Re: Camera Strap
Thanks for all the great replies. Actually not for me, rather for Stef. Bob W bequeathed him a Lumaloop strap some time ago, like this one: http://photo.it-enquirer.com/files/2011/06/lumaloop.jpg ...but the quick release mech - although undoubtedly strong - causes slight worry with the weight of an EOS-1DmIIn and 16-35/4 and sometimes even a 420EX flash - that's some weight! Situation resolved: the manfrotto QR plate (already part of his kit) screwed into the tripod mount on the baseplate also has a D-rind attached, so onto that clips a Lowepro Deluxe Shoulder Strap that I donated: http://slrhut.co.uk/content/products-accessories/8547_1.jpg http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/40zDictator/Camera-6.jpg Appreciate the input folks, thanks again. Aside: while researching, I came across what surely ranks as the most useless camera accessory of all time http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0083/1012/files/dual-handle-with- glidestrap.jpg?1410 FFS! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Jostein @ Sushi in SantaCruz
On 15/11/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I grew up in and around New York City too. I first moved to California in 1979, when I was 25. Thank god I got out a year earlier!!! ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: K-3 launch non-report
On 19/11/13, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: Damn, you look like you have a nice life. Bastard does, doesn't he. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 Nude standing in doorway [nsfw]
On 19/11/13, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: A figure study. http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/post/67482165186 K20D, DA* 55/1.4 @ F:2.2, 1/200th, ISO 400; Lr + Ps. Comments welcome! I really like that. For obvious reasons, and perhaps not so obvious reasons. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - RIP Minnie 1992-2013
Sad cat news Our VERY old silver tabby, Minnie, passed away last night, peacefully and in no pain after an amazingly long life - seeing in both the berth of our son, Stefan, and his departure for university. Will be rifling the archives for the Mrs in due course, here's one that came easily to hand for a PESO. Shot a couple of years ago, can't remember the camera or lens, but it does what it says on the tin. http://peso.posthaven.com/peso-rip-minnie-1992-2013 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: K-3 launch non-report
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/13/11/twilight/index.html If you would just like to explain what's going on in number 5, I would be very much obliged. -- 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 2013 - 164 - GDG
On 20/11/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: A photo from last May-June's trip to Mendocino on the California coast. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/10962928556/ Thanks for looking, comments always appreciated. :-) Even without the sign it's a nice shot - love the contrast. With the sign, really nice. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - RIP Minnie 1992-2013
Many thanks to all. She's in the garden now - well her old and battered body is anyway. She herself is in the next life, probably met by her daughter at the gates where their having a fisticuffs party just as they used to. Cheers -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: faceoff
On 20/11/13, CollinB, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.flickr.com/photos/55001392@N08/10963509956/ Some dispatcher set two trains facing each other onto one track. Unfortunately our work are is bisected by the near one. Col, just put that into english that I can understand there pal ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: K-3 launch non-report
On 20/11/13, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: This is an example of dual dichotomy I could really go for a bit of that dual dichotomy. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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.
