Re: D600 vs K-5

2012-12-26 Thread Michael Adam Maas
and follow the directions. That said, the D600 shares the D7000's AF tech, which is considered to be significantly better than the K-5's poor unit by the accepted wisdom (and probably is, when shooting AF-C in good light) -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us

Re: Why not a SATA SSD the size of a CF card?

2012-06-28 Thread Michael Adam Maas
with the UHS-I cards. The speed rating is pretty irrelevant now, the current next-gen interfaces (CFast, XQD, SDXC) are all capable of significantly more bandwidth than current devices are (with the exception of CF and SDHC, both of which are limited by their interfaces) -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca

Re: Is Ricoh Going to Buy Pentax????????

2011-07-01 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Is Ricoh Going to Buy Pentax????????

2011-07-01 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: OT: Samsung Prototypes

2011-05-21 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: 50 cent enablement

2011-05-15 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: OT - Panasonic announce LUmix G3

2011-05-15 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: 50 cent enablement

2011-05-15 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Ektachrome!

2011-05-15 Thread Adam Maas
be developed?  My wife wants to save it as a curio, so an argument will occur.  -T -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http

Re: Android Camera Apps Suggestions

2011-05-10 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: 645D: flash and manual focus lenses

2011-04-12 Thread Adam Maas
calculations. It can use distance reporting on FA and later lenses to improve the calculation for direct flash (not bounce) but that ability is not required and is in fact not supported by all AF lenses, only FA and later. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us

Re: 645D: flash and manual focus lenses

2011-04-12 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Hasselblad lenses on Pentax DSLRs

2011-04-11 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 4:22 PM, Bulent Celasun bulent.cela...@gmail.com wrote: Adam, The F 110/2 Planar is a gem ;-) It is surely priced like one ;) 6390$ B. You can find them for around $1000 used, they're not terribly valuable since no current Hasselblad body can use them as they don't

Re: Hasselblad lenses on Pentax DSLRs

2011-04-09 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Why no videos?

2011-03-20 Thread Adam Maas
to watch. So, Why no VESOs, y'all? Cory -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City

Re: OT Hard drives

2011-03-12 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 12:49 PM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Paul Sorenson allarou...@earthlink.net wrote: It should be a standard size.  More importantly you need to determine if it's a serial (SATA) or parallel (PATA) drive and get a USB case

Re: 645D fiddling

2011-01-13 Thread Adam Maas
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 12:05 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 10 January 2011 09:11, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: RED Announces a whole lot of stuff. They're worse than Sigma for shipping announced cameras (The EPIC hasn't shipped yet, there's a single one in the wild

Re: 645D fiddling

2011-01-13 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Sony A850 vs Pentax K-7 or Boris examines lots of photos

2011-01-13 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: 645D fiddling

2011-01-13 Thread Adam Maas
wrote: Look here, if you're going to confuse the issue with the facts. . .;-) SB just said that few of these will ever leave the studio.  Their biggest complaint, as I understood it, involved the software. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: I've used a 645DF

Re: 645D fiddling

2011-01-13 Thread Adam Maas
, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: If their biggest complaint was the software, the Reviewer was an idiot, CaptureOne (the software package for the 645DF) is only the #2 getted RAW conversion package on the market and is probably #1 for the sort of customer that would be buying a MFDB solution

Re: 645D fiddling

2011-01-13 Thread Adam Maas
Indeed you are. I'm annoyed at the reviewer, not you. -Adam On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 7:51 PM, Steven Desjardins drd1...@gmail.com wrote: Not having used it, I'm just reporting what I've read. On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 7:48 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: It's a standard install and software

Re: 645D fiddling

2011-01-10 Thread Adam Maas
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:44 AM, David Mann d...@multisport.net.nz wrote: On Jan 9, 2011, at 8:56 PM, Boris Liberman wrote: Dave, I looked at the lenses and it seems that RED system is based around either 24x36 mm or smaller sensors, not MF ones... Looks like you're right.  I remember

Re: Pentax 67 resolution compared to 15 MP Digital

2011-01-09 Thread Adam Maas
On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 5:13 AM, Gasha cir...@konts.lv wrote: Pentax 67 takes a lot more time to shoot. If you walk around with your friens, you can shoot something with digital SLR. In contrast, when you walk with Pentax 67 (and tripod), you cannot take your friends with you :) Gasha

