date:20130814

Lovely! Your timing was just right. 

G

On Aug 14, 2013, at 1:06 PM, John Sessoms  wrote:

> I made a visit to RDU Airport last Saturday. ...
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9509974875/lightbox/


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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)


Nope.

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Subject: Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)



On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 07:20:10PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:



On 8/14/2013 19:07, John Celio wrote:
>
>
>Ann, like I said, this was just for fun. It was a brainstorm while I
>was working on something else. No one asked for a new logo, and I'm
>not about to attempt a coup. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise.
>
>John
>
Understood - hoped dave or someone would show you'all his nice design.
I have the cap but it is 'somewhere safe' so at the moment I can't
access it :-)


You mean one of these?:
http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech


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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)

John et al

No, I meant this :

http://annsan.smugmug.com/Other/Stuff-to-show-PDML-for-various/4796533_2JPwqh/1/2701177532_gmZcwmX/Medium

I found my cap... just slapped it on flatbed scanner - it was
nice embroidery - the wavy line in the "lens" meaning to represent
the mountain..

I have a problem with seeing distored letters and reading cursive
not sure what part of my brain is defective in that regard, but
If you had not told me you were doing PDML I'm not sure I could
have figued it out. a bit scary, actually.

I can appreciate the cleverness of what you are doing, though

ann

On 8/14/2013 20:14, Larry Colen wrote:

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 07:20:10PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

On 8/14/2013 19:07, John Celio wrote:

Ann, like I said, this was just for fun. It was a brainstorm while I
was working on something else. No one asked for a new logo, and I'm
not about to attempt a coup. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise.

John

Understood - hoped dave or someone would show you'all his nice design.
I have the cap but it is 'somewhere safe' so at the moment I can't
access it :-)

You mean one of these?:
http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech

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Re: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2

2013-08-14 Thread Paul Stenquist

Beautiful babes expertly rendered.

Paul via phone

On Aug 14, 2013, at 9:47 PM, Christine Nielsen  wrote:

> Thanks, Rick.
> 
> Dad had recently had the suit cleaned, he said... I guess since he was taking 
> some time off to be home with the babies, the timing was right.  :)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 14, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> 
> The first one is my favorite (where did you find such a clean turn-out suit?).
> 
> Rick
> 
> http://photo.net/photos/RickW
> 
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: Christine Nielsen 
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List 
> Cc: 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 1:22 PM
> Subject: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> A few of you might recall the image I shared a couple of weeks ago, of
> newborn twins, having a really bad day?  Although that shoot was a
> bit of a train wreck, I was lucky enough to get another crack at it.
> So, I doubled-down on all of my baby-whispering tactics, crossed my
> fingers & hoped for a better day.  The goal was to get a shot of the
> little guys in their dad's firefighter gear... I never could get them
> situated in the boots just right, so came up with this:
> 
> http://bit.ly/122CnZG
> 
> Scroll to the right for a couple more, if you like.
> 
> :)
> -c
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PESO - Friends

Strolling the conservatory/university grounds at Greenwich:

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495653


or

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495653-lg.jpg
 
(K-5, DA 16-45)

Comments always appreciated.

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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 6:52 PM,   wrote:
> What some one should be working on is a Ricoh logo.

The "P" can be turned into an "R" with one stroke.

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Re: PESO Getting some air

2013-08-14 Thread Christine Nielsen

Woohoo!  Fun shot, Bruce!

:)
-c

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> My niece Sophie doing some athletic leaps down by Lake Ontario last evening:
>
> http://flic.kr/p/fuBZdY
>
> The title also refers to the fact that it was a very unseasonable 13
> degrees C with 50 km/h winds where we were shooting on a spit out in
> Lake Ontario. One assistant, Sophie's friend Olivia almost sailed away
> with the monopod'ed softbox. Luckily my assistants and models are
> typically Canadian, made of stern stuff and we all survived the
> ordeal.
>
> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 19mm/f5.6, 160th sec, ISO 200;
> AF540FGZ in fleaBay umbrella softbox, left; AF540FGZ bare & handheld, right;
> Lr + Ps + Nik.
>
> Comments welcome.
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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)

That C2 logo looks a little... impotent.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Darren Addy  wrote:
> I think John's improvement to my design (A2) is the best yet.
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele  wrote:
>> No, actually
>> although come to think of it - a cormy would be a good basis for an actual
>> logo :-)
>>
>> There are a lot of us that have Dave's cap
>> Guses I'll have to dig mine out
>>
>>
>>
>> On 8/14/2013 20:14, Larry Colen wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 07:20:10PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:



 On 8/14/2013 19:07, John Celio wrote:
>
>
>
> Ann, like I said, this was just for fun. It was a brainstorm while I
> was working on something else. No one asked for a new logo, and I'm
> not about to attempt a coup. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise.
>
> John
>
 Understood - hoped dave or someone would show you'all his nice design.
 I have the cap but it is 'somewhere safe' so at the moment I can't
 access it :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> You mean one of these?:
>>> http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech


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Re: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2

2013-08-14 Thread Christine Nielsen

Thanks, Rick.

Dad had recently had the suit cleaned, he said... I guess since he was taking 
some time off to be home with the babies, the timing was right.  :)




On Aug 14, 2013, at 5:55 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:

The first one is my favorite (where did you find such a clean turn-out suit?).

Rick
 
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Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 1:22 PM
Subject: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2

Hi all,

A few of you might recall the image I shared a couple of weeks ago, of
newborn twins, having a really bad day?  Although that shoot was a
bit of a train wreck, I was lucky enough to get another crack at it.
So, I doubled-down on all of my baby-whispering tactics, crossed my
fingers & hoped for a better day.  The goal was to get a shot of the
little guys in their dad's firefighter gear... I never could get them
situated in the boots just right, so came up with this:

http://bit.ly/122CnZG

Scroll to the right for a couple more, if you like.

:)
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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)

I think John's improvement to my design (A2) is the best yet.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:55 PM, Ann Sanfedele  wrote:
> No, actually
> although come to think of it - a cormy would be a good basis for an actual
> logo :-)
>
> There are a lot of us that have Dave's cap
> Guses I'll have to dig mine out
>
>
>
> On 8/14/2013 20:14, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 07:20:10PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/14/2013 19:07, John Celio wrote:



 Ann, like I said, this was just for fun. It was a brainstorm while I
 was working on something else. No one asked for a new logo, and I'm
 not about to attempt a coup. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise.

 John

>>> Understood - hoped dave or someone would show you'all his nice design.
>>> I have the cap but it is 'somewhere safe' so at the moment I can't
>>> access it :-)
>>
>>
>> You mean one of these?:
>> http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech
>>>
>>>
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Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...

2013-08-14 Thread Aahz Maruch

That's specifically why I want a sealed camera/lens: I don't want to
deal with covering the camera (managing a camera is already unwieldy
enough).  I was happy on the Alaska cruise to feel comfortable taking
the cameras out into the rain.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/OP-TECH-USA-Rainsleeve-18-Inch/dp/B000PTFDYO
> 
> They also make one for shoe-mount flash on top of the camera. I get mine
> from a local independent camera store.
> 
> On 8/14/2013 5:49 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
> >John, I never let a camera be exposed w/o some protection when in
> >inclement weather, a hat or towel or in the case of the 600, sometimes a
> >jacket. To not provide some sort of shielding is asking for trouble.
> >
> >Don't know if that was the case with your PZ-1P or not.
> >I had a PZ-1P which saw a phenominal amount of film go thru it - it was
> >used both for work & pleasure shooting and it never missed a beat except
> >for a rewind motor that had to be replaced.
> >
> >Kenneth Waller
> >http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
> >
> >- Original Message - From: "John Francis" 
> >Subject: Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...
> >
> >
> >>On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:08:29AM -0400, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
> >>>I consider myself somewhat of an 'adventure' photographer and I too
> >>>can say weathersealing has never made any difference in my
> >>>photography - rain, sleet, snow, blowing sand etc.
> >>>
> >>>IMO its more of a marketing thing than an actual factor.
> >>
> >>I've had a camera (a PZ-1p) start behaving very strangely when I was
> >>photographing during moderate rain.  So I just switched to the MX :-)
> >
> >
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Re: PESO: Bright Future

Very dramatic. "Take cover!" would work as a title, too!

