Re: OT Just poking my head in the virtual door

Hi Ann, I always check out your posts and admire your projects :) PS we have a mountain dulcimer hanging on the wall. Cheers, On 20 September 2016 at 23:38, ann sanfedele wrote: > omg! > > well, I see ya on FB anyway.. but nice to see you here as well > > ann > > > On

Re: OT Just poking my head in the virtual door

Hi Brian, We should try to catch up sometime, my sister is now at Penrith so I head out your way more than I used to. Cheers, On 20 September 2016 at 16:22, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day Rob > > Good to hear from you. > > No K-1 here either but I'm not likely to ever

Re: OT Just poking my head in the virtual door

Hi John, I seem to see a lot from Ryan and Tan on FB too. Cheers, On 20 September 2016 at 09:23, John Coyle wrote: > Good to hear from you, Rob, I do occasionally see one of your FB postings! > > John in Brisbane > > > > -Original Message- > From: PDML

Re: OT Just poking my head in the virtual door

Hi Bob, I should get it out, it is a gorgeous lens. Family are doing fine thanks, we have a fairly fresh one too now. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/001_DSC09538.jpg Cheers, On 20 September 2016 at 08:22, Bob Sullivan wrote: > Rob, > Good to hear from

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

On 9/20/2016 5:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I expect this article may endanger a few keyboard to be shorted out from drool: http://petapixel.com/2016/09/19/fujifilm-announces-medium-format-mirrorless-51mp-gfx-50s/ It will be very interesting to see how this works out. I don't think so. If I

Re: OT: Slideshow of interesting images

On 9/20/2016 1:51 AM, John Francis wrote: On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 03:28:44PM -0400, John wrote: There doesn't seem to be any way to manually advance the slides. There's a group of arrows in the bottom left corner; clicking the right arrow moves to the next slide. Yep. It's there now.

Re: K-1 Sports Photography and Kids Football

> On Sep 20, 2016, at 11:51 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > True, Jack. It's not ideal as a sports camera, but it's better than one would > expect based on the reviews. I shot for a while at max frames per second but > then went to single frame. The burst rate and buffer

Re: PESO - A Lichen Garden

Very interesting & well captured. High humidity? Alan C -Original Message- From: Brian Walters Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2016 12:38 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO - A Lichen Garden I spotted this miniature 'garden' growing on a old fencepost:

Re: GESO: Uxbridge classic cars

Very nice. A thousand shot GESO coming up nest week? Alan C -Original Message- From: David J Brooks Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 1:53 PM To: Pentax Discuss Subject: GESO: Uxbridge classic cars Every Thursday night they have a classic car show in Elgin park in Uxbridge Ont. Some

Re: So I bought a K-3

Sigh! Alan C -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 8:19 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: So I bought a K-3 Doug Brewer wrote: indeed I am. I've only fired a couple of test frames so far, but it seems already like a serious upgrade.

Re: K-1 Sports Photography and Kids Football

True, Jack. It's not ideal as a sports camera, but it's better than one would expect based on the reviews. I shot for a while at max frames per second but then went to single frame. The burst rate and buffer are both limiting when machine gunning. But I often get better results by watching

Re: K-1 Sports Photography and Kids Football

That's a nice image, Paul. I suppose a faster burst rate would be sought for those looking for a dedicated sports camera. J - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 7:21:38 PM

K-1 Sports Photography and Kids Football

Shot some kids football again. Great fun. I’m somewhat mystified by those who say the K-1 is ill suited for sports photography. In continuous autofocus mode it pretty much nails every shot. And even under somewhat dim stadium lights with night closing in, ti’s possible to get decent results at

Re: PESO: Hippopotabus

Ahh - True love knows no bounds But did she move with him to New Jersey for love or for the hippo? Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Wed, Sep 21, 2016, at 04:20 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > On

Re: PESO - A Lichen Garden

Thanks, Dan. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Wed, Sep 21, 2016, at 09:53 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Interesting and unexpectedly colorful. Nicely captured. > > > Dan Matyola >

Re: PESO - A Lichen Garden

On Wed, Sep 21, 2016, at 10:11 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > That's a fascinating image, Brian. > > Is it me or is there a pronounced yellow/orange colour cast though? Yes there is. The only post processing was levels adjustment so I think the cast is due to the fact that the photo was taken in

Re: PESO - A Lichen Garden

That's a fascinating image, Brian. Is it me or is there a pronounced yellow/orange colour cast though? On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > I spotted this miniature 'garden' growing on a old fencepost: > >

Re: PESO - A Lichen Garden

Interesting and unexpectedly colorful. Nicely captured. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 6:38 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > I spotted this miniature 'garden' growing on a old fencepost: > >

