Re: Totally OT - important lesson about refrigerators

2015-06-05 Thread Darren Addy
It's news to me! Thanks for sharing. I suppose it is one more indication of how our education system just doesn't cover the things we really need to know in life. :) On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 9:12 PM, Igor PDML-StR pdml...@komkon.org wrote: It is something that I've never thought about before...

Re: K-3 firmware update 1.21 is out...

2015-06-04 Thread Darren Addy
I was referring to my waistline, but ... :) On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 10:29 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: They have a pill for that - nudge, nudge, wink wink Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi

Re: PESO - 'Hanging out'

2015-06-03 Thread Darren Addy
Nice shot, Ken. But I was thinking that you and Bruce need to switch titles. :) On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Thanks Bob ! I figure he was out getting a new modem - that's the reason he was off the web. Kenneth Waller

Re: K-3 firmware update 1.21 is out...

2015-06-02 Thread Darren Addy
My camera body is fine. My physical body could use a good Firmware Update, if you know what I mean. -- 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: Performance differences between the K-3 and the K-3II

2015-06-02 Thread Darren Addy
...@red4est.com wrote: Darren Addy wrote: I gotta believe that is a typo on the original K-3 specs (it's on the Ricoh page that way also) but both cameras say that there are 24.71 Total Pixels so I don't see any way the one would differ from the other. I'd chalk it up to a typo that nobody caught

Re: Performance differences between the K-3 and the K-3II

2015-06-02 Thread Darren Addy
I gotta believe that is a typo on the original K-3 specs (it's on the Ricoh page that way also) but both cameras say that there are 24.71 Total Pixels so I don't see any way the one would differ from the other. I'd chalk it up to a typo that nobody caught. The K-3 is called a 24.3MP camera most

Re: PESO: Passing

2015-06-02 Thread Darren Addy
Frankly, it is the United State's lifestyle/diet that needs to be pitied. They may be aged and bent but they are out about and walking on their own two feet rather than riding some electric scooter. The satirical web site The Onion put it very well on the subject of childhood obesity:

Re: June PUG - Last Call

2015-06-01 Thread Darren Addy
I submitted for June and DID get a submission confirmation (just another data point). On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 10:26 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: No confirmation from my submission either Dave On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 12:41 AM, Brian Walters apathy...@lyons-ryan.org wrote: Hi

Re: 'Throw away camera'

2015-06-01 Thread Darren Addy
This sounds like a concept designed to fire the imagination and raise money, but if you think about it, it is probably a little flawed. First of all, how does it maintain a desired vector, relative to the subject? I can see how it might maintain the proper distance, but how do you choose/maintain

Re: PESO- A Rainy Night's Morning

2015-06-01 Thread Darren Addy
Interesting subject and the color bands give it an abstract feel, Bulent. It appears a little overexposed though and, checking the histogram I see that it starts a ways off the left hand side. Dragging that left hand Levels pointer over to match the left hand side if the histogram improves it a

Re: OT - Mac OS update question

2015-06-01 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.macworld.co.uk/review/mac-software/yosemite-vs-mavericks-mac-os-x-3580644/ On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 8:13 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: For work, I use a late 2008 unibody MacBook Pro, running Lion but badly needing an OS update. Our computer guy says I can go with

Re: PESO - Longhorn Beetle

2015-05-31 Thread Darren Addy
Wow, that's some extreme macro! So sharp. So are you going to share the somewhat different approach or just tease us with it? :) On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 5:45 PM, Mark C pdml-m...@charter.net wrote: http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/longhorn-beetle Took a somewhat different

Re: PESO: John Deere Model D Steel Wheel on the Prairie

2015-05-30 Thread Darren Addy
is not insignificant. On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 10:32 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Sat, May 30, 2015 at 11:09 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: I believe that the majority of people rarely turn their cameras to a vertical orientation, horizontal is the default and probably

Re: PESO: John Deere Model D Steel Wheel on the Prairie

2015-05-30 Thread Darren Addy
large) Black White Photography community to their Top Community Picks, which is a first for me. On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks for those who looked/commented. I appreciate Ken's thoughts on the trees on the left as well. I really don't think

