On Sat, Nov 30, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
Note: I am well aware that I can certainly find cheaper alternatives
than those discussed below. However, I have had enough experience
with MS-DOS and Windows systems over the last few decades to be 100%
certain that I have zero interest in going that
On Sun, Dec 01, 2013, John wrote:
I'm not anti-Mac, I just prefer to build my own I can't really do
that with a Mac.
Then you should be using Linux/*BSD. If you truly need access to Windoze
software, you can do that with either Wine or a VM with a real licensed
copy of Windoze.
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On Mon, Dec 02, 2013, Miserere wrote:
Igor Roshchin s...@komkon.org wrote:
Also, rather interesting is the phrase in the description on Adorama's
website:
This lens is suitable primarily for full-frame cameras but will work
just as well with an APS-C crop sensor.
I wonder what it is based on...
On Sat, Dec 14, 2013, Bill wrote:
On 14/12/2013 11:13 AM, Walt wrote:
The arts in general are due for a reckoning of some sort. People can
only stand so much auto-tune in their music, and so many Instagram
filters in their images, so many cinematic reboots of 20-year-old
movies before they start
...unless you zoom:
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On Tue, Dec 24, 2013, Christine Aguila wrote:
7) Before I uninstall Lightroom 5 on my iMac -- which is just dragging
the app icon to the trash, right? [...]
Yes and no. That's all that's needed to uninstall the app, but if you
have settings that are somehow corrupted, that probably is not
On Fri, Dec 27, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote:
That's quite a leap for someone who has apparently shot with neither
. The 16-50 renders beautifully and can achieve focus at close
range. For moderately small subjects like flowers or leaves I opt for
it in place of my macro.
The reason I went
Howdy,
Larry Colen made me join this list (I used to be a Pentax SLR person
decades ago, currently have a Nikon P7100, Larry's giving me advice on
kit to rent for a mid-May Alaska cruise, which will of course be Pentax).
So I checked the archives and don't see any recent threads about SD
cards,
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote:
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be
merciful (maybe!).
What is this mercy of which you speak?
Recently I bought an Extreme Pro 90MB/s card, and compared write and
read speeds with a 45MB/s card in the K-5. There was no
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
Aahz:
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, Rick Womer wrote:
It's terrible that Larry has forced you into this. We'll try to be
merciful (maybe!).
What is this mercy of which you speak?
You don't get thrown into a pun thread on your very first post.
The shortest
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013, l...@red4est.com wrote:
Copy your raw files to external drives each day and keep a spare copy
of the files on the cards until you get home.
I'm expecting to rent a GoPro to sit on the ship rail for timelapse
photography (plus likely other random usage for photos and
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
People have mentioned a concern with losing cards as a reason to go
with smaller cards, thereby minimizing the quantity of images that
might be lost. I have two thoughts about that. First, if it is a 32GB
or 64GB card in the camera and I almost
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
On Jan 31, 2013, at 1:51 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
People have mentioned a concern with losing cards as a reason to go
with smaller cards, thereby minimizing the quantity of images that
might be lost. I have two
On Fri, Feb 01, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote:
Each RAW file is now larger than the first harddrive I ever owned.
How big is that? (Can't seem to find file sizes anywhere obvious.)
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On Fri, Feb 01, 2013, Darren Addy wrote:
Oh gawd. Another thread where everyone can rehash how much of a
computer old-timer they are. Oh joy.
Ask and ye shall receive:
Once upon a time (mid-1990s), I was doing tech support for a small
company that sold a search engine for text databases.
Checked the last two year's archives, nothing about monopods. What do
people recommend for a K-5 IIs with 60-250? Do you also use it as a
walking stick?
Anyone want to rant for or against monopods with mini-tripods?
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On Sat, Feb 02, 2013, Toine wrote:
This is what I prefer
http://www.manfrotto.com/automatic-3-section-monopod combined with a
normal ball head
Push the button and the leg drops to the ground for the perfect height.
You don't find the closed package too long at more than 26? Aside from
that,
On Sat, Feb 02, 2013, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Here's one for you... in the classes I teach, I have encountered a
couple of people who save all of their used up sd cards. That is,
once a card is full, it gets filed away in a box a new sd card is
inserted into the camera. Nothing is erased,
On Sat, Feb 02, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
On Feb 2, 2013, at 9:55 AM, P. J. Alling wrote:
I take part of that back, aparently the 679b is still made. The
price hasn't changed that much either. It's not very compact when
collapsed though, makes finding a case for it kind of a pain, (I'm
On Sun, Feb 03, 2013, mike wilson wrote:
On 27/01/2013 15:48, Jostein ?ksne wrote:
- Original Message - From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net
It was early this morning, we were rushing out to...
