Re: OT: Photography for Kids?

2012-01-14 Thread Christine Nielsen
theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hello all... ...and Happy New Year! Well, 2012 has gotten off to a busy start, and I haven't had much time to cruise the list lately... I hope Santa was good to everyone

Re: OT: Photography for Kids?

2012-01-14 Thread Christine Nielsen
old... :) -c On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 1:04 PM, mike wilson m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com wrote: On 14/01/2012 17:01, Christine Nielsen wrote: What do you think?  Anyone out there ever done this sort of thing, or have any good resources to share?  I'd be most grateful... Happy new year to you, too

Re: OT: Photography for Kids?

2012-01-14 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, John -- I especially like the hints! :) -c On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 2:39 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Christine Nielsen Hello all... ...and Happy New Year! Well, 2012 has gotten off to a busy start, and I haven't had much time to cruise the list lately... I

Re: Photography for Kids?

2012-01-14 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thank you, Bob. I agree, that fill-the-frame lesson is key... On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 11:33 AM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Christine Nielsen [...] One of the things I've been doing is teaching some classes, sort

Re: GESO: Sledding at Booth Park

2012-01-14 Thread Christine Nielsen
Looks like fun -- were you guys the only ones out there? Grace did a great job making the most of just barely enough snow! You mean the 60-250, right? Or do I need to adjust my wish list...? :) -c On Sat, Jan 14, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Finally, got an

Re: OT: Photography for Kids?

2012-01-15 Thread Christine Nielsen
/14/12 To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: RE: OT: Photography for Kids? From: Christine Nielsen Hello all... ...and Happy New Year! Well, 2012 has gotten off to a busy start, and I haven't had much time to cruise the list lately... I hope Santa was good to everyone! One of the things I've been

Re: OT: Nik Software Test

2012-01-15 Thread Christine Nielsen
Yay, more tarts! ;) Santa brought me the Nik collection, too... haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but looking forward to taking it for a spin soon... -c On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: Ok, remember, I tarted this up on purpose, just to

Re: OT: Photography for Kids?

2012-01-16 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, Steve -- all good suggestions! :) -c On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: One more thing:  in terms of class time, have them take some pictures early. Introduce the ideas about composition, etc., while taking the pictures.  Many newbies are

Re: PESO - to the altar, girl!

2012-01-17 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks for sharing that! Their happiness is infectious, and a welcome image on a miserably gray, cold, back-to-the-grind morning here on the other side of the world. Congrats to them! :) -c On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Pete McIntosh peter...@gmail.com wrote: Hi guys, A rare PESO from

Re: LR 3 mystery.

2012-01-17 Thread Christine Nielsen
I have no idea, of course.  But that happens to me sometimes, too, if that makes you feel any better? I don't think I have ever encountered it on export, but I will notice a ? in the upper right of the image thumbnail (or next to the folder) every now then, indicating LR has lost track of it.

Re: New Pentax EVIL rumor, with specs

2012-01-21 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 2:20 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: I can't stand the way the 16-50mm DA* ejaculates ; it's so vulgar, though I do recognize it takes nice pictures.  It's so different than the DA* 50-135mm, which maintains its lovely shape as you zoom in and out.

GESO: At the rink

2012-01-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
Hi all, I remembered to take the camera to hockey this weekend... I have a great spot to shoot from, being on the bench. Because, you know... coaches get to sit on the bench. Truth be told, I am really just a figurehead -- a girl coach for the girls' U10 team -- which means I fix a lot of

Re: GESO: At the rink

2012-01-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Great shots. How do you handle metering?  It looks like the light is pretty flat and consistent so you could just set it in manual and leave it.  Or do you just go with auto exposure at nominal or some correction? Thanks,

Re: GESO: At the rink

2012-01-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 4:03 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: Enjoyed them all, Christine, but I must say, #8 is an absolutely classic hockey shot. Should be put to commercial use. Thanks very much, Jack! That's one of my faves, too. (And between you me... not least because that

