Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Exquisite! On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 8:31 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any photos. Until now. I'm keeping very busy with my Photoshop book but I had to make time for at least one image from Italy. This is in

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
I concur. Although when I first saw the lens in your hands, Jaume, I did not expect to own it some day. I should point that it is not that heavy given the speed and zoom range. It is rather well made although indeed eventually the zoom becomes creepy. It does have the zoom look that is handy for

Re: Should I send my K-5 in for service?

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
John, can it be that any authorized camera service willing give your sensor a proper cleaning would do? It seems to me that an experienced camera technician (not necessarily exclusive to Pentax brand) could help you and obviously, to clean a sensor won't cost you an arm and a leg. On Tue, Jul 23,

Re: July Extra PUG - Open Gallery - is UP

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Brian! On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all A great gallery with plenty of variety. A few favourites: Bob's 'Looking for a mate' - just fantastic Aahz's 'Endicott Sunset' - stunning colour Gerrit's 'Done Fishing' - simple but

PESOs: Micro PDLM meeting in Greenwich

2013-07-24 Thread Chris Mitchell
Bob and I met up with Rick who's over on a fleeting visit. We had a pleasant couple of hours in Greenwich where my son Pete also joined us. Here's a snap of Rick when I found him by the Cutty Sark: http://www.zen50061.zen.co.uk/PDML/DSCF2569.jpg And here he is at the Old Brewery where we had

Re: Should I send my K-5 in for service?

2013-07-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
CRIS won't perform ny repairs without your authorization. They're quite reasonable and willing to negotiate. Paul On Jul 24, 2013, at 2:23 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: John, can it be that any authorized camera service willing give your sensor a proper cleaning would do? It

Re: KEH has an A* 135mm f1.8

2013-07-24 Thread Bill
On 23/07/2013 9:42 PM, Walt wrote: On 7/23/2013 6:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote: No Walt, I won't give you my 77ltd so that I have an excuse to by the 85/1.4. I'm glad you didn't have to see me flounce out of the room and slam the door just now. I didn't let having a 77 stop me from buying an

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread David J Brooks
Thanks for the comments so far. Given me some things to think about. I have a fader ND filter at 67mm dia, so the Pentax 17-70 would fit it, but leery of the SDM from what i have read previously. I don t need IS as its in the K-5 body so that would be a wasted Sigma feature. Decisions decisions.

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
One of local Pentaxians had 17-70/4. The SDM failed on him and being a handy person he took it apart. I won't repeat what he told me so as not to insult anyone. It was a very strong arguments against the SDM lenses, at least the cheaper ones. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:27 PM, David J Brooks

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread David Parsons
Fader filters don't work too well below 70mm, especially as you get to the higher levels of filtering. An X tends to appear in the image due to the design of the filter. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:27 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the comments so far. Given me some

Re: July Extra PUG - Open Gallery - is UP

2013-07-24 Thread Alan C
Thanks, Brian. Excellent stuff. There certainly are many talented photographers in the group. Bob's looking for a mate immediately caught my eye too. From the thumbnail I initially thought Gerrit's Done Fishing was a windsurfer. Alan C -Original Message- From: Brian Walters Sent:

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Zos Xavius
what did he say? why would we be insulted? if its poorly built, its poorly built. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: One of local Pentaxians had 17-70/4. The SDM failed on him and being a handy person he took it apart. I won't repeat what he told me so as

Just got an Amazon Deal alert!

2013-07-24 Thread P.J. Alling
I don't know what's more amazing, that they think that anyone would pay $600. for it or that they still have 5 brand new ones in stock. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0028N7442/ref=pe_62860_31277760_email_1p_3_lm -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive

Re: PESOs: Micro PDLM meeting in Greenwich

2013-07-24 Thread Alan C
The makeover looks good. When I was there last, they were still busy. Alan C -Original Message- From: Chris Mitchell Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 9:14 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESOs: Micro PDLM meeting in Greenwich Bob and I met up with Rick who's over on a fleeting

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Stan Halpin
Boris said: ...indeed eventually the zoom becomes creepy Boris, I have found this to be a general phenomenon; as things age, they start to appear creepy to others. You'll find out soon enough! stan On Jul 24, 2013, at 2:21 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: I concur. Although when I first saw the

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Zos Xavius
LOL...so true. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Boris said: ...indeed eventually the zoom becomes creepy Boris, I have found this to be a general phenomenon; as things age, they start to appear creepy to others. You'll find out soon enough!