That's the time of day when Murphy's law hangs like wet, damp fog
between a poor
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
There's another possible route that has been suggested and that's to find
a used Mac Pro (desktop). A friend pointed me to a craigslist add for an
8 core machine for $1200. Not as cheap as an SSD, but then I could put
all of my drives in the box so
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013, Walt wrote:
Much as I love my K20D, I sure am crazy about the K-5 in low light.
It really does have everything I could ever want in a camera, except
a guarantee of fair weather for the first 90 days following
purchase.
Why do you care about fair weather? One of the
On Mon, Feb 04, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
I showed up at work this morning, swiped my badge at the gates, was
about to go through when half a dozen Santa Clara policemen came
charging out with guns drawn. I'm standing there, trying to process
the information. Is this some sort of a drill?
On Tue, Feb 05, 2013, Doug Brewer wrote:
On 2/3/13 3:11 PM, DagT wrote:
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
Pentax K-5, DA*16-50mm, f/2.8, 1/50s, ISO100.
+1
The thought occurs to me that anytime someone posts photos, it would be
handy to post the original alongside
On Tue, Feb 05, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
On Feb 5, 2013, at 3:37 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Tue, Feb 05, 2013, Doug Brewer wrote:
On 2/3/13 3:11 PM, DagT wrote:
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
Pentax K-5, DA*16-50mm, f/2.8, 1/50s, ISO100.
+1
The thought
On Thu, Feb 07, 2013, Boris Liberman wrote:
http://www.pentaxiste.org/pratique/depannage/article/how-to-deactivate-sdm-and-allow?var_mode=calcul
I would certainly suggest that you use it only as the very last
resort. But as a technical possibility - this is rather interesting.
Why would
On Thu, Feb 07, 2013, Steve Cottrell wrote:
On 7/2/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/25268645/Robot_Star_II-0243.jpg
That's a HUGE knob there.
You're in a twisty maze of film spools, all different.
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So I'm starting to work on the shots I took Saturday with John's K-5 and
the shots I've been taking with the K-x Larry's letting me borrow (thanks
Larry!), and I notice that the 12MP K-x has roughly 15MB DNG files, while
the 16MP K-5 has roughly 30MB DNGs. Does the K-5 really store that much
more
On Thu, Feb 07, 2013, John Francis wrote:
The namber of bits of uncompressed RAW data are:
K-x: 12MP x 12 bits/pixel = 18MB,
K-5: 16MP x 14 bits/pixel = 30MB.
So on the K-x you're seeing about a 20% saving, while on the K-5
you're effectively getting close to no compression at all.
Wadi ye wanna know?
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013, l...@red4est.com wrote:
What is wadi? And what does it have to do with friends?
Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote:
http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-07-havarim-wadi.html
Note to self: whenever a PDMLer comes for a visit, take them
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013, Boris Liberman wrote:
http://pentax-ways.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-07-havarim-wadi.html
Nice! One of these years I'll have to try digging up photos from my 1978
Sinai trip... (I don't remember whether my aba brought his Pentax or we
just used my ima's rangefinder
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013, Bob W wrote:
Just an update there appears to be about 2 1/2 feet of some strange
white substance, at least I assume its some strange unknown white
substance based on the reaction of our, state and local authorities,
covering pretty much everything,
Are you at one of
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013, David Mann wrote:
On Feb 10, 2013, at 3:22 PM, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote:
I blame the 24 hour news cycle. When you need to fill programming
time, any catchy names will grab eyeballs. It's the same reason that
the Weather Channel named the storm Nemo.
On Sat, Feb 09, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
I got this from my Chuck Fry, who got it from Evan Hunt.
traceroute 216.81.59.173
or if you're on windows
tracert 216.81.59.173
From discussion elsenet:
Linux/Unix: traceroute -m 100 obiwan.scrye.net
Windows: tracert -h 100 obiwan.scrye.net
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
This is the only environmental portrait I got. Jason's attire
reminded me of armour, hence the title:
http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/02/jason.html?m=1
Nice! It reminds me of how long it's been since I've biked. :-(
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On Sun, Feb 03, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
It was a fun afternoon hanging out with John and Aahz. After lunch I
suggested playing with cameras at Coyote Creek park because there is
often interesting wildlife there. Of course it didn't really come out
to play until we were leaving.
