GESO -- Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals
Last weekend I went out to see if I could get a few shots of Harbor Seals at Hammonasset State Park. There were seals all right but my 400mm lens is only f5.6 and with a tele extender it's a bit slow for the light conditions I faced, (heavy overcast), so after a few failed attempts I called it a day. Today it was bright and sunny so I trekked back to the park and, *there* *were* *no* *seals!* However it was a beautiful day and there were lots of people so in the vein of live making lemonade when life gives you lemons, I wish to present. Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals: A GESO. Page 1. The Jolly Green Giant's pickup stix. Well really a couple of large, (tree trunk size) pieces of drift wood. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos1.html I couldn't decide if I like them better with the human figures for the exaggerated sense of scale or as a semi abstract so I did both. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos2.html The section of beach I was standing on was essentially made of shells... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos3.html http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos4.html There were lots of people just taking in the sun, walking their dogs photographing each other and the scenery, with either smart phones or DSLRs nothing much in between. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos5.html Yes I know, I missed the focus on this one, but I was hurrying the shot, I thought the content was worth it. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos6.html http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos7.html I dragged my Vivitar 400mm f5.6 TX mount lens out looking to shoot pictures of Harbor Seals and I was going to use it for something http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos8.html A somewhat dramatic shot of the nature trail along Meigs Point. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos9.html These stacks of wood look like nothing so much to me as being set up as bonfires, not a smart thing to do in a state park/nature preserve... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos9.html So no seals but I hope some interesting and maybe amusing photos. Equipment: Pentax K20D w./smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6/smc Pentax 17mm Fisheye f4.0/Vivitar 400mm AutoTelephoto f5.6 TX with K mount. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
The situation in Japan looks dire. My heart goes out to the Japanese people. And it looks like two nuclear reactors are in trouble. CNN here had somebody reporting cesium released. Not good at all - melting fuel rods... Regards, Bob S. There's an article about it on the BBC site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12723092. This is the paragraph that puzzles me: To keep things in perspective, no nuclear accident has caused anything approaching the 1,000 short-term fatalities stemming from Friday's earthquake and tsunami. What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? 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: Japan
On 3/13/2011 11:28 AM, Bob W wrote: What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? B May be it has to do with radiation sickness??? When the effect, such as cancer or even mutations of the children of those affected by the radiation are not immediate (as in 'short-term'). 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: Japan
2011/3/13 Bob W p...@web-options.com: This is the paragraph that puzzles me: To keep things in perspective, no nuclear accident has caused anything approaching the 1,000 short-term fatalities stemming from Friday's earthquake and tsunami. that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know what severe nuclear contamination does, point your google fu to fallujah depleted uranium - the faint hearted may not want to do an image search... makes you wonder what payroll the author is on... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
On 13/03/2011 10:28, Bob W wrote: The situation in Japan looks dire. My heart goes out to the Japanese people. And it looks like two nuclear reactors are in trouble. CNN here had somebody reporting cesium released. Not good at all - melting fuel rods... Regards, Bob S. There's an article about it on the BBC site: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-12723092. This is the paragraph that puzzles me: To keep things in perspective, no nuclear accident has caused anything approaching the 1,000 short-term fatalities stemming from Friday's earthquake and tsunami. I suspect he means known. Not the only poorly-concocted (in fact, downright wrong) sentence in that article. It falls sadly short of the usual BBC standards. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
On 3/13/2011 11:28 AM, Bob W wrote: What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? B May be it has to do with radiation sickness??? When the effect, such as cancer or even mutations of the children of those affected by the radiation are not immediate (as in 'short-term'). a fatality is a death. A short-term fatality is therefore a short-term death. I've always been under the impression that death was one of those long-term things. It's a sloppily-written article that hasn't been well edited either. 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: GESO -- Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals
On 13/03/2011 10:03, P. J. Alling wrote: Last weekend I went out to see if I could get a few shots of Harbor http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos3.html There are some interesting bore holes in one of those slipper limpet shells. Next time you are there, would you mind doing a closeup for me? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
The plants look decidedly different on Googly earth, compared to the pictures on the BBC website. Only one chimney stack, for starters. Of course, the only photo available is: http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/23556015.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
On 3/13/2011 12:25 PM, Bob W wrote: a fatality is a death. A short-term fatality is therefore a short-term death. I've always been under the impression that death was one of those long-term things. It's a sloppily-written article that hasn't been well edited either. Oh, I see your point now, Bob. Well, I am not as sensitive to this kind of sloppiness as you are. Evidently, this could have been worded in a way that wouldn't allow for more than one way of understanding the author's intent. 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: Japan
On 13/03/2011 10:43, mike wilson wrote: The plants look decidedly different on Googly earth, compared to the pictures on the BBC website. Only one chimney stack, for starters. Of course, the only photo available is: http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/23556015.jpg My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. I found the big bang one. Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Re: K-5 firmware v1.03
True, Paul, I jsut discovered myself. Whar I like is being able to shift foucpoint while looking in the viewfinder. I don't think I could not do that with the K-7. Now I can, provided I do NOT lock the chosen focus point with the OK button. That's actualy very nice and useful :-) To access til four Fn buttons, I just have to lock the focus point in advance. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 13, 2011 01:54 Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:48 PM, Jens wrote: I have one small complaint :-) I think that the way to choose focusing point is actually improved, compared to the K-7. Whith the K-5 Pentax has fixed this problem (with having to pressing the OK button too often). But this fix has caused a new problem: I have to change the focus selection method to either Centre Point or Auto (I have to get away from Select before I can access the menues for WB, Flash etc. I think the K20D has a better solution - the Fn button, which came from the *ist DL. I still miss the Fn button. If you're in select autofocus mode, you can get to the WB menu and the others on the pad by holding down the OK button while you select one of the menu options. Paul Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 10, 2011 10:20 SV Hovland pdml...@heime.org wrote: I see there is almost no complaints now on the pentaxforums and dpreview about K-5. What a strange situation :-) Stig Vidar Hovland Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] p#229; vegne av Phil Northeast [rnort...@bigpond.net.au] Sendt: 10. mars 2011 06:34 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: K-5 firmware v1.03 this is the latest firmware update for the K-5. according to Pentax it provides: Improved the accuracy of auto focus in low-intensity light condition. http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_s.html Phil -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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.
