Re: OT - Printers Again - Epson P50

2013-02-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Wed Feb 13 08:14:23 EST 2013 Steve Cottrell wrote: Anyone have an Epson P50? Views? I don't have that printer, but I have a good garden view from my office window. I recommend that. Hope that helps, ;-) Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO 2013 - 22 - GDG

2013-02-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Godfrey, As I opened the link, my first few-second impression was: great! That was because of the combination (juxtaposition) of the crisp Foreground and foggy background. At the same time, my thought was: this photo is so not-Godfrey. Analyzing what made me thinking this way, I think it is

Re: PESO: Ian McLagan

2013-02-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Charles, That's a nice photo. I seldom happen to be in Austin on a week day, but I will consider stopping by The Lucky Lounge should I be there Thursday night (and have time). Thanks for sharing! Igor On Tue, Feb 12, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote: The wife and I took in a free show on

Show-off in photography with a potentially wrong message (50 weddings with iPhone in 1 day)

2013-02-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
I think I saw this information mentioned elsewhere previously: http://connect.dpreview.com/post/2355497650/photographer-50-weddings-one-day First, this guy is going to shoot 50 weddings in 1 day, whatever that means... But it cannot really mean a complete wedding coverage, does it? Maybe just

Re: What lenses do you regret parting with (or will *never* part with)?

2013-02-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
1. 2. I really like DA* 50-135/2.8. I enjoy the recently acquired 77/1.8 Both produce very nice sharp image with great color rendition. 77/1.8 has a bit unusual color combination in low light, but it is very pleasant. I like these two lenses for the image quality. I tend to take those with me

Re: Show-off in photography with a potentially wrong message (50 weddings with iPhone in 1 day)

2013-02-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
Bob, Yes, I enjoyed watching that video, even though I am not sure I agree with all the points criticized there. Even before Instagram people were taking photos of their feet, weird signs, self-portraits in the mirror, and what's not... Experimenting and playing is fine, and that platform is

Re: A fine full frame

2013-02-09 Thread Igor Roshchin
Cool song! That's a hit! It's too bad that in order to fully appreciate it, one has to have some considerable Pentax background. Familiarity with the classic swing music is also a plus. I am about to send it to a fellow dancer whose day job is photography. On a side note: If something rattles

Re: Why would you buy a Pentax FF camera?

2013-02-07 Thread Igor Roshchin
My response is interspersed below. Thu Feb 7 06:28:17 EST 2013 Steve Cottrell wrote: I mean, aside from the obvious reasons like, bigger sensor, better image quality, better use with lenses designed to work with a 36X24mm frame, better lighting, better heating, better sewer systems, the

Re: At least they didn't shoot me

2013-02-04 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Feb 5 02:14:02 EST 2013 Larry Colen wrote: While I'm waiting for calls, I set up the bigma on my bushhawk, and wait for a plane to fly over head. While I'm waiting, I try taking some shots of nearby buildings. The was a Russian photo-rifle sniper-12 that was based on Zenit SLR. And

CT power outage - PUG is back up and waiting for submissions

2013-01-31 Thread Igor Roshchin
Dear PDMLers: If you haven't heard yet, due to the storm with strong winds, a large portion of Connecticut is out of power again: http://www.cl-p.com/outage/OutageMap.aspx This briefly affected operation of Komkon server where PUG is hosted (and our all-time sponsor, Frontex/Evogence), making

Re: I hate computers.

2013-01-31 Thread Igor Roshchin
Bill Here are some suggestions for your Thunderbird+Gmail configurations: 1) Use IMAP (not POP3), (You may need to delete the present account in Thunderbird, and set it up from scratch again.) 2) Under Synchronization Storage, consider unchecking Keep messages for this account on this

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-31 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thu Jan 31 05:30:25 EST 2013 Bruce Walker: On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 4:18 AM, Jostein .ksne pdml at alunfoto.no wrote: From: kwaller at peoplepc.com From: Stan Halpin stan at stans-photography.info On Jan 30, 2013, at 8:43 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Mark

