Re: Someone asked about prints of event photos

2010-12-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
My Dad was a plumber. He always said "If it costs $1.00, sell it for $6.00...Six percent mark up is enough for anybody." ;-) -p On 12/26/2010 7:16 AM, David J Brooks wrote: On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 8:04 AM, paul stenquist wrote: Those numbers are for someone operating a storefront studio. Y

Re: [Need a (flash)meter] Mamiya C330 TLR arrived

2010-12-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
I used a Gossen LunaSix when I had my studio and the major brands are always a good bet. That said, I currently use Shepherd/Polaris. It will do ambient/flash/multiple flash with both reflected and incident reading. It's accurate and is easier on the wallet. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/se

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
A sprightly 69 -p On 12/28/2010 8:42 PM, Tanya Love wrote: So, it occurred to me after all these years on the list, that I may actually not be the "baby" of the list anymore! How sad is that?! I am getting old! So, just out of interest, was wondering if you guys would all like to post your a

Re: Semi-OT: Adobe Bridge & Photoshop acting peculiar

2010-12-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
John - Don't know what method you used to set the file association. I suspect the CS3 and CS5 executables have the same name and Windows is pointed down the path to the CS3 file. If you didn't set the association the following way, it's worth a try... In Windows Explorer, right click a jpg

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
That would be something like this... http://studio1941.com/temp/honeywell.jpg Except this is an H1a. -p On 12/29/2010 3:55 PM, John Mullan wrote: It should have the Honeywell H in a frame on the sloped part of the pentaprism where AOCo would be on the non-USA models, and Honeywell Pentax on

Re: Anybody else having trouble connecting to dropbox?

2010-12-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
Did you restart Firefox after you disabled the plug-in? -pOn 12/30/2010 6:22 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Well, that's really weird. Your blog opens immediately. So as an experiment I went to one of my old posts and the html file there opens immediately. I change file name to the new file and tha

Re: Tragic News Concerning Jay Taylor's Daughter

2011-01-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
On 1/2/2011 12:16 AM, Christine Aguila wrote: I was just on Facebook and learned that PDMLer, Jay Taylor, lost his eldest daughter in a tragic car accident earlier this morning. Some of us met Jay this past May when he joined us in Chicago for the PDML exhibition. I know many of us will want

Re: Question of terms and/or English

2011-01-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
On 1/3/2011 4:22 PM, Phil Northeast wrote: On 3/01/11 2:27 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: On 1/2/2011 5:06 PM, paul stenquist wrote: On Jan 2, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Cotty wrote: Can we milk this for a new pun thread??? I think that would be udder nonsense. Whey too much. It's one way to stay a breas

Re: He's back.

2011-01-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
Glad to see you back, Bill. -p On 1/12/2011 10:34 AM, William Robb wrote: And that's all I have to say about that. William Robb Sent from my desktop using the very broken Windows Live Mail 2011. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.ne

Re: Queensland Floods

2011-01-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks for the report, Tan. Glad to hear you're OK...Keep safe. -p On 1/12/2011 8:11 PM, Tanya Love wrote: Hi guys! Thanks so much for your concern! We are high and dry, thankfully. I have largely been offline and just FB'ing on my iphone as we have been told to conserve water/power etc as

Re: Full De-lurk Mode

2011-01-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
Welcome, Don. What part of Iowa? -p On 1/13/2011 1:47 PM, Don Guthrie wrote: I have been a member of this group for over a year and I have enjoyed the repartee and the humor and most of all the photo links . I have not posted here but not for lack of trying. It just took me this long to figure

Re: OT: Portrait Professional

2011-01-17 Thread Paul Sorenson
Around here they still use it for that most important of all terminologies - the "Senior Discount" :-) -p On 1/17/2011 12:58 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Probably not. All that high end commercial stuff is done with high end commercial software. This is low-cost software for us poor folks who can

Re: Happy Passover

2013-03-25 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thank you, Boris. Marcia and I got an early start visiting her mother on Sunday. The same good wishes go out to you from us. -p On 3/25/2013 12:06 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: To everyone who celebrates (and everyone who does not) - may your freedom be never challenged and may the rest of this