Re: GESO: At the rink

2012-01-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 5:01 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Some really good shots there. I really envy you with the K5; I shot a hockey game with my K10d and its 1600 iso max was woefully inadequate. Next time I'll have to give up shake reduction and take the

Re: GESO: At the rink

2012-01-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 5:54 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Very good set, and 8000 shows well. I need to take my new K-5 into a rink before winter is over and experiment. I used ot use the D2H. Thanks, Dave. If you can't get to a rink, I also recommend gymnastics events and

Re: GESO: At the rink

2012-01-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Well done. You captured some great action. My middle daughter played hockey in high school. shooting it with ISO 3200 BW film in dimly lit arenas was less than rewarding. Thanks, Paul. I can imagine how non-fun

Re: GESO: At the rink

2012-01-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 6:07 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: By the way, the song is being turned into a movie by Kevin Smith: http://www.movieweb.com/news/hit-somebody-gets-split-into-two-movies I thought they already made the movie... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i_D6oQO6b8 -c

Re: PESO: Snowy Owl in Nebraska

2012-01-30 Thread Christine Nielsen
Good for you! That must've been a thrill. I've heard that Snowy Owls have come further south everywhere this year. There have been sightings nearby where I live, south of Boston, but I haven't been so lucky as to see any... :) -c On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Darren Addy

Re: GESO: At the rink

2012-01-31 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, Cotty! On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 4:47 AM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 30/1/12, Christine Nielsen, discombobulated, unleashed: Anyhoo... I continue to delight in the K-5's high ISO abilities. Here's a few shots, most at 8000 iso: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets

Re: Two days until K-01 announcement

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:13 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: While it'd be nice to see, it's not something I'd ever expect to see.  Do you really think Pentax are going to come out with not only a FF body but a whole new line of FF lenses?  I don't think it'll look very credible

Re: K-01 is here...

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-Fkrxy2FAku4/TylI7rKtXYI/Ahk/KEJd0EPjCrg/w812-h609-k/K-5_SE_40xs_silver3_front-top.jpg This is clearly NOT the K-01. It has a viewfinder/prism. Says it's the K-5_SE... silver

GESO: At the track

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
So... as a follow-up to the other day's hockey pics, I thought I'd share some I did the weekend before, at an indoor track meet. http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/sets/72157629116216583/with/6796372073/ Conditions weren't as chilly, but definitely dimmer, and with faster-moving subjects.

Re: After a little work ...

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
Bingo! I'd say you nailed it... :) -c On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:38 AM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: http://www.brendemuehl.net/images/70074BPx.jpg So I took an alternate route. Enhance, Shadows/Highlights 1.  Lighten Shadows 35% 2.  Darken Highlights +15% 3.  Midtone

Re: PESO - Glorious Dead

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
I also agree with Brian -- compelling image, Frank! :) -c On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:12 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Quoting frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2012/01/glorious-dead.html Comments always welcome. A perfect

Re: PESO - The Gentleman

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
A sweet moment. You Canadians, always so polite! (I wish someone would tie my skates once in a while! I mean that literally -- usually I am on the other end of the laces...) :) -c On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 9:45 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: In Canada, a gentleman always

Re: GESO: At the track

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
. I find jpegs work fine for most subjects, although I rarely shoot that way, since RAWs are actually easier to tweak in terms of balancing the midrange, the whites, and the blacks when rendering finals. Paul On Feb 1, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: So... as a follow-up

Re: GESO: At the track

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Christine, You're getting great results!  I wish I had the K-5 for all those Gymnastic meets I shot in dimly lit gyms with the PZ-1 and ISO1600 film. Thanks, Bob! I have some gymnastics photos, too...! Last year was

Re: At the track

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 12:42 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Great captures given the subject the conditions. Thanks, Ken. How could they be better? Well... at the risk of appearing unreasonable... When I pixel-peep at these images, and look at the faces in particular, the noise gets

Re: GESO: At the track

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
action. Jack From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 8:54 AM Subject: GESO: At the track So... as a follow-up to the other day's hockey pics, I thought I'd share some I did