PESO: John Deere Model D Steel Wheel on the Prairie

2015-05-29 Thread Darren Addy
https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18207974972/ Comments and criticism welcome in equal measure. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: GESO: MX and FP4 at the White Horse

2015-05-29 Thread Darren Addy
Neat set Chris. I had to google Wayland's Smithy. Very interesting stuff. Nice to see that FP4 Plus is still being sold, also! On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Chris Mitchell chris.mitch...@which.net wrote: Six genuine Pentax film photos from our PDML meet with Rick and Joy at the White Horse

Re: PESO: John Deere Model D Steel Wheel on the Prairie

2015-05-29 Thread Darren Addy
into the image. Feels right! Jack - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Friday, May 29, 2015 6:51:38 AM Subject: PESO: John Deere Model D Steel Wheel on the Prairie https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy

Official Pentax Story app

2015-05-28 Thread Darren Addy
Haven't seen this mentioned before thought it might be interesting to the group: http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/download/app/pentax-story/index.html Pentax Story is basically just a slick advertising app, but then the words slick, advertising and Pentax haven't been in the same

K-3 firmware update 1.21 is out...

2015-05-28 Thread Darren Addy
...and reportedly fixes the bug found by some in 1.20 http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/digital/k3_s.html (If you didn't already see it.) -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

PESO with the 77mm Limited

2015-05-27 Thread Darren Addy
Haven't had an abundance of opportunity to use my recently procured FA77 but it was the perfect focal length for this shot, taken on Monday. Of course I'm using it at f/11, where most every lens should perform at its best, but I was still pretty amazed at its incredible sharpness (paired with the

Re: PESO - Don't look at my popsicle!

2015-05-27 Thread Darren Addy
What Ken said. Impressive crispness, too. (Curious what lens you used.) On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:45 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Very well captured Igor. A crisp image with an interesting pose. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original

Re: PESO: Bridge View

2015-05-27 Thread Darren Addy
I prefer the color version also. Dislike the center position of the lamp post, and think the building on the left might be improved with some perspective correction. On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 7:51 AM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: Prefer the color in this case. Very well composed, David!

Re: GESO Birding at 50mm

2015-05-27 Thread Darren Addy
That's a neat set, Larry. I'm especially struck by the images with the graffiti/wall OOF behind the bird. Incongruity. Is this a rare site in downtown Oakland? Certainly rare to be able to get so close? What is up with that? Sounds like they were drunk or something. On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 2:35

Re: PESO - 'Bleeding Heart Duo'

2015-05-27 Thread Darren Addy
Creamy bokeh! It is my fantasy to someday find that lens at a thrift store. Stranger things have happened! On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Taken with a K20D, 200mm f4.0 SMC A* ED Macro - 1/200, f7.1, 1600 ISO Comments appreciated.

PESO: Early 20th Century Nebraska Barn (Color and BW)

2015-05-26 Thread Darren Addy
Early 20th Century Nebraska Barn: (color) https://goo.gl/ptQ31l (Click the image to see it larger) and for BW fans: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/18117557522/in/dateposted-public/ Comments and criticism welcome in equal measure! -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. --

K-3 II manual now available

2015-05-23 Thread Darren Addy
...for those interested. http://www.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/english/support/man-pdf/k-3-2.pdf -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- 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

Re: PDML Photo Annual: ebook now available

2015-05-22 Thread Darren Addy
No experience, but ClearView seems to be the one with the most favorable reviews on the Mac: http://www.canoejoy.com/ On Fri, May 22, 2015 at 12:40 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Larry Colen wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Another app to try would be Adobe

Re: Camera purchase advice

2015-05-19 Thread Darren Addy
I guess I'd want to know more about what camera features are most important to your friend. I'm curious why she would go from a film SLR to a PS digital. Was the reason price? Size/convenience? Is she only interested in digital on instagram or is she interested in making prints of good shots (and

Re: PESO: Biscayne's World

2015-05-19 Thread Darren Addy
the viewer and make this successful. Incidentally, I also feel the peek-a-boo leaves should be cropped out. Jack - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2015 11:15:57 AM Subject: PESO: Biscayne's World

PESO: Biscayne's World

2015-05-19 Thread Darren Addy
With apologies to Andrew Wyeth, but this just reminded me of an automotive version of his Christina's World. Taken with a Pentax K-3 and Sigma EX 10-20mm f4-5.6 in the back forty on an abandoned farmstead in northwest Kansas. I believe that this paint color in 1959 was called Frost Blue Poly but I

Re: What gear is at the top of your wish/shopping list?

