Re: Pentax DSLR Shake Reduction Question - Why turn it off on whileon tripod?

2007-01-15 Thread David Savage
Well I took some firework photos last night I forgot to turn SR off. They turned out fine. I also took this shot after the fireworks, mainly as a long exposure/noise test. Small (800x536 ~100kb) http://www.arach.net.au/~savage/Misc/Images/K10D/_IGP0733_sml.jpg Full size (3872x2592 ~1M)

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Cotty
On 14/1/07, Ken Takeshita, discombobulated, unleashed: They already virtually announced that the next model would be K1D which is supposedly a pro or near pro model :-). 'Virtually : 2. Almost but not quite; nearly' (source: Dictionary.com) You mean the 645D ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty

RE: PESO - Couple of recent ones

2007-01-15 Thread Bob W
The 4th shot of the tree against the light is very good. Excellently exposed and captures the fresh feeling of the woodland, and the character of the tree, very well. I half expect Robin Hood to appear. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

Re: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

2007-01-15 Thread Cotty
On 14/1/07, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed: http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/amwall.html istDS, A50/1.4 @ f/7.1, 1/250 sec hand held, ISO 200 Comments welcome What is that in the foreground? Looks like a seal. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places,

RE: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

2007-01-15 Thread mike wilson
From: John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/15 Mon AM 12:43:34 GMT To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti From: Shel Belinkoff Continuing to photograph the area in which I live and frequent, this one has also become part of my flag series.

RE: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

2007-01-15 Thread Bob W
http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/amwall.html istDS, A50/1.4 @ f/7.1, 1/250 sec hand held, ISO 200 Comments welcome What is that in the foreground? Looks like a seal. Must be the Great Seal of the United States. Bob -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2

2007-01-15 Thread mike wilson
From: David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2007/01/15 Mon AM 07:39:02 GMT To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2 Well that worked a treat didn't it? Bugger! It seems to be an issue with ImageShack who host's the pictures that are referenced by

Re: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2

2007-01-15 Thread David Savage
F*$k it! I hate Flash. Put it this way, if you could get it to work you would see an open book. By clicking dragging the corner of the page it has an effect that looks like, yep you guessed it, turning the page of a book. The photo on the next page is distorted to look like it's on curling

My test drive of a K100D, and a GESO

2007-01-15 Thread Gabriel Cain
Hi all. I borrowed a K100D from a friend for the weekend, mainly to get a feel for how the actual process of using a manual lens with it is. I have to say, it's quite easy to do -- lens+ae lock isn't hard, especially since I've been shooting (intentionally) with a fully manual camera (K1000)

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread jim
On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:51:56 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Under lens ID part, it has correctly picked up both a 80-320 zoom and a tamron 28-300 zoom. I have tried an A lens and all it said was a series lens. Would there be a an entry at all for the focal length entered? The camera can get the

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread David Savage
LOL Thanks Markus. Dave On 1/15/07, Markus Maurer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Pentaxians I found this link on photo.net and of course there is *no Pentax* gear involved ;-) Enjoy some funny photographer shots : http://granik.com/blog/2007/01/13/funny-photo-pictures/ -- PDML

Re: 18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-15 Thread Paul
Hi, ( I should clarify, i already own the 16-45 also and i own the 14mm and have primes that cover this range, i think the difference between the wide ends of the zooms wouldnt bother me that much. I was more curious about the optical qualities of the 18-55 compared to the 16-45, I'm really

18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-15 Thread Brian Dunn
My particular 16-45 is quite a bit sharper than the 18-55 at 28mm, and they are comparable in sharpness at 50mm. The 16-45 has noticably better contrast at either focal length. The 16-45 also has comparable sharpness and better contrast than an M 28 f2.8 prime which I have here. The 16-45

RE: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2

2007-01-15 Thread Bob W
Sometimes described as 'an overbearing metaphor'. It loaded fine on my machine (XP), but isn't worth the effort. -- Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Savage Sent: 15 January 2007 09:09 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: February Pug uploading error?

