Re: OT Posterior vitreous detachment

2012-09-11 Thread mike wilson
On 09/09/2012 18:27, John Sessoms wrote: From: mike wilson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior_vitreous_detachment Just a heads-up for those who have to pay for treatment or who may suffer a premium increase for consulting. Stepping out of the house on Thursday, I saw a splash of white

Re: OT Posterior vitreous detachment

2012-09-11 Thread mike wilson
On 10/09/2012 19:04, Mark Roberts wrote: Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Well who in hell thought *that* was a good eye design anyway? The requirements indicated a design lifetime of 30 years. So Mike's out

RE: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker I don't think a lens coating replacement for SMC was on anyone's list, was it? But why oh why did they call it HD? Is this some marketing dweeb's clever idea to get people to see HD in more places on the

Re: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread Ralf R. Radermacher
Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: No big surprises Great news. I can keep my K-5 and spend some money on other nice toys. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - DL9KCG - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Web :

RE: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread J.C. O'Connell
A new coating is cool but I agree, calling it hd is questionable. they didnt even say what hd stands for. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker Sent:

RE: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:05:02 -0400 J.C. O'Connell wrote: A new coating is cool but I agree, calling it hd is questionable. they didnt even say what hd stands for. The press release on pentaximaging.com says its 'High Definition'. Not sure if they see it as a variant/additive to SMC as in

RE: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread J.C. O'Connell
So what if they put this hd coating on a mediocre, low definition lens? That would be oxymoronic wouldnt it? - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Jan van Wijk Sent:

RE: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread J.C. O'Connell
I wonder if Pentax will update HD to UHD once UHD TV comes out I think they just should have left the name the same and upgraded the coatings themselves. Funny thing is the new coatings will be most effective on lenses with high number of groups like complex zoom and wide angles, probably not

Re: OT GESO - Biennale of Sydney Cockatoo Island

2012-09-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: The Biennale has been on since July, but in one of those sad boo-boos, I could only make it on the second last weekend of the shooo. Rather good this year it was, too. Feel free to make jokes about a cockatoo.

Re: The Church Project Continues

2012-09-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com: I've been photographing one of the local churches. Here's a detail shot from the last batch. http://georges.posterous.com/the-church-project-continues I have a long way to go, but I'm still aiming to complete the book before the end of this year.

Re: PESOs: Duxford Airshow

2012-09-11 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net: We went yesterday and the undoubted star of the show was the only Vulcan still flying: http://www.mitch.myzen.co.uk/Airshows1/Duxford2012/slides/_IMG3159.html The Aerostars Yak-50 display team did a pretty good job too:

Re: OT GESO - Biennale of Sydney Cockatoo Island

2012-09-11 Thread Derby Chang
On 11/09/2012 9:12 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: The Biennale has been on since July, but in one of those sad boo-boos, I could only make it on the second last weekend of the shooo. Rather good this year it was, too. Feel free to make jokes about a

OT GESO - Ziggy

2012-09-11 Thread Derby Chang
Just back from a fun little opening. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_ziggy/index.htm Doesn't suit my complexion, but I wish I could rock pink like that. -- der...@iinet.net.au http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: OT: High Performance Laptops

2012-09-11 Thread Doug Franklin
On 2012-09-11 1:25, Tom C wrote: I'd like an i7 CPU. I can't tell the difference between the various versions of it. Yeah I see the minor differences in speed and cache, but in real noticeable terms what does that mean? Is it worth $200 or $500 for a different version? I suspect not. It's not

OT Millefiori - Ferrofluid mixed with water colors in a magnetic field

2012-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Ferrofluid mixed with water colors in a magnetic field ... http://www.photographyserved.com/gallery/Millefiori/4036035 More background ... http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/fabian-oefner -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: OT GESO - Ziggy

2012-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Love it. Looks like everyone had a great time. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: Just back from a fun little opening. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_ziggy/index.htm Doesn't suit my complexion, but I wish I could rock pink like

