Re: OT, do you miss the heyday of bad web design?

2012-09-26 Thread David Mann
On Sep 26, 2012, at 6:25 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: So now it has to go through the full internal review process again because it's a major change, and an emergency change at that because go-live was supposed to be in July, but the emergency change board are scattered across 4

Re: Yet Another Holiday

2012-09-26 Thread Chris Mitchell
Latest news flash. He's not dead; he's just been abducted by aliens. He'll be back... Chris On 25 September 2012 23:06, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Somebody has killed Bob and stolen his computer!! cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be

Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-26 Thread Walt
Damn, what a beautiful car! Great shots, too! -- Walt On 9/25/2012 8:56 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving grounds in Shelby, Michigan: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16483795 The car was a 1959 Chrysler Imperial two-seat roadster -- a

Re: Annoying glitch

2012-09-26 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 25, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: How have you got the RAW button programmed? It can be set to toggle RAW - JPEG and stay that way. I have it set to RAW+ and cancel after one shot. Whoever designed the way that button works rendered it absolutely useless. Rather than it being

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 25, 2012, at 21:40 , John Francis wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:42:00AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: PS. I've still got a few film cameras and most still work. Actually Steve's given me the germ of an idea - perhaps we should have a special PUG in 2014 to celebrate the

RE: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt I'll be sure to keep in mind the keyword stuff. But, sadly, I'm just horrible about doing stuff like that -- it's a procrastination thing, I guess. Thankfully, I don't have many older photos, so it won't be a

Re: Annoying glitch

2012-09-26 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 25, 2012, at 11:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 25, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: How have you got the RAW button programmed? It can be set to toggle RAW - JPEG and stay that way. I have it set to RAW+ and cancel after one shot. Whoever designed the way that button

Re: DA 35 DA 55-300 on film

2012-09-26 Thread Igor Roshchin
Tue Sep 25 22:48:50 EDT 2012 Joseph McAllister wrote: I have the far inferior FA-J 75-300 that came with a FF body last year. FF Coverage, of course. I was surprised that it took pretty damn good pictures on the K-5. Another of course is that it is only using the center of the image, so the

RE: OT, do you miss the heyday of bad web design?

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of knarftheria...@gmail.com That's why you make the Big Bucks, eh? I wish. I work for a charity, I'm on about 75% of the market rate, but frustrating as it is, it's better than earning market rate and being miserable

Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...

2012-09-26 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 24, 2012, at 4:43 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Well, just to follow-up on my earlier stuff I was making a big error. Exmor does not equal Exmor-R. The APS-C sensor is the plain vanilla Exmor (not the backlit Exmor-R technology). This page explains the improvements that came with the plain

RE: PESO - Lens and Eye

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steve Cottrell Actual Pentax content! http://cottycam.posterous.com/lens-and-eye Old Skool! B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

RE: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins Don't try it. I took up the pipe when I quit cigarettes and got hooked on it for 10 years. Cigarettes taste pretty flat after a pipe. by a strange coincidence I dreamt last night that I was on a

RE: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
Awesome car. -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Stenquist Sent: 26 September 2012 02:56 To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving

RE: Yet Another Holiday

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Chris Mitchell Latest news flash. He's not dead; he's just been abducted by aliens. He'll be back... Chris they experimented on me in hideous ways and really made my eyes water. I'm hoping they'll be back B On 25

Re: DA 35 DA 55-300 on film

2012-09-26 Thread Joseph McAllister
I'm afraid your misinterpreted what I wrote, or, I misinterpreted what my brain was thinking. :-) My reference to the speed of the lens as or thereabouts was my saying I am not going to go out to the car and drag the camera case out to look at the lens to see what it's spec. is, nor am I

PESO Ford

2012-09-26 Thread Larry Colen
Between rescuing two damsels in distress today, I took a few shots of this relic parked in front of the thrift store in downtown Felton: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/8025866914/ set of 4: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157631626251196/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Tanya Love
...that my father-in-law gave me a while back. It comes with a super tak 135mm, 28mm, and 50mm and Hanimex 2x teleconverter. I thought I'd get it out and have a play with a roll of film at the Brisbane Riverfire Festival this weekend. The thing has screwmount lenses! WTF! Where's the