Fun for
On Mon, Feb 11, 2013, D. Glenn Arthur Jr. wrote:
Alas, I have fallen way, way behind this mailing list and another. Sorry
for being absent and for having missed so much of what y'all have been
discussing.
wave! Fancy meeting you here. ;-
My gut says yes, I might see something I want on
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013, P. J. Alling wrote:
On 2/10/2013 5:43 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
http://rule6.info/photos/critique/moon/
I'm curious which shot(s) people like best -- and why. This was a quick
experiment in long exposures (I noticed the moon peeking through the
trees and ran in to get my
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote:
With the K5, I was able to shoot in relative darkness, at
almost-full-zoom, with the 50-200 kit lens and STILL get relatively
decent results (I hadn't brought my concert lenses with me). Not
bad for ISO6400. I'm very very pleased with this
http://sfgate.houzz.com/ideabooks/6461212/list/10-Fabulously-Fanciful-Bedrooms/w/sid=4
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On Tue, Feb 12, 2013, steve harley wrote:
as you note, if he feels larger cameras have an undesirable social
impact, there are plenty of options; i don't think a smartphone is
the best alternative ? the situation in the Philippines has little
relation to the ubiquity of smartphones, which is
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8469273097/lightbox
Nice! If it were me, I probably would have opened up one more stop for
a bit more background blur (to emphasize the fog).
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On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, Darren Addy wrote:
The K-5 is such a great camera... if you've been on the fence, this is
the same body that was a grand not that long ago and there still isn't
an APS-C camera that can surpass it.
Not even the K-5 IIs?
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On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
I don't know what it would cost to rent a K30 for your trip, but there are
a lot of good arguments that buying a K-5 at this price would be a better
deal. A good chunk of the price would be covered by not having to rent a
K30, and the UI will be
Just to be contrary, I like the BW better
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Bob Sullivan wrote:
I like that better.
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote:
OK -- if I must:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8473301541/
f/2.8, 1/40 sec., ISO 3200
She's a doll
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
The biggest problem with tablets for displaying photos is when they
get passed around someone inadvertently touches the wrong place and
shuts down the viewing application, requiring the tablet to be
passed back to the owner many, many times before
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Walt wrote:
Here's another that was a bit noisier, so I softened it a bit to
give it a little glow:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8473322049/
f/3.2, 1/60 sec., ISO 6400
(I'm really impressed with ISO 6400, BTW!)
One thing I appreciate about you
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Feb 14, 2013, at 13:56 , Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Walt wrote:
Here's another that was a bit noisier, so I softened it a bit to
give it a little glow:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8473322049
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote:
- Original Message - From: Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com
Subject: Re: RE Android tablets for showing photos?
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, John Sessoms wrote:
The biggest problem with tablets for displaying photos is when they
get passed around
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
Ones that I wouldn't let go? The 77 Limited. The FA*200/4 Macro. The
holy trinity of DA* zoom lenses: 16-50, 50-135, and 60-250.
What do you see as the advantage of having both 50-135 and 60-250?
(Other people have said not to bother.)
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On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Bill wrote:
On 14/02/2013 10:05 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Thu, Feb 14, 2013, Stan Halpin wrote:
Ones that I wouldn't let go? The 77 Limited. The FA*200/4 Macro. The
holy trinity of DA* zoom lenses: 16-50, 50-135, and 60-250.
What do you see as the advantage of having both
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 15 February 2013 16:51, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
When would those advantages be enough to not bother using the 60-250?
Putting it another way, when is it worth using a zoom with less than 3x
range?
When it's a 10-20mm zoom perhaps
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, Rob Studdert wrote:
On 16 February 2013 01:52, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Fri, Feb 15, 2013, Rob Studdert wrote:
When it's a 10-20mm zoom perhaps?
Again, when would you use that instead of e.g. a 14mm? I'm looking for
specific use-cases, particularly from
On Wed, Feb 13, 2013, P. J. Alling wrote:
On 2/13/2013 1:59 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
Anyway, my original post was mostly a joke about electronics upgrade
cycles.
Well, if you're going to resist LBA I'm not sure how we're going to
do our job.
There's a guy named Donald Norman, an expert
[Don't see anything about this in the archives, did I miss something?]
AFAICT, common wisdom is to set these values on the K-5/K-5 II:
Highlight Correction on
Extended ISO
Anyone want to argue against these? Any other defaults people recommend?
One moderate annoyance I discovered while
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
On Feb 16, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
AFAICT, common wisdom is to set these values on the K-5/K-5 II:
Highlight Correction on
So far as I know, Highlight correction only affects the JPEGs, so it
doesn't have any effect on photos
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote:
I think I know.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16937275size=lg
Nice deadfall!
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On Sun, Feb 17, 2013, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
I love your always-conspiracy-theory view of Apple products, Larry.
You just don't get Apple, like I don't get your humor. eh?