OT - Cameramen Wear the Best Pants
4 mins video podcast re attire. Tickled me http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3tz6QSk3iIsns -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: K-3 launch non-report
On 21/11/13, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: Promotional models were discussing promoting. Ahh, that's okay then. I thought the model-on-the-left was playing with the model-on-the- right's tits. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: OT - Cameramen Wear the Best Pants
On 20/11/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I think the penalty for wearing zip-off trouser legs should be to have your legs made zip-off, without anaesthetic. In fact, not even for wearing them, just for thinking about getting some, that should be the penalty. I'd also like the penalty to include zip-off arms, but obviously that could only work for one of them. Stills douchebag! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: OT - Cameramen Wear the Best Pants
On 20/11/13, Igor Roshchin, discombobulated, unleashed: So, if I need to figure out what's in today's weather forecast, I should look at a cameraman? Apparently. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: More K-3 BIF: more noise, but more detail
On 20/11/13, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: It's also unlikely that a camera company will release a new level of camera without accompanying lenses, because lenses is where the greater profit lies, not in the camera, especially since I don't think Ricoh can put out a FF at $4,000 and expect anyone to buy it. It wouldn't be 4k, more like 3 surely. i'd buy one. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: More K-3 BIF: more noise, but more detail
On 20/11/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: I expect it to be closer to $2000-$2500, the hot price range for full frame. I wouldn't be surprised if the camera were pretty much ready and they're waiting to have a couple of new full-frame lenses ready before they announce. Well, they went from K-7 to K-5 to K-3 be silly to introduce the K-1 and not have it FF -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - RIP Minnie 1992-2013
On 20/11/13, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: Minnie was a very handsome tabby, Steve. 21 years is a very respectable lifetime for a cat and you were fortunate to have been her servants for such a long time. Thanks Bruce, and thanks to all. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 And now for something completely different [nsfw]
On 20/11/13, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: I really liked this shot from the start, for its not-quite-there playful slightly off not quite elegant not quite proper not quite anything childishness. Like raw childishness, not pretty cute childishiness. Don't know how to explain. Possibly one of the best portraits of myself. I was always not quite there, slightly off, feminine but not quite, but yet inescapably so, weird, queer, tomboy but not looking like one, dancing, not belonging/belonging, almost pretty, capable but still clumsy etc.. :P And this shot shows it all. It's such a silly, silly tutu handstand. :P Complete with stocking, heels, tummy, weird not quite there hair. And feels like polaroid. Even if I am the only one who likes it, I will love it till the end. :P Totally pretentious luvvy shite!!! http://off-axis.brucemwalker.com/post/67524408427 That's the best and most inventive pic I've seen in ages. Well done! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - Minerals exposed
On 22/11/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/11/minerals-exposed.html Jostein Really nice composition with interesting content - kept me looking. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: PAW week 47--at the eye doctor
On 22/11/13, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.caguila.com/paw2013/content/_IGP7406_large.html Cracker! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Valley
On 23/11/13, Attila Boros, discombobulated, unleashed: Same location where I took Clearing, a different view: http://1x.com/photo/378968 A fine shot - kept me looking! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: TA
On 24/11/13, knarf, discombobulated, unleashed: there has never been a male nude shown here (that I've seen in some thirteen years). I don't believe I've ever seen a penis here. Yeah but there's been a few dicks in the past. One thought nobody's mentioned: what about the models in nude portraiture. They obviously want to express themselves through nude portraiture - the photographer is the messenger. Bruce, some nice messages mate! Respecting Frank's position, Cot -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: TA
On 25/11/13, Walt, discombobulated, unleashed: The question seems to boil down to why women and men are treated differently as photographic subjects. Well, it's because they're different. Walt, I love you man. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: TA
On 25/11/13, Attila Boros, discombobulated, unleashed: That's where I disagree. That photo would accentuate the sexual aspects of their personality without telling much about the other aspects. But isn't that the point of the genre? It wouldn't take away anything. I don't expect to see a photo of a person (nude or otherwise) and say that I know him or her. That's very astute, and valid. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: TA
On 25/11/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: How this balance be achieved? Surely we can't ask people who have no interest in a particular kind of photography (male nudes) to take up that kind of photography? Selfies! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: TA
On 26/11/13, knarf, discombobulated, unleashed: I don't want a Morality Police (whether Christian, Islamic or otherwise) to dictate what we can do here. Skofteland is around? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - A nod to mr. Rowell