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread DagT
Try the Lightmeter app on iPhone :-) DagT Sendt fra min iPad Den 26. sep. 2012 kl. 10:23 skrev Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com: ...that my father-in-law gave me a while back. It comes with a super tak 135mm, 28mm, and 50mm and Hanimex 2x teleconverter. I thought I'd get it out and have

Elizabeth Street Gallery

2012-09-26 Thread Derby Chang
I got a quick heads-up on this last week before the Art and About opening. Only had a bit of time to grab a snap (http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_sydneylife/01.htm) but looking at it in better light it is outstanding. Entertaining vid up on the 'tube this week. Andrew

Re: Atget, whispering trees, and spending Sunday on the street

2012-09-26 Thread Derby Chang
I'm with you there, Frank. Australia has one of the highest concentrations of pokies per capital in the world (without googling, definitely in the top ten). It kills live music. Pubs find it much easier to put in pokies for the steady income than to have to deal with the chancey indie music

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Derby Chang
Good idea, Brian, I'd for one would be up for a Day in a life of Spottie, I should exercise mine more. 2014 does seem a long way away, though. True, 1964 was when the Spot-Matic was first presented. But then Asahiflex was first released in 1952, which makes it a diamond anniversary this year.

Re: Atget, whispering trees, and spending Sunday on the street

2012-09-26 Thread Derby Chang
Wasn't it gorgeous? The prints are supposed to go back into the dark for another 10 years after this exposure to light. I'm so glad to have seen them. On 24/09/2012 11:22 PM, Brian Walters wrote: Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Someone mentioned the Eugune Atget exhibit

GPS menu on RAW/Fx button (was: Annoying glitch)

2012-09-26 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:19:58 -0700 Larry Colen wrote: That's how I set mine. But, I just noticed that it seems to have an astrotracer mode, which could actually be very useful, considering what a pain in the ass it is to get to astrotracer mode, and how looking at a capture takes you all

Re: PESO - Lens and Eye

2012-09-26 Thread Jan van Wijk
Beautyful sight that is Cotty! On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 23:21:56 +0100 Steve Cottrell wrote: Actual Pentax content! http://cottycam.posterous.com/lens-and-eye I've got two of those, one with and one without the winder, but not such a nice black one ... Regards, JvW

Re: PESO - Lens and Eye

2012-09-26 Thread Derby Chang
He looks like David Hemmings. Beautiful On 26/09/2012 8:21 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Actual Pentax content! http://cottycam.posterous.com/lens-and-eye -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
f8 and the Tv = 1/film speed. Bight sun make it f16 (Look up the sunny 16 rule). Pull the rewind knob up to open the back. I'll avoid all jokes about Australians and screwing up/in/around. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 4:59 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Try the Lightmeter app on iPhone :-)

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Here you go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny_16_rule Mostly, I would take a good guess and let the DR of Tri-X take care of the rest. Truly, a monochrome sensor version of Tri-X would tempt me. I wonder how close the Monochrome M is. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:31 AM, Steven Desjardins

Re: PESO - Lens and Eye

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Does he understand the genetics of male pattern baldness? On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:14 AM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: He looks like David Hemmings. Beautiful On 26/09/2012 8:21 AM, Steve Cottrell wrote: Actual Pentax content! http://cottycam.posterous.com/lens-and-eye

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Good idea, Brian, I'd for one would be up for a Day in a life of Spottie, I should exercise mine more. 2014 does seem a long way away, though. True, 1964 was when the Spot-Matic was first presented. But then Asahiflex was first released in 1952,

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Sep 26, 2012, at 01:23 , Tanya Love wrote: ...that my father-in-law gave me a while back. It comes with a super tak 135mm, 28mm, and 50mm and Hanimex 2x teleconverter. I thought I'd get it out and have a play with a roll of film at the Brisbane Riverfire Festival this weekend. The

Re: Annoying glitch

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Maybe they should change Raw to Feeling Lucky?. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:19 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Sep 25, 2012, at 11:57 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 25, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: How have you got the RAW button programmed? It can be set to toggle RAW -

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Peter Jordan
OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds had just been. That's 33 rolls of film which at say $10 for film plus DP would have been a good chunk of change. Peter On 25 Sep 2012, at 13:15, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: A Pentax Spotmatic

Re: Atget, whispering trees, and spending Sunday on the street

2012-09-26 Thread Brian Walters
Quoting Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au: Wasn't it gorgeous? The prints are supposed to go back into the dark for another 10 years after this exposure to light. I'm so glad to have seen them. Me too - might have to go back before the exhibition finishes. I wasn't at all familiar with

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Pipes are used to smoke many things. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:32 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Steven Desjardins Don't try it. I took up the pipe when I quit cigarettes and got hooked on it for 10 years.

