Anti-Commercial featuring Pentax getting some attention

2014-04-21 Thread Darren Addy
This was featured on Petapixel, http://petapixel.com/2014/04/18/pentax-anti-commercial-doesnt-even-show-camera-incredibly-compelling/ but is via Reddit, where the video's editor surfaced to answer question. The comments are interesting.

PESO: I.C. Sunspots

2014-04-21 Thread Darren Addy
The current assignment in our little astrophotography workshop is to capture old Sol. I made a solar filter for my telescope (shown in several documentary photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13628779483/ ) but for this image I used the Bigma. Taken a few minutes ago during my

Re: PESO: I.C. Sunspots

2014-04-21 Thread Darren Addy
at 3:35 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: Nicely done! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: The current assignment in our little astrophotography workshop is to capture old Sol

Re: PESO: I.C. Sunspots

2014-04-21 Thread Darren Addy
] On Behalf Of Darren Addy The current assignment in our little astrophotography workshop is to capture old Sol. I made a solar filter for my telescope (shown in several documentary photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13628779483/ ) but for this image I used the Bigma. Taken a few

Re: K10d resale value

2014-04-19 Thread Darren Addy
Asking prices on eBay are irrelevant. You need to look at the SOLD prices. Are you selling the body alone (not with kit lens)? The more of the original accessories, body cap, charger, etc and box you have the better if you want the top end price. I don't see many people list the number of clicks,

Re: K10d resale value

2014-04-19 Thread Darren Addy
I haven't looked into the ebay selling values of the K20D, but it doesn't surprise me that the K10D might be bringing more these days. We tend to think in terms of age and what Pentax marketing pushed at us, and the K20D was considered a flagship upgrade. But it was also Pentax leaving the Sony

Re: K10d resale value

2014-04-19 Thread Darren Addy
I stand corrected. Thanks Brian. On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com: I haven't looked into the ebay selling values of the K20D, but it doesn't surprise me that the K10D might be bringing more these days. We

Re: How to create Bokeh in very small FF (phone) camera

2014-04-17 Thread Darren Addy
Petapixel picked up on this, in this post: http://petapixel.com/2014/04/16/google-brings-camera-app-play-store-features-like-lens-blur/ This is essentially Lytro technology for free. Fascinating. Almost makes me wish I had an Android device to play with it on. But not quite. On Thu, Apr 17,

Re: Looking for Jupiter-9 85mm F/2.0 in M42 mount

2014-04-17 Thread Darren Addy
This is not a difficult lens to find on the usual auction sites, and is still a relative bargain compared to the f1.8/f1.9 Takumars and later Pentax models - as well as the original Zeiss Sonnars (East West German) that it was cloned from. The problem is often finding a good one with no issues.

Weird SD Card Failure SOLVED (?)

2014-04-16 Thread Darren Addy
Passing this along, in case it is useful to anyone else in the future. Short story: Working with files on a 32MB SanDisk card when the SD suddenly becomes unusable (message that it must be formatted) on a Windows 7 box. All data recovery tools recognize this 32 GB SanDisk card as a 32 MB (!) size

Re: Odd traffic spike on Flickr this evening...

2014-04-16 Thread Darren Addy
. On Wed, Apr 16, 2014 at 1:55 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: Could they be activating a new server? On 4/15/2014 11:03 PM, Darren Addy wrote: I don't know where it is coming from, but I have (what is for ME) a ridiculous amount of page views this evening of my Flickr images

Re: Lunar Eclipse

2014-04-15 Thread Darren Addy
This was one of our planned astrophotography classes, but since my wife was ill, and I figured I could do it as easily from my yard, I did not attend the class at the observatory. I set my phone alarm to 1:35 AM (I thought) but somehow made it PM. I awoke a couple of minutes after 3 AM and hurried

Re: 645Z officially announced

2014-04-15 Thread Darren Addy
DEFINITELY a MARK! But you have to leave in the first sentence, which is the set-up line: That's quite a difference. For me, at $12,000 it's unaffordable. But at $8,500 I can't afford it. Well played, Bruce! On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:08 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 15/4/14,

Re: Peso Blue flower

2014-04-15 Thread Darren Addy
The info says it was shot at 70mm, but I'm curious about the lens also. Very nice image. On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Outstanding! What lens? On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 8:32 AM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Been following the group but