Re: New Nik plug-in bundle pricing announced today

2013-03-25 Thread Paul Sorenson
Or...if you own any one of the Nik plug-ins you can get the entire Perfect Photo Suite Premium Edition from OnOne for $149. Includes plug-ins for LR, PS, PSE and a stand alone version. http://www.ononesoftware.com/_a/templates/nik_upgrade.php?id=58 -p On 3/25/2013 4:42 PM, Darren Addy wrote:

Re: New Nik plug-in bundle pricing announced today

2013-03-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
gt; On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 10:58 PM, David Parsons > wrote: >> I was NOT impressed with their 'layers' app when it debuted a couple >> years ago. They claimed that it would add layers to Lightroom, and it >> was just an external editor. >> >> I

Re: OT: Overbearing metaphors

2013-03-31 Thread Paul Sorenson
Do a search in the App Store for "Calendars by Readdle". They have a free one and another for about 3USD. Readdle seems to make good apps and the customer service is great. -p Sent from my iPad On Mar 31, 2013, at 6:38 AM, "Bob W" wrote: > I bought an iPad yesterday, which is the first Appl

pdml@pdml.net

2013-04-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
Jack - I sent you a long reply off list. If you have any questions please let me know. -p On 4/1/2013 4:39 PM, Jack Davis wrote: I'm done wasting photo paper...for the moment. I estimate having sacrificed about 20 sheets of A3 Ultra Premium Luster in the last 36 hours. Would hav

Re: Medium format camera kit

2013-04-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
No joy!! Try again... ; >] -p On 4/3/2013 6:27 PM, Larry Colen wrote: This is kind of cool: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kellyangood/the-pop-up-pinhole-project I'm also testing my new mail server, so let me know if you don't get this. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
It depends on your definition of a "Public School". If it's a school offered/run by a public entity, then I'd agree that thy are non-denominational. However, the big push in Wisconsin by both a Republican governor and a Republican legislature is for so-called "voucher schools" whereby private

Re: Posting Photos of Street Art can get you arrested

2013-04-06 Thread Paul Sorenson
ave an edge. That's not to say that there aren't bad charters. There are. But the competition of the marketplace eventually weeds them out. Public schools don't have to compete. That's part of the problem. Paul On Apr 6, 2013, at 7:58 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: It depends on

Re: OT: The Bay Area in 4K

2013-04-07 Thread Paul Sorenson
You're right. They just throttle it down. We have the turbo and speedtest consistently reports 30Mb down and 5Mb up. -p Sent from my iPad On Apr 7, 2013, at 11:54 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > Although they claim they don't, TWC throttles bandwidth here in Raleigh > unless you subscribe to their

Re: PESO 2013 - ymfl - GDG

2013-04-08 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks like a four-legged Ronald McDonald... http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8630370835/lightbox On 4/8/2013 6:46 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: Two more of the Liverpudlians. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8626389408/lightbox http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/8630370835/lightbox

Re: a new imac

2013-04-08 Thread Paul Sorenson
FWIW, here's a review of the 2011 version of the Mac Mini. The reviewer also does the Digital Photography column in Shutterbug and pretty consistently recommends the Mini for use by photographers over other computers, either PC or Mac. http://www.eizo.com/global/products/awards/SHUP-120400-11

Re: April PUG - 'Precipitation' now on line

2013-04-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks for those positive comments, Darren. I had to go back about 7 years in my archives to find it. I had to do some errands that day and on a whim grabbed the camera to take with me. Turned out to be serendipity... -p On 4/10/2013 8:27 PM, Darren Addy wrote: Thanks to those that mentio

Re: OT: Epson V500 and oversized-prints question

2013-04-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Shouldn't have a problem. This was scanned on a V500 and the original mount was oversized. Any softness in the scan also exists in the original. BTW, it's a four generation pix taken in 1935. The young girl is my mother, age about 14. ; >} https://www.box.com/shared/gx8uuqeg4zot65xgen3v

