RE: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread Tanya Love
Lol- more so, if you have a deep wallet to dig into! -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David Mann Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 5:46 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors? On Feb

RE: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread John Coyle
Hi Tan - do want to try the DA16-45 - constant f4? I'd be happy to loan it to you to try out. John in Brisbane -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tanya Love Sent: Friday, 26 February 2010 3:09 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: best

Re: Surf N Turf (#6)

2010-02-26 Thread David Mann
On Feb 26, 2010, at 7:05 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Hi David: This is truly a great set, probably my favorite of all your gesos of this subject. I just love #1 my three favs after that are 3, 5, 11, but all are nice. I like the color and light alot. The close ups of the athletes are

RE: Thanks!!

2010-02-26 Thread Bob W
Big thanks to everyone for the b-day wishes on and off list. Had a great day, and it was fun to pop-in on-list today! Flash http://www.caguila.com/caguila/50walk/ HTML http://www.caguila.com/caguila/50walk2/ Cheers, Christine Very nice. You certainly don't look 'a certain age'.

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 25, 2010, at 9:08 PM, Tanya Love wrote: Hi everyone, I’d love to hear your suggestions for the best wide angle lens I can get my hands on to shoot interiors. I need it to be as fast as possible, and if it is a zoom, I need constant aperture through- out. Many of the interiors

Re: multiple copies of messages being received from the list - anyoneelse?

2010-02-26 Thread Larry Colen
On Feb 25, 2010, at 2:48 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Congratulations, you've completed your first circuit of the PDML mobius loop. It's like reaching the edge of the universe and doubling back on time - you find yourself

RE: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread Bob W
I think that many even here in Canada are frustrated that they can't get faster service if they pay for it (like you can in the US). That would, in the minds of many (including me!) undermine the idea of universality that's now the bedrock of our system. If one can pay to get to the

RE: Anyone else ...

2010-02-26 Thread Chris Mitchell
Christine Aguila wrote: The wild child from Chicago turned 50 today and is doing just fine! A parody of a song title from around the time of your birth works well: Happy Birthday Sweet Christine Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-26 Thread Rob Studdert
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUan2DXBsk Sneaky photographers... -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com: Never work, in America we only have the right to arm bears. yeah... seeing that the right to USE them is probably not written down in the constitution why not amend it to say non-functional arms? ]=) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/25 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: In any case, you're ready to write Pentax a cheque for a 645D, right? Oh, no. But I might start saving up. Will take me at least two years, if the price guesstimates are in the ballpark. -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com --

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/26 Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: What is to discuss. You have it mostly correct. (God isn't dead; she is on an extended vacation in Andromeda.) It was for tax reasons, wasn't it? -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/25 Miserere miser...@gmail.com: C'mon Jostein, you know what I'm talking about  :-)  On lenses intended for digital sensors the rear element (at least) is coated to minimise reflections coming off the sensor that could bounce back from the rear element to the sensor, causing a ghost

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com: (God isn't dead; she is on an extended vacation in Andromeda.) It was for tax reasons, wasn't it? no in fact there are big firm litigators out looking to red tape Her for climate being no longer in accordance with the terms of the lease -- PDML

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26/02/2010, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and btw, I think there's nothing in the K-mount that beats 645 optics in lens stacking or bellows for extreme macro. Such arrangements bring out the worst in any lens combinations with regards to chromatic errors, but the 645 lenses

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread AlunFoto
2010/2/26 Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com: On 26/02/2010, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Oh, and btw, I think there's nothing in the K-mount that beats 645 optics in lens stacking or bellows for extreme macro. Such arrangements bring out the worst in any lens combinations with

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread Rob Studdert
On 26/02/2010, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: Never tried any Voightländers... :-( I should have said current or past offerings from Pentax in K-mount, I guess. Because that's where my experience is. A hand held shot at f4.5 (original 2MP in camera jpg) c/o Christian

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 Graydon o...@uniserve.com: Had (well, I still have it, but it's dead) Unicomp Endurapro; it might have recovered from the water but not from me trying to get it apart to dry it. hmm sounds like they put it together for a reason ;) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 John Francis jo...@panix.com: The DA* 16-50 is [...] quite good fairly close up, too - in fact it's easier to fill the frame with a subject using the 16-50 than it is with the 50-135, because quite often the minimum focussing distance of the 50-135 can be the limiting factor. if

