Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/2/2012 1:45 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com: On 2/2/2012 1:00 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On 2/1/2012 10:44 PM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Here's a re-crop. I tried to replicate the original look as much as I could using what tools I have at my disposal (GIMP and

RE: Venice 2011

2012-02-02 Thread John Coyle
Thanks Darren - and I thought of offering you my *ist-D, but there are a couple of things it won't do any more - none critical, of course. John Coyle Brisbane, Australia -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent:

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Cotty
On 1/2/12, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: Or, if you're a cheap bastard (I'm looking at you Cotty): http://lifehacker.com/5780891/make-a-diy-dslr-video-viewfinder-on-the-cheap Well, I'd save even more money by not using hair ties. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) |

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Cotty
On 1/2/12, Walt Gilbert, discombobulated, unleashed: I would happily carry it right out in the open for all to see. Mark. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread David Savage
This could bring me back to the Pentax fold... On 02/02/2012, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: ...and it is indeed ugly (IMHO): http://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-k-01-forum/173674-k-01-leaked-photos.html -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Peter Jordan
It solves my problem. I was looking for an APS-C carry around with a decent lens. I like the look gf the Sony NEX-7 but the standard zoom isn't brilliant and the Zeiss 24mm lens would be pricey. The Fujis looked OK but there are some concerns about the user interface for the X100. Putting a

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Bob W wrote: ...and it is indeed ugly (IMHO): I'm definitely what you would call function-oriented: If a camera works well I don't concern myself with its looks much. But it does occur to me that it has to be frustrating to hire a big-name designer (and presumably pay his big-name fees)

K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread Brian Walters
Well, the rumors were pretty much on target. Here's the Press Release and summary of specifications: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/02/Pentax_K-01_announcement#press Things of interest to me: No eye level viewfinder and apparently no clip on one either :-( Compatible with M42 lenses

Re: pentaxforums on the K-01 tomorrow morning

2012-02-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
There it is. K5 sensor, no EVF, $750 body only. $899 including the 40 might be the best deal. It would definitively look better in all black, and I assume the yellow one is aimed at some market I'm unaware of. No that exciting , but it's very possible that the IQ is excellent and it's quiet,

Re: K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
It won't be great in bright light since none of them are. You'll need to get one of those Delkin hoods. I have one on my E-P2 and it helps a lot. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Well, the rumors were pretty much on target. Here's the Press

Re: K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
Here is a telling shot form dpreview. It really is as big as the K5 for all practical purposes. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:44 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: It won't be great in bright light since none of them are.  You'll need to get one of those Delkin hoods.  I have one on my

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-02-02 7:10, Mark Roberts wrote: Have you read The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman? A classic in the field and it says pretty much what you just did. http://www.powells.com/biblio/7-9780385267748-4 Excellent book, and the place where I discovered that affordance is a word,

Re: K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Here is a telling shot form dpreview.  It really is as big as the K5 for all practical purposes. In which case... I don't get it. But I hope they sell lots. Reading over my shoulder, my husband commented, What are

Re: Back to Verona

2012-02-02 Thread Rick Womer
Nope.  Gotta get back to Italy with my wife one of these days... (slow reply because of deluge at work) Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2012 9:49

Re: K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread p. j. alling
I haven't read all of the specifications yet, so I don't know if there's a significant improvement in any way, such as a new sensor, but it looks more like a fashion forward statement rather than a useful tool. I expect it will look quite dated in a very short period of time. I guess that's part

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 1:20 AM, Bob W wrote: imo it's very rare that a so-called designer ever produces anything other than hideous crap. There are few exceptions - the Porsche-designed Contax RTS being what. What they do is not design, but styling. Since form follows function it requires a real

Re: OT PESO - Light Play

2012-02-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:46 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: At least you had the courage to try, Mr. Brooks. Savage's light play work gives us all something to aspire to. Paul Plus, i have to stay up ~well~ past my bed time to do this.:-) Dave On Feb 1, 2012, at 5:59 PM,

