Re: PESO - Why they call them sheep
On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:35 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: phew - for a moment I thought it would be NSFW :-) It is, a bit over 1000 miles northwest from here ;) Cheers, Dave -- 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: PESO - Vespa Princess
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of frank theriault Seen along Queen West in Toronto: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/vespa-princess.html I rather impressed myself with the fact that this is full-frame. yes, nicely done. She looks a bit like the young Isabel Adjani. B -- 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.
PESO: Rock
Ocean too, and a log: https://plus.google.com/photos/107606703558161507946/albums/posts/5791629813281150210 -- 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.
PESOs a woody for Frank, and a couple others from the Folsom Street Fair
The Folsom Street Fair is a San Francisco Leather Pride celebration. On one hand it is an incredibly rich opportunity to photograph certain elements of society enjoying life with an exuberance which is hard to believe. On the other hand, sometimes seeing this exuberance makes you want to scrub your brain with steel wool and bleach. I've got a set of photos from today that would probably all be OK in most reasonably liberal workplaces. I did get one photo of someone's woody, that I think Frank might appreciate: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8018818394/ I think that this photo captures the exuberance, without showing anything too outrageously risque: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8018815163/ It was nearly as much fun checking out the camera gear in use at the fair. Of course there was the usual assortment of canikon SLRs. I also saw a K-7 and two full frame Pentax SLRs. One was an ME, I didn't catch what the other was. I also saw an 8x10 view camera, a 6x7 rangefinder or two, several MF film cameras, and a Nikon F set up to shoot from ground level. I was amused to note this ginger, with a DSLR around her neck, photographing some of the local color with her cell phone: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8018824050/ While none of these photos are actually lewd, I advise caution as to who might be looking over your shoulder if and when you open the links. My full set from the day is posted at: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631610110915/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: PESO - Vespa Princess
The light coloured seat for a moment made me think she was floating. Looking closer, I still think she was. Lovely On 24/09/2012 11:32 AM, frank theriault wrote: Seen along Queen West in Toronto: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/vespa-princess.html I rather impressed myself with the fact that this is full-frame. Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- 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: PESO - Tasha and Friend
I love rom coms. Looking forward to more bts On 23/09/2012 11:24 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Or: How I Spent My Saturday Sorry to hit'n'run, but I just had to share this before I go and crash for the day. I was on-set all day during filming of a low-budget indie horror flick -- with puppets! Here's one still I grabbed of Tasha with one of her Friends ... http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8013800477/lightbox/ More shots and details to come. K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ F:2.2, 1/100th, ISO 1600, handheld. Scene lighting only. Light Lr touchups. -- 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.
Memories
Probably going viral, and you've already seen it. But I think this is lovely. Long live film. http://vimeo.com/49425975# -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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.
Atget, whispering trees, and spending Sunday on the street
Someone mentioned the Eugune Atget exhibit happening in Sydney at the moment. Managed some time to see it yesterday, and it bears taking the time. All are 8x10 contact contact prints, and beautifully toned. Highly recommended. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/eugene-atget/ Art and About is an annual art festival, with the pieces taking place on the street (Sydney Life is part of it). Video is a significant part of it this year, and fires up after sunset. http://www.artandabout.com.au/ I hung around to take in Last Drinks, and the wonderful Emergence. Faces projected onto trees in Hyde Park, to the soundtrack of old leftie anthems, being whistled. The Internationale never sounded so moving. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_emergence/index.htm A refreshing beverage and some jazz at one of my old favourite pubs when I was working in the city (East Sydney Hotel) was a nice way to end the day http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_geoffbull/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au ttp://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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: PESO - Vespa Princess
I really like this. Panning and expression perfect. A rather haughty hottie. :-) On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 9:32 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Seen along Queen West in Toronto: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/vespa-princess.html I rather impressed myself with the fact that this is full-frame. Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: PESO - Vespa Princess
I didn't have to look any further than the Subject line to know who posted this one :) (Nice photo, btw) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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: PESO - Ragtime John
Thank you Mark. And thanks Dave, and everyone who had a look. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:40 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Interesting character and cool guitar... great expression on his face. I think you BW rendering is very well done - great contrast and tonality. Mark On 9/18/2012 4:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Another street troubadour: Ragtime John Layton. With his antique resonator he didn't need an amp. http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8000832205/lightbox/ K100D Super, DA 18-55 @ 35mm/f:5.6, 1/1000th sec, ISO 1600 Lr 4.1, Silver Efex Pro 2.0 Still polishing my BW workflow; comments appreciated. -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: Sydney Life
Nice! Sign printing folks do an awesome job these days. I've had some photos printed at 3x3 feet by a sign printer onto a vinyl coated fabric and they looked very good. If you pixel-peeped you could see the random ink dithering, but it served to cover up the fact they were taken with my 6 megapixel K100D Super, and these large prints are meant to be viewed from 5 feet or more anyways. On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: I think they are prints on a vinyl canvas. The finalist photographers get to keep them after the show, but it's up to them to carry them off. Very durable. You could use them as a shade cloth for a barbeque area. On 22/09/2012 1:18 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Very cool. Those shots look like mini-billboards; I'm curious how they printed/mounted them--any idea? Are they out there in all weather, or was this setup for the occasion? Great stuff, Derby. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 8:53 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Two of my friends were finalists in the long-running Sydney Life competition, now hanging in Hyde Park. Some shots from the curator talk. Rather magical http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_sydneylife/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: PESO - Sometimes I get the blues
Thank you, Derby. Your street shots helped inspire me to move in more. Here're the deets on the guitar: Frank, it's a Del Vecchio from Brazil: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Del_Vecchio_(guitar_maker) Most likely one of the Dinâmico guitars. John told me it's an antique. It's certainly really well used; half of the soundhole grills are missing or caved in. They used gorgeous Brazilian wood in the top plate. Apparently rare outside Brazil, but semi-famous because Chet Atkins played one. The construction is dubious and they're often out of tune, but this one sounded wonderful, I thought. On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Really beautifully intimate, especially because of the restrained colour. I love the crop. That's quite an interesting looking acoustic too. On 22/09/2012 1:58 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: [A resend. Original didn't make the list or archive for some reason.] Another image from last Saturday down on the Lakeshore in Long Branch, Toronto. http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8004763271/lightbox/ I got frisky with Photoshop layer modes and masks and Silver Efex Pro 2 here. Inspired by a portraiture seminar, I converted the original to a contrasty and gritty BW, put it on a layer set to Luminosity, then brushed in some of the original image colour by painting lightly on its transparency mask. Hope you don't mind it. K100D Super, DA 18-55 @ 31mm/f:4.5, 1/1000th sec, ISO 1600 Lr 4.1, Silver Efex Pro 2.0 -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: PESO - Sometimes I get the blues
Frank, you can modify excellent any time! :-) Thanks very much; really appreciate it. On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 11:11 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: A most excellent shot! (I realize that excellent doesn't take a modifier; whatever...). Normally I don't like partially desaturated photos but this really works. Possibly because the still-coloured areas are so muted. No matter, it just works. The wonderful expression on his face and the composition are part of it, to be sure. Like the nice tight crop - brings it up close and personal. Great shot! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Sent: September 21, 2012 9/21/12 To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Sometimes I get the blues [A resend. Original didn't make the list or archive for some reason.] Another image from last Saturday down on the Lakeshore in Long Branch, Toronto. http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8004763271/lightbox/ I got frisky with Photoshop layer modes and masks and Silver Efex Pro 2 here. Inspired by a portraiture seminar, I converted the original to a contrasty and gritty BW, put it on a layer set to Luminosity, then brushed in some of the original image colour by painting lightly on its transparency mask. Hope you don't mind it. K100D Super, DA 18-55 @ 31mm/f:4.5, 1/1000th sec, ISO 1600 Lr 4.1, Silver Efex Pro 2.0 -- -bmw -- 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. -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: PESO - Sometimes I get the blues