Re: I don't understand

2013-01-31 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thu Jan 31 18:51:09 EST 2013 William Robb wrote: - Original Message - From: Collin Brendemuehl Subject: I don't understand When I put either the FA28/2.8or the FA50/1.4 and use either the internal or a shoe-mount flash, the shutter speed goes to 1/25. But when I use an A lens

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-30 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Jan 29 20:01:51 EST 2013 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: I needed to update to an Intel-based system to run LR3. I did ... I'm glad I did, and a bottom end new system was much much faster than my old PowerPC top of the line system. I don't blame Adobe for making their business decisions. Although I

Re: Pentax Photo Gallery Question

2013-01-30 Thread Igor Roshchin
Brian, In Firefox, you can click on Tools-Page Info, then, in the new window, choose Media tab. You can click on the jpegs in the list, while looking at the image in the Media Preview box at the bottom. Then, you can either use Save as (if you need to save your image), or right-click on the URL

Re: Anyone owns Metz 52 AF-1 flash unit?

2013-01-29 Thread Igor Roshchin
Boris, I haven't used Metz 52, but I have been using Metz 58 AF-1 for over 2 years now (probably even 3). Below, I compiled my impressions (posted earlier) of that model. I am not sure if it is anywhat representative, but at least it will give you some aspects that you may want to pay attention

Re: Lens Profile Creator for Lightroom; Lr tips

2013-01-29 Thread Igor Roshchin
Unfortunately, that is of little help to me. Despite owning LR4, I don't use it. I am angry at Adobe with respect to how the handled LR. First, they dropped supporting Win XP in their LR-4. [*] And you do not have an option in LR-4 to keep the database format backward compatible to that of

Re: People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-25 Thread Igor Roshchin
Frank, Saying something but saying nothing, - that sounds like an elitist snob! ;-) Igor knarftheriault at gmail.com wrote: I would comment on this but I would just sound like an elitist snob so I'll just shut up. ;-) cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Igor Roshchin str

Firmware update for K-5II*

2013-01-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
I didn't see this mentioned on the list, so, I suspect some might not be aware of it: Apparently, last week, Pentax released a firmware update for the new K-5II and K-5IIs cameras: http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_2_s.html Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

People like bright (saturated) colors

2013-01-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
Whatever connoisseurs might say, the large portion of people do enjoy bright, saturated colors. Every so often, PDMLers criticize examples of somebody's oversaturated photos. But there must a be a reason why those things sell. I just looked over the first few pages of the most popular photos on

Re: Could this happen with cameras?

2013-01-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
Nihil novi sub sole. In 1996, a physicist, Alan Sokal did a similar social experiment in the scientific world, but submitting a hoax (scientifically-sounding text) for publication in a scientific (albeit not peer-reviewed at that point) journal. Many scientists (in social sciences) swallowed

Re: PESO 2013 - 012 - GDG

2013-01-21 Thread Igor Roshchin
These days, especially when travelling, I don't always have much time to view all the PESOs (but a large portion), and commenting is even more problematic. This photo caught my eye in two ways: First, it is rather subtle, like some watercolor paintings, with a very interesting combination and

Re: OT: The Most Canadian Headline Ever

2013-01-21 Thread Igor Roshchin
I am just wondering if I got that right (with the help of Google): Two teaspoons of sugar and two creams @ Tim Hortons (coffee). Haven't seen those, although supposedly, they exist even in US. Igor Sun Jan 20 21:32:54 EST 2013 knarftheriault at gmail.com wrote: Yes indeed. Only in Canada.

