Re: Got myself a new lens

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Henk Terhell wrote:

>I have the PLM type of 55-300 which is always attached to my K-70.
>However the PLM lens is not compatible with a K-5 II.

My bad. Typo. My new camera is a K-3ii, not K-5.
Works a treat with the new PLM lens.
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Re: Impressed again

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Rick Womer wrote:

>Wow!
>
>My favorites of this =excellent= collection:
>
>- The house fronts reflected in the water ( # 75? A more viewer-friendly 
>numbering scheme would be nice.)
>- The houses fronting on the canal, with reflections (#60)
>- The roomful of bottles of beer,
>- The church front (last shot)
>
>We really like Brugges, but my photos weren’t nearly this good!

Thanks, Rick. I'm working on adding captions to the photos but I
didn't have time to do so with the initial upload (beginning of the
semester gets pretty busy).
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Rock 'n Roll, Rush and Pentax

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Around the 1:24 :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIAcVSSHJgc


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Re: RIP Dan Matyola

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Man, that's sad news. Dan was one of those PDML'ers I'd always wanted
to meet in person.


Bruce Walker wrote:

>Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan
>Matyola, May 2, 2023, at 81 years of age.
>
>I'm only a "FB friend" but we've chatted a bunch since I joined the
>list and I know he was a very long time PDML member. His last reply to
>the list was also May 2, amazingly.
>
>I located a link to his obit:
>https://www.cusickfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Daniel-Matyola?obId=27875827
>
>His FB profiles -- which his cousin has been adding updates to -- is here:
>https://www.facebook.com/daniel.j.matyola
>https://www.facebook.com/dan.matyola
>
>I liked Dan and I know he was a steadfast PDML contributor. He'll be missed.
>
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Re: Hi kids!

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Paul Sorenson wrote:

>Glad to have you back.  Sorry to hear about Lisa's mom.

Thanks. She was in California staying with Lisa's sister in 2020 when
she started having problems. A visit to the local Urgent Care and an
ultrasound revealed a mass on the pancreas and Lisa said "get your ass
to Boston NOW" (or words to that effect). She arrived *two days*
before Logan airport shut down for the peak of the pandemic. Diagnosed
at age 92 and made it well past her 94th birthday. An amazing woman.

Of course, having a cancer patient in the house meant Lisa and I were
"extra locked down" because we couldn't afford to bring Covid back
home to her. Very stressful couple of years. We've really spent the
last 6 months or so coming out of our shell.
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Re: LR6. Issues

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David J Brooks wrote:

>I get miffed trying to locate thighs that LR just
>has out in the open.

So you're saying the old software still has some legs left in it?

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Re: OT: Comet image

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Toine wrote:

>photoshop spotted! The light on the turtle comes from the back. Looks like
>a wide angle shot which renders the comet smaller as it is now. And the
>sunset is too bright for stars to appear in the red. Not to mention the
>comet as bright as a setting sun.
>
>Nice image nevertheless

Yep. Photoshop composite.

>Daniel J. Matyola  wrote:
>
>> A photographer on Maui I follow on FaceBook has posted an interesting image
>> of the comet:
>>
>> https://www.facebook.com/danielsullivanphoto/photos/a.237556692957789/3227289350651160/?type=3

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Re: Thumbs up or down?

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John wrote:

>I agree that what most people criticize in HDR images is the tone mapping 
>rather 
>than the HDR itself, but they are two parts of the whole.

Exactly. HDR software takes multiple images in 8-bit color (that is, 8
bits per color) and then combines them into an image in 32-bit color.
Since our software and monitors can't display anywhere near that kind
of color depth, the HDR software then maps the 32-bit color into 8-bit
(or 16-bit) space before rendering the final image. This is tone
mapping and it's an integral part of what HDR software does.

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Re: OT: Stay Home, Stay Safe, Stop the Spread

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Bill wrote:

>We are selling record amounts of paint. Apparently that has become an 
>essential product as people who are supposed to be working from home 
>need something to do. 

It's probably just a matter of "well, we were planning to paint the
living room anyway and now we find ourselves with a lot of free
time..." It's literally what I'd be doing now if Lisa had ordered the
paint color she wanted in time. (Too late now so I'm off the hook!)

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Re: PESO: Securities

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Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

>One of those ideas you get when you're sitting in front of something...
>
>Just for the heck of it, without any artistic pretension.
>
>http://www.fotoralf.be/temp/D-20-00017.jpg

Keep up the good work. You're clearly... on a roll...

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Re: OT Covid-19

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 wrote:

>Yes, the zombie apocalypse is clearly imminent

I've got "Shaun of the Dead" lined up for tonight!

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Re: OT Covid-19

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Rick Womer wrote:

>Still waiting for official word about work next week. Everyone is 
>encouraged to work from home, but since I’m in my late 60’s I 
>expect be told to stay away and let younger colleagues see my patients.

Rick, are your patients particularly susceptible because of immune
system weaknesses that go along with cancer treatments? I know
Covid-19 appears to be less dangerous to children (at this point
Children's Hospital is the only hospital in the Boston area that
*doesn't* have Covid-19 patients on ventilators) but it would seem
that cancer patients might be particularly vulnerable even if they're
young.

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Re: New member's intro - photographing photographers

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Steve Cottrell wrote:

>Here's an example of a shot that I simply grabbed as I was walking and had no 
>idea if it would work or not. Only when I saw it later, I realised I liked it 
>and there was a story there:
>
>

That's a great shot!