Re: It's snowing in Chicago--f#k

2014-04-15 Thread Darren Addy
Anybody remember Bill Murray in Groundhog Day? http://www.theautodolly.com/images/noWay.gif : ) On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 10:11 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: Dear All Those Americans Who Bitch About English Weather, Just like to point out that we have high pressure,

Re: Lunar Eclipse

2014-04-15 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks to all who looked and all who commented. I had a little more time to massage the image over my lunch break. I think this is a bit of an improvement, but you be the judge: Original: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13871717785/ Improved? :

Re: Lunar Eclipse

2014-04-15 Thread Darren Addy
in the black of space here. On 4/15/2014 2:41 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Thanks to all who looked and all who commented. I had a little more time to massage the image over my lunch break. I think this is a bit of an improvement, but you be the judge: Original: https://www.flickr.com/photos

PESO: A Colorful Character

2014-04-15 Thread Darren Addy
When our own Tim Bray offered his Sigma EX 30mm f1.4 my first thought was that I didn't need it, given that I had the Sigma EX 28mm f1.8. But then it dawned on me that I might be able to upgrade to the faster f1.4 for essentially free. So I quickly sold my 28 and bought Tim's 30. (Thanks Tim!)

Re: PDML Photo Annual

2014-04-15 Thread Darren Addy
Remember The Book is for a good cause: The only publication credit that most PDMLers will ever get. Oh, and then there is the charity. :) (I'm joking! I'm joking! I know many of you are published [many times over] professionals.) ... running and ducking geeez, some of you are sensitive! On

Odd traffic spike on Flickr this evening...

2014-04-15 Thread Darren Addy
I don't know where it is coming from, but I have (what is for ME) a ridiculous amount of page views this evening of my Flickr images and the referrer is Flickr. We are only about 3 hours into the Flickr day and I have over 800 views and most of them are coming in, not on a particular IMAGE, but

Re: It's snowing in Chicago--f#k

2014-04-14 Thread Darren Addy
Assuming that you are getting what we had in Nebraska on Sunday, which was our worst weather of the whole winter (except, of course, we are now over 3 weeks into Spring). We started with thunder rain, then freezing rain, then a mix that accumulated into drifts of slush, then sleet and finally

Recovery of corrupted SD card

2014-04-12 Thread Darren Addy
When Ann had her little problem back in December, our own Alban Bernard (or is it Bernard Alban?) suggested a couple of tools, one of them being PhotoRec. That didn't really register on me at the time, and there was no further discussion of it. However, a recent PetaPixel post is intriguingly

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Darren Addy
, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: If you want to test your bank's web site (for example), just replace the domain name here: http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/ I believe you either need to begin the URL with https: OR leave the :443 (port number) in that field. Assuming

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Darren Addy
/04/09/heartbleed-bug-websites-affected/ On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: If you want to test your bank's web site (for example), just replace the domain name here: http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/ I believe you either need to begin the URL with https

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Darren Addy
-and-the-real-problem-behind-the-heartbleed-security On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 11:54 AM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2014-04-10 10:29 Darren Addy wrote What the HeartBleed Attack Really Means: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/elements/2014/04/the-internets-telltale

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Darren Addy
PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: That's a very good point Steve. (I generally consider anything that I haven't already thought of as a Good Point). : ) Now who in the world do we think might have the resources to store huge amounts of encrypted internet traffic? [COUGH! nsa COUGH

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-10 Thread Darren Addy
in the peer-reviewed code is more secure mantra. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 1:50 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Heartbleed I found a local internet service provider

Re: Heartbleed

2014-04-09 Thread Darren Addy
If you want to test your bank's web site (for example), just replace the domain name here: http://filippo.io/Heartbleed/ I believe you either need to begin the URL with https: OR leave the :443 (port number) in that field. Assuming they are running SSL on standard port. On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at

Re: Pentax Spotmatic F issue

2014-04-05 Thread Darren Addy
Hi Callum, The bump stop is the rubber that surrounds the focusing screen. When you take the lens off you will see it at the top. They like to deteriorate and go all gooey in time. If your mirror is sticking there you will probably see evidence of the goo around the edges of the mirror itself .

