Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Larry Colen
John Coyle wrote: What we call a redback in Australia - very poisonous. Legend has it that Grassimof, a descendant of White Russian immigrants, living in a country part of Australia, went to the dunny and was bitten on the backside by one. After appropriate treatment, Grassimof survived

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Larry Colen
Ken Waller wrote: Looks like a pretty specimen, but the background ruins it for me. I was able to get a few more pictures of her tonight before she went and hid up next to the ceiling. I had rearranged the tarp on my MG last night, I also put my strobe on a light stand rather than on the

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Larry Colen
Malcolm Smith wrote: Larry Colen wrote: Found this girl in my garage last night, spent some time pestering her with my camera and flash. I did sacrifice a little sharpness by putting the 1.4x teleconverter on my 90mm macro lens. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/16923028621/in/set-

Re: What does everyone now use?

2015-03-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
Prof Write was a decent word processor and the other software in the PFS series were good as well - PFS Plan as a spreadsheet and PFS File for a database. File was a flat file rather than relational but did have some handy form filling capabilities. -p Sent from my iPad On Mar 25, 2015, at

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Jack Davis
Cleaner, but no less repulsive! Next time shoot her with a spray can with RAID on the label! Jack Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2015, at 2:50 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Ken Waller wrote: Looks like a pretty specimen, but the background ruins it for me. I was able to

Re: Ot: safari users - do you have problems viewing my smugmug page?

2015-03-26 Thread Darren Addy
I'm only have an older version of Safari on Windows to test at the moment (5.1.7) but everything works perfectly. That is an outstanding gallery, Ann! You have such an eye for irony (love the Lead a Clean Life trash can in front of the Criminal Court building). You have probably shared all of

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread Mark C
I missed the news but am glad to hear that you are OK! Hopefully the people directly affected will pull through OK as well. On 3/26/2015 4:17 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: If you see the news about building collapse and big fire a block from me I am NOT taking photos - I've closed the windows and

Pentax Remote Control F

2015-03-26 Thread Bipin Gupta
You'd be surprised how many other Remote Controls in the house can work well with your cameras. Just give them a try - trial press all the buttons to see witch one works. Three odd Remote Controls work with my K-5 IIs - a Sony Camcorder Remote, an older Samsung Remote from their Film camera and a

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Mark C
I have the Petax WR remote control and a couple no-brand generic IR remotes (about $5 each on Amazon). The WR remote works perfectly with everything. When I do stacked macros I use the WR Remote - each stack can run up to 200 exposures so having something that is unreliable would be a real

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-26 14:17 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: If you see the news about building collapse and big fire a block from me hadn't seen the news yet when i read this but now that i have i'm glad you let us know -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Big price drop for Amazon Cloud photo storage

2015-03-26 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-26 16:13 , Brian Walters wrote: It seems to me that it would take an enormous amount of time and bandwidth to store even a moderate photo archive. Perhaps I should just take out the 3 month trial and find out. i should note that there are some services like Crashplan that offer a

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread P.J. Alling
Glad you're all right, didn't see any news about this until after reading your e-mail. On 3/26/2015 4:17 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: If you see the news about building collapse and big fire a block from me I am NOT taking photos - I've closed the windows and hunkerd down IT is across 2nd avenue

Re: peso untitled

2015-03-26 Thread Mark C
HA! Good one... On 3/25/2015 11:58 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Well I have a title for you Gulliver's Travels :-) ann On 3/25/2015 00:26, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi Team: I haven’t posted for ages. I caught this the other day and thought I’d post it.

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
It's really sad - nothing sadder than poof every thing gone... but there were no fatalities (although early one two were reported). I don't know how people pick up and carry on - don't think I'd be able to. We who are nearby are instructed to close our windows and stay inside - they didn't have

Re: PESO garden picture

2015-03-26 Thread Ken Waller
Nicely done, but it appears the pinks are blown out losing detail in the petals. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Tom Reese tomreesep...@gmail.com Subject: PESO garden picture A scan of a slide I shot with my MZ-S after I

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Mark C
The new shot is really nicely done - did you bring her some Fly-ay Mignon as a treat for posing? Mark On 3/26/2015 5:50 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Ken Waller wrote: Looks like a pretty specimen, but the background ruins it for me. I was able to get a few more pictures of her tonight before

Re: NOt to worry I'm OKRe:

2015-03-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Yes, the store was replaced by the Raimen noodle place... note I said housed if it had still been there maybe it would have prevented the fire - File that under I thought everyone knew it wasn't there now - my gallows humor was maybe if Love saves the day had still been there it would have