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Re: February PUG is up

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Larry Colen wrote:

>> Here's the gang preparing to order up the Ethiopian grub:
>> https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e400420.jpg
>> 
>> Left to right: Chris Mitchell, Bob W., Dr Lisa, Karin Mitchell.
>
>Looks like fun.  I hope the banter was friendly, because it’s terrible to add 
>insult to injeera.

Hey! Naan of that kind of language around here, lad!

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XKCD: How to unsubscribe

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https://xkcd.com/2257/
:-)

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PESO: On the canal again

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A bit further along the canal this time:
https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e400937a.jpg

Background: Yesterday (Wednesday) Lisa and I took a walk along the
Tennet & Avon Canal, from Bath to Bradford-on-Avon. It's around 12
miles from our hotel in Bath to the center of Bradford-on-Avon and all
pretty much dead flat because it's on the canal tow path. The weather
changed constantly from rain to cloudy to sunny and back. This photo
was obviously taken during one of the sunny spells. Because the walk
was so easy we finished in much less time that we'd planned for (we're
used to the arduous terrain of the Pennine Way, White Mountains, etc.)
so we had a pint at a pub in Bradford-on-Avon and explored the place a
little. It's a beautiful little town with lots on medieval
architecture and an old Saxon church. Well worth the trip.

 
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PESO: On the Kennet & Avon Canal this morning

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https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e400910.jpg


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Re: PESO: View of Brixton

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Steve Cottrell wrote:

>On 14/1/20, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>The lamp makes the shot for me. The composition would be far
>>too static and two-dimensional without it.
>
>Skater boy does it for me.

Leave your personal life out of this!

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Re: Channeling my inner Werewold of London

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mike wilson wrote:

>Pity.  I think there's a good film in "An American werewold in London".

Better yet, "An American Werewolf in the Cotswolds".

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Re: Channeling my inner Werewold of London

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Um, that should be "werewolf". 

>...walking the streets of Soho in the rain. Searching for photographic
>opportunities rather than Chinese food, though. I think I got some OK
>stuff. I'll post some tomorrow if so.
>
>On the agenda for tomorrow is the Blake exhibit at the Tate Britain
>and then theatre in the evening. On Saturday is the PDML London
>meet-up. There'll definitely be photos of that eventually.
> 
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OT - Just when I thought 2019 couldn't get any worse: RIP Neil Innes

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/neil-innes-obituary

Perhaps a couple of others here besides Mike Wilson will know about
the creative genius behind the Bonzo Dog Band, the Rutles and a lot of
Money Python songs.

 
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Re: Free at last!

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Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

>Just terminated my Adobe ransomware subscription for LR and PS.
>
>Whoever it was on this list who made me aware of ON1 Photo RAW, I don't
>remember, but if you know who you are...
>
>You've done me a great service. Thanks again, mate!

Isn't it nice that we still have a choice these days?

I'm convinced Adobe models itself after the airline industry in
regards to customer service. Probably RyanAir in particular...

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Re: spotmatics and unexposed film and gfm, oh my

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Scott Loveless wrote:

>Which leads me to film scanners.  I need one.  The Canon
>8400turdbucket is no longer supported.  They say the previous drivers
>should work with DOS10, but they don't.

Check if that scanner is supported byVueScan (it probably is). Great
scanning software that's compatible with pretty much everything. It's
how I keep running scanners that aren't supported by their
manufacturers any more. The software licence gives you the right to
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Re: PUG themes for 2020 - The List

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Steve Cottrell wrote:

>On 27/11/19, Brian W, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Dec: Waterbirds
>
>Porn reaches the PDML!

"Alleyways" and "Weird" might also count. ;-)

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Re: What are the advantages of ransomware Lightroom? Also copying off an external drive

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Larry, I bought the last non-ransomware version of Lightroom and
didn't bother even installing until almost two years later! The
"dehaze" tool was a useful addition but other than that it didn't have
anything to recommend it over previous versions as far as I'm
concerned. I can't see any reason to upgrade further, myself.

If you really need better HDR and panorama tools you'll get better
results with specialized third-party applications and probably save
money, too. Photomatix Pro is the benchmark for HDR and it's only
$99.00 and worth twice that, at least.

There are several panorama apps that better Pholtoshop and Lightroom
for prices between $30 and $100.

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Interesting Pentax KX listing on eBay

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It's described as an "Excelent+++" Pentax KX... yet the listing states
the light meter doesn't work! Personally I'd say that justifies
removing the "+++". And the "excellent", too.

By the way, I've seen lots of examples of the Pentax KX, but ones in
which the light meter *does* work are exceedingly rare. I had a broken
one once and came to the conclusion that it was the 8-pin IC (probably
a dual op-amp) that had failed. It's a surface-mount DIP on a flexible
circuit board so I never bothered trying to identify it and source a
replacement because it just would have been too much of a pain in the
arse.

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Re: PESO: Spaceship Montzeon

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Ralf R Radermacher wrote:

>...has returned to outer space. The launching ramp will now be
>deconstructed.

Loce it.
That should be the cover for a Pink Floyd album.


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FS Friday: PDML Photo Annual back issue sale

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Trying to clear out space here and I've just discovered a stash of
PDML Photo Annuals I'd like to get rid of. I have every year going
back to 2008/9 - all ten editions. They're all softcover, so you don't
get the snarky "dust jacket inner flap tirade" ;-) but they're all new
and in perfect condition. 

