Re: Where are you located? (Lurkers also welcome to reply.)

2016-05-18 Thread Peter Loveday
Adelaide, SA, Australia here. - Peter -- 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: FSF teaser

2016-03-14 Thread Peter Loveday
From: Larry Colen Paul Stenquist wrote: Does it cover full frame? It is supposed to. That is why I bought it. I forget which page I looked on. But doing a quick google shows several positive results: http://ricehigh.blogspot.com/2009/10/compatibility-of-da-lenses-on-full.html According

Re: Extremely disappointed: K-1 does not appear to work with ...

2016-02-23 Thread Peter Loveday
From: Mark C The only issue with a wireless release is lack of a bulb setting. AFAIK, you need a cabled release for that. Too bad the K1 does not have T as well as B shutter mode. Bulb mode with IR remote works fine for me on the K3, and as far as I recall worked fine with previous cameras

Re: New iMac 5K: M380 vs. M390 graphics

2015-11-25 Thread Peter Loveday
One advantage of the newer iMacs is that they can be used as displays when they obsolete out. This is no longer true, unfortunately. "Note: iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014) and later iMac models can't be used as Target Display Mode displays." https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204592

Re: OT - Elections and Politics and Guns and Religion

2015-10-21 Thread Peter Loveday
You guys and your elections, how inefficient. We don't even bother with that stuff to change PMs these days :) - Peter -Original Message- From: knarf Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2015 2:01 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT - Elections and Politics and Guns and Religion Okay,

Re: Picked up a second-hand Pentax

2015-10-14 Thread Peter Loveday
Mark Roberts wrote: Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >I've often been tempted by the K-01 mated with an FA43 and DA21, it would >be an ideal little kit. Yes, the 43 Ltd also works very nicely. My K-01 is the black/silver one and the silver Limited lens looks very good on it. The focal length is just a

Re: K-3 users - how often do you use the AA simulator?

2015-02-05 Thread Peter Loveday
So - do you use it? Nope. Never except to test, as with you. never had any problem, nor have I with the K-5IIs. - Peter -Original Message- From: Mark C Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 12:47 PM To: PDML@pdml.net Subject: K-3 users - how often do you use the AA simulator? When

Re: PESO - RIP Phillip Hughes

2014-11-27 Thread Peter Loveday
Very sad indeed, I've enjoyed watching him play for SA the last few seasons. Not only a talented player, but a great leader at a young age. He will be missed on and off the field. Nicely captured image, good to see it again. Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday -Original Message

Re: Has anyone been using the yongnuo 560-III and the TX controller?

2014-11-04 Thread Peter Loveday
Yep. I have these. They work as advertised really, well worth their ridiculously cheap price. The 560TX isn't my favourite form-factor for on camera. I tend to use a 603ii on camera and a 560tx handheld to set power levels. Anything specific you'd like to know? - Peter -Original

Re: FF daydreaming

2014-09-17 Thread Peter Loveday
On 9/17/2014 3:43 PM, JC OConnell wrote: I was daydreaming today about the possible upcoming Pentax FF DSLR and it got me thinking about the lensmount. Since the FF body will initially be relying heavily on legacy, not current lenses, would Pentax dare to uncripple the mount and bring back the

Re: FF daydreaming

2014-09-17 Thread Peter Loveday
On 9/17/2014 7:36 PM, Peter Loveday wrote: On 9/17/2014 3:43 PM, JC OConnell wrote: I was daydreaming today about the possible upcoming Pentax FF DSLR and it got me thinking about the lensmount. Since the FF body will initially be relying heavily on legacy, not current lenses, would Pentax

Re: FF daydreaming

2014-09-17 Thread Peter Loveday
A good number of DA lenses will already be unusable (without some auto-crop), and it's really anyone's guess how well legacy K glass will perform. Much of it has been less-than-stellar on APS/C, and FF would potentially be somewhat worse. That depends. A 24-megapixel FF would have

