Re: Attention Morris Galloway

2014-07-28 Thread Zos Xavius
In case you get no response: morris-gallo...@sbcglobal.net On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: Morris, would you please email me offlist... thanks bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Attention Morris Galloway

2014-07-28 Thread Zos Xavius
just a quick search in gmail. i love gmail. On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 28/07/2014 4:05 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: In case you get no response: Thank you. bill -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: August PUG Count Down

2014-07-26 Thread Zos Xavius
Done. On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: G'day all 2 submissions so far. Theme: Decrepit Nominal closing date for submissions: 31 July, but it will probably go a few days beyond that, as usual. Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/

Re: OT - And didn't like how photographers were treated?

2014-07-24 Thread Zos Xavius
The attendant overreacted, but the guy in question has serious entitlement issues and is way out of line IMO. He wanted a free lunch and got upset when he didn't get his way. Well boo hoo. Next time pony up the cash for all A tickets. Why should he get special privileges or treatment? And then to

Re: Follow up

2014-07-19 Thread Zos Xavius
Such a tragic and ugly quagmire. It seems the resistance is asking for the release of prisoners rounded up in the last few weeks, the opening of the gaza strip, and the use of the port in Gaza City so fuel and goods can be brought back into the area. The unification of the two states makes the

Re: OT: In case you had no yet heard

2014-07-17 Thread Zos Xavius
Lots of action over there right now. Reports say a ground to air missile. Also the russians have shot down a ukrainian su-25. On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Passenger airliner shot down in Ukraine. Pray for the families. Pray that we hear

Re: New Pentax bridge camera: XG-1

2014-07-15 Thread Zos Xavius
The cat is staying in the bag on this one it seems. I guess we'll all have to wait till photokina. On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 8:35 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com:

Re: Another pentax for sale

2014-07-14 Thread Zos Xavius
looks like a real pain in the ass to use. On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 7:41 AM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: http://cnj.craigslist.org/hab/4565128033.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Another pentax for sale

2014-07-14 Thread Zos Xavius
. On 7/14/2014 10:17 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: But there is light at the end of the tunnel. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 8:05 AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: looks like a real pain in the ass to use. On Mon, Jul 14, 2014

Re: Another pentax for sale

2014-07-14 Thread Zos Xavius
I must admit. These jokes are pretty crappy. On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 10:51 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Ho HO! This one just never gets old. Oh wait. Yes it does. On Mon, Jul 14, 2014 at 9:37 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I thought its destination was Uranus

Re: What seems like a stupid K-5 behavior.

2014-07-13 Thread Zos Xavius
the k-5 IIs I have here does the same exact thing. if you turn on the 2s timer, the input for focal length goes away. it will prompt you when you turn on the camera still, but not record it. if you dive into the menu, you see the input option is greyed out. also if you turn off SR entirely, it

Re: Today morning, just recently

2014-07-13 Thread Zos Xavius
That's funny because I was looking for you on facebook the other day Boris. I also completely forget that you live in Tel Aviv. You have more friends than you might think. Glad you are still ok. On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Boris, We think of you

Re: What seems like a stupid K-5 behavior.

2014-07-13 Thread Zos Xavius
It stores a value. If you turn off SR and turn the camera off and then turn it back on, it does not prompt you for FL. If you go into the menu where you can manually dial in the value, you will see it is greyed out. If you turn on SR again, it will be a valid menu option once again that you can

Re: K5 II vs K5 IIs vs K5 vs K3

2014-07-12 Thread Zos Xavius
The high ISO is better on the K-5 IIs IMO. Jpegs out of the camera are decidedly cleaner. I don't regret my decision one bit at all. On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: I just bought a K5IIs to replace my remaining K5 as the second camera in my kit, it's

Re: The K3 does what?

2014-07-11 Thread Zos Xavius
Its basically an unsharp mask applied to jpeg. Pentax forums writes about it and shows that you still get better results with raw. On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Lateral chromatic aberration correction? What an awesome feature -- takes care of

Re: K5 II vs K5 IIs (vs K5)

2014-07-11 Thread Zos Xavius
1. Noticeable, much better IMO 2. Not really, except for buildings sometimes 3. Vastly improved AF is the chief thing On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:53 AM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: Im considering selling one of my lenses and buying a K5 II or IIs with the funds but I am undecided

Re: K5 II vs K5 IIs (vs K5) VS K3

2014-07-11 Thread Zos Xavius
The K-5 II is discontinued, so prices are rising now. The K-5 IIs is not discontinued officially yet. A few months ago, prices on the K-5 II were much better. Some people want the AA filter because they have concerns about moire. Those people are silly IMO. On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 3:31 PM, J.C.

