Re: Interesting K7 review

2009-09-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good review. OT: He mentions the RED camera: http://www.red.com/epic_scarlet/ Scroll down to the gallery of 8 images and take a look at the configuration in the top row, far right. Makes for an interesting looking camera, can't really call it a DSLR since it's not; it has no shutter. They

Re: photographing guitars

2009-09-11 Thread Brendan MacRae
Make sure to pick up on your client's needs, use it as a bridge to convey your intent. Don't get strapped by leaving equipment at home and try to stay in tune with the project. Otherwise this whole thing will be a pain in the neck. - Original Message From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com

Re: photographing guitars

2009-09-11 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 2:30:07 PM Subject: Re: photographing guitars On 11/9/09, Brendan MacRae, discombobulated, unleashed: Make sure to pick up on your client's needs, use

Re: photographing guitars

2009-09-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:14:29 AM Subject: RE: photographing guitars That's not fair - too many puns in one go! You've distorted our ability to contribute.

Re: Medium Format Film Processing

2009-09-22 Thread Brendan MacRae
Bob, I recently faced all of these same headaches and it was finally enough for me. I just sold all of my 67 gear. One of the last places I was using was AI in Los Angeles. You can get their prepaid mailers from BH. I just got tired of all of the waiting; waiting for processing, waiting on

Re: Got any Pentax 110 lenses lying about?

2009-09-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, September 24, 2009 12:27:06 AM Subject: RE: Got any Pentax 110 lenses lying about? I don't understand the attitudes on this PENTAX forum. It's not a forum.

Re: Favority Third Party Lenses?

2009-09-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
Unless I can find the Pentax 200mm macro for dirt cheap (hey, I can dream, can't I?) . . .I'll keep my Vivitar Series 1 105mm f2.5 1:1 macro. It is a very fine lens. Mine was NOS in the box and it is still in as new condition. -Brendan - Original Message From: J.C. O'Connell

Re: Street Posters

2009-09-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
Juan, I like the effect. Very nice series. -Brendan - Original Message From: Juan Buhler juanbuh...@gmail.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, September 25, 2009 11:28:34 AM Subject: Street Posters Hello Pentaxians, Coming out of lurker mode, as usual to ask for feedback :)

I dreamt of the FF Pentax last night...

2009-10-03 Thread Brendan MacRae
I figured I'd post this since I've had precognitive dreams at least twice before, so who knows? I had a dream where I was working for a huge company part of which was a design firm. One of the ladies there had a job come in where she was sent some artwork of a new Pentax camera. I peeked over

Re: I dreamt of the FF Pentax last night...

2009-10-03 Thread Brendan MacRae
, October 3, 2009 5:03:31 PM Subject: Re: I dreamt of the FF Pentax last night... It is OK, perhaps you were dreaming in the mirror - do you recall reading XATNEP anywhere on the body? Cheers Ecke 2009/10/4 Brendan MacRae : - There is a grip on the left side of the camera as opposed

Re: I dreamt of the FF Pentax last night...

2009-10-03 Thread Brendan MacRae
: I dreamt of the FF Pentax last night... On Sat, Oct 03, 2009 at 05:12:19PM -0700, Brendan MacRae scripsit: eckinator 2009/10/4 Brendan MacRae : - There is a grip on the left side of the camera as opposed to the right side on current models (yeah, I know, it makes no sense

Re: I dreamt of the FF Pentax last night...

2009-10-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: David Mann dm...@bluemoon.net.nz To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sun, October 4, 2009 1:26:26 AM Subject: Re: I dreamt of the FF Pentax last night... On Oct 4, 2009, at 12:57 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote: - There is a grip on the left

OT: Will and the Rocket Boys

2009-10-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
I've offered up a couple of pithy aphorisms to this list by Will Connell, Sr., the photographer who founded the photography department at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. His son, Will Jr., is married to my aunt and we've become fast friends recently. When Will Jr. was in college