2015-05-18 Thread Darren Addy
I don't have any pressing *needs* at this point, and am not currently in a position to purchase anything of substance, but I'd like to pick up a Pentax-F 17-28mm fisheye. I'd also like the Kirk FR-2 and a license for Zerene Stacker. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: What gear is at the top of your wish/shopping list?

2015-05-17 Thread Darren Addy
If you read the reviews on the linked page you'll see a reviewer comments on using it for just that purpose (finding then nodal point). You would only use one of those for that purpose because sliding left or right would put you out of alignment again. I made my own platform with the ability to

PESO: Bust in West Kansas

2015-05-17 Thread Darren Addy
When you chase storms and fail it is called a bust. The best thing about chasing in west Kansas is your consolation prize is landscapes like this... https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/17615873070/in/dateposted-public/ Comments and criticism welcome in equal measure. -- Life is too short

Re: What gear is at the top of your wish/shopping list?

2015-05-17 Thread Darren Addy
Godfrey wrote: I've updated the head on the Manfrotto legs to an Arca-Swiss Monoball P0: for me, nearly the perfect head for general purpose use. THIS! Why does almost no one talk about this ball head. It is awesome. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Short zooms vs. short primes

2015-05-16 Thread Darren Addy
Eric, I don't have either one, but here are examples taken with the 21mm HD: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=lens=4092 and the SMC 21mm: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=lens=80 And here are the 15mm versions. HD:

Re: PESO: Gotta love May on the Great Plains

2015-05-16 Thread Darren Addy
, 2015 at 12:51 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: This evening's weather performance: Furnas County Edition People come from all over the world to see the weather in May on the Great Plains. Here is an image from tonight's supercellular storms in south central Nebraska. Taken

PESO: Gotta love May on the Great Plains

2015-05-15 Thread Darren Addy
This evening's weather performance: Furnas County Edition People come from all over the world to see the weather in May on the Great Plains. Here is an image from tonight's supercellular storms in south central Nebraska. Taken with a Pentax K-3 and a Sigma EX 10-20mm f4-5.6. For me, it was a one

Re: PESO: Barred Owl / Snake

2015-05-13 Thread Darren Addy
Cool shots Jeffrey! Love the owl. Any day you see an owl is a good day, let alone photograph one. The snake photo is cool also, but seems a bit overexposed to me. I'm sure it could be brought down a bit in post processing. Would probably make a cool BW image also. Thanks for sharing! On Wed, May

Re: Wide angle zooms when cost is a consideration

2015-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
I should add that if there is any way that you can swing it THE ultrawide lens to get (IMHO) is the Sigma EX 10-20mm f4-5.6. It is responsible for almost all of my favorite images. I got mine used for $350 from a Craigslist seller and it is a good one. BH has it NEW right now for little more than

Hoya only wanted the Pentax medical division...

2015-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
...and I always suspected it would bite them in the ass. http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2015/may/12/seattle-hospital-joins-superbug-lawsuit-against-scope-manufacturer/ Let the pun times begin. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Hoya only wanted the Pentax medical division...

2015-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
. On Tue, May 12, 2015 at 3:24 PM, John sesso...@earthlink.net wrote: On 5/12/2015 3:39 PM, Darren Addy wrote: ...and I always suspected it would bite them in the ass. http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2015/may/12/seattle-hospital-joins-superbug-lawsuit-against-scope-manufacturer/ Let the pun times

Pentax Rebates coming?

2015-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
This german page lists rebates for the K-3, K-S2 and K-50. Rebates are given in euros and swiss francs and are 100, 50, and 50 respectively. This appears to be a Ricoh Imaging initiative, so one would think that if it is offered in Europe that we would see it announced elsewhere very soon.