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Tanya Love wrote: As for Marks original post, where he said the following: I'm thinking all along, I paid $$$ for this when I probably could have found a torrent with a crack that would have installed with less trouble!, I am wondering, Mark, have you been spying on me again?!? ;-) I've been

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread paul stenquist
I've shot a lot of interiors for real estate companies using my Pentax digitals. You don't want to use a fisheye, unless you're up for a lot of post work. The DA 12-24/4 is an excellent choice. At 12mm, the distortion is quite manageable, and the lens is very sharp at 5.6. You'll want to

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread paul stenquist
On Feb 26, 2010, at 7:43 AM, paul stenquist wrote: I've shot a lot of interiors for real estate companies using my Pentax digitals. You don't want to use a fisheye, unless you're up for a lot of post work. The DA 12-24/4 is an excellent choice. At 12mm, the distortion is quite

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-26 Thread David Savage
On 26 February 2010 17:52, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUan2DXBsk Sneaky photographers... Yes. They will be the ruination of all we hold dear. Especially them Leicaphiles. Interesting video good on him for sticking up for his rights. DS --

Re: Surf N Turf (#6)

2010-02-26 Thread David Savage
Just saw these now... Damn that's a fine body of work. I really enjoyed them. Cheers, Dave (.au) - Original Message - From: David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:30 PM Subject: GESO: Surf N Turf (#6) Yet

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Another solution I've employed is shooting two vertical frames with the DA* 16-50/2.8 at 16mm and marrying them in PhotoShop or PT Gui. This gives you a very wide angle view and minimal distortion. I usually shoot those at f13 for

Re: PESO - Bikespotting in Kensington Market

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com: A foot fetish have we Ann ? fetish to buttons shift you must. when 900 years you are old fit so well high heels will not... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Thanks!!

2010-02-26 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks for the reminder. Glad you enjoyed the day, young'n! Jack --- On Thu, 2/25/10, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net Subject: Thanks!! To: pdml@pdml.net Date: Thursday, February 25, 2010, 10:46 PM Big thanks to everyone for the

Re: Boris PESO #13

2010-02-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
I told you there was gonna be snow out there! Clean image that conveys the climate situation very well. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! So I returned from one more business trip to DC area. This time I had an encounter with what I

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Tanya Love wrote: I’d love to hear your suggestions for the best wide angle lens I can get my hands on to shoot interiors. I need it to be as fast as possible, and if it is a zoom, I need constant aperture through-out. Many of the interiors (babies nurseries) that I am shooting are required

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-26 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 26, 2010, at 6:59, David Savage wrote: On 26 February 2010 17:52, Rob Studdert distudio.p...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUan2DXBsk Sneaky photographers... Yes. They will be the ruination of all we hold dear. Especially them Leicaphiles. Interesting video

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
LOL... On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 1:21 AM, William Robb war...@gmail.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Bob Sullivan Subject: Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame Are there people who live up there? Ok 54th state, the flag would look better with 54 stars.

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
News flash: Besides the other installation nightmares, I just discovered that the CS4 suite installed itself on my C: drive even though the installation/setup process asked me where to install and I specified the D: drive. Now I have several gigabytes of application files clogging up a drive which

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Mark Roberts wrote: News flash: Besides the other installation nightmares, I just discovered that the CS4 suite installed itself on my C: drive even though the installation/setup process asked me where to install and I specified the D: drive. Now I have several gigabytes of application files

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread P N Stenquist
On Feb 26, 2010, at 8:20 AM, eckinator wrote: 2010/2/26 paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: Another solution I've employed is shooting two vertical frames with the DA* 16-50/2.8 at 16mm and marrying them in PhotoShop or PT Gui. This gives you a very wide angle view and minimal

Re: Boris PESO #13

2010-02-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Ken Waller Welcome to my world - zoom, zoom. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Boris PESO #13 Hi! So I returned from one more business trip to DC area. This time I had an encounter with

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: News flash: Besides the other installation nightmares, I just discovered that the CS4 suite installed itself on my C: drive even though the installation/setup process asked me where to install and I specified the D: drive. Now I have several

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread mike wilson
Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: News flash: Besides the other installation nightmares, I just discovered that the CS4 suite installed itself on my C: drive even though the installation/setup process asked me where to install and I specified the D: drive.