$20.00 each or 3 for $50.00 - mix 'n match or get three of your
favorite. Plus shipping. (In the U.S. they can go "medial mail" class,
which is very inexpensive.)

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Re: Thanks, Adobe :(

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Juan Buhler wrote:

>Pretty bad, but it does seem like limited info was exposed, so don't panic.
>
>No passwords or payment details exposed. So, just make sure you use
>different passwords for each account (this is always a good idea) and make
>sure you pay attention which links you click on when you get emails and
>whatnot.

Well, at least it's not as bad as the last time Adobe was compromised:
https://web.archive.org/web/20140116072551/http://www.examiner.com/article/hacking-attack-was-far-worse-than-adobe-first-reported

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Re: help with making a PDF file from a doc file

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ann sanfedele wrote:

>Hey guys,
>I have 72 kb doc file that is in MS Word ( 97/2000/xp) I'd like to 
>convert to PDF and I don't have the software/app to do that.  Is there 
>someone who could do it if I sent you the file as an attachment in 
>email? I can read the file in Open Office, But I want to send it to 
>someone in PDF format if possible.

You should download Foxit PDF Reader. It's free and, despite the name,
lets you create PDF files as well as read them.

https://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf-reader/


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Re: I hope this photo was shot with a Pentax!

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Steve Cottrell wrote:

>On 29/9/19, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>
>
>Where the hell did you find that !!

Oh don't tell me that's you in the photo! I thought that geezer looked
familiar!

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Re: OT: British House of Cards (a bit political

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Bill wrote:

>Back in the days of Suda Mafud, Pseudo Mafud, Whowhowho, Brad Dodo and a 
>host of others

Whoa! Memories!


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FS Friday: Pentax FA*300mm f/2.8

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I'm raising some money for a couple of projects and putting my fine
Pentax 300/2.8 on the block. VG condition. Comes with original lens
hood. Also includes optional polarizer filter (drop-in) and a Tamrac
padded case.

$2500.00 for PDML members.


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Large format industrial photoigraphy from the 1980's

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Really great work here:
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/sep/07/black-country-blues-industrial-midlands-80s-photographs-john-myers


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Re: September PUG Countdown

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Stan Halpin wrote:

>Salisbury/Shaftesbury 4-7 October. 

When you're in Shaftesbury be sure to cycle up Gold Hill with a loaf
of Hovis. (Have Ridley Scott film it if possible.)

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Re: OT: England in the Dark?

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Larry Colen wrote:

>
>> On Aug 22, 2019, at 12:47 PM, mike wilson  wrote:
>> 
>> We'd go for the Antonine wall, the Scots would go for Hadrian's and, before 
>> you could say "Hadaway and shite, yer sassenach poltroon" we'd have naked 
>> gingers with big choppers running in the streets of Berwick-on-Tweed.
>
>Mark?   
>
>And I don’t mean this in terms that the above should make it into the quotes 
>file.

I have no plans to run naked through the streets of Berwick-on-Tweed.

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Re: On the road in Rochester

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 I missed the rain storms by small margins. Got to my hotel just outside 
Rochester around 3:30 and slept through half of Friday's storm, which cleared 
up just in time for me to meet some friends for dinner. Then Saturday I had to 
take shelter for an hour while a storm passed but still made it to my party on 
time. Probably riding back to Boston tomorrow.
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
>  
> On Aug 17, 2019 at 12:32 PM, Adam Montoyawrote:
>  
>  
>  So funny story... I'm visiting the Rochester area right now as well. Maybe 
> we were in same rain storm together yesterday. (And i was in Geneva on 
> Thursday and drove through Penn Yan) On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 10:27 AM 
> postmaster wrote:  >   >   >   >   >   >   >  Took the bike up to Rochester 
> for a party with some old racing buddies.  >  I might stop by the George 
> Eastman Museum to see what exhibits they have on  >  at the moment. Paid a 
> visit to former PDMLer Mike Johnston in the exotic  >  city of Penn Yam 
> yesterday. He sends his regards to the rest of the PDML. 
>  
 
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On the road in Rochester

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>  
> Took the bike up to Rochester for a party with some old racing buddies. I 
> might stop by the George Eastman Museum to see what exhibits they have on at 
> the moment. Paid a visit to former PDMLer Mike Johnston in the exotic city of 
> Penn Yam yesterday. He sends his regards to the rest of the PDML.
>  
>
>  
> I might have shocking photos to post tomorrow. :-)
>  
>
>  
> Mark
>  
 
 
 
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Re: I'm Getting Married...

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Paul Stenquist wrote:

>In the morning. Well, it’s actually early afternoon this Saturday, but that 
>spoils the alliteration. We didn’t hire a wedding photographer. Too expensive 
>for a couple of septuagenarians. So we’re counting on the small number of 
>friends and relatives present to shoot a lot of cell phone pics. Should be 
>fun. I know my bride is always entertaining in addition to being a great 
>partner. We both lost our partners to the afterlife following  long, happy 
>marriages, so we’re looking forward to life, part two.
>Paul

Congratulations!

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Re: Paul's NYTimes piece

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Paul Stenquist wrote:

>Thanks Rick. I enjoyed driving the Bolt for a week
>While I was working on the charging piece. I think we’ll eventually see cars 
>with 400 mile range and much faster charging.

