Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: You could do a better job with many aspects of this camera. Maybe low light is a sensor problem? A standard Bayer mosaic sensor is a planar surface with a filter array on top of it. This means that the light at each of

OT cormorant cam

2012-09-05 Thread Larry Colen
Second video down: http://www.popphoto.com/2012/08/13-best-animal-action-cams -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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

Re: PESO x3: Thunderstorm

2012-09-05 Thread David Mann
On Sep 5, 2012, at 1:51 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I think there's a hacked firmware for the K10D/K20D that allows you to turn off the dark frame subtraction, but I've never had the nerve to try it. Interesting, I was thinking there would be a menu option to switch it off

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 10:26:07PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: I really like the concept behind the Foveon sensor - every photo-site captures all 3 colors like film did no need for the anti-aliasing, but what's the deal with the poor image quality above ISO 400? Physics. If you don't have

Re: PESO x3: Thunderstorm

2012-09-05 Thread David Mann
On Sep 5, 2012, at 3:20 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, Dark frame subtraction or not, that's a great lightening capture. The phone pole makes it very real. Regards, Bob S. I stopped being excited about my photos when I saw this shot by a photographer who lives on the

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread David Mann
On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:39 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Comments? Your conjecture? Last Photokina thread before Photokina! I'll go out on a limb and say 67D :) Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO x3: Thunderstorm

2012-09-05 Thread David Mann
On Sep 5, 2012, at 1:37 AM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I've never tried my hand at long exposures. I did once manage to capture some lightning shots using one of those disposable film cameras, years ago. I obviously haven't been able to duplicate that success with digital,

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 4, 2012, at 11:54 PM, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 10:26:07PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: I really like the concept behind the Foveon sensor - every photo-site captures all 3 colors like film did no need for the anti-aliasing, but what's the deal with the poor image

Re: Taking the Tokina out for some exercise

2012-09-05 Thread Rick Womer
Larry, Au contraire; I usually set clarity to 15-20.  I find I'm using less in LR4 than I did in previous versions. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 4,

Re: PESO: Kermit

2012-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Nice shot. We find them in the pool a well sometimes. They often need some help getting out since they can't manages the lip. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com: The uninvited guest in our pool,

Mini-GESO: Golden Hour mammatus (4 photos)

2012-09-05 Thread Walt Gilbert
In a fit of jealousy over Mark's shot of mammatus clouds during the golden hour from GFM, I decided to spend every single night camped out in the yard with my camera until I finally got some of my own. Well, I got them at about 6:30 this morning.

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Anyone know if the Foveon sensor outputs 8 bits-per-color or 16? -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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

PESO - Legs

2012-09-05 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all Just a bit of fun from last year's 'Sculpture by the Sea when I took the *ist D out for a walk. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1370864/PESO/slides/_IGP0135-istD-peso.html Comments criticism, etc all welcome. -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western

Re: PESO x3: Thunderstorm

2012-09-05 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting David Mann dmann...@gmail.com: We rarely get thunderstorms here but when I noticed clouds moving in from the northeast with more clouds moving in from the southwest at the same time, I knew we were in for a bit of a show. I stood out at the footpath watching the fireworks and

Re: PESO x3: Thunderstorm

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I agree with Walt (and everyone else). Terrific photos. Very dramatic! Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com Sent: September 4, 2012 9/4/12 To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Toralf Lund
On 05/09/12 08:01, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Steven Desjardinsdrd1...@gmail.com wrote: You could do a better job with many aspects of this camera. Maybe low light is a sensor problem? A standard Bayer mosaic sensor is a planar surface with a filter array on top

Re: PESO - Picnic at the Beach with Hookah

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Yes. The busy-ness works very well here. Very good photo! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Sent: September 4, 2012 9/4/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO: Banksy flavored

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Striking image! Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: steve harley p...@paper-ape.com Sent: September 4, 2012 9/4/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO: Banksy flavored

RE: Peso The French Church BW

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Beautiful composition, beautifully rendered. Does this French church have a name? I know in Quebec some of the towns and churches are named after very little-known saints (my favourite is St. Polycarpe), so I'm wondering if this might have one of those glorious archaic names... Cheers, frank

Re: PESO Green Tech

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I'll jump in late to say how much I like this one. Simple, spare composition, beautiful blue sky. A winner! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Sent:

Re: PESO - Freedom (warning, bike content)

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Judy says hi back, Bruce. She hasn't ridden the steed yet (wants to get a helmet first), but she is certainly looking forward to it. Thanks to all who looked and commented. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original

