Re: Gaps in PDML

2013-08-17 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Over here it happens more often than not, actually. It's been like that for a number of years already, and gets better only in short periods. It's often difficult to follow the most active threads and the threads where people don't quote what they're answering. I used gmail for pdml for a while

Re: New Smugmug site up

2013-08-01 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Ann Sanfedele wrote: > IOW, on a filesystem I might have >well I sure know about directories, directories=folders >but I dont know what IOW is (except the first 3 letters of a midwest >state.) I have learned OMG, LOL and FWB though :-) IOW, there are too many TLAs. Jostein -- Sent from my A

Re: New Smugmug site up

2013-08-01 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Ann, The term breadcrumbs actually harks to the fairytale, you know, Hansel and Gretel. It's just as Aahz writes, a line of text in an inconspicuous place in the page design that tells you which menu/branchmenu/leafmenu item you're currently looking at. The text line is your trail of crumbs back

Re: FA 77/1.8 Limited vs. Samyang 85/1.4

2013-05-17 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Bipin Gupta wrote: >The focal length (77 to 85 mm, APS-C 116 to 128 mm) appears to be a >bit odd. Where would one use this focal length on an APS-C camera? I >understand the 50 mm serves well as a Portrait Lens at 75 mm on an >APS-C Body. If portraiture is an odd type of photography, I think I

Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Today I passed 2000 PDML mails in my inbox, and realised I have to pull myself seriously together to keep up. To make short work of it all, my thoughts and condolances to Doug Brewer on the loss of his beloved lens, and a big *yay* for the work Mark Roberts and his crew has put down on the ann

What are the shortcomings of you as a photographer?

2013-04-18 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
In what ways do you foresee that you could better yourself as a photographer? Is it all about Pentax releasing the camera of your dreams, or do you have another muse for your creativity? Jostein -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Monitor choices

2013-02-18 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I haven't looked into monitor tech in a couple of years, but when I read about the uneven brightness issue in 2009, it was all related to what lighting source sat behind the screen. LED backlights were good, CCFL varied with number of tubes (the more the better), and with the precision and quali

Re: GESO - Venice

2013-02-01 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Thanks Rob. That nightly session by the Academia bridge felt like the best photo op on the whole trip. :-) Jostein Rob Studdert wrote: >A super set of images Jostein, I love the night scene containing the >time exposed lights, it's superb. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please e

Re: I don't understand

2013-01-31 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Nice of you to state which flash we are talking about. Knowing what camera you have might help too, but if I were you i'd be more skeptical about the flash than the camera. Collin Brendemuehl wrote: >I picked up one of the Sigma EF 610 DG ST flashes. >Works great. > >I have not set anything to

Re: GESO - Venice

2013-01-31 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Thanks Ann! I'll keep that in mind for next year's annual. :-) Jostein Ann Sanfedele wrote: >I was a f k yesterday - had surprise visit from out of town friend so >just now getting to these. > >To put it simply - wow! > >These are just delicious, my friend. It would be more than nice to see >a

Re: I don't understand

2013-01-31 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Because you have your camera set to slow sync flash? Collin Brendemuehl wrote: >When I put either the FA28/2.8or the FA50/1.4 and use either the > internal or a shoe-mount flash, the shutter speed goes to 1/25. >But when I use an "A" lens it goes to the desired 1/180. >Why? -- Sent from my And

Re: Is it absurd to call a photograph that no one has ever heard of "iconic"?

2013-01-25 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I liked the photographer's attitude. :-) But I agree with the thread title, it's quite absurd. Then again, the article is published to and for the mac cult, and it's not really surprising that anything about mr. Jobs achieve icon status there, imo. Jostein Darren Addy wrote: >Quite a little st

Re: Almost a PDML expedition

2013-01-16 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Yer own fault mate! :-) You were the one to introduce us Europeans to the concept of Pentax gaterings, remember? You even procured a full set of exotic Pentax hardware for us to play with. A proud legacy to live up to sir. :-) J. Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 15/1/13, Dario Bonazza, discombobul

Re: Almost a PDML expedition

2013-01-16 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Oh dammit. Then I have to leave my 645 at home, or we shall see no end to their gloating. :-) J. DagT wrote: > >Den 14. jan. 2013 kl. 23:53 skrev Jostein Øksne : > >> From Thursday to Monday, Stig, Dag and I will got to Venice, Italy in >good company of a couple of other Norwegian Pentaxians. U