Re: PESO: Classic Ford

2012-09-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
Dan, Busy, Busy, Busy! There is a lot going on in the photo, not only with the car, but also with the background! I imagine this is by design. Nice image. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: OT Posterior vitreous detachment

2012-09-11 Thread Bob Sullivan
I first noticed floaters when I was 12 or 13. Sometimes they drive me crazy. I know where to come now for medical advice. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:15 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 10/09/2012 19:04, Mark Roberts wrote: Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote:

Re: OT Millefiori - Ferrofluid mixed with water colors in a magnetic field

2012-09-11 Thread Ann Sanfedele
OMG it's Keith Haring meets Peter Max Interesting but kinda ugly - much prettier (to me) are thin sections of rock photo'ed through a microscope under cross-polarized light. http://www.jeffreycreid.com/petrography/pet_igneous.html More like the abstract expressionists than the pop-artists

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Paul Stenquist wrote: On Sep 10, 2012, at 9:34 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: How sensitive to moire would the lack of n anti-aliasing filter make the camera? I know no one can say with certainty, but how has it affected other digital cameras?

Re: Peso, eyes front

2012-09-11 Thread wendy beard
That's really ugly. The one Dave posted is unnerving The one Frank posted is really pretty and well done. Picking the right artist is pretty important where tattoos are concerned! Wendy On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 1:16 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: There seems to be a

Re: PESO - Alaska Coastal image

2012-09-11 Thread wendy beard
Brilliant shot! A friend of mine just got back last week from a trip to the same area. Looking forward to seeing her shots too. Wendy On Sat, Sep 8, 2012 at 2:40 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Returned earler this week from 10 days in South Eastern Alaska mostly on a boat in the inside

Re: The Church Project Continues

2012-09-11 Thread George Sinos
I agree, my domain names are still hosted at godaddy and that was the problem. It still worked for me because all of the addresses were cached. As to the compliment from Mark on nailing the exposure, I'd like to take credit, but really can't. I'm doing much of the shooting on a tripod in +/- 4

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread Charles Robinson
On Sep 10, 2012, at 22:03 , John Francis jo...@panix.com wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 07:59:23PM -0400, Mark Roberts wrote: Paul Stenquist wrote: On Sep 10, 2012, at 7:21 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: so how fast will the current K-5 body drop in price ? :-) It's already

RE: Peso, eyes front

2012-09-11 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of wendy beard That's really ugly. The one Dave posted is unnerving The one Frank posted is really pretty and well done. Picking the right artist is pretty important where tattoos are concerned! The best way to

Re: Setting the Q's Quick Dial

2012-09-11 Thread Darren Addy
Sorry for the delay in answering Mark C's question on how to do true HDR on the Q. I was not familiar enough with the Q yet to answer off the top of my head. Also, hard to wrap one's head around is how some features are not available when other settings are enabled. To do true HDR, with a minimum

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 11, 2012, at 7:29 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: The Luminous landscape page is here: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/cameras/nikon_d800_d800e_first_comparison.shtml Scroll all the way to the bottom to see the final sharpened comparison. The top image (D800E without AA filter)

Re: OT: High Performance Laptops

2012-09-11 Thread George Sinos
I recently replaced my older laptop to get something with better performance. It's a core i7 running the 64 bit version of Windows 7. The key feature is 16Gb of memory. Using the Nik HDR software, Photomatix or Photoshop a 9 image HDR uses about 11Gbytes of memory and processes in 5 to 10

Re: Peso, eyes front

2012-09-11 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 10:45 AM, wendy beard pointyp...@gmail.com wrote: That's really ugly. The one Dave posted is unnerving The one Frank posted is really pretty and well done. Picking the right artist is pretty important where tattoos are concerned! She is 19 and from Edmonton, say no