Thanks, Chris! On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Don't mind it at all Bruce, in fact I like it a lot. The rendering is just right. An interesting guitar. Looks like a wooden resonator... Chris On 21 September 2012 16:58, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: [A resend. Original didn't make the list or archive for some reason.] Another image from last Saturday down on the Lakeshore in Long Branch, Toronto. http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8004763271/lightbox/ I got frisky with Photoshop layer modes and masks and Silver Efex Pro 2 here. Inspired by a portraiture seminar, I converted the original to a contrasty and gritty BW, put it on a layer set to Luminosity, then brushed in some of the original image colour by painting lightly on its transparency mask. Hope you don't mind it. K100D Super, DA 18-55 @ 31mm/f:4.5, 1/1000th sec, ISO 1600 Lr 4.1, Silver Efex Pro 2.0 -- -bmw -- 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. -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: PESO - Sometimes I get the blues
Thank you, Mark. On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Most excellent - great shot! On 9/21/2012 11:58 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: [A resend. Original didn't make the list or archive for some reason.] Another image from last Saturday down on the Lakeshore in Long Branch, Toronto. http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8004763271/lightbox/ I got frisky with Photoshop layer modes and masks and Silver Efex Pro 2 here. Inspired by a portraiture seminar, I converted the original to a contrasty and gritty BW, put it on a layer set to Luminosity, then brushed in some of the original image colour by painting lightly on its transparency mask. Hope you don't mind it. K100D Super, DA 18-55 @ 31mm/f:4.5, 1/1000th sec, ISO 1600 Lr 4.1, Silver Efex Pro 2.0 -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: PESOs a woody for Frank, and a couple others from the Folsom Street Fair
Actually, I prefer bamboo... ;-) Looks like a cool bike though. Seriously, I think that metal is best for a strong, long lasting frame for heavy urban use. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Sent: September 24, 2012 9/24/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESOs a woody for Frank, and a couple others from the Folsom Street Fair The Folsom Street Fair is a San Francisco Leather Pride celebration. On one hand it is an incredibly rich opportunity to photograph certain elements of society enjoying life with an exuberance which is hard to believe. On the other hand, sometimes seeing this exuberance makes you want to scrub your brain with steel wool and bleach. I've got a set of photos from today that would probably all be OK in most reasonably liberal workplaces. I did get one photo of someone's woody, that I think Frank might appreciate: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8018818394/ I think that this photo captures the exuberance, without showing anything too outrageously risque: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8018815163/ It was nearly as much fun checking out the camera gear in use at the fair. Of course there was the usual assortment of canikon SLRs. I also saw a K-7 and two full frame Pentax SLRs. One was an ME, I didn't catch what the other was. I also saw an 8x10 view camera, a 6x7 rangefinder or two, several MF film cameras, and a Nikon F set up to shoot from ground level. I was amused to note this ginger, with a DSLR around her neck, photographing some of the local color with her cell phone: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8018824050/ While none of these photos are actually lewd, I advise caution as to who might be looking over your shoulder if and when you open the links. My full set from the day is posted at: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631610110915/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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. -- 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: PESO - Sometimes I get the blues
Appreciate it, Dave! On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 12:22 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Very good shot. Dave On Fri, Sep 21, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: [A resend. Original didn't make the list or archive for some reason.] Another image from last Saturday down on the Lakeshore in Long Branch, Toronto. http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8004763271/lightbox/ I got frisky with Photoshop layer modes and masks and Silver Efex Pro 2 here. Inspired by a portraiture seminar, I converted the original to a contrasty and gritty BW, put it on a layer set to Luminosity, then brushed in some of the original image colour by painting lightly on its transparency mask. Hope you don't mind it. K100D Super, DA 18-55 @ 31mm/f:4.5, 1/1000th sec, ISO 1600 Lr 4.1, Silver Efex Pro 2.0 -- -bmw -- 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
OT - Shoulder injury update
Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- 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: PESO - Tasha and Friend
On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:51 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2012-09-22 19:24 Bruce Walker wrote Or: How I Spent My Saturday Sorry to hit'n'run, but I just had to share this before I go and crash for the day. I was on-set all day during filming of a low-budget indie horror flick -- with puppets! Here's one still I grabbed of Tasha with one of her Friends ... http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8013800477/lightbox/ which one is Tasha? Tasha (Steph Christiaens) is on the left. Gruppa (not looking at his best here after Tasha clawed her way out of him) is right. -- -bmw -- 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: PESO - Morgans
Beautiful horses, well captured. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sent: September 23, 2012 9/23/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Morgans A pair of 'em, leading the pack: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16478894 -- 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. -- 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: PESO - Tasha and Friend
It's just getting so much harder to avoid cliched shots these days, Frank. Now I expect there'll be a wave of puppet/human horror/comedy shots. :-) On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 9:32 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Just when you think puppets are our trusted allies... That's quite the photo, Bruce! Definitely not something we see every day on this list. ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Sent: September 22, 2012 9/22/12 To: Pentax Discuss Mailing List PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Tasha and Friend Or: How I Spent My Saturday Sorry to hit'n'run, but I just had to share this before I go and crash for the day. I was on-set all day during filming of a low-budget indie horror flick -- with puppets! Here's one still I grabbed of Tasha with one of her Friends ... http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8013800477/lightbox/ More shots and details to come. K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ F:2.2, 1/100th, ISO 1600, handheld. Scene lighting only. Light Lr touchups. -- -bmw -- 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. -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: PAW142 - Balloon
More minimalist brilliance from the master. Reminds me of the French film The Red Balloon that I saw as a kid... Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: DagT li...@thrane.name Sent: September 23, 2012 9/23/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PAW142 - Balloon http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA21mm, 1/160s, f/11, ISO400. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- 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. -- 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: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO
Can't help with the camera (hope it's a one-time anomaly) but that's a terrific photo of your son. Such attitude! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net Sent: September 23, 2012 9/23/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO Hello all, Here's a head-scratcher: Tonight, I was shooting senior portraits of my son. We had gone out to the track at the high school, a place he holds quite dear, for the occasion. As the evening grew darker, I had my flash (540) set up on a stand softbox, firing with the camera's wireless remote system. All was fine, more or less, for several minutes. Until the camera stopped shooting. I would press the shutter, and I'd get a flicker of light (focus assist or pop up flash signalling the 540? not sure..), but the shutter wouldn't fire. Several times I would re-focus and try again, but nothing. I tried the following: - turning the whole thing off on again - turning off the focus assist light - setting the AF to release priority, instead of focus priority - using manual focus - turning off flash, shooting manual exposure mode - shooting in Av, Tv, Tav, P and AUTO None of these got the shutter to fire. We packed it in for the day, and when I got home, 20 minutes later, I tried the camera again. Worked fine, in Av, M, Tav, etc... though I didn't try it with the wireless flash again... Mind you, this whole shutter mechanism was recently replaced (6 months ago) at CRIS. So, I'm thinking I must be doing something wrong, or at least missing something. What do you make of this? Any thoughts? Lastly, just for fun -- a peso. My son, Nick, from tonight. Looking as bad as he is able... http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/8018036378/in/photostream/ Thanks in advance-- :) -c - -- 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. -- 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: PESO: Rock
And mist. The mist makes it for me. Along with the wonderful composition and muted colours. Like this a lot. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com Sent: September 24, 2012 9/24/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Rock Ocean too, and a log: https://plus.google.com/photos/107606703558161507946/albums/posts/5791629813281150210 -- 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. -- 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: PESO - Tasha and Friend
I'm glad everyone's enjoying it. :-) More explication, and a full gallery of behind the scenes, is on its way. The proofs are with the co-producers for clearance. Here's a group shot of the cast and crew (except for a few puppets who are in a trauma unit). http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8017101313/lightbox/ On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: That’s an outstanding photo, if however completely inexplicable. -T On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Or: How I Spent My Saturday Sorry to hit'n'run, but I just had to share this before I go and crash for the day. I was on-set all day during filming of a low-budget indie horror flick -- with puppets! Here's one still I grabbed of Tasha with one of her Friends ... http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8013800477/lightbox/ More shots and details to come. K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ F:2.2, 1/100th, ISO 1600, handheld. Scene lighting only. Light Lr touchups. -- -bmw -- 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. -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: Atget, whispering trees, and spending Sunday on the street
Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Someone mentioned the Eugune Atget exhibit happening in Sydney at the moment. Managed some time to see it yesterday, and it bears taking the time. All are 8x10 contact contact prints, and beautifully toned. Highly recommended. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/eugene-atget/ As it happens, I was there today (followed by lunch with friends at The Rocks). Both extremely enjoyable. Haven't managed to see any of Art and About yet. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ Art and About is an annual art festival, with the pieces taking place on the street (Sydney Life is part of it). Video is a significant part of it this year, and fires up after sunset. http://www.artandabout.com.au/ I hung around to take in Last Drinks, and the wonderful Emergence. Faces projected onto trees in Hyde Park, to the soundtrack of old leftie anthems, being whistled. The Internationale never sounded so moving. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_emergence/index.htm A refreshing beverage and some jazz at one of my old favourite pubs when I was working in the city (East Sydney Hotel) was a nice way to end the day http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_geoffbull/index.htm -- -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
I'm really sorry to hear about your mishap, Frank. But I'm really glad to hear that you have not been put out of commission. I understand that soft-tissue damage is much likelier to be a lengthier heal than bone, so your silver lining has merit. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:09 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). DougBrewerPics or it didn't happen!/DougBrewer Post the x-rays! Seriously, that chipped bone will be fine in no time. It really is the soft tissue stuff that takes the most time to heal. I speak from personal experience. -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
Yikes, Frank. Hoping for a speedy recovery. Take care! :) -c On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:09 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- 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. -- 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: Atget, whispering trees, and spending Sunday on the street
It was great going through those, Derby. I just love getting a taste of the flavours of your downtown. I dig your style, man. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Someone mentioned the Eugune Atget exhibit happening in Sydney at the moment. Managed some time to see it yesterday, and it bears taking the time. All are 8x10 contact contact prints, and beautifully toned. Highly recommended. http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/eugene-atget/ Art and About is an annual art festival, with the pieces taking place on the street (Sydney Life is part of it). Video is a significant part of it this year, and fires up after sunset. http://www.artandabout.com.au/ I hung around to take in Last Drinks, and the wonderful Emergence. Faces projected onto trees in Hyde Park, to the soundtrack of old leftie anthems, being whistled. The Internationale never sounded so moving. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_emergence/index.htm A refreshing beverage and some jazz at one of my old favourite pubs when I was working in the city (East Sydney Hotel) was a nice way to end the day http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_geoffbull/index.htm -- der...@iinet.net.au ttp://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
Geez, Frank, it seems like you already got enough pain and suffering out of him. Many medical folks I have spoken with believe that the bones evolved to break to protect the soft connective tissue. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Yikes, Frank. Hoping for a speedy recovery. Take care! :) -c On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:09 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- 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. -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: PESO - Vespa Princess
As others have said, a really good pan and the facial expression is a plus. It's funny how the crate has become standard equipment rather than make-do. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 8:35 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: I didn't have to look any further than the Subject line to know who posted this one :) (Nice photo, btw) -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: PESO - Tasha and Friend
Evil Dead is a musical. I really want to see that gallery. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I'm glad everyone's enjoying it. :-) More explication, and a full gallery of behind the scenes, is on its way. The proofs are with the co-producers for clearance. Here's a group shot of the cast and crew (except for a few puppets who are in a trauma unit). http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8017101313/lightbox/ On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: That’s an outstanding photo, if however completely inexplicable. -T On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 6:24 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Or: How I Spent My Saturday Sorry to hit'n'run, but I just had to share this before I go and crash for the day. I was on-set all day during filming of a low-budget indie horror flick -- with puppets! Here's one still I grabbed of Tasha with one of her Friends ... http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/8013800477/lightbox/ More shots and details to come. K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ F:2.2, 1/100th, ISO 1600, handheld. Scene lighting only. Light Lr touchups. -- -bmw -- 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. -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: PESO - Why they call them sheep
I haven't seen the pig since I gave up _. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:11 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Keep looking for a little talking pig shepherding them about. ;-) Fun pic. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Sent: September 23, 2012 9/23/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Why they call them sheep http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16478893size=lg -- 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. -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
I like your attitude Frank. To paraphrase: hey, I've got good news! I have a hairline fracture of my clavicle! Whoopee! stan On Sep 24, 2012, at 9:09 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- 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. -- 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: PESOs a woody for Frank, and a couple others from the Folsom Street Fair
Nice. These always remind me of the Wright brothers bike on display at the Air and Space Museum in DC: http://airandspace.si.edu/wrightbrothers/artifactGallery/gallery.cfm?Q=5 The day I was there, everyone was clustered around the bike and ignoring the Wright Flyer. The bike just looks so modern. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:01 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, I prefer bamboo... ;-) Looks like a cool bike though. Seriously, I think that metal is best for a strong, long lasting frame for heavy urban use. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Sent: September 24, 2012 9/24/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESOs a woody for Frank, and a couple others from the Folsom Street Fair The Folsom Street Fair is a San Francisco Leather Pride celebration. On one hand it is an incredibly rich opportunity to photograph certain elements of society enjoying life with an exuberance which is hard to believe. On the other hand, sometimes seeing this exuberance makes you want to scrub your brain with steel wool and bleach. I've got a set of photos from today that would probably all be OK in most reasonably liberal workplaces. I did get one photo of someone's woody, that I think Frank might appreciate: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8018818394/ I think that this photo captures the exuberance, without showing anything too outrageously risque: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8018815163/ It was nearly as much fun checking out the camera gear in use at the fair. Of course there was the usual assortment of canikon SLRs. I also saw a K-7 and two full frame Pentax SLRs. One was an ME, I didn't catch what the other was. I also saw an 8x10 view camera, a 6x7 rangefinder or two, several MF film cameras, and a Nikon F set up to shoot from ground level. I was amused to note this ginger, with a DSLR around her neck, photographing some of the local color with her cell phone: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8018824050/ While none of these photos are actually lewd, I advise caution as to who might be looking over your shoulder if and when you open the links. My full set from the day is posted at: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631610110915/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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. -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: PAW142 - Balloon
A lovely shot. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:12 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: More minimalist brilliance from the master. Reminds me of the French film The Red Balloon that I saw as a kid... Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: DagT li...@thrane.name Sent: September 23, 2012 9/23/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PAW142 - Balloon http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA21mm, 1/160s, f/11, ISO400. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- 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. -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
Maybe you want to rethink your urge to again ride a bike. However, seem to recall something about your livelihood being derived from bike riding.(?) If so, suggest a full body helmet (sorry) Wish your bones speedy healing! Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com/ From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 6:09 AM Subject: OT - Shoulder injury update Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- 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. -- 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: PESO - Morgans
I had mental whiplash there: I was expecting two English sports cars, Paul. :-) Handsome subjects with a perfect touch of defining backlight. Nice! On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 7:06 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: A pair of 'em, leading the pack: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16478894 -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
On Sep 24, 2012, at 9:09 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. cheers, frank IIRC from earlier in the thread, it would seem as though the person at fault is the overly courteous driver to your left who encouraged the oncoming driver to make a left turn in front of you. Does he/she have any felt sense of responsibility for your mishap? stan -- 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: PAW142 - Balloon
From the uniformly grey streetscape, that tiny red balloon really pops. Sorry. ;-) I agree with Frank. Fine work. On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 6:17 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA21mm, 1/160s, f/11, ISO400. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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.