Re: Almost a PDML expedition

2013-01-14 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Hehehe. I suspect the trip will result in a few PESOs posted. Really looking forward to this trip. But on the subject of cryptonite... We had fun on a Norwegian Pentax forums trying to find the most apt names for the various "camera tribes". We have Pentaxians and Leicaphiles. I suppose we have

Re: Article on batteries and chargers

2013-01-05 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Thanks for posting Larry! Two months ago I learned another interesting thing about rechargeable batteries from a carpenter. Well, interesting in Norwegian (and Canadian) conditions at least. He had observed that tool batteries will have their expected number of charging cycles cut short, if re-

Re: It is snowing in Columbus.

2012-12-31 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
It's raining in Oslo, so we celebrate indoors. Jostein Collin Brendemuehl wrote: >So I'm going out shooting. >With my K-x and with my new blad. >(Got one from retiring Father-in-law. 500C w/ w/l and t* 80. Loaded >with >Pan F.) -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my bre

Re: D600 vs K-5

2012-12-26 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I SO agree with you about that chip onth shoulder, Larry. I had the same experience in 2009 with the K-7 vs. various Canon cameras, including the then very new 7D, and 1Ds Mk III. On that infamous trip to Antarctica we had a few calm evenings on the rear deck of the boat, photographing seabird

RE: Pentax 645D IR

2012-12-14 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
J.C.O. is entirely right. Once superseded by another model, the 645D will stop taking pictures on any ISO other than 140, force JPG format, and introduce a lag of 30 seconds before writing exposures to card. During that lag, you will see a message on the chimp screen explaining what you have to

Re: Which lens(es) has(ve) a MAXIMUM focusing length?

2012-11-11 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I know Canon has a special macro lens that goes from 1X to 5X, with a 65mm focal length. That could be it. Jostein Igor Roshchin wrote: > >In the caption to one of the images in this blog: >http://www.dpreview.com/articles/1304360703/breaking-the-rules/3 , >I read: "I was inspired to create thi

Re: OT: Election Commentary

2012-11-06 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Oh, well. Thanks for sharing you too, P. J. "P. J. Alling" wrote: >Stuff it Bob, Keep this off the list. > >On 11/6/2012 10:39 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> Looks like Obama is back as US President. >> >> Romney, the challenger, had some serious problems. >> 1. He is so rich that didn't relate to t

Re: OT: Election Commentary

2012-11-06 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Thanks for sharing, Bob. Jostein Bob Sullivan wrote: >Looks like Obama is back as US President. > >Romney, the challenger, had some serious problems. >1. He is so rich that didn't relate to the average 'Joe in the >street.' ($250 million personal wealth) >2. To get the nomination, he swung to th

Re: Power to the people - well some of them anyway

2012-11-03 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Good to hear from you Ann. Hope your cornea mends well. And fingers crossed for a swift mend to the rest; both you and the city. J. Ann Sanfedele wrote: >Got power back last night around 6 pm.. >stories to follow photos to follow but >in the course of things I managed to wound my right eye >hav

FS Friday: medium format optics

2012-10-26 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I have for sale the following: 645 A* 300mm f/4 in bargain condition. Cosmetic dents to the metal tube. Glass is pristine, and has been cleaned by authorised Pentax serviceman in Norway for the sale. Sold because of redundancy. 645 A 120mm f/4 macro. In very good condition. Sold because of redun

Re: Focus Adjustment

2012-10-25 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I partly agree with Paul. What you could gain, though, is to match matte screen focus with the hexagonal AF indicator. I believe you can only match one MF lens, since all MF lenses look the same to the camera eletronics. Jostein Paul Stenquist wrote: >I think the only way one could adjust fo

Re: Comparing in-body and lens-based image stabilisation

2012-10-24 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
A guy called Falk Lumo has concluded that Pentax' system is only efficient up to about 200mm focal length. Iirc, he did his testing in the K20-D era. Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >On Tue, Oct 23, 2012 at 2:15 PM, Brian Walters > wrote: >> Interesting article that uses a K-5 and a Sigma 50-500 mm HSM