2007-01-15 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Cesar and Dan I sent mine via email attachement since I got the same error with the form. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 3:28 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: February Pug

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread jim
Just tried a Sigma 28-90 3.5-5.6 AF zoom (macro) and show tags reported the following. DNG Data: Lens Identification63 1 2 @0x032C 3 44 SIGMA 18-50mm F3.5-5.6/12-24mm F4.5/Tamron 35-90mm F4 AF Maybe a small adjustment is in order unless other lens report the same ID.

Re: February Pug uploading error?

2007-01-15 Thread Peter McIntosh
Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Cesar and Dan I sent mine via email attachement since I got the same error with the form. greetings Markus I must be missing something. I'm only seeing last year's themes, and the one for January this year. Is http://pug.komkon.org/general/themes.html the

PESO - Comet McNaught

2007-01-15 Thread J and K Messervy
I shot this in the back yard this evening (About 1/2 and hour ago actually) with the 600mm mirror lens and 2x teleconverter. That hill is 2 suburbs away (about 3km). This was a 76 second exposure with the wireless remote. I only closed the shutter when the comet disappeared behind the hill.

Pentax repair in the Netherlands

2007-01-15 Thread Lucas Rijnders
Hi all, In December I sent two zooms with falling damage (FA 28-105 powerzoom and F70-210) to Pentax for repair. I promised to report back on the quality of the service: The good news is they were fairly fast, exactly one month in the holiday season. The bad news is the FA will cost more

Re: 18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-15 Thread Paul
Thanks Brian. Regards, Paul On 15/01/2007, at 8:41 PM, Brian Dunn wrote: My particular 16-45 is quite a bit sharper than the 18-55 at 28mm, and they are comparable in sharpness at 50mm. The 16-45 has noticably better contrast at either focal length. The 16-45 also has comparable

Re: Modulation Transfer Factor

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Shell
I suspect the difference would be small. Bob On Jan 14, 2007, at 1:06 PM, John Celio wrote: Will setting P to MTF mode produce sharper images, on average, than normal Program mode? As my old friend Fred Picker used to always say when asked questions like this, TRY IT. That's the only

Re: PESO - Comet McNaught

2007-01-15 Thread Brian Walters
Now, come on. You just added a sloping white line in Photoshop, didn't you. Interesting capture - I went out comet watching too but there was just too much dirty haze in the south west to get a decent view. Saw it through binoculars though. Cheers Brian

Re: PESO - Comet McNaught

2007-01-15 Thread J and K Messervy
Normal shots just showed a white dot, so I decided to track it to the horizon with a longer exposure. It moved a long way in 76 seconds! - Original Message - From: Brian Walters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:55 PM

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Shell
On Jan 14, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: I found this link on photo.net and of course there is *no Pentax* gear involved ;-) Enjoy some funny photographer shots : http://granik.com/blog/2007/01/13/funny-photo-pictures/ Some of those are effing hilarious!!! Bob -- PDML

Re: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
Actually, it's the Presidential Seal. -P Bob W wrote: http://home.earthlink.net/~pdml-pics/amwall.html istDS, A50/1.4 @ f/7.1, 1/250 sec hand held, ISO 200 Comments welcome What is that in the foreground? Looks like a seal. Must be the Great Seal of the United States. Bob --

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Angel Ramos
Godrey, What type of screen you had made for the DS? You may have already discussed it but I lost track of that email. I did check the Katz Eye site and it looks to be a good option for screens not offered by Pentax. Angel Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Jan 14, 2007, at 7:23 PM, K.Takeshita

Re: PESO - Bogus Comet

2007-01-15 Thread John Sessoms
From: Charles Robinson On Jan 14, 2007, at 18:18, John Sessoms wrote: Lucked onto it last Wednesday 10Jan07 [snip!] We were out on a flood control dam shooting west over a lake, which gave a low horizon. I got maybe a dozen images, none of them spectacular, but at least one does show a

Re: PESO - Couple of recent ones

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
That's my favorite as well. Pretty pic. I also like the Golden Gate pic. An interesting perspective. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 3:20 AM, Bob W wrote: The 4th shot of the tree against the light is very good. Excellently exposed and captures the fresh feeling of the woodland, and the character of

Re: February Pug uploading error?