I think what the electric car industry needs to do is adopt the
"propane" business model: You don't generally get your propane tank
refilled, you exchange it for a filled one. Someday you should be able
to pull into a service station in your electric car and have your
almost-depleted battery exchanged for a fully charged one (batteries
would have to log the number of charge/discharge cycles they've been
through in order to vary the credit you get for the one you're
exchanging). This would of course require standardization of car
batteries and creation of a quick remove/replace architecture. A lot
of standardization and infrastructure hurdles to clear, to be sure,
but I don't see battery charging rates approaching the time it takes
to fill a 10-gallon gasoline tank any time soon.

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Re: PESO: A really stupid white mountains shot

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Rick Womer wrote:

>Me too, ya damn fool...

Mind you, a mistake wouldn't have been life threatening. Just
expensive.

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PESO: A really stupid white mountains shot

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https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e104610-14m.jpg
K-1, 4-second exposure at f/22

That river is even more impressive than it looks in the photo because
half of it was behind me. I was perched on a rock in the middle of it
with a pack on my back and several thousand dollars worth of camera
gear in the pack and on the tripod perched before me (K-1 and my
favorite lens, the FA 20/2.8). Rock-hopping to the middle of the Ellis
River was quite the trick as I recall. Oh what we do for art. Anyway,
I quite like the resulting photo.

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Re: Another Printer Question

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John wrote:

>When I was in school, they had iMacs and Epson Stylus Pro 4800 printers. We 
>were 
>advised to size our images to print at 360 ppi.

That's because 360 is exactly half of 720, the native mechanical
resolution of Epson printers (newer ones are double that at 1440) and
2:1 interpolation is simple.

I do my printing with Qimage software which uses its own resampling
algorithms to convert each image to the native resolution of your
printer at the print size you're making.

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Re: Printer reccomendations

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Larry Colen wrote:

>
>> On Jul 2, 2019, at 6:09 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi  wrote:
>> 
>> I didn't mean to say that we cannot criticize designs and wonder why they 
>> were 
>made the way they were. I said I don't pretend to tell engineers how to do 
>what 
>they do. Engineers generally have good reasons why they do the things they do 
>that 
>are not obvious to us on the outside and cannot be … we don't have enough 
>information to judge the engineers' decisions. 
>
>It has been my experience after several decades of engineering that the reason 
>for 
>an awful lot of WTF engineering decisions boil down to someone with pointy 
>hair 
>insisting that things be done that way.

Absolutely. Jesus, I'm glad I got out of that business.

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Re: Printer reccomendations

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Igor PDML-StR wrote:

>"C-grade students also get a job."

Q: What do you call the guy who graduates medical school at the bottom
of his class?

A: Doctor.


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Re: Another Printer Question

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Steve Cottrell wrote:

>Hi PDML
>
>Well, I just nearly fell off my chair.

So what else is new?

>I have an Epson P50 printer, a few years old and been around the block now, 
>but it still works and the separate ink tanks I like, but generally I don't 
>print photos from it - it's just the House Printer.
>
>The Mrs announced she wanted some prints doing of photos she had taken so i 
>though okay, i better make sure it's gonna work.
>
>Test prints in CS6 resulted in horizontal banding. As I recall, I had the same 
>issue way back and tried troubleshooting it at the time and gave up when 
>offered a beer. I may have thrown the empty bottle at the printer.
>
>Anyway, a nice A4 shot with plenty of textures and patterns came out shit with 
>loads of horizontal banding.
>
>Okay, nozzle check, one or two gaps here and there, cleaning cycles, nozzles 
>clear. Still banding. Next, head alignment, and another test print. Still 
>banding. Tried adjusting all sorts of settings in Photoshop CS6 to no avail. 
>Very slight colour overlapping resulting in discreet but noticeable banding.
>
>Then I had a thought.
>
>I exported the image as a best quality largest size jpeg onto my desktop and 
>opened it in Preview (a Mac general purpose photo viewer/editor, comes with 
>the OS).
>
>I printed from that and NO BANDING.
>
>Anyone care to hazard a guess where I'm clearly being defeated by CS6 ?

It's not a photograph of bands, is it?

No? All right then. My best guess is that Photoshop is having some
kind of disagreement with your printer driver. You should check that
you have the latest driver for your printer and also see if Adobe
issued any updates/patches for Photoshop CS6 that you haven't
installed.

If none of that works you could try re-sizing the image to the desired
print dimensions at 720ppi output resolution (the native hardware
resolution for Epsom printers).

If none of those tricks works you'll probably have to either buy a new
printer or print from an app other than Photoshop (which you're
already doing). Nothing wrong with printing from a different
application. I never print directly from Photoshop but use a
printing-specific application called Qimage (sadly, not available for
Mac AFAIK).

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PESO: Another one from New Hampshire

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A more conventional, slow-shutter-speed water shot, but I really like
the composition and lighting on this one.

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301502.jpg


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Re: PSEO: From hiking in New Hampshire

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Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

>Lovely colors, patterns and composition!
>
>Did you get any waterfalls for the July PUG?

Yep! Just uploaded one this morning.

>I hiked up there in my youth, particularly when I was in college and when I
>returned for the first couple of class reunions.  Dartmouth owns a major
>portion of the Appalachian Trail in HN, and the trail passes right through
>the campus.  If you are hiking the trail, you are entitled to a free lunch
>at the Hanover Inn.  But that is quite a bit south of where you were.