Re: April PUG - 'Precipitation' now on line

2013-04-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thank you, Alastair... -p On 4/11/2013 3:54 AM, Alastair Robertson wrote: Paul Sorenson's Cold spring rain is the standout for me - love the composition Ken's bud also very nice Alastair On 11 April 2013 20:46, Alastair Robertson wrote: Paul Sorenson's Cold spring rain is the standout for me

Re: April PUG - 'Precipitation' now on line

2013-04-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
pring Cold Rain" by Paul Sorenson (that kind of shot doesn't always appeal to me and I don't think always works, but this one works. Looks and feels really rainy.) And Passing Water and Wetter Funnel, and, well, lots of others. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 4/9/2013 10:56

Re: Wife Enablement: K-01

2013-04-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
When I saw the subject it reminded me of this... "I got a camera for my wife yesterday." "Really? How much did you have to give to boot?" I hope you have better luck with encouraging the transition than I have. I got a decent P&S for Marcia and she still prefers to use the iPhone. I think

Re: Boston PDML'ers please check in

2013-04-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
Boston Police Commissioner just reported two explosions near the end of the marathon and one at the JFK Library. At least one other device found and detonated by police. NBC scroll says two killed, 20+ injured. -p On 4/15/2013 3:49 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Zos, I think you better check again

Re: Me, my K-5 and my Q - coming to the USA

2013-04-19 Thread Paul Sorenson
And...it's good for the entire carload of people, regardless of their ages. -p On 4/19/2013 10:55 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Ditto. I got one too. You only have to be 62. One of the best senior discounts around, if not the very best. Marnie aka Doe :-) Discounted movies are okay, but I don

Re: Photo Annual 2013 update

2013-04-23 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks for the update, Mark. I think we all know that this is a project with a huge amount of work for which all you will get is thanks and some satisfaction. So, thanks again for doing this. Do you have a PayPal page set up for donations so we can help defray the cost of promo copies of The

Re: OT - news blooper on CNN

2013-04-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
CNN is going to have to go a long way to top their "comments that should have never been broadcast" of last week... While reporting on the emptiness of the streets in Boston and surrounding suburbs her comment was: "It looks like a bomb went off here." -p On 4/24/2013 11:49 AM, Charles Robi

Re: OT: George Jones, RIP

2013-04-26 Thread Paul Sorenson
Let us know how many times you hear "He Stopped Loving Her Today" :>} -p On 4/26/2013 10:41 AM, Walt wrote: I don't know how many country music fans are on the list, if any. But, in the event there are any who haven't already heard, the legendary George Jones has died. http://www.cnn.com/2013

Re: OT: Sunday Morning Coming Down.

2013-04-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Know what you mean. Mine sits in a corner under the desk next to the server. Batteries + does a good job with the gel cells. Replaced mine about a year ago. -p On 4/28/2013 12:02 PM, John Sessoms wrote: Power outage this morning - less than a minute, but the batteries in the UPS that runs

PESO - Harper at 5

2013-04-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Celebrated the fifth birthday of one of my granddaughters yesterday. Here she is in the middle of opening birthday gifts... http://studio1941.com/harperbd5/#IMGP3305.JPG GESO is here if anyone wants to peruse all of the images... http://studio1941.com/harperbd5/# Shot RAW + JPG and these are

Re: PESO - Harper at 5

2013-04-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks Dan. -p On 4/28/2013 2:24 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: She is cute as a button, and you captured her charm very well. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 1:34 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Celebrated the fifth birthday of one of my

Re: PESO - Helping Hands

2013-04-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
That image speaks volumes. Glad you have it. I'm sure it will be special to Grace as she gets older, too. -p On 4/29/2013 3:29 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: I'm eternally thankful that before she died my mother had a couple of years to get to know Grace. I hadn't rendered this pic when I shot i

Re: Test

2013-05-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
Seems to be working -p Sent from my iPad On May 3, 2013, at 8:37 PM, Christine Nielsen wrote: > Ok. How about this? > (Trying to work this out from my iPhone...) > > -c > > On May 3, 2013, at 9:32 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > > Yes I see your test. Christine > > On May 3, 2013, at 8:0

Warning - cat content

2013-05-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Registered owners of NetObjects have access to some 700+ royalty-free images. This one brought a chuckle... http://studio1941.com/images/catdump.jpg -p -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.

