RE: Off Topic: emoticons, smileys, etc
[...] Bob (W), you should know by now that I am perfectionist. I am noticing that as time passes it becomes worse. Each time I have to admit that I misunderstood the other person or point out that they misunderstood me makes me feel bad. And these times are not passing if you know what I mean. Well, that's a matter for the psychiatrists, not for me! 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.
RE: Looking for balance (in a bag)
I've come to the realization that when I go on a photo trip, I just need to bring along Tenzing Norgay to carry my gear. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est At least you're not bringing Nguyen with you! Or has this joke already outlived its useful life? kris -- 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 has arrived here
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: 1. The shutter action is even softer than that of K7. The stealthiness of K5 is remarkable. It is indeed. Waiting for your further report. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web : http://www.fotoralf.de -- 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 has arrived here
Congratulations Boris ! Happy to see you indeed managed to get one with a reasonable price. I imagine Galia's smile :D And now you get your K10D back as second camera? 2011/2/25 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Hi! Picked the little bugger up yesterday. Given that I have K7, I did not have to wait for batteries to charge. Set it up - man, they keep adding options. Fired off some shots. Presently I have two major impressions: 1. The shutter action is even softer than that of K7. The stealthiness of K5 is remarkable. 2. The AF under plain 60 Watt lamp is more thoughtful than that of K7. I am not certain as to precision thereof, but it surely takes its time. Noticed also that under LV it magnifies the area where it is focusing. May be I don't need split focusing screen for this camera... Today I am going to dial in my lenses as Paul says and do some shooting with the family. Last but absolutely not least, K7 has officially been passed to Galia. I changed the owner name in the settings and she smiled broadly when I showed her that K7 was now hers. Boris P.S. Pricewise, in shekels I paid for K5 less than I paid for either K10D or K7. -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- 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 Lens Roadmap?
No roadmap and I do not expect one. They got burned pretty badly with theirs (60-250 anyone?) and as a small company they probably do not want to shout to everybody their next move. We'll have to to without. 2011/2/24 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: Anyone seen a recent lens roadmap? Awhile back it seems I saw something about a pending DA* 400mm.(?) Thanks! Jack -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- 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 from a Pentax get-together
On 25/2/11, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: But I don't think you listened to me. It's not about the goofing around, and you know that. Yeah yeah yeah ;-) Of course there are those who say that once you turn something you love into a profession, it kills it dead. Mind you, I haven't found that after 32 years. There are times when I could easily walk away from it for the right price but just tensions and blips really. Just teasing. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.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: The Fire
On 24/2/11, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: Only Cotty has the stature to be considered monolithic. Some would say neolithic. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.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: K5 has arrived here
Congratulation to both of you. Happy shooting :-) -- MaritimTim http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ 2011/2/25 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: Hi! Picked the little bugger up yesterday. Given that I have K7, I did not have to wait for batteries to charge. Set it up - man, they keep adding options. Fired off some shots. Presently I have two major impressions: 1. The shutter action is even softer than that of K7. The stealthiness of K5 is remarkable. 2. The AF under plain 60 Watt lamp is more thoughtful than that of K7. I am not certain as to precision thereof, but it surely takes its time. Noticed also that under LV it magnifies the area where it is focusing. May be I don't need split focusing screen for this camera... Today I am going to dial in my lenses as Paul says and do some shooting with the family. Last but absolutely not least, K7 has officially been passed to Galia. I changed the owner name in the settings and she smiled broadly when I showed her that K7 was now hers. Boris P.S. Pricewise, in shekels I paid for K5 less than I paid for either K10D or K7. -- 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 Lens Roadmap?
On the plus side, the lack of a roadmap gives us the opportunity for even more boundless wild speculation. :) - Peter -Original Message- From: Thibouille Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 7:58 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax Lens Roadmap? No roadmap and I do not expect one. They got burned pretty badly with theirs (60-250 anyone?) and as a small company they probably do not want to shout to everybody their next move. We'll have to to without. 2011/2/24 Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com: Anyone seen a recent lens roadmap? Awhile back it seems I saw something about a pending DA* 400mm.(?) Thanks! Jack -- 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. -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille/Thibs -- Photo: K-7, Sigma 28/1.8 macro, FA50/1.4, DA40Ltd, K30/2.8, DA16-45, DA50-135, DA50-200, 360FGZ KX, MX, SuperA+Motor, Z1, P30 Mamiya C330+80/2.8 Sekonic L-208 FalconEyes TE300D x2 Studio flashes Laptop: Macbook 13 Unibody SnowLeo/Win7 Programing: Delphi 2009 -- 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 Lens Roadmap?