Re: K5 II vs K5 IIs (vs K5) VS K3

2014-07-11 Thread Zos Xavius
Like my opinion matters anyways. ;) On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Bryan Jacoby bryan.jac...@gmail.com wrote: I am silly IYO. -- 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: The Luminous Landscape previews 645Z

2014-07-07 Thread Zos Xavius
LL clearly didn't want to give this camera a favorable review and yet kind of had to because there is so little to fault about the camera. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 11:25 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: In which after deciding it's pretty good, the author says since I don't

Re: The Luminous Landscape previews 645Z

2014-07-07 Thread Zos Xavius
Bitching about the green button and auto iso? Really? Seems like they had to find things to nitpick. You can set the green button to toggle auto iso, but I guess they didn't realize that. The interface is pretty damned customizable. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net

Re: The Luminous Landscape previews 645Z

2014-07-07 Thread Zos Xavius
From what I've heard the 6x7 lenses were superb and supposedly better than the zeiss lenses hassy used on the V series and also better than the 645 lenses. I don't know how true that exactly is, but I've heard it repeated from various people that shot MF with pentax bodies. If you factor 3-4

Re: 6x7 Shutter Button

2014-07-07 Thread Zos Xavius
I guess using a cable isn't an option since it screws into the shutter release. Bummer. If it makes you feel any better I now can't seem to find my SD card full of detroit pictures. Tempted to punch some walls, but then I'd just have to fix them later. Meh. On Mon, Jul 7, 2014 at 6:20 PM, Mark

Re: OT - Fireworks filmed with a drone

2014-07-06 Thread Zos Xavius
/5/2014 10:38 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: I'm surprised the explosion shock waves and ejecting burning material don't interfere with flight more to be honest. Some of the blasts are quite close. The paradigm shift has already happened. The problem now, at least in the United States, is, will drones

Re: K-r gets hot

2014-07-06 Thread Zos Xavius
Batteries get damaged and bad things happen. I recently dropped a battery on some gravel and after charging it up was a little freaked out when my K-5 IIs started mirror flopping all over the place. After I finally calmed down, I realized that the battery was overcharged as switching to a nearly

Re: OT - Fireworks filmed with a drone

2014-07-05 Thread Zos Xavius
I'm surprised the explosion shock waves and ejecting burning material don't interfere with flight more to be honest. Some of the blasts are quite close. The paradigm shift has already happened. The problem now, at least in the United States, is, will drones become totally illegal for civilians to

Re: 6x7 Shutter Button

2014-07-05 Thread Zos Xavius
There's likely a good chance eric or someone else has a parts camera that has the pieces you need. You could send him an e-mail with what happened. Another idea, buy a nonworking 6x7 and get the parts you need yourself. This might not be much more than the cost of sending it to someone to fix.

Re: 6x7 Shutter Button

2014-07-05 Thread Zos Xavius
I want a 6x7 MLU. :) On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Mark, I'd send Eric a note. I expect old 6x7's are stacking up somewhere, and he can salvage parts from somewhere. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 9:51 AM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net

Re: 6x7 Shutter Button

2014-07-05 Thread Zos Xavius
/07/2014 9:36 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: I want a 6x7 MLU. :) If you want mine, as much as it pains me, my kit is going pretty cheap. bill -- 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: 6x7 Shutter Button

2014-07-05 Thread Zos Xavius
Actually, calling KEH and asking nicely might not be a bad idea either. They have a service department. They might pity you enough to just send you the parts you need. On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 3:13 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jul 5, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Bob Sullivan

Re: Pentaxian group on FB

2014-07-03 Thread Zos Xavius
Well seeing as how facebook and google are mortal enemies and won't share information, no. On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 7:36 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: On 7/1/2014 5:10 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: I wasn't going to post this here since initially I'm not really trying to create competition

