Re: Peso - It's a wrap

2012-09-25 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-24 21:59 Ann Sanfedele wrote http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-City-back-in-the-day/5908739_jKWjcg/1/2108069291_kBx5Btf/Large Christo shots are interesting, well-composed, moment-in-time; but the kitties are the winner for me -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting knarftheria...@gmail.com: I've got an MX that still works just fine (except the meter is pooched). I've got an SP500 (stripped down budget Spotmatic) that still functions perfectly. Two Spotmatics with sluggish shutters that likely only need a CLA (remember CLAs?). I have a Leica

RE: PESO 2012 - Balda photos - GDG

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Love both of these! The tree is beautiful. I think a big print of would sell. The other on is a lovely, relaxed, informal photo, beautifully rendered. cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From:

PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-25 Thread Paul Stenquist
Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving grounds in Shelby, Michigan: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483795 The car was a 1959 Chrysler Imperial two-seat roadster -- a car that never exacted, save in one man's fantasy. The proving ground venue just happened to be

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Well I have to say I am very happy with my K10D! If I had the money I would upgrade to the K5 only for the more compact size and (most importantly) for the stratospheric ISO. As I do lots of night shooting it would be a boon to me. Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
BTW a Spotmatic tribute gallery in PUG would be a great idea! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-25 Thread Steven Desjardins
Nice set, the last one being the money shot. What a nice car. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving grounds in Shelby, Michigan: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483795 The car was a

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 77, Issue 238

2012-09-25 Thread Tom C
Mark, You've made my day! The $3299.99 I'm spending on a D800E is only $478.43 in 1967 dollars. What a deal!!! Tom 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

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread Tom C
Mark, You've made my day! The $3299.99 I'm spending on a D800E is only $478.43 in 1967 dollars. What a deal!!! Tom 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

Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-25 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Agreed! The last one is a real winner! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com Sent: September 25, 2012 9/25/12 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net

Re: PESO 2012 - Balda photos - GDG

2012-09-25 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Thanks Frank! Godfrey On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 6:49 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Love both of these! The tree is beautiful. I think a big print of would sell. The other on is a lovely, relaxed, informal photo, beautifully rendered. cheers, frank What can

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-25 Thread Walt
Thanks for the advice, Larry! I've always imported my RAW files into directories with a -MM-DD naming convention, and can usually find what I'm looking for fairly quickly by narrowing down the date. Of course, it helps that the majority of my shots are nature photography, or are usually

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-25 Thread Walt
Thank you, Christine. I've watched a few of the lynda.com already via Adobe's web site and found them pretty informative, so I'll look into joining up for a month, or so. So far, I do like Lightroom quite a bit as it has a lot of the functions I used in both Picasa and IrfanView (with old

Re: DA 35 DA 55-300 on film

2012-09-25 Thread Joseph McAllister
Looking good Bong. I have the far inferior FA-J 75-300 that came with a FF body last year. FF Coverage, of course. I was surprised that it took pretty damn good pictures on the K-5. Another of course is that it is only using the center of the image, so the best it can give for DA size. It's

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-25 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-25 20:41, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Never tried a pipe. Nor a ~good~ cigar. Smoked cheap cigars and I always found them nasty. Cheap cigars suck. Expensive cigars suck, too, but you're less willing to admit it due to the amount of cash you spent for the stinky thing. --

Re: PESO - Lens and Eye

2012-09-25 Thread Jack Davis
I miss my LX. sniff Jack Davis http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/jackdavis http://www.photolightimages.com - Original Message - From: Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 3:21 PM

Re: OT: Enablement - the new Monitor

2012-09-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Well somehow I managed to change color tone back to normal from warm but there is no OK button it says auto, -, +, menu and the on/off button I'll get in person help tomorrow or Thursday... it opens up little windows with stuff I dont understand on it and within the window I can't go up or

enabled! woot!

2012-09-25 Thread Tanya Love
Just took delivery of DA 12-24mm/f4 and DA* 55mm/f1.4,  - just did some back focus testing and they are both spot on, and super sharp!  Gotta go have me some fun!  Can’t wait for my gig this Sunday… Tan. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-25 Thread Stan Halpin
Walt, keywording can be a pain for those who don't have inclinations toward obsessive compulsive behavior. But one of the beauties of LR is that you can keyword on import. So you have 100 or 500 or 1000 images of a biker rally. On import, assign keywords to those images, something creative like

Re: OT: Enablement - the new Monitor

2012-09-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks Igor - at least I got the brightness down now... phew.. ann On 9/25/2012 21:34, Igor Roshchin wrote: Ann, Sorry, I don't have time for more, but here is the manual for you: http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c02868122.pdf HTH, Igor On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Ann Sanfedele

RE: Enablement - the new Monitor

2012-09-25 Thread John Coyle
Ann, with most of the monitors I've had you use the menu and up and down buttons to get to the selection needed, then you may have to press the menu button again to enter the adjustment area. When in that, you use the up and down buttons to adjust as needed, and probably exit using an

OT: Enablement - the new Monitor

2012-09-25 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ann Sanfedele Got an HP S1933 display model at PC Richard for $92 with a 2 year warranty. It is pretty much plug and play but a couple of little annoyances which I'm hoping my friend Ted will help me resolve. for one thing, as I type this, it doesnt goe all the way across the new wide

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-25 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:42:00AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: PS. I've still got a few film cameras and most still work. Actually Steve's given me the germ of an idea - perhaps we should have a special PUG in 2014 to celebrate the Spotmatic's 50th Anniversary (assuming you can still buy

Re: Geso The General Store

2012-09-25 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I like them as a photo essay... the old-timey objects better .. With Bruce on the Brooms, but I like the white hat.. and the straw hat too. Even the square thumbnails are kinda nice - but I still prefer thumbnails to have the same aspect ratio as the actual photos. don't really like the

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