Re: Snow photos - optio and *istD

2004-02-01 Thread George Sinos
was more easily seen. Not fine art, just snapshots for the curious. As I write this it's snowing again. Another 8-12 inches is predicted over today and tomorrow. Getting to work tomorrow should be interesting. See you later, gs -- George Sinos Papillion, NE e

Re: extended warrantees

2004-02-03 Thread George Sinos
Earlier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote They have been around for a long time as a vehicle to build retailer margins... Don't ever purchase them! On the other hand, I bought my son a pretty good laptop computer just before he left for college from a major mail-order computer maker with a 3 year

Re: megapixel equivalent of 35mm

2004-02-13 Thread George Sinos
Earlier Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked for pointers towards sharpening methods that can be used with Picture Window Pro. Bruce: If you're using the latest version of Picture Window Pro you'll have the Advanced Sharpen function on the Transformation menu. Go to http://www.dl-c.com/ -

Re: Do Smarter Cameras make Dumber Photogs?

2004-02-16 Thread George Sinos
Earlier Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only thing about moving to the istd is that I'd probably want/need to upgrade Photoshop to CS ... Shel - I don't have an alternative is you want to upgrade Photoshop CS, but I'm pretty sure you don't need to make the upgrade. My bargain

Re: Do Smarter Cameras make Dumber Photogs?

2004-02-16 Thread George Sinos
Earlier Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote a few things about various software Shel The PS Raw plug in is great, the only drawback is you need Photoshop CS, and CS requires Windows XP or one of the later Mac versions. I can't remember which. Good excuse to upgrade though. Asset

USB Definitions (was: Firewired...)

2004-02-24 Thread George Sinos
Several people posted confusing definitions of USB and USB Hi-speed. The real story can be found here: http://www.usb.org/info/usb_nomenclature Extremely abbreviated version: The USB Hi-Speed logo indicates the device ...supports the Hi-Speed USB data transfer rate of 480 Mb/s... The USB

Re: Digital Delays?

2003-07-06 Thread George Sinos
My work flow is just about like Cotty's. I have the contact sheets, negatives and original CD's filed, by date, in binders. A second set of CD's is used as an additional backup. Another copy is on a USB attached external hard drive for convenience. Originally I kept track of this stuff by

Re: On Manual and Auto Focus

2003-07-10 Thread George Sinos
From one Crusty old Fart to a couple of others: First thing I did with my Auto-focus cameras was put them in the spot focus mode. When set to spot they focus on an area in the center of the screen very similar to the way I used the micro-prism on the old Spotmatic. Old dogs can sometimes

Re: Digital question

2003-07-10 Thread George Sinos
In response to: Anyone that has seen some statistics on the viewing media for images taken with digital cameras ? I mean, what would be the percents of images viewed: a) on computer monitors b) as home made inkjet prints c) as lab prints At a recent neighborhood party - 3 people had

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V03 #725

2003-07-24 Thread George Sinos
Dave wrote: You'd be spending more money on a new digital camera every 5 years... Herb wrote: ...they aren't designed to last more than 5 years at most... I'm guessing I'll be buying a new digital SLR every 5 years or so even if they are built like tanks and the body still work just fine.

Moving to Digital Soon (was I need a lot of counselling...)

2003-08-23 Thread George Sinos
Marnie said: ...considering how many pictures I take (not that many right now), I think I can hold off... I carried a small point and shoot film camera in my coat pocket or brief case for at least a couple of years. I bought the Optio S just a few months ago. I noticed this morning that, in

Re: VESO - Spring Garden

2009-04-19 Thread George Sinos
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Re: Toughts... Pentax and Professional Photography

2009-04-19 Thread George Sinos
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Re: 21th may is the day for the new Pentax DSLR.

2009-04-22 Thread George Sinos
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GESO - 21mm, 70mm and 10-17mm examples.

