Re: K30mm 2.8 video review

2021-03-20 Thread Larry Colen
Good job > On Mar 20, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: > > Hi PDML, > > I've been teaching myself how to shoot and edit videos. I'm bad at it! > > Anyway I've been making short lens reviews. It's a way to force myself to > use a lens consistently over a few weeks, and in the meantime

Re: K30mm 2.8 video review

2021-03-20 Thread Alan C
Excellent, Juan. You are too modest! Alan C On 20-Mar-21 09:41 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: Hi PDML, I've been teaching myself how to shoot and edit videos. I'm bad at it! Anyway I've been making short lens reviews. It's a way to force myself to use a lens consistently over a few weeks, and in the

Re: K30mm 2.8 video review

2021-03-20 Thread Juan Buhler
Thanks Ken and P.J! j -- Juan Buhler - http://www.juanbuhler.com On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 4:50 PM P. J. Alling wrote: > I thought the video was good, but then again I mostly agree with > everything you said about the 30mm. > > On 3/20/2021 3:41 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: > > Hi PDML, > > > > I've

Re: K30mm 2.8 video review

2021-03-20 Thread Ken Waller
Well done and I enjoyed the background music. -Original Message- >From: Juan Buhler >Sent: Mar 20, 2021 3:41 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: K30mm 2.8 video review > >Hi PDML, > >I've been teaching myself how to shoot and edit videos. I'm bad at it! > >Anyway I've been

Re: K30mm 2.8 video review

2021-03-20 Thread P. J. Alling
I thought the video was good, but then again I mostly agree with everything you said about the 30mm. On 3/20/2021 3:41 PM, Juan Buhler wrote: Hi PDML, I've been teaching myself how to shoot and edit videos. I'm bad at it! Anyway I've been making short lens reviews. It's a way to force myself

Re: K30mm 2.8 video review

2021-03-20 Thread Juan Buhler
Thanks Dan! That’s a good question, and I really don’t know as I haven’t used the F28 2.8 at all. I do have the FA28 2.8, and should probably dust it off and use it some time... j Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 20, 2021, at 13:20, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > The video is well done, and

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Ken Waller
Loose them ! -Original Message- >From: Bob Pdml >Sent: Mar 20, 2021 4:12 AM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed > >On 20 Mar 2021, at 04:25, Ken Waller wrote: >> >> With the cost of memory now, I’d be hard pressed to send my images to

Re: K30mm 2.8 video review

2021-03-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
The video is well done, and quite interesting. Lots of fine images in it. for use on digital cameras, how do you think it would compare to my smc 35 mm F 2.8 macro lens? Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at

Re: PESO: Honey

2021-03-20 Thread Larry Colen
> On Mar 20, 2021, at 12:44 PM, Toine wrote: > > Spring arrived. Spotted these honey bee's and their nest: > > https://www.repiuk.nl/content/honingbij/ Very cool. I hope that you noted its location so that you can return under more favorable light. > > Toine > -- > %(real_name)s

Re: PESO: Honey

2021-03-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Interesting; I like the textures of the bark. Do these bees hibernate all winter? Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 3:44 PM Toine wrote: > Spring arrived. Spotted these honey bee's and their nest: > >

PESO: Honey

2021-03-20 Thread Toine
Spring arrived. Spotted these honey bee's and their nest: https://www.repiuk.nl/content/honingbij/ Toine -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

K30mm 2.8 video review

2021-03-20 Thread Juan Buhler
Hi PDML, I've been teaching myself how to shoot and edit videos. I'm bad at it! Anyway I've been making short lens reviews. It's a way to force myself to use a lens consistently over a few weeks, and in the meantime learn how to do product shots, and script, narrate and edit a video. It's harder

Re: VFWSIW: A "smart" bird feeder

2021-03-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Same here! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 11:20 AM Bill wrote: > Neat idea. Around here, it would be taking pictures of fat and sassy > squirrels. > > Bill > > On Sat., Mar. 20, 2021, 9:03 a.m. Daniel J.

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Larry Colen
> On Mar 20, 2021, at 10:27 AM, Bob Pdml wrote: > > The chances of that are probably massively lower than the chances of you > losing them. I don’t think Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon and Google are in > the business of losing their customers’ data. The important thing is not losing all

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Bob Pdml
Anybody who really wants something to worry about should think about their bank going bust, or its systems failing. I’ve worked in financial services IT. > On 20 Mar 2021, at 18:15, Bob Pdml wrote: > > Not really Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon and Google though. > >> On 20 Mar 2021, at

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Bob Pdml
Not really Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon and Google though. > On 20 Mar 2021, at 18:10, Bill wrote: > > One word Bob: > > megaupload.com > > bill > >> On Sat., Mar. 20, 2021, 11:27 a.m. Bob Pdml, wrote: >> >> The chances of that are probably massively lower than the chances of you >>

