Fwd: Re: Lens improvements

[Igor PDML-StR]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfBQ3bNNwHs
:-)

P. J. Alling Wed, 07 Jun 2017 19:40:01 -0700 wrote:


Dammit I did it again!



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Re: Lens improvements

[Mark C]

Sigma really did turn things around and they should get credit for that. 
They went from having a poor reputation for quality control and optics 
in the 1980's - mid 1990's,  to being considered solid in both areas to 
being an innovator and leader in lens offerings.


There are a lot of their current lenses - especially macros - that I 
wish were available in K mount. But a lot of lenses from the mid 1990's 
and earlier have poor reputations.


On 6/8/2017 4:42 PM, Larry Colen wrote:



Mark C wrote:

How old is the lens? There was a time when Sigma had a terrible
reputation for making really shoddy lenses. The old joke that Sigma =
Significant Malfunctions. I think it was with the advent of the EX
series and later that they redeemed themselves.


I don't know real old sigma.  When I got back into photography they 
had some "decent optical quality for the price" lenses. These days 
they seem to be doing some very top end work.  Their 18-35/1.8 is 
groundbreaking, and supposedly very, very sharp. Their art series 
lenses have stellar reputations.  My two biggest complaints about a 
lot of their new lenses is that they aren't available in Pentax mount, 
and I couldn't afford them if they were.





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Re: Which long lens would you rather have

[Ken Waller]

#2

Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: "Collin Brendemuehl" 

Subject: Which long lens would you rather have



#1 :  K 135-600/6.7 (with case, close-up, uv) for $375
#2 :  A* 300/4 for $475



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Re: PESO Out at First

[Ken Waller]

The first is my favorite - great action shot - the only thing missing is a 
blurred ball just to the left of the glove ! ;+)


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- Original Message - 
From: "Paul Stenquist" 

Subject: PESO Out at First



A two shot sequence. K-1 with D FA 150-450:

The first is full frame. The second is cropped to vertical.

https://www.photo.net/photo/18395286/9788
https://www.photo.net/photo/18395287/9789



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Re: Fwd: Re: Which long lens would you rather have

[Zos Xavius]

works great on gmail now that they added html support. :)

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Re: Fwd: Re: Which long lens would you rather have

[John]

Nothing to add, I just want to look at the headers on one of my replies
to see what the difference is between mine & P.J.'s email client, since
I think we're both on Thunderbird, but I'm not having the problems he is.

On 6/8/2017 15:20, Mark Roberts wrote:

P. J. Alling wrote:


This reply to list thing is really annoying.


Time to switch email clients.




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Re: June PUG is up

[Ken Waller]

Thanbks once again BVrian for your efforts in putting together the PUG.

And thanks for your comment on my image.

Kenneth Waller
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- Original Message - 
From: "Brian Walters" 

Subject: June PUG is up



G'day all,

Lots to like about this month's gallery, but who doesn't love mountains?

Ken's 'Mountain Waves' with its line of receding ridges, Subash's
'Trisul (the human figure emphasizes the immense scale of the
mountains), Mark's 'Snowdonia' (would like to see that pano larger),
Ann's 'Along the Devils Highway' and Matt's 'Evening Fog' are my
standouts this month.

Thanks to all!

As usual you'll find the gallery here:

http://pug.komkon.org/

(you may need to refresh your browser if you see the previous gallery
there).

Note: The automated submission process usually works well but it's not
infallible.  So, if you made a submission and you don't see it in the
gallery, let me know.

+

Next up: 'Leaves'.

Full Submissions Guidelines here:

http://pug.komkon.org/general/autosubmit.html

You can submit here:

http://pug.komkon.org/submit/


Cheers

Brian

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Re: Lens improvements

[Larry Colen]

Mark C wrote:

How old is the lens? There was a time when Sigma had a terrible
reputation for making really shoddy lenses. The old joke that Sigma =
Significant Malfunctions. I think it was with the advent of the EX
series and later that they redeemed themselves.