I can heartily recommend the Webster-Jackson Trail... as one to avoid.
We were just trying to get to the top of Mount Jackson (Lisa wants to
do all 48 of the over-4000-foot summits in NH) and this trail is the
worst either one of us has ever hiked. Continuously steep but also
wet, muddy, eroded and strewn with rocks and tree roots virtually
every step of the way. You have to continually watch every foot
placement to avoid injury. Miserable. Got a few good photos, though.




>> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301458-59.jpg

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PSEO: From hiking in New Hampshire

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Just returned from a few days hiking in the White Mountains. Spent
pretty much all the time there hiking, and on some damned tough trails
at that, so I didn't do as much photography as I'd liked. Got some of
the usual mountain streams and landscapes and such. Not bad but
nothing outstanding. Then I got this: A patch of Clinton's Lily
growing amongst some ferns. The buds of the lily were several inches
above the fern (and the leaves of the lily) so I stacked two images
focused at different points. I'm well pleased with the result:

http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301458-59.jpg
Pentax K-1 with D-FA 28-105

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Re: Another GFM snap

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l...@red4est.com wrote:

>Very nice.
>
>Were each of the shots underexposed and you stacked them to reduce the noise?

No, noise wasn't an issue (shooting at ISO 100). It's just that the
strong sunlight coming through openings in the trees above created hot
spots that would otherwise have spoiled the shot. By combining 5
photos (each of which had hot spots in different locations due to
movement of sun and clouds) I was able to even out the exposure.

>>https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301109-13mean.jpg


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Another GFM snap

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On Saturday morning we did the annual hike to Shanty Spring Branch to
practice some stream photography. Lighting was suboptimal: Clear skies
meant we kept getting hot spots that threatened to ruin most photos. I
got around it by taking 5 shots (around 20 seconds exposure each) and
combining them using the "mean" function in Photoshop. Worked out
pretty well.

https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301109-13mean.jpg
K-1 and FA 20mm f/2.8

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Re: Stupid iPad

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William Robb wrote:

>And here I thought Apple stuff was supposed to be a cut above the rest for
>quality.
>I have an iPad Pro that has gone really flakey about the attached (Apple)
>keyboard. Sometimes it works, mostly it doesn’t. This started happening
>after the last update.
>I have followed the simplistic instructions apple gives for fixing (shut
>down, restart, clean the contacts, etc).
>Any advice regarding how to make my iPad into something as reliable as a
>cheap Huawei would be appreciated.

I've tried working with Lisa's mum's iPad mini many times over the
past few years and have given up in frustration. Treansfering JPEGs, a
simple task on my Android tablet, is almost insurmountably difficult
(they insist I install iTunes on my desktop computer to do to - fuck
off, Apple). Everything else is similarly obtuse.

I say just lift off and nuke it from orbit. It's the only way to be
sure.

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PESO: Fearless leader of the PDML

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A quick candid snap of Doug Brewer:
https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e300705.jpg


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Quick GFM pano

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I just got back to Boston last night and I'm still unpacking and
catching up on things. Full report later but for now here's a panorama
from Linville Bluffs on Grandfather Mountain.

https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301202-07.jpg
(It's kinda large - 2300 x 1000 px but I think it should work on most
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Re: PESO: 300mm f2.8 as a portrait lens

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Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

>Excellent portrait!
>
>"there's a huge spectator turnout"
>That's an understatement.
>Did you see "Patriots' Day"?

Haven't seen it, but I know people who were near the finish line when
the bombs went off (they were far enough away that they only heard
them and didn't suffer any injuries). I was shooting photos at
Heartbreak Hill (around Mile 20) earlier but was out for a walk around
Jamaica Pond when the bombs went off. The first I heard about it was
when Doug Brewer called to make sure I was OK.

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Re: PESO: Cloning Exercise

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Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

>After giving some more thought to the comments by Paul Stenquist and Bulent
>about using the clone tool to remove ugly distractions from an otherwise
>interesting image, I decided to give it a try.  This is an image of one of
>the nicer Victorian houses in Cape May, with my first rough effort to clean
>it up:
>
>http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2019/5/9/victorians
>
>I realize it needs more work, but it was an interesting experiment.
>Comments and criticisms are both invited and welcomed.

The way to work something like this is to avoid as much cloning as
possible: Copy and paste and use transforms to make the replacement
patches work. Do as much work as you can this way and then move on to
the clone tool. Then use the healing tools in places where they'll
work better than the clone stamp.

Here's my effort: https://www.robertstech.com/temp/dan.jpg


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FS Friday: FA*24mm f/2.0

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I need to raise some funds for motorcycle parts so I'm offering up my
beloved Pentax 24mm f/2.0 with original lens hood and soft case (but
not original box/packing/manual). EX condition. $400.00 plus shipping.
 
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Re: Grandfather Mountain Video Request

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Stanley Halpin wrote:

>> On May 1, 2019, at 7:32 PM, Bob Pdml  wrote:
>> 
>>> On 1 May 2019, at 14:45, Postmaster  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Alan C wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Cotty
>>>> 
>>>> Many thanks. An interesting bit of nostalgia. I'd love to be able to 
>>>> attend a gathering like that.  Being a relatively new PDML member I 
>>>> don't know who the "stars" are. Perhaps someone could assist with that? 
>>>> The narrator wearing the bandanna & the members of the group scene?
>>> 
>>> The guy in the bandana is noted Cuban guerilla leader Stan Halpin.
>> 
>> His real name is Están Halapiño.
>
>OK Bob, you outted me. But I do prefer the proper spelling: Están Jalapiño.

