Re: PAW Week 1-New Year! New Roads

2013-01-07 Thread Bruce Walker
New Lr preset: Ironic Grain :-) On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 12:48 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Thanks, Jack, Paul, and Bruce. I was a little surprised myself with this shot after playing with the rendering.I shot it at ISO 5000, got ride of all the noise, greatly reduced

New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Dario Bonazza
http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-launches-MX-1-enthusiast-compact-12MP-28-112mm-F1-8-2-5-lens http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-Mx-1-hands-0n-preview-just-published Dario -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Bong Manayon
Hmmm...now if Pentax evolves that in the same way Fuji did with the X series (I just tested the XE-1)... On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 10:53 PM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-launches-MX-1-enthusiast-compact-12MP-28-112mm-F1-8-2-5-lens

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Dario Bonazza
Except the MX-1 is a small-sensor camera, like the Panasonic LX-7 and Olympus XZ-2. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Bong Manayon Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 4:03 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: New PENTAX MX-1 Hmmm...now if Pentax evolves that in the same way Fuji

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Why does this remind me of the forgettable I-10? Invoking the veneer of the past without the substance. I suppose there's hope that a camera that actually tries to capture the true spirit of the MX will be released much as the Q tried to capture the actual essence of the actual Auto 110. On

Re: Poll - Have You Done a Photo Book (Or Thinking About It)?

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/6/2013 2:59 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Looking it seems doing a blurb book is cheaper than it once was. So just curious, because I've been thinking about it (Derby got me thinking)... and wondering who has done it. Don't think I'd do it now, but I could bear it in mind for my

Re: PAW157 - Feather

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Yes, I still hate you. On 1/6/2013 4:04 PM, DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, D-FA100mm, f/13, 0.8s, ISO100. Happy New Year! DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in

Re: HUGE price drop on the Q10 . . .

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/6/2013 11:17 PM, Walt wrote: . . . in my Bizrate email newsletter1!11 I mean, this just has to be seen to be believed! http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8356863386 I've never seen anyone highlight a typo before. -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a

Stupid operator error.

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
A bit of a confession. So having been in a bit of a funk lately, I decided to *FINALLY GO OUT AND TAKE SOME PICTURES* Took a drive to someplace I've never been before and shot some snow/nature photos. Shutter speeds were in the 1/10 - 1/40 second range and I didn't bring a tripod, but I

Re: HUGE price drop on the Q10 . . .

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Hum, let me rephrase that a bit, I've never seen a commercial enterprise highlight their own typo before. On 1/7/2013 11:46 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 1/6/2013 11:17 PM, Walt wrote: . . . in my Bizrate email newsletter1!11 I mean, this just has to be seen to be believed!

Re: Stupid operator error.

2013-01-07 Thread Jack Davis
Yeah, camera manufactures delight in designing complicated high tech operating systems. Jack ;-)) - Original Message - From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, January 7, 2013 9:06 AM Subject: Stupid operator error. A

Re: HUGE price drop on the Q10 . . .

2013-01-07 Thread Walt
On 1/7/2013 10:46 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 1/6/2013 11:17 PM, Walt wrote: . . . in my Bizrate email newsletter1!11 I mean, this just has to be seen to be believed! http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8356863386 I've never seen anyone highlight a typo before. Then you

RE: Off List: Re: PESO - A Dying of the Light...

2013-01-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: knarftheriault This was not off list... Cheers, frank Yeah, I screwed it up. -- 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 follow the directions.

Re: HUGE price drop on the Q10 . . .

2013-01-07 Thread Walt
Err . . . please ignore my previous reply. ;) -- Walt On 1/7/2013 11:08 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Hum, let me rephrase that a bit, I've never seen a commercial enterprise highlight their own typo before. On 1/7/2013 11:46 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 1/6/2013 11:17 PM, Walt wrote: . . . in my

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread John Sessoms
Still no viewfinder. -- 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 follow the directions.

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/7/2013 12:24 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Still no viewfinder. Yea, not even a provision for an accessory viewfinder. But then we're not the target demographic for this camera. I think the target is people who think the Olympus ZX-2 is just too complicated... -- Buy a Leica to get the full

Re: PESO: Peanut Butter Co.

2013-01-07 Thread Don Guthrie
When I was in college many many years ago rather than call someone a dumb-ass one called them a peanut-butter We were more refined in those days. Which has nothing to do with your photo but it is the 1st thing to come to mind when I saw it. I liked it for its color obviously and it fits well

Re: Poll - Have You Done a Photo Book (Or Thinking About It)?

