Re: Small computer rant.

[Zos Xavius]

SMART cannot warn against catastrophic failure like the loss of the
controller board for instance. It's use as an early warning system is
limited at best and misleading at worst.

On Tue, Oct 9, 2018, 15:06 P. J. Alling  wrote:

> Well it's happened again.  I've had a hard drive failure.  I've managed
> to recover most of the important files from between backups, from the
> almost dead drive, and replaced it with two refurbished 2TB Hitachi
> Server quality drives.   I'm running them in mirrored mode so I have
> data redundancy.  I really have to do that with the boot drive, but for
> now cloned backups will have to do.
>
> Now the rant.  I had three 1tb drives in my machine, and one had a smart
> failure.  I tested it using the long platter test which should IIRC test
> the entire disk surface, and it passes after chugging through it for
> what seems days, (it's actually hours, but hey).  I don't keep anything
> important on after all it's S.M.A.R.T. flags have been tripped and it
> could fail at any time, except it's been like this for at least three
> years.  It'll fail eventually but...
>
> IT WASN'T THE DRIVE THAT FAILED!
>
> Nope, it was a much newer drive, that never had a problem and never gave
> any warning, until it did.
>
> The mother board keeps carping at me that the drive with the S.M.A.R.T.
> flag tripped is going to fail any day now, every time I boot the
> computer,  and it will, someday, but it was actually useless in warning
> me about the impending failure of the other. Sheesh.
>
> Worse there is no way to tell the hardware to ignore the issue.
> Somewhere in the middle of post up the firmware finds the smart flags
> and stops and asks if I want to continue.
>
> I just use that drive as a scratch drive and to hold temporary objects
> that will be deleted anyway.
>
> Then to add insult to injury, in my first attempt at mirroring the
> Hitachi drives one of them failed.  Yes, the the vendor replaced the
> drive promptly, but once again there is no S.M.A.R.T. error.  In fact
> the bad drive passes all S.M.A.R.T. tests using the latest software from
> the manufacturer.  It only fails when you try to write to it for
> extended periods of time.
>
> In fact I could still plug it into the MB run the smart tests, format
> it, and then have it fail at some random time.  But it still tests as
> good in every way except what counts, storing data.
>
> Now I can only ask, what the hell good is S.M.A.R.T. except to annoy me,
> I'm sure it makes someone happy that it does that.
>
> End of Rant.
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Re: Upgrade from K5 to KP???

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Oh yeah. SR works in movie mode on the K-5 too. That alone makes up
for the lack of manual mode IMO. For the most part you can get away
with autoexposure and exposure locking when appropriate. The files are
huge and it only records for 5 minutes, but 80mbs is much better than
the 18 or so the K-3 is putting out..
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 7:17 PM Zos Xavius  wrote:
>
> My K-5 IIs is still getting regular constant use and to be honest I
> prefer its IQ over the K-3 somewhat except in the best light. At night
> that camera is a handheld beast though I will concede that the SR is a
> little better on the K-3. Still I can get down to 1/6th or more pretty
> easily depending on focal length. I've pretty much settled on just
> buying another one when it finally dies. It is a very good camera even
> now.
> On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 4:34 PM John Francis  wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 03:33:27PM -0400, Rick Womer wrote:
> > > I'm hoping to keep using my K-5 until the successor to the K-3ii is
> > > out and de-bugged.
> > >
> > > Rick
> >
> > That's about where I am, too.
> >
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Re: Upgrade from K5 to KP???

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My K-5 IIs is still getting regular constant use and to be honest I
prefer its IQ over the K-3 somewhat except in the best light. At night
that camera is a handheld beast though I will concede that the SR is a
little better on the K-3. Still I can get down to 1/6th or more pretty
easily depending on focal length. I've pretty much settled on just
buying another one when it finally dies. It is a very good camera even
now.
On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 4:34 PM John Francis  wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 03:33:27PM -0400, Rick Womer wrote:
> > I'm hoping to keep using my K-5 until the successor to the K-3ii is
> > out and de-bugged.
> >
> > Rick
>
> That's about where I am, too.
>
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Re: Computer restoration pain

[Zos Xavius]

Yes. show parent folder and then relink the parent. done. :)

Glad it worked out ok!

I don't think you can relink the previews. You don't have to generate
them all. its just a cache anyways. once you get to your max preview
cache size it starts deleting older previews. don't worry about the
previews so much. unless you have a large set to work on at once, then
you can just simply regenerate the previews for that set to speed
things up. It will generate previews on the fly.

On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 9:02 AM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> Thanks for the advice. The images and catalog are now linked!
>
> One more question: I can't find a way to link to the previews; so the
> computer ground away all night and only generated new previews for
> about 10% of the 44K images.
>
> Is there a way to get it to recognize the existing Preview file? I
> can't find one.
>
> Rick
>
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2018 at 11:29 AM, John  wrote:
>> Right Click works on Macs if you have a two button mouse.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/17/2018 08:13, Matthew Hunt wrote:
>>>
>>> Maybe you need to right-click (or the Mac equivalent) on a folder and
>>> select "Show Parent Folder"?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 16, 2018 at 10:18 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
>>>
 So I have my nifty new Mac Mini here with its internal SSD; and a new
 external HDD to be my primary external drive; and a couple of drives for
 backups.

 LR and the current catalog are on the internal drive, and the photos are
 on the external drive (retrieved from a backup).

 The photos are in hierarchical folders: Year / Month / Shoot (for
 example,
 2016 / 2016-10 / Vancouver). They’re organized that way on the new
 external
 drive.

 The problems are two (probably related):

 First, I can only seem to link the catalog with the photos
 folder-by-folder, using the lowest folders in the hierarchy. There are
 hundreds of such folders. In a half-hour of work I managed to link about
 500 of my 45,000 photos.

 Second, I can’t get the hierarchical display of folders to display in the
 left panels.

 There’s GOT to be a better way… I hope!

 Any help appreciated.

 Rick
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Re: Repair Service?

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Call pentax's customer service number? Its on their website. Let us
know who the new service center is please.

On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Jack Davis  wrote:
> No! But I was told by Precision today
> that they DO NOT!
> J
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Apr 10, 2018, at 3:35 PM, Paul Sorenson  wrote:
>>
>> Jack -
>>
>> I have a K-5 that needs some work.  Did they tell you who is currently 
>> repairing Pentax cameras?
>>
>> -p
>>
>>
>>> On 4/10/2018 2:17 PM, Jack Davis wrote:
>>> In spite of your rant, PJ, I called
>>> Precision Camera for help. I may
>>> have been lucky, as I was told they
>>> no longer repair Pentax cameras.
>>> J
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
 On Apr 10, 2018, at 12:27 AM, P. J. Alling  
 wrote:

 Much as I hate to say this, for a digital body, only Pentax' official 
 repair service is likely to be good enough, and yet I hate Precision 
 Camera Repair with the heat of a thousand blazing suns.


> On 4/7/2018 9:49 AM, Jack Davis wrote:
> Anyone!
>
> Is there a recommended camera repair service for the PDML?
>
> My current, recently received, K3 replacement has a  lazy, weak, erratic 
> ("H") shutter  burst rate.
>
> Haven't decided, for certain, if I will submit it for repair, but it is 
> being considered. This is the second
>
> replacement since my "trusty" old K3 completely died this spring.
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
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Re: Well this sux.

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Yeah I find the AF280T is only useful in a pinch personally. Not enough power.

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 12:52 AM, P. J. Alling
<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hell I've got a couple of those, what I want is a working AF200T, it fits in
> my little tiny bag with the M85 f2.0 and A 24 f2.8 and is good for a bit of
> extra illumination in a pinch.
>
> The AF280T is relatively big and bulky, pretends to be a professional unit,
> but never seems to have enough light output when I really need it.
>
> But I'll keep that offer in mind.  You never know.
>
>
>
> On 2/19/2018 9:45 AM, Zos Xavius wrote:
>>
>> Hell let's give you a PDML discount. $20. ;)
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have an AF280T collecting dust. $30+shipping and its yours.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 6:26 PM, P. J. Alling
>>> <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It seems that when I'm not actually breaking my equipment, it's breaking
>>>> itself.
>>>>
>>>> I was using the AF200T with my digital cameras, and been pretty happy
>>>> with
>>>> the results.  Sure it's not P-TTL, but as far as it goes, having it's
>>>> own
>>>> sensor, the fact that it actually sets the recommended f stop and
>>>> shutter
>>>> speed when the camera is in program mode with an A class  or later lens,
>>>> was
>>>> convenient.
>>>>
>>>> It also worked well with K/M lenses though it obviously loses even the
>>>> small
>>>> amount of automation supported with modern digital interface cameras.
>>>>
>>>> Within it's limited parameters it gave good exposures, is compact, and
>>>> now
>>>> it's broken.  It just stopped firing, either when mounted to the camera
>>>> or
>>>> when the test button is pressed.  Based on that I'm pretty sure that I
>>>> know
>>>> what's wrong, it has a blown secondary capacitor.
>>>>
>>>> It would probably be an easy fix, if I had a schematic, but finding the
>>>> part
>>>> without one wouldn't be cost effective, let alone the effort involved,
>>>> for a
>>>> flash I could probably replace for $10.   Worse it would probably cost
>>>> more
>>>> than that to order the capacitor.
>>>>
>>>> Sometimes I miss Radio Shack.
>>>>
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Re: Well this sux.

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Hell let's give you a PDML discount. $20. ;)

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have an AF280T collecting dust. $30+shipping and its yours.
>
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 6:26 PM, P. J. Alling
> <webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> It seems that when I'm not actually breaking my equipment, it's breaking
>> itself.
>>
>> I was using the AF200T with my digital cameras, and been pretty happy with
>> the results.  Sure it's not P-TTL, but as far as it goes, having it's own
>> sensor, the fact that it actually sets the recommended f stop and shutter
>> speed when the camera is in program mode with an A class  or later lens, was
>> convenient.
>>
>> It also worked well with K/M lenses though it obviously loses even the small
>> amount of automation supported with modern digital interface cameras.
>>
>> Within it's limited parameters it gave good exposures, is compact, and now
>> it's broken.  It just stopped firing, either when mounted to the camera or
>> when the test button is pressed.  Based on that I'm pretty sure that I know
>> what's wrong, it has a blown secondary capacitor.
>>
>> It would probably be an easy fix, if I had a schematic, but finding the part
>> without one wouldn't be cost effective, let alone the effort involved, for a
>> flash I could probably replace for $10.   Worse it would probably cost more
>> than that to order the capacitor.
>>
>> Sometimes I miss Radio Shack.
>>
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Re: Well this sux.

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I have an AF280T collecting dust. $30+shipping and its yours.

On Sun, Feb 18, 2018 at 6:26 PM, P. J. Alling
 wrote:
> It seems that when I'm not actually breaking my equipment, it's breaking
> itself.
>
> I was using the AF200T with my digital cameras, and been pretty happy with
> the results.  Sure it's not P-TTL, but as far as it goes, having it's own
> sensor, the fact that it actually sets the recommended f stop and shutter
> speed when the camera is in program mode with an A class  or later lens, was
> convenient.
>
> It also worked well with K/M lenses though it obviously loses even the small
> amount of automation supported with modern digital interface cameras.
>
> Within it's limited parameters it gave good exposures, is compact, and now
> it's broken.  It just stopped firing, either when mounted to the camera or
> when the test button is pressed.  Based on that I'm pretty sure that I know
> what's wrong, it has a blown secondary capacitor.
>
> It would probably be an easy fix, if I had a schematic, but finding the part
> without one wouldn't be cost effective, let alone the effort involved, for a
> flash I could probably replace for $10.   Worse it would probably cost more
> than that to order the capacitor.
>
> Sometimes I miss Radio Shack.
>
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Re: OT: WARNING Beware Firefox 58.0.1

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People still use firefox?

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Re: K1-II spec leaked, seems like minor improvements only

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Compare to the GFX. In 2017 Fuji released 6 lenses for the system. And
that's not even counting all the other lenses they have released in
the past year from X mount to cinema lenses. Pentax designed 2 whole
lenses for the K-1. The 100-450 and 70-200. And it took them over 2
years just to come up with a 50mm? huh? Yeah, not really feeling all
that optimistic about their future right now..

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Re: K1-II spec leaked, seems like minor improvements only

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Don't forget the K-3 itself is 4 years old now using a sensor that
wasn't exactly cutting edge when it came out. A K-3 Mark III with the
sensor in the KP was all ricoh had to do. They didn't even need to
redesign the body. Done. You know? The one thing every pentaxian has
been asking for since the D500 came out? They used to claim they
actually listened to us. Pretty clear nobody at Ricoh is
listening...

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Re: K1-II spec leaked, seems like minor improvements only

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It needed an 85 right out the gate. Instead they focused on yet
another 50mm, something which Pentax is certainly not lacking in

A flagship full frame camera and not even a single new prime to pair
it with, but hey, let's pump out another body. That's just what the
market wants! yeah!

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 3:01 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Pentax released several new zooms with the K-1, and I think that’s a priority 
> in today’s marketplace, particularly for a pro grade camera. On any almost 
> type of assignment where  you have to work fast you need the flexibility of a 
> zoom. Most of the the zooms, BTW, are superior to the brand’s earlier primes, 
> so it’s hard to complain. Plus, the brand still offers some good primes in 
> the Limited line. I still use my K 85/1.8 and my A 50/1.2, Two very nice 
> primes. But they’re more for play than work.
>
>
>> On Feb 16, 2018, at 2:11 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> They released a FF camera and not a single prime and yet they think
>> this is a priority. Think about that for a minute. Ricoh is milking it
>> pretty fucking hard.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:57 PM, William Robb
>> <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:29 PM Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Rob Studdert wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> The K5IIs actually made the K5 useful, I'm still using my mK5IIs, my
>>>>> pair of K5 bodies are long gone, their focus speed/accuracy in low
>>>>> light was appalling. If these specs are true it's really offering a
>>>>> very very limited advantage over the original K1.
>>>>
>>>> Well, yeah. That's the point: To offer just enough improvement to be
>>>> useful but not enough to piss off people who already have a K-1 (by
>>>> making them think they should have waited).
>>>>
>>> It doesn’t appear to have worked out very well. People here and on that
>>> somewhat neurotic forum dedicated to Pentax are having kittens because of
>>> this “useless upgrade”.
>>> This seems to be another case of the more you have, the less happy you are.
>>>
>>> Ricoh doesn’t seem to be giving Pentax the unlimited resources required to
>>> build a world class system in a hurry, and at this point, they need to be
>>> fleshing out some sort of prime lens system more than new cameras.
>>> We’ll get out K1 replacement, but I expect it won’t happen until they can
>>> plunk a 50mp sensor into it and not have it cost $3k or more.
>>>
>>> As for the K3 replacement, it’s quite possible that Ricoh has decided that
>>> high end APS-C is now a dead end and will continue with lower end bodies,
>>> or perhaps go mirrorless with that format while concentrating their
>>> flagship efforts on the 35mm format.
>>>
>>>
>>>>> On 16 February 2018 at 11:13, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Uh...yes. I have the lenses and camera (k-1) I need. Want the 70-250
>>>> but waiting for a price break. The K-1 II is a typical between models
>>>> upgrade, much like we saw between the K5 and K3. The next full frame camera
>>>> will probably be a Nikon 850 clone, and Ill buy it. No problem here,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Paul
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Feb 15, 2018, at 6:39 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Most pointless update ever IMO. Are they taking a page from Canon now?
>>>> Wtf
>>>>>>> Ricoh? No k3 replacement in sight either. No new GR. A lens or two a
>>>> year
>>>>>>> now? Will there be any pentaxians left???
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Re: K1-II spec leaked, seems like minor improvements only

[Zos Xavius]

They released a FF camera and not a single prime and yet they think
this is a priority. Think about that for a minute. Ricoh is milking it
pretty fucking hard.

