Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Jan 29 20:01:51 EST 2013 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I needed to update to an Intel-based system to run LR3. I did ... I'm glad I did, and a bottom end new system was much much faster than my old PowerPC top of the line system. I don't blame Adobe for making their business decisions. Although I

Re: Anyone owns Metz 52 AF-1 flash unit?

2013-01-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks for _quite_ reply should read Thanks for _quick_ reply... One can have only so much tea in the morning... On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:06 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for quite reply, Zos... I just looked up e-bay and it seems these Metz 54 mz-4i flashes go for 400

Re: Pentax Photo Gallery Question

2013-01-30 Thread Igor Roshchin
Brian, In Firefox, you can click on Tools-Page Info, then, in the new window, choose Media tab. You can click on the jpegs in the list, while looking at the image in the Media Preview box at the bottom. Then, you can either use Save as (if you need to save your image), or right-click on the URL

Rather good The Image Deconstructed

2013-01-30 Thread Derby Chang
I love this stuff. A situation that is actually a bit routine, and isn't even particularly photogenic. I would have picked the mirror shot as the headliner, but that wouldn't tell the story I suppose. It's the people that make the story anyhow.

OT GESO - Australia Day

2013-01-30 Thread Derby Chang
Not Pentax, but since Rob was there, I'll show my feeble car shots. I'm not much of a car person, but I liked the Brazil Messerschmitt http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/01/australiaday/index.html -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GESO Mannequins, when they're at home

2013-01-30 Thread Derby Chang
The last Raiders of the Lost Ark shot made it for me. Good Twilight Zone material On 28/01/2013 12:42 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: [* Possibly NSFW, See below ... *] You can blame Frank for this project. :-) http://www.behance.net/gallery/Mannequins-when-theyre-at-home/6868595 or

Re: GESO - Venice

2013-01-30 Thread Dario Bonazza
Excellent! A wonderful gallery of pics, of which you can hardly pick one as the best of the bunch because they all deserve that. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Jostein Øksne Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 10:32 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: GESO - Venice

Re: Venezia

2013-01-30 Thread Dario Bonazza
Then count me on, again! :-) Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Jostein Øksne Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2013 7:12 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Venezia Fun series, Dario. I think you captured the mood nicely. That thing about the coffee was Linns idea though. :-) It

Vertigo

2013-01-30 Thread Dario Bonazza
Asian + photographer + woman = http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269568/Woman-ledge-Artist-creates-vertigo-inducing-images-perched-precariously-skyscrapers-world.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: GESO Mannequins, when they're at home

2013-01-30 Thread Bruce Walker
I was thinking The Matrix when I saw it, but Raiders definitely. Thanks, Derby! On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 4:13 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: The last Raiders of the Lost Ark shot made it for me. Good Twilight Zone material On 28/01/2013 12:42 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: [*

Re: Vertigo

2013-01-30 Thread Derby Chang
Love the concept, but they are oversharpened to a degree that hurts my eyes On 30/01/2013 9:15 PM, Dario Bonazza wrote: Asian + photographer + woman =

Re: GESO - Venice

2013-01-30 Thread Derby Chang
Beautiful street work, even if the streets are water. Vendors work late in Venice On 30/01/2013 8:32 AM, Jostein Øksne wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/Venezia/ As usual, very few pictures of people, but you'll know it was a PDML event by the last image. Shot with Q and 645D. Warm

Re: Anyone owns Metz 52 AF-1 flash unit?

2013-01-30 Thread Zos Xavius
Yuh my 54 is blown. I saw them going for 200 on flea bay. Though that might have been a bit presumptious. They are rather desirable due to their system independence. Either way the cheapest option for me is to have mine fixed, so that is what I will do. I've long considered switching to a

Re: resale value of an almost-3-year-old K7?

2013-01-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 28, 2013, at 13:11 , Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: That's pretty torn up. On pf, good looking k-7s are going for 400. I personally wouldn't ask for more than 300 on a body like that. Especially because it likely needs a good cla. You can upload images to pf and use their

Re: YIKES!