Re: Blue KX

2014-07-02 Thread Zos Xavius
I find it delightful and fun. I would totally own a blue KX. On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 10:26 AM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: https://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/14371715008/ I wouldn't own it. Would you? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Pentaxian group on FB

2014-07-01 Thread Zos Xavius
I wasn't going to post this here since initially I'm not really trying to create competition for PDML, but I guess this is ok to announce here. A few of the PDML gang are members already anyways. I created a group a while ago to consolidate the FB pentaxians into one group since having a group for

Re: Pentaxian group on FB

2014-07-01 Thread Zos Xavius
photography and sharing pictures is always nice no matter where you are. On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 6:17 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com: I wasn't going to post this here since initially I'm not really trying to create competition for PDML, but I guess

Re: Suggestions for places to photograph in Northern CA, Oregon and Washington.

2014-06-25 Thread Zos Xavius
I've driven through there. There are some really great waterfalls in oregon near the california border. Also if you haven't taken the drive, you really must see Crater Lake if you have time. really that whole area and drive is just scenic no matter where you go. All I can say is have fun. On Wed,

Re: Just Sayin . . .

2014-06-21 Thread Zos Xavius
I'm horrible at leaving compositions loose. Editors would despise me. I like to compose right up to the edges of the frame, which is why I love the 100% coverage on the pentax viewfinders. I rarely ever crop unless it is to tighten up my comp or remove something distracting along and edge I

Re: Just Sayin . . .

2014-06-21 Thread Zos Xavius
Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Zos Xavius wrote: I'm horrible at leaving compositions loose. Editors would despise me. Not at all! An editor can always crop an image that's too loose. An image that's too tight can't be fixed. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia

Re: OT: Recovering Olympus OM-D RAW files from corrupt card

2014-06-19 Thread Zos Xavius
Recuva is worth a shot. It has helped me a few times. I don't think there is a mac version if you are on that side of the fence though. There are a few others that I found. One worked where the others would not, let me look at my installed list. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was puran file recovery

Re: Now why didn't I think of this?

2014-06-18 Thread Zos Xavius
Yeah, the ZX/MZ series supports IR on all cameras IIRC. My ZX-7 surely has an IR sensor. It also has a weird connector for a wired remote that pentax made back in the 90s. I doubt the optio would support a remote though. BTW, John, if you have a whole bag full of Remote Fs, want to sell me a

Re: Now why didn't I think of this?

2014-06-16 Thread Zos Xavius
Holy crap! $85! What am I possibly waiting for?! BID! BID! On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Paul Ewins paulew...@optusnet.com.au: I think it is more comic (book) than novel. That was my impression. Not surprisingly, the idea hasn't

Re: Now why didn't I think of this?

2014-06-16 Thread Zos Xavius
! I think the seller is serious! On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 9:12 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Holy crap! $85! What am I possibly waiting for?! BID! BID! On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 7:53 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Paul Ewins paulew...@optusnet.com.au: I

Re: Anyone experience DA* 16-50/2.8 not stopping down for shutter?

2014-06-14 Thread Zos Xavius
Doesn't the aperture lever toggle the aperture on the 16-50 like all pentax lenses? Does it feel stiff? Is it bent at all? On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I think I know the answer to this, but what the hell. I'm testing a lighting setup today. K-3

Re: Anyone experience DA* 16-50/2.8 not stopping down for shutter?

2014-06-14 Thread Zos Xavius
It sounds like you are getting bad contacts or that the EEPROM on the lens might be not registering correctly if its only happening at wide focal lengths. -- 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: Anyone experience DA* 16-50/2.8 not stopping down for shutter?

2014-06-14 Thread Zos Xavius
Yeah, sorry about your troubles Bruce. I don't really understand how the camera electrically controls aperture with A lenses onwards, but triggering the aperture itself is still all mechanical. I had a feeling that it might be something bad in the movement of the lever. If you are getting correct

Re: Anyone experience DA* 16-50/2.8 not stopping down for shutter?