I don't know real old sigma.  When I got back into photography they had 
some "decent optical quality for the price" lenses.  These days they 
seem to be doing some very top end work.  Their 18-35/1.8 is 
groundbreaking, and supposedly very, very sharp.  Their art series 
lenses have stellar reputations.  My two biggest complaints about a lot 
of their new lenses is that they aren't available in Pentax mount, and I 
couldn't afford them if they were.


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Re: Question about video-editing software

[Paul in MKE]

Here's another on for you to look at, Igor.  Not free, but on sale and 
pretty powerful.


https://www.cyberlink.com/downloads/trials/powerdirector-ultra/download_en_US.html?affid=2581_1248_729_37302_0_ENU

*http://tinyurl.com/ycoww33l*


-p

On 6/8/2017 2:32 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:


Thank you, Adam,

I am currently testing a few free editors that were in the link I've 
posted and in the review posted by Henk (VSDC video editor, Kdelive, 
shotcut, belnder).
IIRC, Lightworks was among the contenders, but I something was missing 
in its description. 720p-limitation would be a negative factor too.


Cheers,

Igor


 Adam Montoya Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:22:19 -0700 wrote:


For the past four years I've been using a program called Lightworks.  (
https://www.lwks.com/)  .I rather like it, you can use it on Windows, 
OSX,

and Linux. The free version is limited to a 720p export.



 Darren Addy Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:21:07 -0700 wrote:


Not free but inexpensive, pretty intuitive to use and powerful:
Vegas Movie Studio (currently on version 14).
You can get it in plain vanilla, Platinum, or Suite editions. I 
recommend Platinum.

https://diyvideoeditor.com/vegas-movie-studio-review/
You won't likely outgrow it and there are a ton of good how-to and 
tutorial videos for free on YouTube.


Thank you, Darren!

It looks interesting. From the description and the screenshots, it 
actually looks very similar to the free packages I am trying. If those 
will not work, I'll consider this one.



Jostein:
Thanks again for the pointer to Wings Platinum (apparently I haven't 
seen it mentioned almost anywhere..) While it does some editing, - it 
is more focused on the feed to the monitors (probably live feed).
So, editing functions are somewhat limited compared to the packages I 
mentioned at the top of this message.

(I am just sharing back, in case you'd need to edit video again.)


Once again, thanks to all who responded!

Igor




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Lens improvements

[Bipin Gupta]

Thanks John for looking at my Water Drop Photography - a first time attempt.

Alas I could not get a "mushroom" drop after trying for some 2- hrs.

I believe Photogs have sold water drop photos for $s.

May the Force be with you.
Bipin.

Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals about time & masters
worry about light.

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Re: Q7 and macro

[Mark C]

With the demise of my original series Q I ordered a Q7, so I might try 
some macro work with it.  The original Q was good for single shot macros 
but not for focus stacks - too much noise compounding in the stack. 
Since a 1x lifesized shot on the Q is more like a 5x shot on APS its 
much easier to fill the frame with something small.


I was tempted to abandon the Q system but my Q lenses would not fetch 
much on the market and Q7's seem to be pretty affordable. And it is a 
fun system.


Mark

On 6/4/2017 4:48 PM, Jostein wrote:


Quick conclusion, it's quite a capable little beast, at least at low ISO.

What I've tested so far is to hook it up to a macro slider, and do 
extreme macro tests with microscope optics in front of it.


At any given magnification it naturally produces a much tighter crop, 
but the amount of detail preserved per surface area of critter is a 
lot better than in images produced with eg. the K-3 and the same 
optics. The tightly packed pixels of the small sensor is a good thing 
from this perspective.


Vibration issues are, as expected, virtually nonexistent.

Am optimistic about this now. :-)

Jostein




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Re: Question about video-editing software

[Igor PDML-StR]

Thank you, Adam,

I am currently testing a few free editors that were in the link I've 
posted and in the review posted by Henk (VSDC video editor, Kdelive, 
shotcut, belnder).
IIRC, Lightworks was among the contenders, but I something was missing in 
its description. 720p-limitation would be a negative factor too.