2013-01-07 Thread Rick Womer
Have never done. Think about it often. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2013 2:59 PM Subject: Poll - Have You Done a Photo Book (Or Thinking About It)? Looking it seems

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/1/13, Dario Bonazza, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-launches-MX-1-enthusiast- compact-12MP-28-112mm-F1-8-2-5-lens http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-Mx-1-hands-0n-preview- just-published Dario Needs an optical viewfinder!!! Aaaargh

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Dario Bonazza
They just have to copy the Olympus OM-D as much as they can, except for putting an APS sensor and Pentax electronics in it. Then I'll buy it in a flash. (I'm even so tempted by the original Oly OM-D!). Dario -Messaggio originale- From: P. J. Alling Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 5:30

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Dario Bonazza
That will be the MX-1s. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Steve Cottrell Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 7:21 PM To: pentax list Subject: Re: New PENTAX MX-1 On 7/1/13, Dario Bonazza, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-launches-MX-1-enthusiast-

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
I thought that there would be either an optional OVF or EVF on the K-02, but it now seems unlikely that there will be a K-02. On 1/7/2013 1:22 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: That will be the MX-1s. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Steve Cottrell Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 7:21 PM To:

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Dario Bonazza
I understand the K-01 has been the biggest failure in recent Pentax history and I'm very glad a K-02 won't be. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: P. J. Alling Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 7:34 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: New PENTAX MX-1 I thought that there would be

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Dario Bonazza
I understand the K-01 has been the (much foreseeable) biggest failure in recent Pentax history and I'm very glad a K-02 won't be. They need to better waste their money. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Dario Bonazza Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 7:48 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Brian Walters

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Wishing Brian speedy and complete recovery... I will keep him in my thoughts, that's for sure... On 1/6/2013 7:36 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: Hi kids, Just to let you know, our fellow Brian Walters has had a mild stroke and will be MIA for a bit. His wife tells me he is in pretty good shape and

Re: PESO - ONE OFF - GDG.txt

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
You totally lost me here, Godfrey... Words such as melancholy transforming into depression come to mind... May be you need to cheer up some... On 1/6/2013 6:14 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8353242133/lightbox This was snapped with a Polaroid SX-70 on

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:53 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-launches-MX-1-enthusiast-compact-12MP-28-112mm-F1-8-2-5-lens http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-Mx-1-hands-0n-preview-just-published Cue the wailing and moaning and gnashing of teeth

Re: Orion Starblast vs 500mm mirror

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
On 1/7/2013 9:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Honestly, I think the best option is the Pentax O-GPS1 if you shoot Pentax models that are compatible. What can be done with them is amazing. Like any photography, wide field is easier to do than telephoto (which gets increasingly more difficult with focal

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Seems like a quickie marriage of Ricoh tech with Pentax retro market-think... Not my cup of tea, sorry... On 1/7/2013 4:53 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-launches-MX-1-enthusiast-compact-12MP-28-112mm-F1-8-2-5-lens

Re: Poll - Have You Done a Photo Book (Or Thinking About It)?

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
I haven't done a new photo book for quite a while... I have at least 4 projects that I need to get my sorry lazy ass started... On 1/6/2013 9:59 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Looking it seems doing a blurb book is cheaper than it once was. So just curious, because I've been thinking about it

Re: PAW157 - Feather

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Happy New Year! On 1/6/2013 11:04 PM, DagT wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, D-FA100mm, f/13, 0.8s, ISO100. Happy New Year! DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: HUGE price drop on the Q10 . . .

2013-01-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Walt On 1/7/2013 10:46 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 1/6/2013 11:17 PM, Walt wrote: . . . in my Bizrate email newsletter1!11 I mean, this just has to be seen to be believed! http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8356863386 I've never seen anyone highlight a typo before.

Re: Orion Starblast vs 500mm mirror

2013-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 7, 2013, at 11:22 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 1/7/2013 9:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Honestly, I think the best option is the Pentax O-GPS1 if you shoot Pentax models that are compatible. What can be done with them is amazing. Like any photography, wide field is easier to do than

Re: PAW Week 1-New Year! New Roads

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Oddly enough, it would seem as if you actually _plan_ to meet a UFO on a dark night driving a well lit road... On 1/7/2013 2:57 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Everyone: Well, I'm going to give it a go. I did 7 weeks of 2012, but never finished the year like I did in 2011. In 2012, I

Re: PESO - A Dying of the Light...

