Re: Selfie on the mountain

2013-11-30 Thread Bob W
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.

Re: Selfie on the mountain

2013-11-30 Thread Attila Boros
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. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: GESO 2013 - TDay Dinner - GDG

2013-11-30 Thread Attila Boros
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:

Re: Selfie on the mountain

2013-11-30 Thread Mark Roberts
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

FSF: K-5 (Canon ee-S, magnifying eye piece), DA 21, DFA 50 macro

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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

PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor

2013-11-30 Thread Stan Halpin
This guy is a frequent visitor (aka nuisance). Quite handsome in his own weird way! http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/h34718200#h34718200 stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link

Re: GESO 2013 - TDay Dinner - GDG

2013-11-30 Thread Stan Halpin
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:

Re: GESO 2013 - TDay Dinner - GDG

2013-11-30 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
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 -- PDML

Re: TA

2013-11-30 Thread Bill
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,

Re: Note to self: SDM doesn't work at -9°F

2013-11-30 Thread Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
When it gets really cold, the first thing to stop working is my peripheral nervous system. And not the sensory part. Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Walt Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 7:24 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Note to self: SDM doesn't work at -9°F

Re: PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor

2013-11-30 Thread Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
Its weirdnes certainly comes across in this shot, Stan! Jostein -Opprinnelig melding- From: Stan Halpin 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

Re: TA

2013-11-30 Thread Bruce Walker
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

Re: FSF: K-5 (Canon ee-S, magnifying eye piece), DA 21, DFA 50 macro

2013-11-30 Thread Zos Xavius
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,

Re: Happy Thanksgiving and Hannukah

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Happy Thanksgiving and Hannukah

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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

Re: What if Pentax made a monochrome K-3?

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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

Re: PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor

2013-11-30 Thread Jack Davis
Thanksgiving escapee. He might have found himself in a much warmer place.:-( Jack - Original Message - From: Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne p...@alunfoto.no To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 7:25 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor

Re: FSF: K-5 (Canon ee-S, magnifying eye piece), DA 21, DFA 50 macro

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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,

Re: Sony A7 and A7r reviewed by DigitalRev

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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

Re: PESO - SR9, Utah

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: jpg oddity

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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

Re: FSF: K-5 (Canon ee-S, magnifying eye piece), DA 21, DFA 50 macro

2013-11-30 Thread Zos Xavius
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

Re: DXO does the K3....was..Fwd: Re: K-3 review as seen through the eyes of the PF

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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

Re: DXO does the K3....was..Fwd: Re: K-3 review as seen through the eyes of the PF

2013-11-30 Thread Zos Xavius
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

Re: jpg oddity

2013-11-30 Thread Stan Halpin
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

Re: Over the river 2013

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor

2013-11-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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

Re: damn adobe

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: PESO - Center City Doorstep

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: cheap batteries

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: Selfie on the mountain

2013-11-30 Thread John
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? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Note to self: SDM doesn't work at -9°F

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: TA

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: TA

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: Happy Thanksgiving and Hannukah

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: What if Pentax made a monochrome K-3?

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: Sony A7 and A7r reviewed by DigitalRev

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor

2013-11-30 Thread Kenneth Waller
Nicely captured Stan. -Original Message- 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 --

Re: PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor

2013-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
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. -Original Message- From: Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info Subject: PESO: Thanksgiving

Re: TA

2013-11-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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

Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread Stan Halpin
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.

Re: PESO: Thanksgiving Day survivor

2013-11-30 Thread Stan Halpin
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

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread Aahz Maruch
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

Fw: PESO - Virgin River Canyon, AZ

2013-11-30 Thread Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne
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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO scooters?

2013-11-30 Thread Larry Colen
Are these the limosine version of scooters? http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11124967365/in/set-72157638193506153 Or maybe people drag race them? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Fw: PESO - Virgin River Canyon, AZ

2013-11-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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

PESO Solomon Douglas at Friday Night Blues

2013-11-30 Thread Larry Colen
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

Re: TA

2013-11-30 Thread Larry Colen
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

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread Larry Colen
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

Re: GESO 2013 - TDay Dinner - GDG

2013-11-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
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

Re: Selfie on the mountain

2013-11-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
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 Holy crap can you please tag this as NSFW thanks! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video

Re: Fw: PESO - Virgin River Canyon, AZ

2013-11-30 Thread Attila Boros
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.

Re: PESO scooters?

2013-11-30 Thread Attila Boros
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

Re: TA

2013-11-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
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

Heads-up : Rokinon 24 mm /1.4 for K-mount on Amazon lightning deals (Sunday)

2013-11-30 Thread Igor Roshchin
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

Re: GESO 2013 - TDay Dinner - GDG

2013-11-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
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

Re: TA

2013-11-30 Thread Larry Colen
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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread steve harley
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

Peso: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)

2013-11-30 Thread Bill
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 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
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

Re: Peso: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)

2013-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
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

Re: Peso: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)

2013-11-30 Thread Zos Xavius
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

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread John Mullan
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 -Original Message- From: John Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 9:15 PM

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread Stan Halpin
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

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread Stan Halpin
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

Re: Peso: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)

2013-11-30 Thread Bill
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

Re: Peso: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)

2013-11-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
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

Re: Peso: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)

2013-11-30 Thread Stan Halpin
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

Re: Peso: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)

2013-11-30 Thread Jack Davis
My that's a beautiful image, Bill. What program do you use for stack focusing? Jack - Original Message - From: Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 6:05 PM Subject: Peso: Japanese Knife (17 image focus stack)

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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. Sent with AquaMail for Android

Re: Sony A7 and A7r reviewed by DigitalRev

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On November 30, 2013 9:50:57 PM John

Re: Happy Thanksgiving and Hannukah

2013-11-30 Thread Boris Liberman
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 Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On November 30, 2013 9:44:04 PM John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: Sony A7 and A7r reviewed by DigitalRev

2013-11-30 Thread Larry Colen
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

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: Sony A7 and A7r reviewed by DigitalRev

2013-11-30 Thread John
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

Re: Computer purchase dilemma

2013-11-30 Thread John
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