2014-06-14 Thread Zos Xavius
Just shoot everything wide open. Embrace the softness. ;) On Sat, Jun 14, 2014 at 6:41 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, sorry about your troubles Bruce. I don't really understand how the camera electrically controls aperture with A lenses onwards, but triggering the aperture

Re: DA* 16-50 vs DA Ltd 20-40? You decide guys

2014-06-13 Thread Zos Xavius
I finally bought myself a 17-70 and I think its superb. If you can forgo the f2.8 I think its totally the way to go. It has some caveats, but nothing really deal breaking for me. Its also far sharper wide open (f4 of course) compared to the 16-50. The extra 20mm or reach is extremely handy for

Re: Salem witches low key rendering

2014-06-13 Thread Zos Xavius
Way too dark. Look at the histogram and bring the white point down. On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:54 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: I can barely make out that they're supposed to be hanging from a tree. I can see other figures in the background, but it's not clear whether they are also

Re: FA 250-600

2014-06-02 Thread Zos Xavius
in Atlanta of all places. Univision is a fairly large corporation catering to Hispanic culture in the US and is fairly legit. On 4/24/2014 5:44 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: A legendary lens at 1/3 of the market value listed on a completely unknown site with little in the way of contact information

Re: Samyang 10mm lens in Pentax K mount

2014-05-31 Thread Zos Xavius
From what I can tell the samyang has better resolution than the sigma. Its also sharper edge to edge. It looks like one hell of a lens. On Sat, May 31, 2014 at 10:56 PM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Igor, while an f2.8 lens is certainly welcome, I for one would prefer the Sigma

Re: FS Fryday

2014-05-30 Thread Zos Xavius
Which FA28-105 is that? There are 3 versions. On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: Since I got the 18-135 I don't need these. FA28-105 A nice all-around lens. $60 shipped (US). Tamron 24/2.5 with A adapter Again, a nice lens in great

Re: Lens purchase advice

2014-05-23 Thread Zos Xavius
I've found 28mm to be the most useful on aps-c. It yields an equivalent of 42mm. Its wider than a 35 for sure, but just slightly tighter than 24mm. I find it much, much more useful than the classic 50mm and can see why pentax made so many lenses around the 40mm mark. Of course Pentax doesn't make

Re: Lens purchase advice

2014-05-23 Thread Zos Xavius
not long ago. On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:52 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 4:02 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I've found 28mm to be the most useful on aps-c. It yields an equivalent of 42mm. Its wider than a 35 for sure, but just slightly tighter than 24mm

Re: When does the Amazon royalty bill come?

2014-05-09 Thread Zos Xavius
If you read the patent, they are covering something very specific down to specific camera settings. If they really wanted to sue people it wouldn't stand up in court anyways. There are numerous examples of prior art here. On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 4:48 PM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote:

Re: da18-135

2014-05-05 Thread Zos Xavius
new? That's a good price. I'll check back in 2 days. On Mon, May 5, 2014 at 3:21 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: If anyone is interested there is one available locally at a store for around $200. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Strange K-5II issue (Longish).

2014-05-03 Thread Zos Xavius
I rarely use P, but I'm pretty sure I was playing with it the other day on my K-5 IIs (which I just bought this week! woohoo!). Lemme check Mine is working as it should and I have my dials configured exactly like yours. Play with it some more. Do the dials work in other modes? I would

Re: OT: While looking for more actual information on the 645Z...

2014-05-03 Thread Zos Xavius
Truth! LOL! From what I've seen the on sensor PDAF implementation compliment contrast detection more than anything and are still not on the same playing field as a dedicated PDAF block. Of course, these things will only improve with time and the writing is certainly on the wall. Why design a

Re: Want your lightroom library to zip right along?

2014-05-01 Thread Zos Xavius
You buying? ;) On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 6:04 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Get yourself a 4TB SSD http://www.tomsitpro.com/articles/sandisk-4-tb-optimus-ssd-lightning,1-1925.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: OT: While looking for more actual information on the 645Z...

2014-05-01 Thread Zos Xavius
This was probably in the works for some time. I don't honestly know if this means that sony will still continue SLT. The successor to the A99 will likely prove those rumors false or true. Clearly there are still benefits (PDAF) to having a mirror. Its interesting because the press is talking about

Re: White balance

2014-04-26 Thread Zos Xavius
Yeah, a grey card isn't the best solution ever, but it sure beats hoping that the white shirt you are trying to get a WB reading off of is really a good white and won't color cast the picture itself. In desperation it works better than nothing, but a grey card will at least give you a mostly

Re: White balance

2014-04-26 Thread Zos Xavius
AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, a grey card isn't the best solution ever, but it sure beats hoping that the white shirt you are trying to get a WB reading off of is really a good white and won't color cast the picture itself. In desperation it works better than nothing

Re: New Lytro

2014-04-26 Thread Zos Xavius
Was the original even fashionable with hipsters? I usually see them out with holgas, polaroids, and what not. Anything that takes film for the most part. If you ask me this camera is a $1600 4mp toy. On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 8:08 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Hipsters

Re: Well, this is annoyi8ng.