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread George Sinos
I'm not sure you can learn much about the K5 moire from a D800/e comparison. There is a difference in resolution and pixel size. I don't know if that makes a difference, but a few of the articles I've read seem to indicate it does. Like I said, not sure. I might wait for the inevitable

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:19 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure you can learn much about the K5 moire from a D800/e comparison. There is a difference in resolution and pixel size. I don't know if that makes a difference, but a few of the articles I've read seem to

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:19 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure you can learn much about the K5 moire from a D800/e comparison. There is a difference in resolution and pixel size. I don't know if that makes a difference, but a few of the articles I've

Re: I'm pretty sure this is my last 'friends' wedding shoot

2012-09-11 Thread wendy beard
On Sun, Sep 9, 2012 at 12:45 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of David J Brooks Here is one i did an auto adjust ion LR and cropped the top flare out. The left dust flare is visible but not so much. I'm pretty sure the

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Matthew Hunt wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:19 AM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not sure you can learn much about the K5 moire from a D800/e comparison. There is a difference in resolution and

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread William Robb
On 11/09/2012 9:12 AM, Larry Colen wrote: It would be an interesting experiment to specifically try for moire. Post your results on pentax forums and get them all worked up about how crappy the camera is. You don't have to specifically try for moire. I've used cameras that have no AA

Re: PESO: Classic Ford

2012-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
I'm afraid busy is what this one says to me too. My eyes don't know where to go. I like the little touches though, like the collection of flags in front. I feel that, faced with this scene, I'd either pull back, go wide and take in more surroundings or go in close for details. My own tendency is

Re: OT: High Performance Laptops

2012-09-11 Thread Tom C
From: George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com I recently replaced my older laptop to get something with better performance. It's a core i7 running the 64 bit version of Windows 7. The key feature is 16Gb of memory. Using the Nik HDR software, Photomatix or Photoshop a 9 image HDR uses about

Re: The Church Project Continues

2012-09-11 Thread Doug Brewer
On 9/10/12 3:26 PM, George Sinos wrote: Something strange seems to be going on over at posterous. Try this link -www.crankygreek.com George Sinos Twitter bought posterous, and seem to have abandoned it. I've moved what I had there over to wordpress (http://dougbrewer.wordpress.com) and will

Re: PESO: Classic Ford

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Bruce. I'd love to read that book by Bob as well! G Your comments are appreciated and helpful. I couldn't pull back physically, as all the cars are parked along the street parallel to the sidewalk. In this case, there were only a few feet between the bumper of this car and the bumper

Re: PESO: Classic Ford

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Frank and Bob. Yes, it is busy, mostly by design. This was taken at the Friday evening classic car nights the our town holds in the summer. This was Labor Day weekend, the last event of this season, and I was trying to memorialize the event by showing one of the more interesting cars

Re: The Church Project Continues

2012-09-11 Thread Doug Brewer
On 9/10/12 3:26 PM, George Sinos wrote: Something strange seems to be going on over at posterous. Try this link -www.crankygreek.com George Sinos and I see you have done a similar move over to blogger/blogspot, to follow up my other reply. I do like the candle shot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

RE: PESO: Classic Ford

2012-09-11 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bruce Walker I'm afraid busy is what this one says to me too. My eyes don't know where to go. I like the little touches though, like the collection of flags in front. I feel that, faced with this scene, I'd either

RE: The Church Project Continues

2012-09-11 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Doug Brewer Try this link -www.crankygreek.com George Sinos Twitter bought posterous, and seem to have abandoned it. I've moved what I had there over to wordpress (http://dougbrewer.wordpress.com) and will nuke

Re: Ricewhine postmortem

2012-09-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: P. J. Alling On 9/11/2012 12:25 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: On 9/11/2012 4:37 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: Well just to rub some glass in the wound lets see how many of this mook's predictions came true. Peter, the Photokina hasn't started yet. I think that it would be prudent to hold your