Re: Pentax Remote Control F

2015-03-26 Thread P.J. Alling
Sounds like black box Software QA. On 3/27/2015 12:27 AM, Alan C wrote: press all the buttons to see witch one works It's plain wizardry. Alan C -Original Message- From: Bipin Gupta Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 5:59 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Pentax Remote Control F You'd be

Re: Open Water

2015-03-26 Thread Ken Waller
Stan, I didn't mean leveling to the real world, but leveling to put the far shore horizontal in the frame. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info Subject: Re: Open Water Thanks Ken. I’ll

Re: NOt to worry I'm OKRe:

2015-03-26 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Ann, According to Yelp and a few other sources, that store had been close several [5+] years ago: http://www.yelp.com/biz/love-saves-the-day-new-york-2 Igor Ann Sanfedele Thu, 26 Mar 2015 14:58:02 -0700 wrote: for gallows humor - the building housed a store called love saves the day on

Re: PESO x 2 A couple gull pix

2015-03-26 Thread David Mann
I think I like the first one more :) Cheers, Dave On Mar 27, 2015, at 12:07 pm, Paul pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: From our recent trip to the California central coast... What I usually get when shooting birds... https://www.dropbox.com/s/hpx25exksyd9baz/IMGP5611a.JPG?dl=0 What I hope

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I'm not big on spider and insect love, but these are some cool shots of the Black Widow. G On Mar 26, 2015, at 2:50 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Ken Waller wrote: Looks like a pretty specimen, but the background ruins it for me. I was able to get a few more pictures of her

Re: PESO's from March

2015-03-26 Thread Mark C
Thanks, Ann - didn't intend for the photo to be a downer but there's not much cheerfulness about this time of year around here... other than seeing the snow melt. On 3/25/2015 11:53 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Like the trees - especially the first and third (the single tree and the trees on the

Re: PESO x 2 A couple gull pix

2015-03-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well I was glad to get a chuckle out of these for sure -- ann On 3/26/2015 20:19, Stanley Halpin wrote: I don’t know Paul, the first is certainly evocative. It is one of those shots that leaves the viewer wondering. Wondering what happened to the bird or wondering what is going on with the

Re: Pentax Remote Control F

2015-03-26 Thread Alan C
press all the buttons to see witch one works It's plain wizardry. Alan C -Original Message- From: Bipin Gupta Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 5:59 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Pentax Remote Control F You'd be surprised how many other Remote Controls in the house can work well with

Re: PESO x 2 A couple gull pix

2015-03-26 Thread Alan C
You clearly need a FF. Nice capture. Alan C -Original Message- From: Paul Sent: Friday, March 27, 2015 1:07 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO x 2 A couple gull pix From our recent trip to the California central coast... What I usually get when shooting birds...

Re: PESO: Open Water

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
Thanks Jack! On Mar 26, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: Very well composed and ideal exposure. Nice! Jack - Original Message - From: Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015

Re: PESO: Open Water

2015-03-26 Thread Rick Womer
Stan, to me the ducks are too inconspicuous and the shoreline is too dark and cluttered. When I tried cropping at the shoreline, the snow ridges on the ice (created by skaters?) became a distraction. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Stanley Halpin

Re: PESO: Open Water

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
Thanks Rick. I agree that it doesn’t work when cropped down to isolate on the ducks. What I liked about this was the subtlety; maybe it is too subtle! But the few light-colored tree trunks in the background draw my eye to the prominent pressure ridge in the ice which leads me to the ducks. From

Pentax Remote Control F

2015-03-26 Thread Bipin Gupta
I have been using 2 nos Pentax F Remotes with my K20D, K-5 K-5 IIs w/o any difficulty - purchased for a few dollars when Wolf Camera was closing down in 2009. They are still working well w/o a battery change. The one shown here:

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Rick Womer
I agree with Bruce! I'll add a couple of observations, though: 1. A fresh battery works wonders. You'll need a teensy Philips screwdriver to get the thing apart, but then it's easy. 2. I suspect that other sources of infrared light might interfere; it seems to be becoming more reliable with

Re: PESO: Open Water

2015-03-26 Thread Jack Davis
Very well composed and ideal exposure. Nice! Jack - Original Message - From: Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 8:55:52 AM Subject: PESO: Open Water Last week the ice on the river by our home was rapidly

Re: What does everyone now use?