On 27/11/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/11/a-nod-to-mr-rowell.html As a warning to the sensitive, this contains both nude rocks and a digitally compressed tonemap. Insert superlative here. Wonderful. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - A nod to mr. Rowell
On 27/11/13, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: [Bad Cotty: get out of my shower! :-)] Steady on lad -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: GESO 2013 - TDay Dinner - GDG
On 29/11/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: My friends hosted a fine dinner for yesterday's holiday. Wonderful time! I photographed the event with both the Olympus E-M1 and the Polaroid Spectra. Here are the photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/sets/72157638190744913/ A wonderful day, great folks, fantastic food... :-) Enjoyed seeing those! Thanks for sharing. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Selfie on the mountain
On 29/11/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Me and Dr. Lisa on the mountain cold-testing the camera gear. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/gr+lt.jpg Holy crap can you please tag this as NSFW thanks! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: GESO: New Orleans photos
On 6/12/13, Walt, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/sets/72157638404066285/ I was pretty happy with the number of what I consider keepers -- a total of 36. Walt, I don't know what it is you do to your images (aside from shooting great shots in the first place) but every single time I look, they make me want to keep looking - and that's the magic of being a consistently good photographer. So many excellent pictures there. Well done! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - Big Sur
On 7/12/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: Some watery images this time: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/big-sur.html Like all three but Pfeiffer Beach II is the one for me here. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - Big Sur
On 7/12/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: Some watery images this time: http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/big-sur.html St. Jostein strikes again! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: GESO: New Orleans photos
On 7/12/13, Walt, discombobulated, unleashed: To be honest, I'm not sure what it is I do, either. The most consistent adjustments I make in LR are the Medium contrast curve, bending the shadows down just a smidge, and bumping up the clarity slider a tad. I figure we just both have a penchant for darker shadows, contrast, and vibrant colors. As for the shots I take, as best I can tell, there's no rhyme nor reason to them beyond, Hey! That got my attention. I wonder what it was that caught my eye? Then I just take it all in and point the camera where my eye seems to gravitate. Just keep doing it mate! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Fw: PESO - Point Lobos
On 8/12/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: Another famous place; I just had to see what it was all about. I knew about the sea lions but not much else, and had a truly enjoyable day just exploring. http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/point-lobos.html Simply stunning Jostein Every one of these has been enjoyable, and some absolutely breathtaking. The superlatives are becoming boring! We are all very envious. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Two more shots from the White Mountains in New Hampshire
On 8/12/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Remarkable colored icicles: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/icicles.jpg Very cool!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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.
OT - Sailing Video
Hi Listers Been very busy recently, trying to keep up with the list, not looking at as many PESOs as I should. Here's a promo video I completed recently for a sailing adventure business - thoroughly enjoyed filming, despite getting soaked in seawater and slammed against hard bits in a speedboat. The boat is a Clipper 60 that's been around the world racing three times! Just over 2 minutes https://vimeo.com/user2607591/review/81351774/7e34f33415 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: OT - Sailing Video
It didn't hoist your mainsail? My yard-arm fell right down. Tacky. -- 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 - Big Sur
On 8/12/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: I feel that the collection of images I have gathered on this trip are not, when seen together, coherent enough to tell a good story beyond being a travelogue. Does coherency depend on a story? What's wrong with a decisive collection to view in one selection? Galleries have been doing it since before the Vikings went off in search of pillage and plunder ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 redwood trunk
On 8/12/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: I went for a walk in the park across the street this afternoon. I think I like this one the best of the set, just for the lighting on the bark: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11282810134/in/set-72157638497397164 Concur. Like it! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: OT - Sailing Video
On 9/12/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: DId you do any personal still while you are in that area? None at all I'm afraid - I tend to concentrate on one or the other, seldom both. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: OT - Sailing Video