Re: Annsan Update

2013-05-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks for that update. Glad to hear all is going well. -p On 5/4/2013 3:43 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: She emailed me after surgery. All went well and she's on the mend. -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman

Re: OT Striking a blow for cropping

2013-05-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
It is said that Walker Evans cropped by trimming the negs to the crop he wanted. Then that was the only way the neg could be printed and still retain his vision of what the image should be. -p On 5/9/2013 8:11 AM, P.J. Alling wrote: 35mm and strangely enough 8x10 and larger formats were the

Re: Ot: an "aye" for an eye , ann's eye (i'm back - and longish stuff )

2013-05-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Ann - Good to have you back and to hear all is going well. -p On 5/10/2013 10:47 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: with some trepedation - I have returned! :-) Cataract surgery was May 2nd - only on my right eye - marked with a purple arrow by a nurse. I can see clear_er_ but still not really clear a

Re: an "aye" for an eye , ann's eye (i'm back - and longish stuff )

2013-05-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
In the spirit of the old radio evangelists, she has to place her hands on the monitor as you tell her to "HEAL!!" -p On 5/10/2013 3:02 PM, kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: So good to hear your story Ann, glad it went well. Now Heal! Glad you enjoyed my 'Over the Falls' image! I've been where

Re: IT'S HERE! Fifth PDML Photo Annual!

2013-05-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
For Kindle users, Calibre does a good job of converting to the .mobi format and Amazon has a free app called "Send to Kindle" that will upload to your Kindle. "Send to Kindle" also shows up in your printer list and will convert documents to PDFs and upload them to your Kindle as well. -p On

Re: GESO Regional Airshow

2013-05-14 Thread Paul Sorenson
Some neat old birds in that gallery, Rob. The Catalina, the Mustang, the Gooney Bird and the Super Connie are some of my favorites. And the Gloster Meteor, famous, among other things for its ability to perform a "Zurabatic Cartwheel". Is "Suzy-Q" a Brewster Buffalo? -p On 5/12/2013 9:06 PM

Re: PAW176 - 17 May

2013-05-19 Thread Paul Sorenson
Syttende Mai - May 17 - Norwegian Constitution Day - (Norwegian July 4th) -p On 5/19/2013 10:10 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Ditto what Darren said! -Original Message- From: Darren Addy wrote: Our constitution is 199 years old. http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full

Milwaukee PDML - Color Rush

2013-05-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
Had a mini-PDML meet in Milwaukee this past weekend with Lynn and Bob S and Stan to see the color photo display at the Milwaukee Art Museum, then shoot some of the sights in MKE. PESO - one view of the art museum http://studio1941.com/mke-pdml/#MKE_PDML-3394.jpg GESO - gallery from the weeken

Re: Milwaukee PDML - Color Rush

2013-05-21 Thread Paul Sorenson
Thanks, Dan. We had a great two days... -p On 5/21/2013 8:20 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Great gallery. I especially liked the first one and the image of Bob in his Bears Jacket! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Paul Sorenson

Re: Milwaukee PDML - Color Rush

2013-05-21 Thread Paul Sorenson
That building is even more impressive when the wings are extended... -p On 5/21/2013 8:45 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Good to see another wing of the PDML. That art museum is an intriguing place. On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 1:27 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: Had a mini-PDML meet in Milwaukee this past

Re: Milwaukee PDML - Color Rush

2013-05-21 Thread Paul Sorenson
Oops!! Sorry, Bob - forgot... http://studio1941.com/images/MKE_PDML-3462b.jpg -p On 5/21/2013 1:50 PM, Bob W wrote: Three of those people aren't wearing the regulation PDML Safety Beard - who was supposed to be in charge there? B . -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old.

Re: Vanishing New York blog features my vintage photos today - yayay!