Laptop for minitor for the K-7
Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on my laptop. Can I do thsi with the K-5. And - in case it's a YAE, will I have to use Live View? One more question: Do I need all the formware updates, or will the 1.03 contain all previous updates? Thanks in advance. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT: This is totally creepy
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:12 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livescience.com/5631-zombie-ants-controlled-fungus.html -- William Robb I'd hate to see your favorites list.:-) 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 - Doe, a deer
Really like the first two. Great detail Dave On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Shot at the 100-are Lloyd A. Stage Nature Center in Troy, Michigan. This heavily wooded plot on the banks of the Rouge River has a substantial herd of wild deer. K-5 and A400/5.6 . It was starting to drizzle -- very gloomy and dark, even though the trees are bare. Flash fill from 540 plus Xtender on the first two. f8, 1/800th, ISO 2500. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12808354size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12808457size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12808358size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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: OT Hard drives
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: if you type 'usb hard drive caddy' into your favourite South American river that isn't the Orinoco you'll get an idea how cheap they are. However, you might get it for no money at all if your electronics merchant is willing to trade for sex, chickens or a basket of vegetables. Depends on how much you value such things. No one messes with my chickens Dave 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. -- 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: Milton Lower Falls
Very nice old time feel to it Dave On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 1:19 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: I shot a couple long exposure shots and sepia toned them. http://www.flickr.com/photos/alohadave/5517352987 -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.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: Laptop for minitor for the K-7
Jen, Firstly congrats on the K-5 and Secondly I am curious also about firmware and if and when I update my K-R if I will need to install all versions or will the latest have all the updates in one file. Jeffery -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jens Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 7:11 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Laptop for minitor for the K-7 One more question: Do I need all the formware updates, or will the 1.03 contain all previous updates? Thanks in advance. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7
On 13 March 2011 23:10, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on my laptop. Can I do thsi with the K-5. And - in case it's a YAE, will I have to use Live View? One more question: Do I need all the formware updates, or will the 1.03 contain all previous updates? Thanks in advance. Jens, You just need firmware 1.03. It is cumulative - also has 1.01 and 1.02 included. I don't remember the specifics, but I don't believe you can tether the K5 to a laptop. There was some recent discussion (last 3-4 months) on this - before I bought mine, so I paid scant attention. The archives may cough it up if you search. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Enablement: K-5
On Mar 13, 2011, at 12:21 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Mar 12, 2011, at 5:13 AM, Jens wrote: Who-hoo The mailman came with my new K-5 today. An excellent camera. I really needed it's high ISO ability: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/sets/72157626248716380/ Congratulations. I wouldn't say that I'm deliriously happy with mine, though others may. My only complaint is that I didn't have one sooner. On the other hand, I feel, and hope, that pushing against the limitations of my previous cameras has made me a better photographer. I haven't yet explored the expanded ISO. Does that change the circuitry at all? Or if it's done via math, are you just as well off shooting at 12,800, underexposing and processing in lightroom? Absolutely not. Pushing the exposure in conversion raises the noise level exponentially. Don't know how the camera handles high ISO internally. But trying to duplicate it in conversion is not equivalent and is undesirable. All of my previous cameras have felt like interim cameras, with some major drawback that prevented them from being my long term main camera. I don't feel that way about my K-5. I have no doubt that I will want the improved performance, and features of newer models down the line, but the K-5 feels like it has enough performance for what I need. I haven't tried nighttime landscapes yet, and I'm interested to see how it does with night sky noise. If you're anywhere near as happy with your K-5 as I am with mine, you must be insufferable to be with. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: K-5 firmware v1.03
On Mar 13, 2011, at 3:45 AM, Jens wrote: Sorry - I was wrong! I forgot that I can fix the focus point to the chosen one by pressing and holdning the OK button down. But it's still annoying, that the focus point selection button i built into the four Fn buttons, instead of having it's own switch board. I know some camera reviews have had the same complaint. I think the focus point selection is one of the most important/used switches on a camera - next to the ON/OFF and the Focus/Relase, button, this is the most important switch. When I do studio portraits, I often use the focus selection to help focus correctly - which means I can still use AF for portraits, otherwise it would be impossible to do portraits with the camera on a tripod, since the eye(s) of the model very rarely are placed in the centre of the frame. I use focus selection all the time. The select switch become easy to use with practice. Even using select, I don't think I could properly place the selection point on a model's eye with the camera on a tripod. I never shoot on a tripod in the studio when working with a model. It makes spontaneous framing impossible. With the speed of flash exposures, I find it totally unnecessary. Paul Regards Jens I have one small complaint :-) I think that the way to choose focusing point is actually improved, compared to the K-7. Whith the K-5 Pentax has fixed this problem (with having to pressing the OK button too often). But this fix has caused a new problem: I have to change the focus selection method to either Centre Point or Auto (I have to get away from Select before I can access the menues for WB, Flash etc. I think the K20D has a better solution - the Fn button, which came from the *ist DL. I still miss the Fn button. Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 10, 2011 10:20 SV Hovland pdml...@heime.org wrote: I see there is almost no complaints now on the pentaxforums and dpreview about K-5. What a strange situation :-) Stig Vidar Hovland Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] p#229; vegne av Phil Northeast [rnort...@bigpond.net.au] Sendt: 10. mars 2011 06:34 Til: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Emne: K-5 firmware v1.03 this is the latest firmware update for the K-5. according to Pentax it provides: Improved the accuracy of auto focus in low-intensity light condition. http://www.pentax.jp/english/support/digital/k-5_s.html Phil -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Blues Angel
Tonight I had the silly idea of photographing musicians in a small club with the A* 200/2.8 on the K-5 ISO 3200 f/2.8 1/30 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5522610780/ -- 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: Laptop for minitor for the K-7
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 23:32 +1100, Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 March 2011 23:10, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on my laptop. Can I do thsi with the K-5. And - in case it's a YAE, will I have to use Live View? I don't remember the specifics, but I don't believe you can tether the K5 to a laptop. There was some recent discussion (last 3-4 months) on this - before I bought mine, so I paid scant attention. The archives may cough it up if you search. Apparently PK_Tether can do this but I haven't tried it. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
I think short term fatality means you die fairly quickly, like when you are in a collapsing building. This is distinguished from the cancer/leukemia/enhanced heath risks that can be caused from exposure to radiation. Radiation may shorten your life by 10-20 years, but falling bricks will end it quickly. I think this is the distinction he is making. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 6:02 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 13/03/2011 10:43, mike wilson wrote: The plants look decidedly different on Googly earth, compared to the pictures on the BBC website. Only one chimney stack, for starters. Of course, the only photo available is: http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/23556015.jpg My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. I found the big bang one. Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Blues Angel
Very nice! I can definitely see a difference in the noise at 3200 compared to the K-x. You might want to make sure that K-5 is locked in a safe for the duration of my trip out west, Larry. I consider myself an honest person, and all ... but I'm only human. -- Walt On 3/13/2011 7:47 AM, Larry Colen wrote: Tonight I had the silly idea of photographing musicians in a small club with the A* 200/2.8 on the K-5 ISO 3200 f/2.8 1/30 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5522610780/ -- 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: Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7
Thanks Pete. I remeber reading something about some guys making attampts to design thrid party software for this kind of operation (tethering). I don't know where or how I can get hold of this software. What I really need is being able to store images on the fly to the laptop. I think the manual says I can do this :-) This is the most important thing to me. -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 13, 2011 13:32 Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 March 2011 23:10, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on my laptop. Can I do thsi with the K-5. And - in case it's a YAE, will I have to use Live View? One more question: Do I need all the formware updates, or will the 1.03 contain all previous updates? Thanks in advance. Jens, You just need firmware 1.03. It is cumulative - also has 1.01 and 1.02 included. I don't remember the specifics, but I don't believe you can tether the K5 to a laptop. There was some recent discussion (last 3-4 months) on this - before I bought mine, so I paid scant attention. The archives may cough it up if you search. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Blues Angel
Spot on focus, composition and rendering, Larry. Jack --- On Sun, 3/13/11, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: PESO Blues Angel To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 5:47 AM Tonight I had the silly idea of photographing musicians in a small club with the A* 200/2.8 on the K-5 ISO 3200 f/2.8 1/30 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5522610780/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Re: Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7
