Re: Are Teleconverters a Con?

Yes, Paul, I agree. Your images are excellent. Do you crop the TC images & if you cropped an image without the TC to the same size would it be just as good? Alan C On 16-Jul-21 08:41 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Most of my bird photos are shot with the DA 1.4x. Excellent glass, Paul On Jul

Re: Are Teleconverters a Con?

Most of my bird photos are shot with the DA 1.4x. Excellent glass, Paul > On Jul 16, 2021, at 1:55 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > > The short answer is no they're not a scam. However, most TCs will magnify > any shortcomings in the system they are added to. Cheap TCs come with their > own sets

Re: Lightroom Problem, solved (for now...?)

Lightroom was probably looking for 43000 pictures of people. bill On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 1:50 p.m. Rick Womer, wrote: > The problem with the unwanted face detection (which could not be turned > off) evolved quickly into LR thinking that I had 43,000 missing photos, in > addtion to the 50,000

Lightroom Problem, solved (for now...?)

The problem with the unwanted face detection (which could not be turned off) evolved quickly into LR thinking that I had 43,000 missing photos, in addtion to the 50,000 actual photos on my hard drive. It also seemed to attach some urgency to my finding said photos, though they did not exist. I

Re: OT: Unrest, Riots, Arson & Looting in South Africa

Thanks, Mark. The authorities & vigilantes seem to have tamed the hot-spots but everyone will need to be wide awake 24/7 going forward. This thing was well organised. There was plenty of intelligence on social media which was simply ignored. Alan C On 16-Jul-21 06:39 PM, Mark C wrote:

Re: 16-50 redo

Am 16.07.21 um 18:54 schrieb Bill: That's what being a niche player is all about. It worked for Leica for decades. But lately only thanks to rich collectors from the Far East. Their traditional European customer base of lawyers and dentists with lots of undeclared money is slowly dying and

Re: Are Teleconverters a Con?

The short answer is no they're not a scam.  However, most TCs will magnify any shortcomings in the system they are added to. Cheap TCs come with their own sets of optical problems and failings, but a good one, or a matched TC will give good enough results, for a price.  The problem is as time

Re: 16-50 redo

Does it count if you put a few pictures on your noticeboard? Alan C On 16-Jul-21 07:22 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Leica almost died a couple of times. I'll bet Pentax still makes money for Ricoh on every unit sold. In fact the imaging division may be the only profit center making a profit.

Re: 16-50 redo

Leica is putting their name onto Huawei camera phones these days. The mighty have kind of fallen off their plinth. On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 11:04 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, wrote: > Yes, but no company has the snob appeal of Leica! > > Dan Matyola > *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery >

Re: 16-50 redo

Leica almost died a couple of times. I'll bet Pentax still makes money for Ricoh on every unit sold. In fact the imaging division may be the only profit center making a profit. There is also a lot of synergy in their current, and past digital camera lines.  I expect the the next K1 iteration

Re: 16-50 redo

Yes, but no company has the snob appeal of Leica! Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 12:54 PM Bill wrote: > On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 8:48 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, > > wrote: > > > It sounds like Ricoh is

Re: 16-50 redo

On Fri., Jul. 16, 2021, 8:48 a.m. Daniel J. Matyola, wrote: > It sounds like Ricoh is designing wonderful niche lenses that few need and > fewer can afford. > That's what being a niche player is all about. It worked for Leica for decades. bill > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To

Re: OT: Unrest, Riots, Arson & Looting in South Africa

Sorry to hear that, Alan. I've seen a few references to the situation in the news but had no idea it was so widespread. I hope you and your family are able to stay safe. Mark On 7/15/2021 6:32 AM, Alan C wrote: Just to let you know. Sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob

Re: 16-50 redo

It sounds like Ricoh is designing wonderful niche lenses that few need and fewer can afford. Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery * On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 6:03 AM wrote: > They are yes, and it promises to be an outstanding lens. > >

OT: Rioting in Africa, Flooding in Germany and Belgium...

Political storms, natural storms… My best wishes to Alan and all of you affected by these nasty storms. Stan -- %(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

Re: OT: Unrest, Riots, Arson & Looting in South Africa

The sky is falling all over the world in so many ways..  Glad you are in a "fairly remote" area.. ann On 7/16/2021 2:52 AM, Alan C wrote: Thanks all for your concern. Fortunately we are in a fairly remote part of SA so well away from the trouble. Criminals are still taking advantage of the

Re: 16-50 redo

They are yes, and it promises to be an outstanding lens. Mike Muizenbelt did a short review of a pre-release copy on Youtube. It is focussing fast and accurate, and is amazingly sharp, even in the corners. However, since I already have the older one (SDM) which works OK, and also have the K1

Re: The ist D

Great video Juan! I like your style of street photography very much. Had an MX as wel as an Ist-D myself, the latter died with a failing CF card-slot, but it was a nice cam indeed. Regards, JvW > On 29 Jun 2021, at 23:31, Steve Cottrell wrote: > > Lovely job Juan. Great audio mix, nicely

Are Teleconverters a Con?

All teleconverters degrade the image to some extent, 2x more than 1.4x. In film & 6Mp days cropping wasn't really an option so they did give more reach without the expense of a longer lens. Long ago I had an M42 Vivitar 2x which made my SuperTak 55/2 a useful 110/4. Given a high quality TC and

Re: OT: Unrest, Riots, Arson & Looting in South Africa

Thanks all for your concern. Fortunately we are in a fairly remote part of SA so well away from the trouble. Criminals are still taking advantage of the situation where they can. Yesterday they robbed & vandalised a Crematorium & a Psychiatric Hospital - can you believe it? Tragic for all the

Re: OT: Unrest, Riots, Arson & Looting in South Africa

Stay safe, Alan. -p On 7/15/2021 5:32 AM, Alan C wrote: Just to let you know. Sparked by the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma, South Africa has descended into a near state of anarchy in several densely populated areas no doubt orchestrated by Zuma supporters. The level of