Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Jack. Yes, the camera (I mean the way Ricoh came up with electronics and image processor) is truly remarkable. And the lens is no slouch either. On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 8:29 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: I agree with your opinions, Boris. Resolution on both would please me,

Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Bruce! On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 10:42 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: I like both of those, Boris; City Lights especially so. On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I'm mostly in read-only mode on the list these days, but let me

Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Yep, I've seen your vote on TOP in this regard :-). No HDR. Well, I did process the images as far as tones go, but no HDR was applied or intended. On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com wrote: Liked them both! By the way, I like the GXR very much also; pity

Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, John. The beauty of Ricoh GXR here is that the color rendering that it provides is very easily turned into very interesting tonally BW. On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 4:02 AM, John Coyle jco...@iinet.net.au wrote: Two excellent shots there Boris - the archway particularly is reinforcing my

Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Ann... It is very interesting to read from you that you don't quite care about the City lights motif. I would probably be very fascinated by this motif, should I be living in the Big Apple. On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 12:26 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Like the archway - The

Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Bill. You're almost right. The City lights is shot from tallest building in Tel Aviv looking at tallest building of Ramat Gan, which is independent municipality, although as far as traffic goes both are part of the Big Tel Aviv :-). The Archway is shot in Old City of Jerusalem, in

Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Boris Liberman
Thanks, Dave. It is not that serious a traffic, really... At least it is not a parking lot, like it may be happening in Moscow business district... On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 7:34 AM, David Mann dmann...@gmail.com wrote: I really like the second photo, so much more relaxing than the first. I hope

Re: PESO: Dog and Pony Show

2014-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent. Love seeing the audience reaction. Paul via phone On Mar 29, 2014, at 9:08 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From the Big Apple Circus again; http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17721213 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola

Re: PESO - Nico

2014-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Plenty of atmosphere. Well done. Paul via phone On Mar 29, 2014, at 9:19 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your vote, Ann! For you, I'll leave it as-is. :-) On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 5:16 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: Welll if you get rid of the black

Card failure due to (laptop) card reader [Was: Re: K3 card failure]

2014-03-30 Thread Ciprian Dorin Craciun
I'm reviving this old thread because something similar happened to me today, similar to what Bruce reported. (Rob's case --- the initial email of the old thread --- is different I guess, because his card wasn't read even by his camera.) Although I didn't loose any photos (I think), I

Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
I much prefer the sky at night over the desert or - when you can see all the stars and the milky way - which never translates well in photos. I love living here, but I don't like the city at night at all, and I hate the glitz, Don't much like modern architecture - all the cities around the

Updated K-30 Firmware, then Manual Mode Disappeared!

2014-03-30 Thread Glen Berry
Last night I updated the firmware in my brand new K-30 to version 1.06. (It originally had version 1.00.) I thought the update went smoothly, but I later noticed I no longer had a manual mode on the camera! Instead, the camera was operating in TAv mode whenever I selected the M option on the

Re: Card failure due to (laptop) card reader [Was: Re: K3 card failure]

2014-03-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks for that additional info and your findings, Ciprian. I'm glad to hear that you were able to extract shots from the damaged filesystem. What you suggest about the card reader could be possible I suppose. I was hoping that there might have been a bug in the K-3's firmware that they have

Re: PESO - Nico

2014-03-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Thanks, Paul. On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 6:49 AM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Plenty of atmosphere. Well done. Paul via phone On Mar 29, 2014, at 9:19 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for your vote, Ann! For you, I'll leave it as-is. :-) On Sat, Mar

PESO: The other side of Tel Aviv

2014-03-30 Thread Stanley Halpin
To counter-balance Boris’ night-time traffic shot, here is another view of life in Tel Aviv. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ef169e98 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: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 29.03.14 18:00, schrieb Boris Liberman: http://pentax-ways.blogspot.co.il/2014/03/2014-09-archway.html We've been to Mallorca, ten years ago, in late November. I loved the atmosphere and since then I'm a real sucker for night and winter shots taken around the Mediterranean. Ralf --

Re: PESO: The other side of Tel Aviv

2014-03-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
ha! Yeah - that is much more appealing :-) ann On 3/30/2014 09:59, Stanley Halpin wrote: To counter-balance Boris’ night-time traffic shot, here is another view of life in Tel Aviv. http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/ef169e98 stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - Sparrow

2014-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
A house sparrow at the Johnson Nature Center in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. K-3, DA* 60-250, 1.4X converter, f7.1, 1/5000th, ISO 1600, 350mm combined focal length. Cropped to about 50% of frame. I had been shooting in some dark trees, thus the high ISO. Very pleased with the converter performance.

birds at the nature center this morning

2014-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
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Re: birds at the nature center this morning

2014-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Didn’t mean to send this one to the list. A senior moment. Paul On Mar 30, 2014, at 1:11 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1067492 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Updated K-30 Firmware, then Manual Mode Disappeared!