Re: Pentax Q-S1 Officially released

2014-08-04 Thread Peter Loveday
Looks to be a Q7 in the (much nicer) Q body, almost. I'm sure there some other changes, but I'm not sure what. I must admit, I love the original Q, but never really warmed to the subsequent ones.The Q-S1 looks pretty nice to me. - Peter -Original Message- From: Brian Walters

Re: The local store had a K3 on display

2014-06-26 Thread Peter Loveday
*almost* -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2014 7:53 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: The local store had a K3 on display After playing with it for a few minutes, I can’t say anything about it’s performance, but it does seem like they did a good

Re: Adafruit display review

2014-06-18 Thread Peter Loveday
Yeah I got one of these some time back. Kind of fun as a third monitor, but Windows 7 has no support for different DPI settings on different monitors, which makes it tricky to reconcile with the 27. I'm not entirely keen to update the desktop to 8.1, which does do that. (though I use that on

Re: Adafruit display review

2014-06-18 Thread Peter Loveday
It’d be awesome if I could use it as an external display for my camera when doing studio work. Would need an HDMI-DisplayPort for that, which is not so cheap sadly. - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: Pilot error

2014-05-04 Thread Peter Loveday
Heh. One of the many reasons I set my cameras to take all the bracketed shots with a single press these days... - Peter -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Monday, May 05, 2014 9:29 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Pilot error In today’s episode of pilot error

Re: Keep the PEFs?

2014-03-24 Thread Peter Loveday
Not only skills, but software too. Certainly Lightroom (/ACR) has seen some major improvements to its demosaicing and noise reduction over the years, and I'm sure other software likewise. Even given the same settings and skill level, one can get a much better result re-processing a raw file

Re: metz question

2014-03-18 Thread Peter Loveday
The new Vivitar Corporation sells brandy new 285HV flash units so they have new parts as well. Sadly the wiring is probably as cheep as possible, but then again I expect the same is true of the TT560 as both units are made in China, land of the Cut Corners. I find both the yonguo and the

Re: OT: Camera Bags

2014-03-06 Thread Peter Loveday
The ThinkTank Retrospective series are worth a look. http://www.thinktankphoto.com/categories/shoulder-bags/retrospective.aspx I quite like the look of the pinestone ones, That's what I generally use for a smaller kit. (my poor Domke F2 doesn't really get much use nowadays...). But camera

Re: zx/mz question

2014-02-07 Thread Peter Loveday
I still have my MZ-3, but haven't used it in years. Sitting in a drawer alongside my other film bodies; LX, MX, SuperA, ME Super, et al. The most recent I've had a film in would be my MX, a few years back. - Peter -Original Message- From: CollinB Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2014

Re: Heads-up Ricoh

2013-12-12 Thread Peter Loveday
http://sam-haskins.tumblr.com/image/34125592632 Damn, look at that grain! Pentax must've really used some terrible sensors back in the '60s. - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: studio gear lust

2013-12-11 Thread Peter Loveday
Hmm looks pretty neat. Indoor use only I'd think, wouldn't deal with wind so well. It'd be nice if it would just go on a normal light stand (it may do, for all I know, but they don't seem to sell it without the stand). If I could get one for a normal stand, I'd be tempted.. - Peter

Re: Camera Strap

2013-11-14 Thread Peter Loveday
I love my Luma Loop straps. Unfortunately they don't make them any more (some patent dispute with black rapid I think). I actually use my loop attached to one of the strap rings rather than the tripod screw/QR plate, I find it works better for me. The quick release on the strap is very

Re: My K3.....