Re: FSF: Sigma 30mm f1.4, Fujifilm X-E1, K20D, FA 28-70mm F4 AL

2014-04-04 Thread Darren Addy
Hello Tim, I'd like to take your X-E1 Please send me a Paypal invoice so I can pay by Credit Card. Thanks! Shipping: Darren Addy c/o Merrick Machine Co. P.O. Box 130 Alda, NE 68810 If shipping by UPS or FedEx, the street address is 104 Apollo Ave. Thanks! On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 2:15 AM, Tim

Re: FSF: Sigma 30mm f1.4, Fujifilm X-E1, K20D, FA 28-70mm F4 AL

2014-04-04 Thread Darren Addy
Apologies for sending that to the list. : \ On Fri, Apr 4, 2014 at 2:15 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: There's good stuff sitting unloved in the cupboard, and an upgrade opportunity, so... The prices are wild-ass guesses based on looking at EBay. Is EBay still a thing? If I'm

Re: New 645D?

2014-04-04 Thread Darren Addy
More good signs that, under Ricoh, Pentax has a better marketing department than they did under Hoya. I thought it was really lame when they called it the 645D 2014 (which would be dated as soon as 2015 rolls around. That haD all the originality of Windows 98). I knew they just COULDN'T keep that

Re: PESO: SOLVED - The Mystery of the Missing Livestock

2014-04-01 Thread Darren Addy
://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13406847495/ On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 6:54 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13392249433/ -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz

Re: OT - What photo-scanner? -- help needed.

2014-04-01 Thread Darren Addy
I've got the Epson Perfection V600 Photo at work and it is a HECK of a scanner. It comes with negative holders for 35mm film strips, 2 slides, and 120/220 film. Not much more than the V550. On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: I love my Epson V500 (thank you

Re: FS: To pay for Enablement ;)

2014-03-26 Thread Darren Addy
with it over the weekend (weather permitting). I also decided to splurge and get a Rigel QuikFinder for it: http://www.amazon.com/Rigel-Systems-QuikFinder-Compact-Battery/dp/B006IJECSI Pics to come. On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: First the enablement part

Re: PESO: The Olde Towne Blacksmith Shop

2014-03-25 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks for the comments. This wasn't really Glass Plates, the rendering just suggested them (to me). The image started as a fairly normal K-5 II JPEG: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13390377924/ Then I opened up the Silver Efex Pro 2 in the Photoshop Filters I just used one of the

PESO: The Olde Towne Blacksmith Shop

2014-03-24 Thread Darren Addy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13390042865/in/photostream/ Comments and eviceration welcome in equal measure. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO: SOLVED - The Mystery of the Missing Livestock

2014-03-24 Thread Darren Addy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/13392249433/ -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: April PUG - it's that time again!!

2014-03-23 Thread Darren Addy
Yes, Igor. From this group, I anticipated a lot of photos of moonshine operators. On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: I thought that the topic has a good potential for some puns: steal life steel life still live and distilled life (and maybe even

FS: To pay for Enablement ;)

2014-03-21 Thread Darren Addy
the camera is so clean) $95 Beautiful working LUNA PRO F meter in case with strap. This is a highly sensitive meter and accepts specialized attachments, including one for spot usage (not included, but available on the used market). I'll probably kick myself for letting this go $75 Darren Addy

2 free issues of CLARITY magazine (PDF)

2014-03-20 Thread Darren Addy
Free is good, particularly when there are no strings attached. Well photographybb.com has a new magazine called CLARITY and the first two issues, in the PDF below, will be enjoyable reading/viewing for everyone on this list. Enjoy!

Re: 2 free issues of CLARITY magazine (PDF)

2014-03-20 Thread Darren Addy
10:06 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Free is good, particularly when there are no strings attached. Well photographybb.com has a new magazine called CLARITY and the first two issues, in the PDF below, will be enjoyable reading/viewing for everyone on this list. Enjoy! http://www.photographybb.com

Re: Opinions

2014-03-17 Thread Darren Addy
It appears to me that the man on right is inside a cafe and looking out the window into the early morning sun. The lettering on his shirt is the shadows of the lettering that is presumably on the glass window he is looking through. Part of what you see in the window is reflection (the small

Re: Opinions

2014-03-16 Thread Darren Addy
It is a mess of an image, but a strangely intriguing mess of an image. On Sun, Mar 16, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: I don't love it or hate it - it just doesn't do anything for me. I don't care for the subject matter, don't know what I'm supposed to get out of it

Education enablement: Astrophotography workshop (NASA grant through local univ.)