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Sep 11 11:58:10 EDT 2012 William Robb wrote: On 11/09/2012 9:12 AM, Larry Colen wrote: It would be an interesting experiment to specifically try for moire. Post your results on pentax forums and get them all worked up about how crappy the camera is. You don't have to

M42 to K-mount adapter question

2012-09-11 Thread Steve Cottrell
Hi team, Had a question from a mate - I don't know the answer but I told him I knew a group of people who might ;-) -- in your Pentax days, did you ever use an M42 to K-mount adapter? ...and if you did, did you have any problems with the adapter sticking on the body or with

Re: The Church Project Continues

2012-09-11 Thread Doug Brewer
On 9/11/12 1:31 PM, Bob W wrote: Lady Bug is a helluva picture. So are Old School and I hope you dance. All the shots of that little girl are good, but those three are outstanding. B Thanks, Bob. That little girl is my daughter, Nat, who is my favorite model. I think you can see why. --

Re: M42 to K-mount adapter question

2012-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
I found some third-party adapters to be a poor fit, which can lead to problems. The Pentax adapter works fine, but to release it, you have to reach into the gap in the adapter and lift the little spring that locks it in place. Never had problems with infinity focus. Paul On Sep 11, 2012, at

Re: PESO: Classic Ford

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks for your comments, Bob. Actually, I thought I did a pretty good job of hiding my reflection. I was so busy doing that, however, that I didn't notice the man with the sunglasses visible through the windshield! Also, as I said upstream, I was trying to depict the car while at the same time

Re: M42 to K-mount adapter question

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
I also have the Pentax adapter, and never noticed any infinity focus problem. As Paul stated, it can be a bit tricky to release and remove the adapter, but the Pentax version come with a little tool that makes the task easier. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue,

Re: M42 to K-mount adapter question

2012-09-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
The M42 to K-Mount adapter was designed as part of the transition from M42 to K-mount in the 1970s to allow owners buy a new Pentax body and make use of their existing complement of M42 lenses. It is designed to mount into the K-mount body and lock there in order to facilitate changing M42 lenses.

RE: M42 to K-mount adapter question

2012-09-11 Thread J.C. O'Connell
by the way, the official name of the pentax version is mount adapter k. I have a few of them and they work and fit fine. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul

Re: PESO: Classic Ford

2012-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
I enjoyed the photo, as includes a nice car shot in good light and interesting stuff going on all around it. It crossed my mind that I probably wouldn't have pulled the trigger on this, given the busy background. But I think your result is worthwhile. It's not a good car photo, but it is , in

Re: OT: High Performance Laptops

2012-09-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Tom C From: Doug Franklin do...@nutdriver.org On 2012-09-10 18:23, Darren Addy wrote: Not a lot to input here, but I think the most important considerations should be: CPU horsepower (i7), maximum RAM (and I'd load it up, preferably 16GB minimum), and connectivity [...] I disagree, to

Re: M42 to K-mount adapter question

2012-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
The Pentax adapter works better than any other, the only caveats really are that you need a lens with an auto/manual switch, and when removing the lens from the camera the adapter stays with the camera. To remove it the locking spring visible through one of the cutouts must be released. A

M42 to K-mount adapter question

2012-09-11 Thread luiz felipe
I started using M42 to Pk adapters almost since the Pk release, have used the original version (more than one copy) in KM, K2, Ricoh XR10, Lx, Mz5, PZ70, Pz1p and Mx, and never had infinity issues unless the camera was off the spec somehow. Yes, that happened with the K2, and later with the

RE: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread John Sessoms
High Dollar perhaps? I think they should have kept SMC and added HD to it. Your old lenses had SMC coating and your new lenses have SMC-HD coating. Build the brand on what everybody already knows is one of its strengths, instead of starting all over. I get the feeling that's what the K5 II

PESO: Classic 29 Ford (Cropped)