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 12:57 PM, William Robb
<anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 8:29 PM Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Rob Studdert wrote:
>>
>> >The K5IIs actually made the K5 useful, I'm still using my mK5IIs, my
>> >pair of K5 bodies are long gone, their focus speed/accuracy in low
>> >light was appalling. If these specs are true it's really offering a
>> >very very limited advantage over the original K1.
>>
>> Well, yeah. That's the point: To offer just enough improvement to be
>> useful but not enough to piss off people who already have a K-1 (by
>> making them think they should have waited).
>>
> It doesn’t appear to have worked out very well. People here and on that
> somewhat neurotic forum dedicated to Pentax are having kittens because of
> this “useless upgrade”.
> This seems to be another case of the more you have, the less happy you are.
>
> Ricoh doesn’t seem to be giving Pentax the unlimited resources required to
> build a world class system in a hurry, and at this point, they need to be
> fleshing out some sort of prime lens system more than new cameras.
> We’ll get out K1 replacement, but I expect it won’t happen until they can
> plunk a 50mp sensor into it and not have it cost $3k or more.
>
> As for the K3 replacement, it’s quite possible that Ricoh has decided that
>  high end APS-C is now a dead end and will continue with lower end bodies,
> or perhaps go mirrorless with that format while concentrating their
> flagship efforts on the 35mm format.
>
>
>> >On 16 February 2018 at 11:13, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote:
>> >> Uh...yes. I have the lenses and camera (k-1) I need. Want the 70-250
>> but waiting for a price break. The K-1 II is a typical between models
>> upgrade, much like we saw between the K5 and K3. The next full frame camera
>> will probably be a Nikon 850 clone, and Ill buy it. No problem here,
>> >>
>> >> Paul
>> >>
>> >>> On Feb 15, 2018, at 6:39 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Most pointless update ever IMO. Are they taking a page from Canon now?
>> Wtf
>> >>> Ricoh? No k3 replacement in sight either. No new GR. A lens or two a
>> year
>> >>> now? Will there be any pentaxians left???
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Re: K1-II spec leaked, seems like minor improvements only

[Zos Xavius]

That was the KP. A camera nobody wanted. All pentax had to do was
update the k-3 with a new sensor and improve the AF. A cameras pretty
much all of their customers are waiting for. It was so easy. So cut
and dry. I've given up on hoping that they ever improve the video.
Pretty sad when canon starts to look like an actual innovator compared
to Pentax!

On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 8:14 AM, Rob Studdert <distudio.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm reading it as practically no improvement (plus where the f is the
> replacement for the K3?)
>
> On 16 February 2018 at 13:29, Mark Roberts <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote:
>> Rob Studdert wrote:
>>
>>>The K5IIs actually made the K5 useful, I'm still using my mK5IIs, my
>>>pair of K5 bodies are long gone, their focus speed/accuracy in low
>>>light was appalling. If these specs are true it's really offering a
>>>very very limited advantage over the original K1.
>>
>> Well, yeah. That's the point: To offer just enough improvement to be
>> useful but not enough to piss off people who already have a K-1 (by
>> making them think they should have waited).
>>
>>>On 16 February 2018 at 11:13, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote:
>>>> Uh...yes. I have the lenses and camera (k-1) I need. Want the 70-250 but 
>>>> waiting for a price break. The K-1 II is a typical between models upgrade, 
>>>> much like we saw between the K5 and K3. The next full frame camera will 
>>>> probably be a Nikon 850 clone, and Ill buy it. No problem here,
>>>>
>>>> Paul
>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 15, 2018, at 6:39 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Most pointless update ever IMO. Are they taking a page from Canon now? Wtf
>>>>> Ricoh? No k3 replacement in sight either. No new GR. A lens or two a year
>>>>> now? Will there be any pentaxians left???
>>
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Re: K1-II spec leaked, seems like minor improvements only

[Zos Xavius]

Oh, this is going to piss people off

On Feb 15, 2018 9:29 PM, "Mark Roberts" <postmas...@robertstech.com> wrote:

Rob Studdert wrote:

>The K5IIs actually made the K5 useful, I'm still using my mK5IIs, my
>pair of K5 bodies are long gone, their focus speed/accuracy in low
>light was appalling. If these specs are true it's really offering a
>very very limited advantage over the original K1.

Well, yeah. That's the point: To offer just enough improvement to be
useful but not enough to piss off people who already have a K-1 (by
making them think they should have waited).

>On 16 February 2018 at 11:13, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote:
>> Uh...yes. I have the lenses and camera (k-1) I need. Want the 70-250 but
waiting for a price break. The K-1 II is a typical between models upgrade,
much like we saw between the K5 and K3. The next full frame camera will
probably be a Nikon 850 clone, and Ill buy it. No problem here,
>>
>> Paul
>>
>>> On Feb 15, 2018, at 6:39 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Most pointless update ever IMO. Are they taking a page from Canon now?
Wtf
>>> Ricoh? No k3 replacement in sight either. No new GR. A lens or two a
year
>>> now? Will there be any pentaxians left???

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Re: K1-II spec leaked, seems like minor improvements only

[Zos Xavius]

Most pointless update ever IMO. Are they taking a page from Canon now? Wtf
Ricoh? No k3 replacement in sight either. No new GR. A lens or two a year
now? Will there be any pentaxians left???
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Re: K-1 discontinued (mk ii version likely)

[Zos Xavius]

I never said that's where I heard it from.

On Fri, Feb 9, 2018 at 12:20 PM, P. J. Alling
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> I'm not going to say I doubt it, but Rice Whine?  I don't think he has any
> more actual information than I have, or anyone else. All published
> statements of the K-1 being discontinued trace back to one small distributor
> that doesn't even have it's own web site, which they posted on facebook...
> The Ricoh imaging websites in the US, Canada, Britain, and the Japanese
> English language web site still show the K-1 as a current product.  Of
> course Britain still has the Q S1 as a current product, but hey, it's
> Britain...
>
>
> On 2/9/2018 12:01 PM, John wrote:
>>
>> On 2/9/2018 06:12, Zos Xavius wrote:
>>>
>>> Its discontinued and a new model is coming. I can confirm this. Don't
>>> ask how. ;)
>>>
>>
>> RiceHigh says so on his blog, so how can anyone doubt it?
>>
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Re: K-1 discontinued (mk ii version likely)

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Its discontinued and a new model is coming. I can confirm this. Don't
ask how. ;)

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Re: K1, rotate LCD screen?

[Zos Xavius]

You can't do that I'm afraid. The menu would have to be heavily
reformatted to display both directions. It would be nice. Hell I'm
just happy the returned image rotation to the image review based on
the orientation of the camera. It drove me nuts when they stupidly
removed that feature from the K-5 IIs.

On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Jan van Wijk  wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just a quick question.
>
> I was playing with my new K1 yesterday, doing some macro on a copy-stand.
> (50mm macro + 100mm extension tube)
>
> With the camera pointing straight down, it was nice to be able to fold the 
> LCD upwards
> to make it easier to see. This was fine for the viewing (and live view), 
> however,
> due to the orientation of the camera, the menus are upside down ...
>
> I guess there is no setting to rotate the LCD-display 180 degrees, is there?
>
> I could not find anything in the menus or manual about it ...
>
> TIA, JvW
>
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Re: Every once in a while something that sounds too good to be true...

[Zos Xavius]

Damn. Lucky SOB. None of the sub 2k scanners compare. You got a steal.

On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 9:55 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> ...really is true.
>
> Like a Nikon CoolScan LS-8000 medium format film scanner (4000dpi) for
> $1200.
>
> I've seen them going for far more than that. In fact, I've seen the
> film carriers alone listed for $800! (No scanner included.) Yeah,
> that's a bit unrealistic, but 1200 bucks for the scanner in excellent
> condition with carriers for 35mm negs, 35mm slides and 120 is a great
> deal.
>
> But I checked out the seller and found he's been on eBay for a long
> time, sold just a few items and all of them a photography-related. He
> answered questions and clearly knew what he was talking about.
>
> So I went for it. It arrived today and I'm impressed so far. Here's my
> first scan (somewhat reduced in size — the original is almost 11,000 x
> 9000, ~97 megapixels, 536 megabytes as a TIFF in 16-bit color).
>
> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/2017-12-08-0002.jpg
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Re: K-5 Metadata Issue

[Zos Xavius]

Try reflashing the firmware on it. It might just be something weird.
No lens data in lightroom either? I would guess not if exiftool isn't
reporting it.

You also might want to try cleaning the contacts on your camera to
make sure it is getting good communication first. You should be seeing
focal lenght information in the jpeg review on the camera if you press
the info button. If you are not the lens->camera connection is
suspect.

On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Brian Walters  wrote:
> This is a bit odd.
>
> This morning I wanted to check the lens that I'd used on my K-5 a few weeks 
> ago.
>  I opened the image in ExifTool and found the Lens field blank. Very strange, 
> I
> thought, because I've only been using AF lenses.
>
> Anyway, on further checking I found that the entire Maker Notes section of the
> metadata was absent and I know that it had been recorded in the past.
>
> As near as I can make out, the camera stopped recording the Maker Notes in
> November 2015.  All previous images have the complete metadata - all 
> subsequent
> ones have no Maker Notes.
>
> Anyone have any idea why this might be the happening?
>
>
> Cheers
>
> Brian
>
> ++
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Re: OT What is art

[Zos Xavius]

The modern definition of art has radically changed. I think Warhol's
definition is probably most appropriate now: "Art is what you get away
with."

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Re: Weird battery behavior

[Zos Xavius]

It sounds like it has failed. Just buy another one of the 3rd party
batteries to match your other one since you now know they are good
batteries.

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Re: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

[Zos Xavius]

Frankly its obvious that new development is only going to be on CC
from this point forward. Lightroom 6 was constantly behind the CC
version too, so that should say a lot about how much they care about
it. Adobe wanted to pull this move to subscription all along. It makes
sense if you regularly buy new versions of lightroom anyways. Frankly
I pirated versions 2-5, but now that they have the CC versions I can
just use my work copy legitimately. That said, if I had to pay the $10
a month I would gladly. I get way more than $10 a month of usefulness
out of both products. People love to praise capture one, but it is
basically twice as expensive and doesn't even have photoshop which I
feel is a necessity anyways. Frankly I still like lightroom. It
finally is playing nice again on my computer so I don't hate it like I
did a year ago. Of course upgrading to the PC equivalent of a Macbook
Pro didn't hurt either. Once you get your catalog file and previews on
an SSD and get your ram in the 16-32gb range it will run pretty well
even on an older computer with a fairly slow GPU. The ram and SSD are
the big things. An sandybridge or newer i5 or i7 doesn't hurt either.
It ran perfectly fine on my older crap Acer i5@2.5ghz when I stuck
16gb of ram in the machine. On 8gb it was pretty painful, especially
when the OS was running off of a slow HD drive. I also have a 200k
image catalog in lightroom. When I make a new catalog for small
projects with just a few thousand images it is really fast. So unless
your catalog isn't really huge, you can probably get away with even
less of a machine. The big thing was just getting enough ram so you
aren't swapping. LR alone can eat up 4-5GB of RAM pretty easily. If
you stitch panoramas I've seen it use up to 20GB or so pretty easily.
So its not really efficient in terms of ram usage for panorama
creation.  It does make a fully RAW panorama though which is really,
really cool if you think about it.

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Re: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

[Zos Xavius]

Didn't mean to quote John there btw either. Just a general reply. :)

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 7:35 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> CC has come quite a ways since version 5. Just being able to do
> panoramas and hdr in lightroom alone is pretty huge. For $10 a month
> with photoshop its really not a bad deal at all considering what you
> get. Photoshop CC is pretty nice too. The new CC Classic has a lot of
> performance improvements and I can say it definitely feels a bit
> snappier than the older version. Dehaze comes in pretty handy too,
> especially if you landscape. With a light touch it does actually work
> pretty well.
>
> On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 6:08 PM, John Coyle <jco...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
>> I've had the CC version since it was launched, and have had absolutely no 
>> issues with it.  I moved
>> up to it from PS Elements, and before then had CS3, so there was a 
>> significant improvement in
>> functionality.  The advantage of having new features and improvements 
>> available immediately at no
>> additional cost is a definite plus.
>> I must say I don't consider the cost to be rapacious - for me, with just PS 
>> and Bridge, it's only
>> A$13 a month!  I neither like nor want Lightroom, but I could add that again 
>> with no increase in the
>> cost, I believe.
>>
>> My 2c worth
>>
>>
>> John in Brisbane
>>
>>
>>
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>> Subject: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop
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>> My friend Candice ccmo...@pacbell.net  asked me about photoshop cc, and when 
>> I asked why she said:
>> I'm looking for reviews from people I know, because Brett wants to upgrade 
>> and just about everyone I
>> know is still using CS5/CS6 and have pretty much refused to upgrade to 
>> Creative Cloud
>>
>> Would anyone like to share their thoughts on how it works, rather than just 
>> their rapacious business
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Re: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop

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CC has come quite a ways since version 5. Just being able to do
panoramas and hdr in lightroom alone is pretty huge. For $10 a month
with photoshop its really not a bad deal at all considering what you
get. Photoshop CC is pretty nice too. The new CC Classic has a lot of
performance improvements and I can say it definitely feels a bit
snappier than the older version. Dehaze comes in pretty handy too,
especially if you landscape. With a light touch it does actually work
pretty well.