PESO: Return of the Drone

2013-07-24 Thread Stan Halpin
An addition to my on-going Long Lake 2013 gallery, this is a shot of one of Ann's favorite critters. Last featured performing hazardous duty as a escort to a loon, today we see the intrepid drone at rest on the dock . . . http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p769975649/h6f441a6f#h6f441a6f stan --

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Pretty much he said that it was shameful engineering... On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: what did he say? why would we be insulted? if its poorly built, its poorly built. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:40 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: One of

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Well, I was expecting that someone would notice my use of the word creepy... And so it came to be ;-). On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: LOL...so true. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Boris said:

Re: 16-50/2.8 (was Re: saved someone from Nigerian Paypal scam?)

2013-07-24 Thread Zos Xavius
I have the 16-45, but the wobbly barrel is killing my corners randomly. In portrait the upper half tends to get soft. I have two copies of this lens. The one I'm using now is very good when it is sharp, but inconsistent. I would pay to have one of them tightened, but I'm afraid that it will just

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Zos Xavius
i think the big problem is that the lubricant seizes on the sdm motors rendering them useless. my guess is that they've fixed SDM now that they finally admitted it was faulty. they should have offered to fix everyone's lenses. way to stand by your products pentax! fuji bit the bullet and replaced

Re: PESO: Echinacea

2013-07-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Ken, Bob and Bruce, thanks for looking and thanks for your comments. I liked the shape of the group in my original PESO, despite the OoF flowers at the top. I decided to take your advice, and cropped the image: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17471959 I hope this is an improvement.

Re: PESOs: Micro PDLM meeting in Greenwich

2013-07-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Very nice portrait of Rick. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Bob and I met up with Rick who's over on a fleeting visit. We had a pleasant couple of hours in Greenwich where my son Pete

Re: Photo from Italy

2013-07-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
WOW! That image is quite special. That is the way HDR should be used. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: I've been back from Italy for over a week and haven't posted any photos. Until

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread P.J. Alling
You don't really want to look inside any modern autofocus lens. Compared to even the cheapest old brass and glass manual focus lens they appear to be made of well the best was I can describe it is cheap roughly finished stampings. The Japanese especially have a knack of reducing the cost and

PESO 2013 - Guggenheim - GDG

2013-07-24 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Back home from my NY trip. Travel home was difficult. However, New York was fun ... On Sunday, my brother and I had a moment to get down to the Guggenheim for the James Turrell exhibit. Marvelous ... catch it if you can. Some photos from the excursion..

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Zos, he was referring to very low quality of plastics used in the moving parts of the mechanism and in general to very poor engineering quality of the whole mechanism. But again - we're playing a broken phone here. Suffices it to say, I opted not to buy DA 17-70 and ultimately decided to stay with

Re: PESOs: Micro PDLM meeting in Greenwich

2013-07-24 Thread P.J. Alling
I wouldn't know for sure, but I would guess it does show his best side. On 7/24/2013 9:30 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Very nice portrait of Rick. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 3:14 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Bob

Re: PESO 2013 - Guggenheim - GDG

2013-07-24 Thread Bruce Walker
All good. Especially like the tones and clean lines in the first one, and the light and shadowed figures in #4. Very fine. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi godfreydigio...@me.com wrote: Back home from my NY trip. Travel home was difficult. However, New York was fun ... On

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Zos Xavius
screw drive for the win! :) On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Zos, he was referring to very low quality of plastics used in the moving parts of the mechanism and in general to very poor engineering quality of the whole mechanism. But again - we're playing

Re: the 16-45 to 17-70 range

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Zos, you have to realize that availability of service, its quality and the fact that I normally don't have backup for everything (such as every lens, etc) are important factors here. If you have good service and have sufficiently many lenses, the SDM may not pose that much of an issue. On Wed,