Re: OT: Will and the Rocket Boys

2009-10-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
Wonderful!! I love the beer can (or is it a soda can?) taped to the bottom of the launch tower - they really did improvise, eh?: http://www.primelensphoto.com/wills_rocketry_photos/large-6.html Thanks so much for presenting these to us! cheers, frank You're welcome. I'll pass it

Re: Will and the Rocket Boys

2009-10-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sun, October 4, 2009 10:41:05 AM Subject: Re: Will and the Rocket Boys On Sun, Oct 04, 2009 at 05:33:53PM +0100, Bob W wrote: Fantastic! They must have some real historical

Re: GESO - Norcal PDML gathering

2009-10-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: gldnbearz gldnbearz.p...@gmail.com The results were rather, ahem, Thieraultian. Now, that's an adjective! LMAO! I wish my photos could be more Thieraultian. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: One more Barracuda

2009-10-07 Thread Brendan MacRae
Nice pic, nice car. The 'Cuda is one of my all time favs. I have some shots somewhere around here of a Mopar car show I shot back in the early 90's. There were a few 70 'Cudas at that event with Hemi's and the Shaker hood drool. A guy who lived down the street from us when I was growing up in

Re: Geso: Jacqueline

2009-10-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
I think 8 and 11 are the best. Good hair light. Good work. -Brendan - Original Message From: William Robb war...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Mon, October 12, 2009 9:32:38 AM Subject: Geso: Jacqueline Jacqueline was a lot of fun to work with. I'm

Re: geso My Chicago best of set.

2010-05-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sat, May 22, 2010 6:11:31 PM Subject: geso My Chicago best of set. I finally finished going through my shots from my Chicago trip and winnowed them down to 48.

Re: Artist Bios CVs from Exhibit

2010-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Mon, May 24, 2010 8:45:51 AM Subject: Artist Bios CVs from Exhibit Hi Everyone: Are folks interested in reading the artist bios cvs from the exhibit?  If so, Sue is willing to send me

645D users moniker?

2010-06-03 Thread Brendan MacRae
The Brotherhood was taken by the 67. So, what will it be called? Because of my jealousy with those who will posses one I propose The Coven. And because they are evil, nasty people. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO - Double Daddio extravaganza

2010-06-06 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sat, June 5, 2010 3:43:17 PM Subject: GESO - Double Daddio extravaganza My friends Lo and Pete played a hilarity-filled folk-blues-cabaret set last night with Christa

Re: The State of The List

2010-06-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Doug Brewer d...@alphoto.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sat, June 12, 2010 8:59:54 AM Subject: The State of The List As most of you know, I am soon to celebrate one year since I got laid off from my less-than-lucrative but

Quite a Life

2010-06-29 Thread Brendan MacRae
After work today, I went over to spend some time with Will Connell, Jr. who had asked me over to take a look at the wiring on his stereo system. Will is a great artist who creates incredible wooden sculptures. His stereo cabinet and speakers were built by him in the 1960's. After sorting out

Re: Strange Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42 on Ebay

2010-07-03 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 3:58:31 AM Subject: Re: Strange Asahi NC Takumar 3,3/300mm Pentax M42 on Ebay The mounting the tube seems also an original. Are you sure about that? 

Re: Thoughts on Trailing Curtain Sync

2010-07-03 Thread Brendan MacRae
Here's my K10D/540 combo work with trailing curtain: http://www.primelensphoto.com/trailing_curtain/index.html -Brendan - Original Message From: P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sat, July 3, 2010 8:20:21 AM Subject: Re:

Re: Pentax gear...

2010-07-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sun, July 4, 2010 12:56:10 PM Subject: Re: Pentax gear... On Jul 4, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Cotty wrote: On 4/7/10, Roman Melihhov, discombobulated, unleashed:

Re: What a bargain!

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
HA! - Original Message From: Bob W p...@web-options.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 12:11:11 AM Subject: RE: What a bargain! I found a late 80's~early 90's K1000 at Goodwill the other day. It had a busted Ozunon zoom on it. Great

Re: What a bargain!