2010-01-09 Thread George Sinos
. Most of the photos were shot with the DA 21. A few were shot with the 70 and 10-17. All of the metadata is available if you choose to display it. Here's the link http://www.georgesphotos.net/Street-Scenes/2009-Worldwide-Photowalk-Omaha/10899564_CE52X/1/760878999_nuabK See you later, gs -- George

Re: shooting basketball

2010-01-17 Thread George Sinos
. Cheers, Christine George Sinos www.georgesphotos.net -- 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: Message from Henry Posner, Part I

2010-02-05 Thread George Sinos
my soapbox now, gs -- George Sinos www.georgesphotos.net -- 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: Green Briar Camera Club 1st impressions

2010-02-05 Thread George Sinos
directly above and follow the directions. -- George Sinos www.georgesphotos.net -- 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: Message from Henry Posner, Part I

2010-02-05 Thread George Sinos
been treated fairly by both companies. Fair disclosure - For the most part I'm just a Rockbrook customer, but after doing business with them for decades, I teach a Saturday morning class for them about three times a year. George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net

lens bit the dust

2010-02-11 Thread George Sinos
it checked out. Here's a closeup of the damage. Don't look if you're squeamish. http://georgesweblog.blogspot.com/ See you later, gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo

Re: OT PS question

2008-09-29 Thread George Sinos
David - There is a lot of info in the previous replies and I'm not sure what I have to add helps, but this is on a slightly different topic. I'm only bringing this up because you mentioned shots looking sharp in other editors, but not looking sharp in photoshop. In photoshop versions before

Re: AF why

2008-10-04 Thread George Sinos
The AF button can be put to use in different ways. 1) On the K20D it can be useful if you're in the Live View Mode. Pressing the AF button pops the mirror back down, focuses the lens, then reverts to mirror up so you're back in live view. Touching the shutter button actually takes a photo. I

Re: AF why

2008-10-04 Thread George Sinos
Another option is to set the autofocus mode to continuous and set the AF button to cancel AF. This will give you a way to lock in a specific autofocus while in the AF.C mode. Seems counter intuitive, but it could be useful in some cases. GS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Photowalking with a Digital Native

2008-10-26 Thread George Sinos
Tell the young man that he's off to a great start. I'm anxious to do the same with my oldest grandson as soon as he's just a bit older. GS On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Christine Aguila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Walt. Kind of you to say so. Big cheers, Christine - Original

Re: K30D

2008-11-02 Thread George Sinos
Not responding to Mark - just tagging on here: I don't think 99% of non-pro or extemely enthusiastic amateur comera buyers have the slightest idea that there is more than one size of sensor. I don't think that the sensor size even crosses their mind. Just my opinion. gs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: Boris reviews Pentax K-7 (part 2)

2009-08-28 Thread George Sinos
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VESO - 2009 Worldwide Photowalk - Omaha Edition

2009-09-06 Thread George Sinos
8, run through animoto, uploaded to Smugmug and run though their automatic transcoder. So, don't get excited about image quality, just enjoy the show. See you later, gs -- George Sinos gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

Privacy/Mail Archive revisited

2009-09-08 Thread George Sinos
There are a few other people in the world with the same name as mine. I have a Google Alert set up to notify me whenever George Sinos pops up on the web. A side effect of this is that every time I post to the list, it get an email from Google Alert as soon as the message hits the mail-archive

Re: K10 problem

2009-09-08 Thread George Sinos
and follow the directions. -- George Sinos gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- 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.

Better Histograms for raw shooters

2009-10-04 Thread George Sinos
gets a chance to experiment before I do. See you later, gs -- George Sinos gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- 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

PESO - Halloween comes early

2009-10-04 Thread George Sinos
My neighbor seems to be getting into the Spirit of the season early. http://georges.posterous.com/halloween-starts-early gs -- George Sinos gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

PESO - The Flat Iron Building

2009-10-10 Thread George Sinos
There are flat iron buildings in several cities. Here's the one in downtown Omaha, NE. This was a quick shot through a conference room window taken while waiting for the start of a conference call. Shot with a cell phone. Do you suppose Hoya/Pentax supplied the lens? -- George Sinos

PESO - Flat Iron Building - now with link!

2009-10-10 Thread George Sinos
://georges.posterous.com/the-flat-iron-building -- George Sinos gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- 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.

PESO - first snow

2009-10-10 Thread George Sinos
the back door. gs -- George Sinos gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- 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: PESO - Flat Iron Building - now with link!

2009-10-10 Thread George Sinos
That's the vignette filter from the iphone version of photoshop. I hope it masks the big, ugly, roof-top air conditioner! gs On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 10:12 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: George Sinos wrote: There are flat iron buildings in several cities.  Here's the one

A place to post photos

2009-10-10 Thread George Sinos
looking for something easy to use. I find it ineresting that they offer to automatically cross post to other services such as blogger, twitter, facebook, and several others. Just sharing my experience, I have no connection to the site other than user. gs -- George Sinos gsi

Re: PESO - Flat Iron Building - now with link!