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
If you do punch him, tell him Steve says Hey On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: News flash: Besides the other installation nightmares, I just discovered that the CS4 suite installed itself on my C: drive even though the installation/setup process asked me

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
mike wilson wrote: So it's not really suprising that Adobe's pdf reader (yes, that's _all_ it does) application takes up one quarter of a gigabyte. Double damn. Don't even think about using Acrobat Reder: Go with the free Foxit PDF viewer instead: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/ --

We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left

2010-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
Come on, you know you've got at least one shot that needs to be seen... http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/pdmlbook.php The window for submissions closes on Sunday at midnight. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Francis On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 03:08:43PM +1000, Tanya Love wrote: Hi everyone, I?d love to hear your suggestions for the best wide angle lens I can get my hands on to shoot interiors. I need it to be as fast as possible, and if it is a zoom, I need constant aperture through-out.

Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left

2010-02-26 Thread Tim Øsleby
I will :-) Got at one shot ready to go. -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2010/2/26 Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com: Come on, you know you've got at least one shot that needs to be seen... http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/pdmlbook.php The window for submissions closes

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread CheekyGeek
I don't think you want a fisheye for interiors. I think you'll want rectilinear. Don't get me started again on why Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 is not available for Pentax. Sigma has a new f3.5 10-20mm if the small increase in speed is that important to you ($200 worth of importance). Some say there is a

Re: multiple copies of messages being received from the list, - anyoneelse?

2010-02-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On Feb 25, 2010, at 2:48 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:24 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Congratulations, you've completed your first circuit of the PDML mobius loop. It's like reaching the edge of the universe and doubling back on time

Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left

2010-02-26 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 10:46 AM -0500 2/26/10, Mark Roberts wrote: Come on, you know you've got at least one shot that needs to be seen... http://www.robertstech.com/pdmlbook/pdmlbook.php The window for submissions closes on Sunday at midnight. Still three shots - e - photo submissions per person? --

RE: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob W I think that many even here in Canada are frustrated that they can't get faster service if they pay for it (like you can in the US). That would, in the minds of many (including me!) undermine the idea of universality that's now the bedrock of our system. If one can pay to

Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left

2010-02-26 Thread Jack Davis
I noticed Frank is getting pushy by submitting four shots. Wouldn't you know it? ;-)) Jack --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca wrote: From: Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca Subject: Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left To:

Re: Boris PESO #13

2010-02-26 Thread Rick Womer
Great shot! I'm sure that the Maryland tourism office will be contacting you soon... or maybe not... Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Thu, 2/25/10, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Boris PESO #13 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 26, 2010, at 6:53, paul stenquist wrote: The second shot shown here is comprised of three vertical frames shot with the DA*16-50. Stitching them in PhotoShop is a couple of minutes work with the align and blend tools in CS4. It's equally easy with PT Gui. Sounds like you do it

Re: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Rob Studdert Subject: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUan2DXBsk Sneaky photographers... Another Contempt of Cop arrest. William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: AlunFoto 2010/2/26 Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info: What is to discuss. You have it mostly correct. (God isn't dead; she is on an extended vacation in Andromeda.) It was for tax reasons, wasn't it? Funny how the brain works sometimes. For years and years (and through

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: paul stenquist On Feb 26, 2010, at 7:43 AM, paul stenquist wrote: I've shot a lot of interiors for real estate companies using my Pentax digitals. You don't want to use a fisheye, unless you're up for a lot of post work. The DA 12-24/4 is an excellent choice. At 12mm, the distortion is

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread CheekyGeek
Panorama stitching works amazingly painlessly using the (FREE) Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor) program as well. (I'm rarely a fan of anything with Microsoft attached, but this works great!) Just overlap your shots by 20% or so, select the shots you want and drag them to the ICE window and

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread P N Stenquist
On Feb 26, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Feb 26, 2010, at 6:53, paul stenquist wrote: The second shot shown here is comprised of three vertical frames shot with the DA*16-50. Stitching them in PhotoShop is a couple of minutes work with the align and blend tools in CS4.