Re: PESO - St. Louis Bandstand in IR

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Wow! Spectacular about sums it up. Great shot, Mark. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Sent: September 4, 2012 9/4/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: PESO - Legs

2012-09-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a very striking image with strong composition, IMO Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all Just a bit of fun from last year's 'Sculpture by the Sea when I took the *ist D out

RE: PESO - Garsdale Viaduct

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
It is beautiful, as is your photo of it. I haven't commented on the others in this series but I have been looking at them and they are all gorgeous. Wonderful series! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message

RE: PESO - Legs

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Made me smile! Fun photo. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org Sent: September 5, 2012 9/5/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO -

Re: PESO: Kermit

2012-09-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Brian and Steve. This is not the first frog to visit our pool. The others left after we removed them from the pool and placed them in a cool, moist place. This character keeps returning, no matter what we do. He likes to hide inside one of the floats that has open spaces on the

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Anyone know if the Foveon sensor outputs 8 bits-per-color or 16? My understanding is that the quantization space is 12 bit per component. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:38 AM, Toralf Lund tor...@toralf.net wrote: I thought one the main premises was that each sensor would absorb all the light for a certain range of wavelenghts, and not at all respond light outside that range, so that it would continue without any loss of energy to the

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 5:42 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Anyone know if the Foveon sensor outputs 8 bits-per-color or 16? My understanding is that the quantization space is 12 bit per component.

Re: OT cormorant cam

2012-09-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
LOL ... That's great! On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 11:13 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Second video down: http://www.popphoto.com/2012/08/13-best-animal-action-cams -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Kermit

2012-09-05 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I love it that he is smiling at you ann On 9/5/2012 09:59, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Brian and Steve. This is not the first frog to visit our pool. The others left after we removed them from the pool and placed them in a cool, moist place. This character keeps returning, no matter

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Toralf Lund
On 9/5/12 16:10, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:38 AM, Toralf Lundtor...@toralf.net wrote: I thought one the main premises was that each sensor would absorb all the light for a certain range of wavelenghts, and not at all respond light outside that range, so that it would

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Toralf Lund
On 9/5/12 8:54, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 10:26:07PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: I really like the concept behind the Foveon sensor - every photo-site captures all 3 colors like film did no need for the anti-aliasing, but what's the deal with the poor image quality above ISO

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
The Sigma site does say 12 bit and it's supposed to be the same sensor. I got my number from the LL article. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:02 AM, Toralf Lund tor...@toralf.net wrote: On 9/5/12 8:54, John Francis wrote: On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 10:26:07PM -0400, John Sessoms wrote: I really

Re: PESO - Legs

2012-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
I like it. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:57 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Made me smile! Fun photo. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Brian Walters

Re: Mini-GESO: Golden Hour mammatus (4 photos)

2012-09-05 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 5, 2012, at 7:33 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: In a fit of jealousy over Mark's shot of mammatus clouds during the golden hour from GFM, I decided to spend every single night camped out in the yard with my camera until I finally got some of my own. Well, I got them at about 6:30 this

Re: PESO - Legs

2012-09-05 Thread Bruce Walker
Great shot, Brian. Has that double-take magic. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all Just a bit of fun from last year's 'Sculpture by the Sea when I took the *ist D out for a walk.

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread Darren Addy
I think there is some good info on the answers on this page (be sure to click the 4 more answers link: http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/22758/how-do-digital-sensors-that-capture-one-color-at-each-photosite-compare-to-senso I think the most interesting comment on the above page is the

Re: PESO: Kermit

2012-09-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
HE'S LAUGHING AT ME! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I love it that he is smiling at you ann On 9/5/2012 09:59, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Thanks, Brian and Steve. This is not the

Re: Taking the Tokina out for some exercise

2012-09-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 5, 2012, at 4:24 AM, Rick Womer wrote: Larry, Au contraire; I usually set clarity to 15-20. I find I'm using less in LR4 than I did in previous versions. HAR! Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To:

Re: GESO - First (non-macro) shots with Pentax Q

2012-09-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 2, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: I was surprised with the MF using the kit lens. For focus by wire, it surprisingly nice to use. Unfortunately, I can't find a distance scale anywhere. This is one of the shortcomings of the Q. I don't understand why every new camera

Re: PESO - Garsdale Skyline

2012-09-05 Thread Larry Colen
Nice composition. That's an intriguing looking trestle. On Sep 3, 2012, at 3:24 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Garsdale (population about 200) is where we spent our three days in the Yorkshire Dales: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16418272size=lg (K-5, DA 50-200). The waterfall

Re: Anyone in the market for a 560 mm?