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-10-22 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
dobe. Thus minimal basic >hierarchy is in folder structure. Call that a skeleton if you will. > >Boris > >On 10/21/2012 11:12 AM, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: >> In my humble opinion it is not a good idea in the long run to use >> descriptive terms like "family album

RE: Enablement: LR4

2012-10-22 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
but in practice I find that I'm very happy with the way Lightroom deals with this issue. Jostein Bob W wrote: >> From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of AlunFoto - >> Jostein Øksne >> >> In my humble opinion it is not a good idea in the long run to us

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-10-21 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
In my humble opinion it is not a good idea in the long run to use descriptive terms like "family album" in folder names. That's what keywords are for in the first place. I think it better to use the folder names to establish chronology only. Hierarchical keywords is a blessing. :-) Jostein Bori

Re: Lightroom 4.2 available

2012-10-07 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Assuming that the respective OSes can address an equal amount of RAM? steve harley wrote: >on 2012-10-06 16:13 Larry Colen wrote >> >> On Oct 6, 2012, at 3:09 PM, steve harley wrote: >> >>> on 2012-10-06 6:35 John Sessoms wrote I think LightRoom and Photoshop are more sensitive to the amou

Re: Lightroom 4.2 available

2012-10-06 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Hehe. That makes the possibilities for misunderstandings all the better, doesn't it? :-) Mark Roberts wrote: >Jostein Øksne wrote: > >>If keywords are checked to propagate on export, you will expose >>your way of thinking about your photos to the recipient. > >I don't believe this is possible,

Re: Lightroom 4.2 available

2012-10-05 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I edit my 645D raw files on a computer from 2008. It has a 2,4 GHz quad-core with 16 GB RAM and a low-end GPU (some fanless ATI). Hardly snappy, but certainly tolerable for LR 4.2 performance. Btw, Adobe has been pestered in forums for several months over an issue with hierarchical keywords. I j

Re: exif data viewer wanted

2012-09-24 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
What Brian said. If you prefer command-line interfaces, there is also exiftool, of course. :-) J. Brian Walters wrote: > >Quoting "J.C. O'Connell" : > >> Can anyone recommend an application for viewing exif data in my >images >> coming off the istDS? I want to check the shutter counter. > > >Pho

Re: lens roadmap

2012-09-23 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Hm... The things they had committed to introduce in 2012 have materialised, so their status have changed. Other than that it seems pretty non-committal to me. Hopefully it will be firmed up at the next international fair. Maybe at the next PMA? Jostein Igor Roshchin wrote: > > >I am surprised

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Hmmm... That was possibly the lamest pun ever. But seriously, a rumor that claims the name Q10? Doesn't sound very likely to me... "AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne" wrote: >Q10, eh? >Bet that will become ubiquitous bar none. :-) > >Darren Addy wrote: > >>http:

Re: The NEW Pentax Q

2012-09-07 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Q10, eh? Bet that will become ubiquitous bar none. :-) Darren Addy wrote: >http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-news-rumors/198154-new-pentax-q-2012-a.html >Yay! > >-- >"The key to seeing the world's soul, and in the process wakening one's >own, is to get over the confusion >by which we th

Re: If you're interested in (history of) math

2012-08-31 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Stan Halpin wrote: > >On Aug 31, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: > >> The Fourth Geometry Meeting? What's the point? >> >Everybody there will have his own angle on things. Many of the discussions will probably be tangential to the agenda too. -- Sent from my Android phone with

Re: Happy Birthday Godders

2012-08-26 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
If I Ricoh correctly, he fancies some of their optics, at least. Have a great day, Godfrey. Ann Sanfedele wrote: > > >On 8/26/2012 08:05, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> Happy Birthday. >Ditto with a capital H B > > Buy yourself another Leica !!! > >Do you think he would lika to do that? > >ann >>

Re: OT: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-25 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Does that, in any way, apply to any electronic products apart from Pentax? :-) "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >Using microsoft products is not much of an improvement over over two >tin cans and a string. >Dan Matyola >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > >> For myself, I'll go back to

Re: OT: A comment on Canada

2012-08-25 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Lol! Knowing the extent and nature of mr. Pratchett's authorship adds a world of magic to that observation... John Francis wrote: >On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 04:35:11AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote: >> I ran across this amusing description of Canada on the MGs mailing >list. >> >> Begin forwarded me

Re: Kudos - PDML Photo Annual 2012

2012-08-22 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Malawi is an amazing little country. If you find time for yourself at all, you HAVE to visit the underwater national park in Lake Malawi. There's a place called Cape Maclear, North of Monkey Bay (after memory...), where there are scubadiving routes with guides to all the mbuna fish you can find.