2015-03-26 Thread John
What appealed to me was how much like writing on a typewriter it was. On 3/26/2015 8:01 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Prof Write was a decent word processor and the other software in the PFS series were good as well - PFS Plan as a spreadsheet and PFS File for a database. File was a flat file rather

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Glad to hear that you are alright, Ann! I just saw the news, and indeed, I thought of you immediately. So, I went to send an e-mail, and saw your message. Igor Ann Sanfedele Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:16:09 -0700 wrote: If you see the news about building collapse and big fire a block from me I

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread John
Glad to hear you're Ok. Sorry for the loss suffered by others. On 3/26/2015 4:17 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: If you see the news about building collapse and big fire a block from me I am NOT taking photos - I've closed the windows and hunkerd down IT is across 2nd avenue and a full long block

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread John
I've found the range to be somewhat limited, especially outdoors in fairly bright light. The wired remote was the Cable Switch CS-205. I had one until the button wore out (yeah, BUTTON, not the wire connection). Looks like Ricoh has a new remote, the Remote Control D.

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread Jack Davis
Your wellbeing is the best news I've gotten for some time, Ann. Sometimes hunkering is called for. Jack - Original Message - From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 1:17:54 PM Subject: NOt to worry I'm OK If you

Re: PESO Fruit and mirrors

2015-03-26 Thread Ken Waller
Well, if a picture is worth a thousand words, you've just said 24000 words ! Nicely documented and your lighting is very well done. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: Re: PESO Fruit and

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Ken Waller
None at all. I've used it up to about 12 feet from the camera. I attached a piece of colored tape to mine so I can locate it if I drop it. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info Subject: Re:

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-25 21:01 , Mark C wrote: Black widows are probably much more common where you live than up here in the frozen north (we still have patches of snow on the ground and temps in the 20's F at night) - but once I got to recognize these spiders and their dens I came to realize that they

Re: PESO - At the Jazz Cafe

2015-03-26 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-24 19:38 , frank theriault wrote: I'm very excited. I took my K10D out for a walk on Saturday and actually took photos. This was at the Jazz Cafe, becoming a favourite place of mine: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2015/03/at-jazz-cafe.html an odd photo, awkward, but possessing

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Ken Waller
A vast improvement Larry - nicely captured. My initial comment, BTW, was for the first image that came up - I wasn't aware you had posted several more. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject:

Re: Open Water

2015-03-26 Thread Ken Waller
Good capture Stan. If it were mine, I'd crop out the far shoreline and level it. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info Subject: PESO: Open Water Last week the ice on the river by our home

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-26 3:50 , Larry Colen wrote: I was able to get a few more pictures of her tonight before she went and hid up next to the ceiling. I had rearranged the tarp on my MG last night, I also put my strobe on a light stand rather than on the camera. Maybe you'll like this photo a bit

Re: Ot: safari users - do you have problems viewing my smugmug page?

2015-03-26 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-25 22:19 , Ann Sanfedele wrote: I did find out his op system is OS x10.9.5 he's current enough that the problem is not his OS or Safari version; i suspect he has turned Javascript off, or is using some sort of ad blocker that is turning interfering with Javascript when i turn

Re: PESO - El Capitan

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Mar 19, 2015, at 6:50 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all - just adding my photo to the millions that preceded it. I tried a B W version because the midday light wasn't especially friendly. This dates from late May 2013:

Re: PESO x 2 A couple gull pix

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
I don’t know Paul, the first is certainly evocative. It is one of those shots that leaves the viewer wondering. Wondering what happened to the bird or wondering what is going on with the photographer or wondering whether it isn’t time to go get another beer… The second one is nice also. (;-)

Re: OT: Big price drop for Amazon Cloud photo storage

2015-03-26 Thread John
Choosing numbers closest to my current catalog closest upload speed it would take: 37 Days 0 Hours 36 Minutes 11.76 Seconds to upload (575Gb at 1.544 Mbps). Actually, it would take longer than that, because I don't get 1.55Mbps upload speed. On a good day it's 1.10Mbps. I could probably trim

Peso: before the fall (that is, before the explosion)

2015-03-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
A few years ago -- this was one of the buildings involved the Work going ing on there was fixing a water main that broke. http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-New-York/i-bG2Sm8W/A I was going to do some framing tonight, but I didn't get to nap so safer just to goof off. No

Re: PESO x 2 A couple gull pix

2015-03-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That second shot is a fine image, showing all the grace of the bird in mid-flight. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Paul pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: From our recent trip to the California central coast... What I usually get when

Re: PESO - heirloom

2015-03-26 Thread Bruce Walker
Thank you, Mark. On Tue, Mar 24, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Superb! On 3/19/2015 10:01 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I have become brave enough to attempt to light a woman with a single hard light, a silver reflector, now ...