Well, it seems that there was a Remote Assistant for the K20D. That's good enough for me. The K20D is a very capable camera, quite capable of making splendid studio recordings at ISO 100. I used it for this, which has a quite good image quality, regardless of the fact, that I edited it in Portrait Professional later on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/5512893505/ The K20D is a fine studio camera, some reviews even siad that the image quality is better than the one of the K-7. I will give it a try with the remote assistant software provided with the camera :-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 13, 2011 13:56 Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Thanks Pete. I remeber reading something about some guys making attampts to design thrid party software for this kind of operation (tethering). I don't know where or how I can get hold of this software. What I really need is being able to store images on the fly to the laptop. I think the manual says I can do this :-) This is the most important thing to me. -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 13, 2011 13:32 Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 March 2011 23:10, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on my laptop. Can I do thsi with the K-5. And - in case it's a YAE, will I have to use Live View? One more question: Do I need all the formware updates, or will the 1.03 contain all previous updates? Thanks in advance. Jens, You just need firmware 1.03. It is cumulative - also has 1.01 and 1.02 included. I don't remember the specifics, but I don't believe you can tether the K5 to a laptop. There was some recent discussion (last 3-4 months) on this - before I bought mine, so I paid scant attention. The archives may cough it up if you search. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO Blues Angel
Nice. Not obvious hint of high iso. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Tonight I had the silly idea of photographing musicians in a small club with the A* 200/2.8 on the K-5 ISO 3200 f/2.8 1/30 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5522610780/ -- 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. -- 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 - Doe, a deer
Excellent. The first is a greta close up, but I think the third is a better overall shot. I always think of deer at partially concealed, except when they run in front of my car. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 8:14 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Really like the first two. Great detail Dave On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Shot at the 100-are Lloyd A. Stage Nature Center in Troy, Michigan. This heavily wooded plot on the banks of the Rouge River has a substantial herd of wild deer. K-5 and A400/5.6 . It was starting to drizzle -- very gloomy and dark, even though the trees are bare. Flash fill from 540 plus Xtender on the first two. f8, 1/800th, ISO 2500. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12808354size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12808457size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12808358size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- 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. -- Steve Desjardins -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Hard drives
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:49 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: It should be a standard size. More importantly you need to determine if it's a serial (SATA) or parallel (PATA) drive and get a USB case to match. Given the age, it's more than likely parallel. I'm guessing there will be something marked on it.?? Dave You can tell by connector type. If it's a wide ribbon cable (with 2 rows of pins in the plug on the drive) it's IDE/PATA. if it's a skinny cable with a weird connector it's SATA. -Adam Thanks. I'll open up the box today, or maybe try and boot one more time.?? 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 - Doe, a deer
Man, Paul. Those are great shots! The deer look rather healthy and well fed up in your part of the country. She's big gal! -- Walt On 3/12/2011 3:13 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Shot at the 100-are Lloyd A. Stage Nature Center in Troy, Michigan. This heavily wooded plot on the banks of the Rouge River has a substantial herd of wild deer. K-5 and A400/5.6 . It was starting to drizzle -- very gloomy and dark, even though the trees are bare. Flash fill from 540 plus Xtender on the first two. f8, 1/800th, ISO 2500. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12808354size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12808457size=lg http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=12808358size=lg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7
On 13/03/2011 13:56, Jens wrote: Thanks Pete. I remeber reading something about some guys making attampts to design thrid party software for this kind of operation (tethering). I don't know where or how I can get hold of this software. Replied offlist with attachments. I would have thought this software would have been on the CD with image management stuff that comes with Pentax cameras What I really need is being able to store images on the fly to the laptop. I think the manual says I can do this :-) This is the most important thing to me. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Blues Angel
Ditto what Jack said. -bmw On 11-03-13 9:05 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Spot on focus, composition and rendering, Larry. Jack --- On Sun, 3/13/11, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colenl...@red4est.com Subject: PESO Blues Angel To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 5:47 AM Tonight I had the silly idea of photographing musicians in a small club with the A* 200/2.8 on the K-5 ISO 3200 f/2.8 1/30 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5522610780/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: The myth of persistence
On 3/11/2011 8:52 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Interesting essay. On one hand he advocates not to persist at something you're not good at, in order to spend time doing things that brings you more sense of achiement. On the other hand, all his examples revolve around monetary reward as the sole gauge of achievement. Shoots his own logic in the foot, in my opinion. Jostein Jostein, are you trying to say that basically one has to have criteria for everything: how successful one is, does one enjoy doing whatever they are doing, how difficult it is to persevere on a given subject, is there any gain from persisting, etc. Looks a bit like an egg and a turkey kind of question. So, I take snow scenes pictures (well, I don't, but just to flow with the underlying motif) and it does not come out right. Do I have to keep taking them? Well, may be, if I know that throughout the year (provided, I am not living in one season over whole year climate zone) I take other pictures, say of similar grand motif, a.k.a. landscape and they turn out good. May be I just enjoy the process of shooting out in the cold snowy weather. They may not sell, I may delete them afterwards... Am I actually trying to compete face to face with well known and established artists of the genre? Or perhaps I am missing the point entirely here... 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: OT Hard drives
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:46 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 1:14 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:49 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: It should be a standard size. More importantly you need to determine if it's a serial (SATA) or parallel (PATA) drive and get a USB case to match. Given the age, it's more than likely parallel. I'm guessing there will be something marked on it.?? Dave You can tell by connector type. If it's a wide ribbon cable (with 2 rows of pins in the plug on the drive) it's IDE/PATA. if it's a skinny cable with a weird connector it's SATA. Its a Maxtor 80 gig PATA133HD, 3.5 series, with an open back, meaning is can see the circuit board. Dave -Adam Thanks. I'll open up the box today, or maybe try and boot one more time.?? 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 -- 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: OT Hard drives
Will one of these work.?? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554sku=ULT40112 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603sku=M501-2500 The main web page: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=2777name=Hard-Drive-Enclosure Dave -- 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: OT Hard drives
Hi David, This is more along the lines of what you'd need. They're pretty much no-brainers. You just seat them in the enclosure, plug them in, connect them to your USB port, and you're good to go. http://www.amazon.com/3-5-IDE-HDD-Enclosure-Black/dp/tags-on-product/B0018NEQFI -- Walt On 3/13/2011 10:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Will one of these work.?? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554sku=ULT40112 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603sku=M501-2500 The main web page: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=2777name=Hard-Drive-Enclosure Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: GESO -- Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals
PJ, I like Meg's Point trail shot the best. Girl 'walking' the dog is amusing. The stacked wood shot's link is missing - goes to Meg's Point. Sorry the seals were gone. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 4:03 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Last weekend I went out to see if I could get a few shots of Harbor Seals at Hammonasset State Park. There were seals all right but my 400mm lens is only f5.6 and with a tele extender it's a bit slow for the light conditions I faced, (heavy overcast), so after a few failed attempts I called it a day. Today it was bright and sunny so I trekked back to the park and, *there* *were* *no* *seals!* However it was a beautiful day and there were lots of people so in the vein of live making lemonade when life gives you lemons, I wish to present. Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals: A GESO. Page 1. The Jolly Green Giant's pickup stix. Well really a couple of large, (tree trunk size) pieces of drift wood. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos1.html I couldn't decide if I like them better with the human figures for the exaggerated sense of scale or as a semi abstract so I did both. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos2.html The section of beach I was standing on was essentially made of shells... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos3.html http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos4.html There were lots of people just taking in the sun, walking their dogs photographing each other and the scenery, with either smart phones or DSLRs nothing much in between. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos5.html Yes I know, I missed the focus on this one, but I was hurrying the shot, I thought the content was worth it. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos6.html http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos7.html I dragged my Vivitar 400mm f5.6 TX mount lens out looking to shoot pictures of Harbor Seals and I was going to use it for something http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos8.html A somewhat dramatic shot of the nature trail along Meigs Point. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos9.html These stacks of wood look like nothing so much to me as being set up as bonfires, not a smart thing to do in a state park/nature preserve... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos9.html So no seals but I hope some interesting and maybe amusing photos. Equipment: Pentax K20D w./smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6/smc Pentax 17mm Fisheye f4.0/Vivitar 400mm AutoTelephoto f5.6 TX with K mount. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2011 - 043 - GDG