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Bill
One word Bob: megaupload.com bill On Sat., Mar. 20, 2021, 11:27 a.m. Bob Pdml, wrote: > The chances of that are probably massively lower than the chances of you > losing them. I don’t think Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon and Google are > in the business of losing their customers’ data. > >

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Bob Pdml
The chances of that are probably massively lower than the chances of you losing them. I don’t think Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Amazon and Google are in the business of losing their customers’ data. The big players will have multiple copies with far better back-up than the likes of you and me,

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Bill
On Sat., Mar. 20, 2021, 10:37 a.m. Alan C, wrote: > You guys are scaring me. I don't know much about all that fancy stuff. I > just do a basic backup of my catalogue & files. Not even an SSD or > USB3's yet. > > Alan C > I use a 5 bay Drobo. Nothing fancy. I put files on it and let it sort

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Alan C
You guys are scaring me. I don't know much about all that fancy stuff. I just do a basic backup of my catalogue & files. Not even an SSD or USB3's yet. Alan C On 20-Mar-21 06:23 PM, Rick Womer wrote: I use SmugMug only for display; I switched to it when new ownership wrecked the user

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Rick Womer
I use SmugMug only for display; I switched to it when new ownership wrecked the user interface in photo.net. I have my catalogs on a 2TB external drive, and use the SSD in my MacMini for software and the scratch disk. I have TimeMachine backups to two other external drives. Since I have had a

Re: VFWSIW: A "smart" bird feeder

2021-03-20 Thread Bill
Neat idea. Around here, it would be taking pictures of fat and sassy squirrels. Bill On Sat., Mar. 20, 2021, 9:03 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, wrote: > https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bird-buddy-a-smart-bird-feeder/ > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery >

Re: PESO: Paperwhite Narcissus

2021-03-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Thanks, Rick! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 7:50 PM Rick Womer wrote: > Both images are very nice, but I =really= like the second one. The balance > between the blossoms and leaves is lovely. > > Rick > >

VFWSIW: A "smart" bird feeder

2021-03-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bird-buddy-a-smart-bird-feeder/ Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread ann sanfedele
I'm happily smugmug - the $200 a year is worth it... for me it is my place to sell photos but I do load things just for backup too.  The sales are low these days and they never were much, but as the article pointed out they leave your pages set the way you set 'em.  I just wish I had loaded

Re: OT Covid stuff

2021-03-20 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
We received our second Moderna shots Wednesday. I had no reaction, other than mild pain right at the injection site for 24 hrs and a general feeling of slight fatigue. My wife, who is a year younger, had strong headaches and fever the day after and pain and stiffness in her entire arm for three

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread David Mann
On Mar 20, 2021, at 9:59 PM, Toine wrote: > Amazon Photos is perfect for backups with unlimited storage of RAW > files. You need at least two copies, with one copy off-site, to call > it a safe backup. I'd add that you need at least one copy which is normally disconnected from the computer so

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Toine
Amazon Photos is perfect for backups with unlimited storage of RAW files. You need at least two copies, with one copy off-site, to call it a safe backup. On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 at 09:12, Bob Pdml wrote: > > On 20 Mar 2021, at 04:25, Ken Waller wrote: > > > > With the cost of memory now, I’d be

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Ken Waller
With the cost of memory now, I’d be hard pressed to send my images to the cloud or any other system that I don’t have total control over. -Original Message- >From: Henk Terhell >Sent: Mar 19, 2021 6:36 PM >To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List >Subject: online photo storage platforms reviewed

Re: online photo storage platforms reviewed

2021-03-20 Thread Bob Pdml
On 20 Mar 2021, at 04:25, Ken Waller wrote: > > With the cost of memory now, I’d be hard pressed to send my images to the > cloud or any other system that I don’t have total control over. What do you think they might do? > > > -Original Message- >> From: Henk Terhell >> >> For

Re: PESO: European Goldfinch

2021-03-20 Thread David Mann
Thanks to everyone for the feedback. It's nice to rediscover a bit of photographic mojo. New equipment does that, I suppose. At the risk of sounding like Pierre de Fermat, last week I took a wonderful photo of my daughter and her best friend running towards me, using the K5ii and FA200mm

Re: PESOs: Two Flies

2021-03-20 Thread David Mann
Careful, you might give me ideas :) Cheers, Dave > On Mar 20, 2021, at 10:38 AM, Rick Womer wrote: > > What Dan said; and thanks for not using dog poo as a background! > > Rick > >> On Mar 19, 2021, at 12:57 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >> >> I'm not fond of looking at flies, but they are