Re: Q v. K7

2011-12-05 Thread SV Hovland
With focal lengths between 5 to 15mm, autofocus is not that important and I don't miss it at all. I don't think you can compare it with video on K-5. Stig Vidar Hovland Fra: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [pdml-boun...@pdml.net] p#229; vegne av Jan van Wijk

Re: Pentax Digital Camera Utility V4.34 has been released

2011-12-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Monday, December 05, 2011 10:46 AM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote: Hello PJ Brian, I normally use PS CS5. But when I take a photo edited in PS to Pentax Digital Camera Utility the photos turn out very pixelated and noisy - absolutely bad. Also all the buttons and windows on the

Re: OT -- Further UPDATE To other Dropbox users. New share option breaks HTML galleries.

2011-12-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Monday, December 05, 2011 2:44 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: As nearly as I can piece together, the new Dropbox behavior evidenced by my account, was intended to be rolled out to all subscribers. The development team didn't seem to realize that the changes which they

December PUG Now Up!!

2011-12-05 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all Well, that's 2011 put to bed. The December PUG - The Ravages of Time - is now up for your viewing pleasure. No 'Open Gallery' submissions this month. You'll find the gallery here (as usual): http://pug.komkon.org/ (you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous

Another report on Kodak's gradual demise

2011-12-05 Thread Mark Roberts
No real news, but this appeared yesterday: http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-hiltzik-20111204,0,507980.column -- Mark Roberts - Photography Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Another report on Kodak's gradual demise

2011-12-05 Thread Evan Hanson
Sad news, I had heard reports that they we're basically shopping their entire patent library around. Evan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: December PUG Now Up!!

2011-12-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/12/11, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: You'll find the gallery here (as usual): http://pug.komkon.org/ Very interesting gallery! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ --

Re: PAW--Week 48--Mom turns 72

2011-12-05 Thread David J Brooks
Both good portrait shots, and stories. Dave On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:27 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Hi Everyone:  I took a total of 36 pictures this week--and all taken yesterday and today.  Yikes!!!  Work is insane, so time was limited.  I was actually at work today

Re: PESO plaid

2011-12-05 Thread David J Brooks
Great pattern to this one. Dave On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: One of the many things that have sucked about this week has been a case of pink eye. After a few days of $90 prescription eye drops, it seems to be getting better. However, my left eye has

Re: PESO - Three Score and Eleven Years Ago

2011-12-05 Thread David J Brooks
Well composed and good detail Dave On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14742624size=lg At the intersection of US Highway 89 and State Highway 12 near Bryce Canyon. Tom C. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO 2011 - 141, 142, 143 - GDG

2011-12-05 Thread David J Brooks
#'s 59 and 61 are the two i like the best. Good framing Dave On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 1:23 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com wrote: A few new submissions to the Communicating series today ...  http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/6454003055/lightbox/ or  

FF and BF article.

2011-12-05 Thread David J Brooks
There was and has been talk here about checking for FF and BF using charts and what have you. The sky is falling forum has an article on it. It could be for selling sponsors products, who knows. http://www.pentaxforums.com/reviews/lens-align-front-back-focus/introduction.html Dave --

Re: December PUG Now Up!!

2011-12-05 Thread Evan Hanson
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:51 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: You'll find the gallery here (as usual): http://pug.komkon.org/ Great gallery. I'm particularly fond of Velharia 1 by Jorge Zaven Kurkdjian. But then again I've got a fascination with clockwork mechanisms. Evan

Re: OT -- Further UPDATE To other Dropbox users. New share option breaks HTML galleries.

2011-12-05 Thread P. J. Alling
The new interface was only being tested on a select few, and I was one of the select. Oh, I'm so lucky. On 12/5/2011 4:31 AM, Brian Walters wrote: On Monday, December 05, 2011 2:44 AM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: As nearly as I can piece together, the new Dropbox behavior

Re: FF and BF article.