Another Communicating series addition for your viewing pleasure: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/ Thanks for looking, comments appreciated. Godfrey -- Communicating set slide show: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625844414410/show/ (Remove show/ if your browser has difficulty with flash.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Laptop for minitor for the K-7
Beautiful girl, well captured by you. Nice work. Paul On Mar 13, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Jens wrote: Well, it seems that there was a Remote Assistant for the K20D. That's good enough for me. The K20D is a very capable camera, quite capable of making splendid studio recordings at ISO 100. I used it for this, which has a quite good image quality, regardless of the fact, that I edited it in Portrait Professional later on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/5512893505/ The K20D is a fine studio camera, some reviews even siad that the image quality is better than the one of the K-7. I will give it a try with the remote assistant software provided with the camera :-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 13, 2011 13:56 Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Thanks Pete. I remeber reading something about some guys making attampts to design thrid party software for this kind of operation (tethering). I don't know where or how I can get hold of this software. What I really need is being able to store images on the fly to the laptop. I think the manual says I can do this :-) This is the most important thing to me. -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 13, 2011 13:32 Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 March 2011 23:10, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on my laptop. Can I do thsi with the K-5. And - in case it's a YAE, will I have to use Live View? One more question: Do I need all the formware updates, or will the 1.03 contain all previous updates? Thanks in advance. Jens, You just need firmware 1.03. It is cumulative - also has 1.01 and 1.02 included. I don't remember the specifics, but I don't believe you can tether the K5 to a laptop. There was some recent discussion (last 3-4 months) on this - before I bought mine, so I paid scant attention. The archives may cough it up if you search. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Blues Angel
Excellent shot. On Mar 13, 2011, at 10:36 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Ditto what Jack said. -bmw On 11-03-13 9:05 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Spot on focus, composition and rendering, Larry. Jack --- On Sun, 3/13/11, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: From: Larry Colenl...@red4est.com Subject: PESO Blues Angel To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 5:47 AM Tonight I had the silly idea of photographing musicians in a small club with the A* 200/2.8 on the K-5 ISO 3200 f/2.8 1/30 http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/5522610780/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2011 - 043 - GDG
Lovely shot, Godders. The soft, warm tones really seem to complement the moment you caught. -- Walt On 3/13/2011 10:50 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Another Communicating series addition for your viewing pleasure: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/ Thanks for looking, comments appreciated. Godfrey -- Communicating set slide show: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157625844414410/show/ (Remove show/ if your browser has difficulty with flash.) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 -- Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals
The corrected URL http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos10.html Or you could just click the left arrow, though they you'd be missing my insightful commentary... On 3/13/2011 10:49 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: PJ, I like Meg's Point trail shot the best. Girl 'walking' the dog is amusing. The stacked wood shot's link is missing - goes to Meg's Point. Sorry the seals were gone. Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 4:03 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Last weekend I went out to see if I could get a few shots of Harbor Seals at Hammonasset State Park. There were seals all right but my 400mm lens is only f5.6 and with a tele extender it's a bit slow for the light conditions I faced, (heavy overcast), so after a few failed attempts I called it a day. Today it was bright and sunny so I trekked back to the park and, *there* *were* *no* *seals!* However it was a beautiful day and there were lots of people so in the vein of live making lemonade when life gives you lemons, I wish to present. Hammonasset State Park; In search of Seals: A GESO. Page 1. The Jolly Green Giant's pickup stix. Well really a couple of large, (tree trunk size) pieces of drift wood. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos1.html I couldn't decide if I like them better with the human figures for the exaggerated sense of scale or as a semi abstract so I did both. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos2.html The section of beach I was standing on was essentially made of shells... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos3.html http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos4.html There were lots of people just taking in the sun, walking their dogs photographing each other and the scenery, with either smart phones or DSLRs nothing much in between. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos5.html Yes I know, I missed the focus on this one, but I was hurrying the shot, I thought the content was worth it. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos6.html http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos7.html I dragged my Vivitar 400mm f5.6 TX mount lens out looking to shoot pictures of Harbor Seals and I was going to use it for something http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos8.html A somewhat dramatic shot of the nature trail along Meigs Point. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos9.html These stacks of wood look like nothing so much to me as being set up as bonfires, not a smart thing to do in a state park/nature preserve... http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/In%20search%20of%20seals/GESO%20--%20hspisos9.html So no seals but I hope some interesting and maybe amusing photos. Equipment: Pentax K20D w./smc Pentax FA 20-35mm f4.0/smc Pentax FA 28-200mm f3.8~5.6/smc Pentax 17mm Fisheye f4.0/Vivitar 400mm AutoTelephoto f5.6 TX with K mount. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The myth of persistence
IOW, in photography, one is, safe to say, striving to satisfy their own criteria as to what qualifies as good. The sense of gratitude and satisfaction one feels at meeting said criteria is enhanced by the amount of effort it too to achieve. Frustration with the process simply implies impatience. Jack --- On Sun, 3/13/11, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Re: The myth of persistence To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 7:57 AM On 3/11/2011 8:52 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Interesting essay. On one hand he advocates not to persist at something you're not good at, in order to spend time doing things that brings you more sense of achiement. On the other hand, all his examples revolve around monetary reward as the sole gauge of achievement. Shoots his own logic in the foot, in my opinion. Jostein Jostein, are you trying to say that basically one has to have criteria for everything: how successful one is, does one enjoy doing whatever they are doing, how difficult it is to persevere on a given subject, is there any gain from persisting, etc. Looks a bit like an egg and a turkey kind of question. So, I take snow scenes pictures (well, I don't, but just to flow with the underlying motif) and it does not come out right. Do I have to keep taking them? Well, may be, if I know that throughout the year (provided, I am not living in one season over whole year climate zone) I take other pictures, say of similar grand motif, a.k.a. landscape and they turn out good. May be I just enjoy the process of shooting out in the cold snowy weather. They may not sell, I may delete them afterwards... Am I actually trying to compete face to face with well known and established artists of the genre? Or perhaps I am missing the point entirely here... 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: OT Hard drives
You can probably find them as cheaply in a more or less local store. But yes one of those, (which one I don't know I'd have to look at each description), will work. There's also a multi-connector, which has a SATA PATA and Laptop PATA connector all going to a USB connector that usually only sells about $5.00. If you don't plan to mount the drive permanently that might be the way to go. Oh look, Amazon has them for 2.95. http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B001OORMVQ On 3/13/2011 10:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Will one of these work.?? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554sku=ULT40112 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603sku=M501-2500 The main web page: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=2777name=Hard-Drive-Enclosure Dave -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The myth of persistence
Mike often shoots himself in the foot. I'm surprised he has a foot left, (or is that left foot...) On 3/11/2011 1:52 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Interesting essay. On one hand he advocates not to persist at something you're not good at, in order to spend time doing things that brings you more sense of achiement. On the other hand, all his examples revolve around monetary reward as the sole gauge of achievement. Shoots his own logic in the foot, in my opinion. Jostein 2011/3/11 Bruce Walkerbruce.wal...@gmail.com: Mike Johnston on not feeling obligated to shoot (or try) *everything* ... Ever since then, I've been suspicious of the idea of persistence. It's a great, grand old American myth, of course: we're always telling ourselves that persistence and perseverence are crucial to success. But many people—including a few I could name—persist at failure. They keep trying, all right. But they keep trying to do things they already should have learned they're no good at. http://goo.gl/PhVNd One of Mike's best essays. He also admits to actually loving a cat once, and taking a couple of cat pix. -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Hard drives
Correction $2.69. On 3/13/2011 11:30 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: You can probably find them as cheaply in a more or less local store. But yes one of those, (which one I don't know I'd have to look at each description), will work. There's also a multi-connector, which has a SATA PATA and Laptop PATA connector all going to a USB connector that usually only sells about $5.00. If you don't plan to mount the drive permanently that might be the way to go. Oh look, Amazon has them for 2.95. http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B001OORMVQ On 3/13/2011 10:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Will one of these work.?? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554sku=ULT40112 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603sku=M501-2500 The main web page: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=2777name=Hard-Drive-Enclosure 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.