Rick

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Subject: PESO: Bright Future

I made a visit to RDU Airport last Saturday. Went out to exercise my 
K10D and ended up at the observation deck there. Not really much to see, 
but there was a little bit of a thunderstorm passed through & I thought 
this one was worth playing around with.

A bit of Nik filters - about 10% Silver Efex Pro & 90% Color Efex Pro.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9509974875/lightbox/

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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)


No, actually
although come to think of it - a cormy would be a good basis for an 
actual logo :-)


There are a lot of us that have Dave's cap
Guses I'll have to dig mine out


On 8/14/2013 20:14, Larry Colen wrote:

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 07:20:10PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:



On 8/14/2013 19:07, John Celio wrote:



Ann, like I said, this was just for fun. It was a brainstorm while I
was working on something else. No one asked for a new logo, and I'm
not about to attempt a coup. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise.

John


Understood - hoped dave or someone would show you'all his nice design.
I have the cap but it is 'somewhere safe' so at the moment I can't
access it :-)


You mean one of these?:
http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech


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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)

2013-08-14 Thread P.J. Alling


No she means this.

http://www.pdml.net/

On 8/14/2013 8:14 PM, Larry Colen wrote:

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 07:20:10PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:


On 8/14/2013 19:07, John Celio wrote:


Ann, like I said, this was just for fun. It was a brainstorm while I
was working on something else. No one asked for a new logo, and I'm
not about to attempt a coup. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise.

John


Understood - hoped dave or someone would show you'all his nice design.
I have the cap but it is 'somewhere safe' so at the moment I can't
access it :-)

You mean one of these?:
http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech

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Re: PESO Getting some air

2013-08-14 Thread John Sessoms


It's really well lit, but I wish you hadn't cut off the toes.

On 8/14/2013 4:44 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:

My niece Sophie doing some athletic leaps down by Lake Ontario last evening:

http://flic.kr/p/fuBZdY

The title also refers to the fact that it was a very unseasonable 13
degrees C with 50 km/h winds where we were shooting on a spit out in
Lake Ontario. One assistant, Sophie's friend Olivia almost sailed away
with the monopod'ed softbox. Luckily my assistants and models are
typically Canadian, made of stern stuff and we all survived the
ordeal.

K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 19mm/f5.6, 160th sec, ISO 200;
AF540FGZ in fleaBay umbrella softbox, left; AF540FGZ bare & handheld, right;
Lr + Ps + Nik.

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Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...

2013-08-14 Thread John Francis


The camera did have one of those camera+lens raincoats on it.
I suspect some moisture found it's way into the lens mount area;
the first symptom was that the auto-focus stopped working. I don't
recall what was the second thing to start misbehaving (although I
think it may have been that the film rewound itself); at that point
I just put the camera back in the car, and switched to shooting with
the trusty old MX I'd brought along as my second body.

Once the camera dried out everything was back to normal operation;
I continued to use that camera for several more years (together,
later on, with a MZ-S) until I got myself the just-released *ist-D.


On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 05:49:17PM -0400, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
> John, I never let a camera be exposed w/o some protection when in
> inclement weather, a hat or towel or in the case of the 600,
> sometimes a jacket. To not provide some sort of shielding is asking
> for trouble.
> 
> Don't know if that was the case with your PZ-1P or not.
> I had a PZ-1P which saw a phenominal amount of film go thru it - it
> was used both for work & pleasure shooting and it never missed a
> beat except for a rewind motor that had to be replaced.
> 
> Kenneth Waller
> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
> 
> - Original Message - From: "John Francis" 
> Subject: Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...
> 
> 
> >On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:08:29AM -0400, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
> >>I consider myself somewhat of an 'adventure' photographer and I too
> >>can say weathersealing has never made any difference in my
> >>photography - rain, sleet, snow, blowing sand etc.
> >>
> >>IMO its more of a marketing thing than an actual factor.
> >
> >I've had a camera (a PZ-1p) start behaving very strangely when I was
> >photographing during moderate rain.  So I just switched to the MX :-)
> 
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Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...

2013-08-14 Thread John Sessoms


http://www.amazon.com/OP-TECH-USA-Rainsleeve-18-Inch/dp/B000PTFDYO

They also make one for shoe-mount flash on top of the camera. I get mine
from a local independent camera store.

On 8/14/2013 5:49 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:

John, I never let a camera be exposed w/o some protection when in
inclement weather, a hat or towel or in the case of the 600, sometimes a
jacket. To not provide some sort of shielding is asking for trouble.

Don't know if that was the case with your PZ-1P or not.
I had a PZ-1P which saw a phenominal amount of film go thru it - it was
used both for work & pleasure shooting and it never missed a beat except
for a rewind motor that had to be replaced.

Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

- Original Message - From: "John Francis" 
Subject: Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...



On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:08:29AM -0400, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:

I consider myself somewhat of an 'adventure' photographer and I too
can say weathersealing has never made any difference in my
photography - rain, sleet, snow, blowing sand etc.

IMO its more of a marketing thing than an actual factor.


I've had a camera (a PZ-1p) start behaving very strangely when I was
photographing during moderate rain.  So I just switched to the MX :-)





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Re: PESO: Bright Future


Nice decisive moment grab!
ann

On 8/14/2013 18:42, Jack Davis wrote:

Think the little boy has the right plan... "RUN!"
Nice exposure, John.

Jack



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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:06 PM
Subject: PESO: Bright Future


I made a visit to RDU Airport last Saturday. Went out to exercise my
K10D and ended up at the observation deck there. Not really much to see,
but there was a little bit of a thunderstorm passed through & I thought
this one was worth playing around with.

A bit of Nik filters - about 10% Silver Efex Pro & 90% Color Efex Pro.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9509974875/lightbox/



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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark


On 8/14/2013 5:44 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 14/8/13, John, discombobulated, unleashed:


I'm sure that's some kind of salacious pun or other low gutter humor
(humour) there, but I haven't figured it out yet.


Why John, anyone would think that there are ulterior motives in my every
sentence.

A top-shot is exactly that. A nice view from a high position.

Whose mind is in the gutter eh!!!



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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)

2013-08-14 Thread Larry Colen

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 07:20:10PM -0400, Ann Sanfedele wrote:
> 
> 
> On 8/14/2013 19:07, John Celio wrote:
> >
> >
> >Ann, like I said, this was just for fun. It was a brainstorm while I
> >was working on something else. No one asked for a new logo, and I'm
> >not about to attempt a coup. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise.
> >
> >John
> >
> Understood - hoped dave or someone would show you'all his nice design.
> I have the cap but it is 'somewhere safe' so at the moment I can't
> access it :-)

You mean one of these?:
http://www.cafepress.com/robertstech
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Re: Photo trip to the Isle of Wight

2013-08-14 Thread Brian Walters

Quoting Paul Sorenson :

That's a request best not given to Anthony Weiner...

...or to Queensland politician Peter 'Coq au Vin' Dowling:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2386676/Australian-MP-Peter-Dowling-quits-sexting-pictures-penis-glass-red-wine.html

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On 8/14/2013 1:46 PM, Bob W wrote:

Send us a shot of your hornpipe, sailor-boy.
B

On 14 Aug 2013, at 19:14, "Steve Cottrell" wrote:

Sadly there is zero Pentax content in this post! However, I am off on a
stills photo trip tomorrow and thought I would mention it here. This
weekend sees the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Old Gaffers
Association ) where a large collection of classic
gaff-rigged vessels of all sizes will converge at Cowes on the Isle of
Wight in the UK.

I'm planning on getting an old gaffer in my retirement and so am off
there for the day to check out the boats and hopefully meet up with a
few people I've spoken to. Not doing any filming but Stef has loaned me
his photo kit so I will be taking a Canon 1DmIIn, EF 17-40/4 EF IS
28-135/3.5 and 70-200/4. I hope to post some pics at some point, so if
you like olde sailing boats, watch this space!

Actually looking forward to this as I haven't done a photo trip in years.

Arrr cap'n.

Cheers,
Cotty

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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo

What some one should be working on is a Ricoh logo.

