Wuss. If you were any kind of mountain man you wouldn't be able to hold the
camera because you'd have sawn your own fingers off to avoid frostbite.
B
On 30 Nov 2013, at 02:46, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Me and Dr. Lisa on the mountain cold-testing the camera gear.
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Me and Dr. Lisa on the mountain cold-testing the camera gear.
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gr+lt.jpg
Nice glasses.
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On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 2:09 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi
godfreydigio...@me.com wrote:
My friends hosted a fine dinner for yesterday's holiday. Wonderful time!
I photographed the event with both the Olympus E-M1 and the Polaroid Spectra.
Here are the photos:
Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 4:46 AM, Mark Roberts
postmas...@robertstech.com wrote:
Me and Dr. Lisa on the mountain cold-testing the camera gear.
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gr+lt.jpg
Nice glasses.
Bought them from a street vendor in Bolzano for 10
Sorry, one day late... The prices are lowered.
1. Pentax K-5
Bought from a fellow at PentaxForums. Has special focusing screen for
manual metering (blank, but relatively very easy to see things in and
out of focus). Has tiny chip off at the bottom of the camera. If you
remember previously I
This guy is a frequent visitor (aka nuisance). Quite handsome in his own weird
way!
http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h34718200#h34718200
stan
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Nice gallery!
stan
On Nov 29, 2013, at 7:09 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
My friends hosted a fine dinner for yesterday's holiday. Wonderful time!
I photographed the event with both the Olympus E-M1 and the Polaroid Spectra.
Here are the photos:
Thank you!
On Nov 30, 2013, at 3:18 AM, Attila Boros attila.p...@gmail.com wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/11123651054/in/set-72157638190744913/lightbox/
This looks interesting, what food is it?
Turkey Stuffing on the left, Brussels Sprouts on the right. :-)
G
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On 29/11/2013 10:01 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
I have no idea which gender I'd shoot as a nude. I don't have the
skills to do the job well--I'd probably blunder about in all the
cliches.
That really is the learning process. We pretty much all start out
shooting porn. Some mature past it,
When it gets really cold, the first thing to stop working is my peripheral
nervous system. And not the sensory part.
Jostein
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Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 7:24 AM
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Subject: Re: Note to self: SDM doesn't work at -9°F
Its weirdnes certainly comes across in this shot, Stan!
Jostein
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Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 2:57 PM
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
Subject: PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor
This guy is a frequent visitor (aka nuisance). Quite handsome in his
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 10:03 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
On 29/11/2013 10:01 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
I have no idea which gender I'd shoot as a nude. I don't have the
skills to do the job well--I'd probably blunder about in all the
cliches.
That really is the learning
That chip is nothing LOL. You'd cry if you saw my first K-7.
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 8:09 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
Sorry, one day late... The prices are lowered.
1. Pentax K-5
Bought from a fellow at PentaxForums. Has special focusing screen for
manual metering (blank,
Happy holidays, everyone. Whatever you celebrate or even both of them -
have a good one(s).
:-)
On 11/28/2013 3:49 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17613299size=lg
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Unlike you, guys, we had rather hot last couple of days here... Close to
+30C...
On 11/28/2013 7:15 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
And a snowy Happy Thanksgiving to all from the upper MIdwest!
http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h23f9204d#h23f9204d
As I was composing the above message, a swan
On 11/29/2013 9:55 PM, Marco Alpert wrote:
And likewise for me as well. Although I work almost entirely in BW,
the conversion tools in ACR and Photoshop have become key elements in
establishing each shot’s tonality. I wouldn’t be willing to give that
up in exchange for whatever resolution
Thanksgiving escapee. He might have found himself in a much warmer place.:-(
Jack
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Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor
On 11/30/2013 6:15 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
That chip is nothing LOL. You'd cry if you saw my first K-7.
I can attest to the fact that the K-5 offered for sale did not fall and
hence did not sustain any such damage while it was being used by me. I
cannot possibly know what happened before that,
I've watched several of their reviews having seen the links here. Well,
if you take them just as an opinion of few persons (assuming, they do
have a team of reviewers, not just two guys) who have brief experience
with great many various cameras, and more extensive experience with
rather few of
The furnaces of Mordor...
On 11/28/2013 11:30 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne wrote:
http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/11/utah-sr-9.html
Still from Zion, had 36 rather productive hours there.
A four minutes’ exposure, just after sunset.
Jostein
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I presume you are off by 10 binary orders of magnitude, Stan...