2009-10-11 Thread George Sinos
, 2009, at 4:17 AM, George Sinos wrote: That's the vignette filter from the iphone version of photoshop.  I hope it masks the big, ugly, roof-top air conditioner!  gs The whole scene looks like a scale model photographed with a macro lens.  It's a very interesting effect. Dave -- PDML Pentax

k-7 ac adaptor

2009-10-12 Thread George Sinos
I was thinking about using the AC unit to play with the interval shooting mode. Kind of suprised to see the K-7 takes the same ac adaptor as the k20/k10. For some unknown reason I was expecting a change. GS -- George Sinos gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- PDML

Re: For your great panoramas - gigapan

2010-05-10 Thread George Sinos
there to shoot the Lineworker's rodeo. Those photos are here: http://www.georgesphotos.net/Events/2010-APPA-Lineworkers-Rodeo/11653488_V85Nm#821748346_vB2xe See you later, gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net 2010/5/10 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de

Re: Canon S90 Remarks

2010-05-12 Thread George Sinos
. As for the oddities of Auto - a lot of the camera makers disable a variety of features in auto. They feel they are protecting their customers from accidentally changing settings that would give them worse than average photos. George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net On Wed

Reflection of a Shadow

2010-05-24 Thread George Sinos
Sometimes the most mundane can be turned interesting by the play of light and shadow. This is what caught my attention. www.crankygreek.com OK, so this was snapped with my phone. We'll pretend they bought the lens from Pentax. See you later, gs George Sinos gsi

Re: Reflection of a Shadow

2010-05-24 Thread George Sinos
Pepper No. 30 was already taken. I guess it will have to be Toothbrush No. 1 gs On Monday, May 24, 2010, Mark Roberts m...@robertstech.com wrote: Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of George Sinos Sometimes the most mundane can be turned

Re: Lightroom3 and noise reduction - wow!

2010-06-10 Thread George Sinos
of discounts that come with that. Right now, you get 15% Adobe products, free shipping on orders from BH and Adorama, and many others. Well worth the price if you're going to take advantage of the benefits. NAPP is at photoshopuser.com GS George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com

Re: bizarre lightroom mystery

2010-06-13 Thread George Sinos
handling. But I am listening to the Lightroom course on Kelby training and remember the instructor making that statement. gs George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Christine Aguila cagu...@earthlink.net wrote: Hi Everyone:  Back

Re: Sorting photos

2010-07-05 Thread George Sinos
bright, too dark, etc. I'm working from memory here, so the names of the tags may be slightly different. And, from my limited experience, the tags aren't 100 percent accurate. I've often wondered how much of the lightroom catalog code may be based on the PE organizer code. gs George Sinos

Re: Managing image files

2010-07-13 Thread George Sinos
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Interesting article on Focus Shift

2009-05-25 Thread George Sinos
to summarize in a short post. I'd encourage any that is interested, and certainly anyone that experiences the problem, to get a copy of this issue and read the article. -- George Sinos gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

PESO - Peony at Sunrise - Close Up

2009-05-25 Thread George Sinos
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Re: LinkedIn

2009-05-28 Thread George Sinos
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Re: Open letter to Marnie (Doe) Parker ~ Fri. 6-12 update

2009-06-13 Thread George Sinos
Careful with the personal info - remember this is a public list and the PDML archive stays out there forever. gs -- George Sinos gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: **

2009-03-12 Thread George Sinos
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Re: Let me introduce myself... and a PESO

2009-10-27 Thread George Sinos
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Re: Off camera lighting question

2009-11-14 Thread George Sinos
the money. The instructors are people like Joe McNally, David Zisser and others. The new classes on taking high school portraits are very good basic lighting courses. The price is discounted for NAPP members. GS - George Sinos gsi...@att.net www.georgesphotos.net -- PDML

Re: OT Smoker? No Apple for you.

2009-11-24 Thread George Sinos
I don't know about bio-hazards, but I can understand that heavy smoking could bring premature electronic failure, The gunk from smoke collects on everything. It's a sticky goo that attracts and traps dust. This coats the electronics causing higher than normal heat buildup and failure of the

Re: OT Smoker? No Apple for you.