Re: PESO - Still Smiling (bike messenger content)

2013-01-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi Frank, Sorry, I can't help sharing: my reaction to still smiling is the association with two old children's jokes: 1. Teacher, telling students about safety: when you are at the construction site, you are supposed to wear a hard hat. When a brick fell on Nick who was wearing a hard hat, he

Re: Tethered shooting problems

2013-01-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
P.J., Regarding the bandwidth of USB 2.0: If USB 2.0 is sufficient for tethering Canon and Nikon DSLRs with live view, why wouldn't it be sufficient for Pentax, whose sensor is similar or smaller (pixel-wise, and hence bandwidth-wise). Igor Sun Jan 13 15:04:26 EST 2013 P. J. Alling wrote:

January PUG - interim PUG-master

2013-01-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
Dear PDML fellows, As many of you have read from Doug's message last week, our PUG-master, Brian, had a mild stroke. While Brian is recovering (and the fact that he is worrying about PUG within just days after the stroke, suggests that he is alright and we'll see him soon on the list again),

Re: PESO - Shady guitarist

2013-01-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
All: Thanks for looking! Responses are combined below. Sat Jan 12 02:45:39 EST 2013 Chris Mitchell wrote: On 10 January 2013 17:27, Igor Roshchin str at komkon.org wrote: http://42graphy.org/misc/lvfx/_IR01304.jpg While writing this message, I started thinking if this image

Re: K5-IIs AF in low light with a PESO-example

2013-01-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
for a shot taken at the equivalent of 6 minutes and 40 seconds at 400ASA! John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On Behalf Of Igor Roshchin Sent: Thursday, 10 January 2013 2:39 AM To: PDML at pdml.net Subject: K5-IIs AF in low light

PESO - Shady guitarist

2013-01-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
http://42graphy.org/misc/lvfx/_IR01304.jpg While writing this message, I started thinking if this image was a cliche... I don't know... What do you think? Comments are welcome. Thank you for looking, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

K5-IIs AF in low light with a PESO-example

2013-01-09 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All! First, a disclaimer: This is not meant to be a result of a comprehensive testing but rather a subjective account from a weekend of shooting photos in low light. So, during this weekend, I found an approximate level of light at which the AF on my new K5-IIs starts failing. I found that

Re: OT: 30 floor hotel in 15 days

2013-01-09 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thank you, Larry, I'll try to remember not to stay at that hotel. Seriously, I would be concerned about the quality of assembly and structure. As one of my colleagues would probably respond to that video: propaganda. Igor On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 1:45 PM, Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com wrote:

Re: OT: 30 floor hotel in 15 days

2013-01-09 Thread Igor Roshchin
Sadly, you don't need to go that far or wait for long: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/crane-collapses-construction-workers-queens-article-1.1236637 Wed Jan 9 13:01:28 EST 2013 P. J. Alling wrote: Don't worry you'd hardly have time to feel anything when the floor above crushes you

optical illusions in photos

2012-12-29 Thread Igor Roshchin
Very nice set of photos with optical illusions (or whatever you'd call those): http://www.boredpanda.com/funny-optical-illusions/ Igor -- 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

Pentax sighting in BH promotional video

2012-12-28 Thread Igor Roshchin
Enjoy it: http://vimeo.com/35716909#t=75 Igor -- 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: The DSLR Field Camera

2012-12-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tom, I was reading it yesterday, and couldn't get it from the first quick reading, but got distracted. When I read it the second time, I still couldn't get what was new in it. Igor Thu Dec 27 01:53:20 EST 2012 Tom C wrote: Interesting easy to understand article on dpreview regarding the

Totally OT - eat your own dog food

2012-12-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
... or as they call it in software industry dogfooding (If you are not familiar with the term: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating_your_own_dog_food ) FB's First Sister was bitten by its own dog, err... Facebook. ;-)

Re: The DSLR Field Camera

2012-12-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thu Dec 27 12:22:49 EST 2012 Tom C wrote: PJ wrote: I've just skimmed it and it just goes to prove that there's really nothing new. On 12/27/2012 11:02 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Tom, I was reading it yesterday, and couldn't get it from the first quick reading, but got distracted

Re: Your message to PDML awaits moderator approval

2012-12-26 Thread Igor Roshchin
Bob, Usually that what you would be getting for the message sent from an e-mail account that is not subscribed to the list. Check if you sent your message from a wrong account, and if not, - you should be able to check your subscription status from the list page:

Class Action lawsuit against Instagram

2012-12-26 Thread Igor Roshchin
$Subj. is filed: http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/12/24/instagram-privacy-lawsuit-facebook-idINDEE8BN08N20121224 While people can be emotionally charged (as in outraged), this type of lawsuit can create a weird precedent: even if you are providing free services, you can be taken to court.