2013-01-30 Thread Zos Xavius
You gotta love pentax for being different. :) Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to sell me a purple camera, or a pink and green camera: http://jmtrk.thinkbigsolutions.com/w.aspx?j=280218503m=F0EC00E1F2FA48BC8BB4F0C2D6EE4322 Dan

Re: YIKES!

2013-01-30 Thread P. J. Alling
I'm hurt, Pentax never sends me love letters. On 1/30/2013 1:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to sell me a purple camera, or a pink and green camera: http://jmtrk.thinkbigsolutions.com/w.aspx?j=280218503m=F0EC00E1F2FA48BC8BB4F0C2D6EE4322

SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Aahz Maruch
Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD cards,

Re: YIKES!

2013-01-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Match your camera to your style -- sure, makes a lot of sense. Don't bother matching it your technical requirements, subject matter or anything so prosaic. So what have they got for a guy who generally styles himself (if you can call it that) in well-worn jeans, a checked cotton shirt and

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Welcome aboard, Aahz! SanDisk Extreme 16GB is my choice. You can't get any safer and reliable than that. I also have some older 8 GB and 4 GB Extremes but they mostly just gather kit-bag lint as I've never filled-up the 16 GB on a shoot. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Aahz Maruch

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Zos Xavius
I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. On a k-5 I get like 230 shots or so. When one runs full I just pop another in. If one fails I lost 10 bux and some pictures. That's almost the equivalent of 10 rolls of film so that should be enough for a lot of people. Aahz Maruch

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. -- 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

Re: OT GESO - Australia Day

2013-01-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Great stuff, Derby. Really like the cops lined up under the sale banner. Is the Messerschmitt that 3-wheeler? That's very cool. I was going to comment on how grainy some of the shots looked as I'm used to zero noise in outside daylight, and then I noticed the tag: Bronica 645 and Tri-X. :-) On

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
I've have Patriot and Kingston 16gb plus some Patriot LX 32gb cards, speed class 10 if possible. I buy cheap stuff, less than $1 per gb, sometimes $.50 per gb at Frys. The cards hold a lot of pictures (300+ each), and are tiny. I get nervous having so many per card. Take a laptop and download to

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/30/2013 1:57 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Welcome, Aahz! Galia (my daughter) is using 16GB SanDisk card. I think it is SD Extreme or whatever. I am using Patriot LX 64GB SDXC card (which is total accident, really, as it was bought for a very different purpose). In order to use it reliably, I had to upgrade firmware of both our K-5 to

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. Until then I was in agreementorso I thought. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Rick Womer
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this.  We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). In my K-5 I usually use SanDisk Extreme 8GB cards.  They hold about 300 DNG files (a lot more than the camera says it will hold when you first turn it on).  I don't like putting too many eggs in one basket,

Re: YIKES!

2013-01-30 Thread Rick Womer
That purple is ~so~ you, Dan.   - Original Message - From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 1:17 PM Subject: YIKES! I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to sell me a purple camera,

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). I assume that anyone who associates with Larry can deal with the rest of us. I mostly use a Sandisk Extreme 16 GB and a HP 32 GB card

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 02:05:42PM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: Welcome aboard, Aahz! SanDisk Extreme 16GB is my choice. You can't get any safer and reliable than that. I've only got the Ultras, not the Extreme. I started off with 8GBs when I bought my K-5, but when I was in Texas in November

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 02:45:37PM -0500, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). I assume that anyone who associates with Larry can deal with the

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say more. Until then I was in agreementorso I thought.

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Camera gear investment: a few thousand bucks Once in a lifetime cruise: many thousands of bucks I use class 10 8gb cards. They are dirt cheap. [...] If one fails I lost 10 bux and some pictures. Priceless! On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I use class

RE: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Bob W
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 2:09 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs.