Re: Beer

2012-02-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 9:15 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Bill Owens http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/01/30/sexual-chocolate-beer?hpt=hp_bn13 Bill I am so happy to see good news coming out of North Carolina for a change. What do you mean.? I have not been to GFM for 4

Re: Snowy Owl on Day 4: Out of the car and into the ditch

2012-02-02 Thread David J Brooks
Well done set. Dave On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 8:54 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/sets/72157629136465149/ They seem to follow a routine. A few more action shots in this batch. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread David J Brooks
Love it Dave On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I was combing through my archives (as it were) and came across an image and thought I should get some input on it. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/6804662591/ It was shot with my

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread p. j. alling
It's a slightly modified K-5 without a viewfinder. So now we know what a good optical viewfinder w/reflex mirror assembly costs, about $700. On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:18 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: Who cares if the K01 looks like

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
Hey, Mr. alling, when did you go all ee cummings on us? (;-) On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:55 AM, p. j. alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: It's a slightly modified K-5 without a viewfinder.  So now we know what a good optical viewfinder w/reflex mirror assembly costs, about $700. On Wed,

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread p. j. alling
and look at what you're missing, you could have Obama as your President too... On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:53 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 01/02/2012 6:43 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Between the US and the UK, we've fought almost everyone at least once, including each

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread p. j. alling
Well, I used to write poetry in that style mostly because it was annoying. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Hey, Mr. alling, when did you go all ee cummings on us?  (;-) On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:55 AM, p. j. alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
At your lowest point at the beginning of WWII, we sent you Spam. That's hard to beat. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:02 AM, p. j. alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I used to write poetry in that style  mostly because it was annoying. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Steven Desjardins

Re: K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 8:45 AM, p. j. alling wrote: I expect it will look quite dated in a very short period of time. I give it until Feb 8th. -- William Robb -- 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: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 8:57 AM, p. j. alling wrote: and look at what you're missing, you could have Obama as your President too... Better him than Harper (BTW, we have Prime Ministers). -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread p. j. alling
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:13 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: This could bring me back to the Pentax fold... Damn, you're easy. On 02/02/2012, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: ...and it is indeed ugly (IMHO):

Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread Tim Øsleby
Don't know about the authentasy of this, (I'm at work and can't check it out) http://www.photographyblog.com/news/pentax_k-mount_lens_roadmap/ -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/

K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Looks pretty good: H.264 1080p 24, 25 or 30 fps For someone whose use includes a significant amount of video shooting the K-01 might be very attractive. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Walt, as always you should consider how you view it.. I find the horizontal crop interesting - but prefer the portrait orientation for the same reason Larry does - what I find distracting is just the tippy top white blobs as they draw your eye away from the feather. what is intersting is that

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
But it won't autofocus in video mode. That makes it almost useless with anything other than a wide angle lens. Paul On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:37 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Looks pretty good: H.264 1080p 24, 25 or 30 fps For someone whose use includes a significant amount of video shooting the

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread p. j. alling
Not if we'd won instead of drawn you wouldn't but heck, you get what the government you deserve. God what did we do? On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:21 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/02/2012 8:57 AM, p. j. alling wrote: and look at what you're missing, you could have

Re: OT PESO - B.

2012-02-02 Thread David Savage
Well the idea was less about trying to imply a battle to keep the dress up more an attempt at a tense fashion type pose. But either way I reckon she did a great job. Cheers, Dave On 2 February 2012 00:27, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Dave, You've caught the moment. I've

Re: OT PESO - B.

2012-02-02 Thread David Savage
Thanks Paul. This was a rushed lighting set-up (I hadn't really intended to be shooting) so I fell back on my favorite in case of emergency set-up. Cheers, Dave On 1 February 2012 23:42, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Alabaster. Very nice. Well lit. Paul On Feb 1, 2012, at

Re: OT PESO - B.