LBA hit me and I was sad to see that Pentax don't have any current specialty lenses like tilt/shift, micro, soft... and I have to look at 3rd party lenses even for UWA. The new Limiteds are also weird - f/4? WTF? So yes, I have ordered Sigma 8-16 to feed my LBA :) Pentax, give me something to long for! 645D is just too far out of reach :( kris -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Peter Loveday Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:40 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax Lens Roadmap? On the plus side, the lack of a roadmap gives us the opportunity for even more boundless wild speculation. :) - Peter -- 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 has arrived here
On 2/25/2011 7:26 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Congratulations Boris - happy shooting! Regards, Bob S. Thanks, Bob. Paul's system of AF correction is most valuable. Turns out my K-5 has rather tricky AF module. Only some of my lenses required no correction. But it seems, I am all set now, although I do think Pentax should issue a firmware upgrade on AF regard. Boris -- 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 has arrived here
On 2/25/2011 9:09 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'm starting to crack. Meaning?! I'm looking forward to seeing what you get. I like K-7's AF better. I will need to get used to K-5's AF, but I am certain I will prevail. I think you may have just locked down the PDML father of the year award. What kind of award would that be? A DA* zoom lens, may be? Boris -- 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 has arrived here
On 2/25/2011 11:23 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: It is indeed. Waiting for your further report. Ralf Roger roger. Boris -- 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 has arrived here
On 2/25/2011 11:27 AM, Thibouille wrote: Congratulations Boris ! Happy to see you indeed managed to get one with a reasonable price. I imagine Galia's smile :D And now you get your K10D back as second camera? K10D is spoken for. We have enough Pentax cameras in this household. Boris -- 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 from a Pentax get-together
On 2/25/2011 8:39 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Don't think I'm mature enough for that responsibility, Bob. :-) Jostein We'll have to ask Stan and Cesar how much time they spent in the oak barrels to determine the maturity... Boris -- 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 has arrived here
On 2/25/2011 12:31 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: Congratulation to both of you. Happy shooting :-) Thanks, Tim! Boris -- 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 has arrived here
Thanks, Bob. Paul's system of AF correction is most valuable. Turns out my K-5 has rather tricky AF module. Only some of my lenses required no Boris What is Paul's system? :) I haven't adjusted any of my lenses ever but maybe I should so if there is a better way I want to know! kris -- 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 from a Pentax get-together
On 2/25/2011 12:20 PM, Cotty wrote: Yeah yeah yeah ;-) Of course there are those who say that once you turn something you love into a profession, it kills it dead. Mind you, I haven't found that after 32 years. There are times when I could easily walk away from it for the right price but just tensions and blips really. Just teasing. Methinks Cotty groks rightly. After all, he is the professional. And you don't have to jump in the water with one big splash, you know. There is always a gradual way in which you can always cry grrr, it's cold and step out. Boris -- 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 has arrived here
On 2/25/2011 1:36 PM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: What is Paul's system? :) I haven't adjusted any of my lenses ever but maybe I should so if there is a better way I want to know! kris I am certain Paul will give you a full answer. Here is mine, kind of second hand. Paul has made a target which I think he can share. You put it on the floor, you shoot it with your camera angled approximately 45 deg to the floor and once you shoot you correct the AF with in-camera correction module. By doing so you dial in or effectively produce an individual correction for each of your lenses, provided you don't have too many. In case of fast or cranky lenses, such as FA 50/1.4 or zoom lenses such as Sigma 24-60/2.8 (Sigmas generally being known for AF imprecision) it can be a difference between lost and made shot. Now, since they are offering prices to good fathers, I also dialed in specifically Galia's lenses for K-7. FA 50/1.4 needed minor correction, DA 21 and FA 100/3.5 did not. Boris -- 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 has arrived here
On Feb 25, 2011, at 6:31 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/25/2011 7:26 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Congratulations Boris - happy shooting! Regards, Bob S. Thanks, Bob. Paul's system of AF correction is most valuable. Turns out my K-5 has rather tricky AF module. Only some of my lenses required no correction. But it seems, I am all set now, although I do think Pentax should issue a firmware upgrade on AF regard. Boris I don't think the variance of autofocus accuracy from one lens to the next is something that can be fixed with firmware. It's a matter of lens variation caused by assembly accuracy and perhaps even wear and tear. But I'm pleased that Pentax provides an easy way to dial in each lens. Paul -- 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 has arrived here
On Feb 25, 2011, at 6:32 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/25/2011 9:09 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'm starting to crack. Meaning?! I'm looking forward to seeing what you get. I like K-7's AF better. I will need to get used to K-5's AF, but I am certain I will prevail. What is it you like about k-7 autofocus? I found them nearly identical, with k-5 being more accurate and faster to lock in. Paul I think you may have just locked down the PDML father of the year award. What kind of award would that be? A DA* zoom lens, may be? Boris -- 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 has arrived here
On Feb 25, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/25/2011 1:36 PM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: What is Paul's system? :) I haven't adjusted any of my lenses ever but maybe I should so if there is a better way I want to know! kris I am certain Paul will give you a full answer. Here is mine, kind of second hand. Paul has made a target which I think he can share. You put it on the floor, you shoot it with your camera angled approximately 45 deg to the floor and once you shoot you correct the AF with in-camera correction module. By doing so you dial in or effectively produce an individual correction for each of your lenses, provided you don't have too many. In case of fast or cranky lenses, such as FA 50/1.4 or zoom lenses such as Sigma 24-60/2.8 (Sigmas generally being known for AF imprecision) it can be a difference between lost and made shot. Now, since they are offering prices to good fathers, I also dialed in specifically Galia's lenses for K-7. FA 50/1.4 needed minor correction, DA 21 and FA 100/3.5 did not. It's not really my system. It's pretty much the standard for adjusting autofocus, and Boris has it right. There are alternatives that are somewhat easier to use but more difficult to construct, such as a method where the target is a slope that rises at 45 degrees and the camera is level. The target, whether on the floor or angled up from the floor has a series of evenly spaced line and a central target line. I made my target line slightly bolder than the rest and placed a red dot at its center. After shooting in single center spot autofocus mode, with the center line as the target, you simply observe the results and determine if the center line is indeed the sharpest. If not, you can see if the camera is back-focusing or front-focusing by determining which line is sharpest. The important part is that you shoot of a tripod when adjusting and check the focus at wide open apertures. I also check my results on the computer screen rather than trying to decipher a tiny image on the camera viewing screen. Paul Boris -- 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 has arrived here
On 2/25/2011 1:54 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: What is it you like about k-7 autofocus? I found them nearly identical, with k-5 being more accurate and faster to lock in. Paul It seems (- emphasis) to me that K-7 locks more confidently in low tungsten light. Other than that, they are pretty much identical. Boris -- 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 has arrived here
Congrats !! Looking forward to read your detailed report But please be careful abut what you write...bear in mind that it can have fatal consequences in others' wallets... ;-) Jaume - Mensaje original De: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Para: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Enviado: vie,25 febrero, 2011 06:07 Asunto: K5 has arrived here Hi! Picked the little bugger up yesterday. Given that I have K7, I did not have to wait for batteries to charge. Set it up - man, they keep adding options. Fired off some shots. Presently I have two major impressions: 1. The shutter action is even softer than that of K7. The stealthiness of K5 is remarkable. 2. The AF under plain 60 Watt lamp is more thoughtful than that of K7. I am not certain as to precision thereof, but it surely takes its time. Noticed also that under LV it magnifies the area where it is focusing. May be I don't need split focusing screen for this camera... Today I am going to dial in my lenses as Paul says and do some shooting with the family. Last but absolutely not least, K7 has officially been passed to Galia. I changed the owner name in the settings and she smiled broadly when I showed her that K7 was now hers. Boris P.S. Pricewise, in shekels I paid for K5 less than I paid for either K10D or K7. -- 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 has arrived here