I suppose you meant 305 Kb and not 305 Mb, did you?
On 11/26/2013 9:24 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
I was wondering how LR would be able to handle the RAW to jpg conversion on my
Chaos image for the PUG. As I suspected, the chaotic
It looks like a paint chip more than anything. The bottom plates on
all my cameras get pretty chewed up with time, but really its mostly
the paint just rubbing off. My K-5 has a pretty serious impact point
where it was dropped off a tripod. It worked fine after that, and
after I replaced the bent
I see your point now... This is really interesting. I should take my
time and study it deeper. It would seem however that although noticed by
some, these effects are not very real-life important as far as
non-brick-wall shooting is concerned.
Yet it certainly is worth one's while to know more
I find how things work fascinating and always want to know more. I'm
half tempted to run some tests with my K-5 to see if I can find out i
the different color channels lose resolution by differing amounts,
which might give a few clues. FWIW, I still think the K-5's
implementation of 3200 and above
On Nov 30, 2013, at 11:57 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
I presume you are off by 10 binary orders of magnitude, Stan...
I suppose you meant 305 Kb and not 305 Mb, did you?
On 11/26/2013 9:24 PM, Stan Halpin wrote:
I was wondering how LR would be able to handle the RAW to jpg conversion on
We sang it when I was in grade school. I'm sure there must be a few
schools left that haven't eliminated music education as an unnecessarily
frivolous expense.
From: Don Guthrie
Do children even sing that little ditty anymore? Happy Thanksgiving and
Good Day to the rest of the world. This is
Nicely captured!
They can be quite nasty. We used to have a flock of 8-9 in the woods
west of our home, and they would make a mess of our deck planters and
then poop all over the deck. UGH. They would also peck on the glass
walls of our sun room. I'm not sure whether they were fighting with
On 11/29/2013 8:03 PM, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-11-28 18:43 John wrote
Went to update PhotoShop CS6 Extended that I paid $400 for the update,
and
they've forced a password change, and now I can't get into the update
server.
ASSHOLES!
this is because Adobe was hacked and their password
On 11/29/2013 11:18 PM, David Mann wrote:
On Nov 30, 2013, at 8:14 am, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote:
I'm still not seeing photo.net advertising around it.
I did finally figure out that if I scroll down far enough below the image
there's links to other photo.net content.
Is that the
On 11/30/2013 1:50 AM, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-11-27 14:28 Igor Roshchin wrote
Now, the lower capacity means that I would be caring around a
battery that is as heavy but not as capable.
well, they've arrived and are 75g (one gram lighter than my Pentax
battery), but thanks for pointing
On 11/29/2013 9:46 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Me and Dr. Lisa on the mountain cold-testing the camera gear.
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gr+lt.jpg
Aren't you supposed to be doing the fish mouth thing in selfies?
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On 11/29/2013 9:49 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote:
What temp range is the lens spec'd for?
Good question. I seem to recall that the camera's rated down to -15°C,
and we were well below that (about -23°C). The K-5 never missed a
beat.
Try the Sahara next to find
If it's something you want to do, you can do it. You just have to
persevere repeat it until you finally get it right. It's only beyond
your capability until you figure out how to get the image you want.
On 11/29/2013 11:05 AM, Christine Aguila wrote:
That is beautiful, Godfrey! Thanks for
On 11/30/2013 10:03 AM, Bill wrote:
On 29/11/2013 10:01 PM, Christine Aguila wrote:
I have no idea which gender I'd shoot as a nude. I don't have the
skills to do the job well--I'd probably blunder about in all the
cliches.
That really is the learning process. We pretty much all start out
30C ain't all that bad. Especially if the humidity is low.
It regularly gets up to 40C around here in high summer, often with 100%
relative humidity.
At the moment it's close to 0C around here. I'd rather have the 30C. 30C
is a really nice late spring day.
On 11/30/2013 11:36 AM, Boris
On 11/29/2013 2:55 PM, Marco Alpert wrote:
On Nov 29, 2013, at 11:39 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 2:15 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com
wrote:
On 11/29/2013 12:01 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
Would you buy it?
No.
Likewise.
And likewise for me as
My problem with it is my experience with Sony in general ... I've never
had a Sony consumer electronics product that didn't fail within 24 hours
of the warranty expiring.
On 11/30/2013 11:54 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
I've watched several of their reviews having seen the links here. Well,
if
Nicely captured Stan.