a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
is on the KEH website right now: http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Autofocus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-AP06999048589N?r=FE It's my most used lens. -- 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: PESO: Butterfly Bush
Nicely sharp and defined, Dan. Shame the background is a tad busy, but good anyway. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16480535 Comments are invited Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: PESO: Butterfly Bush
Very nice. What lens did you use? On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Nicely sharp and defined, Dan. Shame the background is a tad busy, but good anyway. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16480535 Comments are invited Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: PESO: Butterfly Bush
Nice, good composition and focus. Flowers look good too. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16480535 Comments are invited Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
Wow, there's actually 2 of them, the other a bit o more with caps and hood. I always wanted this lens but was always spending my money something else. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: is on the KEH website right now: http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Autofocus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-AP06999048589N?r=FE It's my most used lens. -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
This lens (FA 35mm f2) is a bit less sought after since the introduction of the Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL which, by all reports, gives close to the same sort of performance for about half of the price. I think that has reduced demand and prices on what this lens was fetching prior that lens being introduced. If you think the full frame will get here eventually and you want a lens that can then be used on both, or the half stop is important to you, then the F or FA are the way to go. -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
Well if you need a shoulder to lean ondon't lean on yours! that definitely sounds like a big ouch - don't non-chalant it the better you take care the faster it will heal... takes a while to get range of motion back after you've been in a sling, too... physical therapy is in your future... You'll get a lot of nice subway shots now :_) ann On 9/24/2012 09:09, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- 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: PESO + GESO - Space Shuttle Endeavour flying low over Berkeley, CA
There is a very nice shot of the shuttle taken from directly above floating around on the 'net. It's not new, 2010, but is unusual. As an old photo reconn guy, I would guess it was shot from a photo-jet version of one of the birds so equipped we've used in the past 30 years. http://www.universetoday.com/62092/space-shuttle-endeavor/ On Sep 23, 2012, at 10:55 , mike wilson wrote: -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: 23 September 2012 06:47 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO + GESO - Space Shuttle Endeavour flying low over Berkeley, CA On Sep 22, 2012, at 9:23 AM, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote: Shot with my K5 and M* 300mm f4 (at f11): http://i.imgur.com/VGco5.jpg What a fantastic photo and it must have been a real experience. I had a poster of the shuttle on my wall when I was a kid. I still have it somewhere. I really do wish I could have watched a shuttle launch. I have an audio file of one which I downloaded from somewhere. The shuttle must be one of the loudest things ever made. Dave -- 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: PESO: Butterfly Bush
Quite lovely Dan, and pleasantly sharp. If possible, I might crop a little off the right side to minimize distraction in the background. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 9 Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:26:24 -0400 From: Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Butterfly Bush Message-ID: caomwt1xlqcimk2x04kbtvv8xj9ptpvr6o+cwbnenm+7gedu...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16480535 Comments are invited Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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: PESO: Butterfly Bush
ge ye to the stock agency... nice field guide worthy shot, dan... I think that is purple loosestrife, yes? (the plant, not the flutterbye of course) ann On 9/24/2012 11:26, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16480535 Comments are invited Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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: PESO + GESO - Space Shuttle Endeavour flying low over Berkeley, CA
Crap. Though I took the URL from the image I have, it no longer takes you to that image. Several Google searches using various terminologies doesn't drag it up. Sorry for wasting your time. On Sep 24, 2012, at 09:03 , Joseph McAllister wrote: There is a very nice shot of the shuttle taken from directly above floating around on the 'net. It's not new, 2010, but is unusual. As an old photo reconn guy, I would guess it was shot from a photo-jet version of one of the birds so equipped we've used in the past 30 years. http://www.universetoday.com/62092/space-shuttle-endeavor/ On Sep 23, 2012, at 10:55 , mike wilson wrote: -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: 23 September 2012 06:47 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: PESO + GESO - Space Shuttle Endeavour flying low over Berkeley, CA On Sep 22, 2012, at 9:23 AM, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote: Shot with my K5 and M* 300mm f4 (at f11): http://i.imgur.com/VGco5.jpg What a fantastic photo and it must have been a real experience. I had a poster of the shuttle on my wall when I was a kid. I still have it somewhere. I really do wish I could have watched a shuttle launch. I have an audio file of one which I downloaded from somewhere. The shuttle must be one of the loudest things ever made. Dave -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important. Paul This lens (FA 35mm f2) is a bit less sought after since the introduction of the Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL which, by all reports, gives close to the same sort of performance for about half of the price. I think that has reduced demand and prices on what this lens was fetching prior that lens being introduced. If you think the full frame will get here eventually and you want a lens that can then be used on both, or the half stop is important to you, then the F or FA are the way to go. -- 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. -- 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: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO
I love the shot. Can't help specifically with the system glitch, but I wonder if there's any chance the flash was the problem. The camera might be waiting for signals from the P-TTL logic. Sometimes it helps the wireless stuff if you add a reflector of some sort (eg tinfoil) to the popup head to get more light over at the remote 540. I have even had success holding my hand at an angle near the popup. Honestly, I've just switched to using cheap radio triggers for remote flash. All my random flash failures went away. On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hello all, Here's a head-scratcher: Tonight, I was shooting senior portraits of my son. We had gone out to the track at the high school, a place he holds quite dear, for the occasion. As the evening grew darker, I had my flash (540) set up on a stand softbox, firing with the camera's wireless remote system. All was fine, more or less, for several minutes. Until the camera stopped shooting. I would press the shutter, and I'd get a flicker of light (focus assist or pop up flash signalling the 540? not sure..), but the shutter wouldn't fire. Several times I would re-focus and try again, but nothing. I tried the following: - turning the whole thing off on again - turning off the focus assist light - setting the AF to release priority, instead of focus priority - using manual focus - turning off flash, shooting manual exposure mode - shooting in Av, Tv, Tav, P and AUTO None of these got the shutter to fire. We packed it in for the day, and when I got home, 20 minutes later, I tried the camera again. Worked fine, in Av, M, Tav, etc... though I didn't try it with the wireless flash again... Mind you, this whole shutter mechanism was recently replaced (6 months ago) at CRIS. So, I'm thinking I must be doing something wrong, or at least missing something. What do you make of this? Any thoughts? Lastly, just for fun -- a peso. My son, Nick, from tonight. Looking as bad as he is able... http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/8018036378/in/photostream/ Thanks in advance-- :) -c - -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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: PESOs a woody for Frank, and a couple others from the Folsom Street Fair
On Sep 24, 2012, at 6:01 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Actually, I prefer bamboo... ;-) Looks like a cool bike though. Seriously, I think that metal is best for a strong, long lasting frame for heavy urban use. cool != practical For example, an e-type is definitely more cool, and more interesting to look at and photograph than a Honda civic. Interestingly my most recently purchased bike has a frame made by a company named after the neighborhood that photo was taken in: http://www.somafab.com/archives/product/double-cross -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
KEH seems to have them quite frequently. From: Steven Desjardins Wow, there's actually 2 of them, the other a bit o more with caps and hood. I always wanted this lens but was always spending my money something else. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: is on the KEH website right now: http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Autofocus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-AP06999048589N?r=FE It's my most used lens. -- 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: PAW142 - Balloon
On 9/24/2012 10:26, Steven Desjardins wrote: A lovely shot. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:12 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: More minimalist brilliance from the master. Reminds me of the French film The Red Balloon that I saw as a kid... Cheers, frank ditto steve, ditto Frank (I loved that movie - I was about 18 when I saw it) ann What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: DagT li...@thrane.name Sent: September 23, 2012 9/23/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PAW142 - Balloon http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA21mm, 1/160s, f/11, ISO400. DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
LOL ... The FA35/2 AL was my most used lens until I obtained te FA43/1.9 Limited. I much preferred it to the FA31/1.8 Limited too. :-) Never found it to be less sharp than any zoom, the only zoom I used that was on par (but two stops slower) was the FA20-35/4 AL. G On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important. Paul This lens (FA 35mm f2) is a bit less sought after since the introduction of the Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL which, by all reports, gives close to the same sort of performance for about half of the price. I think that has reduced demand and prices on what this lens was fetching prior that lens being introduced. If you think the full frame will get here eventually and you want a lens that can then be used on both, or the half stop is important to you, then the F or FA are the way to go. -- 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. -- 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
