Re: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on "cool cameras")

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
buy me a Challenger with a Hemi I wouldn't say no. ;-) -Brendan - Original Message > From: John Sessoms > To: pdml@pdml.net > Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 4:50:17 PM > Subject: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on "cool cameras") > > More or less in order start

The Keeper

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
5, 1/8 sec @ ISO 400, AWB, Av mode, and 10mm. I spent some time making a channel mask to lose some of the background and sharpened it a bit. http://www.primelensphoto.com/keeper/index.html -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: PESO - Lucca bicycles

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
I like the subdued lighting in this one. Good one, Rick. - Original Message > From: Rick Womer > To: pdml@pdml.net > Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 2:58:05 PM > Subject: PESO - Lucca bicycles > > > Putting up my periscope again, after a busy week. > > Another shot from Lucca, Italy.  M

Re: GFM-Three-last one-with a few pics

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
I like the first in this series. The mist is a nice touch. -Brendan - Original Message > From: Christine Aguila > To: pdml@pdml.net > Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 7:51:03 AM > Subject: GFM-Three-last one-with a few pics > > (Probably best to read this with a wi

Re: GESO: fishing through lightroom

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
Terrific series, Luka. Fun pictures! -Brendan - Original Message > From: Luka Knezevic-Strika > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 5:45:51 PM > Subject: GESO: fishing through lightroom > > hello, > here is what i managed to catch

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread Brendan MacRae
Daimler did away with the "cab-forward" design philosophy and predominance of front-wheel-drive that was prevalent at Chrysler and started the trend for rear wheel driven cars. Hence the 300 series, the Magnum, and the Charger. They also contributed to the Chrysler Crossfire design, which I und

Re: PESO 2009 - 080 - GDG

2009-05-31 Thread Brendan MacRae
It's stronger without seeing her face, even if she happens to be a beauty! Much more interesting. Good shots. -Brendan - Original Message From: Godfrey DiGiorgi To: SeePhoto Talk ; DUG ; baphotoshoot...@yahoogroups.com; PAW Picture-A-Week project ; PDML List Sent: Saturday

Re: Another reason to dislike Canon

2009-05-31 Thread Brendan MacRae
I don't which is worse, having to stand all day or being forced to wear those striped shirts... - Original Message From: John Celio To: PDML@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:28:32 AM Subject: Another reason to dislike Canon "Canon Employees Are Forbidden to Sit Down, Walk at No

Re: Confirmed: no K30D ever. The K-7 *is* the K30D.

2009-05-28 Thread Brendan MacRae
It definitely would have been ruff . . . - Original Message From: Gonz To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:08:49 PM Subject: Re: Confirmed: no K30D ever. The K-7 *is* the K30D. I'm glad they vetoed the idea, it would have dogged them forever. On Wed, May 27

Re: PESO - Iris

2009-05-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Beautiful. - Original Message From: Bruce Walker To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:39:06 PM Subject: PESO - Iris Dragged all the gear across the street to my neighbor's front yard as he has a much nicer iris display at the moment. This one is lit from sli

Re: Big-telephoto advice

2009-05-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
The A400 5.6 suffers pretty bad CA even right down the middle, at least mine does. There was a long thread about this a couple of years ago when I posted a shot where the fringing was pretty bad in the middle of the image and the scene wasn't even backlit. The CA correction in Camera Raw and ot

Re: Another one bites the dust

2009-05-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Kodak Ektar 100 is your friend. Now available in 120. -Adam Hmmm. They've brought back the Ektar moniker, huh? Interesting...I should like to shoot and scan. I wonder... -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.n

Re: Another one bites the dust

2009-05-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
tank and 220 reels? Is the chemistry still available in quart or gallon sizes? On May 26, 2009, at 19:48 , Brendan MacRae wrote: > I went to drop three rolls of 220 E-6 at Cali-Color in Sacramento today only > to be told they no longer process E-6. Same story all over I guess. The lady

Another one bites the dust

2009-05-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
s at around 11:30 and picked them up at 4:20PM. They look pretty good even though I was warned by the lady at Cali-Color that she, "can't vouch for their quality." It's getting harder and harder to remain in the brotherhood :-( ... -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: It's amazing how time flies

2009-05-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
Heartfelt congrats, William. My wife and I will be celebrating our 11th this year so we're not even halfway down your road yet. But, we have known each other for 24 years (even dated in high school)... that's a bit closer! Cheers! -Brendan - Original Message From: Wi