Re: HoHoHo

2012-12-26 Thread Igor Roshchin
Bill: Cool! Merry Christmas to you! Gerrit: Not quite ASCII. Several symbols are beyond ASCII table. [sorry for the pedantism] For those who had problems viewing it, - see it in your browser: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2012-December/334136.html Cheers, Igor Gerrit Visser

Re: Your message to PDML awaits moderator approval

2012-12-26 Thread Igor Roshchin
...@trantor.komkon.org Wed Dec 26 12:48:58 2012 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 12:48:52 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: Re: Your message to PDML awaits moderator approval Bob, Usually that what you would be getting for the message sent from an e-mail account

Re: Class Action lawsuit against Instagram

2012-12-26 Thread Igor Roshchin
Wed Dec 26 13:31:13 EST 2012 Bob W wrote: From: PDML [mailto:pdml-bounces at pdml.net] On Behalf Of Igor Roshchin $Subj. is filed: http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/12/24/instagram-privacy-lawsuit- facebook-idINDEE8BN08N20121224 While people can be emotionally charged

Re: Gmail

2012-12-25 Thread Igor Roshchin
Stig: I do not see all the headers of you e-mail message, as I am subscribed to the digest version, so I cannot tell what's causing the problem. (Feel free to send me a message directly, off the list, - I can tell at it.) If your message is sent not from the shell of your server (gandi1), and

Re: I think LR changed the way flagging works back to how it was

2012-12-25 Thread Igor Roshchin
That reminds an old joke: A linguistics professor was lecturing his class. In English, he said, a double negative forms a positive. However, in some languages, such as Russian, a double negative remains a negative. But there isn't a single language, not one, in which a double positive can

Re: Pentax? You know, I used to have a K1000. Whatever happened to them

2012-12-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com wrote: On Dec 22, 2012, at 9:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Pentax's view: Real photographers use manual flash. Nope, Pentax's view is that photographers shoot in manual light or use studio flash. My AF-540 won't freaking stay in

Question about one feature of K-5.

2012-12-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
After having played with K-5 IIs for some time, I still cannot find how I enable (is it at all possible?) one functionality that was present on my K-7. With K-7, when I look at the photos (View mode), - if I turn the camera, the orientation of the photo changes accordingly (similarly to how it

Re: Question about one feature of K-5.

2012-12-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
at them in hand, and set camera for rotating portrait pics when using a TV. Dario -Messaggio originale- From: Igor Roshchin Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2012 8:44 PM To: PDML at pdml.net Subject: Question about one feature of K-5. After having played with K-5 IIs for some time, I still cannot

Re: Pentax? You know, I used to have a K1000. What ever happened to them?

2012-12-22 Thread Igor Roshchin
I would say that the younger generation is getting used to shop online more and more. Even NYSE operations are becoming more and more electronic, and the physical presence will soon disappear from NYSE. I understand the preference of many PDMLers to play with the toys locally, but I suspect the

Which projectors are better for Photos? (3LCD vs DLP)

2012-12-20 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, I am sure that some people on the list have the knowledge on this topic. For the purpose of presenting photo slideshows, which type of projectors are generally better: 3LCD or DLP? Criteria: accuracy of colors (preferably without too much of calibration), high brightness/contrast (so

Re: Anybody have any experience purchasing from Buydig.com

2012-12-20 Thread Igor Roshchin
Last time I bought from them in May and June of 2011 (spare battery for K-7, netbook memory, simple laptop). I had no problem with the orders or the store at that time or earlier. (I've been buying from them since 2005: bought from them P-DFA 100/2.8 macro in 2007, and if my memory doesn't

Re: OT- Instagram now has right to sell your photos...