Yes, at our advanced ages bones should heal faster than rotator cuffs. Especially with sufficient beer. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 9:09 AM Subject: OT - Shoulder injury update Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- 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. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last. Almost $2K in bargain condition! http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK06009016184N?r=FE On 9/24/2012 11:20 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: is on the KEH website right now: http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Autofocus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-AP06999048589N?r=FE It's my most used lens. -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
RE: Pentax K7
Hi, could you please explain the difference(s) between a K5 and your K7 again? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:32 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: FS: Pentax K7 Sorry to do this on a non-Friday, but I'm leaving town for a week on Friday and I wanted to begin the process. Pentax k7, about 1550 shutter activations. Mildly used, excellent condition Original box, software, manual, strap, body cap. AV cable. Can't find the USB cable yet, but I'm still looking. Spare battery. $400 USD with shipping for CON US. Elsewhere shipping not included. I haven't used this camera very much because I got diverted to mu43 systems. -- Steve Desjardins -- 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. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
the Fa35/2 must be a piece o crap lens if its a prime that cant match an even great zoom at middle apertures. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 12:25 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL... I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important. Paul This lens (FA 35mm f2) is a bit less sought after since the introduction of the Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL which, by all reports, gives close to the same sort of performance for about half of the price. I think that has reduced demand and prices on what this lens was fetching prior that lens being introduced. If you think the full frame will get here eventually and you want a lens that can then be used on both, or the half stop is important to you, then the F or FA are the way to go. -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO
On Sep 23, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Hello all, Here's a head-scratcher: Tonight, I was shooting senior portraits of my son. We had gone out to the track at the high school, a place he holds quite dear, for the occasion. As the evening grew darker, I had my flash (540) set up on a stand softbox, firing with the camera's wireless remote system. All was fine, more or less, for several minutes. Until the camera stopped shooting. I would press the shutter, and I'd get a flicker of light (focus assist or pop up flash signalling the 540? not sure..), but the shutter wouldn't fire. Several times I would re-focus and try again, but nothing. I tried the following: - turning the whole thing off on again - turning off the focus assist light - setting the AF to release priority, instead of focus priority - using manual focus - turning off flash, shooting manual exposure mode - shooting in Av, Tv, Tav, P and AUTO None of these got the shutter to fire. I too have a replacement shutter mechanism in my K-5. I have had a couple of issues in the past week where it just did some whacky shit with the flash attached. Not allowing me to set the shutter speed faster than 1/90 second, and other things. I had to take the battery out of the camera for a few seconds to get it to behave. I think it happened the first time about a week ago in SF, and I forgot about it until it happened to me again yesterday. I am getting a bit nervous now. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: PESO - Vespa Princess
Très chic. And a nice bit of composition panning. Before or after shoulder problem? Chris On 24 September 2012 02:32, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Seen along Queen West in Toronto: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/vespa-princess.html I rather impressed myself with the fact that this is full-frame. Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- 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: PESO - Vespa Princess
Should have been composition and panning... On 24 September 2012 18:49, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Très chic. And a nice bit of composition panning. Before or after shoulder problem? Chris On 24 September 2012 02:32, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Seen along Queen West in Toronto: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/vespa-princess.html I rather impressed myself with the fact that this is full-frame. Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a bourgeois concept. -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Pentax K7
The K-7 is in almost all respects identical to the K-5 except for the sensor. The K-7 and K20D share the same sensor family with similar IQ. There is nothing wrong with the K20D, but it doesn't have the high ISO performance of the K-5, neither does for all it's improvements the K-7. However for $400 with only ~1200 shots it's a great deal. On 9/24/2012 1:25 PM, J.C. O'Connell wrote: Hi, could you please explain the difference(s) between a K5 and your K7 again? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 11:32 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: FS: Pentax K7 Sorry to do this on a non-Friday, but I'm leaving town for a week on Friday and I wanted to begin the process. Pentax k7, about 1550 shutter activations. Mildly used, excellent condition Original box, software, manual, strap, body cap. AV cable. Can't find the USB cable yet, but I'm still looking. Spare battery. $400 USD with shipping for CON US. Elsewhere shipping not included. I haven't used this camera very much because I got diverted to mu43 systems. -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly search. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last. Almost $2K in bargain condition! http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK06009016184N?r=FE Related: Sure makes you wonder what this new 135mm f1.8 is/was (and if it is for the digital age why it is still called an A* rather than a DA*) http://photorumors.com/2010/11/09/some-pentax-rumors-new-pentax-a-135mm-f1-8-lens-and-more/ -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important. Bit of a size/weight disadvantage to the zoom, though... -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
or when you really need F2, not F2.8 - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 1:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL... Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important. Bit of a size/weight disadvantage to the zoom, though... -- 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. -- 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: PESO: Butterfly Bush
On Sep 24, 2012, at 8:26 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16480535 Nice photo. I particularly like the way you are getting away from your normal centered, static feeling composition. The shape of the flowers and butterfly making a ring around the center draw the eye nicely. Comments are invited Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
Regarding the $2000 Pentax-A* 135mm f1.8. Some say it is one of the 4 or 5 best lenses Pentax has ever made, but I would love to see a comparison between it and the K 135mm f2.5 (or the same optics in the S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 (version 2). *That* is a stellar lens (albeit without A functionality) that is a FRACTION of the weight and cost. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last. Almost $2K in bargain condition! http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK06009016184N?r=FE Related: Sure makes you wonder what this new 135mm f1.8 is/was (and if it is for the digital age why it is still called an A* rather than a DA*) http://photorumors.com/2010/11/09/some-pentax-rumors-new-pentax-a-135mm-f1-8-lens-and-more/ That's old A*135/1.8 concept model (cosmetic update) from the 1980's that never went into production. -- 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: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I love the shot. Thanks, Bruce! Can't help specifically with the system glitch, but I wonder if there's any chance the flash was the problem. Yes, I was thinking along those lines, too... I usually just use the flash off-camera indoors, and I've never had an issue with the wireless firing. Outside, in the middle of the track, though, found I didn't have much range - couldn't get too far from the light stand still get the flash to fire. I wonder if the reflect-y silver lining of the softbox gets in the way of the flash/camera communication...? And I did think maybe I should try some radio triggers... what kind did you get? Whenever I start to think about getting some, I first reason that I can rule out Pocket Wizards... But then, how cheap do you go? I've considered the Paul C Buff triggers... but maybe ebay triggers are just fine...? Thx, -c On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hello all, Here's a head-scratcher: Tonight, I was shooting senior portraits of my son. We had gone out to the track at the high school, a place he holds quite dear, for the occasion. As the evening grew darker, I had my flash (540) set up on a stand softbox, firing with the camera's wireless remote system. All was fine, more or less, for several minutes. Until the camera stopped shooting. I would press the shutter, and I'd get a flicker of light (focus assist or pop up flash signalling the 540? not sure..), but the shutter wouldn't fire. Several times I would re-focus and try again, but nothing. I tried the following: - turning the whole thing off on again - turning off the focus assist light - setting the AF to release priority, instead of focus priority - using manual focus - turning off flash, shooting manual exposure mode - shooting in Av, Tv, Tav, P and AUTO None of these got the shutter to fire. We packed it in for the day, and when I got home, 20 minutes later, I tried the camera again. Worked fine, in Av, M, Tav, etc... though I didn't try it with the wireless flash again... Mind you, this whole shutter mechanism was recently replaced (6 months ago) at CRIS. So, I'm thinking I must be doing something wrong, or at least missing something. What do you make of this? Any thoughts? Lastly, just for fun -- a peso. My son, Nick, from tonight. Looking as bad as he is able... http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/8018036378/in/photostream/ Thanks in advance-- :) -c - -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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. -- 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: PESO - Morgans
On Sep 23, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: A pair of 'em, leading the pack: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16478894 Nice photo. I was wondering whether they'd have four wheels or four legs. -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: Memories
Sweet -T On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 3:58 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Probably going viral, and you've already seen it. But I think this is lovely. Long live film. http://vimeo.com/49425975# -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- 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. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