Kenneth Waller
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From: "Ann Sanfedele" 

To: 
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo

Well actually, there already is a PDML logo... Dave Brooks designed it a 
few years back.  We got sports caps at GFM with the logo on the front. 
very pretty, too

ann

On 8/14/2013 18:13, steve harley wrote:

on 2013-08-14 13:23 John Celio wrote

Last night, I was working on a design concept centered on an old
Pentax camera and thought it would be fun to make a PDML logo based on
the old Asahi Optical Co. logo. I came up with three slightly
different versions:

http://www.jacelio.com/special/PDML-icon-idea-02.png

Any thoughts?

i like A2, Darren's modification, but i think the tail of the P could
extend straight down from the joint

incorporation and official hoodies next?

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Re: Photo trip to the Isle of Wight


That's a request best not given to Anthony Weiner...


Unless it includes a Holder

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- Original Message - 
From: "Paul Sorenson" 

Subject: Re: Photo trip to the Isle of Wight



That's a request best not given to Anthony Weiner...

On 8/14/2013 1:46 PM, Bob W wrote:

Send us a shot of your hornpipe, sailor-boy.
B

On 14 Aug 2013, at 19:14, "Steve Cottrell"  wrote:


Sadly there is zero Pentax content in this post! However, I am off on a
stills photo trip tomorrow and thought I would mention it here. This
weekend sees the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Old Gaffers
Association ) where a large collection of classic
gaff-rigged vessels of all sizes will converge at Cowes on the Isle of
Wight in the UK.

I'm planning on getting an old gaffer in my retirement and so am off
there for the day to check out the boats and hopefully meet up with a
few people I've spoken to. Not doing any filming but Stef has loaned me
his photo kit so I will be taking a Canon 1DmIIn, EF 17-40/4 EF IS
28-135/3.5 and 70-200/4. I hope to post some pics at some point, so if
you like olde sailing boats, watch this space!

Actually looking forward to this as I haven't done a photo trip in 
years.


Arrr cap'n.

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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo

'A' gets my vote.

Kenneth Waller
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From: "steve harley" 

Subject: Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo

on 2013-08-14 13:23 John Celio wrote

Last night, I was working on a design concept centered on an old
Pentax camera and thought it would be fun to make a PDML logo based on
the old Asahi Optical Co. logo. I came up with three slightly
different versions:

http://www.jacelio.com/special/PDML-icon-idea-02.png

Any thoughts?

i like A2, Darren's modification, but i think the tail of the P could 
extend straight down from the joint

incorporation and official hoodies next?

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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)




On 8/14/2013 19:07, John Celio wrote:



Ann, like I said, this was just for fun. It was a brainstorm while I
was working on something else. No one asked for a new logo, and I'm
not about to attempt a coup. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise.

John


Understood - hoped dave or someone would show you'all his nice design.
I have the cap but it is 'somewhere safe' so at the moment I can't 
access it :-)


ann

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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)

2013-08-14 Thread David Parsons

Yes, I see what you mean.  I don't think that making the P angular
would help at all either.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 7:07 PM, John Celio
 wrote:
> Thanks Darren! I've taken your suggestion and added it to the pile,
> along with David's and Steve's:
> http://www.jacelio.com/special/PDML-icon-idea-03.png
> I included a version that took a notch out of the angular P to make it
> look less like the original A (A2).
>
> David, the backwards P just ends up looking like a 9 (C2). Steve,
> extending the descender makes it look like a giant e (A3).
>
> Ann, like I said, this was just for fun. It was a brainstorm while I
> was working on something else. No one asked for a new logo, and I'm
> not about to attempt a coup. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise.
>
> John
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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo (Darren Addy)

2013-08-14 Thread John Celio

Thanks Darren! I've taken your suggestion and added it to the pile,
along with David's and Steve's:
http://www.jacelio.com/special/PDML-icon-idea-03.png
I included a version that took a notch out of the angular P to make it
look less like the original A (A2).

David, the backwards P just ends up looking like a 9 (C2). Steve,
extending the descender makes it look like a giant e (A3).

Ann, like I said, this was just for fun. It was a brainstorm while I
was working on something else. No one asked for a new logo, and I'm
not about to attempt a coup. I just thought it'd be a fun exercise.

John

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Re: Photo trip to the Isle of Wight

2013-08-14 Thread Mark Roberts

Paul Sorenson wrote:

>That's a request best not given to Anthony Weiner...

According to the Carlos Danger name generator, Cotty's "Carlos Danger"
name is Alejandro Hazard.

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/low_concept/2013/07/carlos_danger_name_generator_use_our_widget_to_get_a_name_like_anthony_weiner.html

 
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Re: Any software for DSLR video pano?

Interesting info, thanks. 
I could ask the guys in iPhone camera engineering who wrote the panorama 
function, but I'm sure it's proprietary info. ];-)

This panorama is a maximum capture. I kept the camera very level so there's 
little trimming:

  
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25268645/iom2013/130406douglasharborIoM.jpg

The original is 10800x2332 pixels (about 25 Mpixels) in size. 

G

On Aug 14, 2013, at 3:16 PM, steve harley  wrote:

> on 2013-08-13 21:28 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote
>> They're not "stitching a video" with the iPhone Panorama feature, the number 
>> of vertical pixels is wrong for that.
> 
> right, that's why Larry was thinking in terms of using "full-res" video, a 
> full-resolution camera image (8mp for iPhone 5) for each frame of video, to 
> auto-stitch panoramas; that's a brute-force concept, and not what the iPhone 
> does; i guessed that the iPhone "watches" its video feed to detect when to 
> take a full res shot for the next segment of the panorama, but it turns out 
> it's a more subtle process; interpreting from these two sources:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> the phone uses it's gyroscope to know where it's pointed relative to the 
> initial frame, and then at the appropriate moments takes data from just a 
> central strip of the sensor, while also producing a continuous live view 
> image (the iPhone 5 also introduced the capacity to take full-res still shots 
> while also capturing video)
> 
> while the iPhone 5 sensor is 3264x2448 pixels, various reports put the actual 
> height (assuming "normal" orientation) of a finished panorama in the 
> mid-to-low 2000s, so it seems to discard some info from the top & bottom of 
> the sensor to allow for imperfect aim
> 
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Re: PESO Getting some air

Wh!! :-)
Nice work! 

G

On Aug 14, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:

> My niece Sophie doing some athletic leaps down by Lake Ontario last evening:
> 
> http://flic.kr/p/fuBZdY
> 
> The title also refers to the fact that it was a very unseasonable 13
> degrees C with 50 km/h winds where we were shooting on a spit out in
> Lake Ontario. One assistant, Sophie's friend Olivia almost sailed away
> with the monopod'ed softbox. Luckily my assistants and models are
> typically Canadian, made of stern stuff and we all survived the
> ordeal.
> 
> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 19mm/f5.6, 160th sec, ISO 200;
> AF540FGZ in fleaBay umbrella softbox, left; AF540FGZ bare & handheld, right;
> Lr + Ps + Nik.


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Re: PESO: Bright Future

2013-08-14 Thread Jack Davis

Think the little boy has the right plan... "RUN!"
Nice exposure, John.

Jack

From: John Sessoms 
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List  
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:06 PM
Subject: PESO: Bright Future

I made a visit to RDU Airport last Saturday. Went out to exercise my 
K10D and ended up at the observation deck there. Not really much to see, 
but there was a little bit of a thunderstorm passed through & I thought 
this one was worth playing around with.

A bit of Nik filters - about 10% Silver Efex Pro & 90% Color Efex Pro.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9509974875/lightbox/

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Re: Photo trip to the Isle of Wight

2013-08-14 Thread mike wilson

On 14/08/2013, Bob W  wrote:
> Send us a shot of your hornpipe, sailor-boy.
> B

Or avast behind.

>
> On 14 Aug 2013, at 19:14, "Steve Cottrell"  wrote:
>
>> Sadly there is zero Pentax content in this post! However, I am off on a
>> stills photo trip tomorrow and thought I would mention it here. This
>> weekend sees the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Old Gaffers
>> Association ) where a large collection of classic
>> gaff-rigged vessels of all sizes will converge at Cowes on the Isle of
>> Wight in the UK.
>>
>> I'm planning on getting an old gaffer in my retirement and so am off
>> there for the day to check out the boats and hopefully meet up with a
>> few people I've spoken to. Not doing any filming but Stef has loaned me
>> his photo kit so I will be taking a Canon 1DmIIn, EF 17-40/4 EF IS
>> 28-135/3.5 and 70-200/4. I hope to post some pics at some point, so if
>> you like olde sailing boats, watch this space!
>>
>> Actually looking forward to this as I haven't done a photo trip in years.
>>
>> Arrr cap'n.
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>  Cotty
>>
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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo

Well actually, there already is a PDML logo... Dave Brooks designed it a 
few years back.  We got sports caps at GFM with the logo on the front. 
very pretty, too


ann


On 8/14/2013 18:13, steve harley wrote:

on 2013-08-14 13:23 John Celio wrote

Last night, I was working on a design concept centered on an old
Pentax camera and thought it would be fun to make a PDML logo based on
the old Asahi Optical Co. logo. I came up with three slightly
different versions:

http://www.jacelio.com/special/PDML-icon-idea-02.png

Any thoughts?


i like A2, Darren's modification, but i think the tail of the P could
extend straight down from the joint

incorporation and official hoodies next?