Re: New firmware coming for the K-1

> On Sep 18, 2016, at 10:14 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > Mark Roberts wrote: > >> Apparently version 1.30 of the firmware for the K-1 is coming. Pentax >> posted news of it on Facebook and then removed the post. It's not of >> the official Pentax site yet but

PESO - A Lichen Garden

I spotted this miniature 'garden' growing on a old fencepost: http://lyons-ryan.org/PESO/slides/_IGP7516-K5-1peso.html C & C welcome. (Pentax K-5 + DA 18-135mm) Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ --

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

Fuji says its not the Sony, but one they developed themselves. But as I mentioned in my other reply, not xtrans. m > On Sep 20, 2016, at 2:03 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: > > It probably won't be xtrans, will probably be a Sony sensor in the same > family as the one in

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

As I understand it, it’s Bayer, not xtrans. - Marco > On Sep 20, 2016, at 1:38 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: > > Xtrans makes it useless to me. I hate xtrans. All it does is slow down the > workflow with no real benefit. > > On Sep 20, 2016 5:14 AM, "Larry Colen"

Re: PESOs launchtime and No Parking

Might have bumped the ISO and retained the sharper image. J Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2016, at 1:37 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > > ann sanfedele wrote: >> Love the whole set, Larry... I've never managed to get any really good >> sharp shots of these guys in flight -

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

It probably won't be xtrans, will probably be a Sony sensor in the same family as the one in the 645z and H5D and maybe the Hassy H1X On 9/20/2016 4:38 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: Xtrans makes it useless to me. I hate xtrans. All it does is slow down the workflow with no real benefit. On Sep 20,

Re: GESO: Uxbridge classic cars

thank you On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 2:58 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > Lovely set of images!!~!! > > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 7:53 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > >> Every Thursday night

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

Xtrans makes it useless to me. I hate xtrans. All it does is slow down the workflow with no real benefit. On Sep 20, 2016 5:14 AM, "Larry Colen" wrote: > I expect this article may endanger a few keyboard to be shorted out from > drool: >

Re: PESOs launchtime and No Parking

ann sanfedele wrote: Love the whole set, Larry... I've never managed to get any really good sharp shots of these guys in flight - you nailed these... Thanks Ann, it was mostly just luck, and having my camera with me. I cheated set it to f/14 and 1/1000 and relied on Tav and good high ISO.

Re: So I bought a K-3

You're correct, no doubt. I've been setting it up to my shooting habits. Now I just have to find time and subjects fora good workout. Nobody wants to see photos of me. On 9/20/16 2:19 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Doug Brewer wrote: indeed I am. I've only fired a couple of test frames so far,

Re: GESO: Uxbridge classic cars

Lovely set of images!!~!! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 7:53 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Every Thursday night they have a classic car show in Elgin park in > Uxbridge Ont. Some of the camera club showed up last week

Re: PESO: Hippopotabus

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 9:47 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > It looks like an inflateable.. interesting that it is metal I misspoke (or mis-typed). It's actually made of concrete, not metal. http://oldwickanimalhospital.com/?page_id=93 When first I photographed the Oldwick

Re: So I bought a K-3

Doug Brewer wrote: indeed I am. I've only fired a couple of test frames so far, but it seems already like a serious upgrade. I've not used a K-7, but even going to a K-x was a huge improvement in sensor performance from my K20, The K-3 should outperform the K-7 in pretty much every way.

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

P.J. Alling wrote: Read about it thought "the poor man's Hassy X1D", thought about how big an upgrade I'd need to the computers to even hope to manipulate the files... Didn't even bother to think about the cost of new glass. Comparing medium format cameras, I might as well compare a McLaren

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

Read about it thought "the poor man's Hassy X1D", thought about how big an upgrade I'd need to the computers to even hope to manipulate the files... Didn't even bother to think about the cost of new glass. On 9/20/2016 5:13 AM, Larry Colen wrote: I expect this article may endanger a few

Re: OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

No drool from this direction. It has a couple of deal-breakers: no OVF, only EVF, and a brand new lens mount, so no legacy glass, only brand new (read expensive) lenses. The 645z continues to satisfy every photographic need I have. On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 5:13 AM, Larry Colen

Re: So I bought a K-3

indeed I am. I've only fired a couple of test frames so far, but it seems already like a serious upgrade. On 9/20/16 6:54 AM, Rick Womer wrote: You're upgrading from a K-7, right? Prepare to be impressed. Rick On Monday, September 19, 2016, Doug Brewer wrote:

Re: So I bought a K-3

Gets better the longer you use it, Doug!! J Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 20, 2016, at 7:17 AM, Doug Brewer wrote: > > indeed I am. I've only fired a couple of test frames so far, but it seems > already like a serious upgrade. > >> On 9/20/16 6:54 AM, Rick Womer

Re: PESO - Invitation to Vacation

Ha - Rick - I find them risky too - I've fallen out of them! Liked both your hammock shots ann On 9/18/2016 2:03 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Thanks, Brian and Dave. I confess that I didn't use the hammock, except as a photographic subject. Our son did, though, Rick On Sep 17, 2016, at 6:56

Re: PESO: Hippopotabus

I agree with Mark - It looks like an inflateable.. interesting that it is metal ann On 9/18/2016 9:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Seen on my way to church this morning. This is a large metal sculpture on the lawn of a veterinary clinic. The owner dresses it up for

Re: PESOs launchtime and No Parking

Love the whole set, Larry... I've never managed to get any really good sharp shots of these guys in flight - you nailed these... ann On 9/18/2016 11:43 PM, Larry Colen wrote: I brought the K=3ii and 18-250 on my bike ride today. I think this is a redtail. Shot at f/14 1/1000 launchtime

Re: PESO: Timeless

Love places like that... I might trim just a bit frombottom of the frame - I think the photo works especially well because of the glimpse of the person inside the store.. Liked your PUG one too ann On 9/19/2016 1:30 PM, Gonz wrote: This place is a wonderful slice of Americana and is still

Re: OT Just poking my head in the virtual door

omg! well, I see ya on FB anyway.. but nice to see you here as well ann On 9/19/2016 10:38 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: Hi Team, It's been a while, looks like a missed a bit here. No K1 for me yet, still slogging away with my K3, hoping that the successor to the K3 bodies appears soon and with

Re: GESO: Uxbridge classic cars

thanks Jack. The really big year end show is this Saturday, usually well over 1000 cars, planning on making that one Dave On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 8:56 AM, Jack Davis wrote: > > > Thoroughly enjoyed the trip, "through the years," David! > Some beautiful ably shot

Re: GESO: Uxbridge classic cars

Thoroughly enjoyed the trip, "through the years," David! Some beautiful ably shot restorations and stirring memories. J - Original Message - From: "David J Brooks" To: "Pentax Discuss" Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2016 4:53:25 AM Subject: GESO:

Re: PESO: Timeless

As I said in my earlier message, "l love this image." What camera and lens? J Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 19, 2016, at 11:00 AM, Paul wrote: > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxll2-th4Gc:-) > > :-:-) >> On 9/19/2016 12:30 PM, Gonz wrote: >> This place is a wonderful

GESO: Uxbridge classic cars

Every Thursday night they have a classic car show in Elgin park in Uxbridge Ont. Some of the camera club showed up last week for a meet and shoot and dinner at the Wixen Bridge pub after. http://www.caughtinmotion.com/2016-uxbridge/album/index.html Sun was setting and the cars at a bad angle

Re: So I bought a K-3

You're upgrading from a K-7, right? Prepare to be impressed. Rick On Monday, September 19, 2016, Doug Brewer wrote: > Now to see if I can do anything good with it. Also bought a Fuji X100s, > because, you know. > > Carry on, then. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: So I bought a K-3

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Doug Brewer wrote: > Now to see if I can do anything good with it. Also bought a Fuji X100s, Kenny boy loves his, so carry on.:-) Dave > because, you know. > > Carry on, then. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net >

OT Fujifilm mirrorless medium format

I expect this article may endanger a few keyboard to be shorted out from drool: http://petapixel.com/2016/09/19/fujifilm-announces-medium-format-mirrorless-51mp-gfx-50s/ It will be very interesting to see how this works out. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com (postbox on min4est)

Re: PESO: Timeless

Nice one. Reminds me a lot of the Hackberry General Store on Route 66 that we stopped at briefly in 2013. Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://lyons-ryan.org/southernlight/ On Tue, Sep 20, 2016, at 03:30 AM, Gonz wrote: > This place

Re: OT Just poking my head in the virtual door

G'day Rob Good to hear from you. No K-1 here either but I'm not likely to ever buy another DSLR. My K-5 now has to share duties with an Olympus E-M10. If only Ricoh would get serious about mirrorless I wouldn't be seriously considering an E-M5 II ;-)> Cheers Brian On Tue, Sep 20, 2016,

Re: PESO - Evening Fishing (re-crop)

On Tue, Sep 20, 2016, at 10:56 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > In response to Dan and Brian's comments: > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18287143=lg > > Not a lot else to try without having the boat exiting the frame, or > having things look fuzzy (80-320 at 200mm and 1/60, and I'm not Steady