Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-11-09 Thread Rick Womer
Juan, Inspired by this discussion, I dug out my Pentax Optio, with a whopping 3.2 MP and a 1 1/2 in LCD for framing. I’ll have to try it out, just for grins. Hmmm… Will have to dig out my CF card reader too, if it still exists... Rick > On Apr 17, 2021, at 4:03 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: > >

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-11-08 Thread Darren Addy
Great video, as always, Juan. I love your images AND your analysis. Well done! Darren Addy Kearney, NE On Friday, April 16, 2021, Juan Buhler wrote: > I made a video about how I like cameras with small sensors. Featuring the > MX-1, Ricoh GR Digital IV and photos from the Q7 > >

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-11-08 Thread Darren Addy
If I may return to the subject of the subject line, there is another use for small sensors: “ But the Pentax Q (x) with their tiny sensors are at their Best for *Long Reach* Astro-Photography Why ? Simply because thousands of Deep

Re: food suggestions, trip notes, etc (was: re: Small sensors are better than you think)

2021-04-23 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Hallo! Back from Waukegan last night about 11pm. It was cold there the entire time I was…! I think the overnight temperature at least two of the days I was there was in the middle 20°F range, in mid-April… and it never rose over 48°F until the end of the last day. Rather different from here

Re: food suggestions, trip notes, etc (was: re: Small sensors are better than you think)

2021-04-23 Thread Bob Pdml
On 23 Apr 2021, at 16:49, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > [...] For traveling light, my "Invisible backpack" was awesome, Do they come in hi-viz camouflage? -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: food suggestions, trip notes, etc (was: re: Small sensors are better than you think)

2021-04-23 Thread Paul Sorenson
Glad you were able to make it to Hillerie's.  Good food served up by nice people. Will we see pix of your new Toy? RE:  Weather...I lived in the Phoenix area over a winter season and it always amused me to see the locals dressed in winter coats and gloves while I was happy in shorts and

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-21 Thread Larry Colen
> On Apr 21, 2021, at 12:48 AM, Toine wrote: > > And www.radioparadise.com > No talk and CD quality streaming. 4 different channels incl World Wild Bill was one of the original DGs on KPIG https://www.kpig.com/ I didn’t remember that he had also been on KFAT, but most of the original KPIG

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-21 Thread Toine
And www.radioparadise.com No talk and CD quality streaming. 4 different channels incl World On Tue, 20 Apr 2021 at 22:59, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 20.04.21 um 19:43 schrieb John: > > > MCM had some American rock 'n roll, a LOT of French rock 'n roll (and > > French hip-hop & French rap

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 20 April 2021 at 18:43 John wrote: > > > On 4/20/2021 02:50:33, mike wilson wrote: > > > >> On 19 April 2021 at 22:47 John wrote: > >> > >> > > > >> Mostly Jazz, Pop & Rock from the 40s through the "naughties" and about half > >> of it reflects of how American music filtered through

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-20 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 20.04.21 um 19:43 schrieb John: MCM had some American rock 'n roll, a LOT of French rock 'n roll (and French hip-hop & French rap music) and "French" rock 'n roll from Africa and Asia. You might want to try FIP, a music program by Radio France with next to no talk:

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-20 Thread John
On 4/20/2021 02:50:33, mike wilson wrote: On 19 April 2021 at 22:47 John wrote: Mostly Jazz, Pop & Rock from the 40s through the "naughties" and about half of it reflects of how American music filtered through Europe (particularly France) to their former colonies and came back to us as

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-20 Thread mike wilson
> On 19 April 2021 at 22:47 John wrote: > > > Mostly Jazz, Pop & Rock from the 40s through the "naughties" and about half > of > it reflects of how American music filtered through Europe (particularly > France) > to their former colonies and came back to us as World Music. That's an

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-19 Thread Paul Stenquist
I stream Amazon Music Premium via Bluetooth to Klipsch RF7-3 towers and a 15-inch subwoofer, driven by a Pioneer AVR. Last I checked Amazon had the highest resolution files available for streaming. A wide range of musical styles and countless selections are offered. Paul > On Apr 19, 2021,

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-19 Thread John
The thing about YouTube for music is it has exposed me to such a wide range of musical styles & genres that I would not have otherwise encountered. When I run across a "keeper" I play it into a program called Audacity and save it as an MP3 file. My car radio has an input where I can connect a

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks for the food suggestions … I've got the names and addresses of the restaurants in my iPhone now. Uno, Due, Maggiano's, Hillery's Bar-B-Q .. Mmmm. I'm hungry now. I am not sure how much free time I'll have, but we'll see what happens. I have business to deal with on Tuesday and