2009-11-24 Thread George Sinos
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Re: Ultra-wide zooms

2010-04-12 Thread George Sinos
the circular image projected by a lens. http://www.shortcourses.com/use/using5-2.html Once they see this, they get it pretty quick. GS George Sinos gsi...@gmail.com www.georgesphotos.net On Mon, Apr 12, 2010 at 3:28 PM, J.C. O'Connell hifis...@gate.net wrote: a 12mm lens on APS

Re: safe Flash Sync Voltages

2004-12-21 Thread George Sinos
predictability. These old units are workhorses and are still being sold because they work so well. See you later, gs -- George Sinos e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://georgesoptions.net Photos: http://georgesphotos.net --

RE: Film is Dying, Chapter 3

2004-12-31 Thread George Sinos
would have ordered a set of files on a CD. I'm not sure which order is more profitable for the seller. Where does the photo center make it's money these days? Is it sheer volume? Just curious. See you later, gs -- George Sinos e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: pentax-discuss-d Digest V05 #145

2005-01-29 Thread George Sinos
. There are also predictions from execs of Olympus, Delkin, Konica-Minolta, Canon, Kodak, and Sony. See you later, gs -- George Sinos e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://georgesoptions.net Photos: http://georgesphotos.net --

GESO - Local Memorial

2006-10-06 Thread George Sinos
During the week of September 11, 2006 the owners of the Woodman Tower in Omaha, Nebraska created a memorial to those lost in the destruction of the World Trade Center. Flags were displayed on the East and West Faces of the building and spotlights projected twin beams into the sky. The display

Re: Exposure with Polarizer

2006-10-08 Thread George Sinos
Doug - are they truly darker or are the colors more saturated? The increased saturation from the polarizer could make them seem darker. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 10/8/06, Doug Franklin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy, folks, I'm still in the process of culling and post

Re: PESO: Harvest Moon

2006-10-08 Thread George Sinos
Shel - I think we fundamentally agree on the impact of the subject, but having tried to get a similar shot (and failed) I have to compiment John's technical skills. It seems I've never had the right combination of location, weather and available time to get a good clean shot. See you later, gs

Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses?

2006-10-08 Thread George Sinos
JCO - I guessing that your frustration is the basis for the strong idiots statement. Frankly, I don't see a lot of difference between program, Av, and Tv. I see it as a choose the type of convenience that works for you. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 10/8/06, J. C. O'Connell

Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses?

2006-10-08 Thread George Sinos
JCO - I think I finally get what you're saying. It's the open aperature meetering. I guess coming from the old screw-mount, stop-down meeting paradigm, even though I've had a couple of more recent auto-bodies, the open-aperture part never registered in my mind. See you later, gs

Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses?

2006-10-08 Thread George Sinos
like you are by choosing the aperture setting. BIG KEY DIFFERENCE. jco -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Sinos Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 1:05 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: k10d and manual-aperture lenses

Re: The JCO survey

2006-10-09 Thread George Sinos
If Pentax can add the feature without any compromise to newer more useful features, without adding anything to the weight, size or power consumption, and without adding anything to the cost, it's OK with me. Just for fun, take a look at this article from Jakob Nielson, the web design guru:

Re: K1D aperature simulator survey, part Deaux

2006-10-11 Thread George Sinos
Since I said that it would be desireable only if it didn't raise the cost, weight or displace other more useful features I'd actually have to say no to highly desireable. GS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: The JCO survey

2006-10-14 Thread George Sinos
It might just depend on where you hang out. About eighty to ninety percent of the people taking my community ed. classes are women. Most are mothers in their mid-twenties to mid-forties. The series of classes that just ended, for example was made up of eight women and one retired guy. He had a

Re: Your first camera

2006-10-22 Thread George Sinos
Just tagging into the thread here with a couple of comments. First camera was a 620 Kodak Brownie. Birthday present from the parents. When I showed some interest my father let me use his Argus C3. My next camera was a screw mount Spotmatic that I used until just a few years ago. When the kids

Re: Compact point and shoots - Optio A20?

2006-11-02 Thread George Sinos
Jaume - I've had an A10 since January. This is the camera that's always in my pocket, briefcase or glove compartment and it works great. Is it the fastest camera on the market? Probably not. I certainly do not experience the poor performance that has been mentioned in the reviews. One thing

Re: Compact point and shoots - Optio A20?