On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 6:08 PM, John Coyle  wrote:
> I've had the CC version since it was launched, and have had absolutely no 
> issues with it.  I moved
> up to it from PS Elements, and before then had CS3, so there was a 
> significant improvement in
> functionality.  The advantage of having new features and improvements 
> available immediately at no
> additional cost is a definite plus.
> I must say I don't consider the cost to be rapacious - for me, with just PS 
> and Bridge, it's only
> A$13 a month!  I neither like nor want Lightroom, but I could add that again 
> with no increase in the
> cost, I believe.
>
> My 2c worth
>
>
> John in Brisbane
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
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> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List ; Candice Montgomery 
> 
> Subject: People's thoughts on Adobe CC photoshop
>
> My friend Candice ccmo...@pacbell.net  asked me about photoshop cc, and when 
> I asked why she said:
> I'm looking for reviews from people I know, because Brett wants to upgrade 
> and just about everyone I
> know is still using CS5/CS6 and have pretty much refused to upgrade to 
> Creative Cloud
>
> Would anyone like to share their thoughts on how it works, rather than just 
> their rapacious business
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Re: FS Friday - not just Paris book , please look

[Zos Xavius]

I actually love their matte paper. I just ordered a box of 13x19 for
some black and whites

On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll take the polar matte if you haven't found someone yet. Just
> calculate shipping and drop me an e-mail. I live in Pennsylvania if
> that helps. 15210.
>
> On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 9:17 AM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote:
>> 4 stainless steel reels for 35 mm film and a one roll stainless steel tank.
>> $10 plus shipping
>>
>> Is ancient Oriental Seagul 5 x 7 paper of any use at all?  I have a box of
>> close to 250 unexposed sheets
>> |new Seagull select rp-F  variable contrast.  who knows how old it is.  If
>> you want to play with it, I'll send it
>> to you for the price of shipping.. I got it at the Salvation Army within the
>> last year for $1.99 because I couldnt resist.
>> It weighs a bit over 2 lbs.
>>
>> An almost full 100 sheet box of Red River double sided  60 lb Polar matte
>> C2s, 8.5 x 11$5.00 plus shipping
>> (I had gotten that for printing calendars  last year and I really don't like
>> matte paper much.)
>>
>> Vintage Kodak Kodamatic #2 with case.. for a collector -- don't know how
>> well it works, bellows looks like
>> it is ok  - If someone is seriously interested in this I'll do photos - I'm
>> selling it for someone who Id have to share
>> 50-50.  Write off list about this..
>>
>> Book and calendar info:
>> Cafe Press tells me that they will print wall calendars until the stock runs
>> out...meawhile, I'm migrating
>> them over to my C P C site slowly...
>>
>> Added another calendar that cafepress had phased out to my page "Ann
>> Sanfedele Calendars and Books"
>>
>> https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks
>>
>> (The book and the calendar come in two sizes but you don't see that until
>> you click on one of the thumbnails on the landing page )
>>
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Re: FS Friday - not just Paris book , please look

[Zos Xavius]

I'll take the polar matte if you haven't found someone yet. Just
calculate shipping and drop me an e-mail. I live in Pennsylvania if
that helps. 15210.

On Fri, Oct 27, 2017 at 9:17 AM, ann sanfedele  wrote:
> 4 stainless steel reels for 35 mm film and a one roll stainless steel tank.
> $10 plus shipping
>
> Is ancient Oriental Seagul 5 x 7 paper of any use at all?  I have a box of
> close to 250 unexposed sheets
> |new Seagull select rp-F  variable contrast.  who knows how old it is.  If
> you want to play with it, I'll send it
> to you for the price of shipping.. I got it at the Salvation Army within the
> last year for $1.99 because I couldnt resist.
> It weighs a bit over 2 lbs.
>
> An almost full 100 sheet box of Red River double sided  60 lb Polar matte
> C2s, 8.5 x 11$5.00 plus shipping
> (I had gotten that for printing calendars  last year and I really don't like
> matte paper much.)
>
> Vintage Kodak Kodamatic #2 with case.. for a collector -- don't know how
> well it works, bellows looks like
> it is ok  - If someone is seriously interested in this I'll do photos - I'm
> selling it for someone who Id have to share
> 50-50.  Write off list about this..
>
> Book and calendar info:
> Cafe Press tells me that they will print wall calendars until the stock runs
> out...meawhile, I'm migrating
> them over to my C P C site slowly...
>
> Added another calendar that cafepress had phased out to my page "Ann
> Sanfedele Calendars and Books"
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Re: An new variation on the "silicon film" idea

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You could, you know, save $400 and just stick some film ($400 would
buy a lot of film) into that camera and use it for what it was made
for.

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Re: An new variation on the "silicon film" idea

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I'd much rather just use my cell phone at this point. The IQ is far
better (beyond decent really) and the whole phone was cheaper than
this device. This is a solution in search of a problem. Same goes for
the new Yashica toy camera. Like WTF is really the point of that? The
camera in my cell phone is literally a $12 part, sensor and lens. This
has an even smaller sensor. Where is all the money going really?

On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 5:59 PM, Mark Roberts
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> Larry Colen wrote:
>
>>Mark Roberts wrote:
>>> This device replaces the back of your old film camera and lets you
>>> take 16-megapixel photos.
>>> https://petapixel.com/2017/10/17/im-back-new-digital-back-old-35mm-cameras/
>>>
>>> It's currently on Kickstarter so there's no telling if it ever makes
>>> it to market.
>>
>>That's a clever idea, but there are two problems, first it's not very
>>clever, and second, as I often either point out or demonstrate, there
>>can be a huge disparity between clever ideas and good ideas.
>
> I think it's neither "clever" nor "good". No, the word to describe
> this is "hipster". It's basically high-tech lomography. Lo-fi
> photography that lets you be seen using a "vintage" film camera. (And
> make no mistake, being seen taking photos this way is at least as
> important as the photos you get. Probably more.
>
> That said, if it inspires people to try something new then I say they
> should go for it. Whatever the pros and cons of the thing I wouldn't
> be surprised if some people make some good art with it and have fun to
> boot.
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Re: An new variation on the "silicon film" idea

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This is for people that want to pretend like they are using a modern
digital retro SLR. You know? The people that want a digital K1000.
Which would make about as much sense. Ok well, maybe slightly more
because it might at least have decent IQ. There is nothing redeeming
about this project at all IMO.

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Re: K-1 grumbles

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I believe the D810 has a larger buffer. Does it not? The buffer on the
k-1 is pretty anemic.

On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 1:53 AM, P. J. Alling
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> I've been looking into that and it seems that all Pentax cameras that have
> been tested recently have about a 36 mb/s write speed regardless of how fast
> the card is, though they can't write faster than the card will accept the
> data.
>
> I got curious since I don't shoot Nikon, so I haven't been looking for write
> speed tests on any Nikon cameras.  Well I couldn't find a Nikon 810 tests,
> but the D800 tops out at about 39 mb/s, on the one I could find.   Doesn't
> seem to blisteringly faster than the K-1.
>
> Using the actual numbers not my rounded numbers the Nikon seems to be about
> ~7% faster than the Pentax.
>
> Now Nikon might have upped the buss speed when moving from the D800 to the
> D810, but it doesn't seem that likely.
>
>
> On 10/10/2017 5:10 PM, Mark C wrote:
>>
>> FWIW - I just ran some tests with my K1 shooting DNGS and it takes 27 to
>> 28 seconds to clear the buffer. It probably feels like 5 minutes when things
>> are happening, though. I'm using 64 gig Sandisk Extreme Pro UHS-I cards,
>> rated for 90 mb/sec write speeds. The are much faster cards out there though
>> I don't know if the K1 can take advantage of higher speed cards (or even if
>> it takes advantage of this card.) If you really are experiencing several
>> minutes of write time it may be the card.
>>
>> Overall I agree with your comments. File saves are on the slow side and
>> the AF point configuration leaves a lot to be desired. AF in liveview mode
>> is very slow - verging on unusable when shooting macros. There's room for
>> improvement to be sure, but still a fine camera.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Larry Colen wrote:
>>>
>>> In many many ways the K-1 is an amazing camera. If all I did was
>>> portraits, landscapes and still lifes it would be damn near unbeatable,
>>> especially for the price.
>>>
>>> However, for action photography, it can really suck donkey balls. The
>>> focusing is a huge improvement over the K-3ii, but the focus points don't
>>> cover nearly enough of the screen, especially if you want to place critical
>>> compositional elements at the "third points". Despite the improvements over
>>> the K-3, focus speed is still way too slow, especially compared to when I've
>>> shot a friend's Nikon 810.
>>>
>>> My biggest gripe is the bus speed.  Did they really think that people
>>> would buy a full frame camera and always shoot JPEGs? I was photographing
>>> dance competitions this weekend. Things happen fast, unpredictably, and
>>> often in rapid succession, particularly when there is more than one couple
>>> dancing at a time. After about a minute or two the buffer will fill up, and
>>> then take something like five minutes to empty.  Once it fills up, it takes
>>> something like 30 seconds before it's ready to shoot again, and I have no
>>> idea of whether there's room in the buffer or not. I just have to press the
>>> shutter and wonder whether it's not locking focus, or just still emptying
>>> the buffer.
>>>
>>> Gah! Every time I try to shoot action, I'm tempted to switch to Nikon.
>>> Unfortunately, there's about 15,000 reasons why I can't.
>>
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Re: Penta K-R Battery Question

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Did you ever eat that hat? :)

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> On 25/9/17, P. J. Alling, discombobulated, unleashed:
>
>> The
>>question is will they accept the truth when it's pointed out to them.
>
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Re: Pixel shift observation

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Oh dear. Please no. Not here.

On Wed, Sep 27, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Paul Sorenson  wrote:
> They're quickly picked and brought inside for consumption...
>
>
>
> On 9/27/2017 11:39 AM, Jostein wrote:
>>
>> I hear there used to be a lot more of them on the lawn outside the white
>> house. :-D
>>
>> Jostein
>>
>> Den 26.09.2017 19:23, skrev Collin Brendemuehl:
>>>
>>> I hear that in some areas of the country mushrooms also disappear rather
>>> quickly.
>>>
>>>
>>
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Re: Pixel shift observation

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Especially the magic kind. :)

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> quickly.
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Re: Pixel shift observation

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTSkRIw1m60

On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 2:23 AM, David Mann  wrote:
> On Sep 25, 2017, at 12:21 PM, Mark C  wrote:
>
>> Aside from banding the problem with ambient light is that there can be a 
>> surprising amount of movement in subjects due to minor air currents or 
>> vibration.
>
> Many moons ago I visited a lab that produced holograms.  They said mushrooms 
> grow too fast to be imaged without using a high-power pulse laser (which they 
> didn't have).  Speaking across the optical table was avoided due to the 
> vibrations.  It only would have taken a few tens of nanometres to cause 
> problems.
>
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Re: Pixel shift observation

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I bet they could image them now in real time. Mushrooms do grow
astoundingly fast. Just watch some time-lapses sometime.

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> On Sep 25, 2017, at 12:21 PM, Mark C  wrote:
>
>> Aside from banding the problem with ambient light is that there can be a 
>> surprising amount of movement in subjects due to minor air currents or 
>> vibration.
>
> Many moons ago I visited a lab that produced holograms.  They said mushrooms 
> grow too fast to be imaged without using a high-power pulse laser (which they 
> didn't have).  Speaking across the optical table was avoided due to the 
> vibrations.  It only would have taken a few tens of nanometres to cause 
> problems.
>
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Re: Frame counter mystery

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Anytime the shutter opens and closes it should increase that counter.

On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 11:01 PM, Anthony Farr  wrote:
> Dark frame subtractions, live view actuations, and the additional exposures
> from a multiple exposure may also count as shutter actuations that aren't
> justified by an image file.
>
> regards, Anthony
>
> On 30 August 2017 at 12:23, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
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>>
>>
>> Besides "no-card" activations, I wonder if it might also count those
>> actuations when you check the WB. And checking for the dust...
>>
>>
>>  John Francis Tue, 29 Aug 2017 16:51:08 -0700 wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 29, 2017 at 09:23:09AM -0700, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Gonz wrote:
>>> > Hmm, but that only accounts for 6 lost frames no?  Or perhaps it skips
>>> > other 000 instances, like from 999 to 001?
>>>
>>
>>
>> I was wondering when somebody else would notice that ...
>>
>> d'Oh!
>>>
>>>
>>> I wonder if bracketing in Live View would do it.
>>>
>>
>> I rather doubt that - I find it hard to imagine anything that would only
>> result in a deficit of 50-60 frames if it was related to any mode setting
>> on the camera. It would have to be something you only do once in every
>> thousand exposures.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 28 Aug 2017, Igor PDML-StR wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Wow!
>>> The infamous "off-by-one" error in a somewhat unusual incarnation. :-)
>>>
>>> While I was reading your thriller, my guess was it would be due to the
>>> shutter activations without a card in the slot.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
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Re: Time lapse

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I gotta ask? Why the bracketing? To make HDR timelapses? Or were you
trying to make the best out of changing light without bulb ramping?

On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Matthew Hunt  wrote:
> For the K-3 II, it's close to 1/second, but might fall a little short
> of that. I did a timelapse with 3-shot bracketing at an interval of 3
> seconds, using an external intervalometer, and it mostly kept up but
> there were occasional dropped shots. I was using a recent Sandisk
> Extreme card and shooting raw. I'm going to use a 4-second interval
> (per 3 shots) during the eclipse.
>
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>> What is the fastest rate that a k3 can continuously take photos without 
>> overflowing the buffer? Once a second?
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Re: Time lapse

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And my apologies my reply was meant to be for larry himself and not
Darren. Stupid gmail.

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Re: Time lapse

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Raw its like 1/sec basically. Close enough. If you want to do 1s
interval time-lapses that is the only way to go. It might be a little
faster for jpeg but i wouldn't hope for much.

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> The answer to Larry's question depends on several things besides the
> model of the camera.
> 1) Are you shooting RAW, JPEG, or BOTH?
> 2) What is the write speed of the SD card?
> The purpose of the buffer is to save an overflow of information that
> needs to get written on the card. So the amount of info being written
> (#1) and how fast that gets accomplished (possibly bottlenecked by #2)
> are going to be a factor.
>
> I recommend that the only way to test this is to put your camera on
> Manual and set the internal intervalometer for the maximum number of
> files you can get on your size SD card and try your minimum (like 3
> seconds, which would give you 20 frames per minute). Let it go while
> it is sitting on your desk and see if it stops at some point, or is
> able to shoot the whole 500 or 900 frames without pausing or stopping.
> Unlike continuous frame shooting, where you fill up the buffer fast
> (after X exposures at Y frames per second), If you total write time is
> 3.1 seconds and you are taking an exposure every 3 seconds then .1
> second per frame is being buffered. Eventually that will add up to to
> a full buffer, but it may take a LOT of frames to get there. Still you
> want ZERO frames to get there.
>
> Google Time-Lapse calculators for some useful ways to manipulate your
> values to make sure that you can also save the entire duration of
> exposures on your size of SD card.
>
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>
> On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 2:10 PM, Matthew Hunt  wrote:
>> For the K-3 II, it's close to 1/second, but might fall a little short
>> of that. I did a timelapse with 3-shot bracketing at an interval of 3
>> seconds, using an external intervalometer, and it mostly kept up but
>> there were occasional dropped shots. I was using a recent Sandisk
>> Extreme card and shooting raw. I'm going to use a 4-second interval
>> (per 3 shots) during the eclipse.
>>
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>>> What is the fastest rate that a k3 can continuously take photos without 
>>> overflowing the buffer? Once a second?
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Re: K-3 question

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You should be fine then!