But please be careful abut what you write...bear in mind that it can have fatal consequences in others' wallets... ;-) Jaume K-5 is crap, pictures at ISO54000 are practically unusable, all the modes have been made redundant by the dedicated ISO button and program shift, there is no autofocus on movies, focusing in Live View can be beaten by any super-compact and some SD cards catch on to something and are difficult to remove. Viewfinder blackout is so short that you have to check if it has really made an exposure after each shot and autofocus is so quiet with SDM lenses that there is no trusting it! Avoid it if you can! But seriously after removing all the crap on startup and adjusting settings to my liking, K-5 is the first Pentax DSLR that gets completely out of my way when taking pictures. It is a remarkable feat and something that (although subjective) is the best compliment any camera could get. kris -- 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 has arrived here
On Feb 25, 2011, at 7:21 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/25/2011 1:54 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: What is it you like about k-7 autofocus? I found them nearly identical, with k-5 being more accurate and faster to lock in. Paul It seems (- emphasis) to me that K-7 locks more confidently in low tungsten light. Other than that, they are pretty much identical. Interesting. I find that the K-5 is quicker to lock in and more accurate in all low light situations. However, I rarely use anything other than SDM lenses. I have read that the K-5 has problems with screw drive lenses in tungsten light. Paul Boris -- 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 from a Pentax get-together
Jostein, Well if you're not our new roving PDML ambassador, then maybe you're our secret Quality Control inspector? Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:39 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/2/23 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Are you taking over Stan's or Cesar's role as roving PDML ambassador? Don't think I'm mature enough for that responsibility, Bob. :-) 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 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 from a Pentax get-together
2011/2/25 Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com: Jostein, Well if you're not our new roving PDML ambassador, then maybe you're our secret Quality Control inspector? Ouch! Pest or cholera, eh? :-) 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 PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
PESO - Creative cell phone tower
http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-305 :-) -- 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 PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K5 has arrived here
The LV magnified MF is very useful, especially for macro work. The E-P1 does that and I quickly got used to it for crystals in the lab. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Picked the little bugger up yesterday. Given that I have K7, I did not have to wait for batteries to charge. Set it up - man, they keep adding options. Fired off some shots. Presently I have two major impressions: 1. The shutter action is even softer than that of K7. The stealthiness of K5 is remarkable. 2. The AF under plain 60 Watt lamp is more thoughtful than that of K7. I am not certain as to precision thereof, but it surely takes its time. Noticed also that under LV it magnifies the area where it is focusing. May be I don't need split focusing screen for this camera... Today I am going to dial in my lenses as Paul says and do some shooting with the family. Last but absolutely not least, K7 has officially been passed to Galia. I changed the owner name in the settings and she smiled broadly when I showed her that K7 was now hers. Boris P.S. Pricewise, in shekels I paid for K5 less than I paid for either K10D or K7. -- 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 from a Pentax get-together
Well, I figured with global warming and all. . . On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 1:33 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: 2011/2/23 Larry Colen l...@red4est.com: On Feb 23, 2011, at 5:40 AM, Steven Desjardins wrote: Nice. Where was said get together held? Oslo You think?!? LOL. 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 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 - Creative cell phone tower
;) yeah, we have similar examples. One I've seen several is an assimilated Redwood tree. Next time in in that area I'll snap it. Jack --- On Fri, 2/25/11, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Creative cell phone tower To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 6:38 AM http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-305 :-) -- 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 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 - Creative cell phone tower
I like it. My home town in Massachusetts is an old mill town. The skyline was spotted with these 200 ft brick chimneys (like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Durfee_Mill_No1.jpg). A number of these have been converted to cell towers. The locals were oddly reluctant to have them taken down so it's a good solution. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:38 AM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-305 :-) -- 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 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: the Catalan for dog
A strange but fascinating shot. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:44 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: Blurry, at night, in an alley: http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/201x/2011/02/23/-big/IMG_0446.jpg.html See, I gave y'all a night off the endless Barcelona shots. -Tim -- 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 - Creative cell phone tower
We have some in this area disguised as pine trees. Dan M -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: ;) yeah, we have similar examples. One I've seen several is an assimilated Redwood tree. Next time in in that area I'll snap it. Jack --- On Fri, 2/25/11, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Creative cell phone tower To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 6:38 AM http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-305 :-) -- 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 PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Creative cell phone tower
As wheatfield would say Har! ann AlunFoto wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-305 :-) -- 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: Good Lightroom 3 book?
I've finally got Lightroom 3 on order. No experience with previous versions. I haven't really worked much with RAW files yet, so planning on starting my journey on that now. I thought I would poll the collective that is farther down the stream than I am... which Lightroom 3 book(s) would you recommend? Thanks in advance, for any input. -- 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 -Christchurch hit again
On Feb 24, 2011, at 18:58, David Mann wrote: On Feb 25, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Cotty wrote: On 24/2/11, Alastair Robertson, discombobulated, unleashed: here's an image from the port hills shortly after the quake struck - the damage to the CBD is all too apparent here http://i.imgur.com/0vZbD.jpg Crickey!! Yes one of the more striking images I've seen. The dust was pretty thick in there, I was starting to make my way back towards the office but had to stop for a few moments as I could hardly see and it wasn't much fun to breathe in. That gave me time to try calling Janet but couldn't get through as the lines were jammed. It settled pretty quickly and I wasn't in the mood to hang around... I had absolutely no idea of the scale of destruction across the CBD at the time. Is CBD - Central Business District? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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: PUG! How's the Weather?
This PUG has revealed a notable gap in my photographic collection. I can only conclude that when confronted with big weather I run inside the house. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all Only a few more days to get your March PUG submissions in. March theme: Big Weather. Submit here: http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ So far: 12 themed submissions and none (not one!) for the Open Gallery (use the 'Open Gallery' option if you don't have an image that fits the theme). Come on! Get 'em in, guys! There must be big weather in your area (or in your archives). Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- 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.
FS Friday - see below
As listed on by moi on ebay... http://cgi.ebay.com/SIGMA-28mm-f2-8-Mini-Wide-II-lens-Pentax-SLRs-used-/190504826808?pt=Camera_Lenseshash=item2c5af8f7b8 It already has a $29 bid on it. and I'm sure most of you know tht all the photos on my website are actually for sale, although selling one's photos as prints to other photographers doesn't seem to work. I'm using only Bay photo through smugmug and only allowing one finish - that excellent metallic one, for prints as the glossy isn't nearly as nice and I never liked lustre. ann http://annsan.smugmug.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: Good Lightroom 3 book?
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I've finally got Lightroom 3 on order. No experience with previous versions. I haven't really worked much with RAW files yet, so planning on starting my journey on that now. I thought I would poll the collective that is farther down the stream than I am... which Lightroom 3 book(s) would you recommend? Thanks in advance, for any input. I have lR 3 but have not upgreded my LR books. But. I have Scott Kelby's LR2 book. I found it helpful in the fact that Scott's books give you a step by step print screen window which i find very helpful. I had earlier photo shop books that just showed you the start and end stuff, but was vague in the middle. I bought one book on working with IR that was given 5 stars on Amazon dot ca and i found it poorly written, almost as if i had done it.:-) It would show the original photo, then he would say something like and then i applied some filters and layers and stuff and this is what i got and then showed the result picture. I need to be walked through stuff at first. 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. -- 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.