2014-04-25 Thread Zos Xavius
The bayonet rings of lenses are generally metal so the contacts on the camera's bayonet ring are designed to short out anyways. There really should be no harm in changing lenses with the camera powered on. If anything its useful to power cycle on manual lenses so you can update the focal length,

Re: White balance

2014-04-25 Thread Zos Xavius
A gray card is your friend here. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: On Apr 25, 2014, at 7:53 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: what' said Damn spellcheck! Screws up perfectly normal hyphenation a every time. Needless to say, shoulda been what's

Re: OT: The Luminous Landscape succeeds in pissing me off.

2014-04-24 Thread Zos Xavius
Is LL even relevant anymore? Serious question here. On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:05 AM, Bob W-PDML p...@web-options.com wrote: On 24 Apr 2014, at 01:55, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: OK so I'd be the last one to begrudge someone trying to make a buck. But, I've just about had

Re: FA 250-600

2014-04-24 Thread Zos Xavius
A legendary lens at 1/3 of the market value listed on a completely unknown site with little in the way of contact information? Yep. Totally legit! On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 12:27 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: I replied to Milwaukee ad, but no money will change hands until I see

Re: OT: The Luminous Landscape succeeds in pissing me off.

2014-04-24 Thread Zos Xavius
...@gmail.com wrote: They get a fair amount of web traffic, but I find it kind of interesting that a website originally dedicated to landscape photography, with medium format and large format cameras, has become a 90% mirrorless compact site, seems amazing really. On 4/24/2014 11:49 AM, Zos Xavius

Re: K-3 moire

2014-04-20 Thread Zos Xavius
http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/172-pentax-k-3/241457-blind-test-k-3-vs-k-5-iis.html This one caught my interest. The first file is the k-3 and the 2nd is the K-5 IIs. The K-3 is showing more color moire, but it could also be due to the differences in focusing because the two shots are clearly

Re: K-3 moire

2014-04-19 Thread Zos Xavius
From the pixel peeping I did, the K-3 seems to pick up more moire because it is resolving more. On the flip side, it is resolving significantly more than the K-5 IIs. Also the moire is less pronounced because it is smaller. What I did see was relatively minor and would have to printed very large

Re: K10d resale value

2014-04-19 Thread Zos Xavius
I wouldn't spend more than $150-175. Used K-7's are roughly $250 right now. If its pretty minty, you might get a bit more, but I wouldn't expect much. On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 11:38 AM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Check the prices at KEH, the have a K10D in Bargain condition for

Re: K-3 moire

2014-04-18 Thread Zos Xavius
I'm actually considering a K-5 IIs right now and that's a real concern. The sharpness differences and fine detail differences between the k-5 II and IIs are undeniable though. I looked through a whole lot of real world, outdoors pictures and couldn't find much moire. I mean its there if you really

Re: K-3 moire

2014-04-18 Thread Zos Xavius
, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I'm actually considering a K-5 IIs right now and that's a real concern. The sharpness differences and fine detail differences between the k-5 II and IIs are undeniable though. I looked through a whole lot of real world, outdoors pictures

Re: K-3 moire

2014-04-18 Thread Zos Xavius
SoI downloaded the k-5 IIs shot of the studio scene from dpreview. Opened the raw in lightroom and tried the moire tool. Total non issue. I think I'm getting a K-5 IIs. Thanks everyone. On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:10 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 6:32

Re: Because inquiring minds want to know (more on the 1.4x)

2014-03-27 Thread Zos Xavius
A good lens to test with this TC if someone has it would be the 50-200 since it is on the slow side. At 200mm, it would be a bit over f6.3 combined? It also is a lens that tends to hunt and struggles sometimes to find the correct end to focus on. I imagine it would be really slow. The optical