2011-12-05 Thread P. J. Alling
On 12/5/2011 10:00 AM, David J Brooks wrote: There was and has been talk here about checking for FF and BF using charts and what have you. The sky is falling forum has an article on it. It could be for selling sponsors products, who knows.

Re: PPG Duplicate

2011-12-05 Thread Bong Manayon
Along that line, I also noticed that when a photo is declined...well, its declined. There is nothing you can do about it at that point. In the old PPG, when declined, editing something like the title, description or changing the category puts it back in the review/pending queue again. I tried

Re: PESO - Three Score and Eleven Years Ago

2011-12-05 Thread Tom C
From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com Tom, My McAfee Virus Scanning Software says there's a trojan there. Danger Will Robinson! Regards,  Bob S. On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 6:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14742624size=lg At the intersection

Re: PESO - Three Score and Eleven Years Ago

2011-12-05 Thread Tom C
From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com On 12/5/2011 00:03, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Nice capture. What's the signifance to the title - 71 years ago - 1940 ? The hulk looks older than a 1940 car. Crying out for some sly commentary from Bob W , Cotty or the like :-) Is this a math test?

Re: December PUG Now Up!!

2011-12-05 Thread David J Brooks
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:51 AM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: G'day all Well, that's 2011 put to bed.  The December PUG - The Ravages of Time - is now up for your viewing pleasure.  No 'Open Gallery' submissions this month. You'll find the gallery here (as usual):

PESO - Mirror, mirror, tell me ...

2011-12-05 Thread Igor Roshchin
A few of you know what kept me busy recently... It is not a perfect shot (I wish I had larger DOF), but it was a fun opportunistic catch (in relatively low light - hence the open aperture): http://42graphy.org/snapshots/ru/_IR33418.html I thought I'd share it. Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

RE: December PUG Now Up!!

2011-12-05 Thread Bob W
G'day all Well, that's 2011 put to bed. The December PUG - The Ravages of Time - is now up for your viewing pleasure. No 'Open Gallery' submissions this month. You'll find the gallery here (as usual): http://pug.komkon.org/ Jolly good, but I was expecting a gallery of

Re: PPG Duplicate

2011-12-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That's interesting, Bong.  I only edited images that had already been accepted under the old system, so I can't confirm your experience. They allowed me to update the image after it had been accepted (with a cleaner version of the same shot), but the change did not take effect for two week, during

Re: PESO - Mirror, mirror, tell me ...

2011-12-05 Thread Jack Davis
Very unique! Nice quick capture, Igor. Jack - Original Message - From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org To: PDML@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 8:49 AM Subject: PESO - Mirror, mirror, tell me ... A few of you know what kept me busy recently... It is not a perfect shot (I

Unusual effect and PESO - What do we have for dinner tonight?

2011-12-05 Thread Igor Roshchin
I was cooking some beef yesterday in the stove. When I took it out, I spent some time trying to get the picture. Unfortunately, it didn't come out as sharp as I wanted. http://42graphy.org/misc/_IR33616.jpg The interesting part is that the droplets were hanging down, below the pot cover, and

Re: PESO - Three Score and Eleven Years Ago

2011-12-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Tom, I get no problems on my desktop (vs laptop) so there you go... That is an attractive pile of junk(?!!). The car body is an excellent color of rust. And your photo makes it look like it is posing for you. The car body is isolated on the grass and not overgrown on the interior. Regards, Bob S.

Re: PPG Duplicate

2011-12-05 Thread Bong Manayon
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 1:28 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: 1.  I last submitted images on Nov 27, but I was not able to submit any yesterday (when I had time), even though 7 days had past.  Not even after midnight last night.  only this morning, about 8 days after my last

Re: Unusual effect and PESO - What do we have for dinner tonight?