It's not paranoia when they really are out to get you.
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Being contrary again: Depends on the effect you're trying to achieve.
Water waves are often not particularly contrasting, and if you're
echoing water waves, this seems like an effective composition. In
addition, by not highlighting the hair, you focus more attention on the
face/shoulder. (It's
On Sun, Feb 17, 2013, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-02-17 8:29 David Savage wrote
Blah, blah, blah...*IT junkies nerding out*
what's IT?
Who's on first?
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On Mon, Feb 18, 2013, David J Brooks wrote:
I had gone to these two locations in Lindsay Ontario in the summer,
and now back in th ewinter. I had to wait as we had no snow until last
week. I;ll link the gallery then you can see the differences. The
first 9 photos are from Sunday
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
On Feb 16, 2013, at 11:00 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
On Sat, Feb 16, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
On Feb 16, 2013, at 9:04 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
AFAICT, common wisdom is to set these values on the K-5/K-5 II:
Highlight Correction on
So far as I know
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Feb 18, 2013, at 8:28 , Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
Probably will once I get the hang of RAW editing; for now, I'm sticking
with full-size JPEG -- disk space is cheap.
I've said it dozens of times, but I'll say it again:
;-)
If you
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote:
My wife and I had the grandson over for the afternoon on Saturday.
At one point we binged on a bunch of YouTube videos (he'd never seen
Gangnam Style! A gap in the kid's cultural education!).
As he was watching, I pulled the K5 (with 35mm f/2.4
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Feb 18, 2013, at 9:43 , Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
I'm going to hijack your post in a slightly different direction. My
sibling has been rather adamant about not posting photos of zir child in
public places. What do other people think
Since people are talking about monitors, I'll go slightly off-topic and
mention that I've got a Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 91 (Trinitron-alike, 19)
that I'll give to whoever pays for shipping (or picks up, SF peninsula).
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2013, David J Brooks wrote:
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 4:32 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote:
ignoring that big philosophical question, the most solid answer is to own a
domain, set up a content management system, and get a hosting contract; you
then have complete
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013, Larry Colen wrote:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=190798956382afsrc=1
That's in Alameda, just up the road from here. I could save $2,000 in
shipping!
Not really, you'd either need to rent a truck or make multiple trips at
today's high gas
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013, DagT wrote:
http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html
Pentax K-5, DA*16-50mm@36mm, f/11, 1/125s, ISO100.
Nice! How far were you from the trees? (I'd guess about 300m.)
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On Tue, Feb 19, 2013, l...@red4est.com wrote:
Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote:
On Feb 19, 2013, at 9:50 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com
wrote:
From: Bruce Walker
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 9:27 AM, Christine
Nielsench...@inielsen.net wrote:
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 3:11 AM,
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Dario Bonazza wrote:
As per the difference between K-5II and K-5IIs, in most cases the
sharpness is the same (other factors such as minimal motion blur and
subtle difference in focusing being more important than AA filter or
not). However, when all winds blow in favor,
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote:
On Feb 20, 2013, at 1:53 AM, Bipin Gupta bip...@gmail.com wrote:
To Paul and the other PDMLers who have wasted Server time and space in
writing such gibberish. Typical Childish behavior. Sorry to mention
this. But this K-5 glitch was a serious
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
We had a flash freeze yesterday after a thaw that covered the gutters
and bike lanes with standing water. The sudden drop in temps, of
course, turned it to ice. Worse was the gusting forty-to-sixty
kilometre an hour winds. Got smacked with
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote:
BTW did anyone else jump from the K7 to K5 and notice that you can
now select the level of backlighting for the top LCD? High/Low/Off.
Delightful.
Oh, *that's* what that menu item does, thanks!
Incidentally, going back to my complaint about the
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Charles Robinson wrote:
On Feb 20, 2013, at 8:44 , Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
Day one of my trial rental, and I have to say that the K-30 sucks, I find
it physically uncomfortable to hold compared to both Larry's K-x and the
K-5/IIs. I'm also not finding
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-02-20 12:31 Bipin Gupta wrote
I couldn't figure out what you meant by I think I've figured out the
best way to do post-shot image review: immediately turn the back wheel
to zoom in during review. Please do clarify.
i do this too on my K-5,
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-02-20 12:29 Larry Colen wrote
Why can't people learn that what works best for them doesn't work best for
everyone
what works best for me is the camera i'm using
Getting serious for a second: this is completely untrue for me, which is
why I
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Mark C wrote:
On 2/20/2013 7:35 AM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Res ipsa loquitor.
Ixnay with the Atinlay?