Re: Pentax Lens Roadmap?
KEH sometimes has the older k mount tilt/shift lenses. Pentax hasn't made those in a while. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 5:53 AM, Krisjanis Linkevics krisjanis.linkev...@exigenservices.com wrote: LBA hit me and I was sad to see that Pentax don't have any current specialty lenses like tilt/shift, micro, soft... and I have to look at 3rd party lenses even for UWA. The new Limiteds are also weird - f/4? WTF? So yes, I have ordered Sigma 8-16 to feed my LBA :) Pentax, give me something to long for! 645D is just too far out of reach :( kris -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Peter Loveday Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 12:40 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax Lens Roadmap? On the plus side, the lack of a roadmap gives us the opportunity for even more boundless wild speculation. :) - Peter -- 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: First attempt at photographing ISS
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: First attempt at photographing ISS On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: ...and it is nothing to write home about. This is the 102 x 102 pixel crop taken out of the original JPG. No post-processing. http://www.dpnebraska.com/images/ISS2864.jpg I haven't gotten to look at all of them yet, but this one seems to have some hint of detail, not just a big blob. I can see my house I can too - you left the drapes open and you were nude ! It was thursday, so yes. Dave 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. -- 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.
Re: Peso - Take out
Maybe it's squirrel gum. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Ken Waller wrote: Nice one Ann. Thanks, Ken. Proposed title - 'Nuts, I don't need no stikin nuts :-) I still like think he is throwing out the garbage. http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-Snaps-2011/15389206_z3saz/1/1197764763_KdVSS/Large ann -- 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 - Creative cell phone tower
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: We have some in this area disguised as pine trees. Ours are covered in snow. Dave Dan M -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: ;) yeah, we have similar examples. One I've seen several is an assimilated Redwood tree. Next time in in that area I'll snap it. Jack --- On Fri, 2/25/11, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Creative cell phone tower To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 6:38 AM http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-305 :-) -- 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 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.
Re: GESO - Birding in the Soo
On Feb 24, 2011, at 11:49 PM, Ken Waller wrote: On Feb 24, 2011, at 7:26 PM, Ken Waller wrote: Ah the U P, Pictured Rocks, White Fish Point, Porcupine Wilderness state park, The Keweenaw peninsula, Seney NWR, and Houghton, the jump off point for Isle Royale N P. Regret not having gotten there when I lived in Michigan. Maybe I should try, but my means are limited, and the Smokies, and more recently Northern Arizona, have been calling out to me lately. Some great spot there also - but ya gotta seek em out. I talk to alot of native Michiganders that haven't been to the U P. Yeah, that's what makes UP-ers think about secession. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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 - Take out
Good detail The 55-300 again.?? Dave On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: About to leave the little zoo yesterday and spotted this guy... grabbed it, no chance for more than one - he was off around the railing and disappeared. http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-Snaps-2011/15389206_z3saz/1/1197764763_KdVSS/Large I made a tighter crop of this but didnt like it. whaddaya think, guys? better title, anyone? ann -- 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.
Re: PUG! How's the Weather?
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:16 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: This PUG has revealed a notable gap in my photographic collection. I can only conclude that when confronted with big weather I run inside the house. In Soviet tornado, house runs around you! -- 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: GESO - Birding in the Soo
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Ah the U P, Pictured Rocks, White Fish Point, Porcupine Wilderness state park, The Keweenaw peninsula, Seney NWR, and Houghton, the jump off point for Isle Royale N P. I try to get to the U P as much as I can. I did 7-8 trips with the pilot car company in 2008 from Jan-April, but only had time to shot from the truck window. Dam truckers did not want to stop.:-) Here is a shot after crossing the Mackinaw bridge to the UP. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6910576 Dave Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: GESO - Birding in the Soo On Feb 24, 2011, at 11:38 AM, Ken Waller wrote: The UP is a different place. Especially the western part ! My experience is actually limited. Mostly along the Lake Huron shore. Considered a job once that would have involved me in work related to Les Cheneaux Islands. Think I've only gotten as far west as Marquette. No experience of Keweenaw, which I gather is very scenic. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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.
Re: PESO - Creative cell phone tower
On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:38 AM, AlunFoto wrote: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-305 We've got one right here in metro Atlanta decked out like a pine tree. I'll bet a lot of people haven't even noticed it. [How about you, Doug?] Lotsa pine trees in Georgia. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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 has arrived here
Looking forward to more reports and photos. Galia is a lucky girl dave On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Picked the little bugger up yesterday. Given that I have K7, I did not have to wait for batteries to charge. Set it up - man, they keep adding options. Fired off some shots. Presently I have two major impressions: 1. The shutter action is even softer than that of K7. The stealthiness of K5 is remarkable. 2. The AF under plain 60 Watt lamp is more thoughtful than that of K7. I am not certain as to precision thereof, but it surely takes its time. Noticed also that under LV it magnifies the area where it is focusing. May be I don't need split focusing screen for this camera... Today I am going to dial in my lenses as Paul says and do some shooting with the family. Last but absolutely not least, K7 has officially been passed to Galia. I changed the owner name in the settings and she smiled broadly when I showed her that K7 was now hers. Boris P.S. Pricewise, in shekels I paid for K5 less than I paid for either K10D or K7. -- 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.
Re: K5 has arrived here
What do you do for zooms, adjust for the mid point.?? Dave On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 25, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/25/2011 1:36 PM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: What is Paul's system? :) I haven't adjusted any of my lenses ever but maybe I should so if there is a better way I want to know! kris I am certain Paul will give you a full answer. Here is mine, kind of second hand. Paul has made a target which I think he can share. You put it on the floor, you shoot it with your camera angled approximately 45 deg to the floor and once you shoot you correct the AF with in-camera correction module. By doing so you dial in or effectively produce an individual correction for each of your lenses, provided you don't have too many. In case of fast or cranky lenses, such as FA 50/1.4 or zoom lenses such as Sigma 24-60/2.8 (Sigmas generally being known for AF imprecision) it can be a difference between lost and made shot. Now, since they are offering prices to good fathers, I also dialed in specifically Galia's lenses for K-7. FA 50/1.4 needed minor correction, DA 21 and FA 100/3.5 did not. It's not really my system. It's pretty much the standard for adjusting autofocus, and Boris has it right. There are alternatives that are somewhat easier to use but more difficult to construct, such as a method where the target is a slope that rises at 45 degrees and the camera is level. The target, whether on the floor or angled up from the floor has a series of evenly spaced line and a central target line. I made my target line slightly bolder than the rest and placed a red dot at its center. After shooting in single center spot autofocus mode, with the center line as the target, you simply observe the results and determine if the center line is indeed the sharpest. If not, you can see if the camera is back-focusing or front-focusing by determining which line is sharpest. The important part is that you shoot of a tripod when adjusting and check the focus at wide open apertures. I also check my results on the computer screen rather than trying to decipher a tiny image on the camera viewing screen. Paul Boris -- 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. -- 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.