2011-12-05 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 5, 2011, at 11:52, Igor Roshchin wrote: Risking the meet cooling off, I tried with the shake-reduction switched on and off, I tried to close down the aperture - up to 5.6 and 6.something (the exposure time went up to about half a second), I tried to use the 2-second delay release,

Re: peso - rainy day

2011-12-05 Thread Igor Roshchin
Sasha, I like the photo and the mood. While I in general like the square format photos, this one doesn't seem to work best for me. Somehow, I want to have it horizontally extended, along the tunnel of light. But at the same time, cutting the top off wouldn't work for me. So, I guess taking

peso - rainy day

2011-12-05 Thread Igor Roshchin
Sun Dec 4 22:45:00 EST 2011 Ann Sanfedele wrote: I'm not a square format person, but if you are then well, hey, ... MARK! Original, full sentence: I'm not a square format person, but if you are then well, hey, it is ulitmately your eye.. Cheers, Igor -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: OT: Zoespokes

2011-12-05 Thread John Francis
On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 07:09:22AM +0100, mike wilson wrote: On 02/12/2011 18:27, Bob W wrote: Much better than pink shiny tassles: http://www.photoweeklyonline.com/awesome-bicycle-animation/ I wonder if they actually work as you view them in real life. Even zoetropes had a rudimentary

Re: OT: Zoespokes

2011-12-05 Thread steve harley
on 2011-12-05 11:27 John Francis wrote I'd bet these zoespokes only work on video (or, presumably, film). They are probably also extremely sensitive to the speed at which the wheel was turning; a key feature of a real zoetrope is that the viewing shutter is synchronised with the image frame

Re: PESO - Mirror, mirror, tell me ...

2011-12-05 Thread David J Brooks
Well done Dave On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: A few of you know what kept me busy recently... It is not a perfect shot (I wish I had larger DOF), but it was a fun opportunistic catch (in relatively low light - hence the open aperture):

PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread Charles Robinson
Some friends of mine threw a show in St. Paul on Friday night. I got in for free in exchange for photographing the festivities - a fair exchange. One favorite image from the gallery is this one: http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/new_standards_holiday_show/content/IMGP5948_large.html

Re: PESO - Mirror, mirror, tell me ...

2011-12-05 Thread Sasha Sobol
Igor, this makes me smile. Thanks --Sasha On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:43 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Well done Dave On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: A few of you know what kept me busy recently... It is not a perfect shot (I wish I had

Re: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
Especially like the house shot. The spotlight timing was perfect. -p On 12/5/2011 12:43 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: Some friends of mine threw a show in St. Paul on Friday night. I got in for free in exchange for photographing the festivities - a fair exchange. One favorite image from the

Re: Unusual effect and PESO - What do we have for dinner tonight?

2011-12-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Igor, Charles is right and f5.6 isn't much of a stop down for Macro. Mirror shake can be there, but the depth of field is the real issue. Try a flash (or two) and a smaller aperture. You're trying to photograph a pretty wide field. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:19 PM, Charles

RE: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Charles Robinson Some friends of mine threw a show in St. Paul on Friday night. I got in for free in exchange for photographing the festivities - a fair exchange. One favorite image from the gallery is this one:

Re: PESO - Mirror, mirror, tell me ...

2011-12-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Me too! :-) Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Sasha Sobol sa...@asobol.com wrote: Igor, this makes me smile. Thanks --Sasha On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:43 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Well done Dave On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 11:49 AM, Igor Roshchin

Re: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 5, 2011, at 13:59, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Charles Robinson http://charles.robinsontwins.org/photos/2011/new_standards_holiday_show /content/IMGP5948_large.html

Re: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread Keith Mosier
Nice shots! Charles Robinson Mon, 05 Dec 2011 10:43:21 -0800 Some friends of mine threw a show in St. Paul on Friday night. I got in for free in exchange for photographing the festivities - a fair exchange. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
Charles, The first one is theatrical and fun - well caught of the performers (your daughter?). The second shot is great and the spotlight does tie it all together. Well done! Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:43 PM, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: Some friends of mine threw a

Re: PESO - Mirror, mirror, tell me ...