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
You did it right, Marnie. Quite touching, really... On 1/6/2013 8:29 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: There's a new annual coming out... and I remembered I still have a Pentax Optio (A40). So running around re-shooting things I shot this past year (MIGHT get something usable). Only the Optio is

Re: HUGE price drop on the Q10 . . .

2013-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 7, 2013, at 9:18 AM, Walt wrote: On 1/7/2013 10:46 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 1/6/2013 11:17 PM, Walt wrote: . . . in my Bizrate email newsletter1!11 I mean, this just has to be seen to be believed! http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8356863386 I've never seen

Re: PESO: Snow in the Village

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
It works for me, though... On 1/3/2013 5:20 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: An experiment that didn't work out, but I still like it for some reason: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16718638 Comments and criticisms are inbvited. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO - Black Rock Sands, Porthmadog, 2012

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
There you go, Cotty - now I hate you too... On 1/2/2013 4:24 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Not posted anything in ages, so here's a beach. http://cottycam.posterous.com/black-rock-sands-porthmadog-2012 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - ONE OFF - GDG.txt

2013-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 6, 2013, at 5:20 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I have to admit, I thought microscope as well. Cheers, Christine My thought was that it looked like a petri dish. A poorly photographed petri dish. But, I do applaud Godfrey's willingness to take risks and try new things. Kind of like

Re: PESO - Supermacro hoarfrost

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
The formation on the left looks very much like a palm of a hand raised in a don't shoot me with this huge gun gesture :-). On 1/2/2013 3:25 PM, Jostein Øksne wrote: Larry and John's supermacro setups inspired me to get my ass off the chair and do something about the hoarfrost on the car

Re: Stupid operator error.

2013-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 7, 2013, at 9:06 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: A bit of a confession. So having been in a bit of a funk lately, I decided to *FINALLY GO OUT AND TAKE SOME PICTURES* Took a drive to someplace I've never been before and shot some snow/nature photos. Shutter speeds were in the 1/10 - 1/40

Re: Orion Starblast vs 500mm mirror

2013-01-07 Thread Darren Addy
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 1:22 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/7/2013 9:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Honestly, I think the best option is the Pentax O-GPS1 if you shoot Pentax models that are compatible. What can be done with them is amazing. Like any photography, wide field is

Re: Stupid operator error.

2013-01-07 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: If I had a quarter for every photograph I blew because I forgot to change a setting on a camera back to what it should have been, I'd be able to afford a K-5 IIs. Which would still be set wrong half the time -- PDML

Re: My faves for December

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
There's rather ironic connection between the mushroom and the colorful explosion - the 1st and the 2nd shot of the set... You know - in totally Californian kind of way, wink, wink... On 1/1/2013 9:29 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Here is my December faves set:

Re: PESO - Snow on Lake Shore Boulevard

2013-01-07 Thread Boris Liberman
Well done, Frank. Now I am reminded of my days back in Moscow... Brrr, that was cold On 1/1/2013 4:25 AM, frank theriault wrote: I was walking late Sunday evening, during a lovely snowfall: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/12/snow-on-lake-shore-boulevard.html Hope you enjoy.

Re: HUGE price drop on the Q10 . . .

2013-01-07 Thread Walt
On 1/7/2013 1:34 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 7, 2013, at 9:18 AM, Walt wrote: On 1/7/2013 10:46 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 1/6/2013 11:17 PM, Walt wrote: . . . in my Bizrate email newsletter1!11 I mean, this just has to be seen to be believed!

Re: Poll - Have You Done a Photo Book (Or Thinking About It)?

2013-01-07 Thread Eactivist
Ann, of course, I knew you did books and thanks for all the info you shared and the suggestion to sell it anyway, if doing one. Stan, interesting how you publicized it, I could do some of that as well. Larry, good point regarding it being a portable portfolio. Frank, you definitely have a

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Darren Addy
After seeing the market segment for whom this camera is intended, I have decided that if anyone ever calls me a photographic enthusiast I will punch them in the nose (enthusiastically). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/7/2013 2:17 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 7, 2013, at 6:53 AM, Dario Bonazza wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-launches-MX-1-enthusiast-compact-12MP-28-112mm-F1-8-2-5-lens http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-Mx-1-hands-0n-preview-just-published Cue the

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 7, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Darren Addy wrote: After seeing the market segment for whom this camera is intended, I have decided that if anyone ever calls me a photographic enthusiast I will punch them in the nose (enthusiastically). Amusing in one way, sad in another. It is easy for us,