On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 10:18 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 8/16/2017 19:36, Zos Xavius wrote:
>>
>> Don't use Live View with just the lens and no filter. You will
>> probably nuke your sensor. If you have to tape some welder's glass
>> over your lens, but that may block too much light for fast exposures.
>> Mirror up is probably fine due to the short exposures involved but you
>> still have to compose somehow. You are basically turning your camera
>> into a giant magnifying glass pointed at the sun. Something to think
>> about. I would try to reduce the amount of light somehow given the
>> magnification involved. You are going to likely need to use live view
>> to get the best focus result. Your shutter speeds should be relatively
>> fast even with a good ND filter so I wouldn't worry about mirror up so
>> much. I would set it up in live view and then trigger with a remote.
>> As long as you stay in live view the mirror will be locked up and you
>> shouldn't get a lot of shake other than the shutter.
>>
>
> I already bought the kind of solar filters that fit over the end of the
> lens; the kind that are made for photographing sun spots.
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Re: Ricoh Pentax follies...

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The copier division is currently running Pentax in North America. They
consolidated the territories. Dark times.

On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 12:50 PM, P. J. Alling
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> Well, maybe not follies, however on a recent visit to the ricoh-imaging web
> site to download a manual, and being unable to do that from the North
> American US site due to construction, I visited the Japan English site, and
> did my business there.
>
> I also noticed that the Q line seems to be back as a product.  So I checked
> the US site, where it isn't but the K-50 is now listed a current product
> again.  This kind of thing begins to make one wonder, which particular band
> of inmates is running which particular asylum.
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Re: Subject: Re: Inexpensive Pentax AC adapter

[Zos Xavius]

Most AC adapters are pretty safe to use. Until they die, but at least
more often than not they only kill themselves.

On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 1:14 AM, Bipin Gupta  wrote:
> One hears these adages quite often like "You pay what you get for", "Cheap" 
> etc.
> Is it true?? NOT for the smart guy - or call him frugal, Mr. Scrooge
> if you wish.
> Cheap need not mean it will damage your camera or fail.
>
> So here is what I did. Bought a German Hama SMPS Multi Volt Adapter for $12
> on sale from Media Mart while in Cologne, Germany.
> SMPS (switched mode power supply units) are one of the safest circuitry used 
> in
> digital equipment & electronics. This one had a 3-way safety circuit.
>
> Bought the Connector Pentax uses for $ 2.40 each - called the Male Hirose 
> 3-pin
> MQ172-3SA Plug. God alone knows why Pentax uses obscure stuff and not
> simple Japanese Standard Connectors.
>
> Soldered two thick copper pins which plugs into the Universal Socket of the 
> Hama
> Adapter. Works great on my Pentax DSLRs.
>
> Note: wiring the Hirose connector - the center pin is a dummy, the Ground pin 
> is
> top most one viewed with the plug inserted into the camera. The 8.3 volt pin 
> is
> the bottom most one.
>
> Regards.
> Bipin
> camp: Belmont, CA.
>
> Amateurs worry about equipment, professionals about time & masters
> worry about light.
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Re: K-3 question

[Zos Xavius]

Don't use Live View with just the lens and no filter. You will
probably nuke your sensor. If you have to tape some welder's glass
over your lens, but that may block too much light for fast exposures.
Mirror up is probably fine due to the short exposures involved but you
still have to compose somehow. You are basically turning your camera
into a giant magnifying glass pointed at the sun. Something to think
about. I would try to reduce the amount of light somehow given the
magnification involved. You are going to likely need to use live view
to get the best focus result. Your shutter speeds should be relatively
fast even with a good ND filter so I wouldn't worry about mirror up so
much. I would set it up in live view and then trigger with a remote.
As long as you stay in live view the mirror will be locked up and you
shouldn't get a lot of shake other than the shutter.

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Re: Elliott Erwitt Pittsburgh

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I'm from Pittsburgh. Very cool and thank you for sharing!

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Gonz  wrote:
> https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2017/08/02/elliott-erwitts-lost-photographs-of-pittsburgh-at-the-crossroads/?_r=0
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Re: K3 II image count on SD Cards

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No issue at all. If you remove the card or anything it will default to
the next card. Whatever card was inserted in first is the default. The
indicator on the top plate LCD just shows the remaining shots on the
card you are currently using. In the info screen on the back it
highlights where it is saving images. Yeah if you are using spillover
its always a good idea to make sure both cards are clear before your
format in case this sort of thing happens.

On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 7:56 PM, PhotoCapturesbyJeffery.com
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> I ended up saving up and got the K3II. I have come across what may or may
> not be an issue. I posted this to the Pentax Forum but I haven't heard from
> anyone yet so thought I would see if anyone here might have an answer.
>
> I was downloading images to my computer from this weekends outings. I had
> thought all images recorded to one SD Card but as I was going through the
> images I realized not all of them were on the card. I checked the other card
> that I partially used on Sunday and sure enough 31 of the images from
> Saturday were on that card. Everything recorded correctly so that isn't an
> issue but I am confused by what the camera states as far as what is left on
> the card.
>
> See link to image and you will notice that I ended up switching the cards
> when I put them back into the camera.
>
> https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/attachments/58-troubleshooting-beginner-help/363948d1501108341-k3-ii-image-count-sd-cards-0726171705.jpg
>
> Saturday SD1 = 168 + 31 that was added to SD2
> Sunday SD2 an additional 7 (too hot to do much more than that)
>
> What is the issue if there is one?
>
> Thanks...
>
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Re: OT - Migrating Win10 to a new boot drive

[Zos Xavius]

Emphasis on *should* LOL

On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Shrink the partition with Disk Management. It should clone over fine
> as long as it is smaller than the target drive.

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Re: OT - Migrating Win10 to a new boot drive

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Shrink the partition with Disk Management. It should clone over fine
as long as it is smaller than the target drive.

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Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru

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>From my experience engine braking is greatly enhanced with a CVT. It
is indeed very much like dropping into a lower gear. If you drop an
automatic into 2nd often coming down mountains it should feel fairly
similar. You can also (at least on a Sentra) force the CVT into a
lower range as well as turn off "overdrive", which I suspect does
something similar but not as drastically.

On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 5:48 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> How well does it work going down-hill in the mountains so you don't burn
> out your brakes?
>
>
> On 7/18/2017 16:01, Ken Waller wrote:
>>
>> I believe one of the benefits the makers of CVTs sought was increased
>> mileage by
>> tuning the engine/trans to operate in the optimum power range.
>>
>> However most people, use to the (gear) steps in an automatic find the
>> constant acceleration to be unusual and to some unnerving, resulting in
>> customer complaints and their effects on 'things gone wrong'.
>> The inclusion of 'steps' is the manufacturers effort to improve customer
>> satisfaction.
>> I believe its another case of the industry unleashing 'new' technology
>> without properly preparing the potential buyers for the
>> different/unusual characteristics.
>>
>> I've not seen any numbers but the inclusion of these emulated steps
>> can't have a big effect on overall economy.
>>
>> I also prefer a good manual transmission - I prefer the involvement -
>> but I've driven some of the better dual clutch vehicles and they are
>> very hard not to like and generally shift quicker than most can shift a
>> manual.
>>
>> Kenneth Waller
>> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
>>
>> - Original Message - From: "Igor PDML-StR" <pdml...@komkon.org>
>> Subject: Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru
>>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> IMHO, those emulated steps on top of the CVT are ludicrous.
>>> One of the biggest advantages (and the reasons why CVT was invented in
>>> the first place) is the stepless, smooth transmission.
>>> So, this "emulation" is undoing the benefit.
>>> And I know that Nissan and Honda (and a few others) are doing that
>>> horrendous stupidity to satisfy people who need to be jolted every
>>> time they accelerate. The worst part is that you cannot disable that
>>> stupid emulation. (That should be very simple - that's a computer
>>> program.)
>>>
>>> I actually enjoy the smoothness I had from the CVT in Nissan Rogue,
>>> except for the problems, which include the higher-pitched "whining"
>>> sound.
>>>
>>> And yes, I enjoy the manual transmission too, which I've had for many
>>> years, but now I am giving up on that, as that requirement complicates
>>> things: 1) the choice of cars is narrowed significantly and 2) the
>>> logistics more complicated when my wife's car needs to be serviced, or
>>> whatever...
>>>
>>>
>>> Anyway...
>>>
>>> Igor
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Mon Jul 17 11:34:56 EDT 2017 P. J. Alling wrote:
>>>
>>> That's simply because most drivers are used to automatic transmissions
>>> with discrete gears.  I don't prefer either, given a choice I'd take a
>>> manual transmission any day.  I'd also like to mention the fact that
>>> with the current generation of car thieves a manual transmission is an
>>> unintended anti theft device.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/17/2017 9:59 AM, Ken Waller wrote:
>>>>
>>>> That constant acceleration - lack of shift feel is subjectively seen by
>>>
>>> some drivers as a negative, so much that some manufacturers have added
>>> a shift feel to their CVT transmissions so as to eliminate the
>>> constant acceleration feel.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -Original Message-
>>>>>
>>>>> From: Zos Xavius 
>>>>> Subject: Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru
>>>>>
>>>>> My mom has a CVT Nissan Sentra. Its pretty peppy between 0 and 80.
>>>>> What's nice is that once it starts accelerating it doesn't stop. Just
>>>>> smooth acceleration until you take your foot off the pedal.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Paul Stenquist >>
>>> mac.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'd be worried about CVT durability, but for me, the main drawback is
>>

Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru

[Zos Xavius]

Yes and the frequent "shifts" are causing the CVTs to be more
unreliable according to mechanics.

On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 9:59 AM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
> That constant acceleration - lack of shift feel is subjectively seen by some 
> drivers as a negative, so much that some manufacturers have added a shift 
> feel to their CVT transmissions so as to eliminate the constant acceleration 
> feel.
>
>
> -----Original Message-
>>From: Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com>
>>Subject: Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru
>>
>>My mom has a CVT Nissan Sentra. Its pretty peppy between 0 and 80.
>>What's nice is that once it starts accelerating it doesn't stop. Just
>>smooth acceleration until you take your foot off the pedal.
>>
>>On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote:
>>> I'd be worried about CVT durability, but for me, the main drawback is the 
>>> driving feel. My 2014 Equinox has an 8-speed automatic, it feels great with 
>>> a peppy 3- liter four, and has been trouble free. Nothing but oil changed 
>>> thus far.
>>>
>>> Paul via phone
>>>
>>>> On Jul 16, 2017, at 10:48 PM, Mark C <pdml-m...@charter.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Igor -
>>>>
>>>> I'm certainly happy with Subaru's decision to extend the warranty on their 
>>>> CVT's and to provide retroactive compensation. I don't expect to be using 
>>>> the money for a new lens. I'm pretty happy with the lenses I have - turns 
>>>> out that hanging onto good full frame glass was not a mistake The only 
>>>> lens that I am tempted to replace is the FA 20-35 f4, but I can't get a 
>>>> good handle on its performance on the K1. Sometimes it shines, sometimes 
>>>> it's a dud. It's clearly better (marginally) on film than on the K1 in 
>>>> terms of edge and corner sharpness. It also seems to be better at the long 
>>>> end than at 20mm. I recently fine-tuned the AF - and it needed about 5 
>>>> steps of correction IIRC - so I'm hoping that helps. But I seldom shoot 
>>>> wider than 28mm so I don't feel too motivated to upgrade to the DFA 15-30.
>>>>
>>>> I suspect that the reimbursement from Subaru will go into the VW repair 
>>>> fund. My wife's 2009 Tiguan seems to develop a $500 - $1000 problem every 
>>>> 10K or so. In the past year and a half we've replaced the timing chain, 
>>>> PCV system, rear main seal (blew out when the PCV system failed) and water 
>>>> pump. Last Thursday the dealership told me that both rear springs are 
>>>> broken - I need to get that checked out by an independent mechanic. Seems 
>>>> odd that both springs would break at the same time and that the car would 
>>>> still ride just fine.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck with your car search. CVT's are a fact o life these days but 
>>>> they seem to be prone to funky and fatal errors. I would do serious 
>>>> research on any CVT vehicle.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> Igor PDML-StR wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>>
>>>>> I was just thinking about you and your Subaru CVT a few time in the past 
>>>>> week. (We are looking for a car right now.)
>>>>>
>>>>> I am glad to hear that good news. I'd say that's probably an indicator of 
>>>>> Subaru being one of the better manufacturers (behavior-wise). (Even 
>>>>> though they should've admitted their problems much earlier.) And your 
>>>>> local dealership is also among the better once since they've covered 50% 
>>>>> even before this event.
>>>>>
>>>>> Nissan gave us all sort of problems with our CVT (on Rogue) over the past 
>>>>> 9 year, starting from the 1st year.  And both, our dealership and the 
>>>>> corporate office were very bad to address these problems. They were 
>>>>> refusing to admit the problems despite the symptoms, until the 
>>>>> transmission failed completely. And for the 2nd time, they were delaying 
>>>>> admitting the problem it until the mileage was beyond the limit.
>>>>>
>>>>> After almost 20 years of owning Nissans (not exclusively), I am too 
>>>>> afraid to buy any Nissan at this point: all models I would be potentially 
>>>>> interested in have CVTs, and Nissan CVTs are plagued with problems

Re: OT: MacBook Air seems to be working unusually hard

[Zos Xavius]

Some websites are just poorly coded too. If they have videos and lots
of embeds running its pretty easy to eat up your processor quickly.
Chrome often surprises me with how much CPU it uses.

On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Eric Weir  wrote:
>
> Thanks, PJ. I use an ad blocker, too. I may have white listed the Atlantic 
> site.
>
>> On Jul 19, 2017, at 7:12 PM, P. J. Alling  wrote:
>>
>> Malformed adverts.  I've had web pages with such horrible scripts that they 
>> hang the web browser and require a restart.  That's the main reason I've 
>> employed an ad blocker.  I can ignore the ads.
>>
>>
>> On 7/19/2017 6:07 PM, Eric Weir wrote:
>>> Recently—a day or two ago—I noticed that my MacBook Air was emitting a 
>>> low-pitched hissing sound, as if a fan were running. I first noticed this 
>>> when I had been processing photos in Lightroom for a while. But I’m 
>>> experiencing it now and all I have open are Safari and Mail.
>>>
>>> I ran Activity Monitor and found two tasks that were using a high 
>>> percentage of CPU. One was a kernel task. The other showed the web address 
>>> of The Atlantic Magazine, which I had open at the time. The percent of CPU 
>>> it was using ranged between the mid-50s and the mid-90s.
>>>
>>> I killed that process, the Atlantic page was reloaded, and the fan noise 
>>> has stopped. Why would a web page use so much processor capacity?
>>>
>>> Thanks and apologies for being so wildly off-topic,
>>>
>>> --
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>>> Decatur, GA  USA
>>> eew...@bellsouth.net
>>>
>>> "Imagining the other is a powerful antidote to fanaticism and hatred."
>>>
>>> - Amos Oz
>>>
>>>
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Re: OT -Unexptected Good News from Subaru

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My mom has a CVT Nissan Sentra. Its pretty peppy between 0 and 80.
What's nice is that once it starts accelerating it doesn't stop. Just
smooth acceleration until you take your foot off the pedal.