2007-01-15 Thread David Savage
On 1/15/07, Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Cesar and Dan I sent mine via email attachement since I got the same error with the form. greetings Markus I must be missing something. I'm only seeing last year's themes, and the one for January this year.

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
Pentax has announced the 645. They've also indicated there will be a top of the line addition to the K series. Paul On Jan 15, 2007, at 3:10 AM, Cotty wrote: On 14/1/07, Ken Takeshita, discombobulated, unleashed: They already virtually announced that the next model would be K1D which is

Re: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2

2007-01-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: David Savage Subject: Re: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2 F*$k it! I hate Flash. Put it this way, if you could get it to work you would see an open book. By clicking dragging the corner of the page it has an effect that looks like, yep you guessed it,

K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Roman
What's the average size of RAW and DNG image files on K10D? -- new photos ever so often... http://roman.blakout.net/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2

2007-01-15 Thread David Savage
On 1/15/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nice pictures, Thanks Bill. really sucky website. Yep. The novelty has well and truly worn off. I got as far as the BW fern and gave up I'm surprised you lasted that long :-) Cheers, Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Roman Subject: K10D RAW and DNG image size What's the average size of RAW and DNG image files on K10D? DNG is about 16mb. I haven't shot a PEF yet, as ACR doesn't support them yet (AFAIK). William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K10D shake reduction and low light

2007-01-15 Thread David J Brooks
Here is a quick test i did a few weeks ago. http://web.mac.com/barnyardcam/iWeb/Site/K10D%20SR%20Test.html First two are at 1/10 and the second two at 1/180 Gives you an idea Dave Quoting Sandy Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Pentax claim their shake reduction is worth 2.5 to 4 stops. Some Canon

Re: Gotta Go ....

2007-01-15 Thread frank theriault
On 1/14/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The doctor called me yesterday and wants me to go into the hospital for some tests. I'll be leaving in a couple of hours and will be away for a short while. I usually don't put my business on the internet, but I'm a little concerned, and

Re: OT - Very Professnial !

2007-01-15 Thread frank theriault
On 1/12/07, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=200066245436 LOL Is it April Fools' Day and I didn't notice? ;-) cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Ken Takeshita
On 1/15/07, K.Takeshita [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cotty, you will regret this. But as long as you save enough money for a free ticket to Japan for me, I have no complaint. Oh, and don't forget a sturdy shaver. and :-)) Ken -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread K.Takeshita
On 1/15/07 3:10 AM, Cotty, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They already virtually announced that the next model would be K1D which is supposedly a pro or near pro model :-). 'Virtually : 2. Almost but not quite; nearly' (source: Dictionary.com) Cotty, you will regret this. But as long as

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/1/07, Paul Stenquist, discombobulated, unleashed: Pentax has announced the 645. They've also indicated there will be a top of the line addition to the K series. My hat awaits on the dining table ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=|

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Dario Bonazza
PEF = 10 GB DNG = 16 GB Dario - Original Message - From: Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 2:58 PM Subject: K10D RAW and DNG image size What's the average size of RAW and DNG image files on K10D? -- new photos ever so often...

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/1/07, K.Takeshita, discombobulated, unleashed: Cotty, you will regret this. But as long as you save enough money for a free ticket to Japan for me, I have no complaint. Oh, and don't forget a sturdy shaver. No regrets! Publish and be damned! Words to fall by ;-) I wish to heaven that it

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Lucas Rijnders
On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:32:14 +0100, John Sessoms [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: in the LX. Not sure where I read it, but I think the LX screens are supposed to work, or at least some of them are. Hi John, Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but as far as I know, Pentax change physical screen size

Re: 18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I couple the DA14 with the FA20-35 and DA21, Paul, so the wide field coverage is nicely covered for my uses. I love the DA14's field of view, but even with that I use the FA20-35 at 28-35mm much more than I use it at 20mm, and I use the DA21 a LOT. The FA20-35 nets nearly prime quality

Re: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
No, it's not the Great Seal, he is much bigger. No, it's not a baby seal, they are white. And no, it's not the Presidential Seal, he's in Washington and looks a lot more like George... Regards, Bob S. On 1/15/07, Paul Sorenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually, it's the Presidential Seal. -P

Re: 18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-15 Thread Thibouille
I don't own the 16-45 although I'm considering buying it but I own the 18-55 and I must say it is a very honest lens. Sure it is cheap slow consumer zoom but it does its job more than well. I use it with the 50-200 in my every day photos and I'm quite satisfied with it. It is also very

RE: February Pug uploading error?