PESO: Endangered Species

2015-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
Something you don't see every day but some of the isolated smaller towns on the prairie are still providing habitat and holding on to this endangered species. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/17557892915/ Comments criticism welcome in equal measure. -- Life is too short to put up

Re: PESO: Long Abandoned

2015-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
, probably one of the most critical. Thanks, Darren for allowing my oblique nit. Jack - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 10:08:06 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Long Abandoned Far too kind, Frank! Until

Re: Wide angle zooms when cost is a consideration

2015-05-12 Thread Darren Addy
In my opinion the Pentax DA 16-45mm is a good lens at a very reasonable price. I'm not aware of anything else that goes as wide as 16mm for such a reasonable price. BH has several used one for as little as $189.

Re: PESO: Terra Cotta Kansas

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
...@nyc.rr.com wrote: ooh nice -geology- :-) and great sky too... Darren - where were you exactly? curious about the formation - with coordinates I could look it up. ann On 5/11/2015 11:49, Darren Addy wrote: After I decided on the title I thought I would Google it. Found that Terra Cotta, KS

PESO: Long Abandoned

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
The moment I saw this scene I was thinking Zone System treatment. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pixelsmithy/17340700510/in/dateposted-public/ Comments criticism welcome in equal measure. -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Long Abandoned

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks to all who looked and commented. This was my favorite image of the day. On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Paul Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: Stunning! Paul via phone On May 11, 2015, at 5:04 PM, Donald Guthrie shark50...@gmail.com wrote: Darn near perfect, Darren. Print

Re: PESO: Terra Cotta Kansas

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
- really fabulous colors with the red earth and the heavy sky. Nice. On 5/11/2015 11:49 AM, Darren Addy wrote: After I decided on the title I thought I would Google it. Found that Terra Cotta, KS (note the comma) was an actual place (now extinct) albeit a couple hundred miles to the east

Re: First camera

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
Pretty nice first SLR! If that is the actual camera in the photo (which I assume is what you are saying) you keep your equipment in good condition! On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 9:00 PM, Philip Northeast rnort...@bigpond.net.au wrote: My first SLR camera, a step up from a Kodak Instamatic!

Re: PESO - 'Dew on the Web'

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
That is gorgeous on many levels. Looks like it belongs in a John Shaw nature/macro book. I envy the lens, not to mention the skill which wields it. On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 11:16 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: Thanks Donald - yes it was taken on an early, dewey, August morning.

Re: PESO: Long Abandoned

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
. That wonderful sky looks to be such as would accommodate the move. Love the shot generally. Jack - Original Message - From: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Monday, May 11, 2015 4:39:17 PM Subject: Re: PESO: Long Abandoned Thanks

Re: Peso- CA Ranch

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
Reminds me of the song by the B-52s Love Shack when the Cindy Wilson says Tin roof... RUSTED. On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@comcast.net wrote: For a number of years I've watched this, and a few other adjoining buildings, succumb to the lethal CA sun. It sits back a

Re: PESO - Guarded Beauty

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
I agree with your eye. Full direct sunlight can be a killer, but using the dark background and foreground really makes the color pop. On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 7:50 PM, Rick Womer rickpic...@gmail.com wrote: http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18016842size=lg There was something in the

Re: PESO: Sydney Harbour Bridge

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
I feel like Igor just wrote everything I was going to say (literally). I'll add that the Sydney Observatory (at night in May) was one of the highlights of the nearly two weeks in Melbourne/Great Ocean Road - Canberra - Sydney/Blue Mountains area. Would love to go back again some day. On Mon, May

Re: PESO: Long Abandoned

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
Thanks Ann. That's very kind of you to say. I appreciate it. On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 9:14 PM, Ann Sanfedele ann...@nyc.rr.com wrote: The moment I saw this photo I thought Grapes of Wrath. Terrific shot, Darren. ann On 5/11/2015 15:39, Darren Addy wrote: The moment I saw this scene I

PESO: Terra Cotta Kansas

2015-05-11 Thread Darren Addy
After I decided on the title I thought I would Google it. Found that Terra Cotta, KS (note the comma) was an actual place (now extinct) albeit a couple hundred miles to the east of this location. http://www.legendsofkansas.com/ellsworthcountyextincttowns.html Comments and criticism welcome in

Re: May PUG - Enjoy!!