2012-02-02 Thread David Savage
On 2 February 2012 04:49, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Feb 1, 2012, at 8:27 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Dave, You've caught the moment. I've noticed how the young ladies in fashionable, strapless gowns spend half the wedding celebration tugging on the front of their dresses. Can't

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread David Savage
You know those big movie cameras they use in Hollywood? They're manual focus. :-) DS On 2 February 2012 23:41, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: But it won't autofocus in video mode. That makes it almost useless with anything other than a wide angle lens. Paul On Feb 2, 2012,

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 9:42 AM, p. j. alling wrote: Not if we'd won instead of drawn you wouldn't but heck, you get what the government you deserve. God what did we do? I'm wondering what we did? Canada has always tried to do the right thing, we don't pick on smaller countries, we help out where we

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread David Savage
Having now seen the specs body layout I doubt I'll be returning... My next camera will most likely be the D800 whenever they bring that out. DS On 2 February 2012 23:33, p. j. alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 4:13 AM, David Savage ozsav...@gmail.com wrote: This

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: But it won't autofocus in video mode. That makes it almost useless with anything other than a wide angle lens. Funny, I never use anything but manual focus for video. I can't imagine *wanting* autofocus for video. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread David Savage
On 2 February 2012 23:51, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/02/2012 9:42 AM, p. j. alling wrote: Not if we'd won instead of drawn you wouldn't but heck,  you get what the government you deserve.  God what did we do? I'm wondering what we did? Canada has always tried to do

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 9:53 AM, David Savage wrote: It's payback for you picking on all the 'murricas on the PDML. Karma's a bitch. I was sure that Knarf was offsetting me with his sucking up all the time. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:52 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: But it won't autofocus in video mode. That makes it almost useless with anything other than a wide angle lens. Funny, I never use anything but manual focus for video. I can't imagine *wanting* autofocus for video.

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 9:50 AM, David Savage wrote: You know those big movie cameras they use in Hollywood? They're manual focus. Amateurs don't do video the same way pros do. Amateurs tend to do much longer takes with more (sickeningly bad) attempts at panning or zooming to follow a moving subject.

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:50 AM, David Savage wrote: You know those big movie cameras they use in Hollywood? They're manual focus. Yes, they are, and I've worked with them on television commercial shoots -- hundreds of times. The director of photography operates the camera, while the second

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:00 AM, William Robb wrote: On 02/02/2012 9:50 AM, David Savage wrote: You know those big movie cameras they use in Hollywood? They're manual focus. Amateurs don't do video the same way pros do. Amateurs tend to do much longer takes with more (sickeningly bad)

Re: K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Primarly it's a cost savings feature. /Good/ glass viewfinders are expensive, even good mirror prisms are expensive. With what Pentax saved on a veiwfinder they could afford a big time designer to give it his signature treatment. Such as it is... On 2/2/2012 8:43 AM, Christine Nielsen

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:00 AM, William Robb wrote: On 02/02/2012 9:50 AM, David Savage wrote: You know those big movie cameras they use in Hollywood? They're manual focus. Amateurs don't do video the same way pros do. Amateurs tend to

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Darren Addy
But it won't autofocus in video mode. In a thread on PF somebody posted that it does, but I haven't had time to track down if they were correct or simply talking out their arse. (If they WERE talking out their arse they possess the main characteristic needed to be a contributing PDML member). :)

K-01 vs NEX thoughts

2012-02-02 Thread Jaume Lahuerta
- Mensaje original - De: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org At $750 body only, I'll be taking a close look when it becomes available in March but I'll really need to be convinced that the LCD screen is usable as a viewfinder in bright sunlight. I have had the chance to

Re: K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 10:13 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Primarly it's a cost savings feature. /Good/ glass viewfinders are expensive, even good mirror prisms are expensive. With what Pentax saved on a veiwfinder they could afford a big time designer to give it his signature treatment. Such as it is...