Cheers,

Igor


 Adam Montoya Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:22:19 -0700 wrote:


For the past four years I've been using a program called Lightworks.  (
https://www.lwks.com/)  .I rather like it, you can use it on Windows, OSX,
and Linux. The free version is limited to a 720p export.



 Darren Addy Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:21:07 -0700 wrote:


Not free but inexpensive, pretty intuitive to use and powerful:
Vegas Movie Studio (currently on version 14).
You can get it in plain vanilla, Platinum, or Suite editions. I 
recommend Platinum.

https://diyvideoeditor.com/vegas-movie-studio-review/
You won't likely outgrow it and there are a ton of good how-to and 
tutorial videos for free on YouTube.


Thank you, Darren!

It looks interesting. From the description and the screenshots, it 
actually looks very similar to the free packages I am trying. If those 
will not work, I'll consider this one.



Jostein:
Thanks again for the pointer to Wings Platinum (apparently I haven't seen 
it mentioned almost anywhere..) While it does some editing, - it is more 
focused on the feed to the monitors (probably live feed).
So, editing functions are somewhat limited compared to the packages I 
mentioned at the top of this message.

(I am just sharing back, in case you'd need to edit video again.)


Once again, thanks to all who responded!

Igor


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Re: Fwd: Re: Which long lens would you rather have

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P. J. Alling wrote:

>This reply to list thing is really annoying.

Time to switch email clients.
 
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Re: Lens improvements

[Mark C]

How old is the lens? There was a time when Sigma had a terrible 
reputation for making really shoddy lenses. The old joke that Sigma = 
Significant Malfunctions.  I think it was with the advent of the EX 
series and later that they redeemed themselves.


On 6/7/2017 9:38 AM, Collin Brenden wrote:

It seems odd that one might pay $475 for the Pentax A* 300/4 when a newer
quality Sigma AF APO 300/4 can be acquired for $300.
Sure, the A* is built like a tank. But I'm not going to war with it.
With all the APO optics improvements I would think the A* (but for
collectors) would be a lot cheaper?





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RE: Lens improvements

[John Coyle]

Excellent work there Bipin.

John in Brisbane



-Original Message-
From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Bipin Gupta
Sent: Thursday, 8 June 2017 4:26 PM
To: pdml@pdml.net
Subject: Lens improvements

Dear Dan, Pentax lenses have always been technically very advanced - at least 
my first SLR bought pre owned in 1975 - a Spotmatic with a Takumar proved to be.

The reason I latched on to Pentax were the grand Lenses - after owning a 
Pentacon, Nikon, Kiev-19, Leica, Ricoh SLRs.

I was amazed at the 35 - 135 F3.5 "A" zoom lens. Sharp all the way through - 
remember that this is not a computer designed lens. And I picked one up in Mint 
condition from a Pop & Mom Store in the San Francisco Bay Area for $65 + Tax.

I have attached my first attempt at Water Drop Photography using this lens 
which also has Macro - see attached link.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nxcxdnwonye9dh4/AABcu5Qy0YScLwDatMp0msFha?dl=0

Thanks for looking.
Bipin

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Lens improvements

[Bipin Gupta]

Dear Dan, Pentax lenses have always been technically very advanced -
at least my first SLR bought pre owned in 1975 - a Spotmatic with a
Takumar proved to be.

The reason I latched on to Pentax were the grand Lenses - after owning
a Pentacon, Nikon, Kiev-19, Leica, Ricoh SLRs.

I was amazed at the 35 - 135 F3.5 "A" zoom lens. Sharp all the way
through - remember that this is not a computer designed lens. And I
picked one up in Mint condition from a Pop & Mom Store in the San
Francisco Bay Area for $65 + Tax.

I have attached my first attempt at Water Drop Photography using this
lens which also has Macro - see attached link.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nxcxdnwonye9dh4/AABcu5Qy0YScLwDatMp0msFha?dl=0

Thanks for looking.
Bipin

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