2015-05-10 Thread Darren Addy
A nice gallery and hard to single out favorites, but if you put a gun to my head and made me, then I would list Matthew Hunt's Autumn Morning (like the image and the square format), Ken's Waller's Bleeding Heart Bulent's Hello There. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO: Long Distance Tornado

2015-05-10 Thread Darren Addy
This is certainly not an artistic shot, but after a very long chase day I was pleased to have at least documented one of yesterday's rare Kansas tornadoes. I learned a lot more about chasing and meteorology yesterday, I'll tell you that. I'm grateful that, at least at this point, I have heard of

Re: More K-3II pixelshift examples...

2015-05-07 Thread Darren Addy
Here is a direct link to one: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pentax-iberia/16620455234/sizes/o/ I'm seeing a (1 pixel wide) outlining of objects in some areas. I don't think it is white white, but it is definitely lighter than the surrounding area. When the outlining is close to another outline it

Re: More K-3II pixelshift examples...

2015-05-07 Thread Darren Addy
Well, I take that back. It is wider than a 1 pixel outline. More like 2 pixels. Seems to be a problem in the anti-aliasing algorithm (that's my guess). Zoomed-in look: http://www.antiqueauto.org/assets/WhiteOutliningZoom.png On Thu, May 7, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com

More K-3II pixelshift examples...

2015-05-07 Thread Darren Addy
Saw this on dpreview: This is the Flickr user that contributed a couple of the pixelshift images that Ricoh/Pentax released when they made the official announcement. https://www.flickr.com/photos/pentax-iberia/ There are more images in the photostream and if they are tagged pixelshift then I

Re: First shoulder ride

2015-05-05 Thread Darren Addy
Cute! I'm sure it won't be the last (shoulder ride). Enjoy them days while you can. On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 6:11 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: Taken on a family walk this past weekend. http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18017836 K-5, Sigma 17-70, LR 4 adjust Dave --

PESO: Pixel Bent

2015-05-05 Thread Darren Addy
Discovered Adobe's Pixel Bender today and then spent too much time trying to find the proper installer for my version of Photoshop. Apparently it is included in CS6, but I'm using 5.1 with (the confusing) 5.5 Extension manager. The only part of my version of Pixel Bender worth playing with is the

Pentax sighting... BBC news

2015-05-04 Thread Darren Addy
http://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-32479499 Taken with a Pentax 645 and 55mm lens. Not immediately clear to me if he's talking film camera. Photographer's web site: http://garethiwanjones.com/ -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Pentax sighting #2: Pentax 67 105mm f2.4

2015-05-04 Thread Darren Addy
Drew English: Photographing Strangers With a Pentax 67 http://www.thephoblographer.com/2015/05/02/drew-english-photographing-strangers-pentax-67/ -- Life is too short to put up with bad bokeh. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

Re: Ennoblement - SMC F 28 f2.8

2015-05-04 Thread Darren Addy
Congrats on the ennoblement, Mark. Did you get knighted? :) The F28 is nice and compact and highly rated by owners. I've had a couple over the years, but always flipped them because they brought such good money. I think the K28 f3.5 is the best 28mm of the bunch but, of course, not autofocus.

Re: K10D malfunction

2015-05-02 Thread Darren Addy
Rick Womer wrote: The oldest trick in the book an electronic camera, of course, is to turn It off, remove the battery, let it think about its own mortality for several minutes, re-insert the battery and try again. That's a great line. Of course one should never anthropomorphize cameras. They HATE

Re: Cameras and Lenses for Japan/China Trip

2015-05-02 Thread Darren Addy
I agree with David. Your are working cross-purposes. You know that small and light is what you really need but you want to take everything and a bag of chips with you because you fear not having the one thing you need. In reality, you won't need any backup cameras, you won't feel good about

Re: K10D malfunction

2015-05-01 Thread Darren Addy
First thing to try with anything resembling contacts problem is to take a clean pencil eraser and rub the contacts on the body and lens (to clean them). You shouldn't need to make any eraser shavings, but if there are blow them off in such a way that you don't get them inside the camera body. That

Re: computer woes and advice needed

2015-04-30 Thread Darren Addy
This isn't answering your question, but maybe fixing your sign-in problem. I suspect that your sign-ins aren't working because they are being intercepted/stolen by malware. If AVAST is involved, it may be that AVAST is trying to prevent the theft. I would, if possible, download the Free Version

Re: Ok now I'm really torn.