Re: GESO: At the track

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Christine, Money you can always replace.  Memories, not so much.  Don't wait. Regards,  Bob S. Yes, that was my line of reasoning when I rationalized this enablement to my honey... :) -c -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: GESO: At the track

2012-02-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
: Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:54:50 -0500 From: Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Subject: GESO: At the track Message-ID:        cabuupzht6kknglxho1h2hfxyn7fbef-olrf5atzbo20c-93...@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 So

Re: K-01 Press Release and Specs

2012-02-02 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 7:55 AM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Here is a telling shot form dpreview.  It really is as big as the K5 for all practical purposes. In which case... I don't get it. But I hope they sell lots. Reading over my shoulder, my husband commented, What are

Re: OT: Boise CEO Dies in Plane Crash Today

2012-02-03 Thread Christine Nielsen
What a shame.  Especially tough, since it seems this wasn't his first crash.  My husband flies small planes... owns an experimental one, too...  I hate hearing news like this, even though I know all the lines about flying being safer than driving, etc.  I wonder what went wrong...? -c On Fri,

Technical difficulties - K-5/battery

2012-02-06 Thread Christine Nielsen
Hi all, Happy Monday. What do you make of this... Shooting at my daughter's gymnastics meet yesterday, I noticed my battery was starting to get low. I had an extra in my bag, so I switched it out. I took a shot, and then all kinds of clicking started to happen. It wasn't taking pics on its

Re: Technical difficulties - K-5/battery

2012-02-06 Thread Christine Nielsen
,  Bob S. On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 7:04 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Hi all, Happy Monday. What do you make of this... Shooting at my daughter's gymnastics meet yesterday, I noticed my battery was starting to get low.   I had an extra in my bag, so I switched it out.   I took

Re: Technical difficulties - K-5/battery

2012-02-06 Thread Christine Nielsen
? In any case if it's not a battery, it's probably a power supply. Contact Pentax, or CRIS and see if you can get things lined up before sending it in. Yes, I think I am going to get in touch, at least before I put the battery back in the camera... thx, -c Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote

Re: Technical difficulties - K-5/battery

2012-02-06 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Feb 6, 2012, at 8:44 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Larry Colen, l...@red4est.com (From Droid) l...@red4est.com wrote: My problem was that when I'd try to take a picture it would turn off

Re: Technical difficulties - K-5/battery

2012-02-06 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: I had that happen once. Don't recall the exact circumstances, but it never happened again. Your camera probably just  needs a good rest and some chicken soup. Maybe I should take it on a vacation somewhere, then?

Re: Technical difficulties - K-5/battery

2012-02-06 Thread Christine Nielsen
Oof. Just waded through a 15-page thread on PF about this... K-5 Mirror Disorder... My take is that it seems to be a problem with over-charged batteries... On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:08 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com

Re: New lenses DA 560/5.6, DA 50/1.8

2012-02-07 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 4:52 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: I'm thinking it'll be more cost effective to look for a nice 50mm f1.7 in F or FA livery. Not necessarily. Just as the DA 35mm f2.4 has cut

Re: GESO: Boat geometries

2012-02-08 Thread Christine Nielsen
Boathouses is my favorite -- +1! :) -c On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 2:31 AM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I’ve got myself mixed up with Boat People, doing Boat Things.  Boats have interesting shapes: https://plus.google.com/u/0/107606703558161507946/posts/d3nseprzEJF -- PDML

Re: PESO: House of the Sun

2012-02-08 Thread Christine Nielsen
Very nice. I've enjoyed seeing all of your vacation photos... You've been making good use of your time in Hawaii... and making some of us winter-bound folks quite jealous. Lucky! :) -c On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 9:59 PM, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Frosty AM

2012-02-08 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:58 PM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Feb 8, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: Like that first one best.. Same here, it's a fantastic photo.  It almost looks as if it was shot in IR. I was thinking the same thing! Well done. :) -c -- PDML

Re: PESO - Wesley

2012-02-08 Thread Christine Nielsen
Both this and Happy made me smile... part of a series of character portraits, perhaps...? Although, I read your comments about approaching/being approached, and I understand it's complicated... Anyway, nice work! :) -c On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 9:14 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com