Re: Ricehigh is at it again

2009-05-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
Ditto! - Original Message From: paul stenquist To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 9:19:35 PM Subject: Re: Ricehigh is at it again I want that DA 400/4, and I want it now. Paul On May 26, 2009, at 12:08 AM, William Robb wrote: > A "leaked" roadmap. > Gleaned fr

Re: GESO - Garden things

2009-05-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
that's the one I'll submit, not this square version. - Original Message From: Luiz Felipe To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 8:07:28 AM Subject: Re: GESO - Garden things Very interesting set, Brendan - minor sugestion, the first I'd try to crop

GESO - Garden things

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
Here's three more I'm submitting for an article on Master Gardeners. http://www.primelensphoto.com/master_gardeners/index.html All were taken with the K20D and the Vivitar Series 1 105mm f2.5  Macro. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.n

Re: PESO: Mill

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
That's a good one, Jack. Did you use the lens correction filter in PS? If so, that image is a good example of a successful fix. - Original Message From: Jack Davis To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:02:43 AM Subject: PESO: Mill Was fiddlin' with this (distor

Image Persistence - LCD Burn-in

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
provide different screen saver patterns that erradicate most artifacts. I've had it on for about 24 hrs and my ghosting is nearly completely gone. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: What a bargain!

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
e camera both lenses and a few odds and ends... Just to bring it back on topic, I don't see how Pentax can hope to compete with that. Brendan MacRae wrote: > I found a late 80's~early 90's K1000 at Goodwill the other day. It had a > busted Ozunon zoom on it. Great condition with

Re: What a bargain!

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
HA! - Original Message From: Bob W To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:11:11 AM Subject: RE: What a bargain! > > > I found a late 80's~early 90's K1000 at Goodwill the other > day. It had a busted Ozunon zoom on it. Great condition with > a working (and

Re: Been real busy ...

2009-05-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
Well, lemme see... Pentax is coming out with a new camera. So, the list has spent the last couple of days talking about all of the new features of the camera. So far, the 1/180 flash sync spec of the new model has become a hot topic. Those in the majority are of the opinion that Pentax should

Re: PESO - Along the way

2009-05-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
I like the 3D effect of this one, Bruce. - Original Message From: Bruce Walker To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 1:36:14 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Along the way Bruce Dayton wrote: > Been a while since posting a PESO - I was out prowling around trying > to come up

Re: OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty)

2009-05-17 Thread Brendan MacRae
Cute! - Original Message From: Marco Alpert To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 1:05:54 PM Subject: Re: OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty) Shot entirely on a Canon 5D Mk II using Lensbaby lenses: http://vimeo.com/4626809   -Marco --

Re: OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty)

2009-05-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
, 2009 5:31:31 PM Subject: Re: OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty) On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:31:55AM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > Might be fun to mess around with, but the frame rate will probably be too > slow. Also, I'm wondering if the HD mode all

Re: OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty)

2009-05-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
: Saturday, May 16, 2009 12:17:59 PM Subject: Re: OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty) On 16/5/09, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, unleashed: > >Might be fun to mess around with, but the frame rate will probably be >too slow. Also, I'm wondering if the HD mode a

Re: OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty)

2009-05-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
fferent kind of digital (mostly for Cotty) On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 11:31:55AM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > Should be interesting but I still have my doubts about shooting video with > DSLRs. I think it's an exciting convergence - now you can get home video of your kids soccer g

Re: OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty)

2009-05-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
ith DSLRs. - Original Message From: Thibouille To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:17:12 AM Subject: Re: OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty) BTW brendan, I do not know anything is video but just for the sake of comparison, you may want to try the K

OT - Shooting a different kind of digital (mostly for Cotty)

2009-05-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
I've been working as a cameraman over the last couple of days shooting training videos for a friend's company. It been a while since I've done this kind of work but the company has a great marketing guy who's done lots of producing/directing in his time so it's been a real pleasure. I was shoo

Re: PESO - Lobelia Rust

2009-04-01 Thread Brendan MacRae
I think it was the time of day. The light is a bit too much to produce much contrast here. - Original Message From: "eactiv...@aol.com" To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 8:02:50 PM Subject: PESO - Lobelia Rust Not totally successful, I think. Probably should  tone down

Re: PESO - Spring Rain

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
This reminds me of a class I took in film school. The instructor was telling us about diffferent tricks and this and that. He said, "You have to light for rain. There must be some backlight or it won't register on film." You've got it in this shot. Good one. Nice

