'd check Boz's page but I'm feeling too lazy.
On 9/3/2010 2:46 PM, CheekyGeek wrote:
Well, an hour and a half's drive makes it questionable. But his stuff
is clearly worth more than $35 if you were
Macro is a term that's been misused quite a bit by lens and camera
manufactures. I think the actual definition required at least a 1:2
reproduction ratio. The 1:4 reproduction ratio makes it a close focus
lens. On the other hand the Vivitar Series 1 70-210, f3.5 (version 2)
has a 1:4
I find them annoyingly difficult to capture. They usually do
something that looks death defying just after I've tripped the shutter.
On 9/4/2010 7:13 AM, frank theriault wrote:
Saw this guy out parasurfing around dusk the other night. Too bad the
sail or parachute part of his apparatus is
My apologies for being metric but 17-50 weighs 430 g (or so) and 28-75
weighs 510 g (or so). As far as my non-metric knowledge goes, 80 g is
nowhere close to 1/2 pound...
I've Tamron 28-75/2.8 and it seems my copy is outstanding. On Pentax
DSLR it yields angle of view similar to that of
Welcome back, Thibs!
Boris
On 9/3/2010 11:43 AM, Thibouille wrote:
As you may have noticed, I didn't check the list or respond to threads
for quite some time, being busy with a lot of other stuff.
However, I'm back in business, and since I'll attend photo courses now
(as posted in another
On 5 September 2010 01:51, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
Nicely captured subject knarF.
However it appears dark on my calibrated monitor.
Ditto.
DS
Setting the white point using the white of the spash fixes that.
I'd also eliminate some of the'blank' in back of the surfer to
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