Instant JPEG from RAW utility

2012-02-13 Thread Christine Nielsen
Stumbled upon this the other day in a Scott Kelby book I was browsing at a warehouse club store maybe some of you have seen it? It's a utility that will extract the jpeg preview from RAW files. Interesting, I thought. Works with the DNG files, looking forward to seeing if it will conjure the

Re: Instant JPEG from RAW utility

2012-02-13 Thread Christine Nielsen
jpeg preview from the DNG file using this utility. Nifty. :) -c On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 10:46 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: Stumbled upon this the other day in a Scott Kelby book I was browsing at a warehouse club store maybe some of you have seen it?  It's a utility

Re: Instant JPEG from RAW utility

2012-02-13 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 4:16 PM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: I came across that utility some time ago. It looked nifty but I found I never seemed to need the low quality embedded JPGs, so eventually I uninstalled. The Pentax utility software will do the same thing if I

Re: Macro recommendation

2012-02-14 Thread Christine Nielsen
I'll second that vote. I use mine all the time when shooting beads other small jewelry items, and it does a great job on those tiny specimens . I see them frequently at KEH... :) -c On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 3:18 PM, Tim Bray tb...@textuality.com wrote: I have the last-gen Pentax D-FA 100mm

Re: OT: Proper battery charging

2012-02-24 Thread Christine Nielsen
What information I have been able to find seems to be from people who are not just fastidious with their batteries, but outright obsessive about them. On the one hand, they seem to know a lot about batteries. On the other hand, they seem like lunatics. This is only tangentially related, but

Re: Wireless tethering simplified (and cheap)

2012-02-27 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks for sharing that, Bruce... I'll have to give it a try. Have you ever used PK Tether? (Me neither) To Larry's question about the HDMI Live view... yes. I've hooked up my K-5 via HDMI to a projector in my classes, and projected the live view, as well as everything else you can see on

What's my day rate?

2012-02-28 Thread Christine Nielsen
Hi all, Here's my deal... I have a couple of clients for whom I do product photography -- small businesses who need images for their websites promotional materials. Usually, they send me the items, and I charge an hourly rate for photographing editing. It works pretty well. Recently, one of

Re: Millions of Pics

2012-02-28 Thread Christine Nielsen
Very cool -- I especially liked the photo of the morgue itself. How meta! :) -c On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: The NY Times has more than 10 million frames stored in their photo archive -- or morgue as the paper calls it. A few will be

Re: What's my day rate?

2012-02-29 Thread Christine Nielsen
in the rate you charge for working in your own studio, which is a decent boost for the time spent out of office. I would also charge .50 per mile for travel and bill them for lunch if you buy your own. Best, Paul On Feb 28, 2012, at 9:17 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Hi all, Here's my

Re: What's my day rate?

2012-02-29 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Do you want to encourage them? Or discourage them?  Are you underemployed, so that it would be worth your while to drive out there and spend more time shooting than you might if they just sent the stuff to you?  Or, are

Re: What's my day rate?

2012-03-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
Thanks, John! On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 4:56 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Christine Nielsen Hi all, Here's my deal... I have a couple of clients for whom I do product photography -- small businesses who need images for their websites promotional materials.  Usually

Re: published - New Yorker on line

2012-03-01 Thread Christine Nielsen
Most excellent, Ann! Congrats! :) -c On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2012/03/a-cult-comedian-gets-back-in-the-game.html just a Scrabble shot... requested when photo editor saw it on Wiki with Matt

Re: OT iPad

2012-03-08 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: I have an Android tablet with a full-size USB port, an HDMI port and an SD card slot all built in. It can be useful for evaluating photos in the field with a bigger screen than what's on the back of the camera. I

Re: Blogspot blogger steals my work

2012-03-12 Thread Christine Nielsen
Well, I give him credit for swiping good content, at least. I'd bet every single blog entry of his has been lifted from somewhere else... How'd you find it? -c On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Have a look at this:

Re: Anybody still shooting film?