2007-01-15 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Peter http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html shows the older themes and has a link for the upload form. In the upload form you see all of the themes for 2007. greetings Markus -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Peter McIntosh Sent:

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 14, 2007, at 11:30 AM, Angel Ramos wrote: What type of screen you had made for the DS? You may have already discussed it but I lost track of that email. I did check the Katz Eye site and it looks to be a good option for screens not offered by Pentax. I had Katz Eye Optics

Re: K10D shake reduction and low light

2007-01-15 Thread Joseph Tainter
What if you use a fast lens? An F 1.2 prime plus the claimed 2.5-4 stops gives F 0.5 or better. I don't know if anyone has tested Pentax's claims for SR, but in in my experience it does indeed give you a big boost in low-light capability. A few weeks ago I posted a link to an experimental K10D

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Joseph Tainter
I did check the Katz Eye site and it looks to be a good option for screens not offered by Pentax. Angel - The Katz Eye screens are well respected, but they may affect metering. Some people don't mind this, or develop compensation or workarounds for it. For me, it is a deal-breaker, so I

Re: My test drive of a K100D, and a GESO

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Gabriel, Nice shots from the Seattle farmer's market. They are all closed in Chicago. Yes, it is not hard to shoot older lenses with the current Pentax digitals. I know the batteries limited the number of pictures you took, but take more. It's one of the joys of digital versus film. Experiment,

Re: K10D shake reduction and low light

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I don't generally think too hard about how many stops the SR will net me, I just use it and find that it lets me hold the camera steady for longer exposure times. Quite a bit longer in most cases ... With lenses in my normal range (20-77mm), I find 1/10, 1/4 and even 1/2 second quite

Re: PESO - Couple of recent ones

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Bruce, You've been busy again! The bridge is great stuff. I looked thru all the shots from the first back thru the gallery to the PESO of the bridge over the creek. There was lots of nice stuff there and the snow shot with the weed stalks adjacent to a little hill was on the verge of something

Re: Changing finder screen of K10D

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 15, 2007, at 8:05 AM, Joseph Tainter wrote: I did check the Katz Eye site and it looks to be a good option for screens not offered by Pentax. The Katz Eye screens are well respected, but they may affect metering. The focusing aid is what causes metering issues as the focusing aid

Re: 18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, I bought a 18-55 from a list member and put it on the DS which my wife is using. The package handles a lot 'smaller' than the K10D with the 16-45, and the results look just fine for a walk-about lens. Regards, Bob S. On 1/15/07, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, ( I should clarify, i

OT: the magic of film and old cameras

2007-01-15 Thread Mark Erickson
Last week I finished a roll that had lived in my Voigtlander Vitessa for more than a year. I took it for processing over the weekend and had fun parsing through the results. Compared to my *ist-Ds, the delayed gratification is both maddening and fun! It's a little magical to break out the

Re: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2

2007-01-15 Thread John Sessoms
So, if you buy the package from these guys, will you always have the Get Your Own tag hanging down there? I'm assuming the free version will, but what about the Pro version? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: PESO - Couple of recent ones

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks Paul. That type of view of a bridge is certainly different than normal - probably some of it's appeal. -- Bruce Monday, January 15, 2007, 5:35:15 AM, you wrote: PS That's my favorite as well. Pretty pic. I also like the Golden Gate PS pic. An interesting perspective. PS Paul PS On Jan

Re: My test drive of a K100D, and a GESO

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello Gabriel, Some good shots there, especially for a test drive. I think you have found, like many, that the usage of pre 'A' lenses is not that big of a deal. For me, like you, I shoot manual exposure most of the time anyway so it is not an issue at all. Those that want to shoot in AV mode

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Mike Hamilton
On 1/15/07, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PEF = 10 GB DNG = 16 GB Yikes!!! I'd better get a new hard drive! And a few more SD cards! -- -- Cheers, [EMAIL PROTECTED] MichaelHamilton.ca -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Hello jim, With my K10D, when I put on a pre 'F' lens, you can put in the focal length for SR purposes. I have found that whatever focal length is entered is the focal length recorded for the shot. So you can get some idea what lens you used from that. On my *istD, you just get no information.