2013-10-30 Thread Peter Loveday
In Oz, the silver 'kit' was A$200 more, which is a bargain for the grip and a spare battery. There's no kit available with the black version including grip though, so I can't really compare pricing there. Still, I ordered the black one. I have plenty of D-LI90s.. I'll probably pay more

Re: wifi live view

2013-10-10 Thread Peter Loveday
That should be shit-tonne. I thought it was Imperial shit-tonne, and a metric (technically an ISO) shit-ton. I believe ASA also uses shit-ton, but I could be mistaken. Definitely Tonne in metric. Of course it all depends.. If you have a metric 'ton' of shit, that's a shit-tonne. But if

Re: K-3: And here are your OFFICIAL specs

2013-10-08 Thread Peter Loveday
Yup :) Bob Sullivan rf.sulli...@gmail.com wrote: Anybody else order one yet? Bob S. On Mon, Oct 7, 2013 at 12:09 PM, Jack Davis jdavi...@yahoo.com wrote: There is so much new and inviting to look forward to, but still, relative AF speed and sensitivity performance are the center of my

Re: Does the s cause moire problems?

2013-10-08 Thread Peter Loveday
I wonder if the K-3 has an option to switch off tge anti aliasing filter simulator? Ye! 3 options: Off/Low/High Dario Now, I want AA bracketing too :) - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: K-3: And here are your OFFICIAL specs

2013-10-07 Thread Peter Loveday
Synchronization speed: 1/180 sec oh FFS :-/ Still?! Otherwise... looks awesome. -Original Message- From: Darren Addy Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 9:36 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: K-3: And here are your OFFICIAL specs

Re: it's time ...

2013-10-07 Thread Peter Loveday
The most whining I've seen is that there is no improvement in the 1/180th flash sync speed. I find this a bit humorous, being an old fart, and wondering how we ever got along in the 1/60th of a second film camera X-sync days. There was a manufacturer that attained 1/125th with a vertical focal

Re: A camera for mom...?

2013-10-03 Thread Peter Loveday
Kids, Dogs, Beach... sounds messy :) Might be worth looking into something water/shock proof so she doesn't have to worry about babying it too much? Along the lines of the Pentax WG3, but there may be better out there. - Peter -Original Message- From: Christine Nielsen Sent:

AF540FGZ-II

2013-10-02 Thread Peter Loveday
... just arrived. In a Ricoh branded box, with Pentax above the model name. The carry bag and flash itself still say ‘Pentax’ at least. Now off to play... - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-29 Thread Peter Loveday
This is why I want my flashes to be controlled vi wifi, and with an app for my phone/tablet/computer where I can simply and easily see and control everything from one place. Agreed. Having on-camera remote group control (as Canons can do, say), is a notch better than having to go to the flash

Re: Oh, Pentax

2013-08-28 Thread Peter Loveday
Well, I got the FA 50 f1.4 back and it seems to be working fine. But can you believe it: I'm still waiting for the DA* 50-135mm. Pentax has had it since the first week in July. I called the other day, and they have the new motor, but the accompanying circuit board is still on back order

Re: New weatherproof flash units HD Limited lenses

2013-08-28 Thread Peter Loveday
I just got myself a Metz 58 AF-2, it seems up to the task and is very much more affordable here than the Pentax 540. I'm happy, though not ecstatic with my Metz. A few things are more awkward than they should be, like adjusting power in manual mode. I've been fairly happy with my (slightly

Re: Stupid Metz question

2013-07-14 Thread Peter Loveday
You select Servo from the Remote menu. (Sel-Remote-Servo) But perhaps you need to update your firmware first, if you haven't? See http://www.metz.de/en/flash-units/firmware-download-flash-units/mecablitz-58-af-2-digital/pentax.html - Peter -Original Message- From: Larry Colen

Re: Enablement du jour

2013-06-04 Thread Peter Loveday
You will probably have the best luck, right off the bat, using all of the strobes in manual mode. This means you cannot trigger off the pop-up flash because Pentax can't understand why anyone would want to make any flash exposure decisions for themselves, or even worse, remotely trigger any flash

Re: K5 focus screen - user changable?