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
the camera both lenses and a few odds and ends... Just to bring it back on topic, I don't see how Pentax can hope to compete with that. Brendan MacRae wrote: I found a late 80's~early 90's K1000 at Goodwill the other day. It had a busted Ozunon zoom on it. Great condition with a working

Image Persistence - LCD Burn-in

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
My Apple 23 HD Cinema Display was suffering from some image persistence in the lower left corner of the screen. Wasn't a big deal but it was annoying. A google search confirmed it's pretty common and I found a neat fix: http://toastycode.com/lcdscrub/ These guys provide different screen saver

Re: PESO: Mill

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
That's a good one, Jack. Did you use the lens correction filter in PS? If so, that image is a good example of a successful fix. - Original Message From: Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 9:02:43 AM Subject: PESO: Mill

GESO - Garden things

2009-05-24 Thread Brendan MacRae
Here's three more I'm submitting for an article on Master Gardeners. http://www.primelensphoto.com/master_gardeners/index.html All were taken with the K20D and the Vivitar Series 1 105mm f2.5  Macro. -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: GESO - Garden things

2009-05-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
to crop more, and the centering didn't work that well for me. Good work with the DOF! LF Brendan MacRae escreveu: Here's three more I'm submitting for an article on Master Gardeners. http://www.primelensphoto.com/master_gardeners/index.html All were taken with the K20D and the Vivitar Series

Re: Ricehigh is at it again

2009-05-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
Ditto! - Original Message From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 25, 2009 9:19:35 PM Subject: Re: Ricehigh is at it again I want that DA 400/4, and I want it now. Paul On May 26, 2009, at 12:08 AM, William Robb

Re: OT: It's amazing how time flies

2009-05-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
Heartfelt congrats, William. My wife and I will be celebrating our 11th this year so we're not even halfway down your road yet. But, we have known each other for 24 years (even dated in high school)... that's a bit closer! Cheers! -Brendan - Original Message From: William Robb

Another one bites the dust

2009-05-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
I went to drop three rolls of 220 E-6 at Cali-Color in Sacramento today only to be told they no longer process E-6. Same story all over I guess. The lady gave me a list of places that still do E-6 though one is in San Francisco, one is in Santa Cruz, and one is in San Clemente! I guess Pardees

Re: Another one bites the dust

2009-05-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
in borrowing my 2 reel 220 tank and 220 reels? Is the chemistry still available in quart or gallon sizes? On May 26, 2009, at 19:48 , Brendan MacRae wrote: I went to drop three rolls of 220 E-6 at Cali-Color in Sacramento today only to be told they no longer process E-6. Same story all over I

Re: Another one bites the dust

2009-05-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Kodak Ektar 100 is your friend. Now available in 120. -Adam Hmmm. They've brought back the Ektar moniker, huh? Interesting...I should like to shoot and scan. I wonder... -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Big-telephoto advice

2009-05-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
The A400 5.6 suffers pretty bad CA even right down the middle, at least mine does. There was a long thread about this a couple of years ago when I posted a shot where the fringing was pretty bad in the middle of the image and the scene wasn't even backlit. The CA correction in Camera Raw and

Re: PESO - Iris

2009-05-27 Thread Brendan MacRae
Beautiful. - Original Message From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 6:39:06 PM Subject: PESO - Iris Dragged all the gear across the street to my neighbor's front yard as he has a much nicer iris display at

Re: Confirmed: no K30D ever. The K-7 *is* the K30D.

2009-05-28 Thread Brendan MacRae
It definitely would have been ruff . . . - Original Message From: Gonz rgonzoma...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 8:08:49 PM Subject: Re: Confirmed: no K30D ever. The K-7 *is* the K30D. I'm glad they vetoed the idea, it would have

Re: Another reason to dislike Canon

2009-05-31 Thread Brendan MacRae
I don't which is worse, having to stand all day or being forced to wear those striped shirts... - Original Message From: John Celio n...@neovenator.com To: PDML@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, May 31, 2009 3:28:32 AM Subject: Another reason to dislike Canon Canon Employees Are Forbidden to