Controlling location to which LR imports
I think I've asked this question before, but can't find the responses. The top level of my image files is by year. Below that are folders by date with a descriptive phrase appended. When I import LR creates *another* directory for the year and then imports images by dates into this folder. When the import is finished I then have to move the folders created in the import out of this folder into *my* folder for the year. Why is LR doing this? How can I get it to stop, i.e., to just import by date into the folder I indicate without creating another folder? Thanks -- 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 Hard drives
Yikes! That is a good deal! I like having the enclosure for the sake of portability of the hard drive. But, yes ... if you're just going to pull the files off the drive and not use it anymore: (1) just order that connector, and (2) can I have your old drive? ;-) -- Walt On 3/13/2011 11:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Correction $2.69. On 3/13/2011 11:30 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: You can probably find them as cheaply in a more or less local store. But yes one of those, (which one I don't know I'd have to look at each description), will work. There's also a multi-connector, which has a SATA PATA and Laptop PATA connector all going to a USB connector that usually only sells about $5.00. If you don't plan to mount the drive permanently that might be the way to go. Oh look, Amazon has them for 2.95. http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B001OORMVQ On 3/13/2011 10:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Will one of these work.?? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554sku=ULT40112 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603sku=M501-2500 The main web page: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=2777name=Hard-Drive-Enclosure Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Japan
On 3/13/2011 5:25 AM, Bob W wrote: On 3/13/2011 11:28 AM, Bob W wrote: What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? B May be it has to do with radiation sickness??? When the effect, such as cancer or even mutations of the children of those affected by the radiation are not immediate (as in 'short-term'). a fatality is a death. A short-term fatality is therefore a short-term death. I've always been under the impression that death was one of those long-term things. It's a sloppily-written article that hasn't been well edited either. B I think the word they were looking for but failed utterly to find, was /immediate/ . But immediate death is such an awful phrase to use that well a* euphemism seemed to be called for and the author chose poorly... *Yes, proper English would have called for an euphemism, but that just sounds wrong to my ear. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
Possibly near-term as opposed to latent. -- Walt On 3/13/2011 11:40 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 3/13/2011 5:25 AM, Bob W wrote: On 3/13/2011 11:28 AM, Bob W wrote: What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? B May be it has to do with radiation sickness??? When the effect, such as cancer or even mutations of the children of those affected by the radiation are not immediate (as in 'short-term'). a fatality is a death. A short-term fatality is therefore a short-term death. I've always been under the impression that death was one of those long-term things. It's a sloppily-written article that hasn't been well edited either. B I think the word they were looking for but failed utterly to find, was /immediate/ . But immediate death is such an awful phrase to use that well a* euphemism seemed to be called for and the author chose poorly... *Yes, proper English would have called for an euphemism, but that just sounds wrong to my ear. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Controlling location to which LR imports
Lightroom 2 or 3? On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I think I've asked this question before, but can't find the responses. The top level of my image files is by year. Below that are folders by date with a descriptive phrase appended. When I import LR creates *another* directory for the year and then imports images by dates into this folder. When the import is finished I then have to move the folders created in the import out of this folder into *my* folder for the year. Why is LR doing this? How can I get it to stop, i.e., to just import by date into the folder I indicate without creating another folder? Thanks -- 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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.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: OT: This is totally creepy
That is certainly something you shouldn't contemplate. On 3/13/2011 7:12 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:12 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.livescience.com/5631-zombie-ants-controlled-fungus.html -- William Robb I'd hate to see your favorites list.:-) 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. -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Controlling location to which LR imports
It's very important that you look carefully at what Lightroom's import dialog is telling you. Look at http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lr-import.jpg ... - On the left panel, you see the source location. Note the light band highlighting Imported on March 12, 2011 which ends with a pointer to the content window '' ... this is telling you what you've selected for Lightroom to import. - At the top, notice that Copy is highlighted ... LR will import these files and make a copy of them to a destination for you. - On the right, notice the big pointer, another arrow, indicating the 'Desktop' folder as the destination. Notice also that I've elected to move them organized by date using the date format mmdd, and that into subfolder is NOT checked. This means that LR will create a dated subfolder and put the 80 image files into it under Desktop. If I check the Into Subfolder option and gave it a name for a new subfolder, it would create the new subfolder under Desktop and THEN create new data-named subfolders under that. If you change the organize mode, it will change how it creates the destination you want to put them. For my normal import, I have the organize by date with this date format selected. Into subfolder is un-checked. I select the year as the top level folder, Lightroom creates the day by day subfolders under that year as desired with every import. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I think I've asked this question before, but can't find the responses. The top level of my image files is by year. Below that are folders by date with a descriptive phrase appended. When I import LR creates *another* directory for the year and then imports images by dates into this folder. When the import is finished I then have to move the folders created in the import out of this folder into *my* folder for the year. Why is LR doing this? How can I get it to stop, i.e., to just import by date into the folder I indicate without creating another folder? Thanks -- 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. -- 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: Controlling location to which LR imports
I don't like where Lightroom puts the imports, so on the Mac I use Image Capture to copy the raw pix of the camera into the place I want them. I assume there must be something equivalent on Windows. Then I get Lightroom to import them in-place. As to how you organize your pictures into folders, that's something that's shockingly personal and shouldn't be brought up at all, or it'll develop into a 300-message PDML thread. -T On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I think I've asked this question before, but can't find the responses. The top level of my image files is by year. Below that are folders by date with a descriptive phrase appended. When I import LR creates *another* directory for the year and then imports images by dates into this folder. When the import is finished I then have to move the folders created in the import out of this folder into *my* folder for the year. Why is LR doing this? How can I get it to stop, i.e., to just import by date into the folder I indicate without creating another folder? Thanks -- 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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: This is totally creepy
Interesting. Not the only parasite that invades ant brains, though. Consider the Lancet Liver Fluke that infects sheep and other grazing livestock. It has a small ant as intermediate host, which is manipulated into walking away from its colony and clutch itself to the top of a straw. This increase the likelihood of the ant being munched by grazing livestock. :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicrocoelium_dendriticum Jostein 2011/3/13 William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com: http://www.livescience.com/5631-zombie-ants-controlled-fungus.html -- 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. -- 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: Laptop for minitor for the K-7
An Eye-Fi card with a laptop and wireless router should handle the image transfer for you. http://www.eye.fi/products/connectx2 Lightroom 2 or LR3 along with this plug-in should put the image on the screen for viewing. http://www.eye.fi/lightroom http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/folder-watch -p On 3/13/2011 8:28 AM, Jens wrote: Well, it seems that there was a Remote Assistant for the K20D. That's good enough for me. The K20D is a very capable camera, quite capable of making splendid studio recordings at ISO 100. I used it for this, which has a quite good image quality, regardless of the fact, that I edited it in Portrait Professional later on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/5512893505/ The K20D is a fine studio camera, some reviews even siad that the image quality is better than the one of the K-7. I will give it a try with the remote assistant software provided with the camera :-) Regards Jens -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 Hard drives
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Yikes! That is a good deal! I like having the enclosure for the sake of portability of the hard drive. But, yes ... if you're just going to pull the files off the drive and not use it anymore: (1) just order that connector, and (2) can I have your old drive? ;-) -- Walt Went over to the local Staples store just now and picked up an acomdata case for the drive. it takes PATA or SATA so i picked it up. It works, i found the missing files i forgot to copy over to my other external hard drives so i'm good. Saves some extra scanning down the road. $34.99 which was the cheaper of the two. Dave On 3/13/2011 11:31 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Correction $2.69. On 3/13/2011 11:30 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: You can probably find them as cheaply in a more or less local store. But yes one of those, (which one I don't know I'd have to look at each description), will work. There's also a multi-connector, which has a SATA PATA and Laptop PATA connector all going to a USB connector that usually only sells about $5.00. If you don't plan to mount the drive permanently that might be the way to go. Oh look, Amazon has them for 2.95. http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B001OORMVQ On 3/13/2011 10:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Will one of these work.?? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554sku=ULT40112 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603sku=M501-2500 The main web page: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=2777name=Hard-Drive-Enclosure 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: The myth of persistence
2011/3/13 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 3/11/2011 8:52 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Interesting essay. On one hand he advocates not to persist at something you're not good at, in order to spend time doing things that brings you more sense of achiement. On the other hand, all his examples revolve around monetary reward as the sole gauge of achievement. Shoots his own logic in the foot, in my opinion. Jostein Jostein, are you trying to say that basically one has to have criteria for everything No. Looks a bit like an egg and a turkey kind of question. So, I take snow scenes pictures (well, I don't, but just to flow with the underlying motif) and it does not come out right. Do I have to keep taking them? No. Well, may be, if I know that throughout the year (provided, I am not living in one season over whole year climate zone) I take other pictures, say of similar grand motif, a.k.a. landscape and they turn out good. May be I just enjoy the process of shooting out in the cold snowy weather. Exactly. They may not sell, I may delete them afterwards... Am I actually trying to compete face to face with well known and established artists of the genre? No. Or perhaps I am missing the point entirely here... With that kind of argumentation, I'd say you stopped just short of repeating my point. :-) 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.
Re: OT Hard drives
The first one will work. It has connection cables for both SATA and PATA. I have one of these and it's saved my bacon a couple times. The second one won't work as it's designed for SATA. The info you posted about your drive said it was PATA. -p On 3/13/2011 10:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Will one of these work.?? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554sku=ULT40112 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603sku=M501-2500 The main web page: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=2777name=Hard-Drive-Enclosure Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: OT Hard drives
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 12:30 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: You can probably find them as cheaply in a more or less local store. But yes one of those, (which one I don't know I'd have to look at each description), will work. There's also a multi-connector, which has a SATA PATA and Laptop PATA connector all going to a USB connector that usually only sells about $5.00. If you don't plan to mount the drive permanently that might be the way to go. Oh look, Amazon has them for 2.95. http://www.amazon.com/Drive-Adapter-Converter-Optical-External/dp/B001OORMVQ Local Tiger Direct has them for $24.00, (so much for our at par eh) but i found a case for the drive for $34.00 closer to home. Thanks everyone for the input. Dave On 3/13/2011 10:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Will one of these work.?? http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3276554sku=ULT40112 http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4259603sku=M501-2500 The main web page: http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/Category/guidedSearch.asp?CatId=2777name=Hard-Drive-Enclosure Dave -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Controlling location to which LR imports
On Mar 13, 2011, at 12:56 PM, David Parsons wrote: Lightroom 2 or 3? Sorry. Three. -- 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: Controlling location to which LR imports
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I don't like where Lightroom puts the imports, so on the Mac I use Image Capture to copy the raw pix of the camera into the place I want them. I assume there must be something equivalent on Windows. Then I get Lightroom to import them in-place. Lightroom will put the photographs precisely where you tell it to. What you're saying is that you don't like to use its mechanism to do so, or don't understand how to tell it to do what you want. No matter really, but let's be precise. I don't know why you'd use Image Capture to move the files from your card to the computer file system. Just drag and drop them to the location you want if you want to do it yourself ... It's faster and easier IMO. -- 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.
