J.C.O. is entirely right. Once superseded by another model, the 645D will stop
taking pictures on any ISO other than 140, force JPG format, and introduce a
lag of 30 seconds before writing exposures to card. During that lag, you will
see a message on the chimp screen explaining what you have to
On 13 December 2012 18:26, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote:
Looks like it is:
http://www.pentaxforums.com/news/pentax-645d-ir-announced.html
It's December, not April? :(
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In 1979 I worked as an assistant at a small studio. Making colour
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that a print made on Kodak Ektaprint 2 paper from a C41 processed
Kodak VPS negative that came out of a Leica M5 was inferior to the
product of a 2MP point @
On 14 December 2012 18:17, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
regarding the K-01, the appearance is not awful, but i'd feel awkward with
it in public because it is too attention-getting; i think much of Newson's
aesthetic is like that; i also have non-Newson concerns: manual focus, grip
On Dec 14, 2012, at 12:28 AM, Anthony Farr wrote:
... we know how you feel about optical frame 'finders
and wire frame 'finders and live-view-on-the LCD 'finders and no
'finders. Just don't buy them and see if I care.
Finally, pardon my grumpiness. I have prostate cancer, and last week
Thanks Stan. No longer a problem, there is no old film stock at my
house. I do carry a letter from my oncologist to explain any oddities
about, for instance, airport security scans and how vital it is that
my sieve and my small lead flask are not taken away from me.
regards, Anthony
On 15
Cancer sucks, I spent most of this year with prostate surgery, then
radiation treatments. PSA is now undetectable so I guess I am fortunate that
it got dealt with in less than a year.
Gerrit
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Thanks for the comments everyone. This project is certainly a
learning experience and I'm looking forward to finally seeing it in
print. GS
George Sinos
gsi...@gmail.com
www.georgesphotos.net
plus.georgesinos.com
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 7:23 PM, Daniel J. Matyola
Good result, congratulations but it sounds like you had a rough time.
I'm lucky to be a suitable candidate for brachytherapy, so all going
well I should be cancer free after several months. The pellets have a
half life of two months so they'll be down to 1/64th energy in a year
and pretty much
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBNHPk-Lnkk
I mean, - I want a camera that can take photos that create such an illusion.
Igor
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On 13/12/2012 11:25 PM, Tom C wrote:
From: William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com
On 13/12/2012 11:57 AM, J.C. O'Connell wrote:
And presto, you have a $10K obsolete piece o crap original 645D.
How is it obsolete? I don't think they stop working when another camera
comes out, and when the
Some of the items I listed last week have sold and been delivered to their new
home. I've added one lens to the list . . .
For Sale - 14Dec 2012
Overview:
K20D + spare battery $250
K20D + Handgrip D-BG2 + 3 spare batteries $300
Kirk camera plate PZ-117 (ArcaSwiss-standard tripod attachment
I guess if all you look at is the megapixel count, the two cameras
aren't all that different. And for a lot of applications the d800 is
going to be sufficient. The tests certainly show that technical
differences are small.
But as Bill points out, there will be differences that go beyond
From: Steve Cottrell
On 13/12/12, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed:
Cotty: have you seen his photos on the Times web site? Since a
subscription is required, I can't see them. But perhaps you have?
Impressions?
No I haven't. Anyone?
Which Times?
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From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com
Just a reminder: The odds may be long that you will beat Tom, but
nominations for PDML Troll of the Year are still open until Dec. 31st.
It's a shame when that word's misused to label one's who simply
Doesn't happen enough to make the machine un-usable, just enough to be
peculiar. There's a lot of computer expertise on the list, so I thought
I'd ask.
It's a problem on the level of Why is the carpet protector creeping
sideways again?
... not quite as urgent as I know I made a cup of coffee,
From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com
Tom, your recent Pentax is dead post may not have been meant as a troll,
which I guess just shows your prowess when you can
do that good of a job without even trying.
In retrospect it was an emotional expedient exaggeration influenced by
a Canadian
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote:
In retrospect it was an emotional expedient exaggeration influenced by
a Canadian beverage which shall remain nameless.
You gotta lay off the poutine smoothies.
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From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
Another Balda photo from the Saturday walk ... The light changed just as
I went to make this exposure, which gives it a different feel.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8271277590/
or
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8271277590/lightbox
thanks for looking!
Larry,
The WB appear to be off. Did you try the pipet tool?..
;-)
Just kidding.
Some fun photos are in there.
I didn't care for the two portraits (#3 and 4 from the back, - I suspect
those are the same as referred by Marnie).