2012-03-13 Thread Christine Nielsen
I'm teaching a photography class to middle schoolers this month. Last week, we were talking about the anatomy of a camera... I pulled out a K-1000 to demonstrate a few things, and asked: has anyone ever used a film camera? I got lots of blank looks, but then a hand went up, My Grandma has one!!

Re: Happy Constitution Day

2011-09-17 Thread Christine Nielsen
Would you believe... we had a recitation of the Bill of RIghts at the dinner table this very evening?? It all started with one of the girls asking a question about pleading the fifth... and then their dad I trying to recall what each of the first 10 amendments were all about... We managed to get

Re: PESO - Pot of Gold?

2011-09-17 Thread Christine Nielsen
That sky is amazing, the cool/warm contrast is very interesting... I've never managed to be in the right place at the right time (with the right camera) for a rainbow... good catch! :) -c On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 6:46 PM, frank theriault knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: They look like trees to

Re: Happy Constitution Day

2011-09-17 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Sat, Sep 17, 2011 at 8:32 PM, Walt Gilbert ldott...@gmail.com wrote: If she isn't too young, here's an excellent primer on the Fifth Amendment http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CzocBkrWpA Haha... this is the Constitution primer I remember from my youth:

Re: Clever ways of storing and carrying light stands, tripods etc?

2011-09-18 Thread Christine Nielsen
Not terribly clever, but when I'm not using them, I keep stands, umbrellas tripod in a (clean) trash can in a closet in my studio. When I take them somewhere, they go into a duffle bag (an old-school canvas hockey bag)... This system is easy-peasy, even for a slob like me. The wrench-roll

Re: Clever ways of storing and carrying light stands, tripods, etc?

2011-09-18 Thread Christine Nielsen
-duty canvas. Sounds like Larry's found a reasonable solution, anyway. But still, it would be a fine idea if you had to make a pencil case for a giant... :) -c On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:42 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Christine Nielsen Not terribly clever, but when I'm

PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
So... I've been thinking more more about stepping up to the k-5 recently. In the interests of research, I wandered over to Pentax Forums, just to see if there was any buzz, any good gossip, that might influence my decision, or at least, timing. Well, I think that was a mistake. Down the

Re: PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
PentaxForumOverDose..'d :) On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 11:36 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Christine Nielsen So... I've been thinking more more about stepping up to the k-5 recently.  In the interests of research, I wandered over to Pentax Forums, just to see

Re: PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
You're right. You're all right. And I know all this stuff, I do. Just got a little overwhelmed for a bit over there at PF. Knew I could count on you all for an antidote to tell me what I needed to hear: George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote:  Get out and shoot. Thanks, guys. Blood pressure

Re: PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: How about we PUSH you off the ledge? 4 of 'em at Amazon Warehouse deals for $1013 http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0043M6F14/ref=dp_olp_0?ie=UTF8redirect=trueqid=1316449588sr=1-1condition=all : ) This is what

Re: PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: Christine - There is a term used in the military and maybe other places: paralysis by analysis. So many choices, so much uncertainty, such high risks, and you can just grind yourself down trying to come up with

Re: PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: I don't remember what you're shooting with now. I've had a k-7 for two years now. And while I've been pretty happy with it, t's the the low light/hi ISO/better DR performance that's got me longing for the k-5... Oh! And

Re: PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 2:01 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Christine, never go to Pentax Forums for, well, nearly anything.  (I do use the lens database.) That's usually my MO, too. Chicken Little thinks they over react. Point taken. The only cure is to buy a new lens with

Re: PESO - Bach in the Park

2011-09-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
Lovely. Makes me wish my daughter had stuck with the cello. But, I wasn't enough of a Tiger Mom to make that happen. ;) Also... I like how the title rhymes, at least it does in my neighborhood! (Bahk in the pahk) -c (christine, from Boston) On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 4:03 PM, frank theriault

Re: PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-19 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 2:12 PM, Cotty cotty...@mac.com wrote: On 19/9/11, Christine Nielsen, discombobulated, unleashed: Will there ever be a ff pentax offering? I would love there to be - I have an A*85/1.4 and a K15/3.5 waiting, just in case. Sadly though.. http

Re: PDMLers... talk me in off the ledge, pls!