Re: Re: Pentax 67 resolution compared to 15 MP Digital

2011-01-09 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 12:15 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: I occasionally get nostalgic and think I want to work with film again. Then I shoot a roll of film, have it processed, and work through the scanning business. After that, and after I look at the photos the process

Re: 645D fiddling

2011-01-09 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Jan 9, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 1/8/2011 3:17 PM, paul stenquist wrote: I find the video mildly useful and entertaining on the K-5. Wouldn't want it on a 645D. Don't use any presets or post processing. I have used live view when necessary to get a

Re: Focal Length Constriction and RF's

2010-12-24 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Jupiter 9 85/2

2010-12-24 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: laptop recommendation

2010-12-12 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Kenton Brede kbr...@gmail.com wrote: I've decided to purchase a laptop for RAW image processing.  I'm also a budding nature audio recordist, so I'll be doing audio post processing as well.  So far I've only played with Bibble and Picassa a bit processing

Re: laptop recommendation

2010-12-12 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:38 PM, steve harley p...@paper-ape.com wrote: On 2010-12-12 11:02 , Adam Maas wrote: Right now I'd have to prefer Windows for Photo editing work. Better 64 bit support (allowing you to make use of more than 3GB of RAM) what specifically is better? i'm curious

Re: I Wish

2010-12-10 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: BW film home made processing... now that is cheap (+smartphone helpful apps)

2010-12-09 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Brief but direct encounter with Sony SLT-A55

2010-12-05 Thread Adam Maas
I've had an A33 since September, ditched my K-x for it. (same basic camera, but 14MP, no GPS and only 7fps in the special burst mode). A couple comments interspersed. On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 12:33 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 5 December 2010 03:48, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com

Re: Enablement: Biting the bullet on the K1000 + 50mm f/?

2010-11-28 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: OT: Epson V500

2010-11-28 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Enablement: Biting the bullet on the K1000 + 50mm f/?

2010-11-28 Thread Adam Maas
developed moral bankruptcy.     -Woody Allen -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations

Re: Enablement: Biting the bullet on the K1000 + 50mm f/?

2010-11-28 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 3:17 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: The K1000 may have been a Spotmatic F with a bayonet mount but I always felt that the others in the K series were maligned unfairly.  My favourite of the K and M series has always been the KX - it's match-needle

Re: Enablement: Biting the bullet on the K1000 + 50mm f/?

2010-11-28 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Brian Walters supera1...@fastmail.fm wrote: Well, I've never used the Nikons so I have no basis for comparison, and my relatively recently aquired LX remains unused (something I will definitely redress in the new year).  Having held the KX, MX and LX, though,

Re: wide angle zoom comparison...

2010-11-23 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: So I really am needing a good wide angle zoom.  I've been procrastinating on it for ages and making do with my 18-55mm kit lens, but it's not fast enough, and optically, could be better too.  Sooo, would love to hear your

Re: wide angle zoom comparison...

2010-11-23 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 9:44 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 23, 2010, at 9:26 PM, Adam Maas wrote: On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 8:10 PM, Tanya Love tanyal...@bigpond.com wrote: So I really am needing a good wide angle zoom.  I've been procrastinating on it for ages

Re: Semi-OT: Battery Question

2010-11-23 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: What's the advantage of DNG?

2010-11-23 Thread Adam Maas
There's so much wrong with the SD series DSLR's (and their SA series film SLR predecessors) that it's hard to nail down anything close to a crucial weakness. No JPEG wasn't a big issue given that pretty much everything else about the Sigma's sucked worse (Bodies that would have been obsolete if 10

Re: I was wondering ...

2010-11-21 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: PENTAX-DA 35mm F2.4 AL lens test

2010-11-21 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Nov 20, 2010, at 6:48 AM, Tim Øsleby wrote: A broken bayonet should not be the end of the universe as we know it. I've changed a few broken Nikon bayonets for customers. It's a 30 minutes job, and a plastic bayonet

Re: off-camera flash

2010-11-20 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: PENTAX-DA 35mm F2.4 AL lens test

2010-11-20 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 12:41 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/19/2010 7:39 PM, Adam Maas wrote: There's only two issues with plastic bayonets. 1. They are far more likely to fail if any off-axis force is applied to the lens. I've seen quite a number of these, usually

Re: It's a great lens, but not what I bought it for

2010-11-20 Thread Adam Maas
entirely? -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com sent from i4est -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca

Re: The right tool for the job

2010-11-20 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Nov 20, 2010, at 1:47 PM, Charles Robinson wrote: On Nov 20, 2010, at 15:24, Larry Colen wrote: Thanks all for your comments. Ann, I did some pixel peeping on other photos in the set looking for evidence of tripod

Re: PENTAX-DA 35mm F2.4 AL lens test

2010-11-19 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: OT: Engineer humor

2010-11-18 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: MBOI Tamron PKA2

2010-11-18 Thread Adam Maas
note that it may go high, last one here sold for over € 62 =~US$100... =[ Cheers Ecke -- 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. -- M. Adam

Re: digital bw

2010-11-18 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Ken Rockwell LOVES the Pentax DFA 100mm f/2.8 macro!!!

2010-11-17 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: I think I may have a problem....

2010-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Another interesting write up about 645D

2010-11-16 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On 10-11-16 7:07 AM, Jaume Lahuerta wrote: Indeed...and the K-5 is growing a very good reputation in the 'industry'...(lesnumeriques just tested the 60D and they say that it is a good camera but not at the level of

Re: Ot - My Mac Died - Long Live My Mac

2010-11-14 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Joseph McAllister pentax...@mac.com wrote: On Nov 13, 2010, at 09:07 , Cotty wrote: I have a Macbook Pro I got just over three years ago (one month out of the extended 3 yr Applecare warranty I bought with it) and it suddenly died on me Thursday. Wouldn't

Re: A Review and A Rethink on my Dream Pentax Kit :-)

2010-11-14 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:06 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/11/14 Ralf R. Radermacher fotor...@gmx.de: Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: Maybe now they've got that out of their system they can move on to the LXD. Right after the MX-D. But not before the MED Super. --    

Re: A Review and A Rethink on my Dream Pentax Kit

2010-11-14 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Darn techno advancements

2010-11-14 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 5:03 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 14, 2010, at 3:39 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 08:10:29PM -, Bob W wrote: Odd. I use Word all day, every day. Save all manuscripts as docs and have never had a problem. I think it

Re: Darn techno advancements

2010-11-14 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 6:46 PM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Adam Maas On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 5:03 PM, paul stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 14, 2010, at 3:39 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 08:10:29PM -, Bob W wrote: Odd

Re: Ot - My Mac Died - Long Live My Mac

2010-11-13 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Ot - My Mac Died - Long Live My Mac

2010-11-13 Thread Adam Maas
defect with the northbridge connection, 1 month out of a 3-year warranty. I went and bought a Mac. Rick http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Sat, 11/13/10, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: Nothing surprising about how they treated you, I'd expect exactly the same from any of the other

Re: Samsung lenses

2010-11-12 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 8:16 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Brian Walters On Thu, 11 Nov 2010 20:03 -0600, Jeffery Smith jsmith...@bellsouth.net wrote: This has undoubtedly been asked before, but here goes. Are Samsung cameras/lenses corresponding to similar Pentax

Re: Stop buying K-5s...new lens(es) !!

2010-11-12 Thread Adam Maas
that instead of film mechanism there's only a sensor to move. After all, weight comparison between lens (group) and sensor chip is the cornerstone of in-body SR. How many people said it can not be done before Pentax engineers just came and did it? BR, Margus On 11/11/2010 11:58 PM, Adam Maas

Re: Stop buying K-5s...new lens(es) !!

2010-11-11 Thread Adam Maas
2010/11/11 Margus Männik mar...@eol.ee: Want some crazy suggestion? ;) Future Pentax bodies will have in-body autofocus. It's much faster to move a light sensor than tons of glass. And you'll have AF with any K-mount lens (and others that you can mount via adapters) ever produced. Great, isn't

Re: at a local thrift shop, plus

2010-11-10 Thread Adam Maas
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:54 PM, Collin Brendemuehl coll...@brendemuehl.net wrote: #1 @ a local thrift shop is an old Vivitar TX-mount 24/2.8. Unfortunately it is Minolta mount.  And it's $29.99. A little too much for my tastes. But I've not seen PK tx mounts around.  Do they exist? Yep,

Re: Stop buying K-5s...new lens(es) !!