Tha last one, - where you attempted to combine the color and BW, -
From: Anthony Farr
On 13 December 2012 14:24, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
None of his chairs looked like they'd be comfortable to sit in.
And if you did sit on one, I'm certain you'd be shown the door and
asked not to return. They're for looking at, not using.
regards, Anthony
From: Anthony Farr
Finally, pardon my grumpiness. I have prostate cancer, and last week
underwent a brachytherapy implant after a year of hormone blockers. I
still hurt (a cough or sneeze is unbearable), have no endurance, scant
tolerance, and I have to carry a sieve and a lead container
From: William Robb
I guess viewfinders don't matter any more. The 645 is a joy to look
through, the D800 has, by comparison, a dinky little viewfinder with
dancing lights flashing seemingly at random. I realize this is a small
thing that probably won't matter to many people, but the 645 is a
From: Igor Roshchin
A colleague of mine, astronomer, just sent e-mail:
If you have never seen a meteor shower, tonight is your night. The
Geminids are particularly active - 1 meteor a minute or so. It could get
even better as we go into morning.
Igor
Lovely. I wonder how they might be
Maybe we should start a fantasy league for cameras.
-- Walt
On 12/14/2012 10:58 AM, Tom C wrote:
From: William Robb
I guess viewfinders don't matter any more. The 645 is a joy to look
through, the D800 has, by comparison, a dinky little viewfinder with
dancing lights flashing seemingly at
On Dec 14, 2012, at 8:30 AM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote:
Good result, congratulations but it sounds like you had a rough time.
I'm lucky to be a suitable candidate for brachytherapy, so all going
well I should be cancer free after several months. The pellets have a
half life
This looks like it's going to be fun. I probably should make popcorn
before I settle in.
From: AlunFoto - Jostein ?ksne
J.C.O. is entirely right. Once superseded by another model, the 645D
will stop taking pictures on any ISO other than 140, force JPG
format, and introduce a lag of 30 seconds
Fri Dec 14 11:58:42 EST 2012
John Sessoms wrote:
From: Igor Roshchin
A colleague of mine, astronomer, just sent e-mail:
If you have never seen a meteor shower, tonight is your night. The
Geminids are particularly active - 1 meteor a minute or so. It could
get
even better as we go
On 14/12/2012 10:58 AM, Tom C wrote:
From: William Robb
I guess viewfinders don't matter any more. The 645 is a joy to look
through, the D800 has, by comparison, a dinky little viewfinder with
dancing lights flashing seemingly at random. I realize this is a small
thing that probably won't
Apparently Matthew Scott wasn't done nodding at the K-30. A fuller
article has now appeared here:
http://www.expeditionportal.com/component/content/article/109-electronics/1749-the-weather-sealed-pentax-k-30-perfect-for-adventure-travel.html
with a wink to the venerable Pentax Spotmatic.
William Robb wrote:
I don't bother to complain any more, but it's pretty much a given that
APS-C sized viewfinders suck bunny bums.
Quote of the year.
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Two years since my surgery; year and a half since radiation.
Got a follow-up appointment with the oncologist next week. Last time my
PSA was below the threshold of meaningful detection [0.05] whatever
that means.
The doctor at the VA comes over from Duke Hospital, and said the VA uses
a test
on 2012-12-14 1:51 Anthony Farr wrote
On 14 December 2012 18:17, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
regarding the K-01, the appearance is not awful, but i'd feel awkward with
it in public because it is too attention-getting; i think much of Newson's
aesthetic is like that; i also have
Taken at San Francisco's Farmer's Market (on the pier), in 2011.
http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/peterpiper.html
Comments welcome.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
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Nicely captured.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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From: eactiv...@aol.com
Subject: PESO - Peter Piper...
Taken at San Francisco's Farmer's Market (on the pier), in 2011.
http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/peterpiper.html
Two lenses in excellent condition -- the AF Sigma 24mm f/2.8 Super-Wide II and
the MF (with Pentax-A contacts) Sigma 24mm f/2.8 Super-Wide II lenses in Pentax
mount.
The AF lens seems to need a -1.0 EF adjustment on most Pentax digital bodies;
the MF lens needs -1.3 EF or so (this seems to be
Alright, how many did Peter Piper pick?
Like it, Marnie!
Jack
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Sent: Friday, December 14, 2012 10:15 AM
Subject: PESO - Peter Piper...
Taken at San Francisco's Farmer's Market (on the pier), in 2011.
Funny, they don't look pickled.
On 12/14/2012 1:15 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Taken at San Francisco's Farmer's Market (on the pier), in 2011.
http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/peterpiper.html
Comments welcome.
Marnie aka Doe :-)
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Don't lose heart, they might want to cut
It sounds like it has a high priority task that's not completing.