2006-11-03 Thread George Sinos
Jaume - I forgot to mention something that I think is important. If you use point and shoot cameras as they come out of the box, they are meant to do as much thinking for you as possible. This takes time and makes the cameras slower than they need to be. My A10 is set to Spot focus. I use the

Re: Best SD card for K10D

2006-11-12 Thread George Sinos
Interesting question - Here's a clip http://www.luminous-landscape.com/video_journal/vj15-lenswork.shtml from an a video where Michael Reichmann (from the Luminous-Landcape) asks Brooks Jensen (editor of Lenswork magazine) a similar question. For those that don't want to view the clip - Jensen

A10 photos - SR, low light

2006-11-12 Thread George Sinos
I had to spend a few days in Florida last week. A conference occupied most of my time, but I managed to get a few shots with the A10. The more I use this little camera the more I like it. It's a great pocket camera. I was particularly happy with the shake reduction and low light performance.

K10d image samples

2006-11-21 Thread George Sinos
Just a few quick shots to see if the camera works. http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/2158780 These were shot in the DNG format. Conversion was done by Adobe Camera Raw with everything set to Auto. No cropping, sharpening etc. All of these samples were shot with the DA 16-45. Just a side note -

Re: Flickr camera stats

2006-11-22 Thread George Sinos
Ann and all - Here's one of the big reasons I like to do business with Smugmug. http://blogs.smugmug.com/onethumb/ For those that don't want to read the article - It's a response by the CEO of Smugmug to a reviewer that wrote a thoughtful review expressing a very clear preference for Flickr.

Re: K10D Photoshop CS

2006-11-23 Thread George Sinos
Mark - This is a repost of a link from a couple of days ago. It's a gallery of images converted with ACR and CS2. http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/2158780 See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 11/23/06, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking at the Adobe website, it looks like

PESO: A little paint covers anything

2006-11-23 Thread George Sinos
They always say the secret to a good paint job is surface preparation. Evidently the pros take a few shortcuts. Bird lovers may want to forgo this one. http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/781336/1/112385099/Large Shot (the image, not the bird) with the K10d and the DA21mm lens. See you later, gs

Re: PESO: Outdoor Cafe in Germany, November

2006-11-24 Thread George Sinos
Rick - I don't often comment on other folks work, but in this case I think I might have something constructive to offer. There is something good buried in that shot. I think the fence creates a leading line to the upper left and the tables create a leading line in an opposing direction. My eye

Re: It's Not My Job ...

2006-11-24 Thread George Sinos
At least he went around it - the guy in my shot was more direct: http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/781336/1/112385099/Large See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 11/24/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. and it's not my pic. Sent by a friend. Thought you may get a laugh or

Re: PESO: My First K10D BW

2006-11-24 Thread George Sinos
Paul - Did you do the conversion in the camera or with Photoshop? See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 11/24/06, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Both at ISO 800. The first is with the DA 12-24, f4 @ 1/45th. The second is at dusk with the DA 50-200, f5.6 2 1/125th.

Re: Flickr camera stats

2006-11-24 Thread George Sinos
. I liked the look of everyone's pages I saw on smugmug . I'll check out the article, but I was already on my way there anyway :) ann George Sinos wrote: Ann and all - Here's one of the big reasons I like to do business with Smugmug. http://blogs.smugmug.com/onethumb/ For those

Re: question about *istD controls with grip

2006-11-24 Thread George Sinos
Makus - I seldom use the istD without the vertical grip. It seems to me that the camera is balanced better with the grip attached. I agree with Paul, it really makes shooting verticals much more comfortable and easier for me to hold it stable. Since a set of Lithium ion batteries lasts for

Re: question about *istD controls with grip

2006-11-24 Thread George Sinos
and to hold it in one hand. I mostly have the winder attached without batteries. greetings Markus -Ursprungliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Auftrag von George Sinos Gesendet: Samstag, 25. November 2006 04:50 An: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Betreff: Re

Re: K10D - what's that rattle?

