She is writing a lot about the Q's image quality. Have she tried it? If not, I
don't think she is much to rely on.
A few comments I saw about the Nikon:
I handled the J1 today, and did a review for Adorama of the Q. To be honest
Steve, the Q is light years ahead in usability, and feels as solid
Hope you enjoy:
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/09/distractions.html
Comments always welcome.
cheers,
frank
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Assuming I'm the below-mentioned Steve, I've heard that myself, at
least about the quality of the Q. Honestly folks, the only validation
of either camera will be sales. Even if we don't like these cameras,
if they sell to any demographic they they are a success. I have no
prediction abut sales,
It is disturbing, isn't it? My most recent was last year, the FA20-35.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote:
My FA 50mm f 1.4 took a very bad tumble today. It fell from about waist high
to a hard floor. I tried it out and it seems to be working. I
Exchanging pheromones.
Jack
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Hope you enjoy:
http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2011/09/distractions.html
Comments always welcome.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote:
My FA 50mm f 1.4 took a very bad tumble today. It fell from about waist high
to a hard floor. I tried it out and it seems to be working. I don't hear
any crunching noises, and it focuses in both daylight and low
On 11-09-22 12:23 AM, Fernando wrote:
I belong to the K-5 club now! (thanks to someone buying my K10D and
Henry's dropping the price to $1,100).
Coming from the K20D I'm still getting used to the interface changes.
The thing I like the most: quiet shutter. I was surprised with the
lack of an SR
Dan,
Very nice visitor, and a good catch.
That is really close for a wild anmal.
Regards, Bob S.
On Wed, Sep 21, 2011 at 11:56 PM, Daniel J. Matyola
danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
http://blogs.delphiforums.com/n/blogs/blog.aspx?nav=mainwebtag=djm1963entry=139
Comments and criticisms are
Ouch! I hope it still takes good pictures.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Christine Aguila
christ...@caguila.com wrote:
My FA 50mm f 1.4 took a very bad tumble today. It fell from about waist high
to a hard floor. I tried it out and it seems to be working. I don't hear
On 11-09-22 12:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
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Comments and criticisms are requested.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
There ain't no such thing.
Fine shot though; very clear.
-bmw
Great minds...
-p
On 9/20/2011 3:17 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote:
Paul, That's kinda what I was thinking...
On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:10 PM, Paul Stenquistpnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Well done. God, he's old!
Paul
On Sep 20, 2011, at 2:59 PM, Tom C wrote:
Yep, but the Nikon copy cat is so ugly. The Pentax Q on the other hand
is a beauty. Do hope the prices will drop, as these small sensor
cameras are glorified PS with polished in camera boosting softwares.
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On Sep 22, 2011, at 7:37 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
It is disturbing, isn't it? My most recent was last year, the FA20-35.
Very disturbing. My most recent was in 1977, a brand new Fuji 50 1.8. Bent the
filter ring. I'm still annoyed when I see it sitting on my shelf with that ding
in the
On Sep 22, 2011, at 10:07, Paul Stenquist wrote:
On Sep 22, 2011, at 7:37 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
It is disturbing, isn't it? My most recent was last year, the FA20-35.
Very disturbing. My most recent was in 1977, a brand new Fuji 50 1.8. Bent
the filter ring. I'm still annoyed
She is writing a lot about the Q's image quality. Have she tried it? If not,
I don't think she is much to rely on.
A few comments I saw about the Nikon:
I handled the J1 today, and did a review for Adorama of the Q. To be honest
Steve, the Q is light years ahead in usability, and feels as
Thanks, Bob and Bruce. It is one of my favorite deer images of this year.
I'm not as close as it may appear. I was using my Tamron 75-300 mm
f/4.5-5.6 cranked all the way out to just under 300.