Re: PESO - Couple of recent ones

2007-01-15 Thread Bruce Dayton
Thanks, Bob. Several people who have seen that one really liked it. You have articulated what originally caught my eye. -- Bruce Monday, January 15, 2007, 12:20:57 AM, you wrote: BW The 4th shot of the tree against the light is very good. Excellently BW exposed and captures the fresh feeling

K10D vs D80 at clubic.com (french)

2007-01-15 Thread Thibouille
This is a computer website, not a photo oriented website so don't ask too much. However they do indeed point the particuliar K10D features and there are interesting comparison photos. Didn't have time to read everyting but it seems a quite honest review from a tech site. D80 got: Ergonomics: 4/5

Re: OT: Gimiky Gallery - Take 2

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Way too much silliness/incompatibility/etc in all these flash and photo hosting sites. The nicest flash display tool I recall seeing in recent months is the one that Juan Buhler is using in http://www.jbuhler.com/f/start/index.html I'm thinking I might try this one. I like the lighthouse

Re: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

2007-01-15 Thread Kenneth Waller
Must be the Great Seal of the United States. Na. Shel took the image in California, therefore it must be great seal of California. Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: PESO - American Wall / American Grafiti

Re: Something is wrong (with my K10D)

2007-01-15 Thread Patrick Genovese
Hi Boris, As a rule I never use the computer to delete images from the card. As much as possible i even avoid deleting inidividual images in camera for 2 reasons: a) I don't like evaluating an image on the lcd screen b) Increases likelyhood of corruption. When i erase the card I always

Re: K10D vs D80 at clubic.com (french)

2007-01-15 Thread K.Takeshita
On 1/15/07 12:57 PM, Thibouille, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: D80 got: Ergonomics: 4/5 Functions: 3.5/5 Picture Quality: 4/5 K10D got: Ergonomics: 4/5 Functions: 4.5/5 Picture Quality: 4/5 Seeing various reviews, I am convinced that Pentax's investment to beef up their imaging processing

Re: Gotta Go ....

2007-01-15 Thread Dave Kennedy
Best of luck Shel. Hurry back. dk On 1/14/07, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The doctor called me yesterday and wants me to go into the hospital for some tests. I'll be leaving in a couple of hours and will be away for a short while. I usually don't put my business on the internet,

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Rick Womer
Oddly, the K10D compresses the PEF files but not the DNG files. My ist D produces ~13 MB PEFs. My workflow is to put the card in a card reader, and import pix onto the home Mac as (losslessly) compressed DNGs using Adobe DNG Convertor. Those DNGs are 5-6 MB. Rick --- Mike Hamilton [EMAIL

OT - another one from England

2007-01-15 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
LONDON, England (Reuters) -- Six British schoolboys were rushed to the hospital after taking the erection-enhancing drug Viagra at lunchtime for a dare, the school said Thursday. Paramedics were called after a fellow student told teachers about the 13-year-olds' prank, a spokesperson for Forest

Re: PESO - Couple of recent ones

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 14, 2007, at 8:25 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: No titles, hopefully that won't detract too much. I generally prefer photos without titling unless the titling is essential to direct my attention... Pentax *istD, A 70-210/4, Handheld ISO 400, 1/350 sec @ f/8

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Mike Hamilton wrote: PEF = 10 GB DNG = 16 GB Yikes!!! I'd better get a new hard drive! And a few more SD cards! LOL ... of course, Mbytes were meant, not Gbytes. I set the K10D for capture as RAW/DNG format. I run the DNG files through Adobe's DNG

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 07:00:27AM -0500, Bob Shell wrote: On Jan 14, 2007, at 12:14 PM, Markus Maurer wrote: I found this link on photo.net and of course there is *no Pentax* gear involved ;-) Enjoy some funny photographer shots :

Re: February Pug uploading error?