OT: sort of off topic - new bill in FL legislature would make farm photography a felony
Yeah, they really are trying to pass this garbage. http://photography.about.com/b/2011/02/25/bill-introduced-in-florida-senate -would-make-farm-photography-a-felony.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: sort of off topic - new bill in FL legislature would make farm photography a felony
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:36 AM, Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net wrote: Yeah, they really are trying to pass this garbage. http://photography.about.com/b/2011/02/25/bill-introduced-in-florida-senate -would-make-farm-photography-a-felony.htm Well there goes my weekends then 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. -- 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.
RE: Setting Time on the K-x (EXACTLY) ???
From: Darren Addy I've never noticed this before but my clock is off by 6-1/2 minutes. I know that the ISS was closest to me last night at 18:59:55 so I wanted to concentrate on frames shot around that time. Looking at the EXIF I noticed that I was off. I can only assume that the clock I set it by was fast and I didn't think about the importance of accuracy. I figured I could calculate the offset, so went into the menus and noticed (for the first time) that you can't set the seconds. So I'm assuming that to set it correctly you select the minute ahead of the one you are calibrating to and hit OK right as it hits that exact minute. The time input doesn't seem to change with the clock when you are in the menus, so I think this is the correct procedure. I used the U.S. Navel Observatory Simple Time: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/simpletime.html It might not have been off when you originally set it. I have noticed that the clocks in the cameras do not keep accurate time. Mine all seem to lose time (lag behind). You have to occasionally check and reset them. Otherwise the error can grow significantly. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: Good Lightroom 3 book?
I find that the available books are a little difficult and slow for newcomers to learn from. Lightroom is a very interactive application, it's easier to get the base knowledge about using it by seeing it in use. Tutorial videos are a better way to get rolling, then any of Martin Evening, Scott Kelby, Mikaal Aalund, etc books work well as reference and additional depth. Luminous Landscape has a good tutorial video set for $50. I think they're download only, they don't ship media, but you download them and can go over each one as many times as needed to learn it. Don't need to be online except to download the files. http://luminous-landscape.com/videos/lr3.shtml Other Lightroom learning resources are listed on my website: http://www.gdgphoto.com/articles/ click on 02 - Lightroom Learning Resources. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:08 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I've finally got Lightroom 3 on order. No experience with previous versions. I haven't really worked much with RAW files yet, so planning on starting my journey on that now. I thought I would poll the collective that is farther down the stream than I am... which Lightroom 3 book(s) would you recommend? Thanks in advance, for any input. -- 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: 2011 Australian national photographic portrait prize
On Feb 24, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Peter McIntosh wrote: This link - http://www.news.com.au/pictures/gallery-e6frflv9-1226011878963 - is to a slideshow of a number of the entrants to the 2011 Australian National Photographic Portrait Prize. Some goodstuff in there. Yep. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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: Off Topic: emoticons, smileys, etc
On Feb 25, 2011, at 12:12 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Nothing prevents me to resolve not to use emoticons yet another round over and see if it leads me anywhere. Sounds like you're heeding Tim's suggestion. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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 -Christchurch hit again
Right Charles, CBD is Central Business District. Think Minneapolis's downtown, but without quite as many tall buildings, and none of the 2nd story ramps from building to building to avoid the snowy streets (no -20 degree F temps either). Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On Feb 24, 2011, at 18:58, David Mann wrote: On Feb 25, 2011, at 12:31 PM, Cotty wrote: On 24/2/11, Alastair Robertson, discombobulated, unleashed: here's an image from the port hills shortly after the quake struck - the damage to the CBD is all too apparent here http://i.imgur.com/0vZbD.jpg Crickey!! Yes one of the more striking images I've seen. The dust was pretty thick in there, I was starting to make my way back towards the office but had to stop for a few moments as I could hardly see and it wasn't much fun to breathe in. That gave me time to try calling Janet but couldn't get through as the lines were jammed. It settled pretty quickly and I wasn't in the mood to hang around... I had absolutely no idea of the scale of destruction across the CBD at the time. Is CBD - Central Business District? -Charles -- Charles Robinson - charl...@visi.com Minneapolis, MN http://charles.robinsontwins.org http://www.facebook.com/charles.robinson -- 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 has arrived here
On Feb 25, 2011, at 12:07 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: Last but absolutely not least, K7 has officially been passed to Galia. I changed the owner name in the settings and she smiled broadly when I showed her that K7 was now hers. Cool. How great to get started in photography so young -- especially with the support of a loving photographer-father. -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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 has arrived here
On 25/2/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: We have enough Pentax cameras in this household. How is this possible ?? -- ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.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: K5 has arrived here
On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 6:33 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: We have enough Pentax cameras in this household. Ah. You're at a Pentaximum. -- 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 has arrived here
- Mensaje original De: Krisjanis Linkevics krisjanis.linkev...@exigenservices.com But please be careful abut what you write...bear in mind that it can have fatal consequences in others' wallets... ;-) Jaume But seriously after removing all the crap on startup and adjusting settings to my liking, K-5 is the first Pentax DSLR that gets completely out of my way when taking pictures. It is a remarkable feat and something that (although subjective) is the best compliment any camera could get. Yes, this is exactly what i meant ;-) Jaume -- 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: Off Topic: emoticons, smileys, etc
From: steve harley i _am_ using Thunderbird; i had noticed in passing that in Thunderbird /slashes/ make italics, but only when in the HTML view, and Tbird sometimes fails to terminate the italics correctly; but i more often use the plain text view; nonetheless by mentioning this you literally made me rethink my old-school assumption that the _underscore_ was the best way to indicate italics in plain text; each has its plusses -- /slashes/ are a better mnemonic for italics, but underlining (kin to underscores, but can't be done in plain text) was the equivalent to italics during the reign of the typewriter I'm using Thunderbird as well, and when reading in plain text view the /italics/, the _underscores_ and the *bold* all show up. They don't show up in the composition window when you're writing, and I'd never noticed before the quoted text doesn't show them either. Now I'll have to look to see if the quoted /italics/, _underscores_ and *bold* show up in the plain text view when reading. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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 - Take out