2013-05-29 Thread Peter Loveday
K5 focus screen - user changable? Does the K5 have user changable focus screens? Sure does. I put a katz-eye in mine. It’s pretty straight forward, though you might need to use different shims to adjust the focus properly (available as spares from Pentax). - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

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

2013-05-08 Thread Peter Loveday
ROCKSTARS worked for me too. Thanks! - Peter -Original Message- From: Stan Halpin Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2013 11:43 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: IT'S HERE! Fifth PDML Photo Annual! Thanks Larry - that covered my cost of shipping. stan On May 8, 2013, at 12:53 PM,

Re: OT For the cyclists here

2013-05-06 Thread Peter Loveday
Discussions around sex, religion, politics and the controversy surrounding bicycle helmets are usually shunned but I thought that this article may be of interest: http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=11488 I wonder if there is a similar correlation between having sustained a 'severe

Re: Nice Pentax watches

2013-04-18 Thread Peter Loveday
Bong Manayon wrote: Most camera makers have 'branded' items of sorts such as water bottle, towels and apparel (Canon has an umbrella, Pentax does not...). It's just more proof that Pentax is not a real competitor anymore. If I can't get an umbrella for my camera system, then why would I

Re: Enablement and a question on list rules

2013-04-17 Thread Peter Loveday
Or using a Pentax Endoscope. Just don't post behind-the-scenes shots. -Original Message- From: Bong Manayon Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2013 1:34 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Enablement and a question on list rules So long you're wearing a Pentax watch... :) On Thu,

Re: Enablement

2013-04-09 Thread Peter Loveday
I've had the 58AF-1 for quite a few years (which is very similar), and have never had a problem with it. Been 100% reliable. Interface isn't great (the 54MZ metz flashes I have are much better), but it's usable. Yes, it stays on manual mode. 540FGZ is so frustrating for off camera work.

Re: Pentax Has New Firmware

2013-02-07 Thread Peter Loveday
Doesn't everyone here shoot Nikon or Sony FF now? Hang on.. I thought we were all moving to Instagram? Have I missed the boat, again? - Peter -- 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

Re: I don't understand

2013-02-01 Thread Peter Loveday
The FA lenses also tell the body to what distance they are focused. Perhaps his lenses are at infinity? I had considered that too, but I'm not sure it follows. I could see the camera opening up the aperture based on focus distance relative to guide number, with a flash. But to adjust

Re: Lightroom vs Sigma 18-250 question

2012-12-01 Thread Peter Loveday
The LCP files do indeed contain the ID, at least for the Pentax lenses. It is absent from some (all?) Sigma ones. I recall there are some conflicting IDs with third party lenses, presumably due to Sigma's unwillingness to actually licence anything? Anyway, If you look in, say, the Pentax

Re: Lost, K10D

2012-10-23 Thread Peter Loveday
Probably a bit early yet for photos to be out there, but: http://www.stolencamerafinder.com/home?searchType=auto Need to give it a photo with EXIF. Or a serial # manually. - Peter -Original Message- From: knarftheria...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 1:50 PM To:

Re: Lost, K10D

2012-10-23 Thread Peter Loveday
Hmm actually, seems it only gives 1 result free. Maybe useless then. Might be other options around though, probably worth a bit of a search. - Peter -Original Message- From: Peter Loveday Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 2:11 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Lost, K10D

Re: Jury verdict is for Apple (vs Samsung)

2012-08-27 Thread Peter Loveday
It does though depend a lot on what one considers prior art. There are examples of touch UI using pinch-zoom well before the iphone. This Microsoft/NYU-Research demo is a year prior to the iPhone being shown: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKh1Rv0PlOQ, and that's just one example. Now

Re: Semi-OT: Put yourself in my shoes for a moment . . .