Re: PESO - Subway Smiles

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good one, Frank. I like the sense of motion and their expressions. -Brendan - Original Message From: frank theriault To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 7:26:22 AM Subject: PESO - Subway Smiles http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2009/03/subway-smiles.html

Re: PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
Ok, good input Luiz. After all of the input I'm still on the fence so I'll look for another possibility. -B - Original Message From: Luiz Felipe To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 6:17:44 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Seedlings Brendan, this shot didn&

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
onday, March 30, 2009 2:07:58 AM Subject: Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse On 29/3/09, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, unleashed: > >This is the reason I bought the DA 10-17mm last year, so I could capture >these sorts of shots. > >Another "possible" for a magazine artic

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
  - Original Message From: Cotty To: pentax list Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 1:54:42 AM Subject: Re: GESO - Dame Helen On 29/3/09, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, unleashed: >And nice to have those terrific studio lights to shoot under, no? Interesting point - the lighting

Re: PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
There may be a better one in there, but nothing that jumped out at me other than this one. Maybe I should take another look. -Brendan - Original Message From: Bruce Dayton To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:26:39 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Seedlings Not sure

Re: PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
Ok, well, one for, one against. Thanks. -Brendan - Original Message From: Christine Aguila To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:07:31 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Seedlings Hi Brendan:  I noticed the cut-off-pot in the foreground, but doesn't really b

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Jack. -Brendan - Original Message From: Jack Davis To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:07:27 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse Structure details make for an interesting and interesting shot. Very clever! Jack --- On Sun, 3/29/09

Re: PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
Ok, good to know. I hate finding stuff like this later on. Whatcha gonna do? -Brendan - Original Message From: "eactiv...@aol.com" To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:06:35 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Seedlings In a message dated 3/29/2009 7:50:31 P.M.  Pacifi

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
He must have liked the little extra heat. Thanks... -Brendan - Original Message From: Christine Aguila To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:06:21 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse Brendan:  I like it--and I think the cat is a good add

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks! The one good thing about a lens this wide is not having to worry about DOF. -Brendan - Original Message From: "eactiv...@aol.com" To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:33:53 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse In a message dated 3/29/2009 7

Re: PESO: Owl

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
Not too shabby, John. It's tough to ever get an owl, much less with a chick! -Brendan - Original Message From: John Sessoms To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 7:34:27 PM Subject: PESO: Owl I've been looking for the owl I heard earlier this month, trying t

PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
y of you. http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9546.jpg K20D, DA* 16-50mm @ 16mm, f8, 1/60, ISO 100, custom WB -Brendan -- 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

PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
, and this may or may not qualify as a cat picture. -Brendan -- 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 and follow the directions.

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
Nice series, Cotty. Well done sir! And nice to have those terrific studio lights to shoot under, no? -Brendan - "Cotty" wrote: > Bit late but hey, busy weekend. > > A friend and colleague is leaving to set up her own production > company > and I did her a set

PESO - Wall Flower

2009-03-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
I'm working on a new article for a local mag about Master Gardeners. Finally got a chance to shoot some today. I was told this is a Wall Flower: http://www.primelensphoto.com/IMGP9651.jpg K20D, ISO 100, Custom WB, VS1 105mm f2.5 Macro, f6.7, 1/60 -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: New Color Balancing Tool

2009-03-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: David J Brooks To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:38:13 PM Subject: Re: New Color Balancing Tool >Howe do i get that in my macro shots. >Dave You probably can't. But if you can place it in the same light you can pull back and s

Re: New Color Balancing Tool

2009-03-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
that a decent grey card hits a big 80/20 point... -T On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: > > This came across my email this morning: > > http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-cb-spydercube.php > > Pretty ingenious solution. I like the idea of the "black t

New Color Balancing Tool

2009-03-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
either Lightroom or Camera Raw (this will work in Aperture, as well.) Pretty nifty little device. Of course, it's overpriced, but I suppose everyone will have to weigh that against time wasted trying other fixes. ;-) -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://

Re: Peso: Lips

2009-03-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
Gotta love that f16...and low ISO... Good job! -Brendan - Original Message From: William Robb To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 2:44:01 PM Subject: Peso: Lips Brought to you by the letters D and A, and the number 55. http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrobb

Now, that's a small camera...