On 9/24/2012 1:54 PM, Darren Addy wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last. Almost $2K in bargain condition! http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK06009016184N?r=FE Related: Sure makes you wonder what this new 135mm f1.8 is/was (and if it is for the digital age why it is still called an A* rather than a DA*) http://photorumors.com/2010/11/09/some-pentax-rumors-new-pentax-a-135mm-f1-8-lens-and-more/ Not new old, and most digital ready lenses aren't any different from their old non digital counterparts, except maybe for more effective non reflective coatings on the rear element. -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly search. -- 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: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO
Yikes. Let's hope it's not a problem caused by the solution to a different problem. That would be too much to bear... Since it was just my son, not a client, I was shooting, and we were only 2 blocks from home, I didn't bring the back-up gear that I usually do to a shoot... the bag with the k7, extra lenses, flash. Ive never needed them before, thankfully. But, I won't be leaving them behind again...! :) -c On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:48 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Sep 23, 2012, at 7:38 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Hello all, Here's a head-scratcher: Tonight, I was shooting senior portraits of my son. We had gone out to the track at the high school, a place he holds quite dear, for the occasion. As the evening grew darker, I had my flash (540) set up on a stand softbox, firing with the camera's wireless remote system. All was fine, more or less, for several minutes. Until the camera stopped shooting. I would press the shutter, and I'd get a flicker of light (focus assist or pop up flash signalling the 540? not sure..), but the shutter wouldn't fire. Several times I would re-focus and try again, but nothing. I tried the following: - turning the whole thing off on again - turning off the focus assist light - setting the AF to release priority, instead of focus priority - using manual focus - turning off flash, shooting manual exposure mode - shooting in Av, Tv, Tav, P and AUTO None of these got the shutter to fire. I too have a replacement shutter mechanism in my K-5. I have had a couple of issues in the past week where it just did some whacky shit with the flash attached. Not allowing me to set the shutter speed faster than 1/90 second, and other things. I had to take the battery out of the camera for a few seconds to get it to behave. I think it happened the first time about a week ago in SF, and I forgot about it until it happened to me again yesterday. I am getting a bit nervous now. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
On Sep 24, 2012, at 1:54 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important. Bit of a size/weight disadvantage to the zoom, though… Of course. And for a walk around lens size and weight can be important. For a work lens, they're only a minor inconvenience. Changing lenses is much more inconvenient. And since the DA* zoom, which was engineered for the APS-C image circle, delivers results that are, in my experience, somewhat better than the prime, which was not engineered for the task at hand, it makes much more sense to use that lens. I also find that the lenses I use for work are the same once I pick up for play. I'm accustomed to them, so they feel right. I've also noticed that the FA 35/2 has required quite a bit of focus correction with my last few Pentax cameras. To my mind that reinforces the idea that it's somewhat mismatched. -- 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. -- 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: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO
On Sep 24, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I love the shot. Thanks, Bruce! Can't help specifically with the system glitch, but I wonder if there's any chance the flash was the problem. Yes, I was thinking along those lines, too... I usually just use the flash off-camera indoors, and I've never had an issue with the wireless firing. Outside, in the middle of the track, though, found I didn't have much range - couldn't get too far from the light stand still get the flash to fire. I wonder if the reflect-y silver lining of the softbox gets in the way of the flash/camera communication...? And I did think maybe I should try some radio triggers... what kind did you get? Whenever I start to think about getting some, I first reason that I can rule out Pocket Wizards... But then, how cheap do you go? I've considered the Paul C Buff triggers... but maybe ebay triggers are just fine...? I've got some of the cheap chinese radio triggers, about $10 for each transmitter or receiver. And they work OK, as long as the transmitter and receiver are within a few feet of each other and there is nothing (like a strobe body) between them. I get a fair number of missed triggers with them anyways, but for studio work it's not like you're blowing a dollar's worth of film/processing. Note: do not use fancy rechargeable batteries in the receivers, they run at a lower voltage than regular AAA batteries, and don't have nearly the sensitivity. Paul C Buff makes some great gear, and for reasonable prices for what you get. I recently acquired some old, simple pocket wizards. All they do is trigger, no control over flash intensity or anything. They seem to work a lot better than the cheap chinese ones. In short, for $20 or so, the cheap ones will more or less do the job most of the time, but you'll learn to love radio triggers and will eventually want to upgrade. If you don't mind spending $20 (or a bit more if you get spares, a trigger for your second body etc.) on something that you'll eventually just set aside as a spare, and don't mind the occasional (1 in 8 or 10) shot where the flash doesn't fire, they are a great deal. Thx, -c On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hello all, Here's a head-scratcher: Tonight, I was shooting senior portraits of my son. We had gone out to the track at the high school, a place he holds quite dear, for the occasion. As the evening grew darker, I had my flash (540) set up on a stand softbox, firing with the camera's wireless remote system. All was fine, more or less, for several minutes. Until the camera stopped shooting. I would press the shutter, and I'd get a flicker of light (focus assist or pop up flash signalling the 540? not sure..), but the shutter wouldn't fire. Several times I would re-focus and try again, but nothing. I tried the following: - turning the whole thing off on again - turning off the focus assist light - setting the AF to release priority, instead of focus priority - using manual focus - turning off flash, shooting manual exposure mode - shooting in Av, Tv, Tav, P and AUTO None of these got the shutter to fire. We packed it in for the day, and when I got home, 20 minutes later, I tried the camera again. Worked fine, in Av, M, Tav, etc... though I didn't try it with the wireless flash again... Mind you, this whole shutter mechanism was recently replaced (6 months ago) at CRIS. So, I'm thinking I must be doing something wrong, or at least missing something. What do you make of this? Any thoughts? Lastly, just for fun -- a peso. My son, Nick, from tonight. Looking as bad as he is able... http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/8018036378/in/photostream/ Thanks in advance-- :) -c - -- 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. -- -bmw -- 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. -- 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
Six weeks in a sling though - what a bummer. And then there's the physio, as Ann said. B From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). -- 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.
A*135/1.8 vs K135/2.5vs Tamron 180/2.5
did you know that the K135/2.5 was heavily discounted ( closed out ) in the M era ( probably because it was very bulky compared to the M135/3.5) for like $90 brand new in the early 80's? What a deal that was. Its a killer lens. The only similar lens I have used that meets or beats it is my cherished tamron 180/2.5IF which is simply unbelievable and only cost $500. The tamron 180mm generates images that look like they were shot with a top notch 50mm they are so sharp. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Darren Addy Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 2:06 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL... Regarding the $2000 Pentax-A* 135mm f1.8. Some say it is one of the 4 or 5 best lenses Pentax has ever made, but I would love to see a comparison between it and the K 135mm f2.5 (or the same optics in the S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 (version 2). *That* is a stellar lens (albeit without A functionality) that is a FRACTION of the weight and cost. -- 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. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
On Sep 24, 2012, at 2:03 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: or when you really need F2, not F2.8 That's true. Although in almost every venue where I might shoot, low-light isn't a problem, and, even when light might be limited, a bit more ISO on the K5 is usually not a problem. The difference in DOF on APS-C at that focal length is nearly immeasurable.. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 1:54 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL... Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important. Bit of a size/weight disadvantage to the zoom, though... -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:37 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/24/2012 1:54 PM, Darren Addy wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last. Almost $2K in bargain condition! http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK06009016184N?r=FE Related: Sure makes you wonder what this new 135mm f1.8 is/was (and if it is for the digital age why it is still called an A* rather than a DA*) http://photorumors.com/2010/11/09/some-pentax-rumors-new-pentax-a-135mm-f1-8-lens-and-more/ Not new old, and most digital ready lenses aren't any different from their old non digital counterparts, except maybe for more effective non reflective coatings on the rear element. Pentax literature points out how the final element of DA glass is configured to direct the photons at right angles to the sensor to compensate for the fact that the sensor is most sensitive to perpendicular light. Film did not have this issue, hence FA glass (and before) doesn't do this so the image will be fuzzier, especially off center. My understanding is that all DA glass has been created with this astigmatism compensation specifically with sensors in mind. -- -bmw -- 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: PESO Up
Watched both movies during the weekend. I need to watch more of him. Thanks, Toine On 20 September 2012 23:51, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Malick likes to do dolly shots with the camera pointing up, moving through a forest. That's what came to mind when I saw your photo. Tree of Life (the recent one) is quite an ambitious movie and mesmerising to watch, but I'm not sure it really works philosophically. I like The Thin Red Line because it is the opposite of what a star-packed war movie would be expected to me. Here's a little interview with his cinematographer on Tree of Life. Ah, film. http://motion.kodak.com/motion/Publications/In_Camera/Web_Exclusives/Archive/The_Tree_Of_Life.htm On 21/09/2012 4:26 AM, Toine wrote: Thanks. I needed to google who Terrence Malick is. I can't remember seeing one of his movies, will grab a DVD in the next days. Which movie would you suggest? Toine On 20 September 2012 13:58, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: It makes me think of Terrence Malick. Really beautiful On 20/09/2012 2:48 AM, Toine wrote: http://www.repiuk.nl/index.php/blog-mainmenu-97/234-up Q, 01 lens, 30s, f2.8 Toine -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: PESO + GESO - Space Shuttle Endeavour flying low over, Berkeley, CA