2012-08-20 Thread Peter Loveday
Are there any friendly local PDML'ers you could hit up for a loan of a lens for the trip? I'd offer, but i think going via Australia is probably a bit more of a detour than you'd want to take... - Peter -Original Message- From: Walt Gilbert Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2012 8:26 AM

Re: Replacement for Pentax K-5

2012-08-15 Thread Peter Loveday
I dunno, I find the size/weight of the K-5 ok. All relative I suppose. I'm pretty much entirely happy with the K-5 in almost all regards. I suppose it shows how DSLRs are reaching maturity that so many of us are actually happy with the product. Not so long ago being happy with a Pentax

Re: Do sRGB and adobe RGB make any difference in raw files?

2012-07-12 Thread Peter Loveday
If the color space for RAW is determined by the sensor associated hardware/software, what does setting the color space on the camera do? It probably affects the in-camera translation to jpeg. That is correct. Indeed. However... theoretically, there have been sporadic reports that the

Re: Lightroom and RAW vs DNG files

2012-07-08 Thread Peter Loveday
On the K-7 K-20 I believe you could choose either PEF or DNG as the raw format. I never owned those cameras, so I'm not 100% sure. Yep. As you can on the K-5. - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: The difference between a tourist taking photos and an artistmaking images

2012-06-13 Thread Peter Loveday
From: Bruce Walker On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Anthony Farr farranth...@gmail.com wrote: On 12 June 2012 23:19, Daniel J. Matyola danmaty...@gmail.com wrote: http://themetapicture.com/art-degrees/ Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola I'm inclined to

Re: RIP Tommy

2012-06-13 Thread Peter Loveday
Brilliant photo. I know others have said that it shows how he is drinking himself to death, but to me.. well, I don't see that. Maybe the second one you posted makes that point more so (for me). Anyway, this, aside from the beautiful rendering, shows a character - larrikin, one of the

Re: Problems with K-5 and extension tubes

2012-05-16 Thread Peter Loveday
Just tried this, and I'm seeing the same thing too, with an A28/2.8 I'm guessing the camera refuses to stop down at all if it thinks there is no lens present. The vivitar extension tubes are black on the mount (well, mine are anyway) and I'm guessing non-conductive? The alfoil trick on the

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

2012-05-15 Thread Peter Loveday
I have an L-308s, I hadn't actually seen that they had new digital versions out. As far as I can see, it's more or less just the added ability to calibrate that's different? I don't get the impression it meters any differently to suit digital at all, more that you can calibrate it to match

Re: Pentaxes in the classroom, and reliability

2012-04-24 Thread Peter Loveday
His problems are kind of a shame, because I think that a big part of the reason that the K1000 was such an iconic student camera was its robustness. Yeah, we had a stable of K1000s and some Ricoh K mount equivalent (no idea what model now) in our school; While there always seemed to be a few

Re: Pentax cameras really really really really...

2012-04-23 Thread Peter Loveday
Yes, I think you might be right. For some reason, I had thought it was in all of them, but obviously I just remember it from the *istD. Guess I mostly avoid this issue, as I always make a habit of leaving the SD hatch (and battery hatch, if applicable) open when I've removed the

Re: Pentax cameras really really really really...

2012-04-22 Thread Peter Loveday
Which camera? There is usually a setting to stop that. - Peter -Original Message- From: Tim Bray Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 12:59 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Pentax cameras really really really really... ... really really really really really really really really

Re: Another Pentax Oddity

2012-04-14 Thread Peter Loveday
It very likely that this is a fake. None of the features make sense, especially the film type reminder on the back that looks like it came off a 60's german rangefinder. Yes, Looks a lot like the one on the top of my Retinette (II I think?), to me. And what a ridiculous place to put it;

Re: PDML Photo Annual update

2012-03-25 Thread Peter Loveday
Tim Bray wrote: Do like a game designer and ship it when it’s ready to ship. And the community thanks you. So long as it doesn't turn out like a 3D Realms/Triptych Games/Gearbox Software/Piranha Games release (Duke Nukem Forever), we'll all be happy :) - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: monitor calibration upgrade

