I just use a regular plastic body cap, it's easier to feel ok throwing
it back into the bag when I attach a real lens ;)
On 17 November 2012 15:21, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
On Nov 16, 2012, at 6:27 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
I guess they have to illustrate that it can be done, that
Ditto
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Glad to see you posting, Boris.
Because of your last post I have resisted contacting you
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist
Making them smile:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16600034size=lg
that's very good - could almost be medieval in that big hall.
B
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My Android's default browser has never liked photo.net. Or photo.net
doesn't like my Android.
Then I installed Firefox for Android and (it seemed), problem solved.
Until, after many months, photo.net won't load on either browser.
Good to hear that.
B
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Sent: 17 November 2012 02:54
To: PDML@pdml.net
Subject: OT - Back on the Road Again
Eight weeks ago this evening I was sitting in a hospital waiting room
Last week the annual light festival Glow was running.
http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/240-glow-2012
All shot with the Q and 01 prime
Toine
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I've had my new car for 3 months, and it was due for a complimentary
service, but also happened to be under a recall notice. What else to do
while waiting but to get some street work done.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/11/carservice/index.html
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I always carry my second body with just a cap on it. Frequently I pack both
bodies in my Pelican case with just caps and pack all the lenses separately.
Paul
On Nov 16, 2012, at 6:48 PM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:
I am surprised to see that somebody would be putting the only body
On Nov 17, 2012, at 4:42 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist
Making them smile:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16600034size=lg
that's very good - could almost be medieval in that big hall.
B
Thanks
My Android phone does okay on photo.net, although I rarely use the phone for
web browsing. I don't know what browser it uses. I assume it's the one that
comes with a Moto Droid.
Paul
On Nov 16, 2012, at 10:43 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
My Android's default browser has never liked
Yesterday's emails were all returned as junk
I'll try again.
MX. Ugly but fully functional. $50
A50/2. (2) Very clean. $20 ea
+ shipping.
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Great gallery.
I love how you really get in close to the action.
DS
On 17 November 2012 19:18, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote:
I've had my new car for 3 months, and it was due for a complimentary
service, but also happened to be under a recall notice. What else to do
while waiting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/sets/72157632014752917/
All shot @ f/2.8 (wide open) and converted to BW in PSE10.
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Good news indeed
Dave
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:54 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Eight weeks ago this evening I was sitting in a hospital waiting room
wondering what was wrong with my shoulder, hoping it wasn't too badly mangled
but fearing the worst.
As it
Could just be the reader. I had an old CF card reader bought back in
2001, and when i set the iMac up in 2010, it would not recognize the
reader or card. My newer reader, 2008 did fine.
Dave
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 1:20 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
The widow of my friend who passed
Jack,
Ditto to Franks comment.
It's nice to see snow geese.
I'm sick of the Canadian Geese around here.
(Ya, I know ther are CANADA Geese.)
Regards, Bob S.
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 11:21 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
That's gorgeous, Jack. Beautiful colours and
Very nice
Dave
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 6:18 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote:
I've had my new car for 3 months, and it was due for a complimentary
service, but also happened to be under a recall notice. What else to do
while waiting but to get some street work done.
Good sharp image
Dave
On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 9:37 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
As I said the other day, the vast majority of my photos over the past week or
more have been bike messenger shots. So, let's go with it. Here's Adam:
Hi Everyone:
Chris and Karin Mitchell, Bob W., and I would like to share a project we
worked on as a thank you gift for Mike Wilson and his family for their
wonderful hospitality while in Northumbria this past summer. The book is
completed and the Wilsons have received it--with enthusiasm I
Very good to hear, Frank! Cheers, Christine
On Nov 16, 2012, at 8:54 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Eight weeks ago this evening I was sitting in a hospital waiting room
wondering what was wrong with my shoulder, hoping it wasn't too badly mangled
but fearing the worst.
As it
Thanks much Bob and Frank!!
As Carl Sagan would put it; billions and billions of Snow geese arrive each
Nov. Just unimaginable numbers, most of which hang around 'til well in to Feb.
Fewer Canada geese, but still a good number.
Quite a few Canadas summer over at the local lakes. Each time I see
When I was flying a lot, on the job, I carried my photo equipment in an
aluminum Haliburton case that was secure, non deformable and always fit in the
overhead. I carried a body, with cap on, a lens or two, flash, rolls of film,
close up diopters and file folders related to the work at hand.
I
Boris,
I understand and agree with your reasoning.