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Since the image was seen as too busy, I tried cropping it to show the flashy details around the grill, without all of the distractions. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16454893 Comments, particularly those comparing the above with the earlier version, will be apprciated. Earlier

RE: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Jan van Wijk On Tue, 11 Sep 2012 06:05:02 -0400 J.C. O'Connell wrote: A new coating is cool but I agree, calling it hd is questionable. they didnt even say what hd stands for. The press release on pentaximaging.com says its 'High Definition'. Not sure if they see it as a

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
You always know you're dealing with consummate professionals when they have a lousy web site and a hotmail account. On 9/4/2012 10:09 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: I LOLed. :-) Did you visit the URL? *Such* a poor name choice, but a fairly even match to the product. :-/ On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at

Re: PESO - So Many Questions

2012-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I think not. On 9/4/2012 10:03 PM, frank theriault wrote: My mind swims at the possibilities: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/so-many-questions.html Ideas? Do we want to know? ;-) Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. cheers, frank -- Don't lose heart, they might want to cut it

Re: PESO: Classic Ford

2012-09-11 Thread Don Guthrie
Very sharp with warm colors a classic indeed. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 2 Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2012 22:17:06 -0400 From: Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail Listpdml@pdml.net Subject: PESO: Classic Ford Message-ID:

RE: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread John Celio
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:45 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: A new coating is cool but I agree, calling it hd is questionable. they didnt even say what hd stands for. The press release on pentaximaging.com says its 'High Definition'. Not sure if they see it as a variant/additive to SMC as

Re:OT Millefiori - Ferrofluid mixed with water colors in a, magnetic field

2012-09-11 Thread Don Guthrie
I don't understand what it is nor do I care. It is gorgeous. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 12 Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 08:53:16 -0400 From: Bruce Walkerbruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss Mailing ListPDML@pdml.net Subject: OT Millefiori - Ferrofluid mixed with water colors in a

Re: OT: High Performance Laptops

2012-09-11 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-10 23:25 Tom C wrote My gut tells me that in addition to CPU, RAM and SSD drives are the items that will enhance performance as far as speed is concerned. The slowest component in a system will drag down all other others. for some apps, the GPU is very important; i can't tell you

M42 to K-mount adapter question

2012-09-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Steve Cottrell Hi team, Had a question from a mate - I don't know the answer but I told him I knew a group of people who might ;-) -- in your Pentax days, did you ever use an M42 to K-mount adapter? ...and if you did, did you have any problems with the adapter sticking on

Re: PESO: Classic 29 Ford (Cropped)

2012-09-11 Thread Don Guthrie
Probably a better car photo this way but I was fine with parade atmosphere of the 1st one even the guy in the windshield. So two different photos of same thing. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 10 Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:43:38 -0400 From: Daniel J. Matyoladanmaty...@gmail.com To:

Re: M42 to K-mount adapter question

2012-09-11 Thread steve harley
on 2012-09-11 11:50 Steve Cottrell wrote in your Pentax days, did you ever use an M42 to K-mount adapter? ...and if you did, did you have any problems with the adapter sticking on the body or with infinity focus? i have a no-name adapter from ebay that i've used with my Macro-Takumar 50mm

Re: OT Millefiori - Ferrofluid mixed with water colors in a magnetic field

2012-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Just goes to show you, there's no universal measure of beauty. I'm guessing that you prefer your colour palette muted, Ann. I find these images quite beautiful, myself. There's a bit of the 1960's Yellow Submarine graphic style to them as well. All curves and tubes in dayglo colour. I like those

Re: PESO: Classic Ford

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Paul and Don, for your comments. For what it may be worth, this image was accepted by the PPG. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:03 PM, Don Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Very sharp with warm colors a classic indeed.

Re: Android web browser for viewing photos?