Re: DST and O-GPS

2014-03-11 Thread Zos Xavius
In lightroom you can select a series of pictures and assign a time to start and it will offset every subsequent picture. I had a recent shoot where I forgot to synch the cameras and was happy to discover how to do this. You select the pictures and then go to the menu and there is an option to

Re: K-3 wonkiness

2014-03-09 Thread Zos Xavius
Stan? you ever get to the bottom of this? On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:34 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: On 4/3/14, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: Cameras always know when you are far from home, and do something to mess with your head. It might be worthwhile to sit down with

Re: Firmware updates for 1.4x TC (many models)

2014-03-09 Thread Zos Xavius
well, ordinary TCs worked on those cameras before. I wouldn't be surprised if this one worked just fine. the firmware updates probably just update any software corrections the camera makes. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:11 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Sniff. On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at

Re: K-3 wonkiness

2014-03-05 Thread Zos Xavius
is cross processing on? it looks cross processed. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Follow-up: I went ahead and used both cameras today. Same strange color balance in the camera A jpg's. To better explain what I am talking about, here is a screen

Re: K-3 wonkiness

2014-03-05 Thread Zos Xavius
The raws are identical?? Something seems like its different in your firmware. Something you are missing? Custom WB set by accident? Even on AWB you can shift it. these colors look hue shifted. Before you send it back, I would reset the firmware on both cameras just to be sure. I'm pretty sure you

Re: K-3 wonkiness

2014-03-05 Thread Zos Xavius
also, pretty sure green mode on the dial disables all customization except the color profile used. both cameras with the same color mode should look identical in green mode with no filters set. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 5:45 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: The raws are identical

Re: K-3 wonkiness

2014-03-05 Thread Zos Xavius
Another idea: set both cameras to jpeg and look at the exif for any differences. I'm pretty sure most major camera settings are in the exif including color profile set, etc. On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 5:47 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: also, pretty sure green mode on the dial disables

Re: I learned something about my scanner today

2014-02-25 Thread Zos Xavius
I use vuescan. Once you create a workflow and calibrate colors properly things are easy. That you can scan into a DNG is very, very useful indeed. You can shoot a 25 color target with film, scan it, and then create a profile around that. It won't be the most accurate profile ever, but it will

Re: I learned something about my scanner today

2014-02-25 Thread Zos Xavius
, but certainly more time consuming. On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote: I use vuescan. Once you create a workflow and calibrate colors properly things are easy. That you can scan into a DNG is very, very useful indeed. You can shoot a 25 color target with film

Re: I learned something about my scanner today

2014-02-25 Thread Zos Xavius
of the scanner. I with I had a real it8 target on hand. On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 8:09 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2014-02-25 17:35 Zos Xavius wrote There's not much I wish it would do other than ICE. ICE is probably the reason I still use the epson software when it comes to film

Re: I learned something about my scanner today

2014-02-24 Thread Zos Xavius
vue scan excellent, but might not be worth the money depending on how old the scanner is. my advice: scan to tiff at 16-bit if possible and turn off all auto correction and create actions in photoshop that would apply whatever adjustments you need. you could also run the tiffs through lightroom

Re: Look, the price has dropped!

2014-02-15 Thread Zos Xavius
Ugh that's gaudy. Didn't the LX gold also have a fancy box and some paperwork? This doesn't look all that complete, but I could be wrong. On Sat, Feb 15, 2014 at 8:57 AM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote:

Re: When did equipment get so cheap?

2014-02-12 Thread Zos Xavius
sensors cost far less now than they once did. same with imaging processors. that's why so many companies are putting larger sensors in cameras now and looking more at full frame which sony blazed into new territories with. that they are making MF sensors now tells me that sensor production costs

Re: When did equipment get so cheap?

2014-02-12 Thread Zos Xavius
don't forget that aps-c was originally a cost saving compromise. I believe the original canon d30 was introduced at $3000, which was considered affordable compared to the really expensive kodak and aps-h offerings by canon. On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Zos Xavius zosxav...@gmail.com wrote

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

2014-02-08 Thread Zos Xavius
I think you are all talking out of your rear. On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 8, 2014, at 4:21 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: On 2/8/2014 2:51 PM, Bob W wrote: -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On

Re: K-100D vs K-30 -- Noise at high ISO?