Re: PESO ~ shield

2015-03-26 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Bob! On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 12:25 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Bruce, Great image, wonderful portrait, beautiful woman. Great catch! Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 1:45 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Tiny shield? Medallion? Pewter dish? I

Re: What does everyone now use?

2015-03-26 Thread Bruce Walker
I am far-sighted and require reading and computer glasses (two different prescriptions) for close seeing. As with a few others I prefer to use my camera without glasses, which I've done by adjusting the diopter for the viewfinder and by learning how to work the thing mainly by feel. I can chimp

Re: GESO Clarks latest visit

2015-03-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 10:28 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Great set - Clark is a lucky kid! Aside from his obviously loving family, he'll be able to point to a couple of these photos someday and say I was riding horses when I was still in diapers! Mark Its all on his weekely blog

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Bruce Walker
I bought mine in 2007 for my K100D Super. Has worked with the K20D and K-3. I have no trouble with it, but proper aim is necessary. Have not needed to change the battery yet; don't use it all that much. On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Does anyone else have

PESO garden picture

2015-03-26 Thread Tom Reese
A scan of a slide I shot with my MZ-S after I got home from the Tony Sweet class at Grandfather Mountain. Shot by double exposing the frame with one shot slightly out of focus. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17993552 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Big price drop for Amazon Cloud photo storage

2015-03-26 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: This may be of interest to some looking for backup copies for their photo archive... http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/26/amazon-launches-two-new-cloud-drive-unlimited-plans-11-99year-for-photos-and-59-99year-for-everything/ $12 per year does sound

NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
If you see the news about building collapse and big fire a block from me I am NOT taking photos - I've closed the windows and hunkerd down IT is across 2nd avenue and a full long block away.. I did NOT smell gas odor walking by there about 15 to 20 minutes before it happend. now I hear it

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Local news thinking no more trapped - no more additional missing says the mayor just now - There were about 13 or 14 people hurt and 3 or 4 dead I think I'll Peso a BEFORE photo later for gallows humor - the building housed a store called love saves the day on the corner and another

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
We're just happy you are safe and sound, Ann. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Local news thinking no more trapped - no more additional missing says the mayor just now - There were about 13 or

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
Very cool! On Mar 25, 2015, at 2:37 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Found this girl in my garage last night, spent some time pestering her with my camera and flash. I did sacrifice a little sharpness by putting the 1.4x teleconverter on my 90mm macro lens.

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread Paul
Glad to know you're OK. I thought of you as soon as I heard the news report. Good to hunker and keep safe. Reports here are saying at least a dozen injured, at least 3 critically, with a possibility of more being trapped inside the building. -p On 3/26/2015 3:17 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

Re: What does everyone now use?

2015-03-26 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-24 21:01 , John Coyle wrote: First WP software I used was WordPerfect i started with RUNOFF on a Dec-20, and then Scribe, also nroff on a PDP/11; these were essentially full time reveal codes -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Big price drop for Amazon Cloud photo storage

2015-03-26 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Thank you, Darren! This info got me thinking. BTW, - For the Amazon Prime members, the unlimited photo storage is free. But I am actually thinking about the unlimited storage for other items. $60/year is a good price for unlimited space for off-site backup. Igor Darren Addy Thu, 26 Mar 2015

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
My preference is views #4302 [“in your face” perspective] and 4202 [added context/background]. Nice series, be interesting to see what you can do with a few of these as Halloween decorations… stan On Mar 26, 2015, at 5:50 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Ken Waller wrote: Looks

Re: Open Water

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
Thanks Ken. I’ll have to think about the crop, play with it a bit. As to leveling, I think it is. I’ll re-check that. The perspective, looking across and upriver, plays tricks on me which is why I rely on the level in the camera. stan On Mar 26, 2015, at 2:14 PM, Ken Waller

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting John sesso...@earthlink.net: I've found the range to be somewhat limited, especially outdoors in fairly bright light. The wired remote was the Cable Switch CS-205. I had one until the button wore out (yeah, BUTTON, not the wire connection). Looks like Ricoh has a new remote, the

Re: PESO - El Capitan

2015-03-26 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: Gorgeous! I hope to make it to Yosemite some day. Everyone should see Yosemite at least once! Just make sure you allocate more than the 4-5 hours we had available. I was amazed at the number of people visiting on the day we were there even

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread John
On 3/26/2015 5:26 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting John sesso...@earthlink.net: I've found the range to be somewhat limited, especially outdoors in fairly bright light. The wired remote was the Cable Switch CS-205. I had one until the button wore out (yeah, BUTTON, not the wire connection).