2012-03-21 Thread Peter Loveday
FYI, as I understand it, Spyder2 can still be used with Lion; but you need to use the Spyder3Express software (which is a free download): http://spyder.datacolor.com/support-osx-lion.php - Peter -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 11:56 AM To:

Re: What to see in southeastern Australia? (Melbourne/Sydney)

2012-02-22 Thread Peter Loveday
Coopers all the way :) But then, I'm South Australian, so somewhat biased :) There are various good microbreweries around, of course. I would suggest various SA wine destinations, but as you're not really coming this way... But if you are into wine, there are a number of areas between

Re: I think the K-01 looks cool

2012-02-10 Thread Peter Loveday
If I could get a Hello Kitty one, I'd have pre-ordered by now :) -Original Message- From: Walt Gilbert Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2012 3:03 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: I think the K-01 looks cool On 2/10/2012 7:35 PM, Tim Bray wrote: Even in yellow. There, I said

Re: Flash for K5/K20D Metz or Pentax or ?...

2012-01-27 Thread Peter Loveday
Amongst others, I have both an AF540 and a Metz 58AF-1 (the -2 is much the same, but with a metal shoe and perhaps other minor changes). They both do a good job, but for flexibility the Metz is hard to beat. Usable manual modes on any camera setting, intelligent auto mode, better manual power

Re: size comparison

2012-01-02 Thread Peter Loveday
Yeah those little NG bags aren't bad, I was tempted but decided on a thinktank restrospective 5 (http://goo.gl/X9dKS) for casual stuff nowadays. *Just* tall enough for the 60-250 if I want to take it. I prefer it for working out of over my urban disguise 40, and it sure beats carting the

WTB: Luma Loop / LoopIt v2

2012-01-02 Thread Peter Loveday
I don't suppose anyone has a Luma Loop or LoopIt strap they want to part with do they? They're no longer available new, and I'd like to get a second one... Thanks, - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: I blame Savage

2011-12-14 Thread Peter Loveday
Who's to say it isn't? Larry's showing us his bosons interacting with oddly-flavoured quarks. The uncertainty of the spin is a bit strange. What's strange is that this is the first time any body has told me that my quarks are oddly flavoured. I'm wondering how Bob knows what your quarks

Re: I blame Savage

2011-12-13 Thread Peter Loveday
On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6503305225/ For some reason, given the subject, I was expecting this to be a photo down your pants. Once bitten, twice shy, I guess :) - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: I blame Savage

2011-12-13 Thread Peter Loveday
On 12/13/2011 4:02 PM, Peter Loveday wrote: On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/6503305225/ For some reason, given the subject, I was expecting this to be a photo down your pants. Once bitten, twice shy, I guess :) I

Re: PDMLers on Facebook - do me a favor?

2011-12-12 Thread Peter Loveday
And some crap too :) Aside from Mark's, which obviously benefits from the omnipotent combined wisdom of the PDML's votes, the number of votes for images seems inverse to its quality. You sure we're not supposed to be voting for the pictures we least want to win? :) The current leader that

Re: Sanyo XX Battery Powered by eneloop, 2500mAh - Best of, bothworlds or a gimmick?

2011-12-07 Thread Peter Loveday
Well, just going by the math ... The 1500mAh Eneloops give 1500 charges X 360 flashes per charge = 540,000 flashes The 2500mAh Eneloops give 500 charges X 460 flashes per charge = 230,000 flashes 2 x 230,000 = 460,000 So it looks like the new high power ones have less than half the usable

Re: It just gets worse for Olympus

2011-11-09 Thread Peter Loveday
Someone will want their medical division for sure. Hoya will probably corner the market on endoscopes. You're expecting their medical division to go ass-up, then? - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Re: PESO -- The Waitress