From: Joseph McAllister There is a very nice shot of the shuttle taken from directly above floating around on the 'net. It's not new, 2010, but is unusual. As an old photo reconn guy, I would guess it was shot from a photo-jet version of one of the birds so equipped we've used in the past 30 years. http://www.universetoday.com/62092/space-shuttle-endeavor/ NASA has quite a fleet of photo-recon equipped aircraft, mostly devoted to earth resources research, but occasionally experimental stuff that's eventually going to end up somewhere in the DoD. And if none of that was available, they've got money in the budget to hire contractors. Didn't they fly the 747 for these deliveries at fairly low altitude just so it would be easy for people on the ground to see photograph it? -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
The SMC P 135mm f2.5 has been called the poor mans A*135. I have never even seen a A*135 but I have one each of the 135mm f2.5 in K and M42 (SMCT), and I can attest to their excellent imaging qualities both on film and digital. I was able to get them quite inexpensively mostly because 135mm lenses are in ill repute in these latter days. On 9/24/2012 2:06 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Regarding the $2000 Pentax-A* 135mm f1.8. Some say it is one of the 4 or 5 best lenses Pentax has ever made, but I would love to see a comparison between it and the K 135mm f2.5 (or the same optics in the S-M-C Takumar 135mm f2.5 (version 2). *That* is a stellar lens (albeit without A functionality) that is a FRACTION of the weight and cost. -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly search. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
ROFLMAO… FA lenses don't have the edge sharpness that the DA lenses deliver. They're not engineered to work with a sensor, and it's obvious in the results. P On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: LOL ... The FA35/2 AL was my most used lens until I obtained te FA43/1.9 Limited. I much preferred it to the FA31/1.8 Limited too. :-) Never found it to be less sharp than any zoom, the only zoom I used that was on par (but two stops slower) was the FA20-35/4 AL. G On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important. Paul This lens (FA 35mm f2) is a bit less sought after since the introduction of the Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL which, by all reports, gives close to the same sort of performance for about half of the price. I think that has reduced demand and prices on what this lens was fetching prior that lens being introduced. If you think the full frame will get here eventually and you want a lens that can then be used on both, or the half stop is important to you, then the F or FA are the way to go. -- 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. -- 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
On 9/24/2012 2:47 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:37 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 9/24/2012 1:54 PM, Darren Addy wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:10 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last. Almost $2K in bargain condition! http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK06009016184N?r=FE Related: Sure makes you wonder what this new 135mm f1.8 is/was (and if it is for the digital age why it is still called an A* rather than a DA*) http://photorumors.com/2010/11/09/some-pentax-rumors-new-pentax-a-135mm-f1-8-lens-and-more/ Not new old, and most digital ready lenses aren't any different from their old non digital counterparts, except maybe for more effective non reflective coatings on the rear element. Pentax literature points out how the final element of DA glass is configured to direct the photons at right angles to the sensor to compensate for the fact that the sensor is most sensitive to perpendicular light. Film did not have this issue, hence FA glass (and before) doesn't do this so the image will be fuzzier, especially off center. My understanding is that all DA glass has been created with this astigmatism compensation specifically with sensors in mind. I believe if you compare the 40mm f2.8 formulas there appear to be no real differences between the old M lens and the new DA lenses. Most of that is marketing hype. Some lenses with elements deeply recessed into the body of a camera may require that kind of change but when you take the registration distance required by the mirror box of a typical SLR or DSLR the geometry was pretty much already there. -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthly search. -- 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: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 2:31 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Can't help specifically with the system glitch, but I wonder if there's any chance the flash was the problem. Yes, I was thinking along those lines, too... I usually just use the flash off-camera indoors, and I've never had an issue with the wireless firing. Outside, in the middle of the track, though, found I didn't have much range - couldn't get too far from the light stand still get the flash to fire. I wonder if the reflect-y silver lining of the softbox gets in the way of the flash/camera communication...? For sure it does. For best range I've used another 540 on-camera in controller mode to blast a pulse at the remote 540. Big waste of a good flash though. I'd rather employ it as a hair or rim light. The best softbox for doing this is the kind that leaves the flash outside of it. Then you can swivel the body so the red detector window is pointing toward your camera. $50 for a 24 popup one from Fotodiox. And I did think maybe I should try some radio triggers... what kind did you get? Whenever I start to think about getting some, I first reason that I can rule out Pocket Wizards... But then, how cheap do you go? I've considered the Paul C Buff triggers... but maybe ebay triggers are just fine...? I'm really happy with the Cowboy Studios NPT-04 kit; I have two of them. One trigger, two receivers for $32: http://www.cowboystudio.com/product_p/npt-04+extra%20receiver.htm They work for a great distance, and work fine at 1/160th sync speed. I order them from Amazon. Here's a critical thing though: clean all the contacts, battery and hotshoe, thoroughly with electrical contact cleaner before any use. They are quite sensitive to dirty contacts and will misfire badly if you don't clean them. I keep some Q-tips with an aerosol can of Hosa DeoxIT. And bring spare AAA dry cells for the receivers. -- -bmw -- 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: PESO + GESO - Space Shuttle Endeavour flying low over, Berkeley, CA
The link worked just fine for me. Interesting article nice photo. Although, I did kind of wonder about Shuttle Challenger disaster being the only failed mission in the Space Shuttle fleet’s history. Does the author consider Shuttle Columbia's last mission a success? From: Joseph McAllister Crap. Though I took the URL from the image I have, it no longer takes you to that image. Several Google searches using various terminologies doesn't drag it up. Sorry for wasting your time. On Sep 24, 2012, at 09:03 , Joseph McAllister wrote: There is a very nice shot of the shuttle taken from directly above floating around on the 'net. It's not new, 2010, but is unusual. As an old photo reconn guy, I would guess it was shot from a photo-jet version of one of the birds so equipped we've used in the past 30 years. http://www.universetoday.com/62092/space-shuttle-endeavor/ -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
The theoretical advantage DA lenses have over FA lenses when used on APS-C format is not so much they are designed for a sensor is that they are designed for APS-C not 24x36mm format and hence dont need to cover as large an image circle. This means they can use simpler more efficient optical designs which improve both resolution and even contrast across the APS-C frame if the design is radical in the case of the FA lens. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 2:59 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL... ROFLMAO. FA lenses don't have the edge sharpness that the DA lenses deliver. They're not engineered to work with a sensor, and it's obvious in the results. P On Sep 24, 2012, at 12:51 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: LOL ... The FA35/2 AL was my most used lens until I obtained te FA43/1.9 Limited. I much preferred it to the FA31/1.8 Limited too. :-) Never found it to be less sharp than any zoom, the only zoom I used that was on par (but two stops slower) was the FA20-35/4 AL. G On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 9:25 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I have the FA 35/2 but almost never use it. The DA* 16-50 is sharper and more contrasty at every stop IMO, and it's hard to dispute the convenience of a zoom, particularly when working quickly and efficiently is important. Paul This lens (FA 35mm f2) is a bit less sought after since the introduction of the Pentax DA 35mm f/2.4 AL which, by all reports, gives close to the same sort of performance for about half of the price. I think that has reduced demand and prices on what this lens was fetching prior that lens being introduced. If you think the full frame will get here eventually and you want a lens that can then be used on both, or the half stop is important to you, then the F or FA are the way to go. -- 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. -- 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. -- Godfrey godfreydigiorgi.posterous.com -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Pentax literature points out how the final element of DA glass is configured to direct the photons at right angles to the sensor to compensate for the fact that the sensor is most sensitive to perpendicular light. Film did not have this issue, hence FA glass (and before) doesn't do this so the image will be fuzzier, especially off center. My understanding is that all DA glass has been created with this astigmatism compensation specifically with sensors in mind. Erm, this is nothing to do with astigmatism. -- 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: K5 acting up?... plus a PESO
I considered suggesting the same thing, but - turning off flash, shooting manual exposure mode ... If it was a problem with P-TTL shouldn't the shutter have triggered in manual exposure with no flash? Unless maybe the camera software just got scrambled didn't clear right away. Christine, Did you take the battery (or batteries if you use the grip) out during troubleshooting or at home before testing the camera again? From: Bruce Walker I love the shot. Can't help specifically with the system glitch, but I wonder if there's any chance the flash was the problem. The camera might be waiting for signals from the P-TTL logic. Sometimes it helps the wireless stuff if you add a reflector of some sort (eg tinfoil) to the popup head to get more light over at the remote 540. I have even had success holding my hand at an angle near the popup. Honestly, I've just switched to using cheap radio triggers for remote flash. All my random flash failures went away. On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hello all, Here's a head-scratcher: Tonight, I was shooting senior portraits of my son. We had gone out to the track at the high school, a place he holds quite dear, for the occasion. As the evening grew darker, I had my flash (540) set up on a stand softbox, firing with the camera's wireless remote system. All was fine, more or less, for several minutes. Until the camera stopped shooting. I would press the shutter, and I'd get a flicker of light (focus assist or pop up flash signalling the 540? not sure..), but the shutter wouldn't fire. Several times I would re-focus and try again, but nothing. I tried the following: - turning the whole thing off on again - turning off the focus assist light - setting the AF to release priority, instead of focus priority - using manual focus - turning off flash, shooting manual exposure mode - shooting in Av, Tv, Tav, P and AUTO None of these got the shutter to fire. We packed it in for the day, and when I got home, 20 minutes later, I tried the camera again. Worked fine, in Av, M, Tav, etc... though I didn't try it with the wireless flash again... Mind you, this whole shutter mechanism was recently replaced (6 months ago) at CRIS. So, I'm thinking I must be doing something wrong, or at least missing something. What do you make of this? Any thoughts? Lastly, just for fun -- a peso. My son, Nick, from tonight. Looking as bad as he is able... http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/8018036378/in/photostream/ Thanks in advance-- :) -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