2014-03-30 Thread P.J. Alling
Is auto ISO set to On in manual mode on your K30? On 3/30/2014 9:55 AM, Glen Berry wrote: Last night I updated the firmware in my brand new K-30 to version 1.06. (It originally had version 1.00.) I thought the update went smoothly, but I later noticed I no longer had a manual mode on the

Re: PESO: The other side of Tel Aviv

2014-03-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice beach, and nice image. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: ha! Yeah - that is much more appealing :-) ann On 3/30/2014 09:59, Stanley Halpin wrote: To counter-balance Boris’ night-time

Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The first image give a real sense of the city as a vibrant whole. The second image is very well composed and has a nice artistic feeling. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 12:03 AM, Bill anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: On 29/03/2014 11:00

Re: birds at the nature center this morning

2014-03-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Well, I for one am glad you posted it. Nice bird images, although one looks almost like a squirrel. G Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:11 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1067492

Re: PESO - Sparrow

2014-03-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Excellent details on the bird's plumage! you also a great pose. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: A house sparrow at the Johnson Nature Center in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. K-3, DA* 60-250,

Re: PESO: Dog and Pony Show

2014-03-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Bruce, John and Paul. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 9:24 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: That's good, Dan.; the perfect title. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Ok Scotty, I want at least warp five!

2014-03-30 Thread Jack Davis
I bit late in the season, but I took another turn around one of the wildlife refuges in the area. I think many are of a vintage to get the attached reference. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=756 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: BESO - Cone of Shame or Cone of Happiness?

2014-03-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks Chris, Alan, Stan, Dan, Rick anyone else who had a look. Wally has been cleared to go coneless since his stitches were removed on Friday... He's very happy about that, but a bit nervous, because the girls are thinking maybe he needs his toenails painted now... ;) -c On Sat, Mar 29, 2014

Re: PESO: Dog and Pony Show

2014-03-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
Fun shot! I love the Big Apple Circus, they do a nice job. :) -c On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 9:08 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: From the Big Apple Circus again; http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17721213 Comments are invited. Dan Matyola

Re: Paying gig for Slate (pentax used so not OT)

2014-03-30 Thread Mark C
Congrats, Ann! Nice photo and interesting article.I wonder what he would thought about that mini-scabble game that people play on their cell phones... Mark On 3/28/2014 12:47 PM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Stefan asked me for a photo of Lester for this article.. (although the credit reads courtesy

Re: Paying gig for Slate (pentax used so not OT)

2014-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Excellent! Paul via phone On Mar 30, 2014, at 4:59 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Congrats, Ann! Nice photo and interesting article.I wonder what he would thought about that mini-scabble game that people play on their cell phones... Mark On 3/28/2014 12:47 PM, Ann Sanfedele

Re: birds at the nature center this morning

2014-03-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Dan - what you don't know the Squirrel Bird? squirrelus avis impudentus? Paul - I love the mr and mrs downy at the dinner table one :-) ann On 3/30/2014 14:27, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Well, I for one am glad you posted it. Nice bird images, although one looks almost like a squirrel. G

Re: Ok Scotty, I want at least warp five!

2014-03-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
got it, got it ann On 3/30/2014 15:51, Jack Davis wrote: I bit late in the season, but I took another turn around one of the wildlife refuges in the area. I think many are of a vintage to get the attached reference. Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=756 --

Re: Paying gig for Slate (pentax used so not OT)

2014-03-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Thanks, Mark.. Re scrabble on phone - tt's the same game as far as I know. I'd be surprized if he didn't have one. He certainly played extensively on line against people and machines. In the early 90's before all the fancy graphics, there was a great site called posldoom - back in the day

Re: PESO: Dog and Pony Show

2014-03-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Christine! One of my classmates at Dartmouth, Paul Binder, was one of the founders of the Big Apple Circus, and the Ringmaster for decades. He is now retired. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Christine Nielsen

Re: BESO - Cone of Shame or Cone of Happiness?