On 10/12/13, Eric Featherstone, discombobulated, unleashed: I may have done some of my training on that very vessel! may because the previous owners, Clippers Ventures, had three of them; Aerial Clipper, Serica Clipper Blackadder Clipper, and who knows which one ended up in your video. After a week on the Clipper 60 the training continued on their Clipper 68's. The 68's also raced around the world 4 times and I took part in leg 6 of the 2011-2012 race on the Gold Coast sponsored boat, from Qingdao to San Francisco in March (2012). I made a video if you /really/ want to see it, but it's not up to Cotty's standards and too long (~6min) - really need to edit that down further. http://youtu.be/kx_M7h-JToI (The 68's have since been replaced by a fleet of 12 (I think) Clipper 70's which are currently making their way around in the 2013-2014 race - somewhere off Hobart.) That's really interesting - I'll find out and get back to you! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - Last Stop Lodi
On 10/12/13, Alunfoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: Lodi was the last stop I made on this trip, so this is the last travelogue blog post. http://alunfoto.blogspot.no/2013/12/last-stop-lodi.html TRIO! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: OT My photographic year
On 14/12/13, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: I finally bit the bullet and bought a point and shoot that will suffice in the 50% of situations where I really don't need a honking great DSLR. So tonight I get to test out my most loathed on this list brand of camera in low light at the local carols by candle-light with my now seven year old son. Bin it and get an X-20 ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: OT - Sailing Video
On 14/12/13, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: Excellent Video! Music great! What fun! Great work, Cotty! Always enjoy seeing your work! Cheers, Christine Thanks so much for your kind words Christine, and indeed all who looked and commented. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: The Death of Photography (again)
On 15/12/13, Rob Studdert, discombobulated, unleashed: That's not strictly the definition here, over 50% of your invoiced income needs to be derived from photography alone to be deemed a pro. Over here, I'm not sure if there is actually a definition. I make my income from drawings and dividends from a company of which I am the managing director. The company's income is based largely on broadcast and corporate video production. From time to time one of my contacts will call and ask for still images (she's an agent) that she thinks will fit her clients' requests. I just sent off 104 small jpegs of the latest round of requests and she is putting them forward to see if any are wanted. Some taken on Canon 1D gear, plenty on the lil Fuji X10. It took me 6 hours to go through my li Probably 4 or 5 out of that 104 will be chosen, and the money is peanuts. I do it as a favour to her really and maintain the contact - she has provided video work in the past. If I had to make money solely from stills photography, I would be working twice as hard as I do now (and I work bloody hard I can tell you!) and be earning half as much. Certainly in stock images. Unless you're a stills snapper in particular demand or have a staff job, I cannot understand how a decent living can be made from stills! .02 Cot -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: The Death of Photography (again)
On 15/12/13, Steve Cottrell, discombobulated, unleashed: Some taken on Canon 1D gear, plenty on the lil Fuji X10. It took me 6 hours to go through my li ...brary -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: ping
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Re: PESO 2013 - 203, 204, 205 - GDG
On 15/12/13, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I carried a long lens on my Saturday morning walk this week, hoping to try my luck at shooting a couple of birds. Not a bird in the sky the entire time I was there. Such it is, I looked for new ways of seeing my usual subjects with the long lens. :-) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/11387818783/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/11387697005/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/gdgphoto/11387723634/ Thanks for looking, comments always appreciated. You should carry your long lens more often! Enjoyed those. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: The Death of Photography (again)
On 15/12/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm glad you cleared that up. I thought it was ...ngam collection. Could have been my ...cking assortment. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: GESO: My trip to Italy
On 16/12/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Months after the trip (it was in early July) I've finally put up a gallery of shots from our vacation in Italy. We didn't get to meet up with any Italian PDML members but somehow managed to enjoy ourselves anyway. http://www.robertstech.com/galleries/italy1/index.htm Some lovely work there (as usual!). You love those Dolomites don't you. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: OT: Need help with a package from UK to USA
On 17/12/13, Joseph McAllister, discombobulated, unleashed: The least expensive shipper is quoting me £141, the most £512. But these are 3+ days shipments, much faster than I need. I am only interested in getting these intact within the next month or two. These sheetfeeters are already almost 20 years old, and a great find, just an ocean away. Could one of you make some suggestions on ways to cross the pond in a more reasonable manner? Joseph if you want to get the things sent to me I'll forward them onto you at a sensible rate in your time frame. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 Christmas tree
On 20/12/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: I got a little silly this evening: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/11462376863/in/set-72157638848273573 sweet! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Crystal Glass
On 22/12/13, Attila Boros, discombobulated, unleashed: Trying to shoot some stills inside for a change, as the weather is complete crap these days. http://500px.com/photo/55547716 Nicely done sir. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: OT: HELP!