Re: Creativity vs. gear?

2012-08-09 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Do I think too much gear hinders creativity? To be honest I have no idea. Because who's to say how much is too much? And who's to say which is more creative; to apply the tool with the best specs for a particular job, or to get surprisingly good results with a less prestigious tool? Igor Rosh

Re: If we have ...

2012-08-04 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
"AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne" wrote: >A shoal of shags? > >mike wilson wrote: > >>On 04/08/2012 14:04, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: >>> a plethora of petunias >>> >>> then is it a >>> >>> concord of cormorants? >>>

Re: If we have ...

2012-08-04 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
A shoal of shags? mike wilson wrote: >On 04/08/2012 14:04, Collin Brendemuehl wrote: >> a plethora of petunias >> >> then is it a >> >> concord of cormorants? >> >> > >More a phlight of Phalocracorax > >-- >No fixed Adobe > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >PDML@pdml.net >http://pdml.net/mai

PESO - Harebell

2012-08-01 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
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Re: London Olympics

2012-08-01 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I don't know if my impression of USA is accurate, but it comes across to here as offering no legal protection against slander to any person that is deemed, by some apparently magical consensus, to be a "public person". Seems no less worthy of a medal to me. John Sessoms wrote: >British Police

Re: London Olympics

2012-07-31 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Wow... The first thing that went through my mind was that this criminalize stupidity in a public space. I can't see much good coming from that. :-( "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: >I find this very strange. Is offensive tweeting really a crime in >Britain? While the tweeter appears to be a jerk,

PESO - Simon's kayak

2012-07-31 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
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Re: PESO: New cedar table

2012-07-31 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
That's far better than anything I could have built! Respect. Jostein Tim Bray wrote: >I am sort of ham-handed and physically unskilled; the only things I >normally create are software, prose, and photographs. But in an >unaccustomed fit of carpenterial energy, I built a table for our >cabin, an

Re: PESO: Pretty boat

2012-07-31 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
The picture of the sailboat has a wonderful mood. The wine, in moderate amounts, may help to hold the 400mm steady. :-) Jostein Tim Bray wrote: >Two masts, four sails, sun from behind: http://goo.gl/iDw5b > >There was another boat, and the an amusing visual narrative: >http://goo.gl/pBLFx > >Th

PESO - Orphaned

2012-07-30 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2012/07/orphaned-foreldrels.html Life isn't fair. Not to this chick anyway. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the P

Re: OT: HDR or Not

2012-07-27 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
I agree with Paul. The shadow control looks like HDR, but the burned-out clouds certainly doesn't. :-) Paul Stenquist wrote: >Could be HDR. But I think that level of dynamic range can be achieved >with more conventional RAW conversion tools, such as "fill," curves >adjustments and perhaps some

PESO - Wind

2012-07-25 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
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PESO - A view to Lofoten

2012-07-23 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Apologies for posting a bloglink only, but I haven't figured out how to extract a direct image link from my cellphone browser yet. http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-view-to-lofoten.html Jostein -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discus

Re: England 2012-UK PDMLers

2012-07-23 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
And wonderfully captured, they are. Thanks for sharing, Christine. Now I _really_ wish I could have been there. Jostein Christine Aguila wrote: >Here's a quick collection of our wonderfully photogenic UK PDMLers. >Enjoy! Cheers, Christine > > >http://www.caguila.com/englandukpdmlers/ >-- >PD

Re: PESO - A Walk on the Beach

2012-07-22 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
A little dejavu here, Frank. Your post to the list came to my inbox just as I turned back from a walk on the local beach! :-) Water temp is lower here tho, and no people. Nice catch. Likes: +1. :-) frank theriault wrote: >Kind of falls into the "I don't know why I like it but I do" category. >

Re: PESO - Feeding kiss (an alternative to extension for macro)

2012-07-19 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Darren Addy wrote: >I wonder what the Sigma EX 28mm f1.8 would do reversed on the front of >that F100? It has a 77mm filter size. H. This actually works: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/display/6476072 :-) One issue you might run into with the 28mm is vignetting, but that shouldn't s

