Re: KP pre-order

P. J. Alling wrote: > > The fact that it's the replacement for the K-3 series is just a bit > disappointing, actually that's an understatement, but I expected it > probably was... The KP is a thousand dollars and the K-1 is two grand. Given that a camera in between tham would be around $1500 I'd

Re: And an annual happy birthday to everyone

On 12/22/2016 9:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Paul via phone On Dec 22, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Gonz wrote: The average age of PDML members is definitely going up. Where is the new blood!?? Taking

Re: PESO: PDML Yorkshire

P.J. Alling wrote: I thought British pints were redefined to conform to the 1/2 liter or did they make an exception to that... A pint in a British pub is a British Imperial Pint: 20 fluid ounces or 568 millilitres. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Just got back my slide film from GFM!

One of the things I like about the PDML is how a post of a medium format color nature photography shot can evolve into a discussion of techniques used by photojournalists in the BW, Speed Graphic era. Mark Roberts wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: According to Wikipedia, Most of his notable

Re: OT: Market Cap comparison of Ricoh and Nikon

Darren Addy wrote: Appropo of nothing, I found it interesting that Ricoh Co LTD has a larger market cap than Nikon (788B to 719.87B). Canon is *much* larger at 3.6T Was the one for Nikon *just* Nikon or was it for the parent company (Mitsubishi)? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Aliasing question

Larry Colen wrote: It seems to me that if you had a rear illuminated sensor, with no space between the pixels, and it had no bayer filter, then aliasing/moire would not happen, because the light value would be averaged over the whole sample. It's the discontinuous aspect of what is effectively

Re: Kodak emerged from bankruptcy yesterday

More: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-04/a-tiny-boring-kodak-takes-consumers-out-of-the-picture http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/09/04/kodaks-back-but-as-what.aspx -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT - This is Why Your Pictures Suck

knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Fucking depressing. Agreed. Written by someone with a real superiority complex. That kind of condescending approach never helps anyone improve their art. It only makes the person espousing it feel good about themselves. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

Charles Robinson wrote: On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:41 , Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: 2. Why do radio and TV ads depicting camera shutter presses still insert the sound effect for a film-era motor drive? Wake up you ad-creating doofuses!! It's not 1995. The sound-effect for most

Re: Instagram photos of North East Storm

We just finished digging out. I shoveled several times yesterday, the final time at 10:00 last night, so it wasn't too bad this morning. I don't know what the official NWS figure is, but we got around 3 ft here in Jamaica Plain (a Boston neighborhood). And that's not counting the drifts! Still,

Re: At least they didn't shoot me

Amateurs produce amateur security, which costs more in dollars, time, liberty, and dignity while giving us less -- or even no -- security. - Bruce Schneier -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Pdml Photo Annual Update: Week 4

We're in the middle of the trough that always occurs during the submittal period. Every year we get a big load of images during the first week, tapering off during the next few weeks and then building up to a frantic last-minute rush in the final week. Have mercy on your editors, send your three

Re: Too good not to share

Mark Roberts wrote: If you've never been to GFM and seen the Doug Mark show... here's the better half of it: http://youtu.be/jhz7LdS-mDE He moved pretty fast for a pervert. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Pentax Forums FAIL on Facebook

This ad appeared on Facebook this morning http://www.robertstech.com/temp/PentaxForumsFAIL.jpg Yes, that's a Nikon D800 in the photo. Way to go, Pentax Forums! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: PDML Photo Annual

By the way, we've had some really top-notch stuff submitted already. Things are looking good for volume 5! -- 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 sighting in BH promotional video

kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Most of the time the correct comparison to make is between the stability of *no tripod at all* and that of a tripod with the center column extended. Agreed Yes, keeping the center column retracted is a better option, Agreed but if it's not possible or practical

The origins of art criticism

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Re: PESO shadows of blues

knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: (Back in the early days of eBay before it was taken over by big retail establishments and lots of camera stuff was being sold by people who didn't know cameras I always laughed when someone posted a marco lens for sale...) To be truly eBay-speak it would have

Re: GESO: Visitor portraits

Bob Sullivan wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1041381 We hosted some visitors last week. You know the young lady from her pictures, and may recognize her dad, Boris of the pdml. All taken at ISO 1600 on the K-5 with the DA55/1.4, wide open to f2.5. I borrowed the window light

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

Peter Jordan wrote: OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds had just been. That's 33 rolls of film which at say $10 for film plus DP would have been a good chunk of change. It occurred to me recently that a lot of people could use memory cards just once -

Re: OT: Large Format photographer at Olympics

Darren Addy wrote: I got a kick out of this: http://www.petapixel.com/2012/08/07/large-format-sports-photographer-seen-at-olympic-gymnastics/ The photographer's site: http://www.davidburnett.com/ David Burnett has been doing this kind of photography, and doing it well, for many years. I think

Film flashback

... as in I used some at GFM this year: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc03307.jpg -- 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: Do sRGB and adobe RGB make any difference in raw files?