On Sun, Jul 16, 2017 at 11:04 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> I'd be worried about CVT durability, but for me, the main drawback is the 
> driving feel. My 2014 Equinox has an 8-speed automatic, it feels great with a 
> peppy 3- liter four, and has been trouble free. Nothing but oil changed thus 
> far.
>
> Paul via phone
>
>> On Jul 16, 2017, at 10:48 PM, Mark C  wrote:
>>
>> Hi Igor -
>>
>> I'm certainly happy with Subaru's decision to extend the warranty on their 
>> CVT's and to provide retroactive compensation. I don't expect to be using 
>> the money for a new lens. I'm pretty happy with the lenses I have - turns 
>> out that hanging onto good full frame glass was not a mistake The only lens 
>> that I am tempted to replace is the FA 20-35 f4, but I can't get a good 
>> handle on its performance on the K1. Sometimes it shines, sometimes it's a 
>> dud. It's clearly better (marginally) on film than on the K1 in terms of 
>> edge and corner sharpness. It also seems to be better at the long end than 
>> at 20mm. I recently fine-tuned the AF - and it needed about 5 steps of 
>> correction IIRC - so I'm hoping that helps. But I seldom shoot wider than 
>> 28mm so I don't feel too motivated to upgrade to the DFA 15-30.
>>
>> I suspect that the reimbursement from Subaru will go into the VW repair 
>> fund. My wife's 2009 Tiguan seems to develop a $500 - $1000 problem every 
>> 10K or so. In the past year and a half we've replaced the timing chain, PCV 
>> system, rear main seal (blew out when the PCV system failed) and water pump. 
>> Last Thursday the dealership told me that both rear springs are broken - I 
>> need to get that checked out by an independent mechanic. Seems odd that both 
>> springs would break at the same time and that the car would still ride just 
>> fine.
>>
>> Good luck with your car search. CVT's are a fact o life these days but they 
>> seem to be prone to funky and fatal errors. I would do serious research on 
>> any CVT vehicle.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> Igor PDML-StR wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Mark,
>>>
>>> I was just thinking about you and your Subaru CVT a few time in the past 
>>> week. (We are looking for a car right now.)
>>>
>>> I am glad to hear that good news. I'd say that's probably an indicator of 
>>> Subaru being one of the better manufacturers (behavior-wise). (Even though 
>>> they should've admitted their problems much earlier.) And your local 
>>> dealership is also among the better once since they've covered 50% even 
>>> before this event.
>>>
>>> Nissan gave us all sort of problems with our CVT (on Rogue) over the past 9 
>>> year, starting from the 1st year.  And both, our dealership and the 
>>> corporate office were very bad to address these problems. They were 
>>> refusing to admit the problems despite the symptoms, until the transmission 
>>> failed completely. And for the 2nd time, they were delaying admitting the 
>>> problem it until the mileage was beyond the limit.
>>>
>>> After almost 20 years of owning Nissans (not exclusively), I am too afraid 
>>> to buy any Nissan at this point: all models I would be potentially 
>>> interested in have CVTs, and Nissan CVTs are plagued with problems, and 
>>> Nissan is bad addressing them.
>>>
>>> Speaking of "impressive" warranties (mentioned by Alan), - I've just 
>>> learned that the "best industry warranty" advertised by Hyundai is to a 
>>> large extent a gimmick: Only the 1st owner is eligible for the 10 yrs/100k 
>>> miles (powertrain) warranty, for the subsequent owners it is 5yrs/60K.
>>> (Additionally, there is practically no "bumper-to-bumper", large portion of 
>>> the coverage of the "limited" warranty ends within the 1st year.)
>>> Kia's "industry-best" warranty is a similar gimmick.
>>>
>>> Anyway, - I am glad Mark for you. Despite the headache, at least you didn't 
>>> suffer as much of the financial hit...
>>>
>>> And the most intriguing question (for this list):
>>> Are you going to buy some new lens with the unexpected ~$4K?
>>> ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> Igor
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark C Sat, 15 Jul 2017 20:46:26 -0700 wrote:
>>>
>>> Just over a year ago I posted about the failure of my Subaru CVT 
>>> transmission, and appreciated the advice I got here.
>>>
>>>
>>> Yesterday I received a notice from Subaru that they have retroactively 
>>> extended the warranty on the CVT's to 10 years / 100K. The letter included 
>>> a claim form to get reimbursement for out of pocket repair costs for those 
>>> of us who had their CVT fail. Subaru picked up 50% of the cost to replace 
>>> my transmission but I was still out of pocket about $4000 - good on Subaru 
>>> to step and cover this problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>>
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Re: Mac external drive trouble

[Zos Xavius]

I think crystal disk info is available for OS X. It is a decent utility.

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Re: Mac external drive trouble

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You should get some kind of SMART reporting utility and show what
smart is saying. If has sector errors take the drive out of play
immediately.

On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 9:08 AM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That looks like a failing drive that needs to be replaced. Since it is
> a time machine drive I don't know what the correct procedure for
> copying and moving the data over would be. I would imagine that some
> of it is certainly corrupt if it is failing a file system check. Is
> this your only backup? You should be making backups to one drive and
> mirroring it to another in the event that your backup media has failed
> when you need it.
>
> On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 10:31 PM, Rick Womer <rickpic...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have a Toshiba 4TB external drive in an OWC housing that has my Time 
>> Machine backup on it (1.8TB so far).
>>
>> When I sat down yesterday, it would not mount. Eventually it did, and I ran 
>> Disk Utility, which gave me this message:
>>
>>
>> Invalid name for directory inode (id=5966587)
>> (it should be dir_5966587 instead of temp5966587)
>> Incorrect number of directory hard links
>> The volume Huge Ext HD could not be verified completely.
>> File system check exit code is 8.
>> Updating boot support partitions for the volume as
>> File system verify or repair failed.
>> Operation failed…
>>
>> Is there a way to repair the drive without erasing it? I’d have to buy 
>> another drive to hold the data, and I have no other use for one.
>>
>> Can the drive be repaired at all, or is it toast?
>>
>> Rick
>>
>>
>>
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Re: Mac external drive trouble

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That looks like a failing drive that needs to be replaced. Since it is
a time machine drive I don't know what the correct procedure for
copying and moving the data over would be. I would imagine that some
of it is certainly corrupt if it is failing a file system check. Is
this your only backup? You should be making backups to one drive and
mirroring it to another in the event that your backup media has failed
when you need it.

On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 10:31 PM, Rick Womer  wrote:
> I have a Toshiba 4TB external drive in an OWC housing that has my Time 
> Machine backup on it (1.8TB so far).
>
> When I sat down yesterday, it would not mount. Eventually it did, and I ran 
> Disk Utility, which gave me this message:
>
>
> Invalid name for directory inode (id=5966587)
> (it should be dir_5966587 instead of temp5966587)
> Incorrect number of directory hard links
> The volume Huge Ext HD could not be verified completely.
> File system check exit code is 8.
> Updating boot support partitions for the volume as
> File system verify or repair failed.
> Operation failed…
>
> Is there a way to repair the drive without erasing it? I’d have to buy 
> another drive to hold the data, and I have no other use for one.
>
> Can the drive be repaired at all, or is it toast?
>
> Rick
>
>
>
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Re: The rumor I heard today ...

[Zos Xavius]

They share a special type of japanese business arrangement, but Nikon
is not owned my Mitsubishi.

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 2:21 PM, P. J. Alling
<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Nikon is part of the Mitsubishi Group, which I think is much larger than
> Ricoh.
>
>
>
> On 6/26/2017 1:59 PM, Zos Xavius wrote:
>>
>> Ricoh is much larger than Nikon are they not? I really doubt this
>> would ever happen. The imagine division has nothing Nikon wants except
>> maybe the theta tech.
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Collin Brendemuehl
>> <coll...@brendemuehl.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> ... (at a dealer) is that Nikon wants Ricoh.
>>> I think they want the medical and office equipment divisions.
>>> Probably could care less about the cameras.
>>> Maybe PDML should buy the camera division.
>>> Let's all chip in.
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Re: The rumor I heard today ...

[Zos Xavius]

Ricoh is much larger than Nikon are they not? I really doubt this
would ever happen. The imagine division has nothing Nikon wants except
maybe the theta tech.

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Collin Brendemuehl
 wrote:
> ... (at a dealer) is that Nikon wants Ricoh.
> I think they want the medical and office equipment divisions.
> Probably could care less about the cameras.
> Maybe PDML should buy the camera division.
> Let's all chip in.
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Re: Stupid car question

[Zos Xavius]

edition=addition. long day.

On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 8:51 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/and-now-for-something-completely-different/the-continental-kit-that-tire-on-the-back-by-rick-feibusch/
>
> I think this might shed some light on it. At first I thought that was
> an aftermarket edition, but ford did offer that bumper as a package.
> It looks like that was very much in vogue at the time to have a spare
> mounted on the rear like that. Ford just went crazy with it. I looked
> and there are other examples of edsels like that so it wasn't
> uncommon.
>
> On Sun, Jun 25, 2017 at 8:38 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> So I saw one of these:
>> http://vefir.pressan.is/utlond/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/04/58-Edsel_Pacer-Conv-KM-08_RH-05.jpg
>> on a ferry ride last year. It's an Edsel. The question is, can anyone tell
>> me what the purpose of the very elongated back bumper is?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>> bill
>>
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Re: Stupid car question

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http://www.forgottenfiberglass.com/and-now-for-something-completely-different/the-continental-kit-that-tire-on-the-back-by-rick-feibusch/

I think this might shed some light on it. At first I thought that was
an aftermarket edition, but ford did offer that bumper as a package.
It looks like that was very much in vogue at the time to have a spare
mounted on the rear like that. Ford just went crazy with it. I looked
and there are other examples of edsels like that so it wasn't
uncommon.

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> So I saw one of these:
> http://vefir.pressan.is/utlond/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2015/04/58-Edsel_Pacer-Conv-KM-08_RH-05.jpg
> on a ferry ride last year. It's an Edsel. The question is, can anyone tell
> me what the purpose of the very elongated back bumper is?
>
> thanks
>
> bill
>
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Re: Fwd: Re: More news of trouble at Ricoh

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I heard some good news today. I'm not in a position to offer details
but we should in the next few months have a clear indication that
Ricoh is not giving up the ship anytime soon

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Re: Q7 and macro

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i would love to see whatever you come up with in the end.

On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 7:10 AM, Jostein Øksne <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote:
> No results yet. Only work in sporadic progress. Not publication worthy.
>
> Den 21. juni 2017 04.44.20 CEST, skrev Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com>:
>>Enough talk. Results please. ;)
>>
>>On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Jostein <p...@alunfoto.no> wrote:
>>> I've tried the Q7 some more for stacks now, and noise doesn't seem to
>>be a
>>> problem at ISO 100. That's one of the pros.
>>>
>>> Another pro is what I observed to begin with, that at the extreme end
>>of
>>> magnification, certainly at 10X, the low vibration and high pixel
>>density
>>> makes it possible to produce very detailed images. With the extreme
>>crop,
>>> however, it also means that one needs several stacks to cover the
>>surface of
>>> even a small subject, and then mount them like a mosaic to a complete
>>> picture afterwards. Lots of work, but it's nice to know that a method
>>is
>>> workable for those smallest of critters when vibration becomes a
>>showstopper
>>> with SLR-style cameras.
>>>
>>> A big con is that whatever chromatic aberrations are present in the
>>optics
>>> are spread over more pixels when pixel density is higher.
>>>
>>> For more conventional macro stuff, I can only speculate yet. I
>>suspect there
>>> is a sweet spot in the tradeoffs between magnification, DOF and focus
>>range
>>> that justifies its use.
>>>
>>> Jostein
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Den 08.06.2017 21.55, skrev Mark C:
>>>>
>>>> With the demise of my original series Q I ordered a Q7, so I might
>>try
>>>> some macro work with it.  The original Q was good for single shot
>>macros but
>>>> not for focus stacks - too much noise compounding in the stack.
>>Since a 1x
>>>> lifesized shot on the Q is more like a 5x shot on APS its much
>>easier to
>>>> fill the frame with something small.
>>>>
>>>> I was tempted to abandon the Q system but my Q lenses would not
>>fetch much
>>>> on the market and Q7's seem to be pretty affordable. And it is a fun
>>system.
>>>>
>>>> Mark
>>>>
>>>> On 6/4/2017 4:48 PM, Jostein wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Quick conclusion, it's quite a capable little beast, at least at
>>low ISO.
>>>>>
>>>>> What I've tested so far is to hook it up to a macro slider, and do
>>>>> extreme macro tests with microscope optics in front of it.
>>>>>
>>>>> At any given magnification it naturally produces a much tighter
>>crop, but
>>>>> the amount of detail preserved per surface area of critter is a lot
>>better
>>>>> than in images produced with eg. the K-3 and the same optics. The
>>tightly
>>>>> packed pixels of the small sensor is a good thing from this
>>perspective.
>>>>>
>>>>> Vibration issues are, as expected, virtually nonexistent.
>>>>>
>>>>> Am optimistic about this now. :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Jostein
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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Re: More news of trouble at Ricoh

[Zos Xavius]

I was mocking Rice High.

Domed ;)

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 11:03 PM, Paul Stenquist <pnstenqu...@mac.com> wrote:
> You seem to say that gleefully. It's a valuable brand. Someone will probably 
> buy it cheap if Ricoh fails.
>
> Paul via phone
>
>> On Jun 20, 2017, at 10:46 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Pentax is domed!
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Re: More news of trouble at Ricoh

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Pentax is domed!