Non compos mentis
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-02-19 18:12 Brian Walters wrote
* When entering details on the submission form, it would help if you use
correct capitalisation for names, image title, etc. eg. if your name is Joe
Blogs, enter it as Joe Bloggs and not joe bloggs.
no need to
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Mark Roberts wrote:
Kenneth Waller wrote:
From: Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org
Quoting Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com:
On 2/20/2013 18:56, Mark Roberts wrote:
Larry Colen wrote:
On 2/20/2013 13:24, Mark Roberts wrote:
Ann Sanfedele wrote:
On 2/19/2013 21:59,
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Christine Nielsen wrote:
Anyone out there use a wrist strap that they like? Something not
quite-so heavy-duty? I think I might prefer to neck strap for this
camera...
I've been using this on my P7100 for several months:
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Mark C wrote:
I have no regrets at all regarding purchase of the K-01. When it
first was announced I contemplated getting one and replacing my K-7
with it. The K-7 is just a backup for my K-5, and sees virtually no
use. I am beginning to think that the k-01 could fill
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
One of the sights on the infamous Road to Hana:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16938592
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On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-02-20 20:14 Aahz Maruch wrote
On Wed, Feb 20, 2013, steve harley wrote:
on 2013-02-20 12:29 Larry Colen wrote
Why can't people learn that what works best for them doesn't work best for
everyone
what works best for me is the camera i'm using
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013, David Mann wrote:
On Feb 21, 2013, at 8:29 AM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote:
Why can't people learn that what works best for them doesn't work best for
everyone and that someone saying that A works better than B for me
doesn't mean You are a subsentient loser of
On Thu, Feb 21, 2013, Mark C wrote:
On 2/20/2013 10:32 PM, Aahz Maruch wrote:
Maybe I'm missing something, but is the live view on the K-01 that much
better than the K-5's? I don't see improvement on the K-30 relative to
the K-5, though supposedly the K-30 is better.
Focus peaking makes all
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Went back to the fracture clinic yesterday to have it looked at by the
orthopaedic surgeon. Ankle was dislocated in addition to the break. He
therefore had to reduce it (major ouch!) and I am now in a non-walking
cast and we'll wait two
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013, David Mann wrote:
On Feb 22, 2013, at 2:47 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Okay. I lied. I found a few more photos that I decided to put on the
blog, mostly to share with those who were at the ice race:
On Fri, Feb 22, 2013, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
I ran into this critter this afternoon:
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16957553
Hope it didn't hurt too much.
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013, Walt wrote:
Makes me want to run down to the Ohio/Mississippi confluence to see
if I can get a good shot of a carp.
Stop carping about it.
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On Fri, Feb 22, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote:
A coffee shop pic. Again, the Leica iiif RD and Summicron 2.0. This
one at f4, and converted to BW from the Portra 400 original.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=16959392size=lg
After the shooting I've been doing this week with a K-5, I'm
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Old cameras are so much fun! Quite liberating, actually. Digital
becomes oppressive after a while. The simplicity of a mechanical film
camera is refreshing.
Could you expand on that? My perception is that digital is way simpler.
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On Sat, Feb 23, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
He zips along pretty well on his big old cargo bike:
http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/02/load-bearing-structure.html?m=1
I like the way the shutter speed is just fast enough to freeze Brad while
leaving the background blurred from
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013, Paul Stenquist wrote:
On Feb 23, 2013, at 10:15 AM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Sat, Feb 23, 2013, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Old cameras are so much fun! Quite liberating, actually. Digital
becomes oppressive after a while. The simplicity of a mechanical
On Sun, Feb 24, 2013, Bill wrote:
If you want excitement in your life go find yourself a mistress half
your age.
Older ones work well, too
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Help a
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013, David Savage wrote:
Had a couple of shoots in the studio today. This was from the second
was just a lighting test. I kinda' like it:
http://500px.com/photo/26751085
This should be labeled NSFW.
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On Sun, Feb 24, 2013, Jostein ?ksne wrote:
http://www.alunfoto.no/temp/heligontest/index.html
Then I scavenged an old and broken Pentax-A 50mm f/1.7. I picked out
all the optical elements and mounted the Rodenstock into the
focusing helicoid using generous amounts of gaffatape. The other
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013, David Savage wrote:
On 25/02/2013, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013, David Savage wrote:
Had a couple of shoots in the studio today. This was from the second
was just a lighting test. I kinda' like it:
http://500px.com/photo/26751085
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013, David Savage wrote:
On 25/02/2013, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013, David Savage wrote:
On 25/02/2013, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote:
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013, David Savage wrote:
Had a couple of shoots in the studio today. This was from the second
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