David J Brooks wrote: Good detail The 55-300 again.?? Dave Thanks.. Yup - just FYI - on smugmug you can pull up the EXIF data - just below the photo caption... on the line with the camera used.. it tells all. On photos that I took with a Pentax manual lens on the dark side camera, though, the exif always says the aperture is 2.0 . ann On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 8:56 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: About to leave the little zoo yesterday and spotted this guy... grabbed it, no chance for more than one - he was off around the railing and disappeared. http://annsan.smugmug.com/On-the-Road-or-On-Foot/New-York-Snaps-2011/15389206_z3saz/1/1197764763_KdVSS/Large I made a tighter crop of this but didnt like it. whaddaya think, guys? better title, anyone? ann -- 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: sort of off topic - new bill in FL legislature would make farm photography a felony
On 25/2/11, Elizabeth Masoner, discombobulated, unleashed: Yeah, they really are trying to pass this garbage. http://photography.about.com/b/2011/02/25/bill-introduced-in-florida- senate-would-make-farm-photography-a-felony.htm That's hilarious! Google Earth ! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.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: First attempt at photographing ISS
Once upon a time in Racine, Wisconsin, the next door neighbor of a friend made a casting of his wife naked on the bed. Later, after the divorce, he kept it on the living room couch visible to anyone driving past. A form of revenge... I just had to drive by and see it. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:24 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com Subject: Re: First attempt at photographing ISS On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: ...and it is nothing to write home about. This is the 102 x 102 pixel crop taken out of the original JPG. No post-processing. http://www.dpnebraska.com/images/ISS2864.jpg I haven't gotten to look at all of them yet, but this one seems to have some hint of detail, not just a big blob. I can see my house I can too - you left the drapes open and you were nude ! It was thursday, so yes. Dave 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. -- 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. -- 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 - Creative cell phone tower
On 25/2/11, AlunFoto, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-305 :-) LOL We have one of those experiments near us. At least they designed the thing around the tree and not the mast. They hid the transmitters amongst the foliage... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.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: GESO - Birding in the Soo
On Feb 25, 2011, at 10:31 AM, David J Brooks wrote: I did 7-8 trips with the pilot car company in 2008 from Jan-April, but only had time to shot from the truck window. Dam truckers did not want to stop.:-) Here is a shot after crossing the Mackinaw bridge to the UP. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6910576 Well that's an interesting shot of the UP. [But then, as you said, you had no time to stop.] -- Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA eew...@bellsouth.net -- 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: GESO - Birding in the Soo
Stan Halpin wrote: Some senics and bird shots from my weekend in Michigan's Eastern UP . . . http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p19156316 I briefly discuss the trip in the last couple of posts in my Posterous blog: http://smhalpin.posterous.com stan That is the Mackinac Bridge, btw, yes? I think that's my favorite shot of the set. ann -- 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 - Creative cell phone tower
Our suburb or 40,000 has 5 raised water tanks, specifically located on high spots to take advantage of gravity for water pressure. They have become decorated with all manner of antenna. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:03 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: We have some in this area disguised as pine trees. Dan M -- Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: ;) yeah, we have similar examples. One I've seen several is an assimilated Redwood tree. Next time in in that area I'll snap it. Jack --- On Fri, 2/25/11, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Creative cell phone tower To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 6:38 AM http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-305 :-) -- 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 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 has arrived here
On Feb 25, 2011, at 10:36 AM, David J Brooks wrote: What do you do for zooms, adjust for the mid point.?? Yes, but I usually check both ends of the range as well, just so I know what I'm dealing with. I re-checked the DA* 50-135 the other day, and it was right on in all three positions. Paul Dave On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Feb 25, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/25/2011 1:36 PM, Krisjanis Linkevics wrote: What is Paul's system? :) I haven't adjusted any of my lenses ever but maybe I should so if there is a better way I want to know! kris I am certain Paul will give you a full answer. Here is mine, kind of second hand. Paul has made a target which I think he can share. You put it on the floor, you shoot it with your camera angled approximately 45 deg to the floor and once you shoot you correct the AF with in-camera correction module. By doing so you dial in or effectively produce an individual correction for each of your lenses, provided you don't have too many. In case of fast or cranky lenses, such as FA 50/1.4 or zoom lenses such as Sigma 24-60/2.8 (Sigmas generally being known for AF imprecision) it can be a difference between lost and made shot. Now, since they are offering prices to good fathers, I also dialed in specifically Galia's lenses for K-7. FA 50/1.4 needed minor correction, DA 21 and FA 100/3.5 did not. It's not really my system. It's pretty much the standard for adjusting autofocus, and Boris has it right. There are alternatives that are somewhat easier to use but more difficult to construct, such as a method where the target is a slope that rises at 45 degrees and the camera is level. The target, whether on the floor or angled up from the floor has a series of evenly spaced line and a central target line. I made my target line slightly bolder than the rest and placed a red dot at its center. After shooting in single center spot autofocus mode, with the center line as the target, you simply observe the results and determine if the center line is indeed the sharpest. If not, you can see if the camera is back-focusing or front-focusing by determining which line is sharpest. The important part is that you shoot of a tripod when adjusting and check the focus at wide open apertures. I also check my results on the computer screen rather than trying to decipher a tiny image on the camera viewing screen. Paul Boris -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: Off Topic: emoticons, smileys, etc
From: steve harley On 2011-02-24 11:28 , steve harley wrote: On 2011-02-24 11:24 , Larry Colen wrote: I wonder if I have better than 1/2 a chance to mess things up with this sentence. Thunderbird handled that well, but try /usr/bin/curl ... ... this sentence may now be unduly italicized (well it wasn't, but i've seen incorrect italicization when lines like the above are reflected through mailing list software which produces HTML email from plain text messages) If it's HTML, Thunderbird converted it back to plain text for me. I can't see whether it's screwed up the HTML or not. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: Winters Melt
From: drd1...@gmail.com On my BlackBerry I can only reply in the space provided. Is it top or bottom posting? Top posted. The Wikipedia article on Posting Style referenced in the emoticons. smiles, etc thread says the Blackberry and other mobile devices encourage top posting because they only download the first part of the message The rest of the message is only retrieved when needed, which takes additional download time. Putting the relevant content at the beginning of the message requires less bandwidth, less time, and less scrolling for the Blackberry user. Plus you're using Gmail, which is one of the mail clients that defaults to top posting. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: Setting Time on the K-x (EXACTLY) ???