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Darren Addy wrote: But it won't autofocus in video mode. In a thread on PF somebody posted that it does, but I haven't had time to track down if they were correct or simply talking out their arse. (If they WERE talking out their arse they possess the main

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Ann Sanfedele
ns I presume Ed said something very bad about the cameraman's deceased mother, not his own mother :-) (but I love it when I'm not the only one (besides Brooksie, of course) who makes these gaffs :-) ann On 2/2/2012 11:16, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Paul Stenquist

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 10:10 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:00 AM, William Robb wrote: On 02/02/2012 9:50 AM, David Savage wrote: You know those big movie cameras they use in Hollywood? They're manual focus. Amateurs don't do video the same way pros do. Amateurs tend to do much

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:36 AM, William Robb wrote: On 02/02/2012 10:10 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:00 AM, William Robb wrote: On 02/02/2012 9:50 AM, David Savage wrote: You know those big movie cameras they use in Hollywood? They're manual focus. Amateurs don't do

Re: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread Miserere
On 2 February 2012 10:35, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: Don't know about the authentasy of this, (I'm at work and can't check it out) http://www.photographyblog.com/news/pentax_k-mount_lens_roadmap/ -- MaritimTim Photographyblog is saying they saw the new Pentax lens roadmap at

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Tom C
I just watched a small portion of an interview of the designer of the K-01. He mentioned very early on that he had never designed a camera before. At that point, I decided that my initial suspicions had been confirmed and watched no further. If the K-01 was a wristwatch, it would be worn like

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 10:41 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I didn't think you'd blocked me.:) Of coure not :-) You probably rubberneck car crashes to. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread DagT
DA standard 50mm? I guess someone is confusing with equivalents. Maybe a DA*31mm 1.8? :-) DA zoom Limited sounds like a contradiction in terms. DagT Den 2. feb. 2012 kl. 17:45 skrev Miserere: On 2 February 2012 10:35, Tim Øsleby maritim...@gmail.com wrote: Don't know about the authentasy of

Re: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 10:45 AM, Miserere wrote: Focal lengths are approximate and garnered from reading the tea leaves in the images of the roadmap shown by Photographyblog. I'm sure Pentax is being vague on purpose, most likely because many of them are probably not even on the drawing board. The

Re: PESO - The Gentleman

2012-02-02 Thread Don Guthrie
Yeah my wife fell in love with me when I un-snarelled her Zebco fishing reel. And Frank my wife likes your picture too. Message: 3 Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 17:58:34 -0500 From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: PESO - The Gentleman

What to call the new camera

2012-02-02 Thread Larry Colen
At first I was reading the name in leet, and was going to call it a Koi, but realized we should take the lead of our friends across the pond and call it The noughty one. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thu Feb 2 11:45:31 EST 2012 Miserere wrote: On 2 February 2012 10:35, Tim .sleby maritimtim at gmail.com wrote: Don't know about the authentasy of this, (I'm at work and can't check it out) http://www.photographyblog.com/news/pentax_k-mount_lens_roadmap/ -- MaritimTim

PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Don Guthrie
Well Walt IMHO you could post that anywhere without hesitation or apology and thanks for posting it here. Message: 4 Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:11:04 -0600 From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Panache Message-ID:

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 2, 2012, at 7:21 AM, William Robb wrote: On 02/02/2012 8:57 AM, p. j. alling wrote: and look at what you're missing, you could have Obama as your President too... Better him than Harper (BTW, we have Prime Ministers). How retro, it seems everything else comes with zooms. --

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Rick Womer
I really like this pic, Walt, not only for the lighting, DOF, and composition, but also for the contrast between the rough, weathered hands and the delicate feather. Rick   http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Darren Addy wrote: But it won't autofocus in video mode. In a thread on PF somebody posted that it does, but I haven't had time to track down if they were correct or simply talking out their arse. (If they WERE