On 21/12/13, Bob Sullivan, discombobulated, unleashed: I think even the first book is pretty thick! Most books that I've ever read always appeared too thick at the start, but by the end were far too thin! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Ricoh 12 days of Christmas Disappointment
Bob and Yolanda, - I fell for you both. It was meant to be I feel for both of you. The PDML is a broad church, and nobody minds which side of the aisle you sit on. Hell, you can straddle the entire aisle if that's what fills your font. ...says Bob's altar-ego. -- 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: OT: Mac purchase questions - followup report
Excellent choice Stan. I'm still happy with my used 2011 MBP 15 inch (matt screen) Unibody. I got it used in mint cond 4 months ago. 2.53 Ghz with 8GB ram, into which I installed a 250 GB SSD HD - it runs so fast and effortlessly. Definitely the best Mac I've ever had in terms of speed, build quality and general usability. I edit Sd and HD video on it regularly and it swallows everything up I can throw at it. Goes everywhere with me in a Marmot messenger bag with Lowepro deluxe padded strap. I'm a bit of portable computing geek - ever since I read a book called 'On The Road' by Michael Prochak back in the mid-1990s. ISBN 0-201-59396-1. If you want a trip down memory lane with a heady mix of Apple PowerBooks and Jack Kerouac, it's a must read! The only thing it hasn't won the Gold Star for from me is the keyboard - that accolade still rests with the best keyboard in a Mac portable that i have ever used: a PowerBook 1400 (still sitting in the attic, can't bear to part with it!) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Anyone interested in a Minolta Scan Multi film scanner?
On 23/12/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: (unless your computer doesn't have a FireSire port) A noble port indeed! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, 2013
Having a couple of days at my parents - not posted anything in ages - nothing special, but I quite like it so hey! http://cottycam.posthaven.com/red-wharf-bay-anglesey-2013 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - Red Wharf Bay, Anglesey, 2013
On 26/12/13, Attila Boros, discombobulated, unleashed: Nice view. I like how you placed the houses in the frame, and also the BW rendering. Thanks mate! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Shout-out for Godfrey!
On 26/12/13, Christine Aguila, discombobulated, unleashed: You're a peach, Godfrey! More an apple ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: For Cotty!!!
On 27/12/13, CollinB, discombobulated, unleashed: http://oklahomacity.craigslist.org/ele/4238293683.html Wretched things -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Christmas in Versailles
On 28/12/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: I spent Christmas week in Versailles, and had a very enjoyable time. I'm no Atget, and here are some photos to prove it: http://www.web-options.com/V2013/ Enjoyed looking at those, thanks for posting! Love this one: http://www.web-options.com/V2013/content/P0270734_large.html I hope you were pricing up some retirement flats! ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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 - Beaumaris Pier (at night)
The only other photograph of our trip to North Wales worth sharing. A view towards the mainland (and the snow-capped mountains) at twilight. Could've done with a lonely figure walking through, but decided that was too cliched !! http://cottycam.posthaven.com/beaumaris-pier-anglesey-2013 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Happy Isaac Newton's birthday... and herre's the 2013 PDML Quotations List!
On 25/12/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: My 2013 resolution was to be as unquotable as possible, so it looked as though I had a life. Mission accomplished. I once had a life where I wasn't envious of anything - then I took up photography. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: I have a Great Niece
On 25/12/13, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: http://users.accesscomm.ca/wrphoto/pictures/kayla1.html The shot has little technical merit, but I think the subject matter carries it nicely. Agreed. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: More grunge (letter box this time)
On 28/12/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: This from two years ago. In a village near Cotty's place: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc01428.jpg Wow - where the heck was that! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Windchime
On 26/12/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: The Romans made interesting windchimes. http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130419-the-shock-of-the-old And you complain about photo.net ;-) 'We're sorry but this site is not accessible from the UK as it is part of our international service and is not funded by the licence fee...' -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: questions about the 20-40
On 26/12/13, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: I'm curious, what is the appeal of the 20-40? Other than size, what are the advantages of it over the 16-50? You have to use your legs a little bit more. #health -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Upcoming UK Trip
On 28/12/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: We're doing a day trip to Oxford on Wednesday, largely so Lisa can see the Bodlian Library's exhibit on 800 years of medical history in Oxford. Considering that return trains to London run fairly late, perhaps we can connect with Cotty and company? I'm free all day Weds so we'll pop in and meet you wherever. The house is a mess at the moment, and Stef's room has furniture piled high in there while some work is done in the other bedroom - once finished we will have a spare double room (in term time) so next time come stay here. When you are in the UK, email me on i...@seeingeye.tv and we can liaise - that email comes to my phone. For the rest of the time in London we're planning on seeing the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibit at the Natural History Museum and the Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibit in Greenwich (Bob Walkden territory - fancy a pint somewhere in the neighborhood?) Keep me in the loop, I might be able to make that as well. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: What would you do (stay with Pentax, or...)