Re: PESO 2009 - 080 - GDG

2009-05-31 Thread Brendan MacRae
It's stronger without seeing her face, even if she happens to be a beauty! Much more interesting. Good shots. -Brendan - Original Message From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com To: SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com; DUG digitalusersgr...@yahoogroups.com;

Re: OT: help identifying this car

2009-06-03 Thread Brendan MacRae
Daimler did away with the cab-forward design philosophy and predominance of front-wheel-drive that was prevalent at Chrysler and started the trend for rear wheel driven cars. Hence the 300 series, the Magnum, and the Charger. They also contributed to the Chrysler Crossfire design, which I

Re: GESO: fishing through lightroom

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
Terrific series, Luka. Fun pictures! -Brendan - Original Message From: Luka Knezevic-Strika lukastr...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, June 4, 2009 5:45:51 PM Subject: GESO: fishing through lightroom hello, here is what i managed to catch

Re: GFM-Three-last one-with a few pics

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
I like the first in this series. The mist is a nice touch. -Brendan - Original Message From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 7:51:03 AM Subject: GFM-Three-last one-with a few pics (Probably best to read this with a wink ;-)

Re: PESO - Lucca bicycles

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
I like the subdued lighting in this one. Good one, Rick. - Original Message From: Rick Womer rwomer1...@yahoo.com To: pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 2:58:05 PM Subject: PESO - Lucca bicycles Putting up my periscope again, after a busy week. Another shot from

The Keeper

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
Here's a series of shots I took recently of my son Finn running around a play yard at a mall. It's a good example of how a bunch of nothing shots can lead to something if you just keep your eyes open and never stop shooting. I had the K20D out with a flash on it to capture the less frenetic

Re: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on cool cameras)

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
Wow. I've had only three cars in my driving life. 18 - 1972 Mercury Capri. It had a 2600cc V6 in a body that didn't weigh very much, especially mine since I only had the passenger seat in the car half the time. I wrecked it twice, the last time I lost the entire steering rack. Shouldn't have

Re: The Keeper

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
Subject: Re: The Keeper On 6/6/09, Brendan MacRae wrote: Here's a series of shots I took recently of my son Finn running around a play yard at a mall. It's a good example of how a bunch of nothing shots can lead to something if you just keep your eyes open and never stop shooting

Re: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on cool cameras)

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 6:25:45 PM Subject: Re: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on cool cameras) This will be a good memory test for me. Let's see. The first

Re: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on cool cameras)

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on cool cameras) Brendan MacRae wrote: Do you still wish you had the blown 426? The engine, I mean...!? I don't know if it's still true, but as of four or five years ago you could order a brand new, crate 428 or 429 (your choice, they had both) from

Re: The Keeper

2009-06-05 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, June 5, 2009 8:48:01 PM Subject: Re: The Keeper There's a certain irony to a 10-17 zoom being used for a keeper image by Prime Lens Photography HA! Good

Re: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on cool cameras)

2009-06-06 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: William Robb war...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 8:17:19 AM Subject: Re: Car History (was Re: Consumer Reports on cool cameras)   it had a low top speed and shook like an epileptic crack whore.

Re: The Keeper

2009-06-06 Thread Brendan MacRae
Thanks Christine, Bob, Tim, Paul, Miserer, Dave, and everyone else for their comments. -Brendan - Original Message From: Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, June 6, 2009 6:13:27 AM Subject: Re: The Keeper What Bob

OT - Funny car story, while we're at it

2009-06-06 Thread Brendan MacRae
All this car talk reminded me of a story from high school... I was sitting in the quad with my buddy Alan and we talking about bellybuttons...you, know, as you do. Anyway, we were talking about the various qualities of each, doing the old outties vs. innies debate and who we knew with each

Re: GESO Stony Live

2009-06-10 Thread Brendan MacRae
Bob, It's a Steinberger bass. Totally incongruous with the other instruments pictured. Unusual because it lacks a headstock. http://bass-guitars.musiciansfriend.com/product/Steinberger-Spirit-XT2-Standard-Bass?sku=481945 Nice Martin 00-18, though! And I like the Gibson F model mandolin. ;-)

Re: GESO: RGB city

2009-06-22 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good stuff, Luka. I like the long exposure/zoom effect in many of the shots particularly when there were people in the foregound. Good series. -Brendan - Original Message From: Luka Knezevic-Strika lukastr...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, June

Some 4th of July fun...