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:02 PM, William Robb wrote: On 02/02/2012 10:41 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I didn't think you'd blocked me.:) Of coure not :-) You probably rubberneck car crashes to. Too. No, they're not as amusing. -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Darren Addy wrote: But it won't autofocus in video mode. In a thread on PF somebody posted that it does, but I haven't had time to track down if they were

Re: What to call the new camera

2012-02-02 Thread Darren Addy
Keeping in mind that it was named by Japanese, the K-01 (Kay-Zero-Wun in english) would probably be pronounced Kay-Ray-eeCHEE in Japanese. (Rei being the japanese word for Zero and ichi being the japanese word for one) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Larry Colen

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Well it's been almost 10 years since I last shot video seriously (grad school) but I always preferred manual focus. Autofocus kept switching from one point to another when panning static shots - most

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
I could see the following strategy. Put a really good sensor and electronics into a minimalist body and sell it as cheap as you can in a K mount body. Don't worry about size or weather sealing or any of that stuff. High IQ and low price are the only notable features. Maybe they were trying for

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
BTW, I can't find any info on whether this thing will AF with the old screw drive lenses. Anybody? On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:03 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: I could see the following strategy.  Put a really good sensor and electronics into a minimalist body and sell it as

Re: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread Tim Øsleby
Looks like it's genuine. http://www.pentaximaging.com/files/pdf/lens_roadmap.pdf -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ My photo class blog: http://z-fotokurs.blogspot.com/ To err is human

Re: K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 2, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Well, the rumors were pretty much on target. Here's the Press Release and summary of specifications: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/02/Pentax_K-01_announcement#press Not as good as I'd hoped, nor as bad as I'd feared. Things of

Re: What to call the new camera

2012-02-02 Thread William Robb
On 02/02/2012 11:49 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Keeping in mind that it was named by Japanese, the K-01 (Kay-Zero-Wun in english) would probably be pronounced Kay-Ray-eeCHEE in Japanese. (Rei being the japanese word for Zero and ichi being the japanese word for one) Why not be honest and pronounce

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: BTW, I can't find any info on whether this thing will AF with the old screw drive lenses. Anybody? Yup. Photos show the lens mount does have the screw-drive mechanism. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread John Francis
Nope - the shots of the roadmap show the 50mm lens positioned right at the join of the 18-50 and 50-135, at a real 50mm. On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 06:04:57PM +0100, DagT wrote: DA standard 50mm? I guess someone is confusing with equivalents. Maybe a DA*31mm 1.8? :-) DA zoom Limited sounds like

Re: K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
The little hole is to fit an inflation nipple like for a basketball. Add some air and it turns into a K5. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 4:31 AM, Brian Walters wrote: Well, the rumors were pretty much on target. Here's the Press

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
What an odd image! The clarity is wonderful. I find the rendering of the fingers striking. On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I was combing through my archives (as it were) and came across an image and thought I should get some input on it.

Re: PESO The Two (just don't expect much!)

2012-02-02 Thread Steven Desjardins
Wow, you really do live in the sticks. It is nicely done. BTW On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:41 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Nice pic. I concur on the crop. On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:46 AM, Bulent Celasun wrote: Thank you all, friends. The cropping suggestions sound good, I

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 2, 2012, at 8:16 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:10 AM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 11:00 AM, William Robb wrote: On 02/02/2012 9:50 AM, David Savage wrote: You know those big movie cameras they use in Hollywood? They're manual focus. Amateurs

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks again, Ann! I see what you mean. My biggest challenge in making more changes is that I'm not good enough with my software to be able to consistently replicate the rendering. So, it's going to take some fiddling around, but I'll keep at it and see what I can do. At this point, I'm kind

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/2/2012 8:53 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Love it Dave Thank you, Dave! :) -- Walt On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 10:11 PM, Walt Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, I was combing through my archives (as it were) and came across an image and thought I should get some input on it.