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-18 Thread ann sanfedele
My tv has tons of music with no ads at all... twenty or thirty categories..  but after seeing FIsherman's Friends I sought out clips on youtube.. I just don't want to hear cutsey-pie background music when I take a road trip or watch an animal news clip or narration when soemthing doesn't need

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-18 Thread Juan Buhler
On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 1:00 PM John wrote: > YouTube has become my primary source for music on demand. Same here, works great with adblock. I find Youtube unusable without it. It's your bandwidth, you decide if you want to download ads or not. j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.juanbuhler.com

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-18 Thread John
YouTube has become my primary source for music on demand. On 4/16/2021 17:56:00, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 16.04.21 um 22:47 schrieb ann sanfedele: I left the sound off and enjoyed. Glad to learn that I'm not the only one to watch videos without the sound. :-) Ralf -- -- Science -

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
I'll vote for the tihin crust, too, but if it's deep dish you want, Maggiano's is pretty decent. On 4/18/2021 7:29 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Unos and Duos ain’t what they used to be. They were sold, franchised and pretty much destroyed. Last time I was at Unos it was very ordinary. In any case

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
If you're in the Waukegan area and have a taste for ribs, check out Hillery's Bar-B-Q - no indoor dining - take-out and patio only, but the ribs are great. -p On 4/17/2021 7:02 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Thank you, Ann! Is that the Pizzeria Uno on E Ohio Street in downtown Chicago? There

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-18 Thread ann sanfedele
I didn't know about the sale.. :-( It was still tasty in 2010 when I dragged a couple of motly Pdml'ers there .. we went to Due.  I agree totally about your Waukegan comment.. I ate thin crust on the far north side in high school... can't remember the place I want to say Gino's.. DIdn't even

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-18 Thread Paul Stenquist
Unos and Duos ain’t what they used to be. They were sold, franchised and pretty much destroyed. Last time I was at Unos it was very ordinary. In any case derp dish pizza was pretty much a Johnny come lately in Chicago. The real pizza of Chicago’s Italian immigrants is thin crust, decadent and

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-18 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Ann, I've only been in Chicago a couple of times and very briefly at that … Never had any time to learn the city. I'm not actually going to be in Chicago much on this trip either: I'll spend most of my time a bit up-state in Waukegan. It's mostly a pass-through Chicago on the way from and

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thank you, Ann! Is that the Pizzeria Uno on E Ohio Street in downtown Chicago? There might be time to make a stop there… :D I don't know exactly how much of my time there will be taken up by business, most of the time I'll be up in Waukegan area. But if there's time, and dinner calls, a bit

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread ann sanfedele
 You won't be passing through Chicago to and from the airport .. .  Wauegan is one of our burbs.. and 2 miles north is the town of Zion where I was staying  when the 2010 PDML exhibit was on... at my oldest friend's daughter's home was and where friend spent her last years of life.. the banner

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thank you, Juan! I appreciate the compliment! :) The lure in all technical subjects for technically minded folks is to concentrate on the technology, whether or not the results have a positive impact on the results of the endeavor or not. I do my best to avoid the 'constant search for perfect,

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The Moment camera app allows you to save captures as DNG raw files. It works well, but there are some circumstances when the Apple Camera app does a better job due to combining captures from multiple cameras and outputting an .HEIF file. I use both camera apps with the iPhone 11 Pro and have

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread ann sanfedele
Yes!  .. but don't call it's location "downtown"  there is no"downtown" in Chicago in the sense you mean .. in Chi town it is "the Loop"  so called because part of the elevated section of the subway system makes that shape .. Uno's has a sister location nearby which is a bit larger and

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
>> wrote: >>>> >>>> -- Original Message -- >>>> From: "Juan Buhler" >>>> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >>>> Sent: 17/04/21 2:27:32 >>>> Subject: Small sensors are better than you think &g

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Bill
On Sat., Apr. 17, 2021, 2:04 p.m. Juan Buhler, wrote: > On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 6:57 AM Paul Stenquist > wrote: > > > And of course we have phones with 11 megapixel sensors, shake reduction, > > RAW capability, panorama and portrait modes and more. They’re making > small > > cameras obsolete. >

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread ann sanfedele
I read "headed off to Chicago" and all I could think of was to tell you to go to the original Pizzaria Uno for me. :-) .. I forgot to look at the photo! which I love and think I've seen before...  I came back "here" after reading Juan's post and his comment on the photo ann On 4/17/2021

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Juan Buhler
On Sat, Apr 17, 2021 at 6:57 AM Paul Stenquist wrote: > And of course we have phones with 11 megapixel sensors, shake reduction, > RAW capability, panorama and portrait modes and more. They’re making small > cameras obsolete. > I'd say they all but killed them already. The one leftover reason