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From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info
Subject: PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor
This guy is a frequent visitor (aka nuisance). Quite handsome in his own weird
way!
http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h34718200#h34718200
stan
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What Ken said. I see plenty of hens around here, but have yet to see a tom.
Paul via phone
On Nov 30, 2013, at 2:54 PM, Kenneth Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
Nicely captured Stan.
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From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info
Subject: PESO: Thanksgiving
Here is a startling nude image.
It is not what it at first appears to be, but may still be NSFW:
http://mlkshk.com/r/VSKD
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 3:40 PM, knarf knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Right.
Which is why I've said from
My 7-year old iMac just keeps on working, but it really struggles with large
image files, etc. My dilemma is not whether to buy a new computer - that is a
given. My dilemma is about what to buy.
Note: I am well aware that I can certainly find cheaper alternatives than those
discussed below.
Thanks Paul, Ken, Dan, Jack, Jostein and others...
This tom is one of three young (18-24 month) bachelors who hang around our
yard, steal from our bird feeders, roost in one of our trees. Two older larger
toms come around occasionally and do their display thing. There was a small
flock of
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
Note: I am well aware that I can certainly find cheaper alternatives
than those discussed below. However, I have had enough experience
with MS-DOS and Windows systems over the last few decades to be 100%
certain that I have zero interest in going that
Observed on my way South from Zion.
Mostly a transport leg, but I found this “little” canyon quite captivating.
It’s a place I’d love to return to.
http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/11/virgin-river-canyon-az.html
Jostein
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Are these the limosine version of scooters?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11124967365/in/set-72157638193506153
Or maybe people drag race them?
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I like the way you isolated and emphaxized the most interesting part
of the tree by silhouetting it against the clear blue sky, while still
getting a lot of interesting detail and texture in the foreground.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at
I went out dancing last night. Rather than his usual trio, or his
swingtet, Solomon did a solo show for the dancers:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11138994185/in/set-72157638219743816
It's pretty amazing the light that you can get relatively clear photos
when shooting hand held with a
I love it!
It made me laugh out loud.
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 04:05:05PM -0500, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
Here is a startling nude image.
It is not what it at first appears to be, but may still be NSFW:
http://mlkshk.com/r/VSKD
Dan Matyola
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 04:14:55PM -0500, Stan Halpin wrote:
My 7-year old iMac just keeps on working, but it really struggles with large
image files, etc. My dilemma is not whether to buy a new computer - that is a
given. My dilemma is about what to buy.
I had exactly the same dilemma a few
On 29/11/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
My friends hosted a fine dinner for yesterday's holiday. Wonderful time!
I photographed the event with both the Olympus E-M1 and the Polaroid
Spectra. Here are the photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157638190744913/
A
On 29/11/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
Me and Dr. Lisa on the mountain cold-testing the camera gear.
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gr+lt.jpg
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On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
p...@alunfoto.no wrote:
Observed on my way South from Zion.
Mostly a transport leg, but I found this “little” canyon quite captivating.
It’s a place I’d love to return to.
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:54 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Are these the limosine version of scooters?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11124967365/in/set-72157638193506153
Or maybe people drag race them?
Maybe home made from spare parts:) Could be fun, but the design is
That's a whole separate category: humorous nude photography.
Dan Matyola
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 5:16 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
I love it!
It made me laugh out loud.
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 04:05:05PM -0500, Daniel J. Matyola
Just in case: it looks like tomorrow (Sunday), on Amazon, one of the
lightning deals at 1:50pm CST, will be Rokinon 24mm/1.4 for Pentax.
I don't know how much it will go for, but I thought I'd let you guys
know, just in case somebody would be tempted.
It is a manual focus lens. And, as far as
that looks so yummy!
and the outtakes are lots of fun too
ann
On 11/30/2013 18:21, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 29/11/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
My friends hosted a fine dinner for yesterday's holiday. Wonderful time!
I photographed the event with both the Olympus E-M1
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 07:11:48PM -0500, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
That's a whole separate category: humorous nude photography.
I specialize in humorous nudes. Unfortunately, as a model.
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on 2013-11-30 14:14 Stan Halpin wrote
So, is there sufficient value added with the desktop and its option to go for a
wide gamut display?
you can add a second (and third) display to the iMac as well; the Thunderbolt
bus also supports Mini DisplayPort, and with cheap adapters, HDMI and DVI; i
Another focus stack image. This time shot with the DA100/2.8 macro.