Re: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread John Francis
On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 12:17:15PM -0500, Igor Roshchin wrote: Thu Feb 2 11:45:31 EST 2012 Miserere wrote: 2013: - DA AF RC 1.4x teleconverter What does RC stand for besides Radio Control? I'd bet on something like range converter. With in-body SR, and zoom lenses, a

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/2/2012 11:38 AM, Rick Womer wrote: I really like this pic, Walt, not only for the lighting, DOF, and composition, but also for the contrast between the rough, weathered hands and the delicate feather. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW Many thanks, Rick! That contrast between the

K-01 and the problem of design

2012-02-02 Thread steve harley
i read the press release and watch the linked video interview http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/02/Pentax_K-01_announcement#press alas the hype about visual aspects of the design and the reputation of the designer is front and center, a huge mistake in my view the interview with Mark

Re: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread Dario Bonazza
Igor Roshchin wrote: What does RC stand for besides Radio Control? Rear Converter Dario -- 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: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread DagT
Just dreaming… Den 2. feb. 2012 kl. 19:25 skrev John Francis: Nope - the shots of the roadmap show the 50mm lens positioned right at the join of the 18-50 and 50-135, at a real 50mm. On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 06:04:57PM +0100, DagT wrote: DA standard 50mm? I guess someone is confusing with

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
Thanks, Steven! My biggest concern about the image was that it might be a bit cliche, so being odd is a definite (cliche/pun alert!) feather in my cap. -- Walt On 2/2/2012 12:30 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: What an odd image! The clarity is wonderful. I find the rendering of the fingers

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/2/2012 11:24 AM, Don Guthrie wrote: Well Walt IMHO you could post that anywhere without hesitation or apology and thanks for posting it here. Thank you, Don! I appreciate the vote of confidence! :) -- Walt Message: 4 Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:11:04 -0600 From: Walt Gilbert

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:56 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:40 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Well it's been almost 10 years since I last shot video seriously (grad school) but I always preferred manual focus. Autofocus kept switching from

Re: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
Good news then in regard to long glass. No DFAs to be seen, but I'm not sure that's a designation that Pentax would use, even if a full frame camera were on the way. But longer glass and a 50mm lens tend to make one think full frame. Paul On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: Looks

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Does it offer significant advantages over your K-5 in that regard? Some additional frame rates is all I recall, but I didn't study the specs. Yep. 24 fps is a biggie. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Lens road map

2012-02-02 Thread David J Brooks
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:05 PM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 02/02/2012 10:45 AM, Miserere wrote: Focal lengths are approximate and garnered from reading the tea leaves in the images of the roadmap shown by Photographyblog. I'm sure Pentax is being vague on purpose,

Re: K-01 and the problem of design

2012-02-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:42 AM, steve harley wrote: i read the press release and watch the linked video interview http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/02/02/Pentax_K-01_announcement#press alas the hype about visual aspects of the design and the reputation of the designer is front and center,

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Thanks, Steven! My biggest concern about the image was that it might be a bit cliche, so being odd is a definite (cliche/pun alert!) feather in my cap. Walt, Being odd isn't a feather in your cap, it's your whole suit. -- Larry Colen

Re: PESO: Panache

2012-02-02 Thread Walt Gilbert
On 2/2/2012 12:58 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Feb 2, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Walt Gilbert wrote: Thanks, Steven! My biggest concern about the image was that it might be a bit cliche, so being odd is a definite (cliche/pun alert!) feather in my cap. Walt, Being odd isn't a feather in your cap,

Re: K-01 for video

2012-02-02 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Feb 2, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Does it offer significant advantages over your K-5 in that regard? Some additional frame rates is all I recall, but I didn't study the specs. Yep. 24 fps is a biggie. Yes, that's an advantage

PESO -- Classic

2012-02-02 Thread P. J. Alling
Enough about the K-01, though there is something in common here http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20classic.html Equipment:: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0 As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out,

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