I have also the Sigma 18-50/2.8, a very fine lens, but I'am using the
Sigma 17-70/2.8-4 as default lens for its longer range, I bought it as
new for 230 euro, I will not switch to the SDM -version for reliability
reasons (my general
From: Walt
You need something like this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=sku=370766is=REGQ=A=details
Put the unused SD cards in the left pocket, the full ones in the right pocket.
Even if you leave the card from the camera in your computer, you'll have one in
the pocket on
I want to say there are a surprising number of people who think anyone
taking photos of public spaces must be a terrorist who should be hustled
off to Gitmo immediately.
Unfortunately, there are so damn many of them, it's no surprise at all.
The mentality that anything not compulsory must be
From: Paul Stenquist
?with six days to spare. ISO 6400, f3.2, DA* 16-50
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16600052size=lg
Could be worse. I saw some places putting their Christmas decorations up
a week before Halloween.
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Good to hear that you're back on your feet again ... or back off your
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From: knarftheriault
Eight weeks ago this evening I was sitting in a hospital waiting room
wondering what was wrong with my shoulder, hoping it wasn't too badly
mangled but fearing the worst.
As it
On 11/17/2012 11:17 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Paul Stenquist
?with six days to spare. ISO 6400, f3.2, DA* 16-50
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16600052size=lg
Could be worse. I saw some places putting their Christmas decorations
up a week before Halloween.
A neighbor down
On 11/17/2012 10:54 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Walt
You need something like this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=sku=370766is=REGQ=A=details
Put the unused SD cards in the left pocket, the full ones in the
right pocket.
Even if you leave the card from the camera in
Drove some 130km in search of a better place - Fortaleza is a city of
light, unsuitable for any kind of astrophotography. Managed to take a
friend with me - still using Canon but he'll see the light someday.
As soon as we secure the place and start shooting, we get company - a
donkey came by
A quick bit of research gives me two obvious sources for your problem.
There may be more but these should be easy to identify or eliminate.
The first is that the CF card could be a CFast card, designed for
extremely fast read/write speeds and needing a card reader cabable of
the specification.
Thanks for the kind words, Jos!
On 11/17/2012 6:36 PM, Jos from Holland wrote:
Boris,
I understand and agree with your reasoning.
I have also the Sigma 18-50/2.8, a very fine lens, but I'am using the
Sigma 17-70/2.8-4 as default lens for its longer range, I bought it as
new for 230 euro, I
Thanks, Frank and Bob.
No, I much rather you did contact me off-the-list as it takes my mind
off these matters which I admit is a good thing.
On 11/17/2012 11:38 AM, Bob W wrote:
Ditto
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I might want to add to that the being pin-based, the mechanical coupling
of the card and the reader is rather fragile. Even minimal bent of one
of the pins in the reader, and you may have incomplete interface thereby
causing the card to malf.
On 11/17/2012 8:55 PM, Anthony Farr wrote:
A
Great set. Every one is a winner.
On Nov 17, 2012, at 3:18 AM, Derby Chang wrote:
I've had my new car for 3 months, and it was due for a complimentary service,
but also happened to be under a recall notice. What else to do while waiting
but to get some street work done.
Fun! Nicely done.
stan
On Nov 17, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Everyone:
Chris and Karin Mitchell, Bob W., and I would like to share a project we
worked on as a thank you gift for Mike Wilson and his family for their
wonderful hospitality while in Northumbria this past
From: Walt
On 11/17/2012 10:54 AM, John Sessoms wrote:
From: Walt
You need something like this:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=sku=370766is=REGQ=A=details
Put the unused SD cards in the left pocket, the full ones in the
right pocket.
Even if you leave the card from the
Loose barrels on AF lenses have been discussed since the F days. I first
heard of it (and noticed on mine) in the FA era with my PZ-1p. Supposed to
have no impact on image quality. The official reason for this is the AF motors
did not have the power to focus a lens against the drag of what used
I woke up early this morning. Went out on the deck to see the Leonids. There is
a small section of clear sky above me. However, it is hard to keep your eyes
open when they are being pelted with raindrops.
Such is life in the NorthWest once winter sets in, a few weeks after summer
departs.
On
Larry,
A few thoughts:
1. Either, as Boris wrote, you've got bad/bent contacts (very often with CF
readers), or the reader is not designed to read this higher capacity
cards.