2006-11-25 Thread George Sinos
Yep. It does. GS On 11/25/06, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Brendan MacRae Subject: K10D - what's that rattle? Does anyone else have some internal shifting about when turning your K10D from landscape to horizontal? The camera doesn't have

PEF - DNG conversion and file sizes

2006-11-26 Thread George Sinos
I'll warn you ahead of time, this is one of those posts that contains data, but probably no information. I shot two more or less identical images with the K10D. Image one was PEF. Image two was shot with in-camera DNG. I converted image 1 from PEF to DNG with the Pentax software, then

Re: K10DAutomatic Iso Mode/Function

2006-11-27 Thread George Sinos
Shel - I was playing.. er... experimenting with that last night. As Dave said, you can set the upper and lower bounds for the ISO range and the camera automatically adjusts. I was trying to figure out the logic. It seems to vary with the program line that's selected, although I'll admit, my

Re: PESO: Thanksgiving

2006-11-27 Thread George Sinos
When I was younger there were several meat packing facilities in town. My Uncle worked in one and took my Dad and me on a behind the scenes tour. Never worried too much about restaurant kitchens after that. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 11/27/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL

PESO: Christmas Cards

2006-11-27 Thread George Sinos
I've been playing with some ideas for this year's Christmas Cards. These are a couple of k10d shots at 1600. You can see a bit of noise in the second one, but it's still printable. Candle http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/2158780/2/113300416 Decorating the tree

After Dark K10D samples

2006-11-27 Thread George Sinos
Just for fun - Here are some hand held, after dark shots with the K10D and the DA16-45mm zoom. On a misty night, all at ISO 1600, hand held 1/8th second at f/5, 40mm http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/2158780/3/113326031 1/8th second at f/4, 29mm

Re: K10D Grip is a beast.

2006-11-29 Thread George Sinos
Perry - The camera is sealed. I believe the rubber plug maintains the seal. The old sliding door would have leaked like a sieve. I liked the door, too. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 11/29/06, Perry Pellechia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Paul, I did catch the cut-out for the

K10D extended bracketing

2006-11-29 Thread George Sinos
Has anyone else noticed this extended bracketing feature? It's interesting from a technical standpoint. I'm not sure if I have a use for it, but someone probably does. In a nutshell you can choose to bracket the white balance, sharpness, contrast, or saturation. The interesting part is that

Magic Lantern Guide for K100/110

2006-11-30 Thread George Sinos
I read in the latest issue of Shutterbug that there will be a Magic Lantern Guide for the K100/110. Evidently somebody expects a bunch of the cameras to sell. There hasn't been a Pentax Magic Lantern book for a long time. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: First K10D Post: Trying to Stay Calm

2006-12-01 Thread George Sinos
No data for the image is lost, and it doesn't look like any EXIF is lost. I experimented with this a few days ago. I appended what I posted then. I found it interesting that a PEF converted to a DNG creates a much larger file than just shooting DNG in the first place. You can see that the

Re: Some random thoughts on my K10D

2006-12-02 Thread George Sinos
I know the SR's working. There's no way I can hand-hold a shot at 1/8th of a second without it. That said, it's not magic. You still need to concentrate on good technique and hold the camera as steady as possible. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 12/2/06, J and K Messervy [EMAIL

Re: GESO - A few Winter Shots (with the K10D)

2006-12-02 Thread George Sinos
Great work Mark. You've really captured the feel of the winter day. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 12/1/06, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite the bad weather (which never was as bad as predicted) I did my best to run the K10D through its paces today. Overall I'm

Re: CF/SD Adapter

2006-12-02 Thread George Sinos
Peter - I bought one of the no-name adaptors that was hanging on a peg at my local camera store. It was a Promaster or something like that. It does noticeably slow the write speed. I'm guessing it adds about 30% to the write time. I'm not to worried about it. I have plenty of CF cards. I

Re: K-10 comments

2006-12-03 Thread George Sinos
You know, if all things technical always worked exactly the way they should, I'd agree about not needing to format a card. As it is, the safest way to increase the reliability of your cards is to always format them in the camera in which they will be used. It may be superstion. But after

Re: How Long ...

2006-12-03 Thread George Sinos
Sometime in early 2001 after I bought my ZX-5n. I read about the list either on rec.photo or the m42 list. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 12/3/06, Shel Belinkoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. have you participated in the PDML, in its various iterations. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: An Afternoon With the K10D

2006-12-03 Thread George Sinos
Joe - There's a custom setting that controls the illumination of the top LCD. You might check that before sending it in. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net The day's one real negative is that my top lcd panel does not seem to illuminate as it should. What a nuisance if I have to send

Re: K10D Battery--One More Time

2006-12-06 Thread George Sinos
The Pentax battery is rated at 1620 mAh, the Impact battery at BH is rated at 1700 mAh and the Lenmar battery at Newegg is rated at 1500 mAh. It'll be interesting to see if anyone notices any difference in performance. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 12/6/06, Joseph Tainter [EMAIL

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