2011-09-20 Thread Christine Nielsen
. Thanks. A little girl talk always helps! :D -c Cheers, Christine/Chicago On Sep 19, 2011, at 8:17 AM, Christine Nielsen wrote: So... I've been thinking more more about stepping up to the k-5 recently.  In the interests of research, I wandered over to Pentax Forums, just to see

Re: 1st lens tumble other what not

2011-09-22 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:32 AM, Christine Aguila christ...@caguila.com wrote: My FA 50mm f 1.4 took a very bad tumble today.  It fell from about waist high to a hard floor.  I tried it out and it seems to be working.  I don't hear any crunching noises, and it focuses in both daylight and low

GESO a question about the web color mgt...

2011-09-22 Thread Christine Nielsen
Our old barn got a renovation, and lucky me (!), I got a studio space out of the deal. It's only very recently been finished, and I'm just starting to get a little time to play out there. The other day, i asked my daughter to sit for some portraits -- I had to capture that summer tan before it

Re: GESO a question about the web color mgt...

2011-09-22 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:25 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On 9/22/2011 12:05 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Our old barn got a renovation, and lucky me (!), I got a studio space out of the deal.  It's only very recently been finished, and I'm just starting to get a little time

Re: GESO a question about the web color mgt...

2011-09-22 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Christine, Nice photos and a charming daughter. I use Picassa and Photo.net Picassa for more casual stuff as colors will wander. I take my best stuff to Photo.net as a more reliable display. Regards,  Bob S. Thanks,

Re: GESO a question about the web color mgt...

2011-09-22 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: There's a big can of worms you're opening here, That's what I was afraid of... oy. So, before anything else... Can you point me at an example of one of your images (the same file) looking different on several

Re: GESO a question about the web color mgt...

2011-09-22 Thread Christine Nielsen
For me the jury's out on the various Google properties. I've distrusted Picasa in the past as the images looked suspiciously munched to me. I know that Google+ is just reusing the Picasa facilities and photogs seem happy with that, so maybe Picasa is ok now.  I'm not sure what Blogger does

Re: GESO a question about the web color mgt...

2011-09-22 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 4:20 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: you can do controlled tests of your browsers against several online images to isolate whether it is the browser or Flickr, etc. — search for something like browser color management test for many examples; i don't claim to

Re: GESO a question about the web color mgt...

2011-09-22 Thread Christine Nielsen
right to provide some fill. The ratio between the window lit portion of the face and the shade portion is a bit extreme. That being said, they're all very nice. Paul On Sep 22, 2011, at 4:42 PM, frank theriault wrote: On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net

Re: GESO a question about the web color mgt...

2011-09-22 Thread Christine Nielsen
was completely different... I used strobes/umbrellas for that one... Thanks, Stan. stan On Sep 22, 2011, at 2:05 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: Our old barn got a renovation, and lucky me (!), I got a studio space out of the deal.  It's only very recently been finished, and I'm just starting to get

Re: PESO: Free Lunch

2011-09-23 Thread Christine Nielsen
Great shot... but I have one question: why are you trying to attract the turkeys to your yard? We have been battling an entire family of turkeys all summer... Mom, Dad the 6 kids keep wandering into our newly-seeded backyard for an all-you-can-eat buffet. And our pooch, a lovable goof who

Re: GESO a question about the web color mgt...

2011-09-24 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 11:51 AM, William Robb anotherdrunken...@gmail.com wrote: I didn't read this thread, so I don't know if this has been mentioned, but get some translucent fabric and cover that window. Get enough fabric and make yourself some big, stand up reflectors as well. I made a

Re: We haven't had a good rumors thread in a while.