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Jack Davis
Same here. K10, K 20, K5 K3. Recently installed new battery and am set for a good while. Jack Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2015, at 4:26 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: On 3/26/2015 5:26 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting John sesso...@earthlink.net: I've found the range to be

Re: PESO - El Capitan

2015-03-26 Thread John
On 3/26/2015 5:30 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: Gorgeous! I hope to make it to Yosemite some day. Everyone should see Yosemite at least once! Just make sure you allocate more than the 4-5 hours we had available. I was amazed at the number of people

Re: OT: Big price drop for Amazon Cloud photo storage

2015-03-26 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 26.03.15 um 23:44 schrieb Darren Addy: You can certainly do what you like, Ralf, but there are plenty of paranoid pro photographers who like the insurance of keeping another copy of their catalog. Many of us have been keeping hard drives with copies of their photos at friends' places, long

Re: PESO garden picture

2015-03-26 Thread Darren Addy
That is beautiful, Tom! Reminds me of some of the multiple-exposure stuff of Ursula Abresch (love her stuff). Playing with the different multiple exposure modes of the K-3 is on my To Do list. Of course one can play with combining images after the fact, but I kind of like the idea of the mystery

Re: OT: Big price drop for Amazon Cloud photo storage

2015-03-26 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 26.03.15 um 23:13 schrieb Brian Walters: It seems to me that it would take an enormous amount of time and bandwidth to store even a moderate photo archive. Rather something for people taking JPEGs with their smartphones. I don't see myself putting around 5 TB of photos online, not even

Re: OT: Big price drop for Amazon Cloud photo storage

2015-03-26 Thread steve harley
On 2015-03-26 16:13 , Brian Walters wrote: $12 per year does sound attractive but how practical is cloud storage? Anyone using Adobe or other cloud storage option? i don't store much in the cloud, but technically i am using Flickr, iCloud, Google Drive Dropbox for a at least a few photos

Re: OT: Big price drop for Amazon Cloud photo storage

2015-03-26 Thread Darren Addy
You can certainly do what you like, Ralf, but there are plenty of paranoid pro photographers who like the insurance of keeping another copy of their catalog. Here is a file transfer calculator, for those who would like to know how long it would take.

Re: PESO: Open Water

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
Thanks Darren. Yes, I posted it last fall. Keep your eyes peeled - there is a 1 in 3 chance it will show up in a book on your shelf soon… stan On Mar 26, 2015, at 6:30 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Stan, Did you PESO the image before this one in your album?

Re: NOt to worry I'm OK

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
Just saw shots on the evening news. Definitely scary. Glad that you are reporting and not being reported on. stan On Mar 26, 2015, at 5:59 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Local news thinking no more trapped - no more additional missing says the mayor just now - There were about

Re: PESO: Open Water

2015-03-26 Thread Darren Addy
Stan, Did you PESO the image before this one in your album? http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h40374B67#h339307d9 If so I missed it. WOW. That is superb. On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Thanks Jack! On Mar 26, 2015, at 12:45 PM, Jack

PESO x 2 A couple gull pix

2015-03-26 Thread Paul
From our recent trip to the California central coast... What I usually get when shooting birds... https://www.dropbox.com/s/hpx25exksyd9baz/IMGP5611a.JPG?dl=0 What I hope to get... https://www.dropbox.com/s/er03mcq5bj1reao/IMGP5679a.JPG?dl=0 K-5, Pentax 80-320mm -p -- Being old doesn't seem

RE: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Malcolm Smith
Larry Colen wrote: Found this girl in my garage last night, spent some time pestering her with my camera and flash. I did sacrifice a little sharpness by putting the 1.4x teleconverter on my 90mm macro lens. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/16923028621/in/set- 72157651143743838

Re: PESO Fruit and mirrors

2015-03-26 Thread Larry Colen
Rick Womer wrote: I'll have to try this the next time I run short of apples and lemons. It's an intriguing photo; one might crop about 10% off the left and 5% off the bottom. I see what you mean, I've recropped it. How did you set up the mirrors and fruits? Rather than trying to