2014-03-14 Thread Darren Addy
I was amazed to hear about a real hands-on astrophotography workshop being offered through our local university's astronomy program, with a NASA grant. I got signed up and our first meeting is next Friday. 21-Mar - Introduction and basic timed photography 24-Mar - Constellations, Star Trails, Sky

Re: OT: attn jquery gurus

2014-03-11 Thread Darren Addy
Perhaps this is a silly thought on my part, but it seems to me that the question might best be asked on a jquery programming forum, as opposed to a Pentax Discuss list. For example: http://www.dreamincode.net/forums/forum/105-jquery/ I'm no jquery programmer, but it seems to me that you should:

Re: OT: attn jquery gurus

2014-03-11 Thread Darren Addy
Reminds me of the old where a man is looking for his lost keys at night under a street-light. A passerby asks the man if he is sure about where he dropped them, and the man replies, I'm actually pretty sure I dropped them down the block Then why aren't you looking where you think you dropped

Re: K3 card failure

2014-03-08 Thread Darren Addy
What firmware were you using? A dpreview poster claims to have found a bug in 1.02 for the K-3 (a problem that cropped up only after he upgraded). Not the SAME problem as Rob's, but illustrates the point. It is possible that there are other bugs that need to be reported and stamped out for

Enablement: K-01 (more of a camera than even I thought)

2014-03-07 Thread Darren Addy
If you are paying attention (there WILL be a written test) you may know that I bought my wife a K-01 some time ago. My plan was to borrow it occasionally for astrophotography. She was mostly intimidated by it and seems to greatly prefer her iPhone. She sort of threw me for a loop when she asked if

Re: OT: receiver value

2014-03-07 Thread Darren Addy
On eBay one was offered at $94 + 15 shipping (or best offer) and the best offer was taken. I'm guessing you might get $75 from a local buyer on Craigslist. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 6:10 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: On 3/7/2014 12:43 PM, CollinB wrote: Went shopping over lunch, as

Re: PESO: Pushmi-Pullyu

2014-03-07 Thread Darren Addy
I've heard of people who never knew if they were comin' or goin' but this is the first time I've seen it in VW form. On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 12:53 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: I've often seen this in Cathedral Square and always wanted to get a decent photo of it.

Re: March PUG -'Transport' is now up

2014-03-06 Thread Darren Addy
I agree with Dan. Top to bottom the most impressive PUG gallery I have seen yet. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: A really varied and interesting gallery, with a lot of wonderful images. Thanks again, Brian, for keeping this going fo us. Dan Dan

Re: Save me from my desire...

2014-03-06 Thread Darren Addy
I realize it was in jest but... Asking this group to save you from your desire to buy photographic gear is like going to a brothel and asking the working girls to help you to practice chastity. On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Does anyone here have any

Re: BH shipment

2014-03-06 Thread Darren Addy
Looking forward to your assessment. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: 1.4x tele is in the mail. . . Stan Sent from my iPad -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Firmware updates for 1.4x TC (many models)

2014-03-06 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/ (scroll to bottom: News, for links) Also for the usual Improved stability for general performance. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Pentax is in good hands...

2014-03-06 Thread Darren Addy
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 7:57 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@ymail.com wrote: That's me...so I did not take the photo :) Seriously? I must have missed the male in that photo. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Save me from my desire...

2014-03-06 Thread Darren Addy
Through an interesting convluence of two different things that have my attention right now (learning about the Monochrom sensor and webcam video for planetary astrophotography) I tripped across a bunch of info on REMOVING THE BAYER FILTERS from the front of your DSLR sensor (in essence, making it

Re: Save me from my desire...

2014-03-06 Thread Darren Addy
Paul is right. The problem is not within your camera but between our ears (as with so many things in life). On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Mar 6, 2014, at 2:48 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 4/3/14, Rick Womer,

Re: Pentax is in good hands...

2014-03-04 Thread Darren Addy
Just one more piece of evidence that Ricoh understands this basic principle: It Pays to Advertise! On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 1:37 AM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Bootiful plumage! B On 4 Mar 2014, at 02:23, Bong Manayon bongmana...@ymail.com wrote: [...] So I asked the organizers

Re: Save me from my desire...