2012-12-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
Apparently, today in the afternoon, this policy change has been revoked by Facebook: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57559890-93/instagram-apologizes-to-users-we-wont-sell-your-photos/ On 12/18/2012 10:07, Bong Manayon wrote: Under the new policy, Facebook claims the perpetual right to

I want a camera that can do this

2012-12-14 Thread Igor Roshchin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBNHPk-Lnkk I mean, - I want a camera that can take photos that create such an illusion. Igor -- 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

Re: PESO blue piano player

2012-12-14 Thread Igor Roshchin
Larry, The WB appear to be off. Did you try the pipet tool?.. ;-) Just kidding. Some fun photos are in there. I didn't care for the two portraits (#3 and 4 from the back, - I suspect those are the same as referred by Marnie). Tha last one, - where you attempted to combine the color and BW, -

Re: Geminids tonight (Thursday)

2012-12-14 Thread Igor Roshchin
Fri Dec 14 11:58:42 EST 2012 John Sessoms wrote: From: Igor Roshchin A colleague of mine, astronomer, just sent e-mail: If you have never seen a meteor shower, tonight is your night. The Geminids are particularly active - 1 meteor a minute or so. It could get even better as we go

Geminids tonight (Thursday)

2012-12-13 Thread Igor Roshchin
A colleague of mine, astronomer, just sent e-mail: If you have never seen a meteor shower, tonight is your night. The Geminids are particularly active - 1 meteor a minute or so. It could get even better as we go into morning. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Help requested from ColorMunki Display owners

2012-12-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
Dear All: If you do not have ColorMunki Display (Part number CMUNDIS), you can skip this message. If you do have one and sitll have the box, I would appreciate if you can help me by checking the UPC code(s) on the box. (the numbers that are next to the barcode Off the list, please let me

Re: GESO - tango @ ISO-6400

2012-12-12 Thread Igor Roshchin
Rick, heh! Humans are weak, aren't they? You've got some interesting photos there. (Is that your daughter?) The technical nuance is that the gallery I put out consists of shots taken at ISO-6400. They aren't the best shots from the evening, but I appreciate the quality that I wouldn't have been

Re: LED Lighting

2012-12-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
I second what Bruce wrote. http://www.amazon.com/CN-160-Dimmable-Digital-Camcorder-Panasonic/dp/B004VC8M3K/ I bought one about half a year ago, and used it for video and still photos of my little daughter. The hot-shoe mount could have been done a bit better, but it is quite acceptable. I am

Pentax DA 200/2.8 for $959 again

2012-12-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
If you missed the P-DA 200/2.8 at $959 from BH during the Black Friday week, you've got yet another chance: Amazon has hat lens at $959: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0013HAC0C/ I wonder if with all these crazy sales, the prices for all these lenses will actually go back down where they were prior

Rokinon 85/1.4 on sale at BH

2012-12-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
This lens appears on BH for $239 today: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?is=REGQ=A=detailsO=productlistsku=905019 .. but it doesn't show if you just did a search for that lens, - it only works from this list: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/buy/New-Items/ci/20214/pn/4/N/4069497294

Re: Rokinon 85/1.4 on sale at BH

2012-12-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
According to this article, the new version will not appear in Pentax mount: http://www.samyang.co.uk/samyang-85mm-t1-5-as-if-umc-vdslr-lens.html Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: Rokinon 85/1.4 on sale at BH

2012-12-10 Thread Igor Roshchin
the A marking on the aperture ring). But again, - one should pay a due diligence in verifying that. Igor Mon Dec 10 18:17:41 EST 2012 P. J. Alling wrote: You have to be careful, some are sold as K some as KA and yes it does seem to make a difference. On 12/10/2012 6:11 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote

GESO - tango @ ISO-6400

2012-12-09 Thread Igor Roshchin
(Rick Womer, please stop reading now, or you might start hating me.) I am continuing looking through the photos taken at the tango festival last weekend with the brand new K5 IIs. Here are some 9 photos that were taken at ISO-6400: http://42graphy.org/misc/ISO-6400-tango/ Most of them are not

Re: PESO: Why I love a weather-resistant camera

2012-12-09 Thread Igor Roshchin
But the secret is that this very photo was taken with a Canon Powershot S95, which isn't weather resistant. :-) Igor, with weather-resistant P's from Texas, where at the time of writing at 5pm CST, it is 79 F, and I am thinking about switchng the HVAC system back into the AC mode. PS.