2011-09-26 Thread Christine Nielsen
fingers in ears la-la-la-la-la-la-la...! I'm not listening... :) -c On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 1:33 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Just sayin'. Well, hows this.  Based on Pentax's recent behavior the K3 will be announced either in May or October of 2012, to be released

Re: PESO: Mystery

2011-10-04 Thread Christine Nielsen
I'll refrain from guessing... since when I click the link, it turns up six photos, with a title appearing in my browser tab... But, I've been inside one of those before... at a midsummer airshow sixteen years ago, I found it was the perfect, shady cool spot to feed the baby... very comfy inside,

Re: KEH pricing

2011-10-07 Thread Christine Nielsen
That is odd especially considering Adorama has the k-5, plus an 8gb sd card, plus an extra battery, bag and 4-sd card case for the same price as just the k-5 alone. And free shipping. And it arrives the next day... Ask me how I know...! :-D -c On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 10:17 AM, P. J. Alling

Re; Lightroom, Camera Calibration, Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

2011-10-11 Thread Christine Nielsen
ok, LR gurus, here's a question for you: In the Camera Calibration panel of LR3... I can choose either Adobe Standard or Embedded when processing an image. It appears that Adobe Std is the default. My k-5 arrived set to the bright custom image tone (pg 222 when I RTFM) by default. Does it

Re: Re; Lightroom, Camera Calibration, Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

2011-10-12 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 9:52 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: ok, LR gurus, here's a question for you: In the Camera Calibration panel of LR3... I can choose either Adobe Standard or Embedded when processing an image.  It appears that Adobe Std is the default. My k-5 arrived

Re: Re; Lightroom, Camera Calibration, Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

2011-10-12 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 11-10-11 9:52 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: ok, LR gurus, here's a question for you: In the Camera Calibration panel of LR3... I can choose either Adobe Standard or Embedded when processing an image.  It appears

Re: Re; Lightroom, Camera Calibration, Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

2011-10-12 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 11-10-11 9:52 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: ok, LR gurus, here's a question for you: In the Camera Calibration panel of LR3... I can choose either Adobe Standard or Embedded when processing an image.  It appears

Re: Re; Lightroom, Camera Calibration, Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

2011-10-12 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Yeah, I'd ignore them unless you are planning to go over to the dark side and shoot to jpeg again. Well, *that's* not gonna happen! :) I was just looking for a quick dirty way to process a few raw files I still

Re: Re; Lightroom, Camera Calibration, Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

2011-10-12 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 1:08 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: on 2011-10-12 10:56 Christine Nielsen wrote On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 12:21 PM, Bruce Walkerbruce.wal...@gmail.com  wrote: Yeah, I'd ignore them unless you are planning to go over to the dark side and shoot to jpeg again

Re: Re; Lightroom, Camera Calibration, Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

2011-10-12 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 4:53 PM, Paul Sorenson pentax1...@gmail.com wrote: If you build a preset, as Steve suggested, you can tell LR to apply that preset as it imports your images.  Then they will need little or no tweaking.  Take a look at this video by David Ziser.

SESO... (screenshot every so often)

2011-10-15 Thread Christine Nielsen
Went to flickr today... this is what I saw: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/6247284012/in/photostream or: http://www.flickr.com/photos/23028562@N04/6247284012/in/photostream Three* Pentax and a Ricoh! Coincidence...? :) -c * I think it's three, the one on the far left I couldn't

Re: Re; Lightroom, Camera Calibration, Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

2011-10-16 Thread Christine Nielsen
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 4:19 PM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Christine - Your suspicion is correct, at least for Nikon.  Where you see Adobe Std. listed.  I also see Nikon Standard, landscape, vivid, portrait etc.  It's camera specific. Yup, as I suspected! Thanks for the

Re: Re; Lightroom, Camera Calibration, Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

2011-10-17 Thread Christine Nielsen
... :) -c On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 4:19 PM, George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Christine - Your suspicion is correct, at least for Nikon.  Where you see Adobe Std. listed.  I also see Nikon Standard, landscape

Re: Re; Lightroom, Camera Calibration, Embedded vs Adobe Std, and the k-5...

2011-10-17 Thread Christine Nielsen
, David Parsons parsons.da...@gmail.com wrote: They've submitted the request to Adobe.  The ball is in their court now to action the request or not. On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Christine Nielsen ch...@inielsen.net wrote: An update, for those interested... I suppose The ability to have

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