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Zos Xavius
Better to lose 8gb worth of pictures than 32just sayinoften when I need a card only radio shack is close and I need one that day so rather than pay their insane prices I just buy a reasonable 8gb. Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Camera gear investment: a few thousand bucks

RE: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread J.C. O'Connell
SanDisk class 4 8GB sdhc card, holds more than enough shots from my istDS and seems fast enough for the camera. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Zos Xavius Sent: Wednesday,

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). What is this mercy of which you speak? Recently I bought an Extreme Pro 90MB/s card, and compared write and read speeds with a 45MB/s card in the K-5. There was no

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread lrc
I think that tbe last time I bought sandisk extreme the best value were the 32GB cards. They have the advantage of not needing to swap them out often. Copy your raw files to external drives each day and keep a spare copy of the files on the cards until you get home. Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread lrc
However faster card s offload to the computer faster. Make sure you get a fast card reader though. Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). What is this mercy of which you

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 30, 2013, at 13:05 , Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome aboard, Aahz! SanDisk Extreme 16GB is my choice. You can't get any safer and reliable than that. I'm with Bruce on this. Takes a lot to fill 16GB. I've only ever done it at very long concerts. Brand-name

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this topic doesn't have the legs. Un-hip to say

Re: YIKES!

2013-01-30 Thread Stan Halpin
That purple is snazzy! I recently bought the previous generation (WG-2) red one; depending on how it works out for me on my upcoming cruise, I may switch up to the purple. stan On Jan 30, 2013, at 1:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to

GESO: Another Venice series

2013-01-30 Thread DagT
Here´s some of my pictures from the trip: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/Venice%202013/Venice%202013.html I even added proof that Jostein and I (as well as Linn and Amund) met Dario :-) DagT -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Moonrise

2013-01-30 Thread Tim Bray
Strictly speaking a video not a photo but, um, wow: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130130.html -- 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: Travel

2013-01-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W 1. The most wonderful thing I discovered in all of my travels is the joy of coming home to a bathroom that has the right kind of toilet paper. Luxury to have TP at all in some places. In the Ras Hotel in Addis Ababa when I was there you had to ask the toilet paper lady, sitting

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we can not change. Plus this

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread kwaller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Subject: Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve

Re: Pentax Photo Gallery Question

2013-01-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org: Brian, In Firefox, you can click on Tools-Page Info, then, in the new window, choose Media tab. You can click on the jpegs in the list, while looking at the image in the Media Preview box at the bottom. Then, you can either use Save as (if you need to

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
John Francis wrote: Does anyone have a link to the spectacular shot of an Alaskan glacier that was posted here some time ago? I'd guess it was a Denali shot by Ken Waller, but my Google-fu is weak today. I think the shot was taken with the 600/f4. I think you're referring to the one he sent in

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things we

Re: Did Pentax announce anything interesting while I was gone?

2013-01-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: Darren Addy On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 2:01 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Hmmm? Hold on to your hat because CP+ is only days away. The Pentax booth is right next to the Nikon booth. Largest booths belong to Nikon Canon 2nd largest booths belong to Olympus Sony 3rd

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Zos Xavius
Just hold your head high. Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said

RE: GESO - Venice

2013-01-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jostein ?ksne http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/Venezia/ As usual, very few pictures of people, but you'll know it was a PDML event by the last image. Shot with Q and 645D. Warm thanks to Dario who joined us for a good round of... well you've seen his pictures... :-) We had a great time!

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com: John Francis wrote: Does anyone have a link to the spectacular shot of an Alaskan glacier that was posted here some time ago? I'd guess it was a Denali shot by Ken Waller, but my Google-fu is weak today. I think the shot was taken with the

Re: Did Pentax announce anything interesting while I was, gone?