2009-07-04 Thread Brendan MacRae
This is a funny site. Not strictly about the 4th of July, more like a primer on how not to take a group photo. A must for all would-be portraitists. http://awkwardfamilyphotos.com/ Enjoy! Happy 4th! -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Anyone use ExifTool?

2009-07-06 Thread Brendan MacRae
I have it and have used it to find the shutter actuations for the K10D. But, it doesn't seem to work for the point and shoots (Optios). Has anyone else tried it? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: Anyone use ExifTool?

2009-07-06 Thread Brendan MacRae
, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Brendan MacRae wrote: I have it and have used it to find the shutter actuations for the K10D. But, it doesn't seem to work for the point and shoots (Optios). Has anyone else tried it? It should reveal the EXIF info on any JPEG file, but I have no idea whether

Re: Published ;-)

2009-07-10 Thread Brendan MacRae
Good on the boy! Excellent...nice fill flash in the head shot! -Brendan - Original Message From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 2:36:31 PM Subject: Published ;-) My son Stefan completed his week at the Oxford Mail newspaper

Re: AAARRRGGG K20D Annoyances

2009-07-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
Extension tube? Then you'd have better near focusing. Although, you'd lose whatever automation you have without it. - Original Message From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 12:41:07 PM Subject:

SMC Question...

2009-07-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
Was SMC applied to both sides of lens elements? -Brendan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: SMC Question...

2009-07-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
read that on the internet somewhere. granted - that's a big and uncertain category of information. - MCC   - Original Message From: Brendan MacRae To: pdml Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:12:39 PM Subject: SMC Question... Was SMC applied to both sides of lens

Re: SMC Question...

2009-07-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
mount lenses. I think I read that on the internet somewhere. granted - that's a big and uncertain category of information. - MCC - Original Message From: Brendan MacRae To: pdml Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:12:39 PM Subject: SMC Question... Was SMC

Re: K7 pics for Christine

2009-07-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
Nice work, Paul. Looking forward to ordering mine soon enough.   - Original Message From: Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:56:33 PM Subject: K7 pics for Christine Okay, here are a few that I

Re: PESO 2009 - 116 - GDG

2009-07-12 Thread Brendan MacRae
This is a really good one, Godfrey. The highlights on her face reduce the contrast and make her almost appear doll-like. Good stuff, evocative. - Original Message From: Godfrey DiGiorgi ramar...@mac.com To: SeePhoto Talk seeph...@micapeak.com; DUG

Re: Bag Dilemma - solved

2009-07-14 Thread Brendan MacRae
For the same money you could do this: http://www.amazon.com/Lowepro-Slingshot-Weather-Backpack-Black/dp/B000B9O83A/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8s=electronicsqid=1247624550sr=8-1 This is the backpack I have. I usually have it filled with: K10D body K20D body w/mounted DA* 16-50mm f2.8 zoom Pentax-A 85mm

Re: Bag Dilemma - solved

2009-07-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
jehosep...@mindspring.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 8:41:35 PM Subject: Re: Bag Dilemma - solved Brendan MacRae wrote: This is the backpack I have. I usually have it filled with: Domke F2.  There is no other answer. -- Thanks, DougF

Re: Bag Dilemma - solved

2009-07-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
with. - Original Message From: AlunFoto alunf...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2009 8:41:57 AM Subject: Re: Bag Dilemma - solved 2009/7/15 Brendan MacRae : And frankly, nothing beats my Pelican 1600 series! I'd pay money to see you load

Re: Bag Dilemma - solved

2009-07-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
, July 15, 2009 9:41:16 AM Subject: Re: Bag Dilemma - solved On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 08:10:38AM -0700, Brendan MacRae wrote: I'm sure the Domke is a great bag but it's also bigger and more expensive. I was trying to show an alternative in the same size/price range. And frankly, nothing

Re: Slingshot anyone?