2009-03-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
A friend sent this to me:   http://i.gizmodo.com/5170780/pfft-this-nikon-slr-is-way-too-small-to-use   -Brendan -- 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 and follow

Re: Banana Joe has delivered his load (PDML Annual)

2009-03-07 Thread Brendan MacRae
Banana Joe has delivered his load ...ah, um...MARK! --- On Sat, 3/7/09, Dario Bonazza wrote: > From: Dario Bonazza > Subject: Banana Joe has delivered his load (PDML Annual) > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009, 5:19 AM > At last! My book has just arrived, > and it

Words of Wisdom

2009-03-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
's a good one: "Every medium suffers from its own particular handicap. Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to speak the language too long before they have anything to say." ;-)

Re: Pentax X70 Super Zoom Digital Camera

2009-03-02 Thread Brendan MacRae
Could be a fun little camera. It has everything I would want as a step up from the Optios for my watch product shots; increased resolution, super macro focusing (to 1 cm), and SR. Plus HD 720p video... Wow, how cool is that? I definately want to play with this little bugger! -Brendan

Re: GESO - Teagan's Braids

2009-03-01 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- On Sun, 3/1/09, Luiz Felipe wrote: > From: Luiz Felipe > Subject: Re: GESO - Teagan's Braids > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 4:40 PM > Nice set Brendan! Is she talking to > you again?? ;-) > > LF Oh, sure. It wa

Re: GESO - Teagan's Braids

2009-02-28 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Christine, and to all others for your comments. 13 is my fave, too. Got that one with the 85. Cheers. -Brendan --- On Sat, 2/28/09, Christine Aguila wrote: > From: Christine Aguila > Subject: Re: GESO - Teagan's Braids > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >

GESO - Teagan's Braids

2009-02-28 Thread Brendan MacRae
A 85 f1.4. http://www.primelensphoto.com/teagans_braids/index.html - Brendan -- 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 and follow the directions.

Re: Erin had a riding accident Friday

2009-02-28 Thread Brendan MacRae
Sorry to hear that, David. I'm hoping she'll have a swift recovery. -Brendan --- On Sat, 2/28/09, David J Brooks wrote: > From: David J Brooks > Subject: Erin had a riding accident Friday > To: "Barbara Brooks" , "Jacquilene Currington" > , "

Re: OT - British PM

2009-02-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good job not getting the other camera in the shot while wobbling along. Shoulder only, no? Nice work! -Brendan --- On Mon, 2/23/09, Cotty wrote: > From: Cotty > Subject: OT - British PM > To: "pentax list" > Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 11:03 AM > In London l

Re: Setting custom white balance

2009-02-22 Thread Brendan MacRae
It is certainly a sound solution. All the way back to high school in the 1980's we used white, translucent lens caps on our video cameras to set white balance. Of course, a plain white t-shirt worked in a pinch... -Brendan --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Stan Halpin wrote: > From: Sta

Re: Pictorialism exhibit at George Eastman House

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
;_trksid=p3907.m32&_trkparms=tab%3DSelling Cheers! -Brendan --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Mark Roberts wrote: > From: Mark Roberts > Subject: Pictorialism exhibit at George Eastman House > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 1:02 PM > Just rea

Re: Pentax - disrespected again

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
ey used of the front of the camera itself (pg.74)..it's overexposed and there's no DOF. So, there's sloppiness in other places, too. BTW, their choice for 2008 Camera of the Year is the Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net htt

Re: Pentax - disrespected again

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
Yes, I was only referring to the live view mistake. I just provided the whole quote for context. -Brendan --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Adam Maas wrote: > From: Adam Maas > Subject: Re: Pentax - disrespected again > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Monday, February 1

Pentax - disrespected again

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
these are the oldest models in this class and neither offers live view." Sorry guys, you fail... -Brendan -- 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 and follow the directions.

Re: A thought experiment involving acetone

2009-02-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
Next time tell your friend not to use cyanoacrylate. Use a clear, two-part epoxy with a longer set up time. The benefits will be, 1. a stonger bond, 2. easier clean up if if gets somewhere it shouldn't, and 3. no white crystaline residue. -Brendan --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Bob W wrote: &

Re: Magazine Cover

2009-01-09 Thread Brendan MacRae
WTG, Paul. I saw a Challenger the other day in silver. I want one. -Brendan --- Paul Stenquist wrote: > Some of you may recall seeing some of the pics I > shot of a Dodge > Challenger S/S prototype back in October. One of my > shots is on the > cover of the April issue