ISO 100, f/4. 17 x 2 second exposures.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/knife2.html
This is a much loved little knife that I sometimes use in my workshop.
enjoy
bill
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This will probably be of absolutely no help whatsoever, but ...
I don't think now is a particularly good time to buy Windoze computers
anyway. Looks like everything that's available comes preloaded with
Windoze 8, which is not the best thing Micro$oft ever came up with.
I've currently got 2
Gosh, you must be going to the wrong Apple store . I've bought at least a dozen
Apple computers over the last 30 years, and I seem to still have a lot of soul
Paul via phone
On Nov 30, 2013, at 9:15 PM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote:
This will probably be of absolutely no help
I'm missing something. Why can't you capture this in one shot? It doesn't
appear to require much DOF.
Paul via phone
On Nov 30, 2013, at 9:05 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
Another focus stack image. This time shot with the DA100/2.8 macro.
ISO 100, f/4. 17 x 2 second
Exactly my thought as well. Seems like a lot of work. F13-f16 would
cover most if not all of that. Some OOF areas wouldn't be so
displeasing to the eye either.
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
I'm missing something. Why can't you capture this in one
If you want decent machines with Win 7 Pro, look at Enterprise class
machines like HP's Elitebook and Probook laptops, or similar desktops aimed
at the business user, not the typical consumer class machine.
jm
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Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 9:15 PM
Thanks John! I know you won't convert me, I won't convert you, but I appreciate
your perspective.
My first Mac was the MacPlus. I've gone through at least five desktop
generations since then, plus 3-4 generations of laptops. I pretty much hated
every new system that came out. I stuck with
Larry, Steve - thanks for your comments. In a way they are not very helpful
because I am looking for compelling reasons why I should go with the Mac Pro
and not the Mini or iMac. And you both make a good case for not going
overboard. Oh well. You've given me useful strategies for making do with
On 30/11/2013 8:53 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I'm missing something. Why can't you capture this in one shot? It
doesn't appear to require much DOF.
Even at f/22, well into diffraction territory, the DOF was under 4
inches, the scene is about 5 inches deep. Without stacking, I wouldn't
have
Well there you go. The perspective appears almost flat to my eye, but I guess
that impression is incorrect. Nevertheless, you're result is certainly well
detailed and sharp.
Paul
On Nov 30, 2013, at 9:05 PM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote:
Another focus stack image. This time shot
On Nov 30, 2013, at 9:05 PM, Bill wrote:
Another focus stack image. This time shot with the DA100/2.8 macro.
ISO 100, f/4. 17 x 2 second exposures.
http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/knife2.html
This is a much loved little knife that I sometimes use in my workshop.
enjoy
My that's a beautiful image, Bill.
What program do you use for stack focusing?
Jack
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Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 6:05 PM
Subject: Peso: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)
Stan, we're a windows household. I have an older version of dell wide gamut
screen (96% adobe rgb while modern ones are like 99% or something) which I
could show you.
I am not a Mac person, so I could not help you with you Mac quandaries.
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Well, John, you ought to realize that if that was really the case, Sony
couldn't possibly have achieved their size and status similar to that of
Microsoft or Google but in electronics.
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On November 30, 2013 9:50:57 PM John
All you have to do is to cross the big pond, John :-) . It is normally very
humid in greater Tel Aviv area... Jerusalem is probably the best in terms
of climate here
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On November 30, 2013 9:44:04 PM John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote:
Sony is the Japanese hp.
They used to make excellent innovative products. Now they make second rate
derivative shit.
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
Well, John, you ought to realize that if that was really the case, Sony
couldn't possibly have achieved their size and status similar to
The computer I built last year is adequate for my needs at this time. It
screams with Photoshop CS6 and it doesn't look like there's going to be
any reason to upgrade hardware for a Photoshop CS7 that's never going to
exist.
All I'm really saying is that if someone did have an interest in
Given the manner in which Microsoft Google achieved their size and
status, perhaps not the best comparisons possible. My experience with
Sony may be exceptional, still it *is* my experience.
On 11/30/2013 11:39 PM, Boris Liberman wrote:
Well, John, you ought to realize that if that was really
I've been having my own problems with the Army's IT system.
Every month since I retired, I get one or more emails from the Army
lecturing me for my failure to keep my profile up to date change my
password, thereby jeopardizing the security of the entire free world.
Unfortunately, I do not
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