2012-09-05 Thread John Francis
On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 06:40:28PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: I thought I saw a leaked price for the 560mm at $3800. I wonder how much it weighs? At $1/gm that would be 8lb+. :-) I think it might be a bit lighter than that; the 250-600/5.6 weighs in at 5400gm (almost 12lb), but that needs the

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 02:37:07PM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: I want to know what the hell Tanya was shown that made her hint so strongly about FF September. The way she worded it, I would expect she must at least have seen a functioning

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:12 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: I don't think Tan actually saw anything but it was strongly hinted by someone 'in the know' that a full frame was coming. That was the impression I got, too. I pretty much discounted it - this was by no means the first time

RE: PESO - Garsdale Viaduct

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Rick Womer I went out one evening to photograph the Garsdale viaduct, another beautiful piece of Victorian engineering and construction: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16425412size=lg Of course, I wanted something to give it some movement or scale.? I lingered for about a half

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: knarftheriault It only occurred to me to check out the site after I posted. Grammatical error ~in the first sentence~ of the home page (subject doesn't agree with predicate). Quite impressive... :-\ cheers, frank Kool. That's what I want to be when I grow up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before, Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: I want to know what the hell Tanya was shown that made her hint so strongly about FF September. The way she worded it, I would expect she must at least have seen a functioning prototype. NDAs for vaporware suck. I don't

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Maybe it's only coming to Australia. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:12 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: I don't think Tan actually saw anything but it was strongly hinted by someone 'in the know' that a full frame was coming.

Re: Peso York Durham Heritage Railway

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters Quoting David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16415852 One weekends in the summer, some rail enthusiast operate an old diesel engine with 2-3 cars and a bright red caboose on tours between Stouffville and Uxbridge here in Ontario. I

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 1:12 PM, John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: I don't think Tan actually saw anything but it was strongly hinted by someone 'in the know' that a full frame was coming. That was the impression I got, too. I pretty much discounted it -

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters Quoting frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? I thought it must have been a company that does video inspections of underground

Re: Peso York Durham Heritage Railway

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Wonderful photo, Dave. As usual you got a great result from your IR conversion. Really like the composition and the subject matter - just love those old streamliners, especially the steam ones. Terrific shot! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. --

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before, Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:06 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Brian Walters Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: I want to know what the hell Tanya was shown that made her hint so strongly about FF September. The way she worded it, I would expect she must at least have seen a

Re: OT; Review of Sigma DP2M at Luminous-Landscape

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Godfrey DiGiorgi A Fovean sensor stacks three photosites in each pixel location on the sensor, with a color filter between them. I don't know precisely how they order the stack, but it would make sense to order it blue, green, red since short wavelengths are more easily absorbed than

Re: PESO x3: Thunderstorm

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: David Mann On Sep 5, 2012, at 1:51 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I think there's a hacked firmware for the K10D/K20D that allows you to turn off the dark frame subtraction, but I've never had the nerve to try it. Interesting, I was thinking there would be a menu option

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread Darren Addy
Unless Ricoh/Pentax have been maintaining abnormally good secrecy and threatening dire consequences to any 'leakers', it looks like it's not going to happen - this September anyway. There is another possibility, that I am starting to think might have some credence. The leaks have been hiding

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Brian Walters Quoting frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? I thought it must have been a

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Unless Ricoh/Pentax have been maintaining abnormally good secrecy and threatening dire consequences to any 'leakers', it looks like it's not going to happen - this September anyway. There is another possibility, that I am starting to think might have

Re: OT: getting reacquainted with the Leica CL

2012-09-05 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 3/9/12, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: Leica: Make a digital CL with three lenses, just like this. The sensor in the X2 would be fine. Compact 14mm f/4, 28/2, 60/2.8 lenses tailored for it would be fine too. Keep it simple, keep it manual focus and rangefinder, keep it handy. It

Re: PESO - Freedom (warning, bike content)

2012-09-05 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 3/9/12, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/09/the-new-steed.html And we bought it. After 20 years off a bike, Judy finally has one! It's a Specialized Globe Carmel 02. Barely ridden, in perfect shape, we got it for a great price. Thats

OT - ND filter built in - Samsung EX2F - what does it mean?