2015-04-29 Thread Darren Addy
rectilinear), but it's not going to work with FF. On 4/28/2015 11:26 PM, Darren Addy wrote: You might also consider the Pentax 21mm f3.2 Limited. The SMC version (used) can be had for nearly the same price as the Bower. http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=lens=80

K-50 + primes: Crazy good deal.

2015-04-28 Thread Darren Addy
If you are still using a Pentax from the pre-Sony sensor days, here is a no-brainer. First a K-50 with a free AF-200FG flash for $349.95. But here's what makes it irresistable: Add a DA 50mm f1.8 for $19.95 and a DA 35mm f2.4 for $84.95 Used K-50s are bringing $250-279. Amazon's best prices:

Re: K-50 + primes: Crazy good deal.

2015-04-28 Thread Darren Addy
My K200D was a Samsung sensor and I assume it wasn't the only model. On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: If you are still using a Pentax from the pre-Sony sensor days A film Pentax, in other words

Re: K-50 + primes: Crazy good deal.

2015-04-28 Thread Darren Addy
Sorry I mentioned it. On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:30 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: If you are still using

Re: K-50 + primes: Crazy good deal.

2015-04-28 Thread Darren Addy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_K20D On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: My K200D was a Samsung sensor and I assume it wasn't the only model. On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 9:35 AM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Darren Addy pixelsmi

Re: Ok now I'm really torn.

2015-04-28 Thread Darren Addy
You might also consider the Pentax 21mm f3.2 Limited. The SMC version (used) can be had for nearly the same price as the Bower. http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/photos/gallery/query?camera=lens=80 http://www.flickriver.com/lenses/pentax/smcpda21mmf32al/ Obviously not as wide as the 14mm Samyang.

Re: Ok now I'm really torn.

2015-04-28 Thread Darren Addy
lens has a range of acceptable focus from about 14 feet to infinity. With those numbers manual focus is like horse shoes. On 4/28/2015 11:26 PM, Darren Addy wrote: You might also consider the Pentax 21mm f3.2 Limited. The SMC version (used) can be had for nearly the same price as the Bower

Re: K-50 + primes: Crazy good deal.

2015-04-28 Thread Darren Addy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_K10D http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/K7/K7A.HTM Basically it looks like nearly every model before the K-x. On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:22 AM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentax_K20D On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10

Re: Canucks: K-3 $845 @ Amazon

2015-04-27 Thread Darren Addy
(Does currency conversion) That's a terrific price! This should just be the beginning of the price fall. Once the K-3 II is shipping there will also be a flood of used K-3s exerting downward price pressure on the market. Unless you just gotta have the pop-up flash or the money difference is a

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-26 Thread Darren Addy
Exactly, Mr. Harley. My boss's father, the former CEO of his family of companies, often says that he would rather have $1 from 1 million people, than he would $1 million dollars from one person. It doesn't take a lot of deep reflection to figure out which is the better business model. Add to that

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-24 Thread Darren Addy
flash is capable of being triggered multiple times during the 1/180 sec or so of a fast exposure. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 04:49:15PM -0500, Darren Addy wrote: I don't think this (the pixel shift resolution) is going to work with flash period. The pixel shift resolution is not using the focal plane

Re: Pixel shifting

2015-04-24 Thread Darren Addy
Speaking of Diffraction that's one of the things that I haven't seen discussed much yet, but is one of the features of the K-3 II: Diffraction Correction Diffraction Correction helps to suppress aberrations that degrade the definition of the image, which often occurs when shooting with a larger

Re: OT Printer sale

2015-04-24 Thread Darren Addy
That is a good price. The link to the mail-n rebate form is here: http://www.epson.com/alf_upload/pdfs/rebates/printers/rebate_c38887r20_r2000_250_cpn.pdf There are also currently 5 left from a seller on Amazon for $5 more than the seller in Paul's link:

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-24 Thread Darren Addy
? Other macro work? Probably. stan On Apr 23, 2015, at 7:53 AM, Matthew Hunt m...@pobox.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 4:58 AM, Eric Featherstone eric.featherst...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 April 2015 at 04:16, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: What is an electronic shutter