Re: PESO - Feeding kiss (an alternative to extension for macro)

2012-07-18 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
That's actually a very _good_ question... I've seen many different descriptions. Reversal ring, reversing ring, reverse adapter, male-male stepring, reverse coupling ring... It's a complete mess. Most of the time, the thing people have in mind is an adapter with a filter thread on one side and a

Re: PESO - Feeding kiss (an alternative to extension for macro)

2012-07-18 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Mark's macro work has been and is good inspiration. But you make it sound as if I bought equipment for the sake of besting him... :-) I think it was around 2006 I started to play with the 645 optics for macro. IIRC, Mike Wilson has a picture of me applying gaffertape to couple two lenses togeth

Re: will a normal step-down ring work with Pentax AF140c?

2012-07-18 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
My wife will kill me for saying this, but ending up as a macro flash diffuser has to be Tupperware nirvana. :-) steve harley wrote: > >i was thinking a ring of fiber batting might do it; or two rings of >polarizing >material so i could adjust it; i probably won't usually want full power -- S

Testing new subscription email

2012-07-11 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
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Re: A question for stargazers

2012-06-07 Thread AlunFoto
gear on the RA axis before I get any further. :-( Guess I'll just put the whole issue on the back burner. At least until autumn when the nights go dark enough for stargazing again. Jostein 2012/6/7 AlunFoto : > For the record I've put up a pic of the details on the mount h

Re: A question for stargazers

2012-06-07 Thread AlunFoto
Darren Addy wrote: > I'm curious what eyepieces you got with it? (Brand and focal length) I got the two original Pentax eyepieces, a 6mm orthoscopic and a 20mm kellner. > I can't answer your question directly, but pics would help and I'd > recommend asking in an astronomy/astrophotography forum.

A question for stargazers

2012-06-06 Thread AlunFoto
A couple of weeks ago I got a cellphone text from a relative, whose in-law family had decided to donate a telescope to a more interested owner. Since the brand name on said piece of equipment was Pentax, they thought of me. So now I'm the happy if somewhat incredulous owner of a Pentax-75 EDHF R

Re: How to photograph the transit of Venus?

2012-05-30 Thread AlunFoto
Chiming in late here. Just realised that mail-archive.com is making a duplicate archive of our proceedings, but without the bandwidth restriction. The front element of the K-500 is pretty big, so buying a filter for it will be very expensive. IIRC, there's no filter tray on the lens, but possible t

PESO - Flying "squirrel"

2012-05-29 Thread AlunFoto
http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/05/flying-squirrel.html The List Archive has currently exceeded its bandwidth limits for the month, so if anyone comments I won't see it just yet... :-) Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List P

Re: PESO - Baah

2012-05-01 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks for looking, folks. Responses interspersed: Steve Desjardins wrote: > Excellent photo!! What camera and lens? K-5 + DA* 60-250/4. One guy on another forum jumped the conclusion it must be 645D because the aspect ratio is 4/3. I just thought it fit the composition better than the full 3/2.

PESO - Baah

2012-04-30 Thread AlunFoto
Long link: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KUy7o3_YsNA/T563Rhf202I/A80/YcUpYqczDMk/s1600/20120424-0036-blogspot.jpg Shortened: http://turl.no/k8b Wrapped in blog mush here: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/tame-or-wild.html Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogsp

Re: PESO - XC skiing trail

2012-04-13 Thread AlunFoto
Fun shot! er.. shots.. > who is the giant standing there? > I say giant, because I imagine the lights to be far in the distance and > on the heads of the skiers... so the figure looks out of proportion. > ann 2012/4/13 AlunFoto : > One from last February, when there was

PESO - XC skiing trail

2012-04-13 Thread AlunFoto
One from last February, when there was snow... :-) http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/xc-skiing-trail.html -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDM

Re: PESO - Badger Pr0n

2012-04-09 Thread AlunFoto
; Cool shot though... 2012/4/5 AlunFoto : > I have an IR sensitive TrophyCam placed at an interesting den. Collected two > months' worth of captures today and found a lot of nightly activity. :-) > > http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/some-more-nightly-action.html >

PESO - Badger Pr0n

2012-04-05 Thread AlunFoto
I have an IR sensitive TrophyCam placed at an interesting den. Collected two months' worth of captures today and found a lot of nightly activity. :-) http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/04/some-more-nightly-action.html -- sent by K9-mail from my cellphone -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pd

Re: Why LR 4?