2012-09-11 Thread Mark Roberts
Larry Colen wrote: For the most part, I'm very happy with my new Galaxy S3 phone. Looking at photos on the web browser sucks, which is surprising because the gallery does a pretty good job. I just tried downloading the flickr app for showing off my photos, but it doesn't seem to have any

Re: PESO: Classic 29 Ford (Cropped)

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Don. I did this version partly because of comments that the first version was busy, and mostly just to see whether it would work better this way. I like them both, and now I have to decide which to use for my calendar of images from Somerville's Car Night activities. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO: Classic 29 Ford (Cropped)

2012-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Yeah, I quite like that, Dan. My issue with the original wasn't that it showed the crowd and the guy in the windshield. It was that for it to work as a document of the car meet, it needed to show *more* crowd, passers-by, activity, surrounding storefronts, etc. The car needed to be a smaller

Re: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:10 PM, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:45 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: A new coating is cool but I agree, calling it hd is questionable. they didnt even say what hd stands for. The press release on pentaximaging.com

Re: PESO - Alaska Coastal image

2012-09-11 Thread kwaller
Thanks Wendy. A friend of mine just got back last week from a trip to the same area. We had unbelievable weather on our week only a few hours of rain for the entire week. Maybe we were shipmates? She wasn't on the Sea Lion, was she? Kenneth Waller

Re: The Church Project Continues

2012-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 12:18 PM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: On 9/10/12 3:26 PM, George Sinos wrote: Something strange seems to be going on over at posterous. Try this link -www.crankygreek.com George Sinos Twitter bought posterous, and seem to have abandoned it. I've moved what

Re: PESO - Baldwin Street

2012-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Really pleasing bw rendering, Frank. It's a fine looking shot. On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 10:05 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Another weekend in Kensington Market. No big whoop, just some folks out having a bit of fun:

Re: The Church Project Continues

2012-09-11 Thread George Sinos
Actually, I started with blogger quite a few years ago. When posterous came on the scene, I thought I might use it as a central hub to send things everywhere else. I've always used it to keep the old blogger site in synch with the posterous site. Now that blogger and g+ work together I'll be

Re: PESO: Classic 29 Ford (Cropped)

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
two equal subjects fighting for dominance. That is at times a temptation for me. I have to remember the subject of the image in my mind, and to try to convey that, without being distracted to include things not part of the subject or theme, just because they are there. Dan Matyola

Re: KEH enablement and advice for Canadians

2012-09-11 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 11:42 AM +1000 9/11/12, Paul Ewins wrote: Hi Steve, I'm not Canadian (although I have been to Lunenburg) but when I order from the KEH website I get the option of USPS Priority near the end of the checkout process. It initially defaults to Fedex when it is quoting the postage but I get

Re: OT Posterior vitreous detachment

2012-09-11 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 10, 2012, at 09:54 , Bruce Walker wrote: On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 11:11 AM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 09/09/2012 09:10, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of mike wilson

Re: OT Posterior vitreous detachment

2012-09-11 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 10, 2012, at 11:08 , Bob Sullivan wrote: Not only is Mike out of warranty, but you can't return him to the manufacturer's! Yes, you can. Dust to dust . On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Mon,

Totally OT - iFhone 5 and Hologram comeback

2012-09-11 Thread Igor Roshchin
http://www.buzzpatrol.com/steve-jobs-comes-back-as-a-hologram-to-promote-the-ifhone-5/ Larry and Boris, - it references the Galaxy ;-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: Android web browser for viewing photos?

2012-09-11 Thread Tom C
For the most part, I'm very happy with my new Galaxy S3 phone. Looking at photos on the web browser sucks, which is surprising because the gallery does a pretty good job. I just tried downloading the flickr app for showing off my photos, but it doesn't seem to have any way of viewing

Re: Android web browser for viewing photos?

2012-09-11 Thread Tom C
Truthfully, I generally download a photo to the gallery if I really want to see it as opposed to viewing in the browser, especially on a phone-size device. Tom C. On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Tom C caka...@gmail.com wrote: For the most part, I'm very happy with my new Galaxy S3 phone.

