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

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
decision when gas hit $4 a gallon. I did opt for a 3.92 rear end with Limited Slip. The truck is torquey as hell. I love my truck. I'm not sure I'll ever own a car, I think I might just be a truck guy for life. But, if someone wants to buy me a Challenger with a Hemi I wouldn't say no. ;-) -Brendan

Re: The Keeper

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Rob. BTW, I saw a post by you the other day but before that was wondering where you'd been? Just lurking maybe? -Brendan - Original Message From: Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 5:32:46 PM

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

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
to take the Super Bee over to a photo shoot once. I really enjoyed that :-) http://www.primelensphoto.com/superbee3.jpg -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

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

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on cool cameras) Brendan MacRae wrote: Do you still wish you had the blown 426? The engine, I mean...!? I don't know if it's still true, but as of four or five years ago you could order a brand new, crate 428 or 429 (your choice, they had both) from

Re: The Keeper

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
! -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: 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

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 n...@neovenator.com To: PDML@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:28:32 AM Subject: Another reason to dislike Canon Canon Employees Are Forbidden to

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 ramar...@mac.com To: SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com; DUG digitalusersgr...@yahoogroups.com; baphotoshoot

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 rgonzoma...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

Re: Another one bites the dust

2009-05-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
in borrowing my 2 reel 220 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

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.net

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

Re: PESO - Iris

2009-05-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Beautiful. - Original Message From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

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: William Robb

Another one bites the dust

2009-05-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
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 List PDML@pdml.net http

Re: GESO - Garden things

2009-05-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
I'll submit, not this square version. - Original Message From: Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

Re: Ricehigh is at it again

2009-05-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
Ditto! - Original Message From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

Re: What a bargain!

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
HA! - Original Message From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

Re: What a bargain!

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
the 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 a working

Image Persistence - LCD Burn-in

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
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, please visit the link directly above

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 jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:02:43 AM Subject: PESO: Mill

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.net/mailman

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 bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

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

2009-05-17 Thread Brendan MacRae
Cute! - Original Message From: Marco Alpert ma...@alpert.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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:

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 

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

2009-05-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
. - Original Message From: Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

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

2009-05-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Shooting a different 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 game

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

2009-05-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
PDML@pdml.net Sent: 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

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

2009-05-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, May 16, 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

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 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

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 knarftheria...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 7:26:22 AM Subject: PESO - Subway Smiles http://knarf

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 moody pic. -Brendan

Re: PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-30 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 bkday...@daytonphoto.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 9:26:39 PM

Re: GESO - Dame Helen

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
  - Original Message From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net 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

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, 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 article

Re: PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-30 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Seedlings Brendan, this shot didn't work for me. I'm not worried about the pot, wich I'd like to include if possible or just cut heavily - the floor (shape and blur), the vertical lines in the window and the bottom layer of pots just showing (they could perhaps cover the floor so we would feel really

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 cotty...@mac.com 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 of publicity

PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
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.

PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
://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 and follow

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 jsessoms...@nc.rr.com 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

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 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

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 cagu...@earthlink.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:06:21 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse Brendan:  I like it--and I think

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 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

Re: PESO - Inside the greenhouse

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Jack. -Brendan - Original Message From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

Re: PESO - Seedlings

2009-03-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
Ok, well, one for, one against. Thanks. -Brendan - Original Message From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 8:07:31 PM Subject: Re: PESO - Seedlings Hi Brendan:  I noticed the cut-off-pot in the foreground

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 Mail

New Color Balancing Tool

2009-03-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
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://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: New Color Balancing Tool

2009-03-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
, hardly pocketable. My suspicion is that a decent grey card hits a big 80/20 point... -T On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: This came across my email this morning: http://spyder.datacolor.com/product-cb-spydercube.php Pretty ingenious solution. I

Re: New Color Balancing Tool

2009-03-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

Re: Peso: Lips

2009-03-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
Gotta love that f16...and low ISO... Good job! -Brendan - Original Message From: William Robb war...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net 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