2014-03-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Just imagine how nervous he'll get when your girls are older and want to dress him up in leather and fishnets. ;-) On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 4:25 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Thanks Chris, Alan, Stan, Dan, Rick anyone else who had a look. Wally has been cleared to go coneless

Re: PESO - Sparrow

2014-03-30 Thread Bruce Walker
Now I suspect you are taunting us with it. :-) I'd really like to see how it looks with a DA* 50-135 ... Wait! I take that back; I do _not_ need to know this. On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: A house sparrow at the Johnson Nature Center in

PESO: Leprechaun

2014-03-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
A girl scout dressed as a leprechaun for the local St Patrick's Day parade: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17718500 Comments are invited. \ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Card failure due to (laptop) card reader [Was: Re: K3 card failure]

2014-03-30 Thread Rob Studdert
I haven't had a problem with corrupt card since updating to the most recent K3 firmware however now there is no guarantee that the #1 card will be written to first which is a pain because I purposefully put the largest and fastest card in that slot whit the #2 slot effectively acting as overflow,

RE: PESO: Leprechaun

2014-03-30 Thread Gerrit Visser
Very realistic :-) Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Daniel J. Matyola Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 6:46 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: Leprechaun A girl scout dressed as a leprechaun for the local St Patrick's Day parade:

Re: PESO: Leprechaun

2014-03-30 Thread P.J. Alling
Are you sure that's not a leprechaun dressed as a girl scout... On 3/30/2014 6:45 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: A girl scout dressed as a leprechaun for the local St Patrick's Day parade: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17718500 Comments are invited. \ Dan Matyola

Re: PESO - Sparrow

2014-03-30 Thread Ken Waller
Nice pose and great specimen. The bird seems slightly OOF given that the branch to the ULH corner seems more in focus. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net Subject: PESO - Sparrow A house

Re: Ok Scotty, I want at least warp five!

2014-03-30 Thread Ken Waller
Nice capture of a great looking specimen. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com Subject: Ok Scotty, I want at least warp five! I bit late in the season, but I took another turn around one of the

Re: Peso Vandorf barn, a 17-70 test

2014-03-30 Thread Mark C
Looks good! Glad you got a better sample than that first one! Mark On 3/25/2014 6:33 PM, David J Brooks wrote: Took the new Pentax 17-70 out for a test Sunday, not to far from home. This is one barn i have shot before http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17718519 First impression, i like

Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Mark C
Both are excellent photos but the city lights really stands out for me... It is both dark and noir but somehow warm and inviting.. Mark On 3/29/2014 1:00 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Hi! I'm mostly in read-only mode on the list these days, but let me offer you two photos I made recently:

GESO - In the Melting SNow

2014-03-30 Thread Mark C
A few as found still life photos of leaves in the snow... Taken at one of my favorite wildflower locations (it might be a while before the flowers emerge.) http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/in-the-melting-snow K-3, 17-70 f4. Thanks for looking. Mark -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO - Sparrow

2014-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
Thanks Ken. The fine focus adjustment of my 60-250 is dead nuts, and it seems to be the same with the converter attached. I’m going to test, but informal tests suggest it’s right there. Here, the bird is in focus: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17722413 The branch in the ULH corner

Re: Boris, two recent PESOs

2014-03-30 Thread Paul Stenquist
What Mark said. Excellent work. Paul via phone On Mar 30, 2014, at 8:40 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: Both are excellent photos but the city lights really stands out for me... It is both dark and noir but somehow warm and inviting.. Mark On 3/29/2014 1:00 PM, Boris Liberman

Re: PESO: Leprechaun

2014-03-30 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Gerrit. I think that you are on to something, P.J. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Gerrit Visser gerrit...@psgv.ca wrote: Very realistic :-) Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net]

Re: OT: Lenovo Computers

2014-03-30 Thread P.J. Alling
On 2/15/2014 9:14 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 6:05 PM, Steve Cottrell co...@seeingeye.tv wrote: FWIW, swapping a keyboard out on a laptop is easier than picking your nose. We can do that.??? Sure, you can pick your friends, you can pick you nose, but you can't pick

Re: Ok Scotty, I want at least warp five!

2014-03-30 Thread Jack Davis
Appreciate it, Ken. It was the only thing I could think of to do with it. Probably should have thought longer,I know. ;-) Jack - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 5:25 PM Subject: Re:

Re: GESO - In the Melting SNow

2014-03-30 Thread Jack Davis
Creative, Mark. I favor the first. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 5:46 PM Subject: GESO - In the Melting SNow A few as found still life photos of leaves in the snow... Taken at

Re: GESO - In the Melting SNow

2014-03-30 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Interesting - the poor leaf seems to be having acupuncture or something.. does look impaled. I like it the best too ann On 3/30/2014 22:32, Jack Davis wrote: Creative, Mark. I favor the first. Jack - Original Message - From: Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO - Sparrow

2014-03-30 Thread Stanley Halpin
On Mar 30, 2014, at 6:40 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Now I suspect you are taunting us with it. :-) I'd really like to see how it looks with a DA* 50-135 ... Wait! I take that back; I do _not_ need to know this. Since you don’t need to know, I won’t tell you that the