2013-01-30 Thread John Sessoms
Figured out who Evangelion must be from a Google search, but Krey didn't return any meaningful (to me) results. I'm afraid the cultural reference is wasted on me. From: P. J. Alling I could just Krey, I've been waiting all year for this moment! On 1/29/2013 3:03 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread kwaller
Does anyone have a link to the spectacular shot of an Alaskan glacier that was posted here some time ago? I'd guess it was a Denali shot by Ken Waller, Ask and you shall receive John. Is this the image you were referring to? http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16842892 It wasn't taken

Re: Moonrise

2013-01-30 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 01:32:07PM -0800, Tim Bray wrote: Strictly speaking a video not a photo but, um, wow: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130130.html Even though I spent a year in NZ, it still looks wrong to see the moon looking like that; the crater with radial lines should be near the bottom!

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread kwaller
Welcome aboard Aahz By now you've gotten the combined wisdom of the list on SD cards, I can only add that I only use San Disk Extreme cards but I mainly shoot 2.0 GB size - that way if I lose a card I won't be loosing hundreds of images a 2.0 GB card is nicely filled during a day of shooting

Re: Moonrise

2013-01-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 30/1/13, Tim Bray, discombobulated, unleashed: Strictly speaking a video not a photo but, um, wow: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130130.html That's pretty special. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Producion --www.seeingeye.tv

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread steve harley
on 2013-01-30 11:57 Aahz Maruch wrote I'm wondering what size and kinds of cards people are using, particularly people with K-5/K-30. i don't buy the Sandisk mythology; i've been using a no-name Team 32GB Class 10 card for the last 6 months, only one month of which i've had a K-5;

RE: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread John Sessoms
From: Aahz Maruch Howdy, Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax). So I checked the archives and don't see any recent

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread steve harley
on 2013-01-30 16:42 John Sessoms wrote Will 32GB Class10 SDHC cards work with the K-20D? i have such a card that works fine with my K200d, which came out the same year as K20d -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread John Sessoms
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). What is this mercy of which you speak? You don't get thrown into a pun thread on your very first post. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said on the topic, and I don't want to waist more time arguing about things

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Mark C
I use Sandisk Extreme and Sandisk Extreme Pro cards. I don't see much difference in performance with the K-5 or the Q so the Extreme would probably be the best option. I'm starting to switch from 8 gb cards to 16 gb, though I rarely fill a 16gb card in a single session. Mark On 1/30/2013

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread P. J. Alling
On 1/30/2013 6:49 PM, John Sessoms wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). What is this mercy of which you speak? You don't get thrown into a pun thread on your very first post. Too late. --

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Mark Roberts
Bruce Walker wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Enough is said

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Back when I was shooting with Pentax *ist DS and K10D, I had standardized on 2G Sandisk Extreme cards. Then, 2008ish onwards, I standardized on 8G Sandisk Extremes with Panasonic L1 and G1 bodies. Last year, I upgraded to 16 and 32 G Sandisk Extreme and HP Class 10s, shooting with Ricoh GXR-M

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, John Sessoms wrote: Aahz: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote: It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be merciful (maybe!). What is this mercy of which you speak? You don't get thrown into a pun thread on your very first post. The shortest

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Stan Halpin
On Jan 30, 2013, at 8:43 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Bruce Walker wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 6:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:

Re: Did Pentax announce anything interesting while I was, gone?

2013-01-30 Thread P. J. Alling
It's supposedly Yiddish... On 1/30/2013 5:42 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Figured out who Evangelion must be from a Google search, but Krey didn't return any meaningful (to me) results. I'm afraid the cultural reference is wasted on me. From: P. J. Alling I could just Krey, I've been waiting all

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, l...@red4est.com wrote: Copy your raw files to external drives each day and keep a spare copy of the files on the cards until you get home. I'm expecting to rent a GoPro to sit on the ship rail for timelapse photography (plus likely other random usage for photos and

Re: resale value of an almost-3-year-old K7?