Usually this doesn't quite crash the GUI but does lock it up. Back when
I was doing SDK development it happened all the time, but then I could
usually deduce which task had gone haywire, since I usually created the
problem.
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 8:36 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Another Balda photo from the Saturday walk ... The light changed just as
I went to make this exposure, which gives it a different feel.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8271277590/
or
From: Igor Roshchin
Fri Dec 14 11:58:42 EST 2012
John Sessoms wrote:
From: Igor Roshchin
A colleague of mine, astronomer, just sent e-mail:
If you have never seen a meteor shower, tonight is your night. The
Geminids are particularly active - 1 meteor a minute or so. It could
get
even better
From: William Robb
Possibly Pentax should have been a bit more down to earth and spent
their RD money on a FF system that far more people would be
interested in obtaining. With the 645D, even most Pentaxophiles give
it simply a cursory glance because it's more or less unattainable.
It wouldn't
As soon as you experience some sort of freeze, hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE and
click the Task Manager button.
The Task Manager window will open. Click on the Processes tab and
then click the CPU heading (twice). That will sort the list in
descending order by CPU usage. See if you have a process that is
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:57 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Wouldn't bother me. With only a very few exceptions all of my lenses are
either DG (i.e. full frame digital) or legacy film lenses that already
cover 24x36 mm.
Yep, yep. What John said.
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Quoting Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com:
Finally, pardon my grumpiness. I have prostate cancer, and last week
underwent a brachytherapy implant after a year of hormone blockers. I
still hurt (a cough or sneeze is unbearable), have no endurance, scant
tolerance, and I have to carry a sieve
Somehow I don't see you reveling and debauching ...
the first one is stunning but scary... was that a fire? Or was there an
event at the old munitions plant?
Nice reflections on the water in the other.
ann
On 12/12/2012 12:21, Walt wrote:
Taking another shot at posting a few images from
The kind of hardcore lock-up you describe usually points toward a
hardware issue of some kind. I suspect the video card first but you
might try swapping our memory modules first (because that's cheaper):
If you have more than one memory module, remove one. See if the
problem goes away with only
On 12/14/2012 3:04 PM, Darren Addy wrote:
As soon as you experience some sort of freeze, hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE and
click the Task Manager button.
The Task Manager window will open. Click on the Processes tab and
then click the CPU heading (twice). That will sort the list in
descending order by CPU
On Dec 13, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Walt wrote:
Thank you, Marnie.
It's actually a steam column from a cooling tower at a uranium enrichment
plant, which lends a little credence to the post-apocalyptic look, now that I
think about it. ;)
Oak Ridge? I may have written some software for an air
It's Art. What can I say?
Lockheed Lounges have topped $US 2 million, when the greenback was
still riding high. The example I've seen was in a glass case,
probably so the kiddies wouldn't climb all over it. There's only
fifteen of them, so the world isn't being denied any meaningful amount
of
DxOMark gives sensor in the D800E with an overall rating of 96 for
quality, and the Pentax 645D an 82. The Nikon has an effective EV range
of over 14 stops the Pentax about 12. The Nikon has a 36.3mp sensor
with linear values of 7360x4912, which gives a 300dpi print size without
undue
From: P. J. Alling
It sounds like it has a high priority task that's not completing.
Usually this doesn't quite crash the GUI but does lock it up. Back when
I was doing SDK development it happened all the time, but then I could
usually deduce which task had gone haywire, since I usually created
From: Darren Addy
As soon as you experience some sort of freeze, hit CTRL+ALT+DELETE and
click the Task Manager button.
The Task Manager window will open. Click on the Processes tab and
then click the CPU heading (twice). That will sort the list in
descending order by CPU usage. See if you have
On 15 December 2012 09:26, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
But rogue dll makes me wonder if I need to look for a new mouse
driver. The one thing that I'm sure is common to every occurrence is I
go to move the mouse pointer find it's frozen.
It's still possible that it's a video
From: Mark Roberts
The kind of hardcore lock-up you describe usually points toward a
hardware issue of some kind. I suspect the video card first but you
might try swapping our memory modules first (because that's cheaper):
If you have more than one memory module, remove one. See if the
problem
On 15 December 2012 01:38, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
I guess viewfinders don't matter any more. The 645 is a joy to look through,
the D800 has, by comparison, a dinky little viewfinder with dancing lights
flashing seemingly at random. I realize this is a small thing that
On Dec 13, 2012, at 8:19 PM, David Parsons wrote:
I don't use those plugins, but his work is very thorough and well
thought out, even if there is a bit of a learning curve to some of
them.
Agreed. I have paid him money for several of his plugins.