Re: sic transit optio w60

2009-01-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
nancially). Plus, during the summer's I take the camera to the pool and shoot video with it...under water. So, while I agree that the camera is not "easy" to use and I can only get really good stuff with it under only very controlled conditions, I like it. But man, would I love to te

Re: sic transit optio w60

2009-01-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
Ann, When in shooting mode, hit the menu button and scroll to "Memory." Put a check in each box next to the settings you want the camera to save when you shut it off. It will store your settings for 13 different parameters. ;-] -Brendan --- ann sanfedele wrote: > Whoever said

Re: ICC Paper Profiles

2008-12-21 Thread Brendan MacRae
occur when the image isn't fully dry. The other nice thing about custom profiles is that the software allows you to tweak already existing profiles to change individual color values and other settings. Then, you can save these settings as a totally new profile for specific prints or a series

Re: ICC Paper Profiles

2008-12-21 Thread Brendan MacRae
I've found my Epson factory ICC's to be a tad warm. They weren't "bad" per se, just not nearly as good to my eye as the custom built ones. -Brendan --- PN Stenquist wrote: > I find that Epson's ICC profiles are superb. My > prints are an exact > match

Re: ICC Paper Profiles

2008-12-21 Thread Brendan MacRae
Have you tried printing from "Print with Preview" in Photoshop? I find that it works better with profiles than other programs. Also, make sure to turn color controls OFF (under "Color Handling:" slect "No color management"), do that AGAIN under the print dialog boxes when selecting paper size, orei

Re: PESO: Sundogs

2008-12-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
Beautiful shot. Makes me wonder if the dark swath in the middle could be lightened through an HDR series of shots? Interesting... -Brendan --- Charles Robinson wrote: > ..or is that "Sun Dogs"? > > In any case, it was pretty cold this a.m. in > Minnesota can lead to

Re: GESO: Cyclocross Nationals - Bike Racing

2008-12-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good one's, Stan. I like nos 3 and 6 the best. -Brendan --- Stan Halpin wrote: > The annual Cyclocross National Championships were > held here about 15 > minutes from my home over the last 4 days. They got > really lucky! The > course was quite muddy from melted snow

Re: PESO 2008 - 175 - GDG

2008-12-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good car portrait, G. This one could go either way; menacing like Christine, or serene like just an old heap. - Brendan --- Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > In the dark, a different age still glows in its > decrepitude ... > > > http://homepage.mac.com/godders/175-fadedferal.jpg

Re: Wanted to buy: Optio - need advice

2008-12-13 Thread Brendan MacRae
ameras (at least under heavily controlled conditions) but I've found after 50,000+ images with them that they're really best suited for snaps. -Brendan --- ann sanfedele wrote: > I got a little bit of money for my birthday I > very much liked the > Optio Bill Robb had at GFM - I w

Re: Tooo funny!

2008-12-07 Thread Brendan MacRae
ROTFLMAO! -Brendan --- Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Reichmann has a link to this on the Luminous > Landscape web site... > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnwf2RShNV0 > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net &

Re: PESO: Family Christmas Portrait

2008-11-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good one, Matt. Thise are tricky shots to get. I have to set one up with two kids this year. We'll see how that goes. -Brendan --- Matthew Montgomery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First time taking an indoor, primarily flash lit, > family portrait for > this year's Chri

Re: Journalistic Ethics and Photography

2008-11-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
Mike, interesting stuff. Thanks for sharing. -Brendan --- Beaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi- > > "On the Media" ran a story about Photography & > Journalistic Ethics > this week. > http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2008/11/28/05 > > Ther

Re: PESO 2008 - 171 - GDG

2008-11-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
I like both. Prefer the b/w version only slightly more. -Brendan --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Shooting at and beyond dusk last night in Santa > Cruz, I photographed > the Santa Cruz Breakwater Lighthouse. > > Do you like the B&W ren

Re: Shots of dancers, upcoming article

2008-11-28 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Bob. That was the idea. Of course, I still have to get my model releases signed since I forgot to last week! -Brendan --- Bob Sullivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Brendan, > Very nice job! > I especially liked seeing the faces fo the girls as > part of the story.