On 28/12/13, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: What says the PDML? It seems like the only good thing about Pentax not releasing a FF camera is that Cotty's hat is still intact, no? I suspect it will stay intact for a while longer mate ;-) Amazing to hear from you! What the hell are Pixar doing now that you're not there!! I would say definitely go with the Canon - my son has the 17-40/4 he uses on the 1DmIIn and it is a lovely lens. By all accounts the 24-105 is no slouch either. That said, you want a 36X24 sensor so why not go for a full-frame beast? (the 60D is APS-C) There's plenty of choice As Tevye said, on the other hand If Pentax do pull a rabbit out of a hat and bring FF to the market, I would love one. Exactly how possible this is, is anyone's guess. The hat stays on the plate for now. I'm shooting with some Fuji hardware at the moment and loving it. I've got an X-E1 and a lil X-10 and will pick up an X100 or X100s in due course - just a matter of time. Be well on your travels and bring out another book - the last one sits on a shelf next to Sieff, Newman, Frank and HCB! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: What would you do (stay with Pentax, or...)
On 28/12/13, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: or get a 60D ($1300 Do you mean a 6D (36X24 sensor) or a 60D (APS-C sensor) ?? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Happy Isaac Newton's birthday... and herre's the 2013 PDML Quotations List!
On 28/12/13, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: Cotty - you are just angling for the next quote list - so transparent! Damn. Found out again. Bloody Noo Yahhhkahs. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: More grunge (letter box this time)
On 28/12/13, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: In fact, if you search on Lechlade Post Office, Lechlade, England, United Kingdom in Google Maps and switch to Street View you can see the letter box itself (and I remember how tightly I had to frame the shot to keep that drain pipe on the left out of the shot...) #like -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: More grunge (letter box this time)
On 28/12/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: the Post Office was started under Victoria This explains a lot. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: stars
On 28/12/13, Juan Buhler, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.vanenvan.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/20131102-JBK57217.jpg K5, 12-24/4 at 12mm, f4, on bulb for a while while I had some beers and dinner. Some of you might have seen it since I posted it to vanenvan.com, but I thought it would be nite to post here too. Coolness!!! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Upcoming UK Trip
On 28/12/13, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: Yes, that'd be great. I can do pretty much any evening that week except Thursday 16th. Unless you're a walking talking French cinema complete with box office and pissoir out the back. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: stars
On 29/12/13, Boris Liberman, discombobulated, unleashed: I think Cotty would exclaim Holy Mackerel! here... At least this is what I've just done... I think Jumping Jupiter! is more appropriate ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production --www.seeingeye.tv _ -- 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: Paris
On 8/9/12, Bob W, discombobulated, unleashed: http://www.web-options.com/Paris2012/ Lovely gallery. This one is exceptionale! http://www.web-options.com/Paris2012/content/L1000152_large.html -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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 - Storm Brewing (the re-do)
On 6/9/12, frank theriault, discombobulated, unleashed: Darkened the clouds. Actually it's now the darker exposure of the bracketed trio, so you'll notice the figure is slightly different: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2012/09/storm-brewing-re-do.html Love it! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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.
M42 to K-mount adapter question
Hi team, Had a question from a mate - I don't know the answer but I told him I knew a group of people who might ;-) -- in your Pentax days, did you ever use an M42 to K-mount adapter? ...and if you did, did you have any problems with the adapter sticking on the body or with infinity focus? I've trawled the Pentax forums, most recommend the genuine Pentax adapter which is expensive and hard to find - But, the genuine Pentax adapter itself is by all accounts, not perfect... Wondering whether to chance it with a cheapo alternative. --- Any experience with this? TIA -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: Best FF Pentax Rumour Story EVER!!!!!!