Mileage on a K5 shutter

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Looking at a used K5 with 13K actuations on the shutter. In good shape other wise. How much wear is this, really? -- 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

Re: Mileage on a K5 shutter

2012-09-26 Thread Jan van Wijk
On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 07:54:32 -0400 Steven Desjardins wrote: Looking at a used K5 with 13K actuations on the shutter. In good shape other wise. How much wear is this, really? Not that much I would say, but certainly 'used'. My K5 is about two years old now and has about 25K, still going

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Postmaster
Peter Jordan wrote: OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds had just been. That's 33 rolls of film which at say $10 for film plus DP would have been a good chunk of change. It occurred to me recently that a lot of people could use memory cards just once -

Re: DA 35 DA 55-300 on film

2012-09-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Excellent photographs, Bong. And Darren, I did not pixel peep, but beside the vignetting there is an issue of sharpness fall off towards the corners. My DA* 16-50/2.8 is not that good in this regard and it is a dedicated premium APS-C lens, as we all know. I am not trying to sound negative or

Re: a legendary FA 35 f/2 AL...

2012-09-26 Thread Boris Liberman
I totally concur here. I'm in the middle of Galia's and mine trip to USA and even in Chicago I could get good pictures with 33mm lens of my Ricoh. The 50 mm equivalent focal length is extremely versatile. On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com wrote: is on the KEH website

Re: k-5 IIs

2012-09-26 Thread Boris Liberman
I agree with you, Tim. I already spent in excess of $2500 in the last few years over Pentax camera bodies. For now it is time to give my vallet some rest. On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I’ve been super happy with the K5. At this point it’s hard to believe

Re: Mileage on a K5 shutter

2012-09-26 Thread David Parsons
About 13% of the nominal rated life of the shutter. The rated life 100,000 actuations. Like any other rating, it's an average, and not a countdown to failure. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:54 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Looking at a used K5 with 13K actuations on the shutter.

Re: Question about sensor resolution

2012-09-26 Thread Boris Liberman
Larry, I printed A3's from both my *istD and K10D and never had a problem with resolution. In my office I have a picture (which is a square crop of K10D's frame) that is printed on canvas having 40cm or so (I will check in a week, when I am back in) on the side and it looks fantastic. I should

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-26 Thread Bruce Walker
My tongue was very firmly in my cheek when I suggested a lighting mod, Frank. But you knew that didn't you? :-) I had a crazy mental image of a woman settling in with her coffee and muffin when she's suddenly surrounded by technicians. Two guys are erecting a portable 4x8 foot scrim, one is

RE: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Tanya Love
Joseph said: Print this out and carry with you ...and I absolutely will! Can't wait, it will be fun! Thanks so much for all of that! And yep, guys, I did think of Sunny16. I will also have my K5 as a backup meter too! Or maybe I'll just use the iphone and Hipstamatic and tell everyone I

Re: PESO Ford

2012-09-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
hmmm I like this one the best of the set.. 20120925-LRC76572.jpg Too much background clutter to get a shot of the whole car? would have liked to have seen it :-) ann On 9/26/2012 04:10, Larry Colen wrote: Between rescuing two damsels in distress today, I took a few shots of this relic

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Peter Jordan
The other thing that struck me when I both this humungous 64GB card was that it offered 1800 shots in Raw. My first thought was who on earth would want to take that many shots in a session, but after my day birding Texas, it does make more sense. I even managed some Cormorant shots!! Peter

Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Fun stuff ! gorgeous car - but I clicked on the first image expecting to see the car that is in the other two shots - reading Walt's comment... DIdn't see the other links at first so I thought he was being a wiseass :-) Is this for the Times? ann On 9/26/2012 02:48, Walt wrote: Damn, what a

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Ann Sanfedele
On 9/26/2012 09:10, Tanya Love wrote: Joseph said: Print this out and carry with you ...and I absolutely will! Can't wait, it will be fun! Thanks so much for all of that! And yep, guys, I did think of Sunny16. I will also have my K5 as a backup meter too! Or maybe I'll just use the

Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-26 Thread Christine Nielsen
Sweet ride, and great shots. The Detroit-bred car guy reading over my shoulder wants to know: What's the story behind the car? It's a one of a kind? Was it built that way, or did someone modify? :) -c On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Shot a car

OT: 2013 will be the year of the Great Comets

2012-09-26 Thread Darren Addy
If you have ever wanted to get into astrophotography, you have reason to gear up now. I don't know if it is making national news yet, but a comet was just days ago discovered by a couple of Russian astronomers that appears to have all of the ingredients to be one of the greatest comets in our

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: John Francis On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 11:42:00AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: PS. I've still got a few film cameras and most still work. Actually Steve's given me the germ of an idea - perhaps we should have a special PUG in 2014 to celebrate the Spotmatic's 50th Anniversary (assuming you

Re: OT: 2013 will be the year of the Great Comets

2012-09-26 Thread Toine
Wow, I think I just wet my pants. Visible in daylight! Toine On 26 September 2012 16:10, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: If you have ever wanted to get into astrophotography, you have reason to gear up now. I don't know if it is making national news yet, but a comet was just days ago

Re: Yet Another Holiday

2012-09-26 Thread John Sessoms
Yeah, but he's gonna' be walkin' funny for a while. From: Chris Mitchell Latest news flash. He's not dead; he's just been abducted by aliens. He'll be back... Chris On 25 September 2012 23:06, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Somebody has killed Bob and stolen his

Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-26 Thread Bruce Walker
Oh yes! Superb shots, both. But have to agree that the last shot is just smokin'. These _must_ be for publication. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving grounds in Shelby, Michigan:

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Bruce Walker
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:45 AM, Peter Jordan pjp...@btinternet.com wrote: OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds had just been. Mark! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

RE: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread John Sessoms
Y'all act as if you have to choose between key wording hierarchical folders. From: Bob W From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt I'll be sure to keep in mind the keyword stuff. But, sadly, I'm just horrible about doing stuff like that -- it's a

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Doug Brewer
On 9/26/12 7:45 AM, Peter Jordan wrote: OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds had just been. You would have fit right in with many other entrants in this last spring's contest at the GFM Nature Photo Weekend. There were a whole pile of photos of

Re: OT: 2013 will be the year of the Great Comets

2012-09-26 Thread Darren Addy
Yes! Interesting to note that the most recent daylight comet was in 1910: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_January_comet_of_1910 If you notice the box with the orbital characteristics of that 1910 comet, you will see: Perihelion = 0.128975 AU C/2012 S1 (ISON) has a calculated Perihelion of

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Bruce Walker
I just don't think there's any point to maintaining hierarchical folders beyond what Lr does for you itself. If you need to find the original files, locate the image(s) in Lr, right-click and select Show in Finder. Bingo! I basically keyword all shots using something like Bob's Who/What/Where

Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Christine. The car was built by a Royal Oak automotive designer. It's his vision of what a Chrysler sports car of the fifties could have been. Virgil Exner spent a lot of time with Ghia back in the day developing designs for just such a car, but none were ever executed. This car is based

Re: So, I have this Spotmatic...

2012-09-26 Thread Darren Addy
In the form of the classic Spotmatic it appears that we have found something other than Youth that is wasted on the young. (Just kidding Tanya). -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-26 Thread Paul Stenquist
Hi Ann, Thanks. It may end up in the Times -- hope so. But the shoot and an article are for an enthusiast magazine called Mopar Action. I frequently double up on these jobs, so will try to market it elsewhere as well. Paul On Sep 26, 2012, at 9:42 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote:

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread mike wilson
On 25/09/2012 14:15, Mark Roberts wrote: A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in today's money. From the same source a 1986 LX (body only at UK price but US currency) would be $8407.99. -- No fixed Adobe

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Bruce Walker
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: It's a pretty clunky naming convention, but it helps me to identify which camera I shot with (my K-x is just the straight camera-assigned number, my K20D as WJG prepended to the camera file name, and the K100D photos I can

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Bruce Walker
Looks like I could have bought an iPod in 1975 for $46. Damn! Wish I'd known that then. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:15 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in

Re: Annoying glitch

2012-09-26 Thread William Robb
On 26/09/2012 12:57 AM, Larry Colen wrote: On Sep 25, 2012, at 1:43 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: How have you got the RAW button programmed? It can be set to toggle RAW - JPEG and stay that way. I have it set to RAW+ and cancel after one shot. Whoever designed the way that button works rendered

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread William Robb
On 26/09/2012 6:03 AM, Postmaster wrote: It occurred to me recently that a lot of people could use memory cards just once - never delete images and when the card is full simply buy a new one - and still spend less than they would on film/processing for the same number of shots. Amazing how far

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread George Sinos
Not having a folder structure sounds like a tempting idea, but in the rapid changing world of technology it can lead to a huge mess. I like Lightroom and take advantage of it's organizational features, but my fundamental organization is still contained in the folder structure, file naming and

Re: DA 35 DA 55-300 on film

2012-09-26 Thread Igor Roshchin
Joseph, Sorry, - I thought you were trying to calculate the equivalent aperture, while you just didn't quite remember what the aperture was. (And I was not talking about the equivalent focal length) Thanks for the clarification. Igor Wed Sep 26 03:56:35 EDT 2012 Joseph McAllister wrote:

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the advice, Larry! I've always imported my RAW files into directories with a -MM-DD naming convention, See that was my problem. My file would be 9-8-12-wedding and subfolders of NEF and JPG. When i imported the

Re: Comet news may raise demand/prices for Pentax O-GPS1

2012-09-26 Thread Darren Addy
I do not recommend clicking the following link either: if you do not have a K-r/K-5 or 645D OR if you do have one but do not want to be induced to purchase an O-GPS1. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1036thread=39284452 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

RE: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of mike wilson On 25/09/2012 14:15, Mark Roberts wrote: A Pentax Spotmatic cost $289.00 in 1967. According to http://www.usinflationcalculator.com that works out to be $1,993.00 in today's money. From the same

RE: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of George Sinos Not having a folder structure sounds like a tempting idea, but in the rapid changing world of technology it can lead to a huge mess. I like Lightroom and take advantage of it's organizational features,

RE: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Y'all act as if you have to choose between key wording hierarchical folders. Not at all - people can do both if they want to. John of Occam wouldn't though, and nor do I. B From: Bob W From:

Re: PAW142 - Balloon

2012-09-26 Thread DagT
Thanks Rick, and Dave, Ann, Bruce, Steve and knarf :-) I´ll have to wait a week before the next one. We are taking the kids to Santorini on saturday. It will be the first vacation without a Pentax for 33 years, because the K-5 is on its way to Japan to get a new sensor. It was in for cleaning

Re: PESO Ford

2012-09-26 Thread Larry Colen
On Sep 26, 2012, at 6:37 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: hmmm I like this one the best of the set.. 20120925-LRC76572.jpg Thanks. Too much background clutter to get a shot of the whole car? There were two issues. The first was background clutter. Now that I think about it, I could try going

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Walt
My current inclination is to go ahead and stick with both, as there are times when I like to access my images with applications other than Lightroom (Picasa, IrfanView, etc.) simply because they perform some tasks a little more handily than LR appears to (at least at first blush): Cropping,

RE: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt My current inclination is to go ahead and stick with both, as there are times when I like to access my images with applications other than Lightroom (Picasa, IrfanView, etc.) simply because they perform some tasks

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Walt
On 9/26/2012 2:19 PM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Walt My current inclination is to go ahead and stick with both, as there are times when I like to access my images with applications other than Lightroom (Picasa, IrfanView, etc.) simply

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: David J Brooks On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the advice, Larry! I've always imported my RAW files into directories with a -MM-DD naming convention, See that was my problem. My file would be 9-8-12-wedding and subfolders of NEF and JPG.

Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-26 Thread Bob Sullivan
Paul, Thanks for the extra info on the car. That's a great shot. Regards, Bob S. On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving grounds in Shelby, Michigan:

GESO Tasha and Friends -- the rest of the story

2012-09-26 Thread Bruce Walker
If you enjoyed my Tasha and Friend PESO Saturday, then here's just the gallery for you ... http://www.flickr.com/bruce_m_walker/sets/72157631606597351/ I was freely roaming the production set (a producer's basement) of this indie horror/comedy/puppet movie scheduled for 2013 release. This flick

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 3:36 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: It's LightRoom that's being tyrannical with its demand that everything be organized by keywords. Keyword the hell out of everything, but leave the folder structure the way that makes sense to you. That way, when