Re: GESO: birds, and some more birds

2008-11-28 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good stuff, Stan. The raptor in no. 7? What is it? Burly fellow... -Brendan --- Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have updated my Squaw Creek GESO folder - Squaw > Creek is a National > Wildlife Refuge set up primarily for migratory > birds. At this time of >

Re: Shots of dancers, upcoming article

2008-11-28 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- Derby Chang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > More than a few lovely shots in there Brendan. Cool > gig, I'm envious. > > Derby > > Thanks, Derby. The young ladies were a bit camera shy but they were all charming. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Disc

Re: The most beautiful camera

2008-11-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
ras should be black, they look much better that way. But... The black bodied Spotmatic F is a truly beautiful camera. The Super A is gorgeous, too. But for me, nothing tops the LX. The LX is the most beautiful camera ever made. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdm

Re: PESO - Looking Outward for Inspiration?

2008-11-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
This one is interesting, Frank. You've got total darkness and total light. The gentleman in the chair sits right in the middle of the two; half in shadow, half in light. Nice. -Brendan --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I rather like the light in this

Re: Shots of dancers, upcoming article

2008-11-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Frank. -Brendan --- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 12:55 AM, Brendan MacRae > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a series for a magazine article about > Myrna > > Galle, a local dance teacher. Myrna is a former

Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Right back at ya, Jack. :-) -Brendan --- Jack Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'morning all, > Because I was taught from an early age, it's > impolite to type with my mouth full, let me extend a > sincere wish that your day be filled with nature's > boun

Shots of dancers, upcoming article

2008-11-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
html I'm still futzing with these selects and editing them. -Brendan -- 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 and follow the directions.

Re: 3 PESOs: Nephew (or: The Joys of Slave Flash Photography)

2008-11-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
Fun stuff, John. That's a creative use of the wireless capabilities of the 540. Happy Turkey Day to you as well. -Brendan --- John Celio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On sunday my family had a little mini Thanksgiving > dinner, since some of us > would be travelling this

Re: Published (redux)

2008-11-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
Yeah, we heard stories like that. The worst though were the tales of raptors being shot for sport. The peregrine falcon in these pics was a victim of said violence. -Brendan --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Parent, actually, raccoons are raised entirely by >

Re: Published (redux)

2008-11-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
Yes, he's a raccoon. He was born with an eye defect and was abandoned by his parents. The screech owl in the photos suffered the same fate. -Brendan --- Brian Walters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's a nice set of images. Congratulations. > > I really like the

Re: Published (redux)

2008-11-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
The second photo is of a baby rabbit, very tiny. He was getting fed through a syringe. -Brendan --- ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Brendan MacRae wrote: > > >I had six more photos published recently in the > same > >magazine as last time, Sier

Published (redux)

2008-11-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
captured with the DA* 16-50, a lens I'm starting to love. Comments encouraged. -Brendan -- 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 and follow the directions.

Re: GESO: Autumn Memories

2008-11-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
Nice. But I hear atomic blasts can do that, too. ;-] -Brendan --- PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Last year, I noticed a strange phenomenon on my > morning runs. It > seemed that on one short stretch of new concrete, > fallen leaves would > leave an image t

RE: Curious - who would make a no-name 85/1.4

2008-11-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
Wierd. They note it goes to f22 but the one in the eBay ad only stopped to f16. -Brendan --- Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Samyang. > > http://www.syopt.co.kr/eng/product/manual_zoom.asp > > Bob > > > > > I had this on my ebay watch list and no one s

Re: OT - question for the San Franciscans on the list

2008-11-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
6 blocks from 9th avenue was the Pancho Villa Taqueria. They make the best burritos I've ever had and their salsa bar is phenomenal ;-] Yes, I miss the food of the Bay Area. -Brendan --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I live in Sunnyvale, about 20 miles south of San &

Re: PESO: Dodge Challenger Race Package

2008-11-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
t was all decked out with wheel tubs, fuel cell and a parachute. He used to run the car at Carlsbad all the time. That car never ran a 10 flat. That's one fast Mopar. Nice shot, too ;-] -Brendan --- PN Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I shot this car for Dodge PR and Mopar Action

Re: seems very quiet ... server down?

2008-10-22 Thread Brendan MacRae
Just start a thread with "aperture simulator" or "full frame" as part of the subject line...that'll perk things up. ;-] -Brendan --- Godfrey DiGiorgi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nothing since midnight. Unusual. > > G > > -- > PDML Pentax-Di

Re: GESO - Pentax Optio W60 images

2008-10-20 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Ken, and to anyone I might have missed. :-) -Brendan --- Ken Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nice work! > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f > - Original Message ----- > From: "Brendan MacRae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: GESO - Pentax Optio W60 images

2008-10-20 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 10:40 PM, Brendan MacRae > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I promised a gallery of watch images with the new > > Optio W60. These are just a few from the last two > > batches. > >

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