Re: PAW Week 1-New Year! New Roads

2013-01-07 Thread Don Guthrie
Off to a great start. I think finding a good enuf photo will not be too difficult for you. Limiting yourself to BW will require even more discipline. But I know you are up to it and I look forward to your posts. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 7 Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 18:57:15 -0600

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Dario Bonazza
Larry Colen wrote: What they seem to be doing is a spastic attempt at emulating Steve Jobs, or at least Apple, in releasing different and innovative products in the hopes that one of them will catch on. If they release ten products, it doesn't matter if nine of them are Lisas, if one of them

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Walt
On 1/7/2013 2:15 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Jan 7, 2013, at 12:06 PM, Darren Addy wrote: After seeing the market segment for whom this camera is intended, I have decided that if anyone ever calls me a photographic enthusiast I will punch them in the nose (enthusiastically). Amusing in one way,

Re: PAW Week 1-New Year! New Roads

2013-01-07 Thread DagT
Nice mood :-) DagT 7. jan. 2013 kl. 01:57 skrev Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com: Hi Everyone: Well, I'm going to give it a go. I did 7 weeks of 2012, but never finished the year like I did in 2011. In 2012, I wanted to do all black and white, so I decided to try for that in

Re: I've been selected for a juried art show, VAM35

2013-01-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks folks. Hopefully somebody'll bring a camera to the opening. Maybe I'll sit in a corner and take notes on visitor's reactions to my shot. ;-) On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Big, big congratulations, Bruce! I'd love to see the link, though I have no doubt

RE: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread J.C. O'Connell
Why are they wasting their efforts on stuff like this and the k01 when they could be developing a ff dslr that would actually sell? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Boris Liberman

RE: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling On 1/7/2013 12:24 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Still no viewfinder. Yea, not even a provision for an accessory viewfinder. But then we're not the target demographic for this camera. I think the target is people who think the

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Dario Bonazza
I think because these cameras cost very little in development and tooling, while a FF DSLR will involve getting back to manufacture a whole series of FF lenses and accessories, whose sales are very very uncertain. Once you've sold the FF bodies to those already owning FF lenses and not buying

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Bruce Walker
How about: a) potentially sell 500,000 PS cameras at $500 b) potentially sell 5000 FF DSLR's at $2000 Probably this kind of thing appeared in a PowerPoint deck during an exec meeting. Exec's aren't the target demographic for the FF product either. On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 3:47 PM, J.C. O'Connell

RE: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread J.C. O'Connell
I say they would sell less a due to stiff competition and more b to virtually no competition. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 3:55 PM

Re: Orion Starblast vs 500mm mirror

2013-01-07 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 9:22 PM +0200 1/7/13, Boris Liberman wrote: On 1/7/2013 9:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Honestly, I think the best option is the Pentax O-GPS1 if you shoot Pentax models that are compatible. What can be done with them is amazing. Like any photography, wide field is easier to do than telephoto

PESO - Downtown Juneau Alasksa !

2013-01-07 Thread kwaller
Image taken from a downtown city street in Juneau with a 120mm lens - ah the great outdoors! K20D, 70-210mm F, 400 ISO http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16756414 Comments appreciated. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bruce Walker How about: a) potentially sell 500,000 PS cameras at $500 b) potentially sell 5000 FF DSLR's at $2000 Probably this kind of thing appeared in a PowerPoint deck during an exec meeting. Exec's aren't the target demographic for the FF product either. I'm afraid it's going to

RE: PESO - Downtown Juneau Alasksa !

2013-01-07 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of kwal...@peoplepc.com Image taken from a downtown city street in Juneau with a 120mm lens - ah the great outdoors! K20D, 70-210mm F, 400 ISO http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16756414 Photo.net fucking about as usual,

OT - wet plate collodian shoot

2013-01-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Now for some *real* nostalgia: wet plate collodian process plus about a billion watts of light to do a fashion shoot. ISO 1 (yes, one) and 9-12 second exposures. Model held steady with neck brace behind her. Slightly NSFW.

RE: OT - wet plate collodian shoot

2013-01-07 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Now for some *real* nostalgia: wet plate collodian process plus about a billion watts of light to do a fashion shoot. ISO 1 (yes, one) and 9-12 second exposures. Model held steady with neck brace behind her. Slightly

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/1/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: I think that Pentax (for whatever definition of Pentax over the past decade you want to use) understands that they will not survive as a me too product. If Pentax were simply to produce another Canon Rebel, nobody would have any reason to buy

Re: PESO - Downtown Juneau Alasksa !