2. Typically, when you connect a digital camera via USB, at least
two types of drivers have to be activated: first - for
There's a discussion in progress on my facebook page that I'm sure several on
this list will find interesting. In short, I'm looking for a relatively
inexpensive way to come up with roughly 8TB of storage, in a single box, for my
raw photo files, rather than my current practice of just adding
So I'm in Austin this week, visiting family (and finishing off
with a trip to the Circiuit of the Americas for the US Grand Prix).
It's a bit disheartening - I'm surrounded by Nikons Canons (at
least for the folks who aren't using their iPhone cameras). I have
only seen one other Pentax, and
John,
I don't know about holding the remote, but the K-7,K-5 battery grip
has a spot for an extra sd card.
It doesn't function electrically, just a carrier.spot. I prefer a
velcro pocket on the neck strap for SD cards.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 2:02 PM, John Sessoms
My FA70-200/4-5.6, the power zoom one for the PZ-1, had a wobbly front
element. It drove me nuts, but never seemed to affect image quality.
It was/is a good lens.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 3:41 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote:
Loose barrels on AF lenses have been
On 17/11/2012 4:33 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
There's a discussion in progress on my facebook page that I'm sure several on
this list will find interesting. In short, I'm looking for a relatively
inexpensive way to come up with roughly 8TB of storage, in a single box, for my
raw photo files,
Quoting John Francis jo...@panix.com:
So I'm in Austin this week, visiting family (and finishing off
with a trip to the Circiuit of the Americas for the US Grand Prix).
It's a bit disheartening - I'm surrounded by Nikons Canons (at
least for the folks who aren't using their iPhone cameras). I
Thanks to all who commented or had a look.
Paul
On Nov 16, 2012, at 8:37 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Making them smile:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16600034size=lg
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Thanks, Stan! cheers, Christine
On Nov 17, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
Fun! Nicely done.
stan
On Nov 17, 2012, at 10:03 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
Hi Everyone:
Chris and Karin Mitchell, Bob W., and I would like to share a project we
worked
Well done. A very handsome volume.
Paul
On Nov 17, 2012, at 7:35 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote:
Thanks, Stan! cheers, Christine
On Nov 17, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
Fun! Nicely done.
stan
On Nov 17, 2012, at 10:03 AM,
Quoting Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com:
Hi Everyone:
Chris and Karin Mitchell, Bob W., and I would like to share a
project we worked on as a thank you gift for Mike Wilson and his
family for their wonderful hospitality while in Northumbria this
past summer. The book is
On Nov 17, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Quoting John Francis jo...@panix.com:
So I'm in Austin this week, visiting family (and finishing off
with a trip to the Circiuit of the Americas for the US Grand Prix).
It's a bit disheartening - I'm surrounded by
I should probably get rid of my Pentax kit. Haven't used any of it in
quite some time...
On 18 November 2012 08:28, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote:
Quoting John Francis jo...@panix.com:
So I'm in Austin this week, visiting family (and finishing off
with a trip to the Circiuit
From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org
Quoting John Francis jo...@panix.com:
So I'm in Austin this week, visiting family (and finishing off
with a trip to the Circiuit of the Americas for the US Grand Prix).
It's a bit disheartening - I'm surrounded by Nikons Canons (at
least for
http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/3569088
Great work Christine - a photo book is a great way to preserve memories of
memorable holidays. I've done a couple and they sure beat the old shoebox
full of colour prints or folders of slides. I've only ever used the Blurb
software
Thanks, Paul! Cheers, Christine
On Nov 17, 2012, at 6:41 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
Well done. A very handsome volume.
Paul
On Nov 17, 2012, at 7:35 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote:
Thanks, Stan! cheers, Christine
On Nov 17, 2012, at 1:58
Every time I go to Central Camera on Wabash here in Chicago, the guys behind
the counter always say the same thing: You're the only Pentax shooter in
Chicago! Makes me giggle, but it's also sad too. The K5 is a fantastic
camera. It should be selling like hot cakes in camera stores. Cheers,
Nice book Christine company.
Now Lynn wants a trip to the UK!
Thanks, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote:
Thanks, Stan! cheers, Christine
On Nov 17, 2012, at 1:58 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote:
Fun! Nicely done.
Thanks, Bob! Cheers, Christine
On Nov 17, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Nice book Christine company.
Now Lynn wants a trip to the UK!
Thanks, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com
wrote:
Thanks, Stan! cheers,
From: Bob Sullivan
John,
I don't know about holding the remote, but the K-7,K-5 battery grip
has a spot for an extra sd card.
It doesn't function electrically, just a carrier.spot. I prefer a
velcro pocket on the neck strap for SD cards.