2013-05-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
Great news! And an excellent article...hope you get a bunch of sales out of this. -p On 5/22/2013 7:50 AM, Ann Sanfedele wrote: I'm chuffed (like Derby ;-) ) http://vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2013/05/east-village-70s-80s.html Blogger Jereniah Moss sent me an email last week asking if he

Re: OT: video of a steam powered box mill

2013-05-25 Thread Paul Sorenson
Cool. Great to see old machinery kept in use instead of being scrapped. -p Sent from my iPad On May 25, 2013, at 2:38 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > Cool video, cool tech, nice cinematography: > http://www.youtube.com/v/_mKSKZau9qsh > > -- > Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc >

Re: VESO Steam train short

2013-05-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
For my first 10 years we lived about half a block from the railroad tracks and depot. Boy, does that bring back memories from some 60 years ago. The chuffing as it gets louder when the train approaches...and the lonesome sounding whistle as I lay in my bed late at night. I wanted to be able

Re: VESO Steam train short

2013-05-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
own to the end of the block where there was a Chicago & Northwestern roundhouse. I could watch the steam engines endlessly. I'd guess that they were in the commuter service for Chicago and waiting for rush hour. Regards, Bob S. On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: For m

Re: PSEL and LR4

2013-05-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
In Windows it's in a folder for the editor separate from the Organizer with a file name PhotoshopElementsEditor.exe. If that's not there, you might need to reinstall PSE. -p On 5/28/2013 5:35 PM, David J Brooks wrote: On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 4:43 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: Dave, try thi

Re: Savanna, Illinois

2013-05-29 Thread Paul Sorenson
Really like #2. It has a timeless look to it - could have been taken in the 1930s. The single car in the distance on that lonely prairie road is what makes it for me. -p Sent from my iPad On May 28, 2013, at 8:01 AM, "Daniel J. Matyola" wrote: > Safari Land is a real eye catcher, but I like

Re: Testing, testing 1-2-3

2013-05-30 Thread Paul Sorenson
Loud and clear -p Sent from my iPad On May 30, 2013, at 1:37 AM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > After several days of PDML silence and lack of response from my ISP (I > assume that they've got some sort of spam filter issue), I've rejoined > with a different email address. > > Am I getting through?

Re: PESO odd couple

2013-06-03 Thread Paul Sorenson
Can't make out the hood medallion. Is that blue one a Jeepster? -p Sent from my iPad On Jun 3, 2013, at 1:46 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > This random pairing outside a local diner amused me: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/893928/in/set-72157633893662627 > > -- > Larry Colen

Re: GESO: Water Wars

2013-06-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
I grew up that way, too. Infinitely better than today's programmed growing up, IMHO. You learned to deal with a wide variety of personalities. BTW, you folder for this pix is marked private... -p On 6/9/2013 7:15 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Back when I was a kid, everyone who lived on the blo

Re: GESO: Water Wars

2013-06-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
Didn't open the first time...did now. Nice gallery of kids being kids. Thanks -p Sent from my iPad On Jun 9, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > On Jun 9, 2013, at 8:27 PM, Paul Sorenson wrote: > >> I grew up that way, too. Infinitely better than today's

Re: Peso Erin at one and 30

2013-06-10 Thread Paul Sorenson
Glad she made it. She looks like a lovely young lady. -p Sent from my iPad On Jun 10, 2013, at 10:35 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Yesterday was Erins 30th birthday. S,all group of friends and > relatives in attendance, good food and a nice day. > > It was touch and go 30 years ago, but, she p

Re: Urgent slide show help needed

2013-06-11 Thread Paul Sorenson
Rick - Check out ProShow by Photodex...The Gold or Web version may be just what you need. http://www.photodex.com/proshow -p On 6/11/2013 5:07 PM, Rick Womer wrote: Hi folks, I've been below periscope depth most of the last month, largely because our son's wedding is Saturday. For the re

Re: PESO - Sad Old Bear

2013-06-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
+2 -p Sent from my iPad On Jun 12, 2013, at 2:21 AM, David Mann wrote: > On Jun 12, 2013, at 5:50 AM, Bob W wrote: > >> Don't dump them, give them to a children's charity. That bear looks to be in >> perfectly good condition and could bring a lot of joy. > > +1 > > Cheers, > Dave > > >

Re: OT: Another windfall/enablement

2013-06-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
Create an album with jAlbum and save it to your hard drive, then you can show the album pix using a web browser. http://jalbum.net/en/ -p On 6/12/2013 12:45 PM, Walt wrote: Hi all, At some point over the past few weeks, I apparently had a lucky horseshoe kicked up my ass. Seems I won in a dr

Re: Pentax dealers in the Bay Area?