Re: PESO Fruit and mirrors

2015-03-26 Thread Bruce Walker
That's pretty cool, Larry. Love the image and nice explanation! On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 3:37 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Rick Womer wrote: I'll have to try this the next time I run short of apples and lemons. It's an intriguing photo; one might crop about 10% off the left and

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Mar 26, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Does anyone else have problems with this remote? No. I find it unreliable. Sometimes it actuates the shutter, sometimes it does not. Distance from the sensor on the camera seems to make quite a difference. Careful aim

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Bruce
Mine has always worked perfectly when I don't need it to - basically when testing it to make sure it works. Then when actually using it, seems to be a bit flakey. I'm guessing that distance from camera impacts it quite a bit and perhaps aiming directly at the sensor. -- Bruce On March 26,

OT: Big price drop for Amazon Cloud photo storage

2015-03-26 Thread Darren Addy
This may be of interest to some looking for backup copies for their photo archive... http://venturebeat.com/2015/03/26/amazon-launches-two-new-cloud-drive-unlimited-plans-11-99year-for-photos-and-59-99year-for-everything/ -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: What does everyone now use?

2015-03-26 Thread larry
I KNOW she's a keeper. After 50 years, you don't have to try to convince me. We were in Singapore (for my work) over our 30th anniversary, and she said that it was time to replace our stereo. After I explained the voltage difference, she said than I should get a new camera. It was either an

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Darren Addy
How long has it been since you've put in a fresh battery? That would be my prime suspect. CR1620 3v On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Does anyone else have problems with this remote? I find it unreliable. Sometimes it actuates the shutter, sometimes it

Re: Ot: safari users - do you have problems viewing my smugmug page?

2015-03-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks Darren Glad you liked the pix as to the Mac mystery - I even talked to smugmug about it - lots of others on list got back to me with no problem results but initially , I think it was Ken, who using an older MAC and Safari saw only a black screen. I live chatted on smugmug and sent the

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread larry
I used to use an app for my Palm that served as a remote control. There should be one available for Apple or Google. Larry in Dallas -Original Message- From: Eric Weir Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 9:32 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Pentax remote control F Does anyone

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Attila Boros
I use this one: http://www.amazon.com/Micnova-MQ-RC3-Universal-Wireless-Infrared/dp/B008UJL1C4/ Don't know about the F, never had it. On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Does anyone else have problems with this remote? I find it unreliable. Sometimes it

Re: PESO pretty black spider

2015-03-26 Thread Bruce
That looks much improved. A very nice shot of a spider that most of us don't like too much. It is too bad the webs they spin are so ugly, that would add to the picture appeal. But since the web is not worth displaying, you have done a great job on this one. -- Bruce On March 26, 2015

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
El Jueves 26 de marzo de 2015 15:33, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net escribió: Does anyone else have problems with this remote? I find it unreliable. Sometimes it actuates the shutter, sometimes it does not. It always does eventually, but in the meantime it is irritating. Pentax has another

Re: What does everyone now use?

2015-03-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
Thanks Bruce, I just ordered one. Bob S. On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 9:06 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I am far-sighted and require reading and computer glasses (two different prescriptions) for close seeing. As with a few others I prefer to use my camera without glasses, which

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Jack Davis
No! Sent from my iPhone On Mar 26, 2015, at 7:51 AM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Mar 26, 2015, at 10:32 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Does anyone else have problems with this remote? No. I find it unreliable. Sometimes it actuates the shutter,

PESO: Open Water

2015-03-26 Thread Stanley Halpin
Last week the ice on the river by our home was rapidly vanishing and the waterfowl were quick to spot the open water. Here a pair of mallards take a break on the convenient ice shelf. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e40374b67 Tech details: 645z with FA645 Macro 120/4.0 at f/8, 1/200,

Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread Eric Weir
Does anyone else have problems with this remote? I find it unreliable. Sometimes it actuates the shutter, sometimes it does not. It always does eventually, but in the meantime it is irritating. Pentax has another remote, the remote control wd. Anyone have experience with it. Are there any

Re: Pentax remote control F

2015-03-26 Thread P.J. Alling
I don't use a Pentax remote. I've got a third party remote, (Vello brand), that seems to work quite well. I bought it for three reasons, 1.) the battery is user replaceable, 2.) It was quite a bit less expensive, 3.) I needed to spend a bit more money to get free shipping from BH Photo and