2011-12-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
Content out-does technical perfection every time! Yours, I presume. Congratulations! :-) G On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 8:49 AM, Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote: A few of you know what kept me busy recently... It is not a perfect shot (I wish I had larger DOF), but it was a fun opportunistic

Re: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 5, 2011, at 14:06, Bob Sullivan wrote: Charles, The first one is theatrical and fun - well caught of the performers (your daughter?). My understanding is that the lady is his wife... she might be flattered to be told that someone thought she was the daughter of a 46-year-old, though!

Re: PPG Duplicate

2011-12-05 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
That image with the green leaves is a very strong composition. I also like the etched look of the surface through which the leaves are viewed. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 1:18 PM, Bong Manayon bongmana...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue,

snow car

2011-12-05 Thread Don Guthrie
1st storm of the winter here. Apparently this guy didn't see the forecast. http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/6454871191/ I don't like snow that much but it was really great to walk around the neighborhood and grab some shots in the middle of the storm. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

RE: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Both are fine images, but I especially like the first one. Each dancer appears to be genuinely enjoying what they're doing and that bass player is really getting into it! Moment perfectly caught from the right pov. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Charles Robinson

PESO: Squaw Rock Park

2011-12-05 Thread David Parsons
Where I live, there is a peninsula that has a park at the point. This point connects to a nearby island via a sandbar. When the tide is low, the bar is exposed and you can walk across it to the other island. This was from my first day out with my K-5, so I was playing with the camera as much as

Re: snow car

2011-12-05 Thread Darren Addy
It's a Jeep Thing (you wouldn't understand). : ) Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net 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 - Mirror, mirror, tell me ...

2011-12-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Are you kidding me? The dof is perfect! I wouldn't change a thing. Brilliant photo! cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org Sent: December 5, 2011 12/5/11 To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Mirror, mirror, tell me ... A few of you know what kept me busy

RE: PESO: Squaw Rock Park

2011-12-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Very pretty and well captured. Cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com Sent: December 5, 2011 12/5/11 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Squaw Rock Park Where I live, there is a peninsula that has a park at the point. This

Re: PESO - Three Score and Eleven Years Ago

2011-12-05 Thread kwaller
Definitely pre 40's if its a Ford. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Tom C caka...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO - Three Score and Eleven Years Ago From: Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com On 12/5/2011 00:03, kwal...@peoplepc.com

RE: snow car

2011-12-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
I know Jeeps work well in the snow, but a roof and headlights are mandatory. Fun shot. I always have to laugh: after a snowstorm you see dozens of folks out strolling with their dslr's. Most of the time I'm about the only person wandering about with a camera (phone cams don't count). As if

Re: PESO - Mirror, mirror, tell me ...

2011-12-05 Thread Bulent Celasun
Loved the reason that was keeping you busy :) Bulent - http://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/ http://photo.net/photodb/user?user_id=2226822 http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/bulentcelasun 2011/12/5 Igor Roshchin

Re: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread kwaller
Very nice capture, great lighting color capture. A stronger image, IMO, would result if you cropped the guitars out on the left some of the space to the right of the base player. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Charles

Re: snow car

2011-12-05 Thread kwaller
From the looks of it - it wouldn't have mattered ! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com Subject: snow car 1st storm of the winter here. Apparently this guy didn't see the forecast.

Re: PESO plaid

2011-12-05 Thread Larry Colen
On Dec 5, 2011, at 6:56 AM, David J Brooks wrote: Great pattern to this one. Thanks. Dave On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 8:45 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: One of the many things that have sucked about this week has been a case of pink eye. After a few days of $90 prescription eye

Gotta PESO this one for Bong... Tell Me a Story

2011-12-05 Thread Darren Addy
I hope this isn't breaking any rules or going to anger anyone, but this image by Bong (seen in his recent uploads) is just TOO nice not to share: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/6458981247/ Excellent portrait and so effective in Black White. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML

Re: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread Charles Robinson
On Dec 5, 2011, at 15:49, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Very nice capture, great lighting color capture. A stronger image, IMO, would result if you cropped the guitars out on the left some of the space to the right of the base player. Thanks, Ken. I actually agree with you - typically I

RE: Gotta PESO this one for Bong... Tell Me a Story

2011-12-05 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Rather unusual but I can't see that any rules are being broken. Bong shared it with the world at large by posting it on flickr; only thing I can think is that he may have wanted to.share it with this list in some other manner at some other time (like a future PUG?). That being said I know your

Re: December PUG Now Up!!