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Re: Q7 and macro

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Enough talk. Results please. ;)

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 4:55 PM, Jostein  wrote:
> I've tried the Q7 some more for stacks now, and noise doesn't seem to be a
> problem at ISO 100. That's one of the pros.
>
> Another pro is what I observed to begin with, that at the extreme end of
> magnification, certainly at 10X, the low vibration and high pixel density
> makes it possible to produce very detailed images. With the extreme crop,
> however, it also means that one needs several stacks to cover the surface of
> even a small subject, and then mount them like a mosaic to a complete
> picture afterwards. Lots of work, but it's nice to know that a method is
> workable for those smallest of critters when vibration becomes a showstopper
> with SLR-style cameras.
>
> A big con is that whatever chromatic aberrations are present in the optics
> are spread over more pixels when pixel density is higher.
>
> For more conventional macro stuff, I can only speculate yet. I suspect there
> is a sweet spot in the tradeoffs between magnification, DOF and focus range
> that justifies its use.
>
> Jostein
>
>
>
>
> Den 08.06.2017 21.55, skrev Mark C:
>>
>> With the demise of my original series Q I ordered a Q7, so I might try
>> some macro work with it.  The original Q was good for single shot macros but
>> not for focus stacks - too much noise compounding in the stack. Since a 1x
>> lifesized shot on the Q is more like a 5x shot on APS its much easier to
>> fill the frame with something small.
>>
>> I was tempted to abandon the Q system but my Q lenses would not fetch much
>> on the market and Q7's seem to be pretty affordable. And it is a fun system.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>> On 6/4/2017 4:48 PM, Jostein wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Quick conclusion, it's quite a capable little beast, at least at low ISO.
>>>
>>> What I've tested so far is to hook it up to a macro slider, and do
>>> extreme macro tests with microscope optics in front of it.
>>>
>>> At any given magnification it naturally produces a much tighter crop, but
>>> the amount of detail preserved per surface area of critter is a lot better
>>> than in images produced with eg. the K-3 and the same optics. The tightly
>>> packed pixels of the small sensor is a good thing from this perspective.
>>>
>>> Vibration issues are, as expected, virtually nonexistent.
>>>
>>> Am optimistic about this now. :-)
>>>
>>> Jostein
>>>
>>
>>
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Re: Fwd: Re: Which long lens would you rather have

[Zos Xavius]

works great on gmail now that they added html support. :)

On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Mark Roberts  wrote:
> P. J. Alling wrote:
>
>>This reply to list thing is really annoying.
>
> Time to switch email clients.
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Re: Fwd: Re: Stuck Battery In Pentax Q

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The real danger lies in metal penetrating the cells and short
circuiting them instantly.

On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 12:25 PM, John Francis  wrote:
>
> The chemistry of old single-use batteries and modern rechargeable batteries
> is very different. You could, if you wanted to, cut an old battery in half
> without much happening.  That's not true of something like a lithium ion
> cell (as can easily be seen on youtube), so those tend to be enclosed in
> a reasonably strong airtight and watertight casing.  Old cells were not,
> so if the battery began to degrade you could end up with some fairly nasty
> chemicals forcing their way out of the battery and ending up all over the
> inside of whatever you were using the battery in.
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 05, 2017 at 04:46:19PM -0400, Mark C wrote:
>> I wondered about that. My Q would lose stored setting in a day or two
>> without a battery in it, so I left it in.
>>
>> On 6/5/2017 12:25 PM, P. J. Alling wrote:
>> >
>> > The thing is this issue isn't so much a problem with the battery, but
>> > with storing the camera with the battery in it.  Back in the day of film
>> > cameras we were told never to store the camera with the batteries in
>> > it.  Why would that advice not pertain to modern digital devices and
>> > rechargeable batteries?
>>
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Re: Re: Stuck Battery In Pentax Q

[Zos Xavius]

Hah! Well to be fair with modern Li-Ion batteries this sort of thing
shouldn't be a problem if the battery is correctly manufactured.

On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 12:25 PM, P. J. Alling
<webstertwenty...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dammit I forgot to use reply list again!
>
>
>
>
>  Forwarded Message 
> Subject:Re: Stuck Battery In Pentax Q
> Date:   Mon, 5 Jun 2017 12:23:41 -0400
> From:   P. J. Alling <webstertwenty...@gmail.com>
> To: Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com>
>
>
>
> The thing is this issue isn't so much a problem with the battery, but
> with storing the camera with the battery in it.  Back in the day of film
> cameras we were told never to store the camera with the batteries in
> it.  Why would that advice not pertain to modern digital devices and
> rechargeable batteries?
>
> On 6/5/2017 9:02 AM, Zos Xavius wrote:
>>
>> My k-3 died with a third party battery in it. I have no idea if that
>> was the problem or not. Never again though. Never again.
>>
>> On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 6:38 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> One of the contest winners at Grandfather Mountain this weekend was
>>> shooting with a borrowed camera because a third party battery had fried
>>> the mother board in her camera. I don't think she was a Pentax shooter.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/3/2017 05:33, Bipin Gupta wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I've had a DLI90 battery swell on the flat sides and get jammed inside
>>>> the camera.
>>>> So I first googled and found out what was inside the plastic shell.
>>>> Found it had two Lithium cells
>>>> connected to a tiny motherboard sitting on top.
>>>> So using a drill without caution would go through the motherboard and
>>>> perhaps cause problems.
>>>>
>>>> So I used a craft drill with a 2 mm drill bit at slow speed. I wrapped
>>>> a colored electrical tape 1.5 mm
>>>> from the tip which was about the thickness of the battery shell.
>>>>
>>>> Drilled gently to puncture the shell without touching the motherboard.
>>>>
>>>> Bent 2 #s 2 mm thick steel strip into L-shape and stuck them on top of
>>>> the battery in a T-shape with
>>>> Araldite Epoxy - slow curing type. Let it to cure for 24 hours.
>>>>
>>>> Then drooped just a wee bit of Singer Sewing Machine oil on both the
>>>> sides.
>>>>
>>>> Grabbed the steel strip and slowly pulled out the battery.
>>>>
>>>> The battery shell was swollen on the camera contact side.
>>>>
>>>> Before scrapping it I dared to charge it on a cheap ebay charger. Then
>>>> checked the voltage. Eureka
>>>> 8.4 volts. Checked for heat build up and there was none.
>>>>
>>>> Peeled the sticker on the swollen contact side and rubbed it down on
>>>> an Emery Sheet. Put it inside
>>>> the K-5, and voila the camera showed Full Charge and it was working.
>>>>
>>>> Better sense got hold of me and I scrapped this 3rd Party 3-year old
>>>> battery. Had won it on an evil bay
>>>> bid for $ 3.99. Lesson learnt - use good quality stuff like DSTE or
>>>> Wahabi for $ 6 to 9.
>>>>
>>>> Note: I have used some (9) #s 3rd Part Batteries on my K-20D, K-5 &
>>>> K-5 IIs with just this loss.
>>>>
>>>> Regards.
>>>> Bipin
>>>>
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>>>>
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Re: Stuck Battery In Pentax Q

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My k-3 died with a third party battery in it. I have no idea if that
was the problem or not. Never again though. Never again.

On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 6:38 PM, John  wrote:
> One of the contest winners at Grandfather Mountain this weekend was
> shooting with a borrowed camera because a third party battery had fried
> the mother board in her camera. I don't think she was a Pentax shooter.
>
>
> On 6/3/2017 05:33, Bipin Gupta wrote:
>>
>> I've had a DLI90 battery swell on the flat sides and get jammed inside
>> the camera.
>> So I first googled and found out what was inside the plastic shell.
>> Found it had two Lithium cells
>> connected to a tiny motherboard sitting on top.
>> So using a drill without caution would go through the motherboard and
>> perhaps cause problems.
>>
>> So I used a craft drill with a 2 mm drill bit at slow speed. I wrapped
>> a colored electrical tape 1.5 mm
>> from the tip which was about the thickness of the battery shell.
>>
>> Drilled gently to puncture the shell without touching the motherboard.
>>
>> Bent 2 #s 2 mm thick steel strip into L-shape and stuck them on top of
>> the battery in a T-shape with
>> Araldite Epoxy - slow curing type. Let it to cure for 24 hours.
>>
>> Then drooped just a wee bit of Singer Sewing Machine oil on both the
>> sides.
>>
>> Grabbed the steel strip and slowly pulled out the battery.
>>
>> The battery shell was swollen on the camera contact side.
>>
>> Before scrapping it I dared to charge it on a cheap ebay charger. Then
>> checked the voltage. Eureka
>> 8.4 volts. Checked for heat build up and there was none.
>>
>> Peeled the sticker on the swollen contact side and rubbed it down on
>> an Emery Sheet. Put it inside
>> the K-5, and voila the camera showed Full Charge and it was working.
>>
>> Better sense got hold of me and I scrapped this 3rd Party 3-year old
>> battery. Had won it on an evil bay
>> bid for $ 3.99. Lesson learnt - use good quality stuff like DSTE or
>> Wahabi for $ 6 to 9.
>>
>> Note: I have used some (9) #s 3rd Part Batteries on my K-20D, K-5 &
>> K-5 IIs with just this loss.
>>
>> Regards.
>> Bipin
>>
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>>
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Re: Stuck Battery In Pentax Q

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Didn't mean that to be a response to mark's post..

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Re: Stuck Battery In Pentax Q

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Drilling into the battery is probably a really bad idea and will
likely make your problem worse or even start an uncontrollable fire.

On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:51 PM, Mark C  wrote:
> If the freezer doesn't shrink the battery I might try this approach, though
> I think I'd prefer Paul's idea re gluing a handle to the battery. The
> problem with that approach is that the battery surface is small and a
> miscalculation on the amount of glue would probably just glue it in place.
>
> I can see setting up a piece of plexiglass between my face and the battery -
> mounting the plexi with plastic spring clamps that could easily be mounted
> onto a tripod. Heavy leather leather gloves for my hands and  maybe a couple
> wet towels on my arms while doing the drilling and inserting screws might
> cover things.
>
> Only concern is with the battery exploding. You mention that the battery
> might explode if not vented - given that the battery is enclosed on 5 sides
> by the Q's battery compartment, I assume there is a chance of it exploding
> with the exposed side (what I would be drilling into) being the vector for
> the blast. That does not sound appealing.
>
> I'll think about it. I watched some videos of people blowing up lithium
> batteries and was surprised at how forceful they can be. But these were
> folks dropping the batteries in front of blow torches. But buying a
> replacement camera for $150 or just selling off my lenses and exiting the
> system may be better options.
>
> I hope it just shrinks in the cold overnight.
>
> Mark
>
>
> On 6/2/2017 7:33 PM, Rob Studdert wrote:
>>
>> Ouch, you're between a rock and a hard place there. If it was me I
>> would take the brutal approach, the battery is toast so I would opt to
>> destroy the battery however there is a danger to it. If you open the
>> battery and it gets sufficient oxygen even if discharged it can
>> spontaneously combust (burn, not generally explode if there is a
>> vent).
>>
>> I would take it outside and bring a drill, electric screw driver, a
>> screw with good deep thread, a pair of robust pliers and a drill bit
>> slightly smaller than the screw. Drill into the battery, quickly screw
>> the screw in and yank the lot out. Otherwise send it in for service
>> (where they would very likely do exactly the same thing).
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3 June 2017 at 08:20, Mark C  wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks, Paul - sounds like it might work.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 6/2/2017 5:55 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote:

 You might be able to attach a handle of sorts with two/part epoxy. I
 would
 rough up the battery surface a bit first.

 Paul via phone

> On Jun 2, 2017, at 5:46 PM, Mark C  wrote:
>
> Jostein's post motivated me to pull out my Pentax Q, which has been
> sitting in the bag for some time. The third party battery that is
> installed
> in it appears to have swollen and is stuck tight. Anybody know any
> tricks to
> removing a swollen battery?
>
> The battery is pressed very firmly against the sides of the chamber but
> has a label that wraps around the two large sides and the back. I was
> able
> to get a needle under the label so I have something that will let me
> pull on
> it, but it seems to be wedged in tight and the label is not so strong.
> Here
> is a photo of the battery with needle under the label:
>
>
>
> http://www.markcassino.com/b2evolution/index.php/pentax-q-stuck-battery?blog=9
>
> I can tied some fishing line around each end of the needle to get a
> straight pull on the battery - its a little difficult to get leverage
> while
> holding the latch in the open position.
>
> Given how tightly its stuck I'm wondering if there is a way to get it
> to
> shrink, at least temporarily. I stuck it in the freezer for an hour or
> so
> hoping it would shrink, but so far no luck. I'll leave it in there
> overnight. From what I read people freeze laptop batteries on the
> belief
> that it gives them new life (learn something every day) and it sounds
> like
> freezing the battery is safe. But otherwise litihium batteries require
> some
> caution, so sinking a small screw into it to get enough leverage to
> pull it
> out is not an option.
>
> A used body would probably cost less than a repair, so going to the
> shop
> is not an option.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Mark
>
>
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Re: 600mm lens question

[Zos Xavius]

I know the 400mm works well on kmount, At least at 16mp. I have read
that the 600mm is softer so it might not be so hot on a smaller
sensor. The price is pretty good on those though.

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Re: LR 6.10 warning

[Zos Xavius]

Still? You should report that to adobe as a bug then. That might be
mac specific.

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 2:09 PM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote:
>
>
> Zos Xavius wrote:
>>
>> You did have the cursor set to adjustment mode didn't you? Otherwise
>> what you are describing is the default behavior if viewing at 100%.
>
>
> I haven't changed anything. Like I say, I click on the adjustment thingie to
> get the cursor into adjustment mode. The dot will appear on the curve as I
> move the cursor around, but clicking and dragging doesn't adjust the curve,
> just moves the photo.
>
>>
>> On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Zos Xavius<zosxav...@gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> The curves adjustment works fine. Just tested it. No performance
>>> issues anywhere either. I think its because you are using a Mac. ;)
>>
>>
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Re: LR 6.10 warning

[Zos Xavius]

You did have the cursor set to adjustment mode didn't you? Otherwise
what you are describing is the default behavior if viewing at 100%.

On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 11:00 AM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The curves adjustment works fine. Just tested it. No performance
> issues anywhere either. I think its because you are using a Mac. ;)

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Re: LR 6.10 warning

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The curves adjustment works fine. Just tested it. No performance
issues anywhere either. I think its because you are using a Mac. ;)

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Re: LR 6.10 warning

[Zos Xavius]

Not seeing anything relating to larry's issues. I will test myself. I
just updated to 10.1.

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On Wed, May 31, 2017 at 10:35 AM, Boris Liberman  wrote:
> Larry, I just checked and it turns out that LR 6.10.1 has come out. It says
> to have fixed some bugs. Perhaps it is worth your while to try this update.
> Hopefully, it won't cause any more damage than 6.10 already did.
>
> Boris
>
>
> On Sun, May 28, 2017 at 10:51 PM, Larry Colen  wrote:
>
>> I just upgraded to 6.10 last night and have run into a couple of quirks.
>>
>> When adjusting curves, where you can click on the photo and use the
>> brightness at that point as the place on the curve to adjust seems to be
>> broken and all it does is drag the photo around.
>>
>> Also, performance seems to really suck in some places, like when I'm
>> trying to export photos and change the name of the target directory, I'm
>> getting lots of spinny balls. I don't know whether the performance issues
>> are MacOs or LR, but it's never been quite this bad before.
>>
>> It's probably worth waiting for things to settle out before going to the
>> latest LR 6 upgrade.
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Re: WTB: long lens

[Zos Xavius]

That might be out of his budget if the F300/4 is too much already.