2007-01-15 Thread Peter McIntosh
Markus Maurer wrote: Hi Peter http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html shows the older themes and has a link for the upload form. In the upload form you see all of the themes for 2007. greetings Markus Thanks, Markus. Ciao, Peter in Sydney -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: February Pug uploading error?

2007-01-15 Thread Peter McIntosh
David Savage wrote: This site hasn't been updated. Adelheid posted this back in December: http://pdml.net/pipermail/pdml_pdml.net/2006-December/043060.html Cheers, Dave Aha - cool. It's bookmarked now. Thanks, Dave. Ciao, P -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: 18-55 vs 16-45?

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 02:04:26AM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote: The kit lens is relatively worthless, due to the number available. Put it on the shelf for the day you sell the camera. I think it's a little better than that. I've got one as a stop-gap until the DA* 16-50/f2.8 is available,

Re: February Pug uploading error?

2007-01-15 Thread Kenneth Waller
So has anyone successfully uploaded an image for the Feb PUG? And how was that accomplished? Kenneth Waller - Original Message - From: Peter McIntosh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: February Pug uploading error? David Savage wrote: This site hasn't been updated. Adelheid posted this

RE: the magic of film and old cameras

2007-01-15 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Mark and how would you explain a little girl that she can't instantly review the photo you took of her. Yesterday, I showed the film capsule and told her that I have to send it to the labs for the prints because it is an old camera but she didn't understand :-) I know what you mean with the

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 11:07:41AM -0800, Rick Womer wrote: Oddly, the K10D compresses the PEF files but not the DNG files. Not too odd. Compression (of any kind) was only added at the last minute; as little as a month before the final release of the camera there was no compression of either

Re: Pentax repair in the Netherlands

2007-01-15 Thread Frits Wüthrich
On Monday 15 January 2007 11:51, Lucas Rijnders wrote: Hi all, In December I sent two zooms with falling damage (FA 28-105 powerzoom and F70-210) to Pentax for repair. I promised to report back on the quality of the service: The good news is they were fairly fast, exactly one month in the

RE: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread Bob W
True. But some of them just show a group of photographers at work. I don't see what's particularly noteworthy about a truck fitted out with a multi-tier photographer stand; I presume it's for covering something like a marathon or other event run on city streets. They have a truck? I

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 11:15:26AM -0700, Mike Hamilton wrote: On 1/15/07, Dario Bonazza [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PEF = 10 GB DNG = 16 GB Yikes!!! I'd better get a new hard drive! And a few more SD cards! I'm watching the price on the Buffalo 2TB setup. That's 1TB fully mirrored (which

RE: the magic of film and old cameras

2007-01-15 Thread Markus Maurer
Hi Mark I got a Voigtlaender Bessamatic SLR with a zoom and a prime for free but it was way too heavy for me to use it. And I prefer the look and build feeling of the 1959 Agfa Ambiflex SLR with 35mm prime over it, it's the only old camera I have left and will use sometimes. greetings Markus

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread Cotty
On 15/1/07, John Francis, discombobulated, unleashed: True. But some of them just show a group of photographers at work. I don't see what's particularly noteworthy about a truck fitted out with a multi-tier photographer stand; I presume it's for covering something like a marathon or other event

RE: OT - another one from England

2007-01-15 Thread Bob W
That should give them somewhere to hang their wet towels. They must have been inspired by living so close to Winnersh Triangle, and in a Forest school. That sort of Carry On is bound to get the boys' imaginations racing. They can expect a stiff punishment (and the eternal admiration of their

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 02:51:56PM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Once I get it sorted out, I'll think about whether I want to put in the time to wrap this into a useful UI, etc. It is a largish effort as I will need to unwrap all the code that extracts the data and separate it into

finally put my hands on K10D...