2011-12-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Some of those are absolutely great. I'm surprised I missed te deadline, I have so many photos of decrepit people, places, and things, but life got in the way and I ran out of time. On 12/5/2011 4:51 AM, Brian Walters wrote: G'day all Well, that's 2011 put to bed. The December PUG - The

Re: December PUG Now Up!!

2011-12-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Nice gallery. Many excellent pics. My favorite is Sheep and Outbuildings. Paul On Dec 5, 2011, at 6:10 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Some of those are absolutely great. I'm surprised I missed te deadline, I have so many photos of decrepit people, places, and things, but life got in the way and I

Before there was Lightroom...

2011-12-05 Thread Darren Addy
For those interested in a little trip down Memory Lane... does anyone remember Silicon Graphics? http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6462494371/in/photostream Page 1 of the June 1991 MacUser review: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/6462567443/in/photostream Page 2:

K-5 is shipped off to CRIS

2011-12-05 Thread Larry Colen
Jerry at CRIS, who I talked to on Thursday, was out sick on Friday, finally talked to a technician who said that it sounded like my K-5 has a bad power board. CRIS doesn't have one in stock, but Pentax does, so in theory they should be able to get it back to me in about two weeks. Mind you,

Re: Before there was Lightroom...

2011-12-05 Thread Larry Colen
On 12/5/2011 3:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote: For those interested in a little trip down Memory Lane... does anyone remember Silicon Graphics? I think that their last remaining building is next to Eclipse software, which is the new name for Palm Software.

Re: PDML Digest, Vol 68, Issue 29

2011-12-05 Thread Tom C
From: kwal...@peoplepc.com Definitely pre 40's if its a Ford. Kenneth Waller I agree.The Ford's of that era and even somewhat before had the headlights built into the fender, not in a separate cowling. Interesting site I came across while trying to figure out what it is (haven't yet)...

PESO -- Just call me Ivan.

2011-12-05 Thread P. J. Alling
John is quiet taken with his new Russian style hat. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1604247/PESO/PESO%20--%20justcallmeivan.html Equipment: Pentax K20D w/smc Pentax FA 43mm Limited. As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and

Re: PESO: Squaw Rock Park

2011-12-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Monday, December 05, 2011 4:15 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: Where I live, there is a peninsula that has a park at the point. This point connects to a nearby island via a sandbar. When the tide is low, the bar is exposed and you can walk across it to the other island.

Re: Before there was Lightroom...

2011-12-05 Thread steve harley
on 2011-12-05 16:30 Darren Addy wrote For those interested in a little trip down Memory Lane... does anyone remember Silicon Graphics? i think you mean Silicon Beach ... but i remember SGI too, quite a bit better, actually; reminded me of using a little purple Indigo for prepress work, and i

Re: PESO -- Just call me Ivan.

2011-12-05 Thread Bob Sullivan
That stuff on the back of his neck makes me think more Davey Crockett than a Russki. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:03 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: John is quiet taken with his new Russian style hat.

Second order cliches

2011-12-05 Thread Larry Colen
There are certain photos, or types of photos, that are taken so often they have pretty much become cliche. They're pretty, that's why they've been taken so often, but so many people have taken pretty much the same shot, that not only has someone probably already taken it, they've probably

Re: GESO November best of

2011-12-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Thursday, December 01, 2011 3:17 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I've been so busy working on this contract that I guess I did almost no photography for myself, mostly just photographing exams at the dojo. This month's best of set is rather sparse:

Re: GESO Santa Claus parade from yesterday

2011-12-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Sunday, December 04, 2011 11:20 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2011-parade/album/index.html Nikon D200, 18-70 SB 800 for fill on some of them A nice cross section of rural life. But it's too early for a Santa Claus Parade! (grump, grump,

Re: Before there was Lightroom...