2011-10-29 Thread Peter Loveday
Nice. Makes me think of... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g12f7uDIGZc - Peter -Original Message- From: P. J. Alling Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2011 1:56 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO -- The Waitress I went to a dinner meeting the other night as the semi official

Re: This is riduculous

2011-09-26 Thread Peter Loveday
You have to set the appropriate custom function (37: Using Aperture Ring) to allow it. See p294 of the manual. -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 2:39 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: This is riduculous On 9/26/2011 10:03 PM, Tom C

Re: Shopping for an O-GPS1

2011-09-11 Thread Peter Loveday
A) Has anyone on the list been recently shopping for one? Any strong recommendations on places to check out, or to avoid? Bought mine here in Oz, so I can't help you there. But some observations: B) Has anyone that has one run into critical problems that made them decide that it wasn't

Re: Shopping for an O-GPS1

2011-09-11 Thread Peter Loveday
Some other notes: * Even though it's hotshoe mounted, it doesn't prevent all flash usage. The PC sync socket still works fine, and in conjunction with an appropriate hotshoe cable set, I can use my 540FGZ (off-camera) in PTTL just fine. Using the GPS off camera likely would work too, but

Re: Shopping for an O-GPS1

2011-09-11 Thread Peter Loveday
DFS? Sorry, Dark-Frame Subtraction. The lack of multiple exposures seems annoying. Could it have something to do with the movement limitations of the sensor? I certainly wouldn't expect it to be able to exceed the total duration (ie movement limits) over all the shots. But within the,

Re: Shopping for an O-GPS1

2011-09-11 Thread Peter Loveday
* The calibration is slightly awkward, particularly if you have a big lens on. Makes me feel like I'm gonna drop it... :-/ The guy I was shooting with today was quite amused, watching me juggle my camera to get the thing calibrated. You don't need to do the physical calibration for GPS tagging

Enablement

2011-08-22 Thread Peter Loveday
Got my O-GPS1. Seems to work as advertised so far, now looking forward to trying out the AstroTracer. Anyone else playing with one of these? - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: Cameras running on Android

2011-08-11 Thread Peter Loveday
I'd love to have a wifi interface for my camera, so I could control it from my phone, including some semblance of live view on the display. I have recently been considering doing a tethered shooting app for Android; specifically for my Nook Colour (running CyanogenMod 7) - though it'd work on

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

2011-07-01 Thread Peter Loveday
The sky isn't falling. This is the PDML. The sky is _always_ falling. - Peter -- 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: Is Ricoh Going to Buy Pentax????????

2011-07-01 Thread Peter Loveday
Does this mean the K-r K-5 would look like this...? http://www.flickr.com/photos/bongmanayon/5163816994/ Heh :) I'm assuming all new lenses are going to get stuck on the AF drive too... - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: TOTALLY OT, but proud mummy needs your help!!

2011-06-30 Thread Peter Loveday
Done and done. -Original Message- From: Tanya Love Sent: Friday, July 01, 2011 11:27 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: TOTALLY OT, but proud mummy needs your help!! So hey everyone! I know I haven't been around of late much, been crazy busy, will fill you all in soon,

Re: Android Camera Apps Suggestions

2011-05-09 Thread Peter Loveday
Huh, where did you get this - there's an Android version actually released? -Original Message- From: John Sessoms Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 5:59 AM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: Android Camera Apps Suggestions The Photographer's Ephemeris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Nook color as a photo viewer

2011-04-13 Thread Peter Loveday
I installed CyanogenMod 7 on my Nook Colour. Turns it into a fully functional Android (Gingerbread) tablet. Then you can choose what picture viewer/reader/etc you want to use... - Peter -Original Message- From: Larry Colen Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:21 AM To: Pentax-Discuss

Re: A sensor question

2011-04-11 Thread Peter Loveday
remove it for BW. But I can't see that happening. - Peter -Original Message- From: Sandy Harris Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 2:35 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: A sensor question On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Peter Loveday pe...@loveday.org wrote: That's not like any

Re: A sensor question

2011-04-10 Thread Peter Loveday
That's not like any XYZ colour space transform I've ever seen? It depends on the chromaticities of the source/target RGB space, but say for sRGB to XYZ, one would use the matrix transform: [ 0.4124564 0.3575761 0.1804375 ] [ 0.2126729 0.7151522 0.0721750 ] [ 0.0193339 0.1191920

Re: Pentax Lens Roadmap?