Regards, Bob S.
That's all the K10D/K20D battery grips
on 2012-11-17 17:04 William Robb wrote
FWIW, I've been using a first generation Drobo pretty much since they became
available. Other than being really, really slow (I think it is USB 1), it's
been a perfectly reliable performer. Right now I have 3x2T drives in it, as I
had out grown the 750GB
Recently, someone mentioned the Sigma 20/1.8. I've had a very rocky
relationship with mine. It's an utter failure at what I bought it for, that
being a fast, wide angle lens for shooting dancers at close quarters, in low
light. I just can't get it to focus properly. I expect that with focus
Larry, you could go my route. Take a relatively weak CPU, 1-2 GB of RAM,
minimal motherboard with everything on board, hardware RAID (here I
think the good card is important) and a big box where you can stuff many
HDDs. Set up a Linux and put inside HDDs according to your taste and
preference.
Wonderful book, Christine.
The only suggestion I may humbly make is that you could've exported the
book as a PDF file from the LightRoom so that you needn't have to take a
screenshot of each individual page.
I particularly liked the spread pages. Given the print quality of Blurb
they should
This is what I'm using, works well.
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/289678-REG/OP_TECH_USA_4701002_Media_Holster_Pack_of.html
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 8:51 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
From: Bob Sullivan
John,
I don't know about holding the remote, but
Larry,
Yes, that is nice.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sat, Nov 17, 2012 at 9:30 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Recently, someone mentioned the Sigma 20/1.8. I've had a very rocky
relationship with mine. It's an utter failure at what I bought it for, that
being a fast, wide angle lens for
Gee man, you must be extremely quick photo-witted person... These shots
- they look so perfectly timed...
On 11/17/2012 1:18 PM, Derby Chang wrote:
I've had my new car for 3 months, and it was due for a complimentary
service, but also happened to be under a recall notice. What else to do
That's good news, Frank. However, I must urge you to exercise double,
no, triple caution when you're riding... At least until you got the
results of the second x-ray test in January that hopefully would
indicate full recovery.
On 11/17/2012 4:54 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Eight
If I understand you correctly (which is not 100% certain), the front
element of my DA* 16-50 exhibits similar behavior. Never noticed it
before and never saw any bad image quality that I could attribute to
such movements...
I must say, Larry, that when I first read the headline of the
Just go to see the gallery today...
My absolute faves are:
Faster than light by Luiz
and
Rovinj by Dario
Excellent gallery all around!
On 11/12/2012 12:10 AM, Brian Walters wrote:
G'day all
'Prime Time' makes for a very varied collection this month so it's
difficult to pick a favourite, but
Great photograph, Frank. One of the best really.
On 11/15/2012 5:27 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Please excuse the banal title. Taken one night last week, a dreary, wet week:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2012/11/blog-post.html?m=0
Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
Cheers,
frank
Some wonderful shots in there, Chris... And I am certain Bob will always
spot a misdemeanor (Thunderbird made me spell it so) or two everywhere ;-).
On 11/11/2012 10:38 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote:
...as long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise (Thanks, Ray Davies)
Back when Pentax was Pentax, according to some folk at a Pro camera store in
Seattle, they shot themselves in the foot with a few bad decisions on how
companies who sold Pentax for years would have to stock the whole line, or bye
bye. All but the true camera stores either dropped the line, or
On 15 November 2012 15:38, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote:
As in past years, I made a fall visited to a local northern CA State Wildlife
Area.
Will be trying for something more later.
CC welcome
Jack
http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=655
K-5 w/DA 55~300...what
On 18 November 2012 02:04, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
Nice book Christine company.
Now Lynn wants a trip to the UK!
Thanks, Bob S.
Just let us know when and we'll get the red carpet ready...
Chris
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And now for something a little different ... Took out the SX-70 with a couple
of packs of Impossible Project SilverShade film today. Love the feel of this
stuff ... it's the antithesis of sharp. :-)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8193940835/lightbox
enjoy! comments always appreciated.
Godfrey,
I suppose if you shoot enough of it,
you might be able to make it do what you want.
Otherwise, it's just spray and pray.
Regards, Bob S.
On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:28 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote:
And now for something a little different ... Took out the SX-70 with a
I haven't had much interest in my sale, and I'm not sure if my original message
went into junk filters or nobody wants to get themselves a present for Xmas :(
I am letting go of a selection of very nice lenses plus a couple of
accessories, mainly because I don't use them enough and also because
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