Re: GESO - tango @ ISO-6400

2012-12-09 Thread Igor Roshchin
? Cheers, Christine On Dec 9, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Igor Roshchin str at komkon.org wrote: (Rick Womer, please stop reading now, or you might start hating me.) I am continuing looking through the photos taken at the tango festival last weekend with the brand new K5 IIs. Here are some 9 photos

Re: GESO - tango @ ISO-6400

2012-12-09 Thread Igor Roshchin
Sun Dec 9 21:18:43 EST 2012 Larry Colen wrote: On Dec 9, 2012, at 1:22 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Here are some 9 photos that were taken at ISO-6400: http://42graphy.org/misc/ISO-6400-tango/ There are some fun ones there. I particularly liked the bug eyed kid. You mean my daughter who

Re: GESO - tango @ ISO-6400

2012-12-09 Thread Igor Roshchin
Darren, I was expecting a response like that, - and that's pretty much why I left one photo without any modifications. However, from my point of view, it is not necessarily how the images come straight out of my camera, but rather how they would look like after _minimum_ adjustment in LR. For

Re: K-5 IIs - I'm impressed (PESO - tango)

2012-12-04 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thanks to all who looked. My responses to several messages are assembled and interspersed below. On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 9:32 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Here is just one example at ISO-3200: http://42graphy.org/misc/tango_IR00058.jpg (slight LR processing, including very slight NR

OT - a building in the middle of the highway

2012-12-03 Thread Igor Roshchin
.. no more: http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/12/no-more-house-in-the-middle-of-the-street/100416/ -- 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

K-5 IIs - I'm impressed (PESO - tango)

2012-12-03 Thread Igor Roshchin
I've got a chance of shooting with the new K-5 IIs over the weekend at a tango festival. This means two things: low light and motion. I am impressed! I haven't tried Nikon D800 or D4, but I would truly compare the experience to that I had with D700 in 2010 in a similar setting. Since it's

Re: Request to use my photos - what are the smart questions to ask?

2012-11-30 Thread Igor Roshchin
Fri Nov 30 14:49:28 EST 2012 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 8:54 AM, Charles Robinson charlesr at visi.com wrote: .. For some charitable organizations, I let 'em use the photos for nothing ... I do the same. I still create a TCUA, etc, as that establishes use rights

Re: File storage on the same card with two Pentax cameras

2012-11-29 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thu Nov 29 14:04:03 EST 2012 John Sessoms wrote: From: Igor Roshchin Hi All, I am considering what would happen if two Pentax cameras are using the same SD card (alternating). Settings both are set to the same storage settings: folders by date. I wonder what would happen

Re: BH - no respect for Pentax

2012-11-29 Thread Igor Roshchin
Jim, I discovered those prices for Pentax later, after the original e-mail on this thread, - and sent a separate e-mail (actually, more than one) to the list. What's strange is that they didn't advertise Pentax prices under Black Friday day list (and banner). And that's what I first was

Re: Pentax X-5

2012-11-29 Thread Igor Roshchin
John asked me to forward his message to the list. From: John Likes superannuatedt...@gmail.com As I am along time lurker, I do not know how to respond on list. However, I bought an x-5 about a month ago, based on price mostly. The camera is okay, build quality is somewhat lacking, but mostly

Interesting blur-motion technique

2012-11-28 Thread Igor Roshchin
I am not even sure what is the right term for this technique... http://www.shinichimaruyama.com/ Choose nude if it doesn't go there directly. (And IMHO, it's SFW despite the title) Alternatively, if you prefer to see all photos on one page:

Re: Pentax X-5

2012-11-28 Thread Igor Roshchin
Walt, While I don't know mPentax X-5 much about x5, I wanted to point out that the price at BH and Adorama is even slightly lower. HTH, Igor Wed Nov 28 15:28:59 EST 2012 Walter Hamler wrote: Amazon has these on sale at VG price. Anyone on the list seen, used, or heard any reports on

File storage on the same card with two Pentax cameras

2012-11-28 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All, I am considering what would happen if two Pentax cameras are using the same SD card (alternating). Settings both are set to the same storage settings: folders by date. I wonder what would happen in the following two cases: 1. The prefix of the file name is set to the same, e.g.