Misspelling someone's name pretty much guarantees a chili reception.

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Re: Grandfather Mountain Video Request

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John wrote:

>06:47 Scott Loveless (?) w/ Pentax 645 FILM camera !!!

That was the year Scott entered the photo contest by shooting medium
format B film, developing it at the camp site and *scanning* the
negs into digital form (also at the camp site). He should have won
some sort of award for that alone.

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Re: Grandfather Mountain Video Request

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Alan C wrote:

>Cotty
>
>Many thanks. An interesting bit of nostalgia. I'd love to be able to 
>attend a gathering like that.  Being a relatively new PDML member I 
>don't know who the "stars" are. Perhaps someone could assist with that? 
>The narrator wearing the bandanna & the members of the group scene?

The guy in the bandana is noted Cuban guerilla leader Stan Halpin.

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Re: OT : annsan's diagnosis and a photo note too

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Glad to hear you're managing well.

I'm going to have to have a browse through my copy of Sign Language
later today :)

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Re: OT, looking for some GB travel advice for a couple of friends

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Steve Cottrell wrote:

>On 16/4/19, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>We are staying a few days in the Cotswolds - Painswick area right 
>>outside Gloucester. We are using it as a base to foray out to see the 
>>medieval. A time in Bath, over to Avebury, a time to Wye Valley. We 
>>spend two night in London on the tail end. We love Indian but mostly we 
>>want to eat food so good it makes us cry.
>
>For good places to eat, you can't really go wrong at any of those places. Bath 
>has some great restaurants.

We absolutely love the Walrus and the Carpenter restaurant in Bath.
Decorated with all sorts of hippie memorabilia. Great food. The owner
took an immediate liking to me and Lisa for some reason and chatted us
up quite a bit: "I did the 60's really well, so I have a bit of
short-term memory loss". Brilliant place.



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Re: OT - Another legit use beer

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Daniel J. Matyola wrote:

>The article state:
>
>" As for the beer itself, SuperEIGHT has an alcohol content of 5.3% and 'is
>made with eight heroic ingredients including prickly pear, mango,
>boysenberry, blackberry, raspberry, elderberry, kiwi juices and a touch of
>quinoa, along with an ample addition of Hawaiian sea salt.' "
>
>I don't know what the hell that shit is, but with those ingredients, it
>ain't beer.

Why not? There are plenty of places in the world where barley and
wheat aren't grown and they make beer out of whatever's available (and
have done for centuries). Sometimes it's other grains (like millet —
I'm told millet beer is served hot!) sometimes it's fruit (like
bananas). I have a fantastic genuine Belgian ale in the fridge that's
made with traditional malt, but with cherries added. Great stuff.
(more than 5.3% ABV, though!)

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Re: OT - Any idea about this optical gadget?

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Mark Roberts wrote:

>>https://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/sets/72157707409395914
>
>I have no idea what it is but it's fascinating! If you have no luck on
>the PDML try posting it at https://old.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/

I posted it myself and within 10 minutes got this reply:
https://www.google.com/search?q=Rayner+hand+Spectroscope=isch=firefox-b-1=1024=611=1=N36CXPxQipGCB7vLp4AJ

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Re: cormorant

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l...@red4est.com wrote:

>I know  that hole!  

I'm not gonna touch that one with a ten-foot pole.

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PESO: Happy St. David's Day! (March 1)

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Back from 2005. Panorama made with the lowly ist-D, from the summit of
Snowdon.

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Re: PESO 2019 - 017 - GDG

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Bob W-PDML wrote:

>> On 26 Feb 2019, at 01:27, ann sanfedele  wrote:
>> 
>> Like a lot -- geometry reigns
>> 
>Actually, I think you'll find it rules...

You'll have to forgive Bob. He's misplaced his moral compass.

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Not quite Vivian Maier but pretty cool anyway

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I just stumbled on this BBC News article from last year about a found
suitcase full of photos and negatives.
https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-43782267

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Re: L-bracket

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John wrote:

>On 2/15/2019 20:58:35, Larry Colen wrote:
>>> It would be trivial to design the camera with an integral arca swiss  
>>> plate, just slide a cover off and there it is.
>>> 
>>> Henk Terhell wrote on 2/15/19 2:28 PM:
 I bought the other day the Genesis Base PLL-K1 L-Plate for 50 euro. The 
 battery is easily accessible without removing it.
 The whole thing feels very sturdy and compact, like it is part of the K-1. 
 It makes me wonder why Pentax doesn't fit one on.
 
 No more loosening of the base plate. And I'm already getting used to the 
 switch from Manfrotto RC2 to Arca-Swiss system.

>How would that work for those of us who always use the battery grip?

Does the term "SOL" ring a bell?

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Re: L-bracket

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Jostein wrote:

>Steve,
>
>Mark's job can be compared to that of a manicurist. Yours to removing 
>the appendix. :-D

...with a hacksaw. :-)

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Old school PESO - taken with an ist-D

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Yet another reason to always shoot raw: Some of those old files are
much better than you thought. Here's an oldie from 2005.

https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d500929.jpg
Pen-y-pass, Llanberis, Wales. This was taken as we were finishing our
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Re: Got 1 half-way decent shot of the eclipse

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Larry Colen wrote:

>Mark is a rather hoopy frood.

Don't try to out-weird me, baby. I get stranger things than you free
with my breakfast cereal.