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread lrc
- Original Message -- >> > From: "Juan Buhler" >> > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" >> > Sent: 17/04/21 2:27:32 >> > Subject: Small sensors are better than you think >> > >> >> I made a video about how I like camer

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Juan Buhler
Thanks Godfrey! Great photo! I think there's something really annoying with the constant search for perfect, noise-free images. I get it, cameras nowadays can resolve every photon in a scene without noise at all. Boring. Art is a play between lost and found, between what you show and what you

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Olga
essage -- > > From: "Juan Buhler" > > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > > Sent: 17/04/21 2:27:32 > > Subject: Small sensors are better than you think > > > >> I made a video about how I like cameras with small sensors. Featuring > t

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Nicely done, Juan! Beautiful photos, as always, too! :D I have many, many photos made with small sensor cameras. When I shoot with them, I think of shooting with my Minox 8x11 film cameras: so much DoF that you don't think about it, the lens is always wide open at f/3.5 (or f/5.6 in the case

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Paul Stenquist
"Juan Buhler" > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Sent: 17/04/21 2:27:32 > Subject: Small sensors are better than you think > >> I made a video about how I like cameras with small sensors. Featuring the >> MX-1, Ricoh GR Digital IV and photos from t

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Pete McIntosh
-- Original Message -- From: "Juan Buhler" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: 17/04/21 2:27:32 Subject: Small sensors are better than you think I made a video about how I like cameras with small sensors. Featuring the MX-1, Ricoh GR Digital IV and photo

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-17 Thread Boris Liberman
Juan, you are a very good photographer... Enjoyed the pictures and the commentary of your video. Boris On Fri, Apr 16, 2021, 19:27 Juan Buhler wrote: > I made a video about how I like cameras with small sensors. Featuring the > MX-1, Ricoh GR Digital IV and photos from the Q7 > >

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-16 Thread Juan Buhler
On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 1:47 PM ann sanfedele wrote: > I almost didn't look because it was (a) a video - that implied tech > talk and (b) because I didn't know it was going to be your wonderful > photography. > then I read comments by fellow PDML'ers and the lightbulb wen on over > my head.

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-16 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 16.04.21 um 22:47 schrieb ann sanfedele: I left the sound off and enjoyed. Glad to learn that I'm not the only one to watch videos without the sound. :-) Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio :

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-16 Thread ann sanfedele
I almost didn't look because it was (a) a video - that implied tech talk  and (b) because I didn't know it was going to be your wonderful photography.  then I read comments by fellow PDML'ers and the lightbulb wen on over my head.  I left the sound off and enjoyed. ann On 4/16/2021 12:27 PM,

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-16 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 16/4/21, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: >I made a video about how I like cameras with small sensors. Featuring the >MX-1, Ricoh GR Digital IV and photos from the Q7 > >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQWxUFJR7Xk Excellent! -- Cheers Cotty --

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-16 Thread Toine
I totally agree. The MX-1,Q7 and Q-S1 are my favorites. Nowadays my daily photobag includes two small sensor cams. Q-S1/wide 08 and a coolpix P950 which gives me a range from ultra wide to ultra tele. The examples in your video are very convincing and noise from raw isn't any problem. And not just

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-16 Thread Gonz
Love it On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 12:19 PM Rick Womer wrote: > > Amen. It’s not the hardware, firmware, or software, it’s the wetware that > counts. > > Rick > > > On Apr 16, 2021, at 1:16 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > > > Am 16.04.21 um 18:27 schrieb Juan Buhler: > >> I made a video about

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-16 Thread Rick Womer
Amen. It’s not the hardware, firmware, or software, it’s the wetware that counts. Rick > On Apr 16, 2021, at 1:16 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 16.04.21 um 18:27 schrieb Juan Buhler: >> I made a video about how I like cameras with small sensors. Featuring the >> MX-1, Ricoh GR Digital

Re: Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-16 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 16.04.21 um 18:27 schrieb Juan Buhler: I made a video about how I like cameras with small sensors. Featuring the MX-1, Ricoh GR Digital IV and photos from the Q7 Yet another proof - as if any was needed - that the camera is far less important than what's behind it. Ralf -- Ralf R.

Small sensors are better than you think

2021-04-16 Thread Juan Buhler
I made a video about how I like cameras with small sensors. Featuring the MX-1, Ricoh GR Digital IV and photos from the Q7 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQWxUFJR7Xk These cameras have become basically unnecessary given that we have things like the GR with an APS-C sensor (and the 16MP GR2 is