2011-12-05 Thread John Francis
Oh, I remember Silicon Graphics - I worked for them for four years on the Octane2 product (last of the desktop workstations). I worked in the buildings that were sold to Google. My wife used to work for the Computer History Museum, which bought the building which housed SGI's main marketing

Re: PESO - Three Score and Eleven Years Ago

2011-12-05 Thread Brian Walters
On Sunday, December 04, 2011 5:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14742624size=lg At the intersection of US Highway 89 and State Highway 12 near Bryce Canyon. That's my kind of photo. I can't resist old wrecks, the rustier the better. Cheers

Re: GESO November best of

2011-12-05 Thread Larry Colen
On 12/5/2011 4:15 PM, Brian Walters wrote: On Thursday, December 01, 2011 3:17 AM, Larry Colenl...@red4est.com wrote: I've been so busy working on this contract that I guess I did almost no photography for myself, mostly just photographing exams at the dojo. This month's best of set is rather

Re: snow car

2011-12-05 Thread Cotty
On 5/12/11, Don Guthrie, discombobulated, unleashed: 1st storm of the winter here. Apparently this guy didn't see the forecast. http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/6454871191/ That snow car. It looks like a CJ-7. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche

Re: snow car

2011-12-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Naa, he knew, Jeep drivers are tough. On 12/5/2011 4:11 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: 1st storm of the winter here. Apparently this guy didn't see the forecast. http://www.flickr.com/photos/valdon/6454871191/ I don't like snow that much but it was really great to walk around the neighborhood and

Re: Before there was Lightroom...

2011-12-05 Thread Darren Addy
Silly me. Can't even read the package properly without my memory synapses cross-firing. Silicon Beach it is. Which isn't far from Silicone Beach, I'm led to believe. Darren Addy Kearney, Nebraska -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Second order cliches

2011-12-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Every photo has already been taken. They're all imitative, in that they're all ways of looking at the real world. Don't worry about it. Paul On Dec 5, 2011, at 7:09 PM, Larry Colen wrote: There are certain photos, or types of photos, that are taken so often they have pretty much become

Re: Before there was Lightroom...

2011-12-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
PhotoShop preceded Silicon Graphics by several years and was much more powerful. More expensive too I'd guess. But in those days, employers bought all my software. Paul On Dec 5, 2011, at 6:30 PM, Darren Addy wrote: For those interested in a little trip down Memory Lane... does anyone

Re: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience

2011-12-05 Thread kwaller
Now thats what I'm talking about. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com Subject: Re: PESO x2: Dancers and Audience On Dec 5, 2011, at 15:49, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Very nice capture, great

Re: PESO -- Just call me Ivan.

2011-12-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Hair? Well, truth to tell, the hat itself is a Chinese product designed for the American market, made of Rabbit not Wolf as a traditional Russian hat would have been. On 12/5/2011 7:07 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: That stuff on the back of his neck makes me think more Davey Crockett than a

PESO: It's too early in the winter to be doing this

2011-12-05 Thread William Robb
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Re: Before there was Lightroom...

2011-12-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
I meant to say PhotoShop preceded Digital Darkroom. Doh. Wasn't Silicon Graphics the producer of workstations? Paul On Dec 5, 2011, at 8:02 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: PhotoShop preceded Silicon Graphics by several years and was much more powerful. More expensive too I'd guess. But in those

Re: K-5 is shipped off to CRIS

2011-12-05 Thread kwaller
Seems like you're hard on your equipment. Hard to imagine other brands of cameras, similar vintage, would have held up any better. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: K-5 is shipped off to

Re: Q v. K7

2011-12-05 Thread William Robb
On 03/12/2011 4:08 AM, Jan van Wijk wrote: Hi Bill, Did you get such an adapter already ? (I think there is no Pentax one yet) I bought the Jinfinance one that's on ebeigh. It's pretty good. You can set the camera on AE and set the lens for minimum aperture, and use the click stops on the