2009-07-17 Thread Brendan MacRae
Ralf, I have a slingshot and it does allow you access to the compartment while still wearing the backpack. I have used it like this before in a couple of situations like you describe. Once at the beach where I wasn't about to set anything down on the sand. It only has the one large shoulder

FS: SMC Pentax-6X7 Shift 1:4.5 75mm

2009-07-17 Thread Brendan MacRae
In soft case with both original caps. Lens is in excellent condition shows virtually no wear except for some paint loss on the front filter threads. There is also a small, barely decernable mark in the front lens coating, 3.5mm long, near the edge. I realize it's nothing but purists be warned.

Re: First digital camera

2009-07-17 Thread Brendan MacRae
Here's another page showing a bit more: http://www.retrothing.com/2008/05/kodaks-first-di.html I recognized the lens right off. It's an f1.2 9mm-21mm lever operated zoom that was used on a couple of different models of Kodak Ektasound Super 8 movie cameras. I sold one in May of last year:

Re: GESO: slideshow

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
Or, a slideshow within a slideshow. ;-) -Brendan - Original Message From: Luka Knezevic-Strika lukastr...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:03:00 AM Subject: GESO: slideshow :)

Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
I would like to put some kind of protective finish on a couple recent prints I've made on Epson's Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper. Does anyone have a recommendation for a lacquer of some kind? I've tried a matte Krylon for artwork but it sprays unevenly, good finish, but impossible to apply

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
  - Original Message From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 10:23:41 AM Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? Brendan MacRae wrote: I would like to put some kind of protective finish on a couple recent

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
. As Ann suggests, matting and framing is probably the best protection. Paul On Jul 18, 2009, at 1:23 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: Brendan MacRae wrote: I would like to put some kind of protective finish on a couple recent prints I've made on Epson's Ultra Smooth Fine Art Paper

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
...@uniserve.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 3:31:18 PM Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 02:57:27PM -0700, Brendan MacRae scripsit: I'm not looking for lacquer for preserving the prints. I just want to seal the print and make

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-18 Thread Brendan MacRae
will most likely not be an issue in such a short time. - Original Message From: ann sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 9:22:39 PM Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? Brendan MacRae wrote: I'm not looking

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-19 Thread Brendan MacRae
. I've never done any of the above, but if you email Andrew Darlow, I bet he'd elaborate on this advice.  imag...@andrewdarlow.com his web site www.inkjettips.com. HTH  Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: Brendan MacRae To: pdml Sent: Saturday, July 18, 2009 11:04 AM

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-19 Thread Brendan MacRae
Almost never applied to photographs? http://www.lacquer-mat.com/index.html -Brendan - Original Message From: paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Sunday, July 19, 2009 2:09:21 AM Subject: Re: Lacquer for prints? That's probably

Re: Lacquer for prints?

2009-07-20 Thread Brendan MacRae
Varnish 1312' by Krylon, its a 'non yellowing protection for oil, acrylic watercolors paintings'. I've only used it on Epson canvas material, but I've had no issues with it. Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f - Original Message - From: Brendan MacRae Subject: Re

Re: OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling Soldier Photograph?

2009-07-21 Thread Brendan MacRae
I don't think it's OT in the least. I find it a bit shocking. Other greats have faked their work and still I doubt that it can be argued that Capa wasn't a great photographer. I read that he chose the name Capa to mimic Capra, as in Frank Capra, the iconic American Director. I suppose that

Re: OT: Did Capa Fake the Falling Soldier Photograph?

2009-07-22 Thread Brendan MacRae
That's an eloquent defense, Bob, and frankly I hope you're right. He did produce such undeniable work that something like this seems a bit amazing. But it's the self-mythologizing that I wonder about. After all, if it's just a question of dates well then as you say, it may be much ado about

Re: PESO 2009 - 120 - GDG

2009-07-22 Thread Brendan MacRae
- Original Message From: Cotty cotty...@mac.com To: pentax list PDML@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 10:31:07 AM Subject: Re: PESO 2009 - 120 - GDG you're pretty handy with that camera. and it's digital! -- Another great shot by Godfrey, go finger...