Larry Colen wrote: For an event that I'm shooting, it was just specified we shoot in raw and, adobe RGB. My understanding was that sRGB and adobe RGB only came into play in converting to JPEG, that RAW was just the raw data off the sensor. Am I more confused than usual? Nope. You're quite

Re: 2012 Photo Annual - Mark

Mark Roberts wrote: Jack Davis wrote: Mark, Do you have an estimated posting date for the 2012 annual preview? If the tracking information from FedEx is correct... later today! Tracking web site just updated: No joy till tomorrow :( -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-3 @ Sept Photokina?

Matthew Hunt wrote: On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: More from the rumour mill: K-3 FF @ September Photokina: the world’s most compact full frame. http://www.petapixel.com/2012/06/18/pentax-to-announce-the-k3-full-frame-dslr-at-photokina/ I like

Same stream, different photo

Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather than vertical. And it's cropped from a single shot rather than stitched from several. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc02602-Shanty-Branch-Panorama.jpg

Re: Same stream, different photo

Ann Sanfedele wrote: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc02602-Shanty-Branch-Panorama.jpg Greenery really lush this year - lovely shot get any lady slippers? :-) No Lady Slippers and very few wildflowers of any kind. The early spring they had this year meant that most of the flowers were gone

Packed and ready

I've got all my camping and photography gear packed up and ready to go to GFM. Planning on departing in the wee hours tomorrow morning. I'll be stopping in Durham, NC to see some friends and heading to the mountain on Thursday. Perhaps some reports will make it to the List during the weekend.

Re: Rumor of a new intro Pentax Body

Miserere wrote: Let me tell you a story, my friend. Last Sunday I ran into a chap carrying a Nikon D800E. We chatted a bit, I gave him my photography card, and I asked him why he bought the D800E, because my blog partner, who shoots weddings with a D700, was annoyed that the new Nikon had so many

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

Doug Franklin wrote: When you're shooting action, especially outdoors, you're going to take one in the forehead every so often, no matter what your technique. Wisdom! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Any Boston PDML up for a trip to Hunt's on Friday?

Miserere wrote: On 5 May 2012 20:36, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Pentax is doing some kind of promo thing at Hunt's camera on Friday (11:00 am according to their Facebook announcement). They say they'll have the Optio WG-2 and the K-01 on hand. This is apparently taking

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

Larry Colen wrote: One thing that I don't understand is how a handheld light meter would work significantly better with digital than taking a photo and looking at the histogram. Or, for that matter, if it's an important shot, why not just bracket. Drop $100 on a light meter, and that will

PDML Photo Annual - latest update

On Tuesday I was invited to a meeting of the Global Health Initiative (that's the name they have adopted) group at Dana-Farber. About a dozen people were in attendance, almost all of whom had heard of the PDML book fundraising effort(!) As it's a really new program we're the only donor group

Re: My apologies in advance

Larry Colen wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7000810410/in/set-72157629610409960/ At least you didn't wish us Happy Star Wars Day on Friday. -- 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: PDML Photo Annual Update

David J Brooks wrote: On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks, Mark.  With the proliferation of tablets and e-readers I like to promote the electronic version, especially since it results in a larger research donation. I am going to assume this will

PDML Photo Annual Update

Sorry for the delay... We are of course running late but the Annual is nearing completion. This semester has been absolutely mad for me, with a lot of material preparation for the new course I've been teaching. But things are coming together I've got all the images formatted and paired up and the

Re: Ned Bunnell blogs the K-01

David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: He lost me at the assertion one of those cameras that turns any user- even the most basic user-into a professional photographer. Bullshit! Equipment don't make you a photographer. Really? Try being a

Re: OT: More EVIL behavior from Google

John, get the NoScript add-on for Firefox and don't let Google run JavaScript. It'll work just the way you want. -- 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

PESO: Cotty and Kitty

Warning: Cat photo http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc01535.jpg The man and his dear, now-departed cat Duki. From our visit to chez Cotty last month. -- 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: Kodak Preparing for Bankruptcy?

Morris Galloway wrote: Several U.S. News organizations are reporting Kodak is preparing for Bankruptcy proceedings. Hope this hasn't been discussed already -- a little tardy in keeping up with PDML. I read about it a little earlier today but I don't think it's hit the PDML yet.

Re: PPG

Daniel J. Matyola wrote: It is said that a good photographer can find art or beauty in the most mundane of objects. There is a Pentax photographer who seems determined to prove that point. He or she has posted an image to the PPG entitled Dog Shit, and yes, the image depicts exactly what the

Re: Digital for Newscoverage - BBC Article

Tom Rittenhouse wrote: If editor's still demand lots of shots to chose from, as most do, the whole argument is moot. Besides those slide photographers throw out more slides than they keep. Then there is the question of accessablity, do photos stored in a box in my attic add anything to the

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