Re: PESO - Crystalline Wave

2015-04-11 Thread Mark C
Nice one, Frank - what did the ice droplets sound like when they hit the ground? On 4/10/2015 11:27 PM, frank theriault wrote: Looking through some old pics - this was taken winter before last, one of the coldest days with a camera I've ever had. The K10D acquitted itself quite well in -45C win

OT - rig for mic attachment for a photo camera and other cool mounting parts

2015-04-11 Thread Igor PDML-StR
I came across this video review, which along the way demonstrated an interesting rig for attaching a microphone to the photo camera: https://youtu.be/HtAFvqI1kj0?t=7m25s I don't do video much, but when I do, I seldom use the external microphone with my K-5iis camera, primarily because of diffic

Re: PESO: Oreo Dreams

2015-04-11 Thread Mark C
Nicely captured - is that a political statement? On 4/11/2015 7:30 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Another slice of The City: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18002559&size=md Optio S Comments invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola --- This email is free f

Re: Anybody tethering a k-5ii? Plus, camera seizure bonus tale.

2015-04-11 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks very much, Paul. It does make sense, and is very helpful. I'm starting to think that since I don't need to transfer files elsewhere immediately, I really just need more real estate for viewing images - shooting interiors is killing me, so many details! - that maybe all I need is the HDMI

Re: GESO - Spring Ephemerals

2015-04-11 Thread Knarf
Beautifully photographed! Cheers, frank On 9 April, 2015 8:27:29 PM EDT, Mark C wrote: >A few more spring wildflowers - > >http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/more-spring-ephemeral-wildflowers > >Comments welcome. > >Mark > >--- >This email is free from viruses and malware because

PESO: Vitamins F and J

2015-04-11 Thread David Mann
First the vitamin F, the delicious feijoa. People either love or hate this fruit and it's now the time of year when they are everywhere. We have a small tree at the front of our property but it's overshadowed by another tree and never really fruited much. I always thought the lack of light wa

Re: PESO - Crocuses and Oak

2015-04-11 Thread Knarf
Lovely. Colours, composition, spring. Lovely. Cheers, frank On 9 April, 2015 6:57:21 PM EDT, Rick Womer wrote: >Another from my way to work last week: > >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17998005 > >(K-5, DA 40/2.8 Ltd.) > >Comments? > >Rick -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail

Re: PESO - Crystalline Wave

2015-04-11 Thread Knarf
Thanks, Dan! I would have preferred a bit more sharpness but I was shivering. Actually the wind was what made it hard to hold the camera steady, especially with ice underfoot. Thanks again. Cheers, frank On 11 April, 2015 7:24:34 AM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >B! > >You caught

Re: PESO: Oreo Dreams

2015-04-11 Thread Knarf
Love the light! Very well captured. Cheers, frank On 11 April, 2015 7:30:39 AM EDT, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >Another slice of The City: >http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18002559&size=md >Optio S >Comments invited. > >Dan Matyola >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -

Re: PESO: Oreo Dreams

2015-04-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Jack. I'm not sure I "get" the ad, but it is just weird enough. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 8:21 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > Well caught, Dan! > > Jack > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 11, 2015, at 4:30 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrot

Re: Anybody tethering a k-5ii? Plus, camera seizure bonus tale.

2015-04-11 Thread Paul
Christine - I have a couple of the Eye-Fi Pro series cards. I use the Pro rather than the Mobi in the event I want to transfer RAW files from the card to either my iPad or computer. Transferring RAW files however would be a last resort as it's a slo-o-o-o-w process. OTOH, I have my camera

Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)

2015-04-11 Thread Mark Roberts
james wrote: >On 12/04/2015 6:34 AM, Ken Waller wrote: >> I would think focus stacking would greatly reduce the necessity of a tilt >> shift lens for most photographers. >> >Are you sure?? I was told the shift lens fixed perspective, not focus. Correct. Focus stacking would reduce the need for t

Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)

2015-04-11 Thread james
Are you sure?? I was told the shift lens fixed perspective, not focus. James On 12/04/2015 6:34 AM, Ken Waller wrote: I would think focus stacking would greatly reduce the necessity of a tilt shift lens for most photographers. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.ne

Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)

2015-04-11 Thread Ken Waller
I would think focus stacking would greatly reduce the necessity of a tilt shift lens for most photographers. -Original Message- >From: Stanley Halpin >Sent: Apr 11, 2015 10:39 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field) > >Sorry - I sho

Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)

2015-04-11 Thread John
On 4/11/2015 10:08 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: I received an ad from KEH yesterday; in short it said “come look at all our Pentax stuff!” So I did. As I browsed through I saw this: https://www.keh.com/242007/pentax-28mm-f-3-5-smc-shift-k-mount-manual-focus-lens-built-in I have heard of the k-mo

RE: K-S2 Review

2015-04-11 Thread Malcolm Smith
P.J. Alling wrote: > DigitalRev did one of they're, as usual, "Wise Ass" reviews of the K-S2 > and didn't pan it, exactly, more like damned it with faint praise. > It's the first actual commercial review I've seen of it, and the new > 18-55mm Kit lens so people might want to take a look. No link b

K-S2 Review

2015-04-11 Thread P.J. Alling
DigitalRev did one of they're, as usual, "Wise Ass" reviews of the K-S2 and didn't pan it, exactly, more like damned it with faint praise. It's the first actual commercial review I've seen of it, and the new 18-55mm Kit lens so people might want to take a look. No link but it's on YouTube. --

Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)

2015-04-11 Thread Stanley Halpin
Sorry - I should have checked current availability before posting the link. They were asking $528. On Apr 11, 2015, at 10:33 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: > Apparently someone bought it already, what price were they asking. > > I believe that the company making the new K mount tilt/shift lens is Samy

Re: Depth of field at infinity

2015-04-11 Thread Mark C
Hi Eric - Three thoughts come to mind - first that DOF is the range of "apparent" or "acceptable" sharpness, but parts of the subject that are not right at the focal plane will still be slightly out of focus. Not an issue in many genres of photography but in macro, where the detail is crucial,

Re: Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)

2015-04-11 Thread P.J. Alling
Apparently someone bought it already, what price were they asking. I believe that the company making the new K mount tilt/shift lens is Samyang, and theirs is a tilt/shift not just shift. additionally the Samyang is 24mm so it's AOV is actually wide angle on APS-C, as opposed to true normal fo

Re: FS Fryday - 35-105 f3.5 lens and other items

2015-04-11 Thread Mark C
Hi Darren - The best I can come up with for shipping is $12.75 for a medium USPS flat rat box. So how about $18? Since it is a flat rate box I could fit some other things into the bag as well - the Fujica camera would fit nicely or the A 80-200 Mark On 4/11/2015 12:18 AM, Darren Ad

Re: Depth of field at infinity

2015-04-11 Thread P.J. Alling
I don't know from your post the focal length but, at f22 refraction becomes an issue with almost any "small" format camera, (in the digital age almost everything not using film is a small format for these purposes), rule of thumb is it starts taking a toll at about f8~f11. on 35mm format. It'

Rare lens at KEH (speaking of depth of field)

2015-04-11 Thread Stanley Halpin
I received an ad from KEH yesterday; in short it said “come look at all our Pentax stuff!” So I did. As I browsed through I saw this: https://www.keh.com/242007/pentax-28mm-f-3-5-smc-shift-k-mount-manual-focus-lens-built-in I have heard of the k-mount 28mm shift lens; this is the first I have e

Re: Depth of field at infinity

2015-04-11 Thread Stanley Halpin
You didn’t say what focal length. Assuming you were using 200mm at 20’, f/11 the depth of field would be 4”. 50mm at 20’, f/11 would be 5’9” The one app I am using to calculate these numbers doesn’t want to use an aperture smaller than f/11. The other app says 2’11” for 200mm, f/22 at 20’ but I a

Re: Depth of field at infinity

2015-04-11 Thread Igor PDML-StR
Eric, Focusing at infinity with that long focal length lens would not produce good results, especially at the longer end of the zoon. I suspect that you may have mixed focusing at infinity with focusing at the hyperfocal distance. The definition of the latter is when you focus to it, everythi

Re: Depth of field at infinity

2015-04-11 Thread Jack Davis
Not very well without an aperture ring, but you can trust the limit of acceptable focus to be achieved. Jack Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2015, at 6:16 AM, Eric Weir wrote: >> On Apr 11, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> >> My wording problem. What I meant was focus at 1/3 of the dista

Re: Depth of field at infinity

2015-04-11 Thread Eric Weir
> On Apr 11, 2015, at 9:13 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > My wording problem. What I meant was focus at 1/3 of the distance into the > scene, not at infinity. Can you judge the depth of field with that aperture at that distance? --

Re: Depth of field at infinity

2015-04-11 Thread Jack Davis
My wording problem. What I meant was focus at 1/3 of the distance into the scene, not at infinity. Jack Sent from my iPhone On Apr 11, 2015, at 5:37 AM, Eric Weir wrote: >> On Apr 11, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Jack Davis wrote: >> >> Infinity focus perhaps should have >> Been only about 1/3 of the w

Re: Depth of field at infinity

2015-04-11 Thread Eric Weir
> On Apr 11, 2015, at 8:35 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > Infinity focus perhaps should have > Been only about 1/3 of the way > into the scene.(?) Thanks, Jack. I’m not certain, but I imagine I was halfway in. --

Re: Depth of field at infinity

2015-04-11 Thread Jack Davis
Infinity focus perhaps should have Been only about 1/3 of the way into the scene.(?) Jack Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 11, 2015, at 5:23 AM, Eric Weir wrote: > > Mark’s post about stack focusing brought to mind a problem I encountered the > other day. I was shooting wildflowers at Arabia Mount

Depth of field at infinity

2015-04-11 Thread Eric Weir
Mark’s post about stack focusing brought to mind a problem I encountered the other day. I was shooting wildflowers at Arabia Mountain, just outside Atlanta. (One of several stone outcrops, with unique ecosystems, that occur here in Georgia.) I was using my DA 50-200 with the camera on a tripod

Re: PESO: Oreo Dreams

2015-04-11 Thread Jack Davis
Well caught, Dan! Jack Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 11, 2015, at 4:30 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > Another slice of The City: > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18002559&size=md > Optio S > Comments invited. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > --

PESO: Oreo Dreams

2015-04-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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Re: PESO - Crystalline Wave

2015-04-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
B! You caught the wave at a moment that displays it power and chaos. Fine image, Frank. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 11:27 PM, frank theriault wrote: > Looking through some old pics - this was taken winter before last, one > of the co