2011-02-25 Thread Peter Loveday
On the plus side, the lack of a roadmap gives us the opportunity for even more boundless wild speculation. :) - Peter -Original Message- From: Thibouille Sent: Friday, February 25, 2011 7:58 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Pentax Lens Roadmap? No roadmap and I do not

Re: Question about Metz 45CL4 (analog one, not the recent digitalversion) and SCA adapters

2011-02-11 Thread Peter Loveday
Without TTL support, I'm not really sure that it'll give you anything over using a stock SCA-301 even, on a 45 series? I don't have one of these, but I have a flock of 60CTs, and really there's little to be gained by any form of dedicated SCA with these on non-TTL capable cameras. - Peter

Re: Newbie with DSLR and soon to be an owner of a K-R when itarrives...

2011-02-10 Thread Peter Loveday
I also would like to ask When is Spring and when will it finally get here? PDML doesn't do spring :-) Welcome! Cheers, Christine Indeed. We're more a perpetual 'winter of our discontent' type crowd :) - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Pentax Mirrorless: This is interesting

2011-02-04 Thread Peter Loveday
'interesting' might be one word for it. 'Not in the least bit' would be another five. At least, not to me. Now if it were APS-C... - Peter -- 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

Re: Now that the K-7 can do SDXC...

2011-01-14 Thread Peter Loveday
Can anyone think of a scenario where a 64-gigabyte card sounds like something you'd want/need? That's almost 3,000 shots on one card in RAW mode, even. Wow! Video! I wonder if they've removed the 4GB limit on video in this situation, given that SDXC (well, exFAT) doesn't have the limit.

Re: Now that the K-7 can do SDXC...

2011-01-14 Thread Peter Loveday
Message- From: Bong Manayon Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 11:11 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Now that the K-7 can do SDXC... On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Peter Loveday pe...@loveday.org wrote: I wonder if they've removed the 4GB limit on video in this situation

PESO: Candle

2011-01-02 Thread Peter Loveday
Kai thought these glowing things were fascinating at our local Christmas Carol service: http://picasaweb.google.com/loveboy/PESOs?authkey=Gv1sRgCJCsjeWRqsKHlwE#5557565728449298194 And no, he didn’t touch it :) Love, Light and Peace, - Peter Loveday -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: OT Ya know you're old when you remember...

2010-12-30 Thread Peter Loveday
From: David J Brooks I quit that job to work on the ice, 1096-1971, at $1.35 and hour, which was adult minimum wage back then. Damn, that's a long time to stick at a job. Do you remember Hastings at all, or was that just before your time? :) - Peter -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: OT Ya know you're old when you remember...

2010-12-29 Thread Peter Loveday
Hmm, dunno about most of that, must be US stuff :) However I just checked and my K1000 is still metal and glass :) - Peter -Original Message- From: Elizabeth Masoner Sent: Thursday, December 30, 2010 12:16 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT Ya know you're old when you

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-28 Thread Peter Loveday
Hmm, I would've been 28 I guess when I first subscribed to PDML, back when it was a real Pentax list. Now I'm 40. - Peter -Original Message- From: Tanya Love Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 1:12 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call... So, it occurred

Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call...

2010-12-28 Thread Peter Loveday
With the average age of PDMLers so far, we're already a valuable archaeological treasure. - Peter -Original Message- From: Subash Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 2:46 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: COMPLETELY OT! Roll Call... On Wed, 29 Dec 2010 12:42:32 +1000 Tanya Love

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