Good to know. Thanks John! -- 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 has arrived here
Well, what I did was adjust my Sigma 24-60 at 60 mm and check it at 24 mm. Due to difference in DOF, 60 mm focusing precision is more important to me. But any way that makes sense would work. Unfortunately, at this moment Pentax firmware does not allow multiple correction settings for the same lens which might have come in handy here. Boris On 2/25/2011 6:09 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: On Feb 25, 2011, at 10:36 AM, David J Brooks wrote: What do you do for zooms, adjust for the mid point.?? Yes, but I usually check both ends of the range as well, just so I know what I'm dealing with. I re-checked the DA* 50-135 the other day, and it was right on in all three positions. Paul -- 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 has arrived here
On 2/25/2011 3:46 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Interesting. I find that the K-5 is quicker to lock in and more accurate in all low light situations. However, I rarely use anything other than SDM lenses. I have read that the K-5 has problems with screw drive lenses in tungsten light. Paul Paul, unlike you, all my lenses are screw driven. I am starting to think that DA* 16-50 may be a good thing to buy. Boris -- 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 has arrived here
On 2/25/2011 5:58 PM, Cotty wrote: On 25/2/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: We have enough Pentax cameras in this household. How is this possible ?? -- ;-) I cannot explain it without non-textual words, but Bob W forbade me to use them... Boris -- 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 has arrived here
On Feb 25, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/25/2011 5:58 PM, Cotty wrote: On 25/2/11, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: We have enough Pentax cameras in this household. How is this possible ?? -- ;-) I cannot explain it without non-textual words, but Bob W forbade me to use them... Boris :-))) -- 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 has arrived here
On Feb 25, 2011, at 11:48 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/25/2011 3:46 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Interesting. I find that the K-5 is quicker to lock in and more accurate in all low light situations. However, I rarely use anything other than SDM lenses. I have read that the K-5 has problems with screw drive lenses in tungsten light. Paul Paul, unlike you, all my lenses are screw driven. I am starting to think that DA* 16-50 may be a good thing to buy. It's an excellent lens, you wouldn't regret it. Paul Boris -- 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.
PESO - Skull and Crossbones
Such a genuine and sweet smile from a girl wearing pirate's garb. The pirates of the caribean influence , no doubt. Wonderful spur of the moment portrait! Subject: PESO - Skull and Crossbones Message-ID: AANLkTi=3ChZPneuvrk-p6ov3dFeGA=pb6wtihu6o3...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 A favourite from the last week or two of Real Canadians Wearing Real Hats: http://realcanadianhats.blogspot.com/2011/02/blog-post_23.html -- 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: Off Topic: emoticons, smileys, etc
From: Ann Sanfedele Showing my age ( not that I haven't done that before), during the reign of the typewriter that I grew up with there were no italics at all. e.g. - http://www.willdavis.org/TilmanUnderwoodPort1932Junior611468.jpg Later - in the early 60's I used an IBM electric typewriter with a ball head, and you could change typeface by changing the little balls the type was on. as I recall, we used underlining to indicate what should be in italics if you were printing something in the newspaper, or a magazine or a book. And yes, you had to back up and type in the underlines under the words. ann I learned on one like this one. http://tinyurl.com/6cmsy2t ... or some similar late 50s vintage standard office typewriter. I learned to type in the mid 60s while I was in high school. The typewriters we used in class had all the key-caps replaced with blanks so you couldn't look at the keyboard to figure out where the letters were. You had to keep your eyes on the text on your copy stand. Nor could you look at the typescript to see if you were typing correctly. If the teacher caught you looking at the page while you were typing she'd slap you up against the back of the head with a ruler. If you were looking at the keys, you'd get your hand smacked. For practice at home, I had an old Remington that once belonged to my grandmother; one even older than your Underwood. http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/large/Remington12.jpg Typing on a computer is so much easier. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: Winters Melt
Top posting is my preference. All the little carots () or whatever are a waste of bandwidth. Gmail neatly threads up the posts and makes it easy for me. There is no need to catch your replies line by line by line. This works with most posters except Christine A., who seems to re-title every email she sends out. Maybe she has something against Google. :-) Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:21 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: drd1...@gmail.com On my BlackBerry I can only reply in the space provided. Is it top or bottom posting? Top posted. The Wikipedia article on Posting Style referenced in the emoticons. smiles, etc thread says the Blackberry and other mobile devices encourage top posting because they only download the first part of the message The rest of the message is only retrieved when needed, which takes additional download time. Putting the relevant content at the beginning of the message requires less bandwidth, less time, and less scrolling for the Blackberry user. Plus you're using Gmail, which is one of the mail clients that defaults to top posting. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: Looking for balance (in a bag)
The REAL Holy Grail of photography ... a camera bag that will carry as much as you need to carry without being too cumbersome. Add to that it shouldn't LOOK like a camera bag so as not to encourage thieves and you really would have the perfect bag. I'm still looking. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: Off Topic: emoticons, smileys, etc
John, I learned typing in a summer high school class of 50 or 60.. The teacher was a former prison camp guard, and she was determined to teach these girls a secretarial skill ! ! ! I only used my art gum eraser (from the mechanical drawing class) ONCE before she confiscated it. How she snuck up behind me is still a mystery. Regards, Bob S. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 11:09 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Ann Sanfedele Showing my age ( not that I haven't done that before), during the reign of the typewriter that I grew up with there were no italics at all. e.g. - http://www.willdavis.org/TilmanUnderwoodPort1932Junior611468.jpg Later - in the early 60's I used an IBM electric typewriter with a ball head, and you could change typeface by changing the little balls the type was on. as I recall, we used underlining to indicate what should be in italics if you were printing something in the newspaper, or a magazine or a book. And yes, you had to back up and type in the underlines under the words. ann I learned on one like this one. http://tinyurl.com/6cmsy2t ... or some similar late 50s vintage standard office typewriter. I learned to type in the mid 60s while I was in high school. The typewriters we used in class had all the key-caps replaced with blanks so you couldn't look at the keyboard to figure out where the letters were. You had to keep your eyes on the text on your copy stand. Nor could you look at the typescript to see if you were typing correctly. If the teacher caught you looking at the page while you were typing she'd slap you up against the back of the head with a ruler. If you were looking at the keys, you'd get your hand smacked. For practice at home, I had an old Remington that once belonged to my grandmother; one even older than your Underwood. http://machinesoflovinggrace.com/large/Remington12.jpg Typing on a computer is so much easier. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: Off Topic: emoticons, smileys, etc