PESO/GESO? In any case, soccer at McLendon
With a bit of trepidation I'm sharing a few photos taken at the site of one of our afterschool soccer programs on Friday. I don't make any claims for their aesthetic merit. I'm pleased that I managed moderately decent focus in an action setting using manual focus. *ist DS and an A50mm/2.0. Album https://picasaweb.google.com/103420210337495775480/SoccerAtMclendon?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjm3fDkgurbxQE# Slideshow https://picasaweb.google.com/103420210337495775480/SoccerAtMclendon?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjm3fDkgurbxQE#slideshow/5583621300515263826 -- 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/GESO? In any case, soccer at McLendon
No need to be apologetic, Eric. You caught some great action here. Nicely done! -- Walt On 3/13/2011 12:59 PM, Eric Weir wrote: With a bit of trepidation I'm sharing a few photos taken at the site of one of our afterschool soccer programs on Friday. I don't make any claims for their aesthetic merit. I'm pleased that I managed moderately decent focus in an action setting using manual focus. *ist DS and an A50mm/2.0. Album https://picasaweb.google.com/103420210337495775480/SoccerAtMclendon?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjm3fDkgurbxQE# Slideshow https://picasaweb.google.com/103420210337495775480/SoccerAtMclendon?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjm3fDkgurbxQE#slideshow/5583621300515263826 -- 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: Controlling location to which LR imports
Thanks, Godfrey. I'm on the run, but this is what I was looking for. I'll digest it later and report back. On Mar 13, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: It's very important that you look carefully at what Lightroom's import dialog is telling you. Look at http://homepage.mac.com/godders/lr-import.jpg ... - On the left panel, you see the source location. Note the light band highlighting Imported on March 12, 2011 which ends with a pointer to the content window '' ... this is telling you what you've selected for Lightroom to import. - At the top, notice that Copy is highlighted ... LR will import these files and make a copy of them to a destination for you. - On the right, notice the big pointer, another arrow, indicating the 'Desktop' folder as the destination. Notice also that I've elected to move them organized by date using the date format mmdd, and that into subfolder is NOT checked. This means that LR will create a dated subfolder and put the 80 image files into it under Desktop. If I check the Into Subfolder option and gave it a name for a new subfolder, it would create the new subfolder under Desktop and THEN create new data-named subfolders under that. If you change the organize mode, it will change how it creates the destination you want to put them. For my normal import, I have the organize by date with this date format selected. Into subfolder is un-checked. I select the year as the top level folder, Lightroom creates the day by day subfolders under that year as desired with every import. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: I think I've asked this question before, but can't find the responses. The top level of my image files is by year. Below that are folders by date with a descriptive phrase appended. When I import LR creates *another* directory for the year and then imports images by dates into this folder. When the import is finished I then have to move the folders created in the import out of this folder into *my* folder for the year. Why is LR doing this? How can I get it to stop, i.e., to just import by date into the folder I indicate without creating another folder? Thanks -- 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. -- 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. -- 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: The myth of persistence
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Re: The myth of persistence IOW, in photography, one is, safe to say, striving to satisfy their own criteria as to what qualifies as good. The sense of gratitude and satisfaction one feels at meeting said criteria is enhanced by the amount of effort it too to achieve. While we all march to our own drum, I've benefitted tremendously by having what I think are my best images critiqued by professional outdoor photographers. Sometimes a humbling experience but over the years it has had a very beneficial impact on my images. Frustration with the process simply implies impatience. Jack --- On Sun, 3/13/11, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: From: Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com Subject: Re: The myth of persistence To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Date: Sunday, March 13, 2011, 7:57 AM On 3/11/2011 8:52 AM, AlunFoto wrote: Interesting essay. On one hand he advocates not to persist at something you're not good at, in order to spend time doing things that brings you more sense of achiement. On the other hand, all his examples revolve around monetary reward as the sole gauge of achievement. Shoots his own logic in the foot, in my opinion. Jostein Jostein, are you trying to say that basically one has to have criteria for everything: how successful one is, does one enjoy doing whatever they are doing, how difficult it is to persevere on a given subject, is there any gain from persisting, etc. Looks a bit like an egg and a turkey kind of question. So, I take snow scenes pictures (well, I don't, but just to flow with the underlying motif) and it does not come out right. Do I have to keep taking them? Well, may be, if I know that throughout the year (provided, I am not living in one season over whole year climate zone) I take other pictures, say of similar grand motif, a.k.a. landscape and they turn out good. May be I just enjoy the process of shooting out in the cold snowy weather. They may not sell, I may delete them afterwards... Am I actually trying to compete face to face with well known and established artists of the genre? Or perhaps I am missing the point entirely here... 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.
Remarkably On-Topic
I was just listening to this tune (one of my favorite Beatles songs of all time, BTW) and just happened to glance up at the screen right about the 1:55 mark. The Beatles - This Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY-BzepTXkA Do check it out. I think y'all will be amused. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 How NOT to photograph the Stanley Cup with a Leica M6.
On 3/12/2011 8:27 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 11/03/2011 17:57, David J Brooks wrote: http://www.petapixel.com/2011/03/10/how-not-to-photograph-the-stanley-cup-with-a-leica-m6/ This guy is really doomed, he shoots Nikon as well:-) Least of his problems. Who do you think dressed him that morning? I've seen worse... -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: The myth of persistence
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 7:29 PM, AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com wrote: With that kind of argumentation, I'd say you stopped just short of repeating my point. :-) Jostein Fortunately I was quoting the original (a.k.a. you) therefore the phone wasn't entirely broken. -- 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: Remarkably On-Topic
Further evidence the Beatles must have been Pentaxians: http://zavali-gorizont.livejournal.com/2354.html :) -c On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Walter Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I was just listening to this tune (one of my favorite Beatles songs of all time, BTW) and just happened to glance up at the screen right about the 1:55 mark. The Beatles - This Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY-BzepTXkA Do check it out. I think y'all will be amused. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
That's what I read it to mean. I think all this angst about a poor choice of words obscures the message. Concentrate on the underlying story, not the way it is being told. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 08:52:02AM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: I think short term fatality means you die fairly quickly, like when you are in a collapsing building. This is distinguished from the cancer/leukemia/enhanced heath risks that can be caused from exposure to radiation. Radiation may shorten your life by 10-20 years, but falling bricks will end it quickly. I think this is the distinction he is making. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 6:02 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 13/03/2011 10:43, mike wilson wrote: The plants look decidedly different on Googly earth, compared to the pictures on the BBC website. Only one chimney stack, for starters. Of course, the only photo available is: http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/23556015.jpg My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. ?I found the big bang one. ?Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Remarkably On-Topic
LOL I cheated and sled it over to the 1:50 mark and yes it is rather on topic... -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walter Gilbert Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2011 1:09 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Remarkably On-Topic I was just listening to this tune (one of my favorite Beatles songs of all time, BTW) and just happened to glance up at the screen right about the 1:55 mark. The Beatles - This Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY-BzepTXkA Do check it out. I think y'all will be amused. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Remarkably On-Topic
Well, it doesn't get much more conclusive than that, does it? :-) How great is that? -- Walt On 3/13/2011 1:50 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Further evidence the Beatles must have been Pentaxians: http://zavali-gorizont.livejournal.com/2354.html :) -c On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Walter Gilbertldott...@gmail.com wrote: I was just listening to this tune (one of my favorite Beatles songs of all time, BTW) and just happened to glance up at the screen right about the 1:55 mark. The Beatles - This Boy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VY-BzepTXkA Do check it out. I think y'all will be amused. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Controlling location to which LR imports
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: Lightroom will put the photographs precisely where you tell it to. ... I don't know why you'd use Image Capture to move the files from your card to the computer file system. Just drag and drop them to the location you want if you want to do it yourself ... It's faster and easier IMO. It turns out that some cameras distribute the pix on-camera into folders, per-day or per-week or whatever. Image Capture is handy because it goes and pokes around and comes back with a list of all the photos on the device, and remembers which ones it downloaded. Hm, thanks for the news about Lightroom. Last time I tried to use it for import was back in the Lightroom 1 days, and I was having a hard time keeping it from sorting the pictures into folders based on its own opinions. -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.