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 dario.bona...@virgilio.it wrote: From: Dario Bonazza dario.bona...@virgilio.it Subject: Banana Joe has delivered his load (PDML Annual) To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Saturday, March 7,

Words of Wisdom

2009-03-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
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. ;-) -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

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 luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br wrote: From: Luiz Felipe luiz.fel...@techmit.com.br Subject: Re: GESO - Teagan's Braids To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009, 4:40 PM Nice set Brendan! Is she talking to you again?? ;-) LF

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 pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Erin had a riding accident Friday To: Barbara Brooks bbaro...@gmail.com, Jacquilene Currington

GESO - Teagan's Braids

2009-02-28 Thread Brendan MacRae
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: 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 cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net Subject: Re: GESO - Teagan's Braids To: Pentax-Discuss

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 cotty...@mac.com wrote: From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com Subject: OT - British PM To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 11:03 AM

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 s...@stans-photography.info wrote

Pentax - disrespected again

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
, but 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: 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 a...@mawz.ca wrote: From: Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca Subject: Re: Pentax - disrespected again To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday

Re: Pentax - disrespected again

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
a photo they 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 http

Re: Pictorialism exhibit at George Eastman House

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
.m32_trkparms=tab%3DSelling Cheers! -Brendan --- On Mon, 2/16/09, Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu wrote: From: Mark Roberts msrobert...@ysu.edu Subject: Pictorialism exhibit at George Eastman House To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Monday, February 16, 2009, 1:02 PM Just read

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 p...@web

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 pnstenqu...@comcast.net 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
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 tell Pentax how to design the next one! -Brendan --- John Celio n

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 ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Whoever said

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,

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 pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I find that Epson's ICC profiles are superb. My prints are an exact match of my monitor. Paul

Re: ICC Paper Profiles

2008-12-21 Thread Brendan MacRae
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 of prints. -Brendan --- PN Stenquist pnstenqu

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 ramar...@mac.com wrote: In the dark, a different age still glows in its decrepitude ... http://homepage.mac.com/godders/175-fadedferal.jpg

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 s...@stans-photography.info 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: 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 charl...@visi.com wrote: ..or is that Sun Dogs? In any case, it was pretty cold this a.m. in Minnesota can lead to some cool

Re: Wanted to buy: Optio - need advice

2008-12-13 Thread Brendan MacRae
conditions) but I've found after 50,000+ images with them that they're really best suited for snaps. -Brendan --- ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I got a little bit of money for my birthday I very much liked the Optio Bill Robb had at GFM - I want a used one cheap... Beyond

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 http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

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 There is a link to a slide show that illustrates the story

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 Christmas card

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 BW rendering ... http://homepage.mac.com

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-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

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 year the ducks have mostly

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. Regards, Bob S. On Fri

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 bounty and, especially, true friends and loving

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 soloist of the NYC Ballet and was a member

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 one: http

Re: The most beautiful camera

2008-11-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
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@pdml.net http

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 weekend. I used

Shots of dancers, upcoming article

2008-11-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
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: 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 one of the raccoon behind bars

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 the female. At least

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 seems to have bought. Not that I'm interested

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 that lasted for months after

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: 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, Sierra Heritage. This time the story profiled

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

2008-11-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
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 Mateo. It's not too far to go

Re: PESO: Dodge Challenger Race Package

2008-11-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
but it 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 magazine about

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-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: GESO - Pentax Optio W60 images

2008-10-20 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks, Jack. -Brendan --- Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Overall good job with the lighting, Brendan. Like it! Jack --- On Sun, 10/19/08, Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Brendan MacRae [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GESO - Pentax Optio W60 images To: pdml pdml

Re: GESO - Pentax Optio W60 images

2008-10-20 Thread Brendan MacRae
, all add something to the experience. -Brendan --- Joseph McAllister [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 19, 2008, at 20:04 , 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. I shoot

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