On May 26, 2017 3:09 PM, "Jack Davis"  wrote:

> Highly recommend the Pentax DFA
> 150-450 f/4.5-5.0.
> Great glass & beautifully machined!
>
> J
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> > On May 26, 2017, at 11:53 AM, Collin Brendemuehl <
> coll...@brendemuehl.net> wrote:
> >
> > Looking to get a long lens
> > Debating between 3: Tokina AT-X 400/5.6, Tokina 500mm mirror, Tamron SP
> > 500mm mirror.
> > Wouldn't mind another F* 300/4.5, but that might be just a little pricey.
> > Any other recommendations?  AF is not a major concern.
> >
> > And I think I'm going to shut down my darkroom. Finally.
> > In the future when I shoot film I'll just do b and have a neighborhood
> > friend process & print for me.
> > Might cost a little more but getting the basement space back will be
> good.
> >
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Re: WTB: long lens

[Zos Xavius]

Have you considered the bigma? I have the OS version and it is quite good
for what it is. The OS is easily good for 4 stops at the long end too. AF
is also quite fast but will hunt a lot in low contrast or low light
situations. It's a great lens.

On May 26, 2017 2:54 PM, "Collin Brendemuehl" 
wrote:

Looking to get a long lens
Debating between 3: Tokina AT-X 400/5.6, Tokina 500mm mirror, Tamron SP
500mm mirror.
Wouldn't mind another F* 300/4.5, but that might be just a little pricey.
Any other recommendations?  AF is not a major concern.

And I think I'm going to shut down my darkroom. Finally.
In the future when I shoot film I'll just do b and have a neighborhood
friend process & print for me.
Might cost a little more but getting the basement space back will be good.



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Re: K1 vs 645z

[Zos Xavius]

And PS, didn't mean to quote stanley there. that wasn't really a
response to him.

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Re: K1 vs 645z

[Zos Xavius]

someone leaked the test results for the 645z from dxomark (yes they
tested it) and it came to 100 if I remember correctly. a lot of people
think there is a conspiracy, but who knows?

that said the K-1 is the better choice in many ways unless you are
looking to spend thousands on lenses. The newer zooms are definitely
not cheap on the 645Z. Neither is the 90mm and such.

With pixel shift the results are pretty close between the two. Close
enough to offset the massive difference in cost. Unless medium format
is totally your thing, then I could understand. I keep thinking about
a used 645D myself.

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 4:39 PM, Stanley Halpin
 wrote:
> Last summer in Alaska I carried both the 645Z and the K-1. Both made good 
> photos. Both had lots of shadow detaiI. Each has its advantages and 
> disadvantages, but I don’t think IQ ultimately discriminates between the two. 
> Maybe a slight edge to the 645Z.
>  I am not going to do any sort of technical comparison myself. However, I am 
> quite sure I have a few mountain landscape sequences where I used one camera 
> for a few shots, adjusted composition slightly, did a few more, left the 
> tripod in place, just switched to the other camera, did a few more shots… So 
> I should have some shots done under similar/identical circumstances as far as 
> lighting etc are concerned. Of course the lenses will be different.
> If anybody wants to explore an IQ comparison with those images, I can send 
> you the original DNG files. Do note that they were not shot with such a 
> comparison in mind. E.g., the shots I am thinking of, I likely was using the 
> D FA 24-70 on the K-1 and the FA 150 on the 645Z. If anybody wants to spend 
> time on this I will dig out some sample images and put them in Dropbox with a 
> link posted here.
>
> Stan
>
>
>> On May 21, 2017, at 3:45 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:
>>
>> The DxOMark folks still haven't released 645Z numbers so other than
>> tons of speculation I've read we don't know if or by how much the
>> 645Z's DR might exceed the K-1 -- or the reverse.
>>
>> I'm no expert so I won't bother speculating. I regularly pull
>> highlights out of over exposure or shadows and blacks out of the murk,
>> as you do with your K-1, so as one guy put it:
>>
>> <<< The DR of the Sony 50MP MF chip - certainly as realized in the
>> 645z - is "adequate".  Adequate for what? Pretty damn near everything.
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 2:27 PM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
>>> I agree that the sheer size of the 645z sensor makes it superior to the K-1 
>>> in most regards, but does it have
>>> It's dynamic range? You have to make some serious mistakes to lose 
>>> highlight or shadow detail with the K-1. It is a generation newer than the 
>>> 645z.
>>>
>>> Paul via phone
>>>
 On May 21, 2017, at 2:00 PM, Bruce Walker  wrote:

 Hi Luke; I'm a happy 645z owner. I have had in succession, a K100D
 Super, K20D, K-3 and now the 645Z, a camera which has become my
 preferred carry and handles 97% of what I shoot.

 Using the same kind of logic as "going to get nearly the same results
 with the K1" you can easily convince yourself that the K-3ii is
 sufficient for you. If you can successfully follow that chain down
 then you should consider the K-3ii as it's much less expensive and a
 great deal less unwieldy.

 The 645Z is at Pentax's extreme end of stepwise refinements in optics
 and electronics. If you need the resolution and dynamic range, then
 you will not be disappointed by it. If you don't, then go with the K-1
 or K-3.

 By the way, what makes you say it's not a "true medium format"? It
 uses the same sensor as Phase One and several other medium format
 cameras. If you are referring to the specific physical diagonal film
 measurement versus the sensor, well if that actually bothers then that
 also suggests you don't need it. :)

 I went with the medium format because of its look, and for better
 files for retouching. The difference is unbelievable until you
 actually work with it. Truly eye-opening.


> On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 7:26 AM, Luke Johnson  
> wrote:
> Hello all!
> I lent my dad my *istD and haven't seen it since (think he's enjoying it 
> and hes done A lot for me in my life so more power to him!)
> I'm trying to decide on the K1 or the 645Z.I've always wanted to try 
> medium format (although I know the Z isnt a true medium format.) But if 
> I'm going to get nearly the same results with the K1. Has anyone heard 
> anything about a 645z update/replacement?
> I shoot mainly landscapes and some architectural.
> Any thoughts / guidance appreciated!
> Thanks.
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Re: WG-1

[Zos Xavius]

Did one of the seals fail? From what I understand seals need checked
and replaced over time.

On Sun, May 21, 2017 at 10:15 AM, mike wilson  wrote:
> I discovered last weekend that my WG-1 is, sadly, less W than I would have
> liked.  Much puzzling over the dismantling prodecure led me to our favourite
> search engine for an hour or so, where I eventually found the following page.
>
> https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Pentax+Optio+WG-1+GPS+Teardown/36657
>
> Mine is not the GPS version, so I can testify that this procedure works for
> other variants. If you want to take the front cover (the anodised metal thing)
> off, you need a T5 Torx driver as well as the number 0 Philips for the rest of
> it.   My example is decidedly toasted.  Not only is there corrosion on
> electronic components, a couple of the ribbon connectors disintegrated as they
> were disconnected.  I therefore have an almost complete set of non-electronic
> spares for anyone who might need them.
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Re: K-s2 vs K70?

[Zos Xavius]

Way better DR, way better high ISO. Like a generation better. Its a no
brainer unless you can't afford it IMO.

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Re: K-s2 vs K70?

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!!

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 7:43 PM, Bob W-PDML <p...@web-options.com> wrote:
> Looks like they give away free exclamation marks with every purchase!!! Gonna 
> get me some of them for sure!
>
> B
>
>> On 16 May 2017, at 20:14, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Even better! $258! :)
>>
>>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> WHOAH! The smurf K-01! For 285!
>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote:
>>>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXCELLENT-INEXPENSIVE-PENTAX-K-01-BODY-WHITE-and-BLUE-A-/162509836781?hash=item25d65751ed:g:x84AAOSwc-tY2RRo
>>>>
>>>> Alan C
>>>>
>>>> -Original Message- From: Sandy Harris
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 8:04 PM
>>>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>>>> Subject: K-s2 vs K70?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I'm not a remarkably serious or advanced photographer. Mostly street
>>>> shhoting while travelling, some landscapes, churches, etc. I had a K-X
>>>> for some time & while my own limitations ruined quite a few shots, I
>>>> cannot recall camera limitations ever posing a problem other than
>>>> weight & low light performance.
>>>>
>>>> If I saw a K-S1 or K-01 at a good price, I'd grab it, mainly becase
>>>> those cameras are light so good for travel. Anyone selling one?
>>>>
>>>> My main question, though, is whether anyone has opinions on the
>>>> relative merits of K-S2 and K-70. Lokking at the web, the S2 is a
>>>> little cheaper & lighter, but not enough to really matter. The main
>>>> advantage of the 70 is that it has the sensor-shift high-res mode.
>>>> Have people found that useful?
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Re: K-s2 vs K70?

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Even better! $258! :)

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 3:12 PM, Zos Xavius <zosxav...@gmail.com> wrote:
> WHOAH! The smurf K-01! For 285!
>
> On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote:
>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXCELLENT-INEXPENSIVE-PENTAX-K-01-BODY-WHITE-and-BLUE-A-/162509836781?hash=item25d65751ed:g:x84AAOSwc-tY2RRo
>>
>> Alan C
>>
>> -Original Message- From: Sandy Harris
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 8:04 PM
>> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
>> Subject: K-s2 vs K70?
>>
>>
>> I'm not a remarkably serious or advanced photographer. Mostly street
>> shhoting while travelling, some landscapes, churches, etc. I had a K-X
>> for some time & while my own limitations ruined quite a few shots, I
>> cannot recall camera limitations ever posing a problem other than
>> weight & low light performance.
>>
>> If I saw a K-S1 or K-01 at a good price, I'd grab it, mainly becase
>> those cameras are light so good for travel. Anyone selling one?
>>
>> My main question, though, is whether anyone has opinions on the
>> relative merits of K-S2 and K-70. Lokking at the web, the S2 is a
>> little cheaper & lighter, but not enough to really matter. The main
>> advantage of the 70 is that it has the sensor-shift high-res mode.
>> Have people found that useful?
>>
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Re: K-s2 vs K70?

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WHOAH! The smurf K-01! For 285!

On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 2:50 PM, Alan C  wrote:
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EXCELLENT-INEXPENSIVE-PENTAX-K-01-BODY-WHITE-and-BLUE-A-/162509836781?hash=item25d65751ed:g:x84AAOSwc-tY2RRo
>
> Alan C
>
> -Original Message- From: Sandy Harris
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2017 8:04 PM
> To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List
> Subject: K-s2 vs K70?
>
>
> I'm not a remarkably serious or advanced photographer. Mostly street
> shhoting while travelling, some landscapes, churches, etc. I had a K-X
> for some time & while my own limitations ruined quite a few shots, I
> cannot recall camera limitations ever posing a problem other than
> weight & low light performance.
>
> If I saw a K-S1 or K-01 at a good price, I'd grab it, mainly becase
> those cameras are light so good for travel. Anyone selling one?
>
> My main question, though, is whether anyone has opinions on the
> relative merits of K-S2 and K-70. Lokking at the web, the S2 is a
> little cheaper & lighter, but not enough to really matter. The main
> advantage of the 70 is that it has the sensor-shift high-res mode.
> Have people found that useful?
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Re: K-s2 vs K70?

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The k-70 has a MUCH better sensor than the KS-2. It is a better sensor
than even the K-3 has. It also gains 14-bit raw. I would pick the 70
over the S2 any day. It does lose GPS FYI.

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> I'm not a remarkably serious or advanced photographer. Mostly street
> shhoting while travelling, some landscapes, churches, etc. I had a K-X
> for some time & while my own limitations ruined quite a few shots, I
> cannot recall camera limitations ever posing a problem other than
> weight & low light performance.
>
> If I saw a K-S1 or K-01 at a good price, I'd grab it, mainly becase
> those cameras are light so good for travel. Anyone selling one?
>
> My main question, though, is whether anyone has opinions on the
> relative merits of K-S2 and K-70. Lokking at the web, the S2 is a
> little cheaper & lighter, but not enough to really matter. The main
> advantage of the 70 is that it has the sensor-shift high-res mode.
> Have people found that useful?
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Re: K-3 auto focus on video

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Nope. AF is so slow in video i don't see the point anyways.

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>
> Is there any way to use continuous AF with the K-3 while videoing?
>
> Thanks!
>
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Re: Pentax sighting

[Zos Xavius]

Tripods are for wimps. ;)

On Mon, May 15, 2017 at 10:55 AM, Mark Roberts
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> A few days ago when I was crossing the Milennium Bridge in London I
> saw someone at the end of the bridge shooting with a Pentax DSLR and
> the 15mm Limited. Using a tripod, no less. Proper photographer, that.
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Re: Up periscope! (for a question)

[Zos Xavius]

In pittsburgh right now! Yeah knob and tube wiring is very common here
still. It is mostly safe as long as rodents stay away from it. Blown
insulation is bad because if the wire overheats the heat has nowhere
to go. And those wires were designed to cool by the surrounding air.
So yeah, that's a fire hazard. Other than that they aren't nearly as
bad as people make them out to be. Now the story about the extension
cords used as patches. THAT'S SCARY! Like holy crap man!

On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 10:33 AM, Gonz  wrote:
> We had that type of wiring all over a house we lived in in Pittsburgh.
> It was built in the mid 1800's and a lot of things were added after
> the fact, like the wiring, plumbing, heating, etc.
>
> But the worst story was of a house with more "modern" wiring.  My
> dad's house was built in the 50's and recently he turned on the
> microwave and it started to blink and finally shut down.  He went to
> go reset the breakers and there was smoke all over the adjacent room.
> None of the breakers were tripped, but the light in the living room
> would take forever to turn on.  When we came to visit, I figured I
> would just go replace all the breakers with new ones, but behold, it
> was a Federal Pacific Electric panel and everyone on the web said "run
> away|".  They went broke due to faulty breakers that would stick "on"
> and cause fires.  We bought a new Square D panel and replaced
> everything.  Then we discovered that one of the wires in the attic
> from the stuck breaker had basically melted down and caused a tiny
> fire which was the cause of the smoke.  My Dad escaped a bullet.
>
>
> On Wed, Apr 26, 2017 at 8:22 AM, Mark C  wrote:
>> It's amazing how much old Knob and tube is till in use. We still had about
>> half our outlets and fixtures on it before rewiring this winter. The main
>> runs of Knob and Tube were actually in pretty good shape, but the runs in
>> the attic were buried under blown in insulation which makes them more of a
>> fire hazard.
>>
>> The really scary stuff were the outlets and fixtures added in the 40's and
>> 50's. We found several where someone just spliced household grade extension
>> cord wiring to the Knob and Tube and ran it through the walls without using
>> conduit. The plastic insulation on the extension cord wire was all but gone
>> in a few cases - and literally there were just two semi-bare wires behind a
>> wooden baseboard or wooden lathe in the wall. Fire waiting to happen.
>> Apparently using extension cord wiring like this was a common practice back
>> in the day.  I'm glad to see all the old stuff gone or disconnected.
>>
>> Mark
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/24/2017 4:23 PM, Gonz wrote:
>>>
>>> Wow, knob and tube wiring!  Yikes, seriously old stuff!
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 10:14 AM, Mark C  wrote:

 Hi Rick -

 Does the lens do this on multiple bodies? You might want to verify that
 it
 is the lens and not the camera. My venerable Pz-1p developed the same
 problem with some lenses. It appears that the shaft from the body is not
 linking up to the lens right. It's only a couple of lenses and they work
 well on other bodies, but consistently falter on the Pz-1p (though like
 in
 your case, re-mounting the lens or shaking it gets things working again,
 for
 a while.)