2013-06-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
Amazon has it for $990. Overnight shipping if you order in the next 2 hours... http://www.amazon.com/Pentax-16-3-DSLR-Body-Black/dp/B009JPEISW/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1371155157&sr=8-4&keywords=pentax+k-5II http://tinyurl.com/k68ghef -p On 6/13/2013 3:21 PM, Larry Colen wrote: On Thu, Jun 13

Re: K-5 dead

2013-06-16 Thread Paul Sorenson
I believe LR4 will let you pick out individual frames. Not at home so I can't check for sure, but I seem to remember a David Ziser tutorial on doing that. -p Sent from my iPad On Jun 16, 2013, at 12:07 PM, Christine Aguila wrote: > Damn. Sorry to hear this. Good to hear about the video bac

Re: K-5 dead

2013-06-17 Thread Paul Sorenson
All is not lost for stills if your husband got some decent video with the K-01. In LR4 you can copy a single frame as a jpg at the same resolution as the video. It's explained just after the 5 minute mark in the video tutorial on this page... http://help.adobe.com/en_US/lightroom/using/WS2b

Re: camera for travel and hiking

2013-06-18 Thread Paul Sorenson
I would concur with Stan's recommendation. It's waterproof to 40 ft, shockproof to 5 ft and crushproof up to a couple hundred pounds. I have a WG-2 that I mostly use for work doing inspections of wells and septic systems. I figure that if I drop it in someone's septic tank, I can fish it out

Re: After a little work ...

2012-02-01 Thread Paul Sorenson
I tried the shadow/highlight tool, too, and while it opened up the shadows, I wondered if it lightened the front of the gear too much. So...I tried duplicating the layer, inverting and desaturating the duplicate, then applying a mask to the shadow inside the gear so it looks like this... http

Re: OT: This Old House

2012-02-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Some advice from a retired plumber... If PEX (cross linked polyethylene) is legal in NC seriously consider using it. You can run a separate line from a manifold to *each fixture* cheaper, quicker and easier than you can do copper. This has the added advantage of being able to control the flo

Re: OT: This Old House

2012-02-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Interspersed... On 2/4/2012 10:54 AM, Stan Halpin wrote: Good luck with it! My uncle the carpenter/builder always claimed that plumbing was easy, and that all plumbers needed to know was a) "stuff" flows downhill, and b) you get paid on Friday. It's true...s**t DOES flow downhill and Friday I

Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)

2012-02-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
Spyder3 Pro - recently upgraded from a Spyder2. Does a good job, even with my cheap monitor. -p On 2/4/2012 11:27 PM, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Expecially since I now have

Re: Monitor Calibration (whats is everyone using?)

2012-02-05 Thread Paul Sorenson
Looks good on my monitor. - to get rid of red, you'd want to move toward cyan. -p On 2/5/2012 9:22 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 05/02/2012 06:27, Adam Montoya wrote: So I finally updated my computer so i can use fun things like LR and what not. Now color profiles are driving me up the creak. Exp

Re: The real danger of cat pics

2012-02-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
"I'm feeling myself again." Sounds like a good place to start... ;>) -p On 2/12/2012 7:52 AM, Bob W wrote: From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Ralf R. Radermacher "Tumblr is headed by groups of New York gays and nerds, and the head honchos seem to really

Re: OT: The real danger of cat pics

2012-02-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
If this guy is an example of what a Christian is supposed to be I'm cancelling my membership. Besides, I happen to like massaging ladies cankerblossoms. ;>) These people give wingnuts a bad name... -p On 2/12/2012 5:50 AM, Ralf R. Radermacher wrote: "Tumblr is headed by groups of New York

Re: PESO - [no title]

2012-02-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
Nice pose, great expression. Like the crop and PP. The kind of photo that will be admired now and cherished in 50 years -p On 2/12/2012 10:37 AM, Igor Roshchin wrote: I cannot think of a good title for this photo: http://42graphy.org/snapshots/ru/_IR34215.html Comments are welcome. Igor