2013-01-07 Thread Bob Sullivan
Ken, Nice picture, but you were supposed to have the camera pointed down the street, not up the shore. (No roads to Juneau, only freey service.) Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 3:36 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Image taken from a downtown city street in Juneau with a 120mm lens - ah

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/1/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: What they seem to be doing is a spastic attempt at emulating Steve Jobs, or at least Apple Actually when Steve came back he got rid of the confusing array of computers and laptops and slimmed everything down into these types: iMac, PowerMac,

Re: PESO - ONE OFF - GDG.txt

2013-01-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks for commenting, Boris. You have responded several times on my photos in ways suggesting that I'm depressed or something. I'm not. I'm experimenting and having a grand time. My photography is moving in several directions, one of them is way past the literal. ;-) G On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at

Re: PESO - ONE OFF - GDG.txt

2013-01-07 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks for the compliment, Larry. Funny joke ... But actually bacteria was one title I had in mind. G On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Jan 6, 2013, at 5:20 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: I have to admit, I thought microscope as well. Cheers, Christine

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
In actual fact, I'm really liking what Fuji are doing in their lineup at the moment. They might not be doing it to the best of their ability just yet, but that will come in time. Sure it's not a Leica (and nor is it meant to be, nor to aspire to be) but the X100 has benchmarked a fundamental

Re: PESO - Black Rock Sands, Porthmadog, 2012

2013-01-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/1/13, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: There you go, Cotty - now I hate you too... Thanks Boris. Appreciate that - and to everyone who looked and responded, and even those who just looked ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video

Re: PESO - Downtown Juneau Alasksa !

2013-01-07 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 7/1/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Photo.net fucking about as usual, spending too long to serve some useless ad to me before it shows your picture, so I click away and your photo loses one more viewer. Weird. I never get an advert with photo.net but it takes ages to show up in the

Re: Orion Starblast vs 500mm mirror

2013-01-07 Thread Darren Addy
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 2:49 PM, Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca wrote: At 9:22 PM +0200 1/7/13, Boris Liberman wrote: On 1/7/2013 9:07 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Honestly, I think the best option is the Pentax O-GPS1 if you shoot Pentax models that are compatible. What can be done with them is

Re: PESO - Downtown Juneau Alasksa !

2013-01-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Very nicely done, Ken. Excellent composition and light. On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 4:36 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Image taken from a downtown city street in Juneau with a 120mm lens - ah the great outdoors! K20D, 70-210mm F, 400 ISO http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16756414

Re: PAW157 - Feather

2013-01-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Gorgeous, Dag. I love how well perfectly isolated the feather is, completely surrounded by pure white. On Sun, Jan 6, 2013 at 4:04 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html Pentax K-5, D-FA100mm, f/13, 0.8s, ISO100. Happy New Year!

Orion Starblast vs 500mm mirror

2013-01-07 Thread luiz felipe
Steve's words: For an astronomical telescope, f8 is not that slow. Schmidt-Cassegrains - the most popular off the shelf optical system - are usually f10 (though focal reducers are available). I think what's more important is the optical quality of the lens. A lot of those inexpensive mirror

Orion Starblast vs 500mm mirror

2013-01-07 Thread luiz felipe
Darren's words: I know that f/8 is not unusual for a visual scope. (my 8 dob is f5.9) But f/8 is still f/8 photographically (exposure-wise). We've also switched subjects (more than a little) slightly when we are talking about using the telescope as the lens to the camera. That's called prime

Geso: - The mysterious old photos by another photographer - phase two

2013-01-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Ok guys - here are my down and dirty shots from the salvation army today -- sorry about reflections in glass of me, which are kinda funny in the violinist photo. I felt pressure to grab these quickly before other shoppers arrived . The artwork and toys and china and stuff are in the basement

Re: Off List: Re: PESO - A Dying of the Light...

2013-01-07 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Fortunately, John's reply wasn't of a personal nature... :-) ann On 1/7/2013 12:18, John Sessoms wrote: From: knarftheriault This was not off list... Cheers, frank Yeah, I screwed it up. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

RE: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread John Coyle
Looks good - I'll be tempted if the IQ is good too. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Dario Bonazza Sent: Tuesday, 8 January 2013 12:53 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: New PENTAX MX-1

OT: CS2 now a freebie!