They are getting quite bold of late. They seldom run from us when we
are in a car, but are much
From: Tom C
It doesn't validate it to me. I'm not sure what camera companies are
thinking, but it seems to be along the lines of 'hey, there's some
sucker out there that will buy anything if we make it and market it
right'. It's almost like they're deliberately attempting to insult the
Whenever the glass does turn out to be half full, it's a pleasant
surprise. (or it's ONLY half empty)
But, I like to think of myself as more of a Yeah, bad weather makes for
good photos, but I still got sense enough to come in out of the rain
kind of guy.
From: Paul Sorenson
You're really
From: Doug Brewer
On 9/21/11 2:40 PM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Collin Brendemuehl
The magnitude of scale is almost impossible to communicate in a picture.
Unless you cut it down and have a team of lumberjacks standing on the
stump.
From: steve harley
on 2011-09-21 14:48 Larry Colen wrote
I have thought of using the strobes during daylight.
yeah, that's what i meant, strobes at twilight
... at 20 paces.
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Cool - I hope to join you soon... My K5 is scheduled to arrive today.
On 9/22/2011 12:23 AM, Fernando wrote:
I belong to the K-5 club now! (thanks to someone buying my K10D and
Henry's dropping the price to $1,100).
Coming from the K20D I'm still getting used to the interface changes.
The
Our old barn got a renovation, and lucky me (!), I got a studio space
out of the deal. It's only very recently been finished, and I'm just
starting to get a little time to play out there. The other day, i
asked my daughter to sit for some portraits -- I had to capture that
summer tan before it
On 9/22/2011 12:05 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Our old barn got a renovation, and lucky me (!), I got a studio space
out of the deal. It's only very recently been finished, and I'm just
starting to get a little time to play out there. The other day, i
asked my daughter to sit for some
Christine,
Nice photos and a charming daughter.
I use Picassa and Photo.net
Picassa for more casual stuff as colors will wander.
I take my best stuff to Photo.net as a more reliable display.
Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote:
Our old
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On 9/22/2011 12:05 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Our old barn got a renovation, and lucky me (!), I got a studio space
out of the deal. It's only very recently been finished, and I'm just
starting to get a little time to
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Christine,
Nice photos and a charming daughter.
I use Picassa and Photo.net
Picassa for more casual stuff as colors will wander.
I take my best stuff to Photo.net as a more reliable display.
Regards, Bob S.
Thanks,
That last shot is amazing, wonderful.
As for online presentation, yeah, there are a lot of processes that
are going to abuse your precious bits. This is one reason I self-host
everything I care about at tbray.org; the large versions of my pix
are what comes out of Lightroom.
Having said that,
on 2011-09-22 13:05 Christine Nielsen wrote
I know
that different monitors might render images differently, but even on
the same, calibrated monitor that i use for editing, it seems that
different browsers (I have firefox, safari chrome, chrome being the
worst offender) different websites
Christine Nielsen wrote:
I'm often frustrated when I see how my
photos are rendered online. My monitor is calibrated, and in the
editing process, everything seems to go just fine. I make sure I
export in srgb. Once my photos are loaded onto different websites
(blogger, picasa, flickr,
On 11-09-22 4:02 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote:
One thing about them that I see on a lot of portraits is that the highlights
on the skin seem a bit overexposed to me, so that detail is lost. I don't
know whether this is a
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola
danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
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Comments and criticisms are requested.
Lovely!
cheers,
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote:
Excellent
Thanks, Fernando, and thanks as well to everyone who looked and commented.
cheers,
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On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:23 AM, Fernando fer.p...@gmail.com wrote:
I belong to the K-5 club now! (thanks to someone buying my K10D and
Henry's dropping the price to $1,100).
Coming from the K20D I'm still getting used to the interface changes.
The thing I like the most: quiet shutter. I was
http://www.techzone360.com/news/2011/09/17/5785391.htm
Essential part:
Mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras, which are smaller and lighter
than conventional single-lens reflex cameras, attract a wide range of
consumers including young women.