Eye-Fi card question

2012-02-12 Thread Paul Sorenson
Anyone using the Eye-Fi Pro X2 card? Is there a way to shoot raw+jpg and send only the jpgs out to the network? -p -- Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, plea

Re: OT - Shapes in photo shop question

2012-02-27 Thread Paul Sorenson
This works in PSE6, not sure about PSE5. Counting the foreground/background color selection, look for the fourth item up from the bottom of the toolbar. Mouse over it and hold the left button down, you should get a flyout menu of several shapes to select. One of them should be the rounded rec

Re: OT: All done

2012-03-02 Thread Paul Sorenson
Congratulations!! Will be looking for some pix from the prof, too. -p On 3/3/2012 12:27 AM, David Mann wrote: Just a quick snapshot. I'm not satisfied with exposure or DOF but meh, it was a quick grab shot and we hired a real photographer for the proper photos. http://www.multi.net.nz/rings

Re: Yet another but late newcomer.

2012-03-04 Thread Paul Sorenson
Welcome aboard, Alban. Here are is another option you might look at. jAlbum is a very nice, free album generator with a host of choices for skins. You can create a web album with a minimum of fuss and it does not require any programming knowledge. jAlbum.net allows you web space of 30MB fr

Re: OT iPad

2012-03-09 Thread Paul Sorenson
Dave - Try www.batteriesplus.com. I think that's a US company and not in Canada. They I've had good luck with them for laptop batteries, but don't know what the additional costs would be for shipping to you. If you find something that's a good price, I could buy it and send it to you. -p

Re: 4x% Kodachromes from WWII

2012-03-13 Thread Paul Sorenson
Great pix - technically and historically. Thanks for the link. ASA (ISO) was really slow back then. I bought double 8mm and 35mm Kodachrome that was ASA 12 in the late 1950's. Thought it was a great improvement when they came out w/Kodachrome 25. :>) -p On 3/13/2012 8:58 AM, Bob Sulliva

Re: 4x% Kodachromes from WWII

2012-03-14 Thread Paul Sorenson
Bulbs like the Press 25, 25b's and GE 5, 5b's were, as I recall, good for both M sync with leaf shutters and X sync with focal plane shutters, but the shutter speed with X sync was maxed out at 1/30th. The "b" designation indicated a blue bulb for daylight fill and daylight balanced film. The

Re: Would a B&W ONLY digital camera appeal to you?

2012-03-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
A resounding no. You'd be back to using filters that affect the image globally. Converting from color to b/w allows you to filter selectively. -p On 3/15/2012 11:07 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Before you answer: What if it was a Leica? http://www.petapixel.com/2012/03/15/leicas-upcoming-m-series-

Re: Pentax DA 18-135 zoom

2012-03-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
Or some kind of dysfunction if the zoom hangs up at 18mm -p On 3/15/2012 11:16 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: John Francis On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 04:03:45PM -0400, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: Does anyone have any experience with, or opinions on, the following lens? smc PENTAX-DA 1:3.5-5.6 18-1

Re: GESO spcecdt

2012-03-15 Thread Paul Sorenson
So sorry to hear this, Larry. Looks like he was a really special guy. -p On 3/15/2012 5:48 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Sorry to hear about the loss of your friend. Good on ya for doing this, Larry. On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Larry Colen wrote: Since I mentioned it http://www.flickriver

Re: Matte Printing paper Once again an appeal to the wisdom of the list.

2012-03-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
Check out Canson Infinity Rag Photographique...I've used that paper in 210 gsm and found it excellent with an Epson printer. Don't know how it prints w/an HP. It's a really flat matte. Smallest size is 8.5 x 11 at about a buck a sheet, and you should be able to get a couple 5x7's per sheet.