Re: FML...

2009-07-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
Some guy had a 67II on eBay recently, body and AE prism only that went for $1200. He had the camera hot rodded at Pentax to select half stops. http://tinyurl.com/m58axo - Original Message From: Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent:

Re: How to lose a sale

2009-07-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
Unbelieveable. What does it matter what a camera looks like? I like the manual film quote...It's not too often you hear stories of people talking down Leicas. What a maroon. It's funny, but I get the same looks and type of questions about the 67 every once in a while. It's interesting how

Re: Not Good Enough to be a PESO -- Bordom

2009-07-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
I disagree; it's a fine shot. -Brendan - Original Message From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 5:01:53 PM Subject: Not Good Enough to be a PESO -- Bordom Sometimes content trumps image quality.  I

Re: OT: Aperture Update (sort of)

2009-07-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
  - Original Message From: Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 5:05:02 PM Subject: OT: Aperture Update (sort of) Apple today released an chunk of code said to improve the operability of all of it's Pro

Re: OT: Aperture Update (sort of)

2009-07-23 Thread Brendan MacRae
9:48:58 PM Subject: Re: OT: Aperture Update (sort of) I get an RSS feed from Apple on Aperture Downloads. It's 95% wanting you to look at the next ridiculously expensive add on or plug-in, but it's also the official feed for Aperture Upgrades. On Jul 23, 2009, at 18:40 , Brendan

Re: My current prime lens A-Team

2009-07-25 Thread Brendan MacRae
A 20mm f2.8 FA 31mm f1.8 LTD A 50mm f1.4 A* 85mm f1.4 VS1 105mm f2.5 Macro A 400mm f5.6 Usually only the 31 and the 85 come along with me. Every once in a while I take the 20 or the 50. The 400 is almost never used and will probably be sold and replaced with a DA* series long prime, probably 

Re: PESO -- 99

2009-07-26 Thread Brendan MacRae
luftballoons... it's interesting though, they only became red balloons in Nena's English version of the song. In the German version their color is not mentioned. - Original Message From: P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent:

Re: A thought experiment involving acetone

2009-02-15 Thread Brendan MacRae
Next time tell your friend not to use cyanoacrylate. Use a clear, two-part epoxy with a longer set up time. The benefits will be, 1. a stonger bond, 2. easier clean up if if gets somewhere it shouldn't, and 3. no white crystaline residue. -Brendan --- On Sun, 2/15/09, Bob W

Pentax - disrespected again

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
However, only in the pages of pop photo so I'm not sure it even counts. The current issue tests the Four Thirds Oly E-30 and compares it to a number of other models. Near the end (top left, pg. 80) it states, The E-30 stands up very well against the Pentax K20D and Sony A700, but these are the

Re: Pentax - disrespected again

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
, February 16, 2009, 10:48 AM On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 1:40 PM, Brendan MacRae brendanmacrae1...@yahoo.com wrote: However, only in the pages of pop photo so I'm not sure it even counts. The current issue tests the Four Thirds Oly E-30 and compares it to a number of other models. Near the end (top

Re: Pentax - disrespected again

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
--- On Mon, 2/16/09, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Of course the K20D does offer live view, so you can take all of what they say with a grain of salt. Paul That's probably true of much of what they publish nowadays. It was an ok review but I was suprised by how bad a

Re: Pictorialism exhibit at George Eastman House

2009-02-16 Thread Brendan MacRae
I hate to do this, but since Pictorialism was brought up and since I haven't done any For Sale Fridays in long time... I have a Struss Pictorial Lens on eBay right now. You know, JIC you'd like to give it a go:

Re: Setting custom white balance

2009-02-22 Thread Brendan MacRae
It is certainly a sound solution. All the way back to high school in the 1980's we used white, translucent lens caps on our video cameras to set white balance. Of course, a plain white t-shirt worked in a pinch... -Brendan --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote:

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