2012-09-05 Thread Igor Roshchin
Finally, Samsung EX2F appeared at BH. It's a PS camera with a fast (f/1.4-2.7) zoom. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=sku=877078Q=is=REGA=ShowProduct What puzzles me a bit is the footnote next to the max aperture under specifications tab: Please Note: Built-in ND filter. I know

RE: Peso The French Church BW

2012-09-05 Thread Don Guthrie
Thanks Everyone who looked and commented I appreciate the feedback. Bruce asked about the presets in Silver efx. I used a preset for each BW and I made small adjustments peaking the contrast and shadows. I also used the control points mostly to back off the structure in certain areas like the

Geso The rest of the French Church photos

2012-09-05 Thread Don Guthrie
Here are the rest (7) of the French church photos including some color versions. If you care to take the time to look. Someone (maybe Bob W. ( my mail program seems to have deleted some mail) asked about a color version. http://flic.kr/s/aHsjBX14vy

Re: Peso York Durham Heritage Railway

2012-09-05 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: Brian Walters Quoting David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16415852 One weekends in the summer, some rail enthusiast operate an old diesel engine with 2-3 cars and a bright red caboose on tours between

Re: Geso The rest of the French Church photos

2012-09-05 Thread Jack Davis
Really like Cemetery #1. Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 3:35 PM Subject: Geso The rest of the French

September PUG is Up!!

2012-09-05 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all After a slow start, there was a rush of submissions to give us a grand total of 29 submissions. And a great lot of photos they are, with quite a few variations on the theme as well. As usual, you'll find the gallery here: http://pug.komkon.org/ (you may need to refresh your

Peso: My Yard

2012-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
I didn't ask for a model release: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-GfHZHX5/0/XL/myyard-XL.jpg -- Steve Desjardins -- 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

Re: September PUG is Up!!

2012-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Lovely gallery. My fave is the Hall of Fame shot by Matthew. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all After a slow start, there was a rush of submissions to give us a grand total of 29 submissions. And a great lot of photos they are, with quite

Re: Geso The rest of the French Church photos

2012-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
I'm with Jack on this one. I do like the sign that says The French Church, however. I didn't realize that was an actual name. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Really like Cemetery #1. Jack Davis

Re: OT - ND filter built in - Samsung EX2F - what does it mean?

2012-09-05 Thread Peter McIntosh
On 6 September 2012 08:18, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Finally, Samsung EX2F appeared at BH. It's a PS camera with a fast (f/1.4-2.7) zoom. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=sku=877078Q=is=REGA=ShowProduct What puzzles me a bit is the footnote next to the max

Re: September PUG is Up!!

2012-09-05 Thread Bruce Walker
Terrific gallery. Standouts for me: Texas Prairie Storm - Joseph McAllister -- love these colours A Walk in the Park - Patrick Temmerman -- great composition! Nocturnal Canoeing - Rick Womer -- perfect exposure On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:03 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:

Re: PESO Green Tech

2012-09-05 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you very much, Frank. A major departure for me. Landscape, street and graphic composition are weak areas for me, so I usually avoid them. :-) But I keep on studying the masters and hope something sinks in ... On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 9:47 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com

OT hipster parody

2012-09-05 Thread Bruce Walker
This is *really* well done and hilarious: @thexavius: Portrait of an Instagram Artist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i9wUa8ofvE Spewage warning: do not attempt to drink fluids while watching. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Peso York Durham Heritage Railway

2012-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 6:53 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: Brian Walters Quoting David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16415852 One weekends in the summer, some rail enthusiast

Re: Peso York Durham Heritage Railway

2012-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:55 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Wonderful photo, Dave. As usual you got a great result from your IR conversion. Really like the composition and the subject matter - just love those old streamliners, especially the steam ones. There is

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:03 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? Some people plunge into a business to fast. Dave ;-) Hope you enjoy.

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:19 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 10:03 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? Some

Re: Peso: My Yard

2012-09-05 Thread Bruce Walker
Looks more curious than threatening. I like it, Steve. Technically, you'd need a property release anyway. :-) On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't ask for a model release: http://drd1135.smugmug.com/Photography/pdml/i-GfHZHX5/0/XL/myyard-XL.jpg

Re: OT - ND filter built in - Samsung EX2F - what does it mean?

2012-09-05 Thread Mark C
The Q Has that as well -it is a physical filter built into the kit lens and the zoom but not hte toy lenses. I assume it is to allow large apertures in bright light. The Q has a maximum shutter speed of 1/2000. The sunny 16 rule would suggest that at ISO 125 (the lowest the Q supports) a

Re: OT - ND filter built in - Samsung EX2F - what does it mean?