2014-03-04 Thread Darren Addy
No personal experience, Bob, but http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=leica+monochromm=tagsss=1s=int (Just a friendly shove down the slippery slope). :) On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 4:17 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: Does anyone here have any experience of using the Leica Monochrom, and cares

Re: Save me from my desire...

2014-03-04 Thread Darren Addy
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:11 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Worse still IMHO is that you must accept the bw rendering that the camera applies. That's like using a single film only for all your shooting and seems awfully limiting. With a colour camera you can use any of dozens of

New Flickr Group: Pentax DSLR Astrophotography

2014-03-03 Thread Darren Addy
this... as I am the founding member.) UPDATE: After less than 48 hours the group has already attracted 42 members and 159 photos in the pool! http://www.flickr.com/groups/Pentax-DSLR-Astrophotography/ Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have

Wanted: K-01 body

2014-03-03 Thread Darren Addy
If anyone has a K-01 body that they might like to part with, I'm in the market. Color not terribly important. Drop me a line (OFFLIST) please. Thx. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz

Re: Geso Midwest Winter

2014-03-03 Thread Darren Addy
I especially like that first one, Don. I'm a sucker for square format images, and I like how the early/late light brings out the subtle colors. On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 3:54 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: If you have not seen enuf snow try this gallery. Mostly Pentax with one or two

Perusing ALL the K-3 images on Flickr...

2014-03-03 Thread Darren Addy
Since Flickr has not yet seen fit to add the K-3 to the Camera Finder page, the only way you can use Flickr to judge images is to look in the various K-3 oriented Flickr Groups. Here is a more complete way: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=pentax%20K-3m=tags That will give you all of the images

Bizarre: Ricoh booth at 2014 Wedding Portrait Photographers International (WPPI) ...

2014-03-03 Thread Darren Addy
...which makes sense until you realize this article is trying to push the original CCD version of the 645D (and not the new CMOS version). http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/03/prweb11630343.htm The good news is a $500 instant rebate for the month of March makes it $6495. Operators are standing

PK + Multi-Mount

2014-03-02 Thread Darren Addy
http://adaptist.weebly.com/pentax-K-multi-mount.html http://adaptist.weebly.com/installation-and-un-installation.html http://adaptist.weebly.com/uploads/1/8/0/0/18004799/instruction_manual_04.jpg http://adaptist.weebly.com/product-warning.html Color me: Not interested. -- Photographers

Re: K3 card failure

2014-03-02 Thread Darren Addy
Sorry to hear of your difficulties, Rob. May I ask what brand the cards are? As you may know SanDisk offers a recovery software. In addition to that, there are these: http://download.cnet.com/SDHC-Card-Recovery-Pro/3000-2248_4-75904835.html http://sd-card-format-recovery.soft112.com/

Re: OT: Making of an Iconic Image

2014-02-28 Thread Darren Addy
Thank you SO MUCH, Daniel for sharing that link. That was FANtastic. -D On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 12:11 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dE-vOscpiNc#t=384 Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

You can't always get what you want...

2014-02-26 Thread Darren Addy
exercises are nice, it is in the actual photographic capture that we find our greatest pleasure and it gives us the opportunity to relive those moments of transient beauty each time we look at them. I probably should have been another 15 minutes late to work and captured at least ONE of them. Darren Addy

Re: OT - Olympic Hockey

2014-02-22 Thread Darren Addy
On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 9:05 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 21/02/2014, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Men's. Women's. Canada vs. USA. 'Nuff said... This doesn't count as politics? Strictly speaking, it is Nationalism (not politics). The Olympics has been used

Re: GESO correction: impressions of interviewing Robert DeNiro

2014-02-17 Thread Darren Addy
How about a painful half hour watching the two of them together? Now we know why these guys normally need to work with a script. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR0jnAqUD9A Brian Williams doesn't exactly distinguish himself either. On Mon, Feb 17, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Bruce Walker

FS Friday: Books, some good ones

2014-02-14 Thread Darren Addy
Well, I have myself with a little bill to get paid and so am parting with a few photo books. All will be sent out Media Mail cost (for U.S. delivery). Elsewhere email me for a shipping quote (actual to your address). Prices do not include shipping. The Honeywell Pentax Book, Clyde Reynolds