Re: PESO: Return of the Drone

2013-07-24 Thread Bob Sullivan
Wow Stan, that's really close up! Were you using the 35mm Macro? Nice and crisp. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: An addition to my on-going Long Lake 2013 gallery, this is a shot of one of Ann's favorite critters. Last featured

Re: PESO: Return of the Drone

2013-07-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
We'll worry if the loon goes missing now ann On 7/24/2013 09:15, Stan Halpin wrote: An addition to my on-going Long Lake 2013 gallery, this is a shot of one of Ann's favorite critters. Last featured performing hazardous duty as a escort to a loon, today we see the intrepid drone at rest

Re: PESO 2013 - Guggenheim - GDG

2013-07-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Nice series... fun shot of the people lying on the floor photoing the lights - nice minamalist Guggenheim view. Sorry not to see you , as you know, but not sorry to have missed the light show and the crowds there. Godders is understating his travel difficulties - you see there was this

Re: Just got an Amazon Deal alert!

2013-07-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
P.J., What a bargain! Directly from Amazon, it costs almost twice as much. Hurry up, just one left! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OHDBZS/?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER :-) (oops, that's a kit, but anyway...) Cheers, Igor Wed Jul 24 08:44:10 EDT 2013 P.J. Alling wrote: I don't know what's

Re: Just got an Amazon Deal alert!

2013-07-24 Thread Zos Xavius
I have a minty K-7 I'll sell you for $500.. :P On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:59 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: P.J., What a bargain! Directly from Amazon, it costs almost twice as much. Hurry up, just one left! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002OHDBZS/?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER

Re: Re: July Extra PUG - Open Gallery - is UP

2013-07-24 Thread Don Guthrie
Super excellent gallery. Kudos to every poster. The best caption goes to Alan Cole. Hippo Surfing . A title I shall never have an opportunity to use. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 1 Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 07:33:47 -0400 From: David J Brookspentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

A bit closer to my first cyanotype

2013-07-24 Thread Darren Addy
(This is not OT, since the original image was created with my Pentax K-5.) I mentioned in a previous thread, my interest in Alternative Processes. That interest was reawakened at our local Art in the Park a couple of Sunday's ago. There was a Nebraska practitioner of Alternative Processes there

For those too lazy to make their own, or don't have an Old Holga to salvage.

2013-07-24 Thread P.J. Alling
Only $24.00 http://www.freestylephoto.biz/313120-Holga-Lens-for-Pentax-DSLR-Cameras You to can have that unique image quality. -- There are two kinds of computer users those who've experienced a hard drive failure, and those that will. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Should I send my K-5 in for service?

2013-07-24 Thread John Sessoms
I'm sure it would. The guy who comes to GFM is not exclusively Pentax. He's mostly CaNikon. I don't have any idea where I'd find a guy who only cleans Pentax sensors. On 7/24/2013 2:23 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: John, can it be that any authorized camera service willing give your sensor a proper

Re: PESO 2013 - Guggenheim - GDG

2013-07-24 Thread John
9356262623 is the most excellent abstract. What are the people lying on the floor looking at? On 7/24/2013 9:36 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Back home from my NY trip. Travel home was difficult. However, New York was fun ... On Sunday, my brother and I had a moment to get down to the

Re: Just got an Amazon Deal alert!

2013-07-24 Thread John
You didn't even mention the Pentax K110D 6.1MP Digital SLR kit for $829.99 or the Pentax K100D 6.1MP Digital SLR Camera for $829.99 On 7/24/2013 8:44 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: I don't know what's more amazing, that they think that anyone would pay $600. for it or that they still have 5 brand new

Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Out of the city and into the mountains. No tricky HDR or stitched pano stuff this time. Just a simple snapshot. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/dolomite1.jpg K-5 and DA*16-50/2.8 -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Alan C
The fates of the god's were with you. Clouds, hills, a bit of snow, rocks, grassy slopes, a winding road some hikers. It's got it all. What an amazing scene. Alan C -Original Message- From: Mark Roberts Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 8:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject:

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 02:54:48PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: Out of the city and into the mountains. No tricky HDR or stitched pano stuff this time. Just a simple snapshot. Simple snapshot my ass. As I said elsewhere it's an effervescent mug of does not suck.