 Good luck with the home renovations - we replaced all of our galvanized
 plumbing and Knob and tube wiring last year.  Lots of dust, noise and
 disruption.

 Mark


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>
> Work and house renovation complications have had me insanely busy for
> the last few months, and the completely f#@ked up re-do of photo.net
> has inhibited my photo posting.
>
> So here I am to draw on the group's collective experience:
>
> My beloved DA 16-45 is having autofocus problems. It often just goes
> click-click-click and doesn't focus. Sometimes a bit of shaking gets
> it working again for a frame or three.
>
> Where should I send it for repair? Precision? KEH? Somewhere else?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rick
>
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Re: Up periscope! (for a question)

[Zos Xavius]

I have gone through two 16-45s and the floppy lens barrel kills them
every time and causes misalignment. I think it has awful build
quality, but that's me. The 17-70 in either pentax or sigma flavor
would be worth looking at if you have to go the precision route. You
could replace a 16-45 I think for what they would want to fix it. I
have the DA 17-70 and I think it is very comparable IQ wise to the
16-45. I really don't see much difference between the two. The 16-45
might be ever slightly sharper in the middle but that's about it. At
f8 they both look pretty identical.

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Re: Pentax sighting in product photos

[Zos Xavius]

I guess you get what you pay for. The fact that the L-plate is not
from a single piece of metal gives me a lot of pause. It also lacks
the precision to be screwed together square which says a lot about the
quality of workmanship.

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Re: Ricoh to cut back camera production?

[Zos Xavius]

Pentax has enough history that someone will at least want the name. I
don't think Ricoh will give up Pentax just yet. They only paid $125
million for the company. That was pocket change to them really. The
theta sells like wildfire currently and they seem intent on investing
in that further. There are some massive changes going on and I would
imagine that the imaging division will see cuts along the way.
Currently they laying off employees en masse and consolidating
departments. For instance they let go most of the Pentax United States
team and they now share offices with the copier division. Things are
looking kind of grim in some ways actually. The professional services
program is effectively cancelled now. That includes pro services for
the 645Z. All while Fuji is currently rolling out their own pro
services along with their own shiny new medium format camera. I think
Pentax can hold an edge as a niche player for now, but is that worth
investing in for Ricoh? Fuji has stated that they will produce film
and camera equipment no matter how small the market gets. Even if it
costs them money they will continue because they feel that their
legacy is worth preserving. I don't know if Ricoh has that kind of
fortitude. Another thing is that Ricoh has a new president as of April
1st and supposedly he is looking to make massive cuts which is likely
where this rumor and story started.


The best I can say is buckle up. If you want to read the tea leaves
the next six months are going to be a critical time to watch. You
aren't going to hear much of anything one way or another, but their
actions and further developments will tell the story.

Also I really doubt Sigma would buy Pentax. They don't have to really.
They are selling more lenses in canon mount than canon themselves.
They have gone mirrorless now and I really doubt they are interested
in going back to OVF cameras because of the complexities involved.
Pentax has the SLR down to an artform so hopefully someone will
recognize that. I think there is and always will be a market for SLRs.
If they go the way of the TLR and rangefinder I will be sad, but I
guess that's just the way things go.

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Re: Has anybody used "MPU-105", "MPU-100" with a Pentax body?

[Zos Xavius]

Buy one and let us know. ;)

On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Igor PDML-StR  wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> I came across this very inexpensive "universal L-brackets" sold on e-bay and
> Amazon that are labeled as MPU-105 or MPU-100. They are in the category of
> products that are made in China/Hong Kong, and sold directly an order of
> magnitude cheaper than the "branded" ones.
> See e.g. here:
> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-MPU100-Quick-Release-L-Plate-Bracket-for-Camera-Benro-Arca-Swiss-NEW/380932337447
>
> The price is very appealing.
>
> So, I wonder if anybody has tried how these L-brackets fit on any of the
> Pentax bodies?
>
>
> Just in case someone will be interested, there is this helpful review, from
> which, besides other things, I figured out the difference between the two
> models: -100 model has a slit for the screw, while  -105 has 5 holes
> instead:
> http://www.davidkennardphotography.com/blog/864-mpu-100-arca-swiss-compatible-universal-quick-release-l-plate-bracket-review.xhtml
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> Thank you,
>
> Igor
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Re: Digital Slide scanners

[Zos Xavius]

It would be nice to come up with something for medium format that
doesn't cost a terrible amount of money. Right now I'm thinking that a
light table and a slab of anti-newtonian glass would be best.

On Sun, Apr 9, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Bill  wrote:
> On 4/9/2017 1:56 PM, Larry wrote:
>>
>> Which slide copier is that?
>
>
> I have the slide copier K. I suspect the Pentax ones are all pretty much the
> same.
> http://www.bdimitrov.de/kmp/misc/macro/auto_bellows_slide_copier.jpg
>
>
>
>>
>> On April 9, 2017 11:44:30 AM MST, Bill 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 4/7/2017 10:58 PM, Alan C wrote:

 A slide duplicator or bellows setup works well (easily & quickly) for
 35mm slides but is very problematic for negatives. A scanner would
>>>
>>> allow

 copying of other formats too. In the end, the limiting factor will be
 your budget.
>>>
>>>
>>> My Slide Copier K has a negative track in it. I can copy negatives
>>> faster than slides.
>>> A couple of weeks ago, I digitized just over 160 negs in about 45
>>> minutes.
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Re: Hybrid hard drives, anyone?

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How much improvement? It is truly like a whole new computer. Lightroom
and Photoshop both fly. I still miss my much better i7 workstation
laptop, but I was actually shocked at how much improvement a few small
upgrades brought. Its only when I start saturating the cores that I
notice the lack of the 4 core i7. PS rarely uses more than two cores
really except for a few specific operations. I will admit that it now
also has 16gb vs the 8gb it had in the past too, so that obviously
makes a large difference as well. I know I didn't mention that, but I
would imagine even if it were swapping hard it would be vastly faster.
The 5400rpm drive that was in it was terribly slow even by the
standards of crappy 5400 rpm drives.

On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 1:48 PM, anotherdrunkensot
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>
>
> How much improvement was there after the thing was running programs that had 
> to use swap.More memory is always preferable to swap.Cherry picking how fast 
> a system boots and ignoring operating performance is more than a little 
> disingenuous.
>
>
> Sent from my Samsung device
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> Date: 04-07-2017  9:07 AM  (GMT-06:00)
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> You would have to be really starved for RAM if that made more
> difference than adding an SSD. My old i5 laptop took at least 5
> minutes to boot windows 10 into a desktop on a 5400rpm drive. An SSD
> only takes about 10s. A massive difference.
>
> On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 4/6/2017 10:34 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
>>>
>>> Paul,
>>>
>>> In my opinion, this is not worth it. If you require SSD in your
>>> system, just buy one such drive, as they are relatively inexpensive
>>> these days. If you require proper storage - buy proper HDDs. These
>>> SSD+HDD combinations were meaningful when SSD's were very expensive,
>>> but not any longer.
>>>
>>> E.g. my system has HDDs for storing pics and 256 GB SSD for OS and
>>> LightRoom caches, scratches, you name it. Works just fine and suits my
>>> requirements for system responsiveness.
>>
>>
>> There is a lot to be said for this. My own computer has two SSDs and two
>> HDDs.
>> The HDDs are storage only, the SSDs are my C drive and Photoshop swap drive.
>> Also, you will likely get more speed by maxing out memory than fast hard
>> drives.
>> At least that's what I've been told.
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Re: Hybrid hard drives, anyone?

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You would have to be really starved for RAM if that made more
difference than adding an SSD. My old i5 laptop took at least 5
minutes to boot windows 10 into a desktop on a 5400rpm drive. An SSD
only takes about 10s. A massive difference.

On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 11:11 PM, Bill  wrote:
> On 4/6/2017 10:34 AM, Boris Liberman wrote:
>>
>> Paul,
>>
>> In my opinion, this is not worth it. If you require SSD in your
>> system, just buy one such drive, as they are relatively inexpensive
>> these days. If you require proper storage - buy proper HDDs. These
>> SSD+HDD combinations were meaningful when SSD's were very expensive,
>> but not any longer.
>>
>> E.g. my system has HDDs for storing pics and 256 GB SSD for OS and
>> LightRoom caches, scratches, you name it. Works just fine and suits my
>> requirements for system responsiveness.
>
>
> There is a lot to be said for this. My own computer has two SSDs and two
> HDDs.
> The HDDs are storage only, the SSDs are my C drive and Photoshop swap drive.
> Also, you will likely get more speed by maxing out memory than fast hard
> drives.
> At least that's what I've been told.
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Re: Why did my K1 not go automatically to DST?

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Yes it would use UTC most likely. I must add that none of my cameras
have ever transitioned to DST automatically. Maybe I am using it wrong
somehow? Ok. I just looked at my K-3 and though it was set to Chicago
as the city it never changed. It does have DST highlighted though next
to it so I'm confused frankly why it wouldn't kick over. Changing the
home city to NYC adjusted the time ahead one hour, but I think that is
just because I moved the time zone.

Yeah I set it to LA and it changed the time again. Toggling DST on and
off changes the time as well. I think you have to manually enable it.
I just have it on all the time and change my time as necessary. My K-3
was actually set to the wrong time. Not like it really matters to be
honest. I care far more about the date.

On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 4:38 PM, P. J. Alling
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> Well, yes and no.  If you look at that standard Time/Date structure, (Gaud
> this is getting into the weeds), if the software is using it correctly it's
> stores UTC a flag and an offset to get the local time.  I assume that the OS
> used by the camera includes a Time/Date object.  I also assume it stores the
> Timestamp in the "standard" manner.  So yes it stores the data in UTC.
>
>
>
> On 3/27/2017 4:03 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
>>
>> Yes, I know. That makes it not UTC.
>>
>>> On 27 Mar 2017, at 20:51, P. J. Alling 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> It pretty much is on UTC.  The current time zone is just an offset based
>>> on the home city.
>>>
>>>
 On 3/27/2017 3:39 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote:
 If I had a camera that had gps I would just let it record everything as
 UTC rather than try to account for different places. It makes life easier -
 one less thing to clutter my head with. In fact even without gps I think I
 just leave them on UTC.

> On 27 Mar 2017, at 19:15, Jos de Fotograaf 
> wrote:
>
> Stan, your explanation of GPS sounds logic, thks.
>
> The GPS is also used when shooting ASTRO, but I did not try that yet.
>
> I will check with Ricoh/Pentax why there would be no DST timetable for
> the Netherlands. As they should know US could be first but Netherlands are
> second!
>
> Anyhow, I will not wait for the software update, but change the time
> manually.
>
> Greetz, Jos
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Re: PESO ISO 51,200

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One thing I don't like about smart previews is that if you go to 100%
magnification it loads the raw and renders it all over again. That
takes some time. I actually don't use them very often because of that.
Just working with the raw directly seems a little faster in develop
mode though if work only with the smart preview it is definitely
faster though you don't get a 100% view. It usually has enough
resolution to determine sharpness on faces usually though.

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Re: PESO ISO 51,200

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If I have a huge set of photos I just import them and build 1:1
renders at import. That way I can flip through them and cull pretty
quickly. Thing is though that the previews are only really used in the
library in lightroom. As soon as you go to develop mode it rerenders
the raw. Another thing is that if you use any global presets, its best
to apply them before you render because changing settings makes the
render null and void if that makes sense. Also smart previews can be
really fast to process and adjust. If you want to force lightroom to
only use smart previews, just generate them and rename the directory
that all of your raw files are in. Since lightroom no longer sees them
it just works with the smart previews. Putting your library and image
cache on an SSD is pretty much a must if you want something
approaching decent performance. It depends on how large your catalog
is too. I have a 200k image catalog currently which can slow things
down. Sometimes creating a new catalog and working on a big shoot is
easier and then just importing that catalog into your main one.

On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 4:14 AM, Paul Stenquist  wrote:
> Thanks Alan,
> From among several hundred I choose only about 100 to render. Many are 
> similar, so for those I just repeat the base conversion.
>
> Paul via phone
>
>> On Mar 19, 2017, at 1:40 AM, Alan C  wrote:
>>
>> A fine shot considering the conditions. How on earth do you process "several 
>> hundred frames"? I struggle with 100.
>>
>> Alan C
>>
>> -Original Message- From: Paul Stenquist
>> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2017 10:10 PM
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>> Subject: PESO ISO 51,200
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>> My former creative partner, Joe Puhy, at the adcraft billiards tournament. 
>> Shot with the K-1 and D FA 24-70. Cropped from a horizontal. ISO 51,200, 
>> f1.8, 1/160th. I shot several hundred frames in minimal light. The K-1 never 
>> failed to lock focus, using single point continuous.
>>
>> https://www.photo.net/photo/18364937/joe-puhy
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Re: Pixel Shift: Any advantage to NOT using motion correction?

[Zos Xavius]

I think its just doing a simple pass looking for ghosting and
substituting the information from a single frame much like HDR
software does. It doesn't seem perfect, but it is impressive that it
even works at all to be honest. You can easily extract a single frame
and use that to correct any left over errors in Photoshop too. Nifty.

On Sun, Mar 12, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Mark C  wrote:
> I tried testing processing times using a stop watch - big margin of
> error.There might have been a slight difference in processing speed between
> motion corrected and non motion corrected processing times when the subject
> was moving, but slight enough to be trivial. I tired all combinations - MC
> on, MC off, static subject, moving subject. Times seemed about the same
> though motion correction made a huge difference in scenes were things were
> moving.
>
> Mark
>
> On 3/11/2017 4:28 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Larry Colen wrote:
>>>
>>> Processing time per photo?
>>
>>
>> Now that I'm at a real keyboard
>>
>> Basic pixel shift is pretty trivial, just sum up the information from four
>> exposures.  Doing motion correction is pretty computationally intensive, you
>> need to figure out what things moved, by how much, and how to correct them,
>> across four different images.
>>
>> Some of that can be alleviated by having a deep buffer, in exactly the way
>> the K-1 doesn't. That way, you could at least take a few photos before the
>> buffer fills up.
>>
>> To test, I'd set up a scene, maybe a static scene with one moving element
>> (clock with a second hand?), take a series of photos in static pixel shift
>> and time how long it takes until the write light goes out, then try the same
>> thing with dynamic pixel shift.
>>
>>>
>>> On March 11, 2017 8:50:35 AM PST, Mark C  wrote:

 I've been looking around to see what is lost when pixel shift is set to

 Motion correction mode and haven't found any information about it. It
 seems that by giving you the option to select between enabling motion
 correction or not, there must be some situation when non-corrected mode

 is better, or perhaps even there is some overall lower quality when
 motion correction is on...?

 The K1 manual doesn't rally address the question, just saying that one
 mode corrects for moving objects and the other doesn't.

 Why is non motion corrected mode included on the menu at all?

 Mark
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