2007-01-15 Thread Peter Lacus
and bought istDs. :-) Crazy man am I not? The K10D is admirable camera but it's on the big side of comfortable for me (both size and weight). The K100D was also ruled out, because the viewfinder is not up to the quality of K10D/istDs viewfinders and build quality seemed to be lower as well.

Re: SDHC... a bit early IMO

2007-01-15 Thread Peter Lacus
Godfrey, Were I to need the 4G capacity, I'd buy the Sandisk Ultra II SDHC, which come with a compatible reader. But for now I'm standardized, and content with, 2G capacity cards. BTW my Transcend 4GB (non SD-HC) works just fine in my istDs (~360 RAW exposures available after formatting,

PESO: Last Apples

2007-01-15 Thread Rick Womer
The last apples of the season, at the local farmer's market in mid-December. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458065 ist D, FA 16-45, ISO 200, 1/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/8, RAW, minor adjustments in PE4. Comments most welcome. Rick http://www.photo.net/photos/RickW

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread David J Brooks
How are you opening PEF files. My dng converter on the ibook is the newest, but won't recognise them. Dave Quoting Rick Womer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Oddly, the K10D compresses the PEF files but not the DNG files. My ist D produces ~13 MB PEFs. My workflow is to put the card in a card

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
On Jan 15, 2007, at 12:48 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 02:51:56PM -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Once I get it sorted out, I'll think about whether I want to put in the time to wrap this into a useful UI, etc. It is a largish effort as I will need to unwrap all the code

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread K.Takeshita
On 1/15/07 3:05 PM, John Francis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True. But some of them just show a group of photographers at work. I don't see what's particularly noteworthy about a truck fitted out with a multi-tier photographer stand; I presume it's for covering something like a marathon or

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 07:59:13PM +1000, jim wrote: Just tried a Sigma 28-90 3.5-5.6 AF zoom (macro) and show tags reported the following. DNG Data: Lens Identification63 1 2 @0x032C 3 44 SIGMA 18-50mm F3.5-5.6/12-24mm F4.5/Tamron 35-90mm F4 AF Maybe a small

Re: What's in a Pentax image file (2007 edition) ?

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 07:28:36PM +1000, jim wrote: On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:51:56 -0800, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Under lens ID part, it has correctly picked up both a 80-320 zoom and a tamron 28-300 zoom. I have tried an A lens and all it said was a series lens. It really said A series

Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size

2007-01-15 Thread Dario Bonazza
MB, of course! Dario - Original Message - From: Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 8:58 PM Subject: Re: K10D RAW and DNG image size On Jan 15, 2007, at 10:15 AM, Mike Hamilton wrote: PEF = 10 GB DNG = 16

Re: finally put my hands on K10D...

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
Peter, I had two of the Ds, with no hot pixels to speak of. I'm using a K10D, but think the Ds is a great way into Pentax digital. Make sure you get the download off the Pentax USA site. It will upgrade the Ds functions to a Ds2 (2gig sd cards). Pentax USA has the DS2 manual if necessary. Regards,

PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Paul Stenquist
We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some pics this morning and again this afternoon. The first is with the K85/1.8, the second is with the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro, and the last two are with the DA 50-200. All on the K10D. http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5458250size=lg

Re: Funny photographer's photos link

2007-01-15 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 04:12:53PM -0500, K.Takeshita wrote: On 1/15/07 3:05 PM, John Francis, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: True. But some of them just show a group of photographers at work. I don't see what's particularly noteworthy about a truck fitted out with a multi-tier photographer

Re: OT - another one from England

2007-01-15 Thread Bob Sullivan
We'd say it was one boner of a mistake on this side of the pond... Bob S. On 1/15/07, Bob W [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That should give them somewhere to hang their wet towels. They must have been inspired by living so close to Winnersh Triangle, and in a Forest school. That sort of Carry On

Re: PESO: Ice Storm

2007-01-15 Thread Christian
Paul Stenquist wrote: We had an ice storm in Michigan today. Shot some pics this morning and again this afternoon. The first is with the K85/1.8, the second is with the Vivitar Series 1 90/2.5 macro, and the last two are with the DA 50-200. All on the K10D.

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