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Re: Photo trip to the Isle of Wight

2013-08-14 Thread Paul Sorenson


That's a request best not given to Anthony Weiner...

On 8/14/2013 1:46 PM, Bob W wrote:

Send us a shot of your hornpipe, sailor-boy.
B

On 14 Aug 2013, at 19:14, "Steve Cottrell"  wrote:


Sadly there is zero Pentax content in this post! However, I am off on a
stills photo trip tomorrow and thought I would mention it here. This
weekend sees the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Old Gaffers
Association ) where a large collection of classic
gaff-rigged vessels of all sizes will converge at Cowes on the Isle of
Wight in the UK.

I'm planning on getting an old gaffer in my retirement and so am off
there for the day to check out the boats and hopefully meet up with a
few people I've spoken to. Not doing any filming but Stef has loaned me
his photo kit so I will be taking a Canon 1DmIIn, EF 17-40/4 EF IS
28-135/3.5 and 70-200/4. I hope to post some pics at some point, so if
you like olde sailing boats, watch this space!

Actually looking forward to this as I haven't done a photo trip in years.

Arrr cap'n.

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Re: Will be vacationing ...


If Brimfield Flea Market is on, I bet COllin would enjoy that!

ann

On 8/14/2013 13:38, Rick Womer wrote:

My favorite places:

The Barrington Brewery (excellent brewpub in Great Barrington)
Bash Bish Falls (best in early morning; light is a problem much past 10am. Hike 
down from the MA side if you're feeling vigorous; otherwise drive and walk from 
the NY side).
Walking around central Great Barrington and Lenox.
The view from Monument Mountain (north of Gt. Barrington)
A Boston Symphony concert at Tanglewood, preceded by a picnic on the lawn.
A bit north: the Clark Institute (art museum) in Williamstown.

Cheers,

Rick

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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 11:03 AM
Subject: Will be vacationing ...

... fairly soon out in Western Mass.
Any PDMLers out there?
Any good stuff to shoot early a.m?
We'll be camping in the Granville State Forest for a week.




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Re: Any software for DSLR video pano?

2013-08-14 Thread steve harley


on 2013-08-13 21:28 Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote

They're not "stitching a video" with the iPhone Panorama feature, the number of 
vertical pixels is wrong for that.


right, that's why Larry was thinking in terms of using "full-res" video, a 
full-resolution camera image (8mp for iPhone 5) for each frame of video, to 
auto-stitch panoramas; that's a brute-force concept, and not what the iPhone 
does; i guessed that the iPhone "watches" its video feed to detect when to take 
a full res shot for the next segment of the panorama, but it turns out it's a 
more subtle process; interpreting from these two sources:






the phone uses it's gyroscope to know where it's pointed relative to the 
initial frame, and then at the appropriate moments takes data from just a 
central strip of the sensor, while also producing a continuous live view image 
(the iPhone 5 also introduced the capacity to take full-res still shots while 
also capturing video)


while the iPhone 5 sensor is 3264x2448 pixels, various reports put the actual 
height (assuming "normal" orientation) of a finished panorama in the mid-to-low 
2000s, so it seems to discard some info from the top & bottom of the sensor to 
allow for imperfect aim



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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo

2013-08-14 Thread steve harley


on 2013-08-14 13:23 John Celio wrote

Last night, I was working on a design concept centered on an old
Pentax camera and thought it would be fun to make a PDML logo based on
the old Asahi Optical Co. logo. I came up with three slightly
different versions:

http://www.jacelio.com/special/PDML-icon-idea-02.png

Any thoughts?


i like A2, Darren's modification, but i think the tail of the P could extend 
straight down from the joint


incorporation and official hoodies next?

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Re: Pentax commerce

My Amazon email also included the K10D. Surprised that it and the K20D were 
apparently still available new.


Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: "Stan Halpin" 

Subject: Pentax commerce


My weekly mailer from Cameta Camera (western NY State, strong web 
presence) had featured at the top of the ad: New Cameras - Pentax 500 and 
Pentax 50.
Cameta doesn't target their ads, so what I saw is what everyone on their 
list would have seen.
My thrice-weekly  push from Amazon included K20D, K-7, K-5, K-5ii and 
K-5iis. The last two were $839 and $997 respectively.


stan



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Re: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2

The first one is my favorite (where did you find such a clean turn-out suit?).

Rick

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Subject: PESO... Wonder Twins, take 2

Hi all,

A few of you might recall the image I shared a couple of weeks ago, of
newborn twins, having a really bad day?  Although that shoot was a
bit of a train wreck, I was lucky enough to get another crack at it.
So, I doubled-down on all of my baby-whispering tactics, crossed my
fingers & hoped for a better day.  The goal was to get a shot of the
little guys in their dad's firefighter gear... I never could get them
situated in the boots just right, so came up with this:

http://bit.ly/122CnZG

Scroll to the right for a couple more, if you like.

:)
-c

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Re: PESO Getting some air

2013-08-14 Thread Marco Alpert

Awesome!

   - Marco

On Aug 14, 2013, at 1:44 PM, Bruce Walker wrote:

> My niece Sophie doing some athletic leaps down by Lake Ontario last evening:
> 
> http://flic.kr/p/fuBZdY
> 
> The title also refers to the fact that it was a very unseasonable 13
> degrees C with 50 km/h winds where we were shooting on a spit out in
> Lake Ontario. One assistant, Sophie's friend Olivia almost sailed away
> with the monopod'ed softbox. Luckily my assistants and models are
> typically Canadian, made of stern stuff and we all survived the
> ordeal.
> 
> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 19mm/f5.6, 160th sec, ISO 200;
> AF540FGZ in fleaBay umbrella softbox, left; AF540FGZ bare & handheld, right;
> Lr + Ps + Nik.
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
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Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...

John, I never let a camera be exposed w/o some protection when in inclement 
weather, a hat or towel or in the case of the 600, sometimes a jacket. To 
not provide some sort of shielding is asking for trouble.


Don't know if that was the case with your PZ-1P or not.
I had a PZ-1P which saw a phenominal amount of film go thru it - it was used 
both for work & pleasure shooting and it never missed a beat except for a 
rewind motor that had to be replaced.


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Subject: Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...



On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:08:29AM -0400, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:

I consider myself somewhat of an 'adventure' photographer and I too
can say weathersealing has never made any difference in my
photography - rain, sleet, snow, blowing sand etc.

IMO its more of a marketing thing than an actual factor.


I've had a camera (a PZ-1p) start behaving very strangely when I was
photographing during moderate rain.  So I just switched to the MX :-)



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Re: PESO Getting some air

2013-08-14 Thread Paul Stenquist

Love it!

Paul via phone

On Aug 14, 2013, at 5:08 PM, Bob W  wrote:

> Superb. I imagine she'll love that picture for her whole life,
> 
> B
> 
> On 14 Aug 2013, at 21:44, Bruce Walker  wrote:
> 
>> My niece Sophie doing some athletic leaps down by Lake Ontario last evening:
>> 
>> http://flic.kr/p/fuBZdY
>> 
>> The title also refers to the fact that it was a very unseasonable 13
>> degrees C with 50 km/h winds where we were shooting on a spit out in
>> Lake Ontario. One assistant, Sophie's friend Olivia almost sailed away
>> with the monopod'ed softbox. Luckily my assistants and models are
>> typically Canadian, made of stern stuff and we all survived the
>> ordeal.
>> 
>> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 19mm/f5.6, 160th sec, ISO 200;
>> AF540FGZ in fleaBay umbrella softbox, left; AF540FGZ bare & handheld, right;
>> Lr + Ps + Nik.
>> 
>> Comments welcome.
>> 
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Re: PESO: Bright Future

On 14/8/13, John Sessoms, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I made a visit to RDU Airport last Saturday. Went out to exercise my 
>K10D and ended up at the observation deck there. Not really much to see, 
>but there was a little bit of a thunderstorm passed through & I thought 
>this one was worth playing around with.
>
>A bit of Nik filters - about 10% Silver Efex Pro & 90% Color Efex Pro.
>
>http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9509974875/lightbox/

You thought right.