A super compact mirrorless camera was rolled out
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote:
Our old barn got a renovation, and lucky me (!), I got a studio space
out of the deal. It's only very recently been finished, and I'm just
starting to get a little time to play out there. The other day, i
asked my
On Mon, Sep 12, 2011 at 12:40 AM, Christine Aguila
christ...@caguila.com wrote:
Caught this on a walk in the woods. Cheers, Christine
http://aguilapaw.posterous.com
Beautifully rendered, perfect dof and composition, nice and sharp.
Terrific expression on his face! A real keeper!
cheers,
Darren Addy wrote:
http://www.techzone360.com/news/2011/09/17/5785391.htm
Essential part:
Mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras, which are smaller and lighter
than conventional single-lens reflex cameras, attract a wide range of
consumers including young women.
A super compact mirrorless
On 9/22/2011 1:41 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
http://www.techzone360.com/news/2011/09/17/5785391.htm
Essential part:
Mirrorless interchangeable-lens cameras, which are smaller and lighter
than conventional single-lens reflex cameras, attract a wide range of
consumers including young women.
A super
Thanks, Frank.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:36 PM, frank theriault
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 12:56 AM, Daniel J. Matyola
danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:
I already did :-)
Sun and 30 degrees in Lisbon isn´t easy,and the whites are burnt out.
Thanks for your comments, Tim, Bruce, Dave, Larry and frank!
DagT
http://www.thrane.name
Den 19. sep. 2011 kl. 22.41 skrev Tim Bray:
Cool! Maybe bring the contrast down just a bit? -T
On Sun, Sep
TV and the papers are full of celebrity news. This is news that matters:
GENEVA (AP) - A pillar of physics - that nothing can go faster than
the speed of light - appears to be smashed by an oddball subatomic
particle that has apparently made a giant end run around Albert
Einstein's theories.
As I believe I threatened a few days ago, I bring you the best photo taken
during the latter years of my skiing days. The image taken by a friend of mine
in the Navy in the mid 60s. For those of you who are my FB friends, you can see
this in one of my photo albums there. For the rest of you -
On Sep 20, 2011, at 09:46 , Charles Robinson wrote:
Thanks. You're correct, third row center. Almost exactly the same as
the current price of a K-5. Was it worth it? I still think so. Do I
wish I had a K-5, yes.
I think I paid $7 for 2nd-row center for the Queen concert I saw in 1980.
On Sep 21, 2011, at 04:28 , Collin Brendemuehl wrote:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.proj.mdtfeature=search_result
It has 1 timer bug that has shown up, but I'm working on that right now.
For those doing sheet film development, it supports tray developing with a
blackout mode.
On 11-09-22 6:53 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
On Sep 20, 2011, at 09:46 , Charles Robinson wrote:
Thanks. You're correct, third row center. Almost exactly the same as
the current price of a K-5. Was it worth it? I still think so. Do I
wish I had a K-5, yes.
I think I paid $7 for 2nd-row
Daniel J. Matyola wrote on Thu, 22 Sep 2011 15:08:40 -0700:
TV and the papers are full of celebrity news. This is news that matters:
GENEVA (AP) - A pillar of physics - that nothing can go faster than
the speed of light - appears to be smashed by an oddball subatomic
particle that has
True that!
The only previous observation was that now that it is suspected that the
Universe is expanding faster each year, and that the furthest celestial objects
are approaching the speed of light, which means that we may never see the
edge of the Universe.
I interpret this to mean that the
On 11-09-22 3:05 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Our old barn got a renovation, and lucky me (!), I got a studio space
out of the deal. It's only very recently been finished, and I'm just
starting to get a little time to play out there. The other day, i
asked my daughter to sit for some portraits
Ouch. My old A501.7 is now on my Lumix G2.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:46 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
On Sep 22, 2011, at 10:07, Paul Stenquist wrote:
On Sep 22, 2011, at 7:37 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote:
It is disturbing, isn't it? My most recent was last year, the
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
There's a big can of worms you're opening here,
That's what I was afraid of... oy.