didnt optical lens designers lick astigmatism about 80 yrs ago? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Mark Roberts Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 3:17 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL... Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Pentax literature points out how the final element of DA glass is configured to direct the photons at right angles to the sensor to compensate for the fact that the sensor is most sensitive to perpendicular light. Film did not have this issue, hence FA glass (and before) doesn't do this so the image will be fuzzier, especially off center. My understanding is that all DA glass has been created with this astigmatism compensation specifically with sensors in mind. Erm, this is nothing to do with astigmatism. -- 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. -- 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: OT - Shoulder injury update
Again, I'm just glad it wasn't much more serious than it was. It's a shame you'll be off your bike for that long, but a real boon that you're on your feet. Cars are very frequently less forgiving than that. I'm also glad to hear it's not going to cost you out-of-pocket. I had a bit of a mishap myself over the weekend, breaking up a fight between a couple of drunk young ladies. I think I may have fractured my kneecap on the floor when I got my foot hooked on a table leg in my haste to get between them. I'm pretty confident I didn't sustain any soft tissue damage, either -- thank goodness. It hurt like hell all day yesterday, but most of the swelling has dissipated and now it just hurts like hell when I put too much pressure on it, or bang it up against the sort of things I'm always banging my knee against. Not much can be done other than RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation) and ibuprofen. But now I have a distinctive gait -- so there's my silver lining. Hoping for your speedy recovery! -- Walt On 9/24/2012 8:09 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Got a call from the hospital yesterday. Upon reviewing x-rays they now see a fracture and I should reattend Monday morning. Which I did. Fracture of the clavical right near the tip. It's like a small chip got shaved off. Good news: should heal well. Six weeks in a sling and I should be good to ride a bike. So I am doing my job walking and on transit. More good news: This time I have a driver with insurance. Due to Ontario's no fault system it may be hard to get pain and suffering out of him but at least out-of-pockets will be covered. I actually think that bones may heal faster and more completely than soft tissue (he says looking for a silver lining). ;-) cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Pentax literature points out how the final element of DA glass is configured to direct the photons at right angles to the sensor to compensate for the fact that the sensor is most sensitive to perpendicular light. Film did not have this issue, hence FA glass (and before) doesn't do this so the image will be fuzzier, especially off center. My understanding is that all DA glass has been created with this astigmatism compensation specifically with sensors in mind. Yes, that is true Bruce but we must remember there are traditional sensors and then there are the Sony Exmor sensors used in the K-x and the K-5 (and presumably other models). Take a look at the fundamental design change that the Exmor brought to the table, especially as it affects off-axis light sensitivity: http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/ExmorSensorAdvantage.png Instead of the light entering the microlens and travelling down a virtual pipe before it gets to the photo diode, the microlens sits directly ON the photodiode. What gets talked about all of the time is how many more photons this captures (and so better performance in the same low light when compared to other sensors) but what I don't see get directly talked about is the obvious off-axis light performance. Many Pentax lenses were designed as you say (and would thus work well on either the old style or Exmor sensors. But I believe that the performance of lenses made for film cameras (and the F and FA lenses) would be significantly better on the Exmor sensored cameras than they were on pre-Exmor sensored cameras. I just can't find a lot of people that directly speak to this issue. Maybe a question for Falk Lumo to consider, if he hasn't somewhere already... -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
It's still there at 3:30. Being broke suX. They also have 300 F2.8 SMC FA ED INTERNAL FOCUS (43 DROP-IN) WITH FILTERS WITH HOOD, CAPS, CASE, 35MM SLR AUTO FOCUS TELEPHOTO LENS http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Autofocus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-AP06999107182R?r=FE I wonder if maybe some Pentaxian has finally jumped ship with Pentax's failure yet again to offer any glimmer of hope to those wanting a Full Frame K-mount DSLR? Seems like there's a lot of other really desirable Pentax goodies at KEH right now. From: P. J. Alling Naa, that's nothing, KEH also has the /truely/ legendary A* 135mm f1.8 in stock at this very moment. Look fast it won't last. Almost $2K in bargain condition! http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Manual-Focus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-PK06009016184N?r=FE On 9/24/2012 11:20 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: is on the KEH website right now: http://www.keh.com/camera/Pentax-Autofocus-Fixed-Focal-Length-Lenses/1/sku-AP06999048589N?r=FE It's my most used lens. -- 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: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...
re: improved off-axis light performance for Exmor sensor design After writing my last post about asking Falk Lumo about this, I decided to do it so sent him a PM through Pentax Forums. I'll pass along any reply he may have time to give if and when it happens. -- 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: OT - Leica X2 noise test (really: Sony 16Mpixel sensor love … ;-)
On Sep 23, 2012, at 11:20 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Sat, Sep 22, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: You are very good at what you do. As a matter of fact, when I am photographing still lifes of found objects, I often think about how you would shoot it. But just as I get constantly teased about my photos of disrobed women, or roped up women, I'll tease you about photos of dead leaves on sidewalks, Ralf about factories at night, or Frank about blurry black and white photos taken at night in the city. Thank you for the compliment. What I have never been able to understand is how teasing and making a joke in the middle of a discussion seems to be always appropriate to some people. When I'm discussing camera technique or technology, I don't break into a showboat jazz routine for comic relief: You don't have to understand why people do it, you just have to remember that people do it. You do seem to occasionally react to friendly ribbing as a direct insult, and once in a while your discussions seem to devolve into a heated flame war rather than light hearted banter. I'm trying to concentrate on the discussion, not on providing entertainment. Geez Godfrey, must you hand me straight lines like that on a silver platter? I would prefer to be able to shoot with less noise, faster shutter speeds and more depth of field. Wouldn't we all? ... But the point of the events is not for me to take photos, the point is for people to have fun dancing. It is my job to get the best pictures possible without interfering with the event. Then you simply have to deal with the situation as it presents itself using the equipment you have. These photos were all shot between 1am and 5am at the latenight dances. I believe that the set should be publicly viewable, and not need a facebook account. I do intend to sort the set down further before posting them on flickr, choosing the ones that are the best photographically, rather than just the shots that the dancers want, i.e. something clear enough of themselves having a good time. Despite the technical limitations, I wouldn't call them crappy blurry, underexposed photographs that look terrible. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151265920339673.513291.653299672type=3l=15819e7dcf They look fine to me too, although perhaps a little too fine. They are too literal for my taste in portraying such an event. They look too much like dance pictures on a floor might look under normal lighting. If the situation is dark, the photos should also be dark to portray it accurately. This is an ongoing aesthetic choice. It depends on whether the goal is to show pictures of people dancing in a dimly lit room, or to show a picture of Meagan and Josh having an enjoyable dance. Do note that it is almost always possible to darken a photo in post processing, with little loss of quality, and possibly even reducing the noise (similar to how Dolby NR on tape works), while it is rarely possible to brighten an underexposed photo without loss of quality. I wasn't whining. You said something about never finding max ISO to be useful. I said that I do find it useful because I am often photographing in situations where I lose less image quality by pushing harder on the ISO, than I would by slowing the shutter speed down, or shooting several stops underexposed. Gosh. OF COURSE I'll use maximum ISO *WHEN NEEDED* to get a photo, whether I normally find it 'useful' or not. You vacillate from interpreting what I write in the most literal possible way to interpreting minus one as plus one and joking about, you know? It's hard to have a discussion that way. OK, you are right. Looking back through the archives I can see how you might have been joking about change the light. I've had enough people make that same statement, not understanding why it isn't possible (for social reasons) in many circumstances that I missed the fact that you were joking. I'm also afraid that I seem to have the faulty impression that you take yourself far too seriously far too often, for which I apologize, that it probably didn't even occur to me that you were making a joke. I'm sorry, I'll try to do a better job of keeping your jovial side in mind in the future. I will note in my defense however, that I don't seem to be the only one that misinterpreted your joke as a serious statement. But, be that as it may, one of the things that makes the PDML so much fun is that we don't take ourselves, or each other too seriously, and teasing and poking fun at each other and ourselves is a lot of that. If you don't like being teased like one of the gang, then I apologize, I'll try to restrict my conversations with you to the purely technical and factual. When I joke about, I joke about. When I'm having a technical or technique oriented discussion, I don't joke about unless it is perfectly