Re: Japan
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 10:56:53AM +0100, eckinator wrote: 2011/3/13 Bob W p...@web-options.com: This is the paragraph that puzzles me: To keep things in perspective, no nuclear accident has caused anything approaching the 1,000 short-term fatalities stemming from Friday's earthquake and tsunami. that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know what severe nuclear contamination does, point your google fu to fallujah depleted uranium - the faint hearted may not want to do an image search... makes you wonder what payroll the author is on... Really? Should we also wonder if you are on the payroll of a coal or oil company, because you produce a one-sided condemnation of nuclear power? You might want to take a look at a short science fiction story from 1954, On the Feasibility of Coal Driven Power Stations, written by O.R. Frisch. That might put some things into perspective. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K-5 firmware v1.03
On 3/10/2011 10:54 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: eckinator 2011/3/11 Bob W p...@web-options.com: one step forward, two steps back. reminds me of Paula Abdul - she was quite the babe back then. need to look up what's become of her... I think she had a TV show for a while ... or was a regular guest on a TV show. She was a Judge on one of the American Idol. She still looks hot, but then she can afford the best plastic surgeons, - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1497/3495 - Release Date: 03/09/11 -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Re: Re: Laptop for minitor for the K-7
there was a newer version of that released in the days of the K-7 so you may want to check Pentax Japan's download area! hth ecke 2011/3/13 Jens p...@planfoto.dk: Well, it seems that there was a Remote Assistant for the K20D. That's good enough for me. The K20D is a very capable camera, quite capable of making splendid studio recordings at ISO 100. I used it for this, which has a quite good image quality, regardless of the fact, that I edited it in Portrait Professional later on: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bladt/5512893505/ The K20D is a fine studio camera, some reviews even siad that the image quality is better than the one of the K-7. I will give it a try with the remote assistant software provided with the camera :-) Regards Jens -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 13, 2011 13:56 Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Thanks Pete. I remeber reading something about some guys making attampts to design thrid party software for this kind of operation (tethering). I don't know where or how I can get hold of this software. What I really need is being able to store images on the fly to the laptop. I think the manual says I can do this :-) This is the most important thing to me. -- Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself. On Mar 13, 2011 13:32 Peter McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: On 13 March 2011 23:10, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: Hi list Does anyone know if I can use a Laptop as a monitor for the K-5, please. I remember the *ist D had this option if I instaled special software for this on my laptop. Can I do thsi with the K-5. And - in case it's a YAE, will I have to use Live View? One more question: Do I need all the formware updates, or will the 1.03 contain all previous updates? Thanks in advance. Jens, You just need firmware 1.03. It is cumulative - also has 1.01 and 1.02 included. I don't remember the specifics, but I don't believe you can tether the K5 to a laptop. There was some recent discussion (last 3-4 months) on this - before I bought mine, so I paid scant attention. The archives may cough it up if you search. Regards, Pete Mac in Melbourne -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Controlling location to which LR imports
Lightroom does that as well. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 2:57 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: It turns out that some cameras distribute the pix on-camera into folders, per-day or per-week or whatever. Image Capture is handy because it goes and pokes around and comes back with a list of all the photos on the device, and remembers which ones it downloaded. Hm, thanks for the news about Lightroom. Last time I tried to use it for import was back in the Lightroom 1 days, and I was having a hard time keeping it from sorting the pictures into folders based on its own opinions. -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. -- David Parsons Photography http://www.davidparsonsphoto.com Aloha Photographer Photoblog http://alohaphotog.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: Japan
2011/3/13 John Francis jo...@panix.com: that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know what severe nuclear contamination does, point your google fu to fallujah depleted uranium - the faint hearted may not want to do an image search... makes you wonder what payroll the author is on... Really? Should we also wonder if you are on the payroll of a coal or oil company, because you produce a one-sided condemnation of nuclear power? John, IMO it is a valid question to ask - almost all media pursue a political agenda of some kind and almost all political powers try to control the media in some way, either by ownership or other direct/indirect influence or by censorship. my statement on the other hand was an expression of my disbelief of the statement quoted and my puzzlement at what the author was trying to say. I'm still not sure but the impression on me is he is trying to make it look not all that bad... what would be the point of that? I can't think of anything else but to convince people that nuclear contamination to the point of potentially causing 200K+ people to lose their homes isn't such a big deal. but I am open to another explanation if you feel I misread that paragraph. but there was nothing in my statement to make oil or coal look better. I prefer sustainable energy and I even more prefer reducing my consumption. You might want to take a look at a short science fiction story from 1954, On the Feasibility of Coal Driven Power Stations, written by O.R. Frisch. That might put some things into perspective. I will. Even though I am not a coal man at all. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Controlling location to which LR imports
It turns out that some cameras distribute the pix on-camera into folders, per-day or per-week or whatever. Image Capture is handy because it goes and pokes around and comes back with a list of all the photos on the device, and remembers which ones it downloaded. Hm, thanks for the news about Lightroom. Last time I tried to use it for import was back in the Lightroom 1 days, and I was having a hard time keeping it from sorting the pictures into folders based on its own opinions. -Tim I've been using LR since the betas, and never had that problem. It's always done exactly what I want, in the way I want it, which is why I like it so much. I've never noticed that it has opinions - it does what I tell it to do and keeps its mouth shut, like a good butler. Perhaps it spends its free time reading Spinoza, but I don't get to hear about it. 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: Sorry about that
I was busy and didn't notice a thing. On 3/10/2011 6:08 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: My bad. I got things fouled up on my end, but we're back up and running again. Carry on. Doug -- Where's the Kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Kaboom! --Marvin the Martian. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: K-5 firmware v1.03
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of P. J. Alling She still looks hot, but then she can afford the best plastic surgeons, Contradiction in terms. Women who have better things to do with their money than spend it on beauty treatments are usually the most beautiful, in all sorts of ways, and for all sorts of reasons. 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: Japan
That's what I read it to mean. I think all this angst about a poor choice of words obscures the message. Concentrate on the underlying story, not the way it is being told. it's not possible. When the choice of words obscures the message you can only guess at what the message is. Journalists are paid to write clearly. When they don't they deserve criticism. B On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 08:52:02AM -0400, Steven Desjardins wrote: I think short term fatality means you die fairly quickly, like when you are in a collapsing building. This is distinguished from the cancer/leukemia/enhanced heath risks that can be caused from exposure to radiation. Radiation may shorten your life by 10-20 years, but falling bricks will end it quickly. I think this is the distinction he is making. On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 6:02 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 13/03/2011 10:43, mike wilson wrote: The plants look decidedly different on Googly earth, compared to the pictures on the BBC website. Only one chimney stack, for starters. Of course, the only photo available is: http://mw2.google.com/mw-panoramio/photos/medium/23556015.jpg My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. ?I found the big bang one. ?Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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 2011 - 043 - GDG
Another Communicating series addition for your viewing pleasure: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/lightbox/ or http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/5522403913/ excellent - reminds me a lot Martin Parr's Bored Couples: http://tinyurl.com/mparrcouples Or, give your recipients confidence with a preview TinyURL: http://preview.tinyurl.com/mparrcouples 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: Japan
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 08:27:28PM +0100, eckinator wrote: 2011/3/13 John Francis jo...@panix.com: that is so disgustingly cynical. if you care to know what severe nuclear contamination does, point your google fu to fallujah depleted uranium - the faint hearted may not want to do an image search... makes you wonder what payroll the author is on... Really? ? Should we also wonder if you are on the payroll of a coal or oil company, because you produce a one-sided condemnation of nuclear power? John, IMO it is a valid question to ask - almost all media pursue a political agenda of some kind and almost all political powers try to control the media in some way, either by ownership or other direct/indirect influence or by censorship. my statement on the other hand was an expression of my disbelief of the statement quoted and my puzzlement at what the author was trying to say. I'm still not sure but the impression on me is he is trying to make it look not all that bad... what would be the point of that? I can't think of anything else but to convince people that nuclear contamination to the point of potentially causing 200K+ people to lose their homes isn't such a big deal. but I am open to another explanation if you feel I misread that paragraph. Try reading that part of the argument as saying: Don't lose perspective. There's a whole lot more disruption and death caused by other aspects of these natural disasters; focussing too much attention on the nuclear power plant will only cause attention to shift from more pressing problems. I'm not sure that's the whole message (or even part of the message) that the author was trying to push. But I think it's at least as plausible a reading as shifting blame away from nuclear power. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Controlling location to which LR imports