2010-11-10 Thread Adam Maas
mount adapter on the table right in front of the 135f1.8 It's definitely the Pentax-67 100/4 Macro. The mount is clearly a 67 mount (by diameter and the A/M switch). -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http

PESO - Night Meat

2010-11-09 Thread Adam Maas
A strete meat vendor in toronto after dusk http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/5160592576/ Larger/Direct http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1125/5160592576_c400fa84d3_o_d.jpg Pentax 6x7, SMC takumar 105/2.4, Tri-X 400 @EI 1600 -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us

Re: PESO - Night Meat

2010-11-09 Thread Adam Maas
, Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Ah Oh, somebody's shooting with a 6x7! Well done!!! Regards,  Bob S. On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: A strete meat vendor in toronto after dusk http://www.flickr.com/photos/mawz/5160592576/ Larger/Direct http://farm2

Re: PESO - Night Meat

2010-11-09 Thread Adam Maas
Thanks! -Adam On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Atmospheric and full of ambiance... Somehow it reminds me of the streets of Prague that I walked back in Nov 2007. Boris On 11/9/2010 4:27 PM, Adam Maas wrote: A strete meat vendor in toronto after

Re: Film for landscape and for portraits

2010-11-09 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Jens p...@planfoto.dk wrote: I have just ordered 10 roll og slidefilm for my new 67. I've read that Fuji Astia is specially good for skin tones. Will it do well for landscapes as well? I will scan all my 6x7 images. Maybe color negs were the better choise.

Re: Stop buying K-5s...new lens(es) !!

2010-11-09 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: Pentax mirrorless in Spring !

2010-11-09 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com wrote: My reply: Ditto, and add a 28mm pancake and a couple zooms! How about being able to actually capture a moving object as seen you see it in the viewfinder? The EVFs that I've used are just about useless on non static

Re: K-5, K-7, side-by-side at ISO 6400

2010-11-09 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi gdigio...@gmail.com wrote: LOL On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote:  ... Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy, let's not get into a fight, Godders! It's not a fight. I'm strongly right-handed ... I will never handle lenses

Re: K-5, K-7, side-by-side at ISO 6400

2010-11-09 Thread Adam Maas
On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: What I meant Ralf is that the K20D sensor was praised and then almost the same sensor in the K-7 was terrible...(and this didn't happen with the 6mpix sensor even when it was already ageing in the K100D super) Regards,

Re: It's offical: K-5 is the best (D7000 tested)

2010-11-08 Thread Adam Maas
On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Miserere miser...@gmail.com wrote: On 8 November 2010 08:26, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: DxO has tested the D7000: http://www.dslrmagazine.com/pruebas/pruebas-tecnicas/nikon-d7000-sensor-raw.html And the K-5 gets an slight advantage thanks to its

Re: DxO results for K-5

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/6/2010 3:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: So how much are image stabilized f/1.4 Nikon lenses going for these days? There is only one such lens in currently produced Pentax line up, Larry - the DA 55/1.4. Not much if you

Re: On K-5 dynamic range. Somewhat tangential question.

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: k-5 autofocus vs. Canon 5000 Mark II

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:20 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/6/2010 4:32 PM, Thibouille wrote: As for Mpix, I'm sorry but this is laughable seeing the little difference. Or why would Nikon guys pay for D700/D3s 'crappy' little 12Mpix sensor. As for DR, the 7D is bye bye. Oh,

Re: k-5 autofocus vs. Canon 5000 Mark II

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: I know that EF-S body takes most K mount lenses via adapter. Not so are the 24x36 Canon bodies, as my understanding that mirror may hit the aperture actuation lever of the lens... Boris The non-EF-S bodies are safe once

Re: Minor question of Englsih

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
I think Bob W was commenting on one of history's more interesting jokes. At some time not too long after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Scots and the Irish switched places. Scotland is actually named after the Irish, who were known as the Scotti to the Romans. -Adam On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at

Re: Let's bring back the K-1000

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 7:27 AM, David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 11:08 PM, P. J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: There are always mossbacks, and who says that the K-1000 ever really went away. Exactly. I still have two, and i see them for sale at

Re: K-5 'miracle'

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:45 AM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: On 11/7/2010 2:58 PM, Tim Øsleby wrote: I believe that more headroom in the dark areas is in the nature of the sensor wells. When a cup is full, you can't pour more water into it. If you try to, you pours over. I think

Re: K-5 'miracle'

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
been plagued with for two camera generations. Ralf -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca

Re: DxO results for K-5

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
the memory hole I'm afraid. On 11/7/2010 8:04 AM, Adam Maas wrote: On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Boris Libermanbori...@gmail.com  wrote: On 11/6/2010 3:26 PM, Larry Colen wrote: So how much are image stabilized f/1.4 Nikon lenses going for these days? There is only one such lens

Re: DxO results for K-5

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
of the world seems to use them.  That BH page doesn't show up on the Google search, but this one does. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=Ntt=zeiss+ZF+85+1.4Q=N=0A=endecaSearch On 11/7/2010 12:20 PM, Adam Maas wrote: Really? Only 11,300 hits on Bing. http

Re: On K-5 dynamic range. Somewhat tangential question.

