PUG Themes for 2014

2013-11-02 Thread Brian Walters
G'day again... The final list of themes for 2014 are now listed on the PUG submission form. You'll also find them on the Submission Guidelines page: http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html -- Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia

test new mail program.

2013-11-02 Thread Don Guthrie
I replied to several posts but they did not show up here. I am using new mail program I forgot to set for plain text. Hence this test. You may now resume your normal activity. --  Don Guthrie Sent with Airmail -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - Tessa, scourge of squirrels

2013-11-02 Thread Bruce Walker
Another female portrait, but this one's a real dog ... http://www.flickriver.com/photos/bruce_m_walker/10627745525/ Comments welcome, as usual. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: test new mail program.

2013-11-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks good from here... -p On 11/2/2013 7:36 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: I replied to several posts but they did not show up here. I am using new mail program I forgot to set for plain text. Hence this test. You may now resume your normal activity. -- Don Guthrie Sent with Airmail -- Being

Re: K-3 functions - tidbits from the manual

2013-11-02 Thread Stan Halpin
On Nov 2, 2013, at 8:13 PM, Attila Boros wrote: On Nov 2, 2013, at 3:01 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: on the K-3 in addition to Distortion Correction and Lateral Aberration Correction, they have added Peripheral Illumination Correction Is this working in RAW mode or just with jpegs? Not

Re: PESO - Tessa, scourge of squirrels

2013-11-02 Thread Jack Davis
That's well done, Bruce. Lighting and exposure just great. I'd be tempted to lighten the dark portion of the face so as to add a bit to the sheen of her coat, but not enough to make it conspicuously lighter than the exposed body coat.   Jack - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker

Re: Filters?

2013-11-02 Thread Bill
On 02/11/2013 6:25 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I used to do that and after about twenty years of cleaning my vivitar 200/3.5 that way I gave it a good look and realized the front element was pretty much trashed. So now I'm cautious. I almost never clean lenses. It saves me the potential

Re: full frame??

2013-11-02 Thread Bill
On 02/11/2013 11:18 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 11/2/2013 3:42 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: Corporate commitment is the phrase that comes to mind. Maybe it is just about a really good sales VP who has been successful in communicating an optimistic tone down through the sales and distribution rank

Re: Filters?

2013-11-02 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 10:44:06PM +, Steve Cottrell wrote: Just on he subject of cleaning lenses - I keep a clean handkerchief in one back pocket. Stout blow of hot breath on the element and a good wipe round with the hanky and hey presto. I do that with my A*85/1.4 (500 quid) and my

Re: full frame??

2013-11-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Sat, Nov 02, 2013 at 09:33:48PM -0600, Bill wrote: On 02/11/2013 11:18 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 11/2/2013 3:42 PM, Stan Halpin wrote: You really are Russian. If someone gave you a BMW, you would be pessimistic for the workers at the Mercedes factory. ffs, Boris, Ricoh is breathing

Re: Filters?

2013-11-02 Thread David Mann
On Nov 3, 2013, at 7:11 am, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 02, 2013, Bill wrote: The only time I use filters is when I need a polarizer. If you want protection, buy a lens hood. There was a post a while back on lensrentals.com that said roughly the same thing. I read this

Re: Filters?

2013-11-02 Thread David Mann
On Nov 3, 2013, at 11:44 am, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Just on he subject of cleaning lenses - I keep a clean handkerchief in one back pocket. Stout blow of hot breath on the element and a good wipe round with the hanky and hey presto. I do that with my A*85/1.4 (500 quid) and

Re: Filters?

2013-11-02 Thread Peter McIntosh
I've always got one of those glasses cleaning cloths in my pocket; if they're good enough to clean my glasses, then they'll do fine on my lenses too. No problems yet. Ciao, Pete Mac in Melbourne (back to lurking and wondering why I'd need a K3 when I'm still learning about my K5...) On 3

Re: full frame??

2013-11-02 Thread Boris Liberman
I'm Jewish, Bill and I pride myself in being an amateur photographer. I suppose I am also an amateur pessimist. Now, I think that as a photographer I am not half bad... It is up to you to complete this line of reasoning :-). I'm not saying that Ricoh is doing badly by finally making proper

Re: Filters?

2013-11-02 Thread Boris Liberman
On 11/3/2013 12:44 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Just on he subject of cleaning lenses - I keep a clean handkerchief in one back pocket. Stout blow of hot breath on the element and a good wipe round with the hanky and hey presto. I do that with my A*85/1.4 (500 quid) and my Canon TV motorized zoom

Re: PESO - Tessa, scourge of squirrels

2013-11-02 Thread kwaller
Very nice capture. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Tessa, scourge of squirrels Another female portrait, but this one's a real dog ...

Re: full frame??

2013-11-02 Thread Bill
On 02/11/2013 10:56 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: I'm Jewish, Bill and I pride myself in being an amateur photographer. I suppose I am also an amateur pessimist. Now, I think that as a photographer I am not half bad... It is up to you to complete this line of reasoning :-). I'm not saying that

Re: full frame??

2013-11-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 06:56:27AM +0200, Boris Liberman wrote: I'm not saying that Ricoh is doing badly by finally making proper investment (in all terms, not just money) into Pentax. Rather, I sincerely believe that all that rumor mill is not doing company any good. Each time there is a

Re: full frame??

2013-11-02 Thread Bill
On 02/11/2013 11:17 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 06:56:27AM +0200, Boris Liberman wrote: I'm not saying that Ricoh is doing badly by finally making proper investment (in all terms, not just money) into Pentax. Rather, I sincerely believe that all that rumor mill is not doing

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