The little boy makes the shot for me. Well done.

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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

On 14/8/13, John, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I'm sure that's some kind of salacious pun or other low gutter humor
>(humour) there, but I haven't figured it out yet.

Why John, anyone would think that there are ulterior motives in my every
sentence.

A top-shot is exactly that. A nice view from a high position.

Whose mind is in the gutter eh!!!

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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

On 14/8/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed:

>I was trying to raise the yard-arm so the sun would be below it and we
>could all have a drink.

I'll drink to that!

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Re: Two of everything?


No.
No.

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Subject: Two of everything?



Anyone else getting two copies of every email - just from the PDML?


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Re: PESO Getting some air

Superb. I imagine she'll love that picture for her whole life,

B

On 14 Aug 2013, at 21:44, Bruce Walker  wrote:

> My niece Sophie doing some athletic leaps down by Lake Ontario last evening:
> 
> http://flic.kr/p/fuBZdY
> 
> The title also refers to the fact that it was a very unseasonable 13
> degrees C with 50 km/h winds where we were shooting on a spit out in
> Lake Ontario. One assistant, Sophie's friend Olivia almost sailed away
> with the monopod'ed softbox. Luckily my assistants and models are
> typically Canadian, made of stern stuff and we all survived the
> ordeal.
> 
> K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 19mm/f5.6, 160th sec, ISO 200;
> AF540FGZ in fleaBay umbrella softbox, left; AF540FGZ bare & handheld, right;
> Lr + Ps + Nik.
> 
> Comments welcome.
> 
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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo

2013-08-14 Thread David Parsons

I like C the best.  But flip the P backwards to fill the space better.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 3:23 PM, John Celio
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> Pentax camera and thought it would be fun to make a PDML logo based on
> the old Asahi Optical Co. logo. I came up with three slightly
> different versions:
>
> http://www.jacelio.com/special/PDML-icon-idea-02.png
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Anyway, this was just for fun. I doubt there will be overwhelming
> desire to use any of these for the actual PDML logo.
>
> John
> (version A is my favorite)
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Re: Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo

This is BRILLIANT, John.
I like "A" best of your three also.
However, I think that sticking with angular letters works better than
curvy letters (to keep with the flavor of the original logo).
So I modified your "A" version to make the P and the D more angular
and closer to the original logo.
What do you think?

http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/PDML.jpg

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 2:23 PM, John Celio
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> Last night, I was working on a design concept centered on an old
> Pentax camera and thought it would be fun to make a PDML logo based on
> the old Asahi Optical Co. logo. I came up with three slightly
> different versions:
>
> http://www.jacelio.com/special/PDML-icon-idea-02.png
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Anyway, this was just for fun. I doubt there will be overwhelming
> desire to use any of these for the actual PDML logo.
>
> John
> (version A is my favorite)
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PESO Getting some air

2013-08-14 Thread Bruce Walker

My niece Sophie doing some athletic leaps down by Lake Ontario last evening:

http://flic.kr/p/fuBZdY

The title also refers to the fact that it was a very unseasonable 13
degrees C with 50 km/h winds where we were shooting on a spit out in
Lake Ontario. One assistant, Sophie's friend Olivia almost sailed away
with the monopod'ed softbox. Luckily my assistants and models are
typically Canadian, made of stern stuff and we all survived the
ordeal.

K20D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 19mm/f5.6, 160th sec, ISO 200;
AF540FGZ in fleaBay umbrella softbox, left; AF540FGZ bare & handheld, right;
Lr + Ps + Nik.

Comments welcome.

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PESO: Bright Future

2013-08-14 Thread John Sessoms

I made a visit to RDU Airport last Saturday. Went out to exercise my 
K10D and ended up at the observation deck there. Not really much to see, 
but there was a little bit of a thunderstorm passed through & I thought 
this one was worth playing around with.


A bit of Nik filters - about 10% Silver Efex Pro & 90% Color Efex Pro.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jb_sessoms/9509974875/lightbox/

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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

Depending upon whom you ask, they have either:
1) Recovered brilliantly with a stunning restoration, or
2) Converted the fire's destruction to tasteless utter devastation.

Rick
 
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So they've recovered from the fire then?

On 8/14/2013 1:31 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
> The obligatory Greenwich photo.  I turned around from taking it, and there 
> was Chris Mitchell.
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495652&size=lg
>
>
> Or, in its stark naked form,
>
> http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg
>
>
> (K-5, DA 16-45)
>
> Comments always appreciated.
>
> Rick
>

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A quotation from David duChemin

2013-08-14 Thread Bulent Celasun

This is from one of his blogs:

"We don’t need bigger photographs, or sharper ones.
We need photographs that move us."

Nicely put, I say.


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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

Yep. On his bicycle, no less.
 
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Subject: Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

On 14/8/13, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>Or, in its stark naked form,
>
>http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg
>


Is that Bob up on the first yard getting a top-shot?

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Inspired by the old Asahi Optical logo

2013-08-14 Thread John Celio

Last night, I was working on a design concept centered on an old
Pentax camera and thought it would be fun to make a PDML logo based on
the old Asahi Optical Co. logo. I came up with three slightly
different versions:

http://www.jacelio.com/special/PDML-icon-idea-02.png

Any thoughts?

Anyway, this was just for fun. I doubt there will be overwhelming
desire to use any of these for the actual PDML logo.

John
(version A is my favorite)

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Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...

2013-08-14 Thread Steve Desjardins

I hate it when that happens.   

Steve Desjardins

On Aug 14, 2013, at 1:25 PM, Bob Sullivan  wrote:

> And I had a new PZ-1 that died shooting a pig roast in light rain
> and under a steamy tent as the pig was carved.
> Sent it back to Pentax, Colorado under warranty.
> Regards,  Bob S.
> 
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:36 AM, John Francis  wrote:
>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:08:29AM -0400, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
>>> I consider myself somewhat of an 'adventure' photographer and I too
>>> can say weathersealing has never made any difference in my
>>> photography - rain, sleet, snow, blowing sand etc.
>>> 
>>> IMO its more of a marketing thing than an actual factor.
>> 
>> I've had a camera (a PZ-1p) start behaving very strangely when I was
>> photographing during moderate rain.  So I just switched to the MX :-)
>> 
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Re: OT Ten. Yours free.

2013-08-14 Thread Larry Colen

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:37:37AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
> It's a matter of the service he's using, to save on costs. You should not 
> redistribute other people's work without their permission. Some might not 
> take it so kindly. 

You are both correct. My goal was to be helpful, so that a select few people 
could get his book without chewing up his bandwidth.

Do note, however, that I did not publicly post the link to where I stashed the 
file.

> 
> I logged in just after midnight and obtained my copy on the first try. 
> 
> Godfrey - godfreydigio...@me.com
> 
> On Aug 14, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:
> 
> > Then why limit the number per day other than to preserve bandwidth?
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Pentax commerce

2013-08-14 Thread Stan Halpin

My weekly mailer from Cameta Camera (western NY State, strong web presence) had 
featured at the top of the ad: New Cameras - Pentax 500 and Pentax 50.
Cameta doesn't target their ads, so what I saw is what everyone on 
their list would have seen.
My thrice-weekly  push from Amazon included K20D, K-7, K-5, K-5ii and K-5iis. 
The last two were $839 and $997 respectively.

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Re: Two of everything?


On 8/14/2013 2:19 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 14/8/13, John, discombobulated, unleashed:


Damn! Beat me to it.


You gotta get up pretty early in the morning Sessoms. Actually bloody
early as we're 8 hours ahead ;-)



Like hell! I'm retired. I ain't gotta do nothin' if I don't want to. And
that includes getting out of bed before the crack of noon.

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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

That would be a matter of opinion...

