Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r & 645D

The whole thing seems like it's addressing a very limited market; how many people here at PDML have any interest in a GPS on their camera? Also, I'd be suspicious how well it works. Good GPS functionality on something that's normally switched off is a hard problem. It's a little easier for phone

OT: The Most Photographed Places on Earth

Cornell researchers analyzed 35 million Flickr photos and discovered that we all shoot the same places—from the same angles: Read more: http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/25-most-photographed-places-on-earth,7308/?wpisrc=newsletter#ixzz1O89YAKwf http://www.budgettravel.com/feature/25-most-phot

Re: A really tough jpeg conversion

On 11-06-02 9:25 AM, Thibouille wrote: Mmm wouldn't a proper PS conversion to 8bit cure the problem and saving later to 8bit Jpeg rather than 16bit image directly exported to 8bit Jpeg ? That might work best in this case, but it depends entirely on the quality of that 16-8 bit conversion. It w

RE: Dubrovnik

Thanks to you and all others. I am rather pleased with the football picture myself. I was waiting a few minutes for the right moment and position of the boy. Stig Vidar Hovland -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman Sen

Re: OT Hey Godfrey (and anyone else who fancies a drool)

I've always been curious about Guzzis. OTOH, a stable of MC is a bit pricey. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:58 AM, mike wilson wrote: > On 01/06/2011 17:06, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 1:01 AM, mike wilson >>  wrote: >>> >>> Motorcycle content >>> >>> http://sfbay.craigslist

RE: Dubrovnik

Thanks. The third image is sea water just in front of a boat. The golden color is a combination of sunset and the conversion to B&W / sepia. Stig Vidar Hovland -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Tuesday, Ma

Re: PESOs: Two Old Vets

Thanks for looking and for your comments, Bulent and Chris. Chris, "taps" is a tune played by military buglers in the US at the end of the day, as the flag is lowered. Since the Civil War, it is also the bugle call played at military funerals and, as here, in ceremonies honoring the dead. Bulent

Re: PESO: paua slug

That is one UGLY critter! Nice image, though. Dan On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Alastair Robertson wrote: > We don't see these very often - it's called a paua slug but really > it's a snail - somehow evolution forgot to scale up the shell > appropriately! > > http://flic.kr/p/9PAhd7 > > K10D,

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r & 645D

Yep, the K5 can be set to disable DFS. 2011/6/2 Rick Womer : > --- On Thu, 6/2/11, mike wilson wrote: > >> The astrotracer function is rather whizzy. >> >> "The O-GPS1offers the advanced PENTAX original Astrotracer >> function,* which works with the PENTAX  Shake Reduction >> (SR) system on selec

Re: A really tough jpeg conversion

Mmm wouldn't a proper PS conversion to 8bit cure the problem and saving later to 8bit Jpeg rather than 16bit image directly exported to 8bit Jpeg ? 2011/6/2 Bruce Walker : > On 11-06-02 3:11 AM, Tim Bray wrote: >> >> Check out >> http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/06/01/-big/RUNE0790.jpg.

Re: PESO 2011 - 083 - GDG

On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 12:48 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: > On 5/31/2011 17:01, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >> >> The images are not intended to be literal, Boris. >> I also have monochrome renderings. > > It also occurs to me that if I were to look at these pictures in the book or > on the wall as a seq

Re: I despise Sigma for discrimination

c That time difference does have its uses -even if it's only that we can get the wisecracks in quicker! On 02/06/2011, Steven Desjardins wrote: > Chris, you beat me to it. I have to start checking my email in the > middle of the night. > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Chris Mitchell > wrote

Re: A really tough jpeg conversion

On 11-06-02 3:11 AM, Tim Bray wrote: Check out http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/06/01/-big/RUNE0790.jpg.html Look at the green bokeh-fied background and observe the obvious lines that look like elevation lines on a map, let's call them "bars", as the green brightness drops off. They

Re: PESO: paua slug

On 11-06-02 4:23 AM, Alastair Robertson wrote: We don't see these very often - it's called a paua slug but really it's a snail - somehow evolution forgot to scale up the shell appropriately! http://flic.kr/p/9PAhd7 K10D, FA100/2.8, AF360FGZ& Metz mecablitz 58 AF-1 triggered wirelessly, F22, IS

Re: I despise Sigma for discrimination

Chris, you beat me to it. I have to start checking my email in the middle of the night. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:52 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > Ote > > On 02/06/2011, John Francis wrote: >> >> Make sure you spring for the navigation system, though. >> That uses map display code that I wrote >

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r & 645D

--- On Thu, 6/2/11, mike wilson wrote: > The astrotracer function is rather whizzy. > > "The O-GPS1offers the advanced PENTAX original Astrotracer > function,* which works with the PENTAX  Shake Reduction > (SR) system on select cameras for tracking and photographing > celestial bodies. The unit

Arrived in NC

Got in to Durham last night after about 13 hours of driving from Boston (a couple of construction delays but no major problems). Getting ready to set of for the mountains in a few minutes. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/ My video documentation of the trip went fairly well - learning about the vi

Re: Pentax announces GPS for K-5, K-r & 645D

On Jun 2, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> "The O-GPS1offers the advanced PENTAX original Astrotracer function,* which >> works with the PENTAX Shake Reduction (SR) system on select cameras for >> tracking and photographing celestial bodies. The unit calculates the >> movement of stars,

Re: A really tough jpeg conversion

They seem like signs of posterization to me. Unfortunately, I do not know what can be done for your particular image to prevent them forming. Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id

PESO: paua slug

We don't see these very often - it's called a paua slug but really it's a snail - somehow evolution forgot to scale up the shell appropriately! http://flic.kr/p/9PAhd7 K10D, FA100/2.8, AF360FGZ & Metz mecablitz 58 AF-1 triggered wirelessly, F22, IS0100, on a monopod Comments welcome Alastair --

Re: PESO 2011 - 083 - GDG

On 5/31/2011 17:01, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: The images are not intended to be literal, Boris. I also have monochrome renderings. It also occurs to me that if I were to look at these pictures in the book or on the wall as a sequence/show/exhibition, my impressions would have been different.

Re: PESOs: Two Old Vets

A very strong feeling is present in both, which nullifies nitpicks with the compositions. Oh, us humans! Bulent - http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/bulentcelasun -- PDML Pentax-Dis

Re: A really tough jpeg conversion

On 6/2/2011 10:11, Tim Bray wrote: I'm sure that a silky-smooth jpg of this picture could be created. But I don't know how. Tim, what happens if you save this picture as an uncompressed TIFF file? Methinks that if you will still get "issues" - the problem is not in compression or JPG or may b

A really tough jpeg conversion

Check out http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/06/01/-big/RUNE0790.jpg.html Look at the green bokeh-fied background and observe the obvious lines that look like elevation lines on a map, let's call them "bars", as the green brightness drops off. They ain't there in the .dng, and after the

RE: I despise Sigma for discrimination

> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Steven Desjardins > > It's impressive, but that's like being mad at Lockheed because they > won't sell me an F-22. > get in touch with these people - they'll sell fighters to anyone:

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