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
P N Stenquist wrote: I don't do it manually. I put the two photos on different layers, then I go to Edit/auto align layers, and edit/auto/blend layers. Haven't seen photo merge. Where is it? Under File Automate -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left

2010-02-26 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 8:20 AM -0800 2/26/10, Jack Davis wrote: I noticed Frank is getting pushy by submitting four shots. Wouldn't you know it? ;-)) Jack Yes...some people on this list are such anarchists! -- Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca • http://earth.delith.com/photo_gallery.html -- PDML

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
And the damned pdf reader keeps wanting to update to version 9, even if I update it. And then there's the emails offering enrollment in Adobe seminars/classes at $1,500+ a crack. What a bunch of asses... Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:34 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote:

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread John Francis
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 12:08:47PM +0100, eckinator wrote: 2010/2/26 John Francis jo...@panix.com: The DA* 16-50 is [...] quite good fairly close up, too - in fact it's easier to fill the frame with a subject using the 16-50 than it is with the 50-135, because quite often the minimum

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
On 2/26/2010 9:43 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: mike wilson wrote: So it's not really suprising that Adobe's pdf reader (yes, that's _all_ it does) application takes up one quarter of a gigabyte. Double damn. Don't even think about using Acrobat Reder: Go with the free Foxit PDF viewer

Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left

2010-02-26 Thread Miserere
On 26 February 2010 11:20, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I noticed Frank is getting pushy by submitting four shots. Wouldn't you know it? ;-)) Jack Don't hate on Frank, if you add together all the in-focus pixels on his 4 submissions, it's probably a lower number than for any other

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
Both excellent shots, Paul. Boy do I want me one of those 12-24's - That is certainly the biggest hole in my lens line up at the moment. It looks like a great lens. -- Best regards, Bruce Friday, February 26, 2010, 4:43:55 AM, you wrote: ps I've shot a lot of interiors for real estate

Re: Boris PESO #13

2010-02-26 Thread Bruce Dayton
I like this shot, Boris. The only portion that doesn't add anything is the Maryland on the bottom. I would crop that out and you've got yourself a fine image. -- Best regards, Bruce Thursday, February 25, 2010, 8:43:21 PM, you wrote: BL Hi! BL So I returned from one more business trip to

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread Charles Robinson
On Feb 26, 2010, at 11:00, P N Stenquist wrote: On Feb 26, 2010, at 11:28 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Feb 26, 2010, at 6:53, paul stenquist wrote: The second shot shown here is comprised of three vertical frames shot with the DA*16-50. Stitching them in PhotoShop is a couple of minutes

Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left

2010-02-26 Thread David J Brooks
Four BW shots = three colour, don't you know. Dave On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 11:20 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I noticed Frank is getting pushy by submitting four shots. Wouldn't you know it? ;-)) Jack --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca wrote: From: Steve

Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left

2010-02-26 Thread Jack Davis
You're right. I should apologize..some day. OTOH, someone told me my pictures are sorry. Maybe that takes care of it.(?) Jack --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: From: Miserere miser...@gmail.com Subject: Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two

Re: PESO - Furness Library

2010-02-26 Thread David J Brooks
Love this shot Rick Can almost hear the quiet Dave On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:04 PM, Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com wrote: The fine old Victorian pile known as the Furness Building houses a very handsome library.  Windows open into it from the building's third floor.  I leaned out through

Re: Boris PESO #13

2010-02-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: I told you there was gonna be snow out there! Clean image that conveys the climate situation very well. Regards,  Bob S. Ditto Dave On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! So

Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left

2010-02-26 Thread Jack Davis
That knowledge may upset Mark. O.. Jack --- On Fri, 2/26/10, Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca wrote: From: Steve Sharpe d...@eastlink.ca Subject: Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, February