On 14 Aug 2013, at 19:47, John  wrote:

> So they've recovered from the fire then?
> 
> On 8/14/2013 1:31 PM, Rick Womer wrote:
>> The obligatory Greenwich photo.  I turned around from taking it, and there 
>> was Chris Mitchell.
>> 
>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495652&size=lg
>> 
>> 
>> Or, in its stark naked form,
>> 
>> http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg
>> 
>> 
>> (K-5, DA 16-45)
>> 
>> Comments always appreciated.
>> 
>> Rick
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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

On 14 Aug 2013, at 19:17, "Steve Cottrell"  wrote:

> On 14/8/13, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> 
>> Or, in its stark naked form,
>> 
>> http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg
> 
> 
> Is that Bob up on the first yard getting a top-shot?

I was trying to raise the yard-arm so the sun would be below it and we could 
all have a drink.

B

> 
> 

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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark


On 8/14/2013 2:17 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote:

On 14/8/13, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:



Or, in its stark naked form,

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg




Is that Bob up on the first yard getting a top-shot?



I'm sure that's some kind of salacious pun or other low gutter humor
(humour) there, but I haven't figured it out yet.

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Re: 2 PANOS

2013-08-14 Thread David J Brooks

Very nice panos

Dave

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Alan C  wrote:
> A couple of Panos from last weekend in Kruger. Right click to chose a larger
> size & then pan L & R.
>
> Olifants Camp is situated high on a ridge on the E bank of the Olifants
> river. From here you can see for miles. There used to be a pay telescope at
> the point from which I took these 5 stitched photos but it was vandalised &
> removed. This is a favourite spot for tourists, especially those sporting
> big white lenses. My humble K110D was the rose among the thorns. The Pano is
> roughly 180deg, looking W.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9490052257/lightbox/
>
> Buffaloes live in matriarchal herds comprising several hundred individuals.
> The mature bulls graze alone or in small groups to build up strength for
> periodical sex orgies. This herd of about 300 was basking in the mid-day sun
> south of Satara camp.
>
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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

2013-08-14 Thread David J Brooks

Very nice

Dave

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 1:31 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> The obligatory Greenwich photo.  I turned around from taking it, and there 
> was Chris Mitchell.
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495652&size=lg
>
>
> Or, in its stark naked form,
>
> http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg
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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark


So they've recovered from the fire then?

On 8/14/2013 1:31 PM, Rick Womer wrote:

The obligatory Greenwich photo.  I turned around from taking it, and there was 
Chris Mitchell.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495652&size=lg


Or, in its stark naked form,

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg


(K-5, DA 16-45)

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Re: Photo trip to the Isle of Wight

Send us a shot of your hornpipe, sailor-boy.
B

On 14 Aug 2013, at 19:14, "Steve Cottrell"  wrote:

> Sadly there is zero Pentax content in this post! However, I am off on a
> stills photo trip tomorrow and thought I would mention it here. This
> weekend sees the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Old Gaffers
> Association ) where a large collection of classic
> gaff-rigged vessels of all sizes will converge at Cowes on the Isle of
> Wight in the UK.
> 
> I'm planning on getting an old gaffer in my retirement and so am off
> there for the day to check out the boats and hopefully meet up with a
> few people I've spoken to. Not doing any filming but Stef has loaned me
> his photo kit so I will be taking a Canon 1DmIIn, EF 17-40/4 EF IS
> 28-135/3.5 and 70-200/4. I hope to post some pics at some point, so if
> you like olde sailing boats, watch this space!
> 
> Actually looking forward to this as I haven't done a photo trip in years.
> 
> Arrr cap'n.
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Re: Found a Pentax mistake in the Super Tak 50mm f1.4


On 8/14/2013 1:05 PM, Tom C wrote:

8. Re: Found a Pentax mistake in the Super Tak 50mm f1.4
   (Darren Addy)

From: Darren Addy 

I suppose your comment, John is that all of this is "much ado about
nothing". Perhaps you are also of the mindset that all wines taste the
same.

Great photographs are not totally dependent upon great equipment, but
that doesn't mean that there aren't differences in that equipment and
that some people will be able to notice that difference (and want to
have the better tool in their toolbelt). Certainly those who wish to
remain ignorant are free do do so. Those who can't discern the
difference would be silly to care. It is also a waste of time to try
to educate anyone who doesn't want to be educated. But I suggest that
you don't have to have the greatest pair of eyes in the world to
discern the difference and to decide for yourself which was the
superior optical design (the 8 element or the cheaper to build 7
element):



Yawn... scratch... scratch... scratch. You've awakened a slumbering
bear Darren.

Funny, because you summed up quite nicely my rationale for changing brands. :)

John probably drinks jug wines (some of which are actually OK). :)

Tom C.



All wines may taste the same, but all GIN does not. Nor, are all brands of
tonic created equal. And don't get me started on who grew the limes.

Still, I don't drink much of anything nowadays. Towards the end of my
honky-tonking lifestyle I got in the habit of being the designated
driver & it's kind of stuck with me.

I have a glass about the size & shape of a tennis ball. If I've got
insomnia REAL BAD, I'll fill it half full of wine & let it sit out for
an hour or so before I want to go to bed & try to sleep. Works better
than sleeping pills.

I do have a partial 5-Litre BOX of Merlot in the fridge. I don't remember
how long it's been in there, but I'm pretty sure it's less than 10 years
old.

No, correct that, it's an Almaden Mountain Burgundy of California. I
just went & looked. Also, there's half a bottle of Chateau Chevalier
2006 Cabernet Sauvignon from the Spring Mountain District of Napa
Valley. I know it's only been in there for a year.

I'm pretty sure I've got at least one other bottle of wine around here
somewhere, but I don't know where it's got to at the moment. The two
bottles of wine were part of a prize I won in a charity raffle.

The box of wine was so I could offer SOMETHING other than tap-water on
the rare occasions I have guests. Not everyone drinks black coffee. I
keep forgetting that other people put stuff in their coffee & neglect to
stock cream/creamer or sugar.

Lenses are indeed tools, but I haven't seen that the optical design
makes all that much difference in how well they drive nails.

But, to each his own.

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Re: Photo trip to the Isle of Wight

2013-08-14 Thread Mark Roberts

Arrr, batten down the hatches mateys! Cap'n Cotty sails again!

(Ready torpedoes...)
 
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Re: OT - Ballet dancers or photoshop?

2013-08-14 Thread steve harley


on 2013-08-14 8:58 Igor Roshchin wrote

... I don't know if some of these photos are actually photoshoped
(as they seem rather unreal)...
But in any case, these photos are interesting:
http://www.leenks.com/gallery2157.htm


as someone who has seen a few dozen contemporary dance performances (and 
hundreds more on TV's so you think you can dance), there's nothing physically 
impossible about these scenes, though they would be challenging to photograph


it bugs me they are narrowly labeled as "ballet dancers" (perhaps they are, but 
such athletics and acrobatics are not confined to ballet)




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Re: Two of everything?

On 14/8/13, John, discombobulated, unleashed:

>Damn! Beat me to it.

You gotta get up pretty early in the morning Sessoms. Actually bloody
early as we're 8 hours ahead ;-)

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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

On 14/8/13, Rick Womer, discombobulated, unleashed:

>
>Or, in its stark naked form,
>
>http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg
>


Is that Bob up on the first yard getting a top-shot?

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Photo trip to the Isle of Wight

Sadly there is zero Pentax content in this post! However, I am off on a
stills photo trip tomorrow and thought I would mention it here. This
weekend sees the 50th anniversary celebrations of the Old Gaffers
Association ) where a large collection of classic
gaff-rigged vessels of all sizes will converge at Cowes on the Isle of
Wight in the UK.

I'm planning on getting an old gaffer in my retirement and so am off
there for the day to check out the boats and hopefully meet up with a
few people I've spoken to. Not doing any filming but Stef has loaned me
his photo kit so I will be taking a Canon 1DmIIn, EF 17-40/4 EF IS
28-135/3.5 and 70-200/4. I hope to post some pics at some point, so if
you like olde sailing boats, watch this space!

Actually looking forward to this as I haven't done a photo trip in years.

Arrr cap'n.

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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

Bob,

After it burned a few years ago, the hull was raised 3 meters off the water, 
and a museum built around it.

Rick
 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:42 PM
Subject: Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

Rick,
What is that?  They have the ship mounted on a stand?
Regards,  Bob S.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> The obligatory Greenwich photo.  I turned around from taking it, and there 
> was Chris Mitchell.
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495652&size=lg
>
>
> Or, in its stark naked form,
>
> http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg
>
>
> (K-5, DA 16-45)
>
> Comments always appreciated.
>
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Re: OT - Ballet dancers or photoshop?