2012-09-05 Thread Igor Roshchin
Wed Sep 5 19:42:30 EDT 2012 Peter McIntosh wrote: On 6 September 2012 08:18, Igor Roshchin str at komkon.org wrote: Finally, Samsung EX2F appeared at BH. It's a PS camera with a fast (f/1.4-2.7) zoom. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=sku=877078Q=is=REGA=ShowProduct

Re: OT hipster parody

2012-09-05 Thread Steven Desjardins
Now you can take a picture and make it look like it was taken with an old Russian camera. Epic. On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: This is *really* well done and hilarious: @thexavius: Portrait of an Instagram Artist

Re: OT - ND filter built in - Samsung EX2F - what does it mean?

2012-09-05 Thread Peter McIntosh
On 6 September 2012 11:02, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: Wed Sep 5 19:42:30 EDT 2012 Peter McIntosh wrote: Pete, that indeed helps, thank you! It also brought up some additional questions: 1) How is it implemented (i.e. do you just set it as on and off, or is it more complicated,

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Francis On Wed, Sep 05, 2012 at 02:37:07PM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: I want to know what the hell Tanya was shown that made her hint so strongly about FF September. The way she worded it, I would expect she must at least have seen a

Re: OT hipster parody

2012-09-05 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com: This is *really* well done and hilarious: @thexavius: Portrait of an Instagram Artist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i9wUa8ofvE Spewage warning: do not attempt to drink fluids while watching. Thanks for the warning - I was reading PDML with my

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Sep 5, 2012, at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Brian Walters Quoting frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? I thought it must

Re: The last Photokina speculation thread on PDML before Photokina

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Mark Roberts Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Unless Ricoh/Pentax have been maintaining abnormally good secrecy and threatening dire consequences to any 'leakers', it looks like it's not going to happen - this September anyway. There is another possibility, that I am starting

Re: PESO - Garsdale Viaduct

2012-09-05 Thread Rick Womer
Dan, Brian, Knarf, John, Thanks very much! Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, September 5, 2012 1:51 PM Subject: RE: PESO - Garsdale Viaduct From: Rick Womer I went out one

Re: Please educate me (Kenny Boy)

2012-09-05 Thread Mark C
On 9/4/2012 12:12 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: By the way lens sharpness is really a combination of resolution and contrast, and is quite subjective, so he starts out from an incorrect premiss from his first sentence.. I'm glad that somebody brought that up. Sharpness is the combined effect of

Re: Peso York Durham Heritage Railway

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Brian Walters Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: From: Brian Walters Quoting David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16415852 One weekends in the summer, some rail enthusiast operate an old diesel engine with 2-3 cars and a bright red

RE: OT hipster parody

2012-09-05 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker This is *really* well done and hilarious: @thexavius: Portrait of an Instagram Artist http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i9wUa8ofvE Spewage warning: do not attempt to drink fluids while watching. Are you sure this was supposed to be a parody??? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

PESO - This Way... or Maybe That Way...

2012-09-05 Thread Rick Womer
It can be challenging to follow a footpath in the Yorkshire Dales: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16425612size=lg (the camera was level) Comments always welcomed. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: Please educate me (Kenny Boy)

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Mark!! (Roberts, of course) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net snip I almost composed a rant about this but dammit, I'm committed to being mellow. Mark --

PESO - Storm Brewing

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Still not sure about this one. Let me know what you think: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/storm-brewing.html?m=1 Thanks. Hope you enjoy. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Peso York Durham Heritage Railway

2012-09-05 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: Quoting John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com: What makes the locomotive unusual looking? It looks like a bog standard diesel to me. That structure directly in front of the cab windows. I still don't see what you're referring to?

Re: PESO - Storm Brewing

2012-09-05 Thread Jack Davis
A darker, more brooding, God's wrath sky would help. Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent:

Re: PESO - Storm Brewing

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I think you're right. Back to the drawing board - or Photoshop, as the case may be. Thanks for the input, Jack! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Sent:

Questions about tripod heads.

2012-09-05 Thread Larry Colen
I've got a couple of Manfrotto ball heads, and a three axis head, a Manfrotto 804RC2. One nice thing about them all is that they all use the same quick release plate, of which I have something like half a dozen now, allowing me to just have them mounted on both bodies and a couple of my longer

RE: September PUG is Up!!

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Great gallery! Too many good ones to pick a favourite. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org Sent: September 5, 2012 9/5/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: Peso: My Yard

2012-09-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Beautiful shot. Great expression, really nice perspective and colours. Love it! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Sent: September 5, 2012 9/5/12 To:

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