2013-01-30 Thread Mark C
I agree with you completely. While the K-7 is limited Iif I ever broke or lost my K-5 I could get by for a while with the K-7. Maybe not so for folks who use high ISO. I do wonder how it would do converted to IR. Never thought about having the AI filter removed Mark On 1/29/2013 10:50

PESO - Crane

2013-01-30 Thread Rick Womer
In Center City Philly; just for the shapes and colors: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16817614size=lg (K-5, DA 16-45) Comments always appreciated. Rick -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Same here: 16 G Sandusk extreme and extreme pro. I own some transcend cards as well but haven't used them for quite some time. Paul via phone On Jan 30, 2013, at 7:56 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I use Sandisk Extreme and Sandisk Extreme Pro cards. I don't see much difference in

Re: I hate computers.

2013-01-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
Wow, 67,251 emails. I'll never change programs. To be you with a new computer sucks... (I have my own problems with contractors, floors, and carpets.) Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:59 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: But I really have come to despise email

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Bob Sullivan
My wife presented me with a 16gb card that she had washed and dried...and it's not the first time! Each card worked fine after the wash and dry cycle. They are tougher than they look. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:42 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Aahz Maruch

K-01 Has Arrived!

2013-01-30 Thread Mark C
Yippie! The box from BH was on my porch when I got home today - Inside was a Panda-Bear white K-01, DA-XS 40mm f 2.8, extra battery and SD card. I think this camera will be excellent for snow crsytal shots - I just put in my snow crystal setup and did some test shows. It is sleeting now and

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread kwaller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info Subject: Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips On Jan 30, 2013, at 8:43 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Mark

Re: YIKES!

2013-01-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
nice to see they have their priorities straight ann On 1/30/2013 13:17, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: I received an email from Pentax this morning, offering to sell me a purple camera, or a pink and green camera:

Re: K-01 Has Arrived!

2013-01-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 30, 2013, at 21:45 , Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: For my specific intended purpose I thing that the K-01 will be great. It was 60F when I left for work this morning, 35F when I drove home, and high tomorrow is predicted to be 18F. (That would be 15, 2, and -8 C) Lots of snow

Re: resale value of an almost-3-year-old K7?

2013-01-30 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jan 30, 2013, at 20:27 , Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: I agree with you completely. While the K-7 is limited Iif I ever broke or lost my K-5 I could get by for a while with the K-7. Maybe not so for folks who use high ISO. I do wonder how it would do converted to IR. Never thought

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Larry Colen
I started out using Patriot SD cards, which were very cheap at Fry's. They pretty much all worked fine electrically, even after they started falling apart physically. I had decent luck with Transcend 8GB cards, but when it got down to $40 for a 32GB Sandisk Extreme, I just started going with

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I rarely fill up even a 2G card in a single shoot. (I tend to shoot with digital much the way I shoot with medium format film ...) But, it's nice to have lots of space for the rare occasions when I will shoot a LOT in a short period of time. At the present prices, a 16 or 32 G card is just too

Re: SD Card Survey

2013-01-30 Thread Larry Colen
On Jan 30, 2013, at 10:59 PM, Bipin Gupta wrote: Hello Bruce and PDMLer Friends, That is the question: why buy 16 GB Cards when you can't fill it up in a shoot?? You may not fill it up in a shoot, but you could fill it up in a vacation. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est

Re: GESO - Venice

2013-01-30 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks Bob. It had rained earlier in the evening on that night, so everything was still wet. It really brought the colours out. Jostein - Original Message - From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 12:26 AM Subject:

Re: GESO - Venice

2013-01-30 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks Bruce, The Q is definately a nice little camera. Its dynamic range falls a little short of the 645D, but hey. :-) Someone said here a while ago that the raw files are comparable with those of K20-D. I think it's almost but not quite; still close enough to demand respect. But next time

Re: GESO - Venice

2013-01-30 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks Dario! :-) Jostein - Original Message - From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:13 AM Subject: Re: GESO - Venice Excellent! A wonderful gallery of pics, of which you can hardly pick one as

Re: GESO - Venice

2013-01-30 Thread Jostein Øksne
Thanks Derby, You think about the open shops at the Rialto bridge? I'm not entirely sure if it is a pattern, but my impression was that shops lining the common tourist pathways tended to stay open for longer. Jostein - Original Message - From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au To: