Re: PDML 2017 Book Upload is Live!

I actually managed to put three in this year. Strangely the more images I take the harder it is to find some thing that might fit the book and I'm shooting around 100k images P/A these days. On 6 February 2017 at 23:02, Jan van Wijk wrote: > > On Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:17:03

Re: PESO: donuts and Sigma Art lens

Brilliant. Scrumptious x 2. Alan C -Original Message- From: Philip Northeast Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 7:51 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: PESO: donuts and Sigma Art lens Sunday morning donuts at the local farmers market https://flic.kr/p/RReMeR Pentax K1 and

Re: Weather Out of Whack!

It was 47 deg C at Sydney Olympic Park last week, walking out of an A/C shack into the hot wind was like walking into a fan forced oven, not nice. On 15 February 2017 at 08:56, Mark Roberts wrote: > Alan C wrote: > >>"I'm more worried about muscle strain than heart

Re: Pentax LX: The best professional 35mm SLR around

On 2/22/2017 1:24 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 21 February 2017 at 21:52 Bill wrote: On 2/21/2017 3:10 PM, Brian Walters wrote: I just found this article. A bit of nostalgia for the LX cognoscenti

Re: PESO: Orchid

Thanks, Larry. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 1:30 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >> SIGH! >> >> https://www.photo.net/photo/18355681/Orchid >> > > That's a lovely image. It looks like you even

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

On 2/22/2017 9:06 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Google translate offered this puzzler: "- K mount mounted, covering image circle of 35 milf size image sensor" Dare I suggest they are targeting shooters of middle aged women? That's the Japanese and their weird fetishes for you. -- PDML

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

Middle-aged women with whom you would like to reproduce, no less. > On Feb 22, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > > Google translate offered this puzzler: > > "- K mount mounted, covering image circle of 35 milf size image sensor" > > Dare I suggest they are

Re: PESO: Orchid

I think the entire internet is becoming more cumbersome. Dropbox removed the feature that allowed display of simple HTML, actually they added extra code to their server to stop display of simple HTML, But it's still possible if you use an APP to display HTML, but it's no longer quite so

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

On 22 February 2017 at 15:06, Bruce Walker wrote: > Google translate offered this puzzler: > > "- K mount mounted, covering image circle of 35 milf size image sensor" K mount, covering an image circle of 35mm full size image sensor -- Eric -- PDML Pentax-Discuss

Re: PESO: Orchid

Indeed. Did anyone else read that as an Orchard Wall & expect fruit trees? On 2/21/2017 9:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: SIGH! https://www.photo.net/photo/18355681/Orchid Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 9:20 PM, Bruce Walker

Re: Weather Out of Whack!

Yikes! I hope its not that bad when we visit! On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 4:01 AM, Rob Studdert wrote: > It was 47 deg C at Sydney Olympic Park last week, walking out of an > A/C shack into the hot wind was like walking into a fan forced oven, > not nice. > > > > On 15

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

Yeah really. Compactness seemed to have peaked with the M-series, then it went downhill from there. On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:15 AM, John wrote: > Or else Google translate just has a dirty mind. > > What I need explained is why new lenses are so much longer than the old

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

not just middle aged women, HOT middle aged women, like Stacey's Mom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZLfasMPOU4 On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:06 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: > Google translate offered this puzzler: > > "- K mount mounted, covering image circle of 35 milf size

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

>What I need explained is why new lenses are so much longer than the old >ones of the same focal length? This is perhaps one of the greatest sentences I have read on the PDML. Yogi Berra would be proud. :) On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Gonz wrote: > not just middle

K-1 Enablement

I finally bit the bullet and put in an order for a K-1 today. I went with the 28-105 lens since the 24-70 overlaps so much with the Tamron 28-75 that I already have. I'm looking forward to seeing how the K-1 performs with some old film era lenses - the FA 50 f1.7, F28 f2.8, A* 200 macro, Sigma

Re: Test - does this go through?

Apparently Cheers Brian + Brian Walters Webmaster Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) http://anpsa.org.au https://www.facebook.com/anpsa On Thu, Feb 23, 2017, at 04:42 AM, John wrote: > Just had a reply returned as 550-"JunkMail

Re: Pentax LX: The best professional 35mm SLR around

On 2/22/2017 1:24 AM, mike wilson wrote: On 21 February 2017 at 21:52 Bill wrote: On 2/21/2017 3:10 PM, Brian Walters wrote: I just found this article. A bit of nostalgia for the LX cognoscenti

OT -- Need to identify this font.

Well maybe need is too strong a word. A few years ago, about 7 in fact I was using this True Type font to watermark my photos on the web. Well looking back at my past pesos I decided I really like it. Unfortunately I lost the file, somewhere in the past either due to a hard drive crash or

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

Bill wrote: >On 2/22/2017 11:36 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> John wrote: >> >>> Or else Google translate just has a dirty mind. >>> >>> What I need explained is why new lenses are so much longer than the old >>> ones of the same focal length? >> >> Every lens design is the result of many

Re: Pentax LX: The best professional 35mm SLR around

> On 22 February 2017 at 21:14 Bill wrote: > > > On 2/22/2017 1:24 AM, mike wilson wrote: > >> On 21 February 2017 at 21:52 Bill wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 2/21/2017 3:10 PM, Brian Walters wrote: > >>> I just found this article. > >>> >

Re: K-1 Enablement

I meant to say, I think Ken has been using his with the A* 200 macro. Paul via phone > On Feb 22, 2017, at 4:51 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: > > Congratulations. I love that camera. I think Len has been using his with the > A* 200 macro. I use the K 85/1'8 now and then and

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

On 2/22/2017 11:36 AM, Mark Roberts wrote: John wrote: Or else Google translate just has a dirty mind. What I need explained is why new lenses are so much longer than the old ones of the same focal length? Every lens design is the result of many compromises: Small vs. large, expensive vs.

Enablement

In the hope this one finally gets through, I've seen few posts about the KP. The project I'm trying to work on involves me going out at dusk in low light (an ongoing urban fox project), and whilst I don't expect any of the really high ISO images to be useful, I was surprised at how good sample

Re: What can Pentax do to convince Sigma to make K mount lenses again?

Some years back, many people lamented the lack of a super tele for Pentax. Sigma had a 500/4.5 listed in their catalogue for K-mount, but not readily available. However, they did do a production run when enough people had voiced an interest. Nice lens. Full format and all, not that I need it

Re: K-1 Enablement

Congratulations. I love that camera. I think Len has been using his with the A* 200 macro. I use the K 85/1'8 now and then and the A 50/1.2. It's quite easy to focus manually, with the in-foxes light being quite accurate. I use the D FA lenses for the most part: the 24-70/2.8, the 15-30/2.8 and

Re: K-1 Enablement

Mark C wrote: >I finally bit the bullet and put in an order for a K-1 today. I went >with the 28-105 lens since the 24-70 overlaps so much with the Tamron >28-75 that I already have. I'm looking forward to seeing how the K-1 >performs with some old film era lenses - the FA 50 f1.7, F28 f2.8,

Re: Enablement

On 22/2/17, Malcolm Smith, discombobulated, unleashed: >The project I'm trying to work on involves me going out at dusk in low light >(an ongoing urban fox project), and whilst I don't expect any of the really >high ISO images to be useful, I was surprised at how good sample photos have

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

On 22/2/17, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: >My old A15/3.5 has a stop or more of light fall off in the corners. It >was no big deal to write an action that can be applied to those images. >I suspect it's not much more problem to teach Lightroom to apply a >correction on import, but I

Re: K-1 Enablement

The only issue I have with my Sigma 35mm f1.4 Art lens is the K1 automatically sets the field of view to crop mode. I just leave the camera on the full frame setting. Philip Northeast www.aviewfinderdarkly.com.au On 23/2/17 7:59 am, Mark C wrote: I finally bit the bullet and put in an

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

John wrote: >Or else Google translate just has a dirty mind. > >What I need explained is why new lenses are so much longer than the old >ones of the same focal length? Every lens design is the result of many compromises: Small vs. large, expensive vs. cheap, tack-sharp vs. just-sharp-enough. As

Re: Test - does this go through?

Can't see it. ;) On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 12:42 PM, John wrote: > Just had a reply returned as 550-"JunkMail rejected apparently by > http://spameatingmonkey.com/lookup/209.86.89.63 > > The IP address appears to be one of Earthlink's mail servers. > > Thread was: What can

Test - does this go through?

Just had a reply returned as 550-"JunkMail rejected apparently by http://spameatingmonkey.com/lookup/209.86.89.63 The IP address appears to be one of Earthlink's mail servers. Thread was: What can Pentax do to convince Sigma to make K mount lenses. -- Science - Questions we may never find

Re: What can Pentax do to convince Sigma to make K mount lenses again?

Larry Colen wrote: >There was an interview in the past year or so, and I can't find it right >now, which listed two reasons. The first was the low volume of sales. >The other reason was Pentax's lack of electronic aperture controls. >Shortly thereafter Pentax announced the new electronic

Re: Weather Out of Whack!

We've had some shocker days this summer, back to a far more relaxed and pleasant 24 deg C currently :) On 23 February 2017 at 02:24, Gonz wrote: > Yikes! I hope its not that bad when we visit! > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 4:01 AM, Rob Studdert

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

On 2/22/2017 4:56 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On 22/2/17, Bill, discombobulated, unleashed: My old A15/3.5 has a stop or more of light fall off in the corners. It was no big deal to write an action that can be applied to those images. I suspect it's not much more problem to teach Lightroom to

Re: OT -- Need to identify this font.

On 22 February 2017 at 21:14, P. J. Alling wrote: > https://pdml.updog.co/textsample/ > > Yes, I know the text in the sample is redundant. > > If anyone recognizes it and can point me to where it can be downloaded I'd > appreciate the help. Maybe upload a screenshot

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

Google translate offered this puzzler: "- K mount mounted, covering image circle of 35 milf size image sensor" Dare I suggest they are targeting shooters of middle aged women? On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Bill wrote: >

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

Or else Google translate just has a dirty mind. What I need explained is why new lenses are so much longer than the old ones of the same focal length? On 2/22/2017 10:06 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Google translate offered this puzzler: "- K mount mounted, covering image circle of 35 milf size

New standard lens on the horizon

http://news.ricoh-imaging.co.jp/rim_info/2017/20170222_014592.html It looks like the FA 50/1.4 is finally being retired. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow

Re: What can Pentax do to convince Sigma to make K mount lenses again?

Well, I don't think Pentax will be encouraging Sigma to release the 85/1.4 in K-mount... http://pentaxrumors.com/2017/02/22/pentax-d-fa-85mm-f1-4-lens-also-on-the-2017-roadmap/ On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Jostein Øksne wrote: > Some years back, many people lamented the

Re: What can Pentax do to convince Sigma to make K mount lenses again?

Excellent! All of the recent Pentax glass had been superb. This should be as well. Probably $1500 or more but less than what an FA 85/1.4 currently goes for. Paul via phone > On Feb 22, 2017, at 9:11 PM, Matthew Hunt wrote: > > Well, I don't think Pentax will be encouraging

Re: Bird ID help, Western Sandpiper?

"karlmarks2 hasn't made any photos public yet." Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > Marco inspired me to pay the SS Palo Alto a visit this afternoon. While I > was there, there were shedload of

Re: Bird ID help, Western Sandpiper?

Page not found Paul via phone > On Feb 22, 2017, at 8:59 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Marco inspired me to pay the SS Palo Alto a visit this afternoon. While I was > there, there were shedload of little birds hunting for shellfish at low > tide. I quickly grabbed a few

Re: K-1 Enablement

Sounds good Mark, but I wonder what advantages do you expect of the K-1 over the K-3? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Mark C" Subject: K-1 Enablement I finally bit the bullet and put in an order for

Re: Bird ID help, Western Sandpiper?

Weird https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157677089986804 Duh, for some reason when I did a cut and paste, I got the ellipsis where they replaces two letters with three dots. Paul Stenquist wrote: Page not found Paul via phone On Feb 22, 2017, at 8:59 PM, Larry

Re: K-1 Enablement

I meant to say, I think Ken has been using his with the A* 200 macro I use my A*200 on a K-3, I don't have a K-1. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Paul Stenquist" Subject: Re: K-1 Enablement I meant

Re: PESO: Orchid

To me, your image looks a bit more like this one, also from the orchid wall: https://www.photo.net/photo/18355684/Spotted-Orchids Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:53 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: > Now I can comment

Re: OT -- Need to identify this font.

Eric Featherstone wrote: >On 22 February 2017 at 21:14, P. J. Alling wrote: >> https://pdml.updog.co/textsample/ >> >> Yes, I know the text in the sample is redundant. >> >> If anyone recognizes it and can point me to where it can be downloaded I'd >> appreciate the

Bird ID help, Western Sandpiper?

Marco inspired me to pay the SS Palo Alto a visit this afternoon. While I was there, there were shedload of little birds hunting for shellfish at low tide. I quickly grabbed a few frames before serious processing to get help with ID. I think that they are Western Sandpipers, but the

Re: PESO: Orchid

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 11:11 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > I read "Orchid" right but expected more of 'em .. a whole wall covered > with flowers.. I have an image of the entire wall somewhere, but it is not very interesting. Dan Matyola

Re: Bird ID help, Western Sandpiper?

I like the second one with three birds in frame. I don't like the shots that include half birds. I recall shooting these on the beach at Venice CA many years ago. Paul via phone > On Feb 22, 2017, at 9:34 PM, Larry Colen wrote: > > Weird > >

Re: K-1 Enablement

My bad. Thought you made the move. Paul via phone On Feb 22, 2017, at 9:43 PM, Ken Waller wrote: >> I meant to say, I think Ken has been using his with the A* 200 macro > > I use my A*200 on a K-3, I don't have a K-1. > > Kenneth Waller >

Re: Weather Out of Whack!

Summer temps in the low 40's are the norm here but 47 - sounds like Dubai (or the Gibson?). Alan C -Original Message- From: Rob Studdert Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 1:09 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: Weather Out of Whack! We've had some shocker days this summer,

Re: K-1 Enablement

Hey, cool it man. I haven't progressed to the K5 yet, let alone a K3 or a K1. Mark's old K7 is still doing OK. Alan C -Original Message- From: Ken Waller Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:19 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: K-1 Enablement Sounds good Mark, but I

Re: Pentax LX: The best professional 35mm SLR around

Buy now before prices go up. On 2/22/2017 11:11 AM, P. J. Alling wrote: I'm of two minds about articles like this. Yes, it's nice that the author reinforces my belief that my favorite film camera is best in class, especially as it's the top class. However it means that if and when I decide to

Re: Pentax LX: The best professional 35mm SLR around

Way it always goes when Sauron learns of your precious. Jostein Den 22. februar 2017 17.11.54 CET, skrev "P. J. Alling" : >I'm of two minds about articles like this. Yes, it's nice that the >author reinforces my belief that my favorite film camera is best in

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 10:06:18AM -0500, Bruce Walker wrote: > Google translate offered this puzzler: > > "- K mount mounted, covering image circle of 35 milf size image sensor" That might explain why it's about twice as long as my 50mm/f1.4 ... -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

[p/g]eso Seacliff Beach

As I mentioned earlier, Marco inspired me to take a field trip to Seacliff today to get some photos of the Palo Alto. https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/32220559494/in/album-72157678428041622/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/32939614861/ I also got some photos of birds, I think

Re: PESO: donuts and Sigma Art lens

There are a few scattered across Sydney but they are generally Saturday only. On 23 February 2017 at 02:58, Gonz wrote: > Very nice. Are farmers markets popular in the land down under? > > > On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 3:11 AM, Alan C wrote: >> Brilliant.