2012-04-01 Thread AlunFoto
Rick Womer wrote: > I switched to Lightroom 3 mostly for its superior noise reducing > abilities. I've been very happy with it. > Looking through the features of LR4, I'm not seeing anything > compelling. Am I missing something? Hard to tell. People are compelled by different things. :-) Person

PESO - First leaves

2012-03-31 Thread AlunFoto
A bush of Red Elderberries near our house has decided to dare the early spring. http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/03/first-leaves.html -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: PESO - Caterpillar

2012-03-24 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks for viewing and commenting, all of you. As said in the blog, this critter surprised us by parading our kitchen table at breakfast. I transferred it to the twig and brought it into the living room where I set up a black bag as background, and used the sunlight through the window to light the

Re: PESO - Coot dive

2012-03-24 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks for looking and commenting. I was unaware of the other meaning of the word "coot", so thanks Bruce... :-) What Dan describes is exactly what drew me to this image. Glad you guys saw that too. As to luck in exercise; I believe some luck drips on anyone that cares to do exercise. Wildlife pho

Re: PESO - Grey Willow Catkins

2012-03-24 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks for viewing and commenting, all of you. What Bob says is pretty much what I concentrated on. Glad to hear it comes across. Jostein Bruce Walker wrote: > A gorgeous image! I really like that. Bob Sullivan wrote: > Lovely photo. The backlighting on the fuzzy bud shows off > the detail exce

Re: New lens for all you 645D owners

2012-03-24 Thread AlunFoto
Hm... I see that dpReview has timed the announcement to general availability. Wonder what the problem with that lens has been. Will query my pusher over the week-end. Ten months' delay between first and second deliveries is quite substantial... I wrote: > Well that was about time for dpReview. The

Re: New lens for all you 645D owners

2012-03-23 Thread AlunFoto
Well that was about time for dpReview. They're about one year amiss on the launch date. :-) Had my paws on one over here in June last year. Lovely beast, but heavy and big. Just like its price tag... :-( -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mai

PESO - Caterpillar

2012-03-23 Thread AlunFoto
Blog Context: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/03/caterpillar.html Image only : http://turl.no/jx6 -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Lightroom 4 and hierarchical keywords

2012-03-22 Thread AlunFoto
Matthew Hunt wrote: > I have a mix of exporting and non-exporting keywords and have not > noticed any difference in handling in LR4, or in the export options > for new keywords. Can you be more specific about what has > changed? When one keyword in a hierarchy is excluded from export, it also excl

Lightroom 4 and hierarchical keywords

2012-03-22 Thread AlunFoto
It appears that Adobe has done something odd or even stupid to the support for hierarchical keywords in LR 4. In earlier versions, one could mix and match various options to tailor which keywords got exported with an image file. In v4, some of these have been switched off. Alledgedly for "privacy r

Re: Photographing artwork for prints

2012-03-20 Thread AlunFoto
Hi Christine, I'm working on a project to record the works of my great granddad, to be represented in an exhibition in Lofoten in June. It's as Peter says, colour is critical. I use a grey card thingy from Lastolite to shoot a reference shot, and then adjust WB in post. According to the printer guy

PESO - Coot dive

2012-03-20 Thread AlunFoto
Another pic from this week. In context: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/03/coot-dive-rehearsal.html Image only: http://turl.no/jvf Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml

PESO - Grey Willow Catkins

2012-03-19 Thread AlunFoto
http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/03/grey-willow-catkins.html Spring approaches... :-) -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/josteinøksne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: EXIF, Lightroom v3.6 and Virtual Copies

2012-03-09 Thread AlunFoto
Thanks Godfrey! Not perfect, but it certainly saves me a fair bit of work :-) After switching, I lose some adjustments when LR updates the metadata from file. From a quick glance I fortunately get to keep at least Basic and Detail settings. Cropping is reset, tho. I suspect the whole-image adjustm