Re: Pentax gear for classroom

2012-03-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
Your recommendations look good, Larry. I highly recommend looking into Alien Bees strobes. I have a set of three and they work great. Alien Bees will give a student discount to anyone who sends them a copy of their current/valid student ID, so I wouldn't be surprised if they would work a dec

Re: OT: Advice & recommendations on selling prints

2012-03-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
I can confirm the quality of the R2000 prints. While Epson extols its glossy print capabilities, I prefer matte papers and can attest to how great the prints are on matte paper. Plus, it's nice not to have to change black ink when shifting from matte to glossy. The R2000 also has wireless capabi

Re: Lightroom 4 question

2012-03-28 Thread Paul Sorenson
I can't see the top of your folder list from the image you posted so I can't tell if the parent folder to those shown is there or not. If not, try this - right click on any of your folders and select "Show Parent Folder". Now you should be able to collapse all of those shown into the parent.

Re: WTB cheap: Spyder monitor calibrator

2012-03-31 Thread Paul Sorenson
Got a Spyder 2 - what's cheap?? ;>) -p On 3/31/2012 3:49 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: A while back a couple of people were trying to unload their old Spyder colorimeters for cheap. Anyone still have one and is willing to part with it? I have a friend who needs one. Thanks! -- Being old doesn't

Re: hey canadians!

2010-10-16 Thread Paul Sorenson
Congratulations! Neat pix. Do they market here in the States? So maybe we'll see it floating around sometime in the future? -p On 10/15/2010 5:44 PM, Tanya Love wrote: Just thought I'd let you all know, that if you should see this image: http://www.lovebytes.com.au/pics/agoobus.jpg ...fl

Re: Flash bracket question

2010-10-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
I use the Stroboframe Quick Flip 350. I works well and keeps the flash head oriented above the lens. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/52728-REG/Stroboframe_310_635.html http://tinyurl.com/27c3hqm -p* *On 10/20/2010 9:58 AM, Charles Robinson wrote: I was doing some flash photography ye

Re: Flash bracket question

2010-10-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
0, at 11:20, Paul Sorenson wrote: I use the Stroboframe Quick Flip 350. I works well and keeps the flash head oriented above the lens. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/52728-REG/Stroboframe_310_635.html http://tinyurl.com/27c3hqm So in this case, you flip the camera and bracket... then ti

Re: Flash bracket question

2010-10-20 Thread Paul Sorenson
ot up in a good position to use...at least it would be on the MZ-S. -p On 10/20/2010 12:05 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Oct 20, 2010, at 12:01, Paul Sorenson wrote: Yes, the flash body is oriented sideways but both the camera and flash head are oriented in portrait. With a tilt/swivel h

Re: Peso: Fall Morning

2010-10-21 Thread Paul Sorenson
Definitely a keeper...and maybe a 16x20 on the wall. -p On 10/20/2010 5:56 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Found this fog the other morning... http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=11827871&size=md So is this a keeper or what? Regards, Bob S. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net ht

Re: PESO: Sorenson's Pond

2010-10-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
Hmmm. Wonder if they're long lost relatives of mine. Maybe I should see if I qualify for a vacation discount. :-) Like the range of colors from blue to gold to the almost black of the pond. -p On 10/22/2010 11:03 AM, Jack Davis wrote: Sorenson's is a beautiful, quaint, small Sierra resort.

Re: PESO: Sorenson's Pond

2010-10-22 Thread Paul Sorenson
comments, Paul! Jack --- On Fri, 10/22/10, Paul Sorenson wrote: From: Paul Sorenson Subject: Re: PESO: Sorenson's Pond To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Date: Friday, October 22, 2010, 12:19 PM Hmmm. Wonder if they're long lost relatives of mine. Maybe I should see if I qualify

Re: WTF? was OT: new camera

2010-10-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
The last two lines of the article say it all...Would that we could all say we had done that. -p On 10/24/2010 2:33 PM, DagT wrote: Den 24. okt. 2010 kl. 20.06 skrev Bob W: [...] I feel so proud to stand up and say out loud, "I Shoot Olympus!" Whew, that feels good. Oh, I'm gay too. ]'-)

Re: Photo Attachment Question

2010-10-24 Thread Paul Sorenson
You can also try this. Open PSE, drop down the Edit menu and click on "File association...". This will open the PSE File Association Manager. Click in the box for each file type you want to use PSE automatically - or alternatively, click on the "Select All" box - then close the File Associat

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