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Darren Addy
This Italy you speak of appears as if it might be a photogenic travel destination. Also: Your camera takes good pictures. :) :) :) Wonderful stuff! On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 02:54:48PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: Out of the city

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread kwaller
WOW Mark, the hits keep coming ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Subject: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time Out of the city and into the mountains. No tricky HDR or stitched

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Mark Roberts
kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com Out of the city and into the mountains. No tricky HDR or stitched pano stuff this time. Just a simple snapshot. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/dolomite1.jpg K-5 and DA*16-50/2.8 WOW Mark, the hits keep coming ! I

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That is a very fine image! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Out of the city and into the mountains. No tricky HDR or stitched pano stuff this time. Just a simple snapshot.

Re: A bit closer to my first cyanotype

2013-07-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
Will be interested to see where you go using some of the old processes. Some nice stuff on his web site. Did he say what his Wisconsin destination was going to be? -p On 7/24/2013 11:31 AM, Darren Addy wrote: (This is not OT, since the original image was created with my Pentax K-5.) I

PESO -- The Team.

2013-07-24 Thread P.J. Alling
I took part in a charity event, recently, the specific details of which I wish to forget. Since I was taking part and not rececording it for posterity, or posterior, (the latter seems somehow more appropriate), I only took along my old trusty *ist-Ds and the M40mm f2.8. It was a team even

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
You oversmarted your website. I get: http://www.robertstech.com/errordocs/hotlink.jpe Hotlinking to files at robertstech is not permitted. (accesesed in FF under Win7 from http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2013-July/352650.html ) http://www.robertstech.com/temp/dolomite1.jpg --

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Paul Stenquist
Wonderful. Superb composition and rendering. Paul On Jul 24, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Out of the city and into the mountains. No tricky HDR or stitched pano stuff this time. Just a simple snapshot. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/dolomite1.jpg K-5 and

reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Larry Colen
A friend just pointed me to http://thewirecutter.com It seems that they do far more in depth reviews than other places, and cite other reviews in their reviews. Their mid-level DSLR review is on the D7100, http://thewirecutter.com/reviews/the-best-mid-range-dslr-is-the-nikon-d7100/ And, they

RE: PESO -- The Team.

2013-07-24 Thread Gerrit Visser
They look ready for an eating contest or beer drinking :-) Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P.J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 4:35 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO -- The Team. I took part in a charity event,

Re: PESOs: Micro PDLM meeting in Greenwich

2013-07-24 Thread Chris Mitchell
Of course, I meant PDML. Must have been a semi-concious slip as we were telling Rick about the last London PDML gathering with Godfrey where there was no Pentax kit at all and thought that the group might need a new name... On 24 July 2013 08:14, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote:

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Darren Addy
The inability to use m42 lenses (without an adapter that contains an optical element for infinity focusing) is the main reason I would not have a Nikon. Love to experiment with those legacy lenses. And in-body image stabilization is a biggie feature, for me. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 4:07 PM,

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 04:42:44PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: The inability to use m42 lenses (without an adapter that contains an optical element for infinity focusing) is the main reason I would not have a Nikon. Love to experiment with those legacy lenses. And in-body image stabilization is

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization. On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attractive. Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live handheld shooting? -- Hugs and backrubs

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Bruce Walker
I use all of the limited number of AF points that Pentax provides. Eg: the two upper corners of the 9-square land nicely on eyes in portraits. The outliers are good for faces in full-body shots. Etc. 39 would be both good and bad. With the Pentax cluster, it takes only a moment to steer over to

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: A friend just pointed me to http://thewirecutter.com It seems that they do far more in depth reviews than other places, and cite other reviews in their reviews. Their mid-level DSLR review is on the D7100,

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live handheld shooting? I think it would be a big help for birds in flight. On Pentax bodies, it's easy for the bird to slip in between the sites, or outside the area

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread David J Brooks
Apparently Nikon is playing with a 75 mp camera ouch DAVE On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:56 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Larry Colen wrote: A friend just pointed me to http://thewirecutter.com It seems that they do far more in depth reviews than other places, and cite other

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization. On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attractive. Does anyone actually use those multiple

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Bob W
Once you're into that sort of farting around with af points you are essentially focusing manually. B On 24 Jul 2013, at 23:55, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I use all of the limited number of AF points that Pentax provides. Eg: the two upper corners of the 9-square land nicely

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Mark Roberts
Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization. On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attractive. Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live handheld shooting?