Re: OT: Anti virus spyware programs

2014-02-13 Thread Darren Addy
I'm generally not a fan of Microsoft products, but this one is free and actually works very well: Microsoft Security Essentials http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security-essentials-download It is not only virus protection, but also protects you from spyware (like Malwarebytes does,

Re: PESO - Incipient Beer

2014-02-13 Thread Darren Addy
Sounds lovely, Rick. I'm guessing that your primary fermenter is a 5 gallon carboy (not a 6) by the lack of headspace. You might want to build a Burton Union, if you haven't already, to help reclaim some of that blown off yeast: http://byo.com/stories/item/351-build-a-burton-union-system-projects

Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today

2014-02-13 Thread Darren Addy
I think it works better if it is cropped vertically with everything from the yellow poles - right gone. Looks like it is coming down in CLUMPS. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Love it, Ann! Have some cocoa. -- Walt On 2/13/2014 9:11 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

Re: PESO: Today's Snow

2014-02-13 Thread Darren Addy
Remember kids, February is Check the batteries in your humor detector Month. Each year, hundreds of people are injured or die simply due to ignoring this simple maintenance procedure. Don't let it happen to YOU. On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 10:39 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: It was SO

Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today

2014-02-13 Thread Darren Addy
Sunny and 45 degrees in Nebraska. Our accumulation is melting. It is rare we get to brag about any weather in Nebraska, so have to take advantage of it. :) On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 11:10 AM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: Love the shot! The colors, the streaks of snow and sleet, the

Pentax images from CP+ yesterday

2014-02-13 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawari/sets/72157640923259795/with/12498902424/ A lot of shots of the new 645D 2014 and a couple of the film duplicator. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like photographs. ~ Alfred Stieglitz -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Announcement: Pentax 16GB FLU-CARD delayed

2014-02-13 Thread Darren Addy
It appears that Pentax announced yesterday that they aren't going to meet their previously announced late Feb. release date (if I'm interpreting my Google Chrome's translation of japanese correctly) http://news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/rim_info/2014/20140213_004712.html -- Photographers must learn

Re: Announcement: Pentax 16GB FLU-CARD delayed

2014-02-13 Thread Darren Addy
of WWII?) On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 3:41 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 13/02/2014 3:37 PM, Darren Addy wrote: It appears that Pentax announced yesterday that they aren't going to meet their previously announced late Feb. release date (if I'm interpreting my Google Chrome's

Re: PESO - Think I'll stay in today

2014-02-13 Thread Darren Addy
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 4:19 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: a few puffy clouds and low 60s here in Denver, patchy snow and ice berms slowly melting off of lawns and alleys; various buds starting to form; we sometimes have flowers in January, but haven't seen any yet this year

Slide digitizer: 2 people with the same idea

2014-02-12 Thread Darren Addy
Digitizing large numbers of slides has been mentioned by some PDMLers in the past. You may have seen this post on Petapixel of a Canon user that can scan almost 1,000 slides per hour, almost entirely automatically.

Re: Winter Weather Advisory ... again UPDATE

2014-02-12 Thread Darren Addy
Hopefully people in the icestorm areas have filled their bathtubs with water and have gas stoves. In the event of a long power outage, a big pot of water on the gas stove can generate a lot of heat (and helpful humidity). Put fridge and freezer contents in the garage (assuming colder than fridge

Re: Ricoh taking aim at GoPro with WG-4 accessories, and I think that's good for us, too.

2014-02-07 Thread Darren Addy
Good catch, John! Thanks for sharing. I think this is one more piece of evidence that Ricoh/Pentax marketing/product development is FAR more on the ball than Hoya/Pentax marketing/development ever was. On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 12:30 PM, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote: With all

Re: New Pentax 70-200mm lens upcoming

2014-02-07 Thread Darren Addy
Asahi Man has weighed in with some cryptic details regarding this lens, if you can figure out what in tarnation he is saying. Quote: It is a * Lens,so it have SDM. Butnot the current version. No * but higher end is using the DC motordrive,like the 560mm. Build like *,but DC Drive.

A small epiphany...

2014-02-07 Thread Darren Addy
Straightening up my workshop this weekend I saw these three boxes http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/12376451995/ and was struck by the sudden epiphany that virtually ALL of my favorite images were produced with one of these three lenses. As a Pentax DSLR owner I have, admittedly, not owned

Re: Which Macro Lens?