Re: Android web browser for viewing photos?

2012-09-11 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 11, 2012, at 3:29 PM, Tom C wrote: Get an Apple iPhone. I'm sure you wouldn't have these problems if you're equipment was Kosher. : If you must get personal about it, my equipment's been kosher since I was eight days old. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est

Re: OT Posterior vitreous detachment

2012-09-11 Thread mike wilson
On 11/09/2012 15:27, Bob Sullivan wrote: I first noticed floaters when I was 12 or 13. This isn't just the occasional mote in the eye. This is a whole plank turned to sawdust and shoved in there. Sometimes they drive me crazy. I know where to come now for medical advice. Regards, Bob S.

Re: M42 to K-mount adapter question

2012-09-11 Thread Paul Ewins
I have had a third party adapter stick on the body. I had to remove the entire k-mount from the body so that I could get at the back of it to dislodge the adapter. Paul On 12/09/2012, at 3:50 AM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: in your Pentax days, did you ever use an M42 to

OT Photoshop News Network- 2012 Photoshop Convention

2012-09-11 Thread Bruce Walker
Parody election coverage on PNN ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HHfQ2M-IeI Epic levels of in-jokery, but if you know the players and the software, this is very funny. (7:30 mins) -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

PESO: Jazz Singer

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
From the outdoor Jazz Festival in our town this past Sunday: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16455293 Comments are always welcome. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 10, 2012, at 20:03 , John Francis wrote: Agreed. These new cameras aren't going to tempt many people to upgrade from a K-5. They're probably not intended to. The diiferences I spot on the K-5 II are: o Better auto-focus (this is the big one from where I'm sitting) But they never

OT: Reason to always have a wide angle lens with you

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://themetapicture.com/brilliant-ad/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.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: Classic 29 Ford (Cropped)

2012-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I like the cropped version, you can fix a lot of problems with judicious cropping. On 9/11/2012 2:43 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Since the image was seen as too busy, I tried cropping it to show the flashy details around the grill, without all of the distractions.

Re: PESO: Classic 29 Ford (Cropped)

2012-09-11 Thread Kenneth Waller
Isolate, simplify define works for me. -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO: Classic 29 Ford (Cropped) two equal subjects fighting for dominance. That is at times a temptation for me. I have to remember the subject of the image in my mind,

Re: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't think Pentax is flailing around trying to figure out what people want to buy. I think they know. They just couldn't get it done in time with the constraints they're working under. First people want to buy full frame K-3, some will settle for a full frame K-03. If they can't have

Re: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread P. J. Alling
On 9/11/2012 4:26 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 3:10 PM, John Celio neo.venator.com+p...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 11:45 AM, pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: A new coating is cool but I agree, calling it hd is questionable. they didnt even say what hd stands for.

Re: Pentax announcements official

2012-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Sep 11, 2012, at 8:19 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I don't think Pentax is flailing around trying to figure out what people want to buy. I think they know. They just couldn't get it done in time with the constraints they're working under. First people want to

Re: Pentax releases data

2012-09-11 Thread Paul Stenquist
On Sep 11, 2012, at 7:39 PM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: On Sep 10, 2012, at 20:03 , John Francis wrote: Agreed. These new cameras aren't going to tempt many people to upgrade from a K-5. They're probably not intended to. The diiferences I spot on the K-5 II are: o

Re: OT: Reason to always have a wide angle lens with you

2012-09-11 Thread Kenneth Waller
Actually I'd like a mid tele in this situation! -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: OT: Reason to always have a wide angle lens with you http://themetapicture.com/brilliant-ad/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML

Re: PESO: Classic 29 Ford (Cropped)

2012-09-11 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, P.J. and Ken ! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 8:18 PM, Kenneth Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Isolate, simplify define works for me. -Original Message- From: Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com Subject: Re: PESO:

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