On 14/9/12, Miserere, discombobulated, unleashed: Seriously: http://photo.net/pentax-camera-forum/00anEI?start=10 Read the 2nd post from the top, by Garry Ian Young. :-) I sincerely hope it happens! I mean seriously, how hard can it be in his day and age? -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: OT GESO - Another sunny Saturday afternoon
On 15/9/12, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: Here's what happened before and after my last post. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/12_09/12_09_sunnysaturday/index.htm Love it! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: Hey Cory! New Canon 6D has wi-fi!
On 17/9/12, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: Some people are way beyond pixel-peeping, they've started peeping at pixels that don't even exist yet. Mark! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: OT For those who wanted to pay for fewer features ...
On 17/9/12, Godfrey DiGiorgi, discombobulated, unleashed: I think we might all be chipping in to buy Cotty a new hat sometime soon. ;-) Well I hate to say it, but even I might have to agree with you. BUT do you think Photokina is where they will announce a FF? I somehow doubt it. But I think it could only be a matter of months away to an announcement... -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: Jeanloup Sieff book on ebay - attention (especially) David Savage ,Wheatfield and Bruce Walker
On 23/9/12, Ann Sanfedele, discombobulated, unleashed: I should have sent this link on Friday, but I was otherwise obsessed. http://www.ebay.com/itm/190728387378? ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649 I have most of Sieff's books - he is my photographic deity! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: Jeanloup Sieff book on ebay - attention (especially) David Savage ,Wheatfield and Bruce Walker
On 24/9/12, William Robb, discombobulated, unleashed: Damn, I missed that one. Annsan, yer killing me. You might be interested in his official website, initiated by his wife: http://www.jeanloupsieff.com/ and his daughter Sonia, who featured in many of Sieff's pics as a child: http://www.soniasieff.com/ WARNING - both are java mad!! and both can be NSFW -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: printing
On 24/9/12, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: Eventually we'll be able to project our shots through a 4K system onto a cinema-sized screen. 1080p is getting there, but not sufficiently better then our plain old LCD displays. But 4K digital is decently hi-rez. 8K is the new 4K. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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 - Lens and Eye
Actual Pentax content! http://cottycam.posterous.com/lens-and-eye -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: Geso The General Store
On 25/9/12, Don Guthrie, discombobulated, unleashed: These photos are a little outside my usual comfort zone. I would like CC. Does anyone like some of them; does someone like any of them ? Thanks. http://donspix.smugmug.com/History/The-General-Store/25482546_cMH4Sz Like The Brooms a lot. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: Jeanloup Sieff book on ebay - attention (especially) David Savage ,Wheatfield and Bruce Walker
On 25/9/12, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: [Thankfully it ain't actually Java. It's Flash mad and forces the viewer full-screen, but otherwise it's fairly well behaved.] Mind was thinking Flash, fingers typed java, go figure! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: OT Enablement
On 26/9/12, DagT, discombobulated, unleashed: We are going for a holiday and although they offered me a preproduction K-r I bought a Fujifilm x100 instead as a backup camera (I don¨t need another system camera). The x100 is really nice. Compact and light, sharp lens and it looks very similar to my first camera, Olympus 35RC from the 70s. Aperture ring around the lens, shutter speed dial on top and even a threaded hole in the shutter button for the old fashioned cable release. The most interesting part for me is the viewfinder. For those who don´t know the x100 view finder is a mixture where you can choose between the old type glass viewfinder with frame and some information, and an EVF. I find that I like the EVF a lot, even if it lags a bit on this camera. It is nice to see the effect of the exposure compensation in the viewfinder. I think the focus screens of the K-5 (and most other new cameras) is not very good with large aperture lenses as you neither are able to get an impression of the out of focus background nor the precise focus. I've briefly handled Bob W's X100 and it feels so good in the hands. I am seriously considering a black X100 to go with my X10 :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: student cameras still film?