2014-02-06 Thread Darren Addy
Not to disrespect your choices, but I find autofocus to be less than helpful (at the very least, unnecessary) for macro work. You might want to consider manual lenses, too. On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 6:40 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: remember on aps-c BOTH the 50mm and 100mm are

Re: February PUG is available for your viewing pleasure

2014-02-05 Thread Darren Addy
My favs are Ken Wallers' Heading South and Ted Beilby's Eagle at GFM 2013, both of which would make wonderful U.S. Postage Stamps. (With apologies to Ken Ted) - http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/heading-south-stamp.png http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/SquarePostalStampEagle.png On Wed, Feb 5,

In addition to the 1.4X TC and the new 645D...

2014-02-05 Thread Darren Addy
Photo rumors is reporting: http://photorumors.com/2014/02/05/ricoh-wg-4-wg-20-pentax-1-4x-converter-announced-645d-2014-coming-next-week/#more-54352 Ultra-wide-angle zoom lens for use with the 645D Telephoto macro for the Q Film duplication accessory Model name (tentative):PENTAX Film

Re: K-3 firmware update: 1.02

2014-02-05 Thread Darren Addy
Interesting, because the bracketing with AA filter settings was one of the things that I suggested would be very cool some time ago. Let's you choose in post-processing which you like better. (I'm guessing that after using it for a while you are going to prefer just ONE of the settings, but it is

Re: New 645D to be announced

2014-02-05 Thread Darren Addy
Tiltable rear LCD? If so, a first for Pentax and *maybe* a sign that it will be available on the less-than-medium-format DSLRs Pentax makes in the future (at least the high-end ones)? I would EXPECT video capabilities with the CMOS sensor. Should have much higher FPS with the PRIMEIII engine than

Re: GESO: Musical Enablement (4 images)

2014-02-05 Thread Darren Addy
Congrats Walt! She's a BEAUTY. Love the lighting on that last image, too. On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 6:12 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: After much waiting and angst-ridden anticipation, my '72 Fender Telecaster Thinline Reissue arrived today. Meet Millie:

Re: Pentax camera caught by Lake Tahoe fisherman

2014-02-04 Thread Darren Addy
On Tue, Feb 4, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I think some of Vivian Meyers images are nice, but many are very ordinary. If you come across a photographer for whom this statement is NOT true, please let us know. We are almost only ever aware of what the

Re: Pentax 1.4x converter

2014-02-04 Thread Darren Addy
Additional converter details today from asahi man: TC is ready and works perfect,good quality,needs no firmware update,cause all IDs are in the TC. Works with all Pentax cams. Source(s): http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3618741?page=2#forum-post-53048033

Re: Creative Cloud for Photographers Program extended - yet again....

2014-02-03 Thread Darren Addy
And this time they REALLY mean it. :) On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Photoshop CC + Lightroom 5 - $10 per month. Anyone can jump on this bandwagon - unlike the previous extension of the offer, you don't need to have previously bought Photoshop

Pentax camera caught by Lake Tahoe fisherman

2014-02-03 Thread Darren Addy
... 1065 images returned to their rightful owner. http://petapixel.com/2014/02/02/lake-tahoe-fisherman-pulls-long-lost-camera-finds-5-years-photos-still-intact/ From Yahoo's Odd News today (via PetaPixel). -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have their photographs look like

Re: Poll on dpreview: iOS or Android

2014-01-30 Thread Darren Addy
, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Don't know how many PDMLers are registered on DPReview, but I have a poll up there if you would care to provide a data point: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3616164 I'm a little surprised by how big the early lead is for Android. -- -bmw -- PDML

Poll on dpreview: iOS or Android

2014-01-29 Thread Darren Addy
Don't know how many PDMLers are registered on DPReview, but I have a poll up there if you would care to provide a data point: http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3616164 I'm a little surprised by how big the early lead is for Android. -- Photographers must learn not to be ashamed to have

Re: K3 owners: Focus peaking?

2014-01-28 Thread Darren Addy
...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Jan 27, 2014, at 11:05 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:48 PM, Stanley Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: On Jan 27, 2014, at 6:55 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if any K-3 owners

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