K-3 owners... you might want to hold off on 1.20 firmware

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
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Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
All 50mm f/4 ones, except the preset Macro Takumar. Also Pentax-M 100mm macro and earlier Pentax 100mm f/4 macros (M, K, Takumar). Most of your other brand 90mm f2.5 macros will also only do 1:2. Some had a separate 1:1 matched extender that would get you there. The famous Vivitar Series 1 Bokina

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
I don't think this (the pixel shift resolution) is going to work with flash period. The pixel shift resolution is not using the focal plane shutter for anything more than opening and closing the window. The 4 exposures taken while that window are open will be done by electronic shutter (basically

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
once for this process, it makes me wonder if there will be any complications with flash synchronization. I'm wondering if the enhanced resolution feature will only work properly with constant light sources? On 4/22/2015 11:16 PM, Darren Addy wrote: From the specs... can someone speculate

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
I'm curious also. Since SR should be turned on when on tripod I think they might be avoiding that whole can of worms. On the other hand, no one has talked about the Panning Compensation in which the SR still works to give you the steadiest shot possible even though it detects (from camera

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-23 Thread Darren Addy
Exactly Eric, and that's what the Ricoh specs for the K-3 II say is used for the Pixel Shift Resolution. On Thu, Apr 23, 2015 at 3:58 AM, Eric Featherstone eric.featherst...@gmail.com wrote: On 23 April 2015 at 04:16, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: What is an electronic shutter

Re: K-3II announcement and new FA Limited primes coming...

2015-04-22 Thread Darren Addy
I don't think it is much of a stretch to say that if you are interested in super-resolution you are already using a tripod, just as back in the day you used a tripod and shot with the mirror locked up when you wanted super sharpness. In addition, as I mentioned (and was demonstrated in the video

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-22 Thread Darren Addy
Thank Marks. I stand corrected. On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Mark Roberts postmas...@robertstech.com wrote: Mark C wrote: Not quite following you on the ratios... I've long thought that 1:1 means the image on the sensor is the same size as in real life, 2:1 means 2x lifesized. Did the

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-22 Thread Darren Addy
From the specs... can someone speculate on this info under Shutter: Electronically controlled vertical-run focal plane shutter * Electronic shutter when using Pixel Shift Resolution What is an electronic shutter if not the focal plane shutter? On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 8:40 PM, Glen Berry

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-22 Thread Darren Addy
thought that 1:1 means the image on the sensor is the same size as in real life, 2:1 means 2x lifesized. Did the Macro Takumar achieve greater magnification that say, the DFA 50mm macro (which Pentax specs as a 1:1 lens)? On 4/22/2015 6:54 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Tempting indeed. I think

Re: K-3 II is Officially Announced

2015-04-22 Thread Darren Addy
image, and the focal plane shutter only opens once for this process, it makes me wonder if there will be any complications with flash synchronization. I'm wondering if the enhanced resolution feature will only work properly with constant light sources? On 4/22/2015 11:16 PM, Darren Addy

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-22 Thread Darren Addy
tempting. Mark On 4/22/2015 6:00 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Thought this might be of interest on multiple counts... I saw that a new ACR was released and scanned the new lenses supported looking for Pentax: https://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2015/04/camera-raw-9-now-available.html

New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-22 Thread Darren Addy
Thought this might be of interest on multiple counts... I saw that a new ACR was released and scanned the new lenses supported looking for Pentax: https://blogs.adobe.com/lightroomjournal/2015/04/camera-raw-9-now-available.html It was there I saw a lens I hadn't heard of:

Re: New Adobe Camera RAW release a new lens I was not aware of...

2015-04-22 Thread Darren Addy
There is a Flickr group for this lens with 179 images: https://www.flickr.com/groups/venus_macro/ On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 5:00 PM, Darren Addy pixelsmi...@gmail.com wrote: Thought this might be of interest on multiple counts... I saw that a new ACR was released and scanned the new lenses

Re: Lightroom 6 released, but there doesn't seem to be an upgrade discount.

2015-04-22 Thread Darren Addy
Upgrading If you own a Lightroom 5 license and want to upgrade, go to this page, https://www.adobe.com/cart.html?marketSegment=COM#addedSkus=65237625 then once full version of Lightroom is added to the cart, click “Edit”, change Full to Upgrade, select your current version of Lightroom and

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