2014-02-08 Thread Zos Xavius
Depending upon your needs you could easily use a K-30 to 6400 even 12800 if you weren't printing poster sized. I would use a k-30 comfortably to 3200 and could still make sizable prints from that. If its all going to web you could even use 12800 and it would look great. Same for 8x10s. I printed

Re: zx/mz question

2014-02-07 Thread Zos Xavius
I have a zx-7 with some velvia 100 in it. It has sat for a few months since it ran out of batteries. Thanks for reminding me to buy some and finish this roll out. Lately I've decided that shooting 35mm film doesn't make much sense when it doesn't cost a whole lot more to shoot medium format. On

No more Pentax Optio line

2014-02-05 Thread Zos Xavius
All ricoh nowtake from that what you willl... http://photorumors.com/2014/02/04/new-ricoh-wg-20-and-wg-4-compact-cameras-leaked-pentax-name-is-gone/#more-54296 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: No more Pentax Optio line

2014-02-05 Thread Zos Xavius
. Now that the advanced GXR seems to be discontinued I'm wondering when the Q series will be moved under the Ricoh banner, after all it's not an SLR. On 2/5/2014 9:49 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: All ricoh nowtake from that what you willl... http://photorumors.com/2014/02/04/new-ricoh-wg-20

Re: No more Pentax Optio line

2014-02-05 Thread Zos Xavius
: On Feb 5, 2014, at 10:38 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 05/02/2014 8:49 AM, Zos Xavius wrote: All ricoh nowtake from that what you willl... http://photorumors.com/2014/02/04/new-ricoh-wg-20-and-wg-4-compact-cameras-leaked-pentax-name-is-gone/#more-54296 It's what Ricoh

Re: OT: Problem with G5 PowerMac

2014-01-29 Thread Zos Xavius
It should start up with a bad battery. Your power supply is most like dead or the caps on the board have failed. On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 8:08 PM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I started up my old G5 to do some slide scanning today but it seems to be on the blink. At first I

Re: FS Friday: Vivitar Series One 70-210 f/2.8-4.0 (Version 3 - Komine)

2014-01-27 Thread Zos Xavius
Figured as much. Great price. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Zos Xavius wrote: Do you still have this? I really want a version 3 and this is a fair price. Oh, sorry. It's gone now. I should have mentioned that. -- Mark Roberts - Photography

Re: FS Friday: Vivitar Series One 70-210 f/2.8-4.0 (Version 3 - Komine)

2014-01-27 Thread Zos Xavius
AM, Zos Xavius wrote: Figured as much. Great price. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 9:33 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Zos Xavius wrote: Do you still have this? I really want a version 3 and this is a fair price. Oh, sorry. It's gone now. I should have mentioned

Re: FS Friday: Vivitar Series One 70-210 f/2.8-4.0 (Version 3 - Komine)

2014-01-26 Thread Zos Xavius
Do you still have this? I really want a version 3 and this is a fair price. On Sun, Jan 26, 2014 at 4:37 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: If you do a Google search on Mark Roberts Vivitar the first actual, (not advert.) result is this page...

Re: Goodbye Cameras

2014-01-07 Thread Zos Xavius
Thanks for adding some facts to the debate Bipin, and welcome back! I've been wondering where you disappeared to. Hope all is well. On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Bruce Sir, some aspheric lens elements are made by depositing optical plastic on the

Re: OT: How Cold is it in Canada?

2014-01-07 Thread Zos Xavius
-8F with wind chills in the -40s this morning in Pittsburgh. BRRR On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:51 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: I think it went down to around -30c here in Toronto last night. 60km/hr (around 40mph) winds made it feel colder than -40C. (-40C

Re: stitching photos

2014-01-06 Thread Zos Xavius
What I do is take each frame and process it individually with photoshop or photomatix to get the HDR and then take those HDR base files and have photoshop make the pano. On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no wrote: May have been AutoPano:

Another dpreview poll!

2014-01-04 Thread Zos Xavius
DPR is running another poll. The K-3 is trailing the EM1 by 10%. We can't have that, now can we? http://www.dpreview.com/news/2014/01/03/which-is-the-best-of-the-best-vote-for-your-product-of-the-year-readers-poll Rally the troops! ;) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

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