All of them are PhotoShopped to some extent, but they're *NOT FAKED*
with PhotoShop. There's a difference.

I expect many of them took more than one take to get an image the
photographer wanted ... except the one on the subway where the woman
spilled her drink on the bystander (bysitter?) appears to be
serendipitous.

... for the photographer, if not for the innocent rider.

On 8/14/2013 11:35 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013, Igor Roshchin wrote:


... I don't know if some of these photos are actually photoshoped
(as they seem rather unreal)...
But in any case, these photos are interesting:
http://www.leenks.com/gallery2157.htm


Scroll down to the last image and you see that the photographer is
Jordan Matter, which allows you to easily search for this:

http://www.dancersamongus.com/

Doesn't answer your photoshop question, though.  ;-)



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PESO: Defy Gravity

2013-08-14 Thread Daniel J. Matyola

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17484060
Comments are invited.

Dan Matyola
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Re: Found a Pentax mistake in the Super Tak 50mm f1.4

2013-08-14 Thread Tom C

> From: Darren Addy 
>
> Yeah, well, that may be your rationale but it also comes with a heft
> price tag that has to be factored in for anybody wishing to make a
> similar evaluation involving chucking their PK & m42 glass.
>
> What I particularly like about this particular bit of kit (the
> original 8 element Super Takumar) is that you can get the superior
> optical performance for a relative pittance (particularly since the
> interwebs are full of misinformation on this particular lens). You
> could even use it on your D800E, if you didn't mind losing infinity or
> introducing an adapter with an additional optical element. At least
> Canon owners don't have THAT problem. (Tee-Hee!)

It's not a "problem" since I'll never be using that lens on the D800E.
There are plenty of 50's for it, including the AF-S 50mm f/1.4G SIC SW
which is one of the best modern 50's out there.

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Re: Will be vacationing ...

2013-08-14 Thread Bob Sullivan

Have a great time Rick, recharge those batteries...  Regards, Bob S.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:38 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> My favorite places:
>
> The Barrington Brewery (excellent brewpub in Great Barrington)
> Bash Bish Falls (best in early morning; light is a problem much past 10am. 
> Hike down from the MA side if you're feeling vigorous; otherwise drive and 
> walk from the NY side).
> Walking around central Great Barrington and Lenox.
> The view from Monument Mountain (north of Gt. Barrington)
> A Boston Symphony concert at Tanglewood, preceded by a picnic on the lawn.
> A bit north: the Clark Institute (art museum) in Williamstown.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rick
>
> http://photo.net/photos/RickW
>
>
> - Original Message -
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> Subject: Will be vacationing ...
>
> ... fairly soon out in Western Mass.
> Any PDMLers out there?
> Any good stuff to shoot early a.m?
> We'll be camping in the Granville State Forest for a week.
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Re: PESO - Cutty Sark

2013-08-14 Thread Bob Sullivan

Rick,
What is that?  They have the ship mounted on a stand?
Regards,  Bob S.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:31 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> The obligatory Greenwich photo.  I turned around from taking it, and there 
> was Chris Mitchell.
>
> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495652&size=lg
>
>
> Or, in its stark naked form,
>
> http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg
>
>
> (K-5, DA 16-45)
>
> Comments always appreciated.
>
> Rick
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Re: Will be vacationing ...

My favorite places:

The Barrington Brewery (excellent brewpub in Great Barrington)
Bash Bish Falls (best in early morning; light is a problem much past 10am. Hike 
down from the MA side if you're feeling vigorous; otherwise drive and walk from 
the NY side).
Walking around central Great Barrington and Lenox.
The view from Monument Mountain (north of Gt. Barrington)
A Boston Symphony concert at Tanglewood, preceded by a picnic on the lawn.
A bit north: the Clark Institute (art museum) in Williamstown.

Cheers,

Rick
 
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Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 11:03 AM
Subject: Will be vacationing ...

... fairly soon out in Western Mass. 
Any PDMLers out there?
Any good stuff to shoot early a.m?
We'll be camping in the Granville State Forest for a week.


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Re: OT Ten. Yours free.

It's a matter of the service he's using, to save on costs. You should not 
redistribute other people's work without their permission. Some might not take 
it so kindly. 

I logged in just after midnight and obtained my copy on the first try. 

Godfrey - godfreydigio...@me.com

On Aug 14, 2013, at 10:30 AM, Larry Colen  wrote:

> Then why limit the number per day other than to preserve bandwidth?

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PESO - Cutty Sark

The obligatory Greenwich photo.  I turned around from taking it, and there was 
Chris Mitchell.

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17495652&size=lg


Or, in its stark naked form,

http://gallery.photo.net/photo/17495652-lg.jpg


(K-5, DA 16-45)

Comments always appreciated.

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Re: OT Ten. Yours free.

2013-08-14 Thread Larry Colen

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:47:30PM -0400, John Francis wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 03:22:46PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
> > I saved my copy on my website.  If like Brian you can't download a 
> > copy, drop me a note and I'll send you the url.
> 
> Really, Larry! You should know better.
> 
> Don't give away somebody else's IP.  That "free" book is given away
> in exchange for your visiting the site and registering an email address.

Then why limit the number per day other than to preserve bandwidth?

> 
> If you don't get it one day, try the next day, when another one thousand
> downloads will be enabled.  That's what I did, and today I got my copy.
> 
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Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...

2013-08-14 Thread Bob Sullivan

And I had a new PZ-1 that died shooting a pig roast in light rain
and under a steamy tent as the pig was carved.
Sent it back to Pentax, Colorado under warranty.
Regards,  Bob S.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 11:36 AM, John Francis  wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:08:29AM -0400, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
>> I consider myself somewhat of an 'adventure' photographer and I too
>> can say weathersealing has never made any difference in my
>> photography - rain, sleet, snow, blowing sand etc.
>>
>> IMO its more of a marketing thing than an actual factor.
>
> I've had a camera (a PZ-1p) start behaving very strangely when I was
> photographing during moderate rain.  So I just switched to the MX :-)
>
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Re: Found a Pentax mistake in the Super Tak 50mm f1.4

Yeah, well, that may be your rationale but it also comes with a heft
price tag that has to be factored in for anybody wishing to make a
similar evaluation involving chucking their PK & m42 glass.

What I particularly like about this particular bit of kit (the
original 8 element Super Takumar) is that you can get the superior
optical performance for a relative pittance (particularly since the
interwebs are full of misinformation on this particular lens). You
could even use it on your D800E, if you didn't mind losing infinity or
introducing an adapter with an additional optical element. At least
Canon owners don't have THAT problem. (Tee-Hee!)

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Tom C  wrote:
>>8. Re: Found a Pentax mistake in the Super Tak 50mm f1.4
>>   (Darren Addy)
>>
>> From: Darren Addy 
>>
>> I suppose your comment, John is that all of this is "much ado about
>> nothing". Perhaps you are also of the mindset that all wines taste the
>> same.
>>
>> Great photographs are not totally dependent upon great equipment, but
>> that doesn't mean that there aren't differences in that equipment and
>> that some people will be able to notice that difference (and want to
>> have the better tool in their toolbelt). Certainly those who wish to
>> remain ignorant are free do do so. Those who can't discern the
>> difference would be silly to care. It is also a waste of time to try
>> to educate anyone who doesn't want to be educated. But I suggest that
>> you don't have to have the greatest pair of eyes in the world to
>> discern the difference and to decide for yourself which was the
>> superior optical design (the 8 element or the cheaper to build 7
>> element):
>>
>
> Yawn... scratch... scratch... scratch. You've awakened a slumbering
> bear Darren.
>
> Funny, because you summed up quite nicely my rationale for changing brands. :)
>
> John probably drinks jug wines (some of which are actually OK). :)
>
> Tom C.
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Re: Found a Pentax mistake in the Super Tak 50mm f1.4

2013-08-14 Thread Tom C

>8. Re: Found a Pentax mistake in the Super Tak 50mm f1.4
>   (Darren Addy)
>
> From: Darren Addy 
>
> I suppose your comment, John is that all of this is "much ado about
> nothing". Perhaps you are also of the mindset that all wines taste the
> same.
>
> Great photographs are not totally dependent upon great equipment, but
> that doesn't mean that there aren't differences in that equipment and
> that some people will be able to notice that difference (and want to
> have the better tool in their toolbelt). Certainly those who wish to
> remain ignorant are free do do so. Those who can't discern the
> difference would be silly to care. It is also a waste of time to try
> to educate anyone who doesn't want to be educated. But I suggest that
> you don't have to have the greatest pair of eyes in the world to
> discern the difference and to decide for yourself which was the
> superior optical design (the 8 element or the cheaper to build 7
> element):
>

Yawn... scratch... scratch... scratch. You've awakened a slumbering
bear Darren.