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm, so a camera with so many bits of RAW can do what then?  Discern 2^so many shades, right? Exactly. And the dynamic range is about when it goes to saturation either to pure black and pure white. Pure white and

Re: DxO results for K-5

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
you use, I just copied Zeiss ZK 85/1.4 our of your message and plugged it into my Firefox search box.  (It's been said that Google is now tayloring search results based on pas searches, but I can't imagine why it would exclude Pentax related results for me). On 11/7/2010 1:09 PM, Adam Maas

Re: On K-5 dynamic range. Somewhat tangential question.

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
and relatively mild post processing. Is that so? On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote: On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com wrote: Hmmm, so a camera with so many bits of RAW can do what then?  Discern 2^so many shades, right? Exactly

Re: OT - web editing software for Mac

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
Mac software might be best for maintaining a photo-based web site? Jeffery Smith -- 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. -- M. Adam Maas

Re: Suggested Kodachrome Memorial Edition of the PUG.

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
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Re: k-5 autofocus vs. Canon 5000 Mark II

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 4:11 PM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/11/7 Boris Liberman bori...@gmail.com: On 11/6/2010 4:32 PM, Thibouille wrote: As for Mpix, I'm sorry but this is laughable seeing the little difference. Or why would Nikon guys pay for D700/D3s 'crappy' little

Re: On K-5 dynamic range. Somewhat tangential question.

2010-11-07 Thread Adam Maas
of contrast you reference is so significant as to be obvious in casually examining prints, but I have noted, in what relatively few K-5 images I've viewed, contrast has appeared somewhat low and the image, of course, a bit flat.(?) Jack --- On Sun, 11/7/10, Adam Maas a...@mawz.ca wrote

Re: k-5 autofocus vs. Canon 5000 Mark II

2010-11-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 4:37 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 5, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Adam Maas wrote: Much better video, faster AF, one extra fps, a much more capable flash system, 2MP, 1/250 sync. -Adam Of course some of that is based on assumption. Paul Only

Re: k-5 autofocus vs. Canon 5000 Mark II

2010-11-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 6:05 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 5, 2010, at 5:51 PM, Thibouille wrote: 2010/11/5 P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net: On Nov 5, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Adam Maas wrote: Much better video, faster AF, one extra fps, a much more capable flash

Re: k-5 autofocus vs. Canon 5000 Mark II

2010-11-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 6:21 PM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 5, 2010, at 6:08 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: On 6 November 2010 09:05, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: It's assumptions based on hardware, and it's obviously not the result of testing. I guess

Re: DxO results for K-5

2010-11-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: On Nov 5, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Miserere wrote: On 5 November 2010 12:29, Jaume Lahuerta jlah...@yahoo.com wrote: wrong link last one Woops! Let's try again: http://tinyurl.com/2vy7qjv What I find amazing is how the Kx

Re: k-5 autofocus vs. Canon 5000 Mark II

2010-11-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Thibouille pentaxl...@gmail.com wrote: First I should have placed a smilie at the end 'cos my comment was partly tong in cheek (but partly only). Second, you're both right and wrong. As for Video/flash there's I think not even a question the Canon is better.

Re: DxO results for K-5

2010-11-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 10:54 AM, P N Stenquist pnstenqu...@comcast.net wrote: On Nov 6, 2010, at 9:15 AM, Adam Maas wrote: On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: What I find amazing is how the Kx seems to outperform the Kr.  And at high ISO even outperforms

Re: Minor question of Englsih

2010-11-06 Thread Adam Maas
On Sat, Nov 6, 2010 at 11:44 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: From: Jeffery Smith My only points of reference are Sean Connery and the Fat Bastard. Jeffery On Nov 5, 2010, at 6:38 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: Scottish, no matter how much the Scots deny it, is an English

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