Re: Rokinon 8mm fisheye for $214 @BH and Amazon

2012-11-28 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thanks to everybody who shared their thoughts on the topic. Dario, - I really like this one www.dariobonazza.com/public/K5_40062.jpg Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: Boris and Galia GESO/project - trip to USA - we're done with the blog

2012-11-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
Boris, Some interesting photos. I love Shenandoah park. Did you get to see the caves? I am in the middle of a crunch time with several deadlines falling on this week. So, I'll take a look later at the video. I just wanted to suggest that e.g. Youtube offers convenient interface for sharing

Re: Windows 8 Makes Me Consider a Mac

2012-11-27 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Nov 27 14:44:30 EST 2012 John Francis wrote: On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:08:43AM -0700, Tom C wrote: Given the choice would you remain on Windows 7? I certainly plan to. I've only just moved to Windows 7 (prompted, at least partly, by the fact that Lightroom 4 doesn't run on

Re: Rokinon 8mm fisheye for $214 @BH and Amazon

2012-11-26 Thread Igor Roshchin
Mon Nov 26 15:40:37 EST 2012 Larry Colen wrote: On Nov 25, 2012, at 7:45 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: Sorry for spamming the list with lens sales information. Some sales are very good, and I hope this info might be useful for some people on the list. (Or maybe somebody will hate me

Re: Enablement + geso: Turkey Trot

2012-11-26 Thread Igor Roshchin
Interesting set of photos, Christine. I will get a chance to evaluate a 60-250 next week. But from the subject line I was expecting to see something like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfNXtdHIGnk or http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpagev=LCkkOqXUaZo#t=60s Cheers, Igor

Re: Rokinon 8mm fisheye for $214 @BH and Amazon

2012-11-26 Thread Igor Roshchin
Rob, Thanks, that makes sense.. but since it would be a lens for playing then for anywhat serious work, the price difference is substantial... Igor Mon Nov 26 18:45:56 EST 2012 Rob Studdert wrote: Coating is important in the case of Fisheye lenses as invariably there is a specular or

Pentax Q with 5-15mm zoom $300 @Bestbuy

2012-11-25 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All! Just in case somebody is interested: Pentax Q with 5-15mm zoom lens is available at Bestbuy.com for $299.99 (albeit it's incorrectly listed with x5 zoom) It is (was) $347 at BH, but it's all sold out. It's at the same price at Adorama. Igor PS. I've been told it was $279 at Newegg

Re: Question to those who have their web site hosted by GoDaddy

2012-11-25 Thread Igor Roshchin
Boris, I suspect you are aware of everything what I've written below.. But I am surprised why you asked, so, maybe there is something new for you in this. I didn't have experience with GoDaddy's hosting per se, but I see your options as follows: 1. Use one of the existing dedicated

Rokinon 8mm fisheye for $214 @BH and Amazon

2012-11-25 Thread Igor Roshchin
Sorry for spamming the list with lens sales information. Some sales are very good, and I hope this info might be useful for some people on the list. (Or maybe somebody will hate me for the episode of LBA.) Rokinon 8mm/3.5 fisheye for Pentax mount for only $214 - at BH (until Nov. 27) and

OT - How to open a bottle/can with iPhone ...