Boris PESO #14

2010-02-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Hi! I seem to have been on a stride in a matter of speaking. http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2010/02/peso-2010-14.html Be brutal and honest. Boris P.S. It turns out that K7 and FA 43 is a great travel combo ;-). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread paul stenquist
On Feb 26, 2010, at 12:30 PM, Bruce Dayton wrote: Both excellent shots, Paul. Boy do I want me one of those 12-24's - That is certainly the biggest hole in my lens line up at the moment. It looks like a great lens. I'm very pleased with it. I use it for car interiors as well. I've shot

Peso's The Sigma 300 F4 and natural light

2010-02-26 Thread David J Brooks
Had the Sigma 300 F4 APO on the K10D the other day trying to get a cardinal shot. He flew away. So, what better subjects than Lucy and Boo: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10737294 K10D 300 f4, F 4.0, 1/20 (Lucy) http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10737293 K10D 300 f 4, F4.0,

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
2010/2/26 John Francis jo...@panix.com: If I want to shoot kids up close I find that a .22 is a better choice ... Oh please be merciful, use something with a little more muzzle velocity... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors?

2010-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Bruce Dayton Subject: Re: best wide angle - for shooting interiors? Both excellent shots, Paul. Boy do I want me one of those 12-24's - That is certainly the biggest hole in my lens line up at the moment. It looks like a great lens. I'm quite fond of

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Paul Sorenson Subject: Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe. Or try this one - http://www.nuance.com/imaging/products/pdf-reader.asp - only a 42mb footprint. NOO. Friends don't let friends use Nuance products. Seriously,

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-26 Thread Derby Chang
Rob Studdert wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUan2DXBsk Sneaky photographers... That's outrageous. I hope he's not going to leave it there -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/2/10, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAUan2DXBsk Sneaky photographers... Sorry but that guy was being a total dick. he was adversarial by nature and got what was coming to him - because the police can. It's not the same as it was only a few years

Re: PESO - Furness Library

2010-02-26 Thread Rick Womer
Thanks, everyone! I'll have to go back to get a shot from the ground floor, and maybe a few with the fisheye. It =is= a beautiful space. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Fri, 2/26/10, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re:

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Cotty Sorry but that guy was being a total dick. he was adversarial by nature and got what was coming to him - because the police can. It's not the same as it was only a few years ago, we live in a different society - admittedly not an ideal society but

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: Enjoy living in the Fourth Reich My advice is to stock up on collectible spoons while you can... -- 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

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-26 Thread William Robb
- Original Message - From: Mark Roberts Subject: Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010 Enjoy living in the Fourth Reich My advice is to stock up on collectible spoons while you can... Maybe we should melt our cameras down and make them into

FS: Sigma EX 100-300/4 APO DG

2010-02-26 Thread wendy beard
Selling my Sigma EX 100-300/4 APO DG (pentax mount) Like New with original hood, caps, case, box. 10 yr Canadian warranty Bought in summer 2007 and hardly used (I only remember using it once) US$800 or CDN$850 Also selling LNIB Canon 15mm f2.8 fisheye and an ST-E2 if anyone is interested --

Re: UK: Photographer films his own 'anti-terror' arrest, February 2010

2010-02-26 Thread Mark Roberts
William Robb wrote: From: Mark Roberts Enjoy living in the Fourth Reich My advice is to stock up on collectible spoons while you can... Maybe we should melt our cameras down and make them into collectible spoons, since we aren't going to be allowed to use them in the not to distant future.

Re: Anyone else ...

2010-02-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/25/2010 11:43 PM, David Savage wrote: On 26 February 2010 08:26, Christine Aguilacagu...@earthlink.net wrote: From: John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com ... wonder where the wild child from Chicago has got to? The wild child from Chicago turned 50 today and is doing

Re: Peso's The Sigma 300 F4 and natural light

2010-02-26 Thread eckinator
positively lucy - sweet profile thanks 4 sharing ecke 2010/2/26 David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Had the Sigma 300 F4 APO on the K10D the other day trying to get a cardinal shot. He flew away. So, what better subjects than Lucy and Boo: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=10737294

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2010-02-26 9:30, Mark Roberts wrote: If I ever meet a programmer from Adobe it'll take all my willpower to resist immediately punching him in the face. What assholes. Let me know if you need backup, or bail. :-) Adobe's development practices imply that they think it's their computer to

Re: Anyone else ...