On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 11:57 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I don't know why you'd use Image Capture to move the files from your card to the computer file system. Just drag and drop them to the location you want if you want to do it yourself ... It's faster and easier IMO. It turns out that some cameras distribute the pix on-camera into folders, per-day or per-week or whatever. Image Capture is handy because it goes and pokes around and comes back with a list of all the photos on the device, and remembers which ones it downloaded. That's a perfect reason to let Lightroom do this job for you ... That's exactly what it does, you just have to tell it where you want to put the data correctly. ;-) -- 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: Japan
2011/3/13 John Francis jo...@panix.com: Try reading that part of the argument as saying: Don't lose perspective. There's a whole lot more disruption and death caused by other aspects of these natural disasters; focussing too much attention on the nuclear power plant will only cause attention to shift from more pressing problems. I'm not sure that's the whole message (or even part of the message) that the author was trying to push. But I think it's at least as plausible a reading as shifting blame away from nuclear power. OK I'm prepared to blame that on my being a non native speaker but I fail to read any of that in the paragraph - how do others feel about this? And does being that ambivalent/ambiguous make it poor writing? Thanks Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, mike wilson wrote: My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. I found the big bang one. Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? Yes. It's a pain in the arse. There may be sites out there that allow you to do it easily. I've been thinking of writing a simple javascript page to do so myself because I need to get coordinates quite often. Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Failed enablement
The best price I found was prodigital $2000 which has it intermittently for US $1319, their canada store also had it for CA $1319, which was a about US $1360. Now that I have mine, expect a major price drop from BH in about two weeks. On Mar 12, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Tim Bray wrote: I guess that would be disablement. Grmf, the K-5 price tracker at http://www.photoprice.ca/price-drops/p=03308 said the body was under C$1500 at Broadway Camera and there's one of those in the mall the family hit today. At that point I'm probably willing to pull the trigger. But the sign said $1529 and no matter how many times I told the guy the Internet said he was selling it for $50 less, he wouldn't move. Don't these people know that if it's on the Internet it must be true? -T -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Japan
On 13/03/2011 22:39, David Mann wrote: On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, mike wilson wrote: My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. I found the big bang one. Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? Yes. It's a pain in the arse. In that case, I'll pass. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
I don't know, Bob. I've been considering whether to take a year off dead for tax purposes. Of course, seeing me taxables for 2010, I might as well have. On Sunday, March 13, 2011, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: On 3/13/2011 11:28 AM, Bob W wrote: What is a short-term fatality? Is it anything to do with the approach of Easter? B May be it has to do with radiation sickness??? When the effect, such as cancer or even mutations of the children of those affected by the radiation are not immediate (as in 'short-term'). a fatality is a death. A short-term fatality is therefore a short-term death. I've always been under the impression that death was one of those long-term things. It's a sloppily-written article that hasn't been well edited either. 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. -- 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: Japan
On 14 March 2011 08:39, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, mike wilson wrote: My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. I found the big bang one. Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? Yes. It's a pain in the arse. There may be sites out there that allow you to do it easily. I've been thinking of writing a simple javascript page to do so myself because I need to get coordinates quite often. Google earth coordinates are generally displayed at the base of the map and CLRL+shift+C will copy coordinates to the clipboard. If that;s too hard drop a place-mark and copy the coordinates from that or if all else fails open the map on-line in Google maps CTLR+alt+M and then on the web page right click and select what's here from the menu, the coordinates will then appear in the search window. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: Japan
On 13/03/2011 21:35, eckinator wrote: 2011/3/13 John Francisjo...@panix.com: Try reading that part of the argument as saying: Don't lose perspective. There's a whole lot more disruption and death caused by other aspects of these natural disasters; focussing too much attention on the nuclear power plant will only cause attention to shift from more pressing problems. I'm not sure that's the whole message (or even part of the message) that the author was trying to push. But I think it's at least as plausible a reading as shifting blame away from nuclear power. OK I'm prepared to blame that on my being a non native speaker but I fail to read any of that in the paragraph - how do others feel about this? And does being that ambivalent/ambiguous make it poor writing? Thanks Ecke I'm with Bob in that the article is so ambiguous as well as riddled with inaccuracies that it is not possible to divine the intentions of the writer. Which should have been to merely provide clear and precise information. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
On 13/03/2011 23:17, Rob Studdert wrote: On 14 March 2011 08:39, David Mannd...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, mike wilson wrote: My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. I found the big bang one. Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? Yes. It's a pain in the arse. There may be sites out there that allow you to do it easily. I've been thinking of writing a simple javascript page to do so myself because I need to get coordinates quite often. Google earth coordinates are generally displayed at the base of the map and CLRL+shift+C will copy coordinates to the clipboard. If that;s too hard drop a place-mark and copy the coordinates from that or if all else fails open the map on-line in Google maps CTLR+alt+M and then on the web page right click and select what's here from the menu, the coordinates will then appear in the search window. Control+shift+C doesn't work. Didn't want to pin it but started the process and cped from the box. 37°25'24.80N 141° 1'59.50E -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Japan
-Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of mike wilson Sent: 13 March 2011 21:14 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Japan On 13/03/2011 22:39, David Mann wrote: On Mar 13, 2011, at 11:02 PM, mike wilson wrote: My mistake: there are at least three nuclear plants on that coast plus at least one coal fired one. I found the big bang one. Anyone know how to capture coordinates from GE? Yes. It's a pain in the arse. In that case, I'll pass. not entirely sure what you're after, but you can get waypoints and so on from gmaps-pedometer, which doesn't measure how much of a pedo you are, but helps plot routes. You can download them as text files which I think use UTM coordinates. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/ 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.
PAW62 - Harbor
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html K-5, DA15mm, 1/13s, f/4.0, ISO200 DagT http://www.thrane.name/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO/GESO? In any case, soccer at McLendon
Thanks, Walter. On Mar 13, 2011, at 2:02 PM, Walter Gilbert wrote: No need to be apologetic, Eric. You caught some great action here. Nicely done! -- Walt On 3/13/2011 12:59 PM, Eric Weir wrote: With a bit of trepidation I'm sharing a few photos taken at the site of one of our afterschool soccer programs on Friday. I don't make any claims for their aesthetic merit. I'm pleased that I managed moderately decent focus in an action setting using manual focus. *ist DS and an A50mm/2.0. Album https://picasaweb.google.com/103420210337495775480/SoccerAtMclendon?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjm3fDkgurbxQE# Slideshow https://picasaweb.google.com/103420210337495775480/SoccerAtMclendon?authkey=Gv1sRgCIjm3fDkgurbxQE#slideshow/5583621300515263826 -- 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. -- 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: Controlling location to which LR imports
On Mar 13, 2011, at 1:03 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: - On the right, notice the big pointer, another arrow, indicating the 'Desktop' folder as the destination. Notice also that I've elected to move them organized by date using the date format mmdd, and that into subfolder is NOT checked. This means that LR will create a dated subfolder and put the 80 image files into it under Desktop. If I check the Into Subfolder option and gave it a name for a new subfolder, it would create the new subfolder under Desktop and THEN create new data-named subfolders under that. If you change the organize mode, it will change how it creates the destination you want to put them. For my normal import, I have the organize by date with this date format selected. Into subfolder is un-checked. I select the year as the top level folder, Lightroom creates the day by day subfolders under that year as desired with every import. Thanks, again. Godfrey. I think I've got it, though I won't be able to be sure till my next import. Didn't know about checking/unchecking into subfolder. It seems to be the source of the problem. -- 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.
Damaged images
In my last shooting episode there were two images that the camera could not display. After the import LR displayed a message indicating that there were two images that were unsupported or damaged. Should I expect this kind of thing occasionally? Or does it indicate there may be something wrong with my camera. Thanks, -- 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.