Re: PESO: It's too early in the winter to be doing this

2011-12-05 Thread Larry Colen
On 12/5/2011 5:03 PM, William Robb wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/queuediculous.html I don't recongize the piece of glass, but I'll take a wild guess that it's 600mm. I'm rather curious to see what sort of photos you get with it. If you can't find any cooperative

Re: PESO: It's too early in the winter to be doing this

2011-12-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
Is that the Q on the 600? Lets see a pic! Paul On Dec 5, 2011, at 8:03 PM, William Robb wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/queuediculous.html -- William Robb -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: PESO: It's too early in the winter to be doing this

2011-12-05 Thread P. J. Alling
Bill, you've gone off the deep end. On 12/5/2011 8:03 PM, William Robb wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/queuediculous.html -- Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a lengthily search. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Before there was Lightroom...

2011-12-05 Thread steve harley
on 2011-12-05 18:06 Paul Stenquist wrote I meant to say PhotoShop preceded Digital Darkroom. actually there were two very different applications called Digital Darkroom; the one in Darren's picture preceded Photoshop -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: It's too early in the winter to be doing this

2011-12-05 Thread P. J. Alling
On 12/5/2011 8:09 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On 12/5/2011 5:03 PM, William Robb wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/queuediculous.html I don't recongize the piece of glass, but I'll take a wild guess that it's 600mm. I'm rather curious to see what sort of photos you get with

Re: PESO: It's too early in the winter to be doing this

2011-12-05 Thread Jack Davis
Backed up by a T/C(?) Jack - Original Message - From: William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Monday, December 5, 2011 5:03 PM Subject: PESO: It's too early in the winter to be doing this

Re: PESO: It's too early in the winter to be doing this

2011-12-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Dec 5, 2011, at 8:42 PM, Jack Davis wrote: Backed up by a T/C(?) The mount end of the 600/5.6 resembles a TC. I think we're just looking at the lens and camera in this pic. Paul Jack - Original Message - From: William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: Before there was Lightroom...

2011-12-05 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
My partner is a system administrator specializing in IRIX, the Silicon Graphics version of UNIX operating system. These ancient machines are still in operation at the facility where he works. Silicon Beach's Digital Darkroom was from the late 1980s and was used for cleaning up scanned images,

Re: K-5 is shipped off to CRIS

2011-12-05 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Jerry at CRIS, who I talked to on Thursday, was out sick on Friday, finally talked to a technician who said that it sounded like my K-5 has a bad power board. CRIS doesn't have one in stock, but Pentax does, so in theory they

Re: Before there was Lightroom...

2011-12-05 Thread Paul Stenquist
I've tried Lightroom more than once, but have never gotten comfortable with it. To begin, I didn't like the new vocabulary. While certain functions had names in ACR, Lightroom came along with new names for the same functions. That didn't make much sense to me, since they're from the same

Re: PESO - Three Score and Eleven Years Ago

2011-12-05 Thread Christine Nielsen
It has a certain Georgia O'Keefe-iness about it, methinks... I like it! :) -c On Sun, Dec 4, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=14742624size=lg At the intersection of US Highway 89 and State Highway 12 near Bryce Canyon. Tom C. -- PDML

Re: K-5 is shipped off to CRIS

2011-12-05 Thread David Parsons
The first rule of troubleshooting and repair: If you declare what the problem is, it will be something different, and the part won't be available for weeks. :) On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 9:32 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Larry Colen

Re: PESO: It's too early in the winter to be doing this

2011-12-05 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: On 12/5/2011 5:03 PM, William Robb wrote: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/queuediculous.html I don't recongize the piece of glass, but I'll take a wild guess that it's 600mm. Doesn't look big enough to be the mighty 600/4.0 - I'm guessing the A 600/5.6 --

Re: PESO: Squaw Rock Park

2011-12-05 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 4:15 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: Where I live, there is a peninsula that has a park at the point.  This point connects to a nearby island via a sandbar.  When the tide is low, the bar is exposed and you can walk across it to the other island. All

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