2010-02-26 Thread David Savage
On 27 February 2010 04:40, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/25/2010 11:43 PM, David Savage wrote: On 26 February 2010 08:26, Christine  Aguilacagu...@earthlink.net  wrote: From: John Sessomsjsessoms...@nc.rr.com ... wonder where the wild child from Chicago has got

PESO: Almond Blossoms

2010-02-26 Thread Jack Davis
I understand its been a rough winter in many parts, so to help thaw the spirits, am sending along a picture of what we're having to put up with. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=459 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: We still need more photos for the 2010 PDML Photo Annual - two days left

2010-02-26 Thread David Savage
On 26 February 2010 23:46, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Come on, you know you've got at least one shot that needs to be seen... *sigh* This is the only downside of switching to Nikon. :-D -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread David Savage
On 26 February 2010 23:34, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: I'm really glad I make regular Norton Ghost image backups of my C: and D: drives. So it's not really suprising that Adobe's pdf reader (yes, that's _all_ it does) application

PESO - City lights

2010-02-26 Thread AlunFoto
In blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/city-lights.html Image only: http://turl.no/842 Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Post-processing question... removing weird lines in pano

2010-02-26 Thread CheekyGeek
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/4389949847/ If you view the full size image (click all sizes and then Original) you'll see weird lines in the sky. I'm guessing these are stitching artifacts (used Microsoft ICE). Can anyone educate me the best way to handle them in post processing? I have

Re: PESO: Almond Blossoms

2010-02-26 Thread P N Stenquist
Ah spring. Nice to see it's happening somewhere. Paul On Feb 26, 2010, at 4:19 PM, Jack Davis wrote: I understand its been a rough winter in many parts, so to help thaw the spirits, am sending along a picture of what we're having to put up with. Jack

Re: PESO - City lights

2010-02-26 Thread P N Stenquist
Pretty shot. Nicely done. Paul On Feb 26, 2010, at 4:38 PM, AlunFoto wrote: In blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/city-lights.html Image only: http://turl.no/842 Cheers, Jostein -- http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/ http://alunfoto.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/25/2010 7:05 PM, Bob W wrote: Piss off little roo eater.;-) Hehehe... Haven't had roo in a few months. I tried a recipe with it a few weeks ago. Shredded it, mixed it up with some egg whites and sugar, made a roo meringue. Won't do it again though -

Re: PESO - City lights

2010-02-26 Thread Cotty
On 26/2/10, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: In blog: http://alunfoto.blogspot.com/2010/02/city-lights.html Image only: http://turl.no/842 Beautiful. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com

Re: Boris PESO #13

2010-02-26 Thread ann sanfedele
David J Brooks wrote: On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:17 AM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: I told you there was gonna be snow out there! Clean image that conveys the climate situation very well. Regards, Bob S. Ditto tritto ann Dave On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 10:43 PM,

Re: On FF and other must have features

2010-02-26 Thread P. J. Alling
Yes, but the there were a few manufactures who produced keyboards, that were not quite as nice as the old IBM's that still had a pretty good tactile response, yet had the new Windows key. I have use two of them that I use personally that have that old IBM feel. One is built that way, the

Re: Let's not bitch about Pentax... Let's bitch about Adobe.

2010-02-26 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Adobe Reader does a lot more than just read PDFs. It's essentially an interactive PDF multimedia viewer, capable of handling the full range of features that PDF file are capable of doing which includes being able to contain music, show video, etc. For instance, none of the other PDF viewers on the

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/26/2010 5:24 AM, AlunFoto wrote: 2010/2/25 Misereremiser...@gmail.com: In any case, you're ready to write Pentax a cheque for a 645D, right? Oh, no. But I might start saving up. Will take me at least two years, if the price guesstimates are in the ballpark. Don't expect

Re: On FF but without intent to start a flame

2010-02-26 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/26/2010 5:57 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 26/02/2010, AlunFotoalunf...@gmail.com wrote: Never tried any Voightländers... :-( I should have said current or past offerings from Pentax in K-mount, I guess. Because that's where my experience is. A hand held shot at f4.5 (original

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