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

On 23 February 2017 at 08:19, Mark Roberts wrote: > I find myself *adding* vignetting in post much more often than > correcting for it. Same here, it's a great creative tool, second only to DOF control IMO. -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel:

Re: PESO: Orchid

Now I can comment on the photo, it's very nice. Looks like the same species as this: https://pdml.updog.co/webster26/PESO%20--%20moreorchids.html On 2/21/2017 9:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: SIGH! https://www.photo.net/photo/18355681/Orchid Dan Matyola

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

So you're saying the newly announced 50mm f/1.4 will NOT be significantly larger than the FA 50mm f/1.4 lens? On 2/22/2017 11:13 AM, Darren Addy wrote: Pentax-M 50mm f1.7: 63mm x 31mm, 185 gr, manual focus Pentax DA 50mm f1.8: 63mm x 35.5mm, 122 gr, auto focus Clearly Pentax engineering has

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

Oh, goodie, they're following in the footsteps of everybody else making the design bigger heaver and more complex. On 2/22/2017 10:06 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Google translate offered this puzzler: "- K mount mounted, covering image circle of 35 milf size image sensor" Dare I suggest they

Re: K-1 Enablement

Mark C wrote: I finally bit the bullet and put in an order for a K-1 today. I went with the 28-105 lens since the 24-70 overlaps so much with the Tamron 28-75 that I already have. I'm looking forward to seeing how the K-1 performs with some old film era lenses - the FA 50 f1.7, F28 f2.8, A*

Re: Pentax spotted

Don't you know, just stuff the film into the NAS and viola* the images are in right there... *that's a joke for the humor impaired, (voilà). On 2/19/2017 6:03 PM, Gonz wrote: K1000, which seems to be not the right type of camera to be showing next to an NAS.

PESO - Power

http://www.alpert.com/marco/photo17/peso2.html Comments, as always, welcomed. -Marco --- http://www.alpert.com/marco -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and

Re: PESO: Orchid

Hum, interesting. I'm no expert on orchids, and don't know how much variety is allowed among varieties. But based on shapes your first example is closer to mine, and based on color the second is. There's enough difference between all three to be three different varieties, or they could just

Re: PESO: donuts and Sigma Art lens

Very nice. Are farmers markets popular in the land down under? On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 3:11 AM, Alan C wrote: > Brilliant. Scrumptious x 2. > > Alan C > > -Original Message- From: Philip Northeast > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 7:51 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO: Orchid

Hehe .. I read "Orchid" right but expected more of 'em .. a whole wall covered with flowers.. ann On 2/22/2017 10:17 AM, John wrote: Indeed. Did anyone else read that as an Orchard Wall & expect fruit trees? On 2/21/2017 9:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: SIGH!

Re: Pentax LX: The best professional 35mm SLR around

I'm of two minds about articles like this. Yes, it's nice that the author reinforces my belief that my favorite film camera is best in class, especially as it's the top class. However it means that if and when I decide to replace the LX I dropped not long ago, or if it's repairable, (the

Re: PESO: Orchid

Wow, that is fabulous. Brilliant colors. Simply beautiful Dan. On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at 8:26 PM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > SIGH! > > https://www.photo.net/photo/18355681/Orchid > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > On Tue, Feb 21, 2017 at

Re: New standard lens on the horizon

Pentax-M 50mm f1.7: 63mm x 31mm, 185 gr, manual focus Pentax DA 50mm f1.8: 63mm x 35.5mm, 122 gr, auto focus Clearly Pentax engineering has gone to hell in a hand basket. On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 9:46 AM, Gonz wrote: > Yeah really. Compactness seemed to have peaked with

Re: Test - does this go through?

Drat! Guess I'll have to try again. On 2/22/2017 1:58 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: Can't see it. ;) On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 12:42 PM, John wrote: Just had a reply returned as 550-"JunkMail rejected apparently by http://spameatingmonkey.com/lookup/209.86.89.63 The IP address