Something becoming more and more obvious to me is the effective 'dumbing down' of photography. In days gone by, there were basically three tiers of equipment. SLR cameras, bigger SLR cameras, and everything else. As a student, using an SLR camera was essential - you were taught about the nature of light and what happens inside that light-tight box you were using - how you could see and focus and frame the image in order to capture it. You learned about the relationships between time and aperture - absolutely crucial. You learned about the dynamics of using different lenses, and which lens to use, and when. Photography courses specified the requirement of a 'manual 35mm film SLR' as a pre-requisite. It seems today that some of the above elements are perhaps being taught from Powerpoint presentations to a class full of students toting anything from point and shoots upwards. Standardisation lacking. Worse, do the teachers even know what's going on inside the multitude of light- tight boxes full of electronics and vagueness? By all means move towards the electronic age - film was great for its time as a recording medium, but there are arguably better ways to do it now. But the nature of light never changes - and lessons of yesteryear can and should be transferred through to modern methods - but with the availability of a basic functioning DSLR thats name never changes. There are so many naming methods and they just don't sit still long enough for anyone to get a hold of what they are. Take a low-spec model, rip all the frills out of it, basic manual functions, simple menu system, manual focussing aids, threaded shutter release, K mount would be ideal (lots of manual focus lenses about) and call it the 'Pentax Student'. Price it below entry level and gear up to make as many as you can. Schools the world over would buy them by the ton. .02 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: Student Cameras Still Film?
On 28/9/12, Bipin Gupta, discombobulated, unleashed: Even the useful screw on cable release has gone. Bipin. Easy to reinstate! My X10 has one! And why not reinstate the aperture ring! It just takes a will. Leica do it so it must be good ;-) camp: San Mateo, CA and not from the far away enchanting land Sailed as a teenager from San Leandro most weekends! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: Student Cameras Still Film?
On 28/9/12, David Parsons, discombobulated, unleashed: Modern cameras are computers with microswitches. The mirror and shutter assemblies are just about the only thing remaining that are mechanical. Using a threaded shutter release because old timers have a dozen each? What sense does it make to use an old mechanical shutter release that you need to interface with a circuit anyway? Remote shutter release is an electrical signal now (a short to be specific), it is arguably better since it requires no moving parts and is as simple as touching two wires to trigger. Because we need to teach students how to be photographers, not computer operators ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: Insect photography video
On 29/9/12, Bruce Walker, discombobulated, unleashed: I love his homemade macro softbox with what appears to be optical quality duct tape. LOL! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos
On 30/9/12, Brian Walters, discombobulated, unleashed: Just two days ago I discovered one of my photos being used in this blog post: http://berkeleygardencoach.com/2011/12/31/the-proteaceae-family/ If that was mine I'd be giving Heidi a call on her phone and advising that my lawyers would be writing in search of suitable recompense - that's a commercial web site! Big no no! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: A cautionary tale about using someone else's photos
On 30/9/12, knarftheria...@gmail.com, discombobulated, unleashed: I hate to be crude, but how fucking stupid is she?? She really didn't know she was stealing? Asshole. (I'm in a bit of a pissy mood today and she pushed me over the edge) Frank, if she was sat on the next table to you and me in a coffee house, you know full well we'd both be in love with her :) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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.
OT - Only in Scotland
There's a few on the list who will have a belly laugh at this... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-19783214 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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: OT GESO - Labour Day
On 1/10/12, Derby Chang, discombobulated, unleashed: I took the Avenon 21mm/2.8 out for a walk. Used to be one of my favourites, but since acquiring the formidable Zeiss 21mm/2.8, I've hardly touched the Avenon. It might be the weak coating, or it might be lashings of spherical aberration, this lens has a lot of glow, especially when shooting contre-jour. But it really gives it character. Matched with the equally-fun Epson R-D1s, the combo is a good reminder to me that I don't need to be on the technological bleeding edge. http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/12/10/labourday/index.html Really excellent gallery Derbs. You are making me miss the R-D1 !! D'you know what - that camera offers the most 'fun' I've ever had with a camera of any type ever. I REALLY miss the wind-on lever -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche -- http://www.cottysnaps.com _ -- 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.