RE: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Bob W
From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sessoms Someone mentioned the tyranny of physical hierarchies, which I think gets it just backwards. that would be me. The physical hierarchies allow me to be the boss over the software. My photos are where

OT Enablement

2012-09-26 Thread DagT
I sent the K-5 for cleaning and focus adjustment along with the DA40 for repairs, and when the part for the lens finally appeared they found that the K-5 had stains and the sensor should be changed. So it will be gone for three more weeks. We are going for a holiday and although they offered

Re: OT Enablement

2012-09-26 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 26/9/12, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: We are going for a holiday and although they offered me a preproduction K-r I bought a Fujifilm x100 instead as a backup camera (I don¨t need another system camera). The x100 is really nice. Compact and light, sharp lens and it looks very similar to

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Stan Halpin
On Sep 26, 2012, at 3:36 PM, John Sessoms wrote: From: David J Brooks On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:36 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for the advice, Larry! I've always imported my RAW files into directories with a -MM-DD naming convention, See that was my problem. My file

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread John Sessoms
From: Matthew Hunt It's LightRoom that's being tyrannical with its demand that everything be organized by keywords. Keyword the hell out of everything, but leave the folder structure the way that makes sense to you. That way, when LightRoom crashes burns, you'll still know where your photos

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:46 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: See that was my problem. My file would be 9-8-12-wedding and subfolders of NEF and JPG. When i imported the folder i would juts ask for nefs to be lodaed, not realizing until just recently, that that was the folder

Autographer (wearable camera) - not entirely OT

2012-09-26 Thread Darren Addy
Don't know what I really think of this: http://www.dpreview.com/news/2012/09/24/omg-life-creates-autographer-wearable-automatic-camera but I saw it shortly after viewing this neat instructional video

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread David Parsons
If you presume that you'll always be using LR, and that the catalog structure will be able to be read by any future software that you may end up using, then it's true that you don't need to organize on disk. I prefer to future proof and organize files on the disk. On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:50

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:43 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I was responding to the suggestion that it is wrong-headed to insist on organizing files rather than just relying on LightRoom's keywording. But you turned that into an attack on the product: It's LightRoom that's being

Re: Enablement: LR4

2012-09-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 5:44 PM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 1:46 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: See that was my problem. My file would be 9-8-12-wedding and subfolders of NEF and JPG. When i imported the folder i would juts ask for nefs to be

Re: Mileage on a K5 shutter

2012-09-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:29 AM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: About 13% of the nominal rated life of the shutter. The rated life 100,000 actuations. Like any other rating, it's an average, and not a countdown to failure. Tell that to my D2H:-) Dave On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at

Re: PESOs - A Chrysler at Packard

2012-09-26 Thread David J Brooks
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 10:06 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Nice set, the last one being the money shot. What a nice car. Totally Dave On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Shot a car today at what is left of the Packard Proving

RE: Mileage on a K5 shutter

2012-09-26 Thread J.C. O'Connell
based on reports of various failures of Pentax DSLRS, it seems that the focal plane shutter may not be the weak link in the useful life of the body. - J.C.O'Connell hifis...@gate.net - -Original Message- From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-26 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
Well, I did actually ask the young lady if I could take a photo of her book, coffee and muffin. That's more than I usually do... My reference with the backdrop and glycerin was (as some no doubt recognized) a reference to a certain Mr. Brazwell (sp?), a perennial winner in the Nature

RE: PESO - Life's Greatest Pleasures?

2012-09-26 Thread knarftheria...@gmail.com
That was me on the train smoking the pipe. You didn't know it was me because you never met me... Cheers, frank What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: Bob W p...@web-options.com Sent: September 26, 2012 9/26/12

Re: Autographer (wearable camera) - not entirely OT

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
The ultimate spray and pray approach. I'm sure it's bound to get some nice shots. Obviously not for me; taking the shots is my hobby. I doubt it will supplant cell phone cameras, and most people are not going to want to go through all those shots. Could be a cult thing, I guess. On Wed, Sep

Re: Mileage on a K5 shutter

2012-09-26 Thread Steven Desjardins
Just curious, Dave. What way did you deviate from the average. Thanks for the feedback folks. I decided not pursue this particular used K5. I may wait and see what you're the beta tester problesm will arise with the new K5 II and K30 and then buy later ;-) On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:28 PM,

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