From: Bob W From: ... Cotty Sent: 24 February 2011 23:21 To: pentax list Subject: Re: Off Topic: emoticons, smileys, etc On 23/2/11, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Writing was invented in approximately 4000 BC. Bob should know, he was there. I'm a Time Lord. B YANA - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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 has arrived here
Subject: Re: K5 has arrived here Message-ID: aanlktikiuhkxnf0baptyb5wp2dyfuenoucfndnm0h...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Looking forward to more reports and photos. Galia is a lucky girl dave Last but absolutely not least, K7 has officially been passed to Galia. I changed the owner name in the settings and she smiled broadly when I showed her that K7 was now hers. Boris Boris, if and when you decide giving up the K5 would you consider adopting and aging balding American photog whose name is by-lined here in the from line?? -- 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: The Fire
From: Cotty On 24/2/11, Steven Desjardins, discombobulated, unleashed: Only Cotty has the stature to be considered monolithic. Some would say neolithic. Works either way. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: sort of off topic - new bill in FL legislature would make, farm photography a felony
Message: 8 Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 09:36:33 -0600 From: Elizabeth Masoner lizmaso...@bellsouth.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: OT: sort of off topic - new bill in FL legislature would make farmphotography a felony Message-ID: c98d28a0.1b67%lizmaso...@bellsouth.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Yeah, they really are trying to pass this garbage. http://photography.about.com/b/2011/02/25/bill-introduced-in-florida-senate -would-make-farm-photography-a-felony.htm Oh great, there goes 90% of my photographs. If this law passed in Fl it would pass in Iowa. Would the the police confiscate my lap top when I crossed the Fl border?? Farms as pornography indeed! I think my posterous will be dedicated to farms barns for awhile. -- 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: First attempt at photographing ISS
On 2011-02-25 09:05 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Once upon a time in Racine, Wisconsin, the next door neighbor of a friend made a casting of his wife naked on the bed. Later, after the divorce, he kept it on the living room couch visible to anyone driving past. A form of revenge... i know an older artist in Denver who was angry at the neighbors for expanding their house with big windows very close to her house; her retaliation was to keep her drapes open and keep her clothes off -- 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 has arrived here
On Feb 25, 2011, at 3:32 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 2/25/2011 9:09 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I'm starting to crack. Meaning?! My goal of fiscal responsibility is about to fall apart under my desire for a K-5. I think you may have just locked down the PDML father of the year award. What kind of award would that be? A DA* zoom lens, may be? Permission from the list to buy any lens you want, for yourself or Galia. -- 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: sort of off topic - new bill in FL legislature would make farm photography a felony
On 25/02/2011 9:36 AM, Elizabeth Masoner wrote: Yeah, they really are trying to pass this garbage. http://photography.about.com/b/2011/02/25/bill-introduced-in-florida-senate -would-make-farm-photography-a-felony.htm Did Florida separate from the Union? Doesn't the 1st Amendment of the Constitution trump what some buttfuchs in a pissant State legislature think is a good idea? -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K5 has arrived here
On 2011-02-25 05:02 , Paul Stenquist wrote: There are alternatives that are somewhat easier to use but more difficult to construct, such as a method where the target is a slope that rises at 45 degrees and the camera is level. easy to construct: i've used a yardstick leaned against a wall, though only to check lenses, since my k200d doesn't have a focus correction feature i guess a yardstick on the ground would be a little easier as i could raise the tripod to a comfortable height -- 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 - Creative cell phone tower
From: Jack Davis yeah, we have similar examples. One I've seen several is an assimilated Redwood tree. Next time in in that area I'll snap it. Jack --- On Fri, 2/25/11, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com Subject: PESO - Creative cell phone tower To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Friday, February 25, 2011, 6:38 AM http://www.alunfoto.no/galleri/displayimage.php?pos=-305 :-) We have one in the area that's made to like a big pine tree, except that it towers above the rest of the trees around it. Might make a PUG theme for next year. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: Looking for balance (in a bag)
Sometimes when I 'm just walking around the city with one camera I use a padded six pack of canned something type instead of one of my Tamracs. ann John Sessoms wrote: The REAL Holy Grail of photography ... a camera bag that will carry as much as you need to carry without being too cumbersome. Add to that it shouldn't LOOK like a camera bag so as not to encourage thieves and you really would have the perfect bag. I'm still looking. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: Looking for balance (in a bag)
M theory allows for pocket universes. They don't come in canvas, however. Yet. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:13 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: The REAL Holy Grail of photography ... a camera bag that will carry as much as you need to carry without being too cumbersome. Add to that it shouldn't LOOK like a camera bag so as not to encourage thieves and you really would have the perfect bag. I'm still looking. - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1435/3466 - Release Date: 02/24/11 -- 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: K5 has arrived here
We have enough Pentax cameras in this household. Boris you're going to have to resign from the list now. -- 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 has arrived here
We have enough Pentax cameras in this household. How is this possible ?? -- ;-) I cannot explain it without non-textual words, but Bob W forbade me to use them... Boris :o) actually, I didn't. I just said they were unnecessary. I don't go around trying to stop people exercising their freedom to be barking mad, that would be illiberal. 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.
Re: K5 has arrived here
Did she know she was getting it? Daddy gets big points for that one. It's a nice camera for a kid, but she seems to really know how to use a DSLR. On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 12:07 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! Picked the little bugger up yesterday. Given that I have K7, I did not have to wait for batteries to charge. Set it up - man, they keep adding options. Fired off some shots. Presently I have two major impressions: 1. The shutter action is even softer than that of K7. The stealthiness of K5 is remarkable. 2. The AF under plain 60 Watt lamp is more thoughtful than that of K7. I am not certain as to precision thereof, but it surely takes its time. Noticed also that under LV it magnifies the area where it is focusing. May be I don't need split focusing screen for this camera... Today I am going to dial in my lenses as Paul says and do some shooting with the family. Last but absolutely not least, K7 has officially been passed to Galia. I changed the owner name in the settings and she smiled broadly when I showed her that K7 was now hers. Boris P.S. Pricewise, in shekels I paid for K5 less than I paid for either K10D or K7. -- 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.
FS Friday K20 + extras
When I cave in and get the K-5, I'll sell the K20. Or maybe when I sell the K20, I'll get the K-5. K20, I have the box and most of the stuff around someplace Spare battery Battery grip Katzeye focusing screen with composition grid $600 -- 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.