2013-01-07 Thread Steve Sharpe
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/01/grab-photoshop-and-cs2-for-absolutely-free-right-now/ -- Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca • http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Test

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
Test -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account). -- 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 follow the

Pentax Q10 custom colors

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
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Re: OT: CS2 now a freebie!

2013-01-07 Thread Bruce Walker
Caveat for Mac users: this CS2 stuff is so old it's PowerPC only. It would have to run under emulation for anyone with a modern Mac. Trouble is that Apple left PowerPC emulation out of the latest versions of Mac OS X, so you'd be SOL on this stuff. I suppose you could download the Windows flavours

Re: Pentax Q10 custom colors

2013-01-07 Thread Bruce Walker
That should be declared illegal. On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 9:03 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: MY EYES!!! http://www.pentaximaging.com/hybrid/Q10_Custom_Colors -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account). -- PDML

Re: OT: CS2 now a freebie!

2013-01-07 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 9:04 PM -0500 1/7/13, Bruce Walker wrote: Caveat for Mac users: this CS2 stuff is so old it's PowerPC only. It would have to run under emulation for anyone with a modern Mac. Trouble is that Apple left PowerPC emulation out of the latest versions of Mac OS X, so you'd be SOL on this stuff. I

PESO: First shot, K-5

2013-01-07 Thread Walt
I suppose it's fitting that this would be the very first image I took with my K-5 when it arrived today. It's just a throw-away capture I shot through the bars of a birdcage just to make sure the thing worked. But, when I finally transferred it to my laptop, I discovered that I'd unknowingly

Re: Test

2013-01-07 Thread Walt
On 1/7/2013 8:01 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Test Copy. -- 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 follow the directions.

Re: Test

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/7/2013 9:45 PM, Walt wrote: On 1/7/2013 8:01 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Test Copy. I was getting a very strange message from gmail (I think), when trying to post. Seems to be fixed now. -- Buy a Leica to get the full “Leica Experience”, (a quick reduction of funds in the bank account).

Optio WG-2

2013-01-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
Anyone using this camera? What's good and/or bad about it? Target has them on sale for $180. Good price or average? -p -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Test

2013-01-07 Thread Philip Northeast
I though strange messages are normal for the PDML Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 8/01/13 2:05 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 1/7/2013 9:45 PM, Walt wrote: On 1/7/2013 8:01 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Test Copy. I was getting a very strange message from gmail (I think), when

Re: PAW Week 1-New Year! New Roads

2013-01-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Thanks, Don. Good advice and kind remarks. Much appreciated. Cheers, Christine On Jan 7, 2013, at 2:20 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Off to a great start. I think finding a good enuf photo will not be too difficult for you. Limiting yourself to BW will require even more

Re: New PENTAX MX-1

2013-01-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Pretty! Boy, add a view finder to this camera, and I would seriously consider one. Cheers, Christine On Jan 7, 2013, at 8:53 AM, Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/01/07/Pentax-launches-MX-1-enthusiast-compact-12MP-28-112mm-F1-8-2-5-lens

Re: Optio WG-2

2013-01-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Hi Paul: I have it. I purchased it for its underwater capability mainly, but it's tough to get a clear shot if the water is murky as you would expect, but you can still have fun taking pictures and splashing around in the water, which I love. Also, there is a manual focus option and I may

Re: PESO: First shot, K-5

2013-01-07 Thread Christine Aguila
That's nice, Walt. I may up the shadows a bit to bring a little more light to the birds. Congrats on your first shot! Cheers, Christine On Jan 7, 2013, at 8:42 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I suppose it's fitting that this would be the very first image I took with my K-5 when it

Re: Optio WG-2

2013-01-07 Thread P. J. Alling
That's twenty bucks less than Adorama and Amazon are selling it for, sixty less than BH but then again it seems to be out of stock at BH. On 1/7/2013 10:13 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Anyone using this camera? What's good and/or bad about it? Target has them on sale for $180. Good price or

Re: PESO - Downtown Juneau Alasksa !

2013-01-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Lovely, Ken! Cheers, Christine On Jan 7, 2013, at 3:36 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Image taken from a downtown city street in Juneau with a 120mm lens - ah the great outdoors! K20D, 70-210mm F, 400 ISO http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16756414 Comments appreciated.

Re: Geso: - The mysterious old photos by another photographer - phase two

2013-01-07 Thread Christine Aguila
Very curious, Ann. I do like the shot of your reflection with the violin. I just did a quick google, which I'm sure you did as well, and just came up with that wedding photographer :-). Wouldn't it be fun if he was the long lost brother of Minor White--the brother no one has ever heard of!

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