So, before anything else... Can you point me at an example of one of
your images (the same file) looking different on several
Nice shot and good publicity for this McCartney guy.
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 7:13 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote:
On 11-09-22 6:53 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
On Sep 20, 2011, at 09:46 , Charles Robinson wrote:
Thanks. You're correct, third row center. Almost exactly the same
What Frank Said. Love the jumping shot. The others could benefit from a little
less exposure and a reflector at camera right to provide some fill. The ratio
between the window lit portion of the face and the shade portion is a bit
extreme. That being said, they're all very nice.
Paul
On Sep
For me the jury's out on the various Google properties. I've distrusted
Picasa in the past as the images looked suspiciously munched to me. I know
that Google+ is just reusing the Picasa facilities and photogs seem happy
with that, so maybe Picasa is ok now. I'm not sure what Blogger does
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:20 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
you can do controlled tests of your browsers against several online images
to isolate whether it is the browser or Flickr, etc. — search for something
like browser color management test for many examples; i don't claim to
If you convert the shots to SRGB color space before web posting they should
look about the same on every site. If you're using PhotoShop, just do a save
for web.
Paul
On Sep 22, 2011, at 8:23 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote:
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote:
My quick very non-judgmental reactions (i.e., based on feel, not on analysis
using my own or others' criteria for what makes a good portrait):
a. Good model. You are lucky to have her as your model, she is lucky to have
you as her photographer.
b. The left side of the three portraits all seem
Thanks Paul, Frank, Tim everyone else who had a look. The jump
shot is her favorite, too. :)
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
What Frank Said. Love the jumping shot. The others could benefit from a
little less exposure and a reflector at camera
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Stan Halpin
s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
My quick very non-judgmental reactions (i.e., based on feel, not on analysis
using my own or others' criteria for what makes a good portrait):
a. Good model. You are lucky to have her as your model, she is lucky
On Sep 22, 2011, at 16:13 , Bruce Walker wrote:
On 11-09-22 6:53 PM, Joseph McAllister wrote:
On Sep 20, 2011, at 09:46 , Charles Robinson wrote:
Thanks. You're correct, third row center. Almost exactly the same as
the current price of a K-5. Was it worth it? I still think so. Do I
wish I
On 11-09-22 8:46 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
My quick very non-judgmental reactions (i.e., based on feel, not on analysis
using my own or others' criteria for what makes a good portrait):
a. Good model. You are lucky to have her as your model, she is lucky to have
you as her photographer.
b. The
Thanks, Charles! The light was coming through skylights, and reflecting up
from the white marble floor.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
--- On Tue, 9/20/11, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote:
On Sep 10, 2011, at 8:48, Rick Womer
wrote:
Leaping effortlessly through time and
I've been away at a large meeting outside Madison, WI. I had my camera bag
with me.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14263676size=lg
(K7, DA 50-200)
Rick
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Excellent photo. Very graphic, and it tells a story.
Paul
On Sep 22, 2011, at 10:03 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
I've been away at a large meeting outside Madison, WI. I had my camera bag
with me.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14263676size=lg
(K7, DA 50-200)
Rick
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I like this one as well. A nice composition and great light.
Paul
On Sep 22, 2011, at 9:21 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
Thanks, Charles! The light was coming through skylights, and reflecting up
from the white marble floor.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
--- On Tue, 9/20/11, Charles
Another in the Communicating series available for viewing:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6173760371/in/set-72157625844414410/lightbox/
or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6173760371/in/set-72157625844414410/
thanks for looking, comments appreciated.
Godfrey
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I'll concede the point to someone who knows far more than I do about the topic.
As you and others have pointed out, the overall range of EVs is too great
across the scene. Best to fix that upfront with different lighting balance. My
point was that, for these photos already shot, a rescue might
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Dan,
The first patch is a bit garbled.
It looks better (more ledgible) on Photo.net
Regards, Bob S.
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