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread steve harley
on 2013-07-24 17:04 Bob W wrote Once you're into that sort of farting around with af points you are essentially focusing manually. yeah, better would be focus peaking overlaid in the optical finder; especially if you could hit a button to lock focus on the object where it has peaked, so the

Re: 16-50/2.8 (was Re: saved someone from Nigerian Paypal scam?)

2013-07-24 Thread steve harley
on 2013-07-24 7:19 Zos Xavius wrote I have the 16-45, but the wobbly barrel is killing my corners randomly. yeah it's an interesting compromise of a lens; i thought all the corners were soft but my point was that i had carried a zoom for a long time before almost completely switching to

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live handheld shooting? I think it would be a big help for birds in flight. On Pentax bodies, it's easy for the bird to

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Walt
On 7/24/2013 6:15 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Does anyone actually use those multiple autofocus points for live handheld shooting? I think it would be a big help for birds in flight. On

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread steve harley
on 2013-07-24 17:15 Aahz Maruch wrote Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for handheld shooting? yes, i have done it some, particularly with DA 15mm and FA 28mm lenses; it is a bit awkward, and i usually don't even use autofocus, but when i tried it out it

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Jack Davis
Am running internet explorer and I'm getting: Hotlinking to files at robertstech.com is not permitted.   Never before seen. ??   Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 11:54

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread P.J. Alling
I do, at least in a limited way, Mostly I use the four corners or the center focus point. On the other hand I have a split image rangefinder screen in my K20D so I focus and recompose on with manual lenses anyway. On 7/24/2013 6:47 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for handheld shooting? I use the single centre and recompose Dave (I did use the camera-selected AF points some during our Alaska cruise and got limited

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 03:47:17PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization. On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attractive. Does anyone actually use those multiple

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Jul 24, 2013, at 7:15 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for handheld shooting? Yes, frequently. It was once explained to me - and this might be of interest to bird-shooters out there - that setting the camera to

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 03:47:17PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: It would, however, be very tough to give up my in-body image stabilization. On the other hand, those 39 autofocus points seem very attractive.

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread George Sinos
Generally, for hand held shooting of static or slowly moving subjects I'll use the center point and recompose. When the camera is on a tripod, especially if I'm shooting in the portrait orientation I'll select an individual focus point that's in the right spot. When I'm shooting sports or other

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 05:25:40PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: That's why I do what David does: center point AF, shutter half-press, recompose. I only ever had problems with that on your K-x. ;-) Similarly, letting the camera pick the AF points

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013, Larry Colen wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 05:25:40PM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: I just can't even visualize the mechanics of manually selecting AF point for handheld shooting, so I figured I'd ask whether anyone does. If I have my camera set up on a tripod, with a

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Bruce Walker
How so? I'm telling the AF what to focus on then letting it do what it does better than me. If you let AF focus on what it wants to you might as well hand the camera to someone else and let them shoot what they want to as well. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:04 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote:

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread George Sinos
I also use the Live View in some situations. All of the shots from the church that I have posted over the last few months were focused through the LCD and live view. The focusing point can be moved anywhere in the frame. The camera was on a tripod. Even though focusing is slower in live mode,

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 8:05 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 7:15 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: Let me rephrase: does anyone actually use manually-selected AF points for handheld shooting? I use the single centre and recompose That doesn't work

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
gee too bad you didn't go anywhere beautiful ;-) simple is good ann On 7/24/2013 14:54, Mark Roberts wrote: Out of the city and into the mountains. No tricky HDR or stitched pano stuff this time. Just a simple snapshot. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/dolomite1.jpg K-5 and DA*16-50/2.8 --

Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

2013-07-24 Thread Jack Davis
Wonderfully dramatic shot, Mark! Love it! Ideal rendering. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 1:15 PM Subject: Re: Another shot from Italy. Mountains this time

Re: PESO: Return of the Drone

2013-07-24 Thread Stan Halpin
Thanks Bob. 300mm actually. If I had had the 35mm on the camera I would have gone lower and gotten more of its face, but the minimum focusing distance on the 300mm would have forced me into the water to get that perspective and I didn't want to get wet right then. Yeah, I know, a truly

Re: PESO: Return of the Drone

2013-07-24 Thread Stan Halpin
No worries Ann. The loon was hanging around for 30-45 minutes late this afternoon, just off the end of the neighbor's dock. I am about to look through the 250-300 shots I took . . . On Jul 24, 2013, at 10:17 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: We'll worry if the loon goes missing now ann On

PESO -- But seriously...

2013-07-24 Thread P.J. Alling
Warning serious dog expression. I haven't got a lot of recent stuff, been another photographic dry spell. So I went back and looked at some of the stuff I shot with the *ist-D. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20butseriously.html Equipment: *ist-D w/smc Pentax FA

RE: PESO -- But seriously...

2013-07-24 Thread Gerrit Visser
Lovely expression. A good subject for Bruce's eyelash test. gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P.J. Alling Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 9:48 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO -- But seriously... Warning serious dog expression.

Did I get spamcopped

2013-07-24 Thread Larry Colen
I just got a undelivered message that my upstream mail host has been blacklisted. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Did I get spamcopped

2013-07-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
You are coming through to this list. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I just got a undelivered message that my upstream mail host has been blacklisted. -- Larry Colen

Re: PESO -- But seriously...

2013-07-24 Thread Jack Davis
or.I'm beggin' you, please stop this thing and let me out. Like the pleading fear in the eyes. Jack - Original Message - From: P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2013 6:48 PM Subject: PESO -- But

Modern Tin Types

2013-07-24 Thread Doug Franklin
A soldier in Afghanistan has been experimenting with making tin type prints of his colleagues: http://twentytwowords.com/2013/07/24/soldier-in-afghanistan-photographs-comrades-using-civil-war-era-technique-14-pics/ -- Doug Lefty Franklin NutDriver Racing http://NutDriver.org Facebook NutDriver

PESO: Corn Flower

2013-07-24 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17468739size=lg Comments invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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

Re: PESO: Corn Flower

2013-07-24 Thread Ann Sanfedele
cute - you got the latin name down when you showed the other photo - Echinacea it is, but it is cone flower not corn flower (the things you learn having done stock nature photography) YOu have a lot of lovely floral close-ups, Dan, - for this isn't one of them I think for it to work the

Re: 16-50/2.8 (was Re: saved someone from Nigerian Paypal scam?)

2013-07-24 Thread Bob Sullivan
The original FA 28-105 f4-5.6 (the power zoom one for the PZ-1) is a bit heavy, but an unknown sleeper - fine quality lens. But you'd still need a 15mm prime. Regards, Bob S. On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 6:13 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2013-07-24 7:19 Zos Xavius wrote I have

Re: reviews on the wirecutter.com

2013-07-24 Thread Bob Sullivan
Amen to that! I find it difficult to use the multiple autofocus points in any handheld shooting. Pentax doesn't focus fast enough to select th 26th point vs the 27th. When I try letting the camera pick the AF point, it goes all over the scene. And not necessarily where I want. Regards, Bob S. On

Re: Did I get spamcopped

2013-07-24 Thread Boris Liberman
Possible, but the unlikelyhood is certainly positive... Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On July 25, 2013 5:03:26 AM Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I just got a undelivered message that my upstream mail host has been blacklisted. -- Larry Colen

Re: Did I get spamcopped

2013-07-24 Thread Larry Colen
On Thu, Jul 25, 2013 at 08:20:46AM +0300, Boris Liberman wrote: Possible, but the unlikelyhood is certainly positive... That reply has reach a unique level of definitiveness. This was from the header of one of my bounces: The mx1.mx3.got.net program pdml@pdml.net: host