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 11:02 PM,
On Dec 14, 2012, at 8:46 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote:
Larry,
The WB appear to be off. Did you try the pipet tool?..
;-)
Just kidding.
Some fun photos are in there.
I didn't care for the two portraits (#3 and 4 from the back, - I suspect
those are the same as referred by Marnie).
I wanted to pass on a great source for large prints. I ordered a 3 foot X 2
foot print of one of my Inside Passage images 5 days ago and received it
from Fed Ex this afternoon.
The print was done by Bay Photo Lab - www.bayphoto.com
I ordered what they call a 'Thinwrap' which is a frameless
Thank you David and Larry,
At the price I can't go wrong. And since you both confirm the quality of his
work, the risk is low.
Gerrit
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Paul,
According to photo.net, none of those pix exist, or they have been deleted.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
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Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 9:56 PM
Subject:
Thanks Ken and Jack.
And, :-P, Peter.
Marnie aka Doe ;-)
In a message dated 12/14/2012 11:20:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
webstertwenty...@gmail.com writes:
Funny, they don't look pickled.
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On 15 December 2012 03:56, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Hope things get better for you
On 15 December 2012 04:13, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote:
Sorry to hear, but wishing you speedy recovery, Anthony! Cheers, Christine
On 15 December 2012 08:03, Brian Walters
From: Anthony Farr
On 15 December 2012 09:26, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
But rogue dll makes me wonder if I need to look for a new mouse
driver. The one thing that I'm sure is common to every occurrence is I
go to move the mouse pointer find it's frozen.
It's still possible
From: kwaller
I wanted to pass on a great source for large prints. I ordered a 3 foot X 2
foot print of one of my Inside Passage images 5 days ago and received it
from Fed Ex this afternoon.
The print was done by Bay Photo Lab - www.bayphoto.com
Took a look at them didn't see anything I
Yes, I had to delete them due to some problems regarding copyright. They've
been published now, so I will repost a couple when I get a chance.
Best,
Paul
On Dec 14, 2012, at 8:43 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Paul,
According to photo.net, none of those pix exist, or they have
That's nice, Marnie. Very rich color. Cheers, Christine
On Dec 14, 2012, at 7:51 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote:
Thanks Ken and Jack.
And, :-P, Peter.
Marnie aka Doe ;-)
In a message dated 12/14/2012 11:20:25 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
webstertwenty...@gmail.com writes:
A grab of Jason as he heads west along King St. East:
http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2012/12/jason-king-east.html
I like the cars in the shot.
Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome.
cheers,
frank
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Anthony,
Sounds like the worst is nearly over.
In the scheme of your whole life, this won't be long.
(I've had both sons go thru testicular cancer, in their early 20's.
The chemo protocol involves trying to kill them, as near as possible.)
Get well soon.
The K-01 doesn't appeal to me.
I've
Bay Photo is what I'm signed up for on Smugmug - and only them... Yeah,
anything I've gotten from them or anyone else has (of my stuff) has been
delighted with print quality.
ann
On 12/14/2012 20:01, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
I wanted to pass on a great source for large prints. I ordered a
On 15 December 2012 15:12, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote:
And I have no use for Industrial Designers.
Put them on the panet with the Marketing people.
And the telephone sanitizers?
I hope your sons are keeping well, chemotherapy is brutal. Thanks for
your moral support, even small
Can you remap the windows key operation to a function key? I don't
even know if that is possible but it sounds reasonable, I think.
regards, Anthony
On 15 December 2012 13:30, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote:
Drat.
IBM 101-key click keyboard - no windoze keys. I'll have to look
Quoting Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com:
The K-01 doesn't appeal to me.
I've handled the LX recently and it is a jewel.
The extra width and weight of K-01 isn't good.
And I have no use for Industrial Designers.
Put them on the panet with the Marketing people.
That's pretty much how I feel
Thanks Ken. Great information!.
I've used Mpix so far. Overall I'm happy with them. The first 20 x 30
print, matted and framed, looked great when first received but a day
later I detected some ripples. I contacted them and sent them some
images highlighting the issue. They made good on their
On keyboards lacking a Windows key, Ctrl+Esc can be used instead.
John Coyle
Brisbane, Australia
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Sent: Saturday, 15 December 2012 3:05 PM
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What pix?
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 8:43 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote:
Paul,
According to photo.net, none of those pix exist, or they have been deleted.
Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW
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From: Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com
In retrospect it was an emotional expedient exaggeration influenced by
a Canadian beverage which shall remain nameless.
You gotta lay off the poutine smoothies.
That's way over my head Matthew. I know it has something to do with
french fries in a blender.
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