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Got 1 half-way decent shot of the eclipse

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Visiting our friends in North Carolina and staying at their cabin in
the Blue Ridge. The skies were very clear but I was woefully under
equipped: K-1 with the DFA 28-105 and NO tripod! Braced the camera on
the rood of a car and took several dozen shots, only one of which is
worth showing.

https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e300226a.jpg


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Sorry about my absence

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I've been unusually busy for a while (nothing bad) so I've been off
line more than usual and I've decided I can't do the Photo Annual this
year. Participation and, more critically, sales, has been declining
for some time and I can't really justify the time and money.
Especially the money - I've been making up the major part of "the
book's" annual donation myself for quite a few years now (though I
greatly appreciate the contributions of those who've extra donations
through the web site.

I think the 10-year run was pretty damn good, though.

Sorry to disappoint.

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Re: OT: A New Life Partner

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Congratulations! You deserve it. 

Whether she deserves *you* is a matter upon which I refuse to
speculate. ;-)

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Tis the season (for the PDML Quotations List)

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https://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm

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Re: Posting to instagram from a desktop

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Larry Colen wrote:

>Has anyone figured out a convenient way to post to instagram from a 
>desktop computer?  More and more people ask about my photos being 
>available on instagram.

Use either Opera or Chrome as your web browser and switch to
"developer" mode. Set it to emulate the device (phone ) of your choice
and have at it.

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[OT] Get ready for an onslaught of limericks!

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Kevin Spacey has just been charged with sexual assault... in
Nantucket.

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Re: On Google maps and Lightroom

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Jostein wrote:

>Adobe is not alone in screwing its customers over. :-(

The quotations list for 2018 is shaping up nicely :-)

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I think I found out what Bob W. has been up to lately...

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https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/dec/16/pantomime-horses-race-from-pub-to-pub-in-greenwich-in-pictures

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Re: coming comet

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John wrote:

>The clump of stars in the upper left is the Pleiades (the seven sisters).

And it's the logo for Subaru automobiles.
The Japanes name for the Pleiades is... "Subaru".

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Qimage

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I've been using Qimage, a printing utility, for years. Its resampling
system automatically resamples your image to your printer's native
resolution during printing (without altering the image file itself),
which really does seem to result in improved detail. It also does
non-destructive cropping and arrangement of multiple prints on a
single sheet of paper.

But today I discovered one of its best features. Have you ever run a
inkjet head test pattern and discovered you need to run a cleaning
cycle? And then cringed at the thought of how much expensive ink was
being used in the process? Yeah. Been there, done that. But I just
discovered can run its own cleaning cycle, independent of the print
driver and - get this - you can have it run the cycle ONLY for the ink
that's showing problems! BRILLIANT!

I would rhetorically ask why the printer manufacturers don't offer the
same option... but since they're the one's who sell ink I expect
everyone can work it out.

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Re: K-1 Mark II Upgrade?

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Paul Stenquist  wrote:

>Has anyone sent in a camera for the upgrade? I think both Stan and Bill have 
>done so. How long did it take? Is there a marked improvement in performance 
>over the original? Any downside other than price?

I haven't done it. The improved features didn't seem to be worth the
reduced battery life, at least not for the shoting I do.

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Re: Opinions sought on an experiment

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Larry Colen  wrote:

>
>
>Steve Cottrell wrote on 10/4/18 11:13 AM:
>> On 4/10/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed:
>> 
>>> Paul Stenquist wrote on 10/4/18 9:31 AM:
 It works well and provides the appropriate contrast.
>>>
>>> Thanks.  I was worried that my bark was worse than my bight.
>> 
>> You should be strung up by the bolocks for that sentence Colen
>
>That may be true, but will you give me credit when you steal the line 
>for yourself?

I'll bet he could be roped into it.

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Re: 4 Peso from today in the neghborhood

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John  wrote:

>If the "artist" says it's "art", it's art.
>
>It may not be to my taste or to yours, and there's often a lot to be said 
>about 
>whether the "artists" expression is effective in conveying its meaning. 
>Opinions 
>differ on whether it's "good art", but you know what opinions are like.

Yep.

Never forget Sturgeon's Law applies to art as well as anything else.

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Re: Well this sux.

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mike wilson  wrote:

>> On 20 February 2018 at 05:42 "P. J. Alling"  
>> wrote:
>> 
>> (There were a few other manual focus film bodies that used OFT TTL as well I 
>> think)
>
>My understanding is that only the LX, of all Pentax bodies, had OTF metering.

Only the LX had OTF metering for general exposure setting. ALmost all
later bodies had OTF *flash* metering. Early DSLRs had OTF (well, Off
The Sensor) flash metering but it was unreliable due to the
reflectivity of the sensor and subsequently dropped from the K10-D
onwards. (or maybe even with earlier models? I'm not sure because I
went directly from the ist-D to the K10D.)

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Re: PESO: T-Time

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John  wrote:

>On 2/14/2018 18:56, Mark Roberts wrote:
>
>> By the way: For those who aren't familiar with Boston, that "T" sign
>> indicates public transport. Specifically the subway (which is part
>> subway trains that run underground and part subway/streetcar hybrid
>> that runs underground in the center of the city and above ground
>> farther out). I think it technically includes busses and the commuter
>> rail system but if you tell anyone in Boston "I'm taking the T" it
>> means you'll be traveling by subway.
>
>I thought the Boston subway was the MTA?

It used to be the MTA many tears ago (long before I lived in Boston).
Now it's the MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority) and it
includes busses, subways, commuter rail and ferries.