2012-11-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
There is an app for that.. : http://eshop.macsales.com/item/My%20Innoventure/DM01/ ... (But why? - looks like only just because you can.) -- 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

Re: pulled the switch (enablement)

2012-11-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
Sat Nov 24 14:26:36 EST 2012 Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Igor Roshchin str at komkon.org: ... on k5 IIs. I am looking forward to it. Nice. Looking forward to seeing some photos. The biggest resource needed for that is the time to develop the photos. I spent several days

Re: pulled the switch (enablement)

2012-11-24 Thread Igor Roshchin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrSX8NYN2x4#t=35s ;-) Igor Sun Nov 25 00:11:57 EST 2012 Boris Liberman wrote: Weren't you supposed to pull the trigger, Igor? :-) On 11/23/2012 1:45 PM, Igor Roshchin wrote: ... on k5 IIs. I am looking forward to it. Igor HAR! Sat Nov

Heads-up- big sale on lenses at BH and cameras at Adorama (Pentax)

2012-11-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All: Just in case somebody is shopping for lenses: BH has a lot of lenses at very much reduced prices. Some examples: 16-50/2.8 - $750 60-250 - $1149 50-135 - $749 35/2.8 Macro $540 300/4 $1054 300/2.8 $960

Re: Heads-up- big sale on lenses at BH and cameras at Adorama (Pentax)

2012-11-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
Even lower price for either K-5 II or K-5 IIs is now at BH $1,049.00 Buydig.com has the same price but only for K-5 II. Igor From s...@trantor.komkon.org Fri Nov 23 03:14:04 2012 Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:13:49 -0500 (EST) From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org To: PDML@pdml.net Subject

pulled the switch (enablement)

2012-11-23 Thread Igor Roshchin
... on k5 IIs. I am looking forward to it. Igor -- 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.

Happy turkey!

2012-11-22 Thread Igor Roshchin
Take a look at http://bing.com today ... or in case it will be removed, - you can see the background image at this URL: http://www.bing.com/az/hprichbg?p=rb%2fLambTurkeyKiss_EN-US8313167147_1366x768.jpg Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

BH - no respect for Pentax

2012-11-22 Thread Igor Roshchin
BH has 12 pages of black-friday sales items. Those include variety of brands and models, but (unless I missed it) - no Pentax, whatsoever. (Actually, while I was not paying particular attention, I don't remember seeing any Sigma, Tamron, Tokina products either). Boo, BH! Igor PS. If somebody

Re: DXOMark Pentax Lens Tests

2012-11-20 Thread Igor Roshchin
Jack, Maybe experience-based (!) personal opinions of many people about various Pentax lenses would help you: http://stans-photography.info/ . While, naturally, it might be skewed and not objective, what ultimately matters is your own experience with the lenses. For the lenses that you

DA 35/2.8 macro vs. FA 35/2 or DA/2.4

2012-11-19 Thread Igor Roshchin
Hi All: About 2 months ago, there was a thread about FA35/2. Interestingly, that while people have mentioned DA35/2.4, and a few other 35s, nobody mentioned DA 35/2.8 macro. How is DA 35/2.8 macro in comparison to either FA35/2 or DA35/2.4 (or even 16-50/2.8)? Thank you in advance, Igor

Re: Hardly a Pentax in sight ...

2012-11-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
I was planning to be in Austin this weekend for a dance festival, but because of Formula 1 happening this weekeng in Austin, all hotels were sold out except a few that had unreasonable prices. So, we cancelled our trip. Hence, my Pentax K-7 is being used at home, about 100 miles away from Austin.

OT - decisions, decisions ... (photo humor)

2012-11-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
I thought you might enjoy this difficulty of choice: http://www.gexxxdesign.ru/pictures/canon2.jpg or for large size: http://www.gexxxdesign.ru/pictures/canon3.jpg It says: (in Russian) I don't know what to choose Each lens has an adjective, which follows the pattern: a bit too _-ish

Amazon - no respect for Pentaxoids

2012-11-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
Today, Amazon has one of its pre-Black-Friday lightning deals: Rokinon 85mm/1.4 lens. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006C1ILUC/ They offer these lenses at a discounted price ($239-269, depending on the mount), but they offer only 3 mount options: Canon, Nikon (AF-confirm), Nikon DSLR.

Re: OT, macros of eyes

2012-11-18 Thread Igor Roshchin
No dust... Any fungus? B Igor Sun Nov 18 16:13:20 EST 2012 Bob Sullivan wrote: Larry, We sure those irises are healthy? Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Larry Colen lrc at red4est.com wrote: Interesting set of photos of macros of eyes

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