Funny, because you summed up quite nicely my rationale for changing brands. :)

John probably drinks jug wines (some of which are actually OK). :)

Tom C.

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Re: OT Ten. Yours free.

2013-08-14 Thread John Francis

On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 03:22:46PM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
> I saved my copy on my website.  If like Brian you can't download a 
> copy, drop me a note and I'll send you the url.

Really, Larry! You should know better.

Don't give away somebody else's IP.  That "free" book is given away
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If you don't get it one day, try the next day, when another one thousand
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Re: Kirk Tuck likes the K-01 ...

2013-08-14 Thread John Francis

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 12:08:29AM -0400, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
> I consider myself somewhat of an 'adventure' photographer and I too
> can say weathersealing has never made any difference in my
> photography - rain, sleet, snow, blowing sand etc.
> 
> IMO its more of a marketing thing than an actual factor.

I've had a camera (a PZ-1p) start behaving very strangely when I was
photographing during moderate rain.  So I just switched to the MX :-)


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Re: 2 PANOS

2013-08-14 Thread Alan C

Thanks for looking & for the Flickr tutorials. For some reason I can't get 
into full screen mode (the two balls just go round & round for ever!) so I 
haven't seen the auto pan mode yet.


Alan C

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Esc should work in any browser / OS.

I'm a Flickr user and I agree that the new image viewing UI "has
issues" (sucks). You're supposed to click the non-obvious X in the
upper-right corner of the viewer when you want to leave "view single
image" mode. If instead you happen to click on the image itself it
goes into auto-fullscreen-slideshow mode. This navigation breaks all
the user expectations and is confusing.

Sigh.


On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 7:17 PM, Stan Halpin
 wrote:

No, Safari browser on a Mac.

On Aug 12, 2013, at 4:49 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote:

Stan - you in windoze? did you try jsut hitting ESC on the keyboard? that 
worked for me


I was sorry to do full screen - it made me dizzy

ann

On 8/12/2013 15:27, Stan Halpin wrote:

Very nice!

Two comments about the presentation of the panos in fliker:

First, I somehow clicked something that threw the image (buffalos) into 
full screen, and then started into a Ken Burns style animation of the 
image, sweeping back and forth across the pano. Unexpected (!) but 
effective in giving a good feel for the scope and breadth of the 
landscape, particularly with the river shot. And clicking near the 
bottom uncovered buttons to Stop the action or to move forward/backword 
to another image. OK, all good so far. (Though I would rather the 
Ken-Burns sweep was slower.)


Second, I could not get out of that full-screen mode. I could find no 
button to return to Home, I couldn't dismiss the Flash (?) player, and I 
couldn't even close my browser window. Eventually I did a forced-quit on 
the browser (Safari, appropriately enough).


stan

On Aug 12, 2013, at 11:01 AM, Alan C wrote:

A couple of Panos from last weekend in Kruger. Right click to chose a 
larger size & then pan L & R.


Olifants Camp is situated high on a ridge on the E bank of the Olifants 
river. From here you can see for miles. There used to be a pay 
telescope at the point from which I took these 5 stitched photos but it 
was vandalised & removed. This is a favourite spot for tourists, 
especially those sporting big white lenses. My humble K110D was the 
rose among the thorns. The Pano is roughly 180deg, looking W.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9490052257/lightbox/

Buffaloes live in matriarchal herds comprising several hundred 
individuals. The mature bulls graze alone or in small groups to build 
up strength for periodical sex orgies. This herd of about 300 was 
basking in the mid-day sun south of Satara camp.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/9492846800/lightbox/


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Re: PESO - I'm Tired of This Game...

2013-08-14 Thread George Sinos

Thanks for looking and the comments to all.  Judging by the logs, this
thing must have struck a chord with a lot of people and been forwarded
around.  It has had more unique views than almost everything I've ever
posted.

gs
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Bob Sullivan  wrote:
> Christine,
> Some kids go on to be soccer stars, some even play in college, but
> only if you have a Hispanic surname.
> Others grow up to be superstars in other things, wives, and mothers.
> Spend your money where you want, but which do you think we need more of?
> Regards,  Bob S.
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 11:46 AM, Christine Nielsen  
> wrote:
>> Ha... I love this!  So many times, my daughter at that age would be
>> out in the middle of the soccer field, just spinning, or looking at
>> bugs, or staring into space...
>>
>> Ah yes, money well-spent.
>>
>> :)
>> -c
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 11:16 AM, George Sinos  wrote:
>>> Little Kids are unpredictable on the soccer field.  Here's a picture
>>> of my granddaughter in a 2001 game.  I guess she decided she need a
>>> break.
>>>
>>> 
>>>
>>> Scanned from a 2001 Kodak Portra negative shot with a ZX-5n and a
>>> Tamron 70-300mm lens.
>>>
>>> They are only a few years old, but these negatives have help up well
>>> and are pretty easy to scan.  Vuescan does a good job with color
>>> negative film.
>>>
>>>
>>> GS
>>> George Sinos
>>> 
>>> www.GeorgesPhotos.net
>>> www.GeorgeSinos.com
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Re: Black & White 103

2013-08-14 Thread Don Guthrie

Thanks for the look and comments Godfrey. I have see all types of photos 
labeled abstract lately. In this case I was looking for a photo that 
rendered itself to a strong black and white tones without a recognizable 
location or subject. I have been working on a series of landscapes with 
this process which I will be adding to the blog. If you have the time I 
hope you will revisit in the future.

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Message: 5 Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 20:25:28 -0700 From: Godfrey DiGiorgi
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Re: Black & White 103 Message-ID:
 Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=us-ascii Lovely tone and rendering. I'm not sure the photo works
for me, but it is beautifully rendered. The meta-question in this case
is "what do you mean by abstract?" G On Aug 13, 2013, at 11:47 AM, Don
Guthrie  wrote:

>Seems I am in a black & white mood or mode and  I am distracted or in this 
case abstract.
>
>Comments etc. welcomed.
>
>http://donguthriephotos.com/2013/08/13/black-and-white-mood-103/

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Re: OT - Ballet dancers or photoshop?

2013-08-14 Thread Bruce Walker

Real. I read an article about this work when it was shown as part of a
promotion for a NY production (I seem to recall). Dancers are _very_
powerful and flexible, so combined with perspective distortion and PoV
from the lens, you can get these shots.

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013 at 10:58 AM, Igor Roshchin  wrote:
>
>
> ... I don't know if some of these photos are actually photoshoped
> (as they seem rather unreal)...
> But in any case, these photos are interesting:
> http://www.leenks.com/gallery2157.htm
>
> Enjoy,
>
> Igor
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Re: OT - Ballet dancers or photoshop?

2013-08-14 Thread Aahz Maruch

On Wed, Aug 14, 2013, Igor Roshchin wrote:
>
> ... I don't know if some of these photos are actually photoshoped
> (as they seem rather unreal)...
> But in any case, these photos are interesting:
> http://www.leenks.com/gallery2157.htm

Scroll down to the last image and you see that the photographer is
Jordan Matter, which allows you to easily search for this:

http://www.dancersamongus.com/

Doesn't answer your photoshop question, though.  ;-)
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Will be vacationing ...

2013-08-14 Thread CollinB

... fairly soon out in Western Mass. 
Any PDMLers out there?
Any good stuff to shoot early a.m?
We'll be camping in the Granville State Forest for a week.


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Re: OT: More Stupidity, but WHY?

On Aug 14, 2013, at 1:58 AM, Steve Cottrell  wrote:

> On 14/8/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
> 
>> It really helps when dealing with machines to let go of all the
>> emotional baggage.
> 
> I dare you to say that about certain motorcycles ;-)

Well, motorcycles —particularly Italian motorcycles— are not just tools, eh? 
]:-)

G
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