But everyone just calls the subway system "The T".

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Re: Shocked that he was sued for stealing photography

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Igor PDML-StR  wrote:

>I suspect it is not just "publicity", but direct money earning.
>If you were to look at his videos, - he is clearly in the business of 
>earning "click" money from his Youtube videos.
>So, I suspect Mark's hypothesis as well as Ann and Rob's 
>clarifications are correct.

About a year ago a couple of "bros" posted a YouTube video of them
attempting to do a photo shoot with a Ferrari (or some other exotic
car) in the middle of Manhattan by simply stopping in traffic and
going about the shoot. Then a local guy, fed up with the traffic jam,
shows up with a baseball bat and smashes their windscreen in revenge.
The video spread like wildfire for a couple of days. Then someone
discovered the guy with the baseball bat was in on it and the whole
video was a set-up.

I think this dweeb and his "copyright lawsuit" represent just a
half-assed version of the seme thing.

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Class tonight

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Tonight in Digital Photography II we'll be looking at (among other
things) Juan Buhler's famous "Pentax 60mm H Limited" lens page. 

It's no longer on his web site but available through the Internet
Archive:
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Re: GESO: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle & Carlisle Railway

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"Alan C"  wrote:

>A Pano of the Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle & Carlisle Railway. 440yds 
>long, 104ft high, 24 Arches. Scroll L for a Drone image & an arch close up. 
>Sorry, no train. The storm eventually got us before we were able to reach 
>the car.
>
>https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/37590750956
>
>K5 with the DA 18-55 & Mavis the drone.

Very nice! With any luck, I'll be walking the Pennine Way within sight
of that viaduct come May next year.

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Re: Photo Annuals starting to ship

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Mark Roberts  wrote:

>...and as an indication of how many copies a typical Blurb book sells,
>we've made their "best sellers" list after selling 15 copies in a
>week. :-)
>
>We're #15, assuming they're listed in order of sales.

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/popular

And since I have the hardcover and paperback versions listed as
separate books, that's based on LESS than 15 books sold!
(Or "fewer" than 15, if you want to be pedantic about it...)

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Re: Pentax 645Z V Fuji V Hassy

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"Steve Cottrell"  wrote:

>>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/001_IMGL66501.jpg
>>
>> Put me on a table with them any day of the week.
>
> Steady, boy. Those girls are not to be trifled with.

 I'll go out of my way for a decent tart.
>>>
>>> I'm dis-custard with you!
>>
>>That's pudding it mildly.
>
>Last time I saw them I picked up a confection.

Doesn't that just take the biscuit?

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Re: New firmware released for K-1, 645Z

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Gonz  wrote:

>https://www.dpreview.com/news/7215239980/ricoh-releases-pentax-645z-and-k1-firmware-updates-and-image-transmitter-2-software-v2-3

Excellent! I'll just install it on my K-1 before flying out to Austin
to shoot the MotoGP race!  Not. ;-)

I'll let it have a couple of weeks out in the wild before I update my
camera.

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Re: Decisive moment available to everyone now!

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Stanley Halpin  wrote:

>If the photog doesn’t exercise some judgment, just guns away, all that has 
>happened is that the 
>burden of finding the decisive moment has moved from the field to the editor’s 
>desk. The technology
> may be a game changer, but getting “the” shot may still be a rarity.

Moreover, this kind of technology will do nothing at all to reduce the
gap between the work of a talented pro and an unskilled amateur.

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Re: UPDATE: PDML Photo Annual

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"Steve Cottrell"  wrote:

>On 20/4/17, Gonz, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>>Ok then, no brisket for you!  I'm not grilling no veggies either, last
>>time I tried that it was a soggy burnt mess!
>
>Courgettes, sliced, doused in soy sauce, grilled on high heat for a
>short time, beautiful

Halloumi! It's a variety of cheese made from goat and sheep's milk.
Grilling is the preferrred way to perpare it and it's delicious. First
time I ever tried it was at Cotty's place in Oxfordshire, actually.

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Re: How to measure subject distance at K1?

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Jos de Fotograaf  wrote:

>To do some lens testing I want to have a well defined subject distance.
>I think this is defined to the position of the sensor surface.
>Is there an indication on the body for this?

Yep:
http://www.robertstech.com/temp/sensorplane.jpg

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Re: Any idea how these images are generated?

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Gonz  wrote:

>These are very cool.  I was looking through Panotools users blogs and
>one of them pointed to this type of effect being created by someone
>(who is a Pentax user), but I have no idea how these are created.
>Anybody here know?  I'd love to make one of Austin, TX skyline.
>
>https://bob-o-rama.smugmug.com/Little-Planets/

How-to: http://www.robertstech.com/blog/?p=1845


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How to cheat & win with Photoshop

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No comment necessary:
https://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=1022446


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Re: Pug info

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Jack Davis  wrote:


>I'd appreciate it if someone would please post the Pug address and particulars.

http://pug.komkon.org/submit/






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Re: KP pre-order

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P. J. Alling wrote:
>
> The fact that it's the replacement for the K-3 series is just a bit
> disappointing, actually that's an understatement, but I expected it
> probably was...

The KP is a thousand dollars and the K-1 is two grand. Given that a
camera in between tham would be around $1500 I'd guess it will be a
stripped-down full-frame rather than a up-spec APS-C.

So there will likely be ho higher-spec APS-C camera.

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