EXIF, Lightroom v3.6 and Virtual Copies

2012-03-09 Thread AlunFoto
Guys&gals, I need to pick your brains a little... I have lots of images in my archive taken with A-series lenses. They appear in LR as shot with "A series lens". Recently, however, I figured out how to use Exiftool to actually insert the right nomenclature into the DNG-file, like "smc Pentax-A* 20

Re: OT - X10 video clip

2012-02-11 Thread AlunFoto
I thought the GoPro was all the rage for that sort of thing nowadays... :-) http://gopro.com/cameras/hd-surf-hero-camera/ -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIB

Re: OT - Brian is sexy

2012-02-07 Thread AlunFoto
At five hundred dollars, I'd go for one of these: http://www.baselineequipment.com/home/bec/page_677_352/dutch_hill_tripod_carbon_fiber_legs.html I've had a similar 'pod in aluminium from Sachtler for more than 10 years. Probably the best photographic investment I ever made. Jostein -- http://ww

PESO - Sima and Ray

2012-02-04 Thread AlunFoto
http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/sima-and-ray.html Shot in 2009, while visiting Mike Wilson and family. Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

PESO - Snow crystal

2012-02-01 Thread AlunFoto
Finally got around to play with the fluffy white stuff again. :-) http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/02/snow-crystal.html It's tricky to make the crystals look really glassy and transparent, and yet display a bit of colour. This is one of the best I got today. It seems that for each bout of snowy

Re: GESO - another batch of low-light stuff

2012-01-27 Thread AlunFoto
> Larry Colen wrote: > I've never seen an athlete that has feathers before. > Is this a Norway thing? Dunno... Would you wrestle a bald eagle? -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pd

Re: GESO - another batch of low-light stuff

2012-01-27 Thread AlunFoto
Larry Colen wrote: > In a related note, I'm curious about how you compare the > K-5 with the 645D. I realize that it's kind of like comparing > a Miata (Mx5, Eunos) with a Corvette, but I'm curious about > which situations each of them excel in. Also, what conditions > does it take for the perfor

GESO - another batch of low-light stuff

2012-01-27 Thread AlunFoto
http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2012/01/auroras.html Shot in the same place as the previous batch. Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Semi-OT - building a dedicated computer for photo editing

2012-01-12 Thread AlunFoto
Underpaid N. Overpentaxed wrote: > They're there; as usual it is just a matter of reducing > your footprint to match your environment, except this > time literally. Go for high heels. They give smaller prints for the same foot. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com --

Re: Where credit's due. :-)

2012-01-11 Thread AlunFoto
Hey now, Don't hold me responsible for whatever Nikonians do with their "two underkommandojoysticker - one for each of the grips"... Jostein Larry Colen wrote: > Let me point this out now, before everyone else on the > list is compelled to: > The shutter is made of carbon fiber, and is tested to

Where credit's due. :-)

2012-01-11 Thread AlunFoto
A Norwegian camera-testing website (www.akam.no) has had a peek at the Nikon D4, and writes (in my translation): "It's no surprise the D4 is solidly built - Nikon's pro models always were - but with the D4 they've been meticulous almost to a Pentaxian level." :-) Article Google gibberized here:

Re: Some pics with Pentax Q

2012-01-08 Thread AlunFoto
Annsan wrote: > Jostein, in your hands a 2mg darkside P&S from the dark ages would > produce yummy images. 3 and , Um, I think 6 are ones I like best > surprised to see the "HDR" - but then you know how to control it > or the camera does. > gabble appreciated - doesn't look like this camera needs

Re: Semi-OT - building a dedicated computer for photo editing

2012-01-08 Thread AlunFoto
Doug Franklin wrote: > So, that's US$2,600, no hard drives. > You can drop down to the quad core CPU (save $300 on the CPU and > probably $100 more on the mobo), change the 256GB system drive for a > duplicate of the 60GB drive (save $150), go with an 850W power supply > (save $150) which is still

Re: Semi-OT - building a dedicated computer for photo editing

2012-01-08 Thread AlunFoto
I did some research a month ago. Here's what I would have chosen then, if I had the money: Box: Xigmatek Elysium Big Tower Black. Reason: Nice and roomy. PSU: Corsair AX 1200W PSU ATX 12V V2.31, 80 Plus Gold, Modular, 6x 6+2-pin PCIe, 16x SATA Reason: Modular and with lots of SATA contacts. You c

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