Re: OT Geso

2017-06-04 Thread Larry
Nice On June 4, 2017 7:13:54 AM PDT, David J Brooks wrote: >Saturday we went out to the Hamilton Ontario area and shot some water >falls and historic sites. The area is in the Niagara escarpment so >lots of elevation changes and rivers and creeks. Participant were from >the

Re: Fwd: Re: Anyone else with Q7?

2017-06-04 Thread John
We'll see where this goes, but I think you can set "reply to list" as a default. On 6/2/2017 01:37, P. J. Alling wrote: Forwarded Message Subject: Re: Anyone else with Q7? Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 17:03:22 -0400 From: P. J. Alling To:

Re: Stuck battery

2017-06-04 Thread Donald Guthrie
So not to beat a dead battery but Just to be clear: the nubbin is on the camera body at the battery compartment opening, it is at the bottom side. After moving that and the grey lever that releases the battery I was able to lever the battery up with a small pocket knife or screw driver.

Q7 and macro

2017-06-04 Thread Jostein
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

Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

2017-06-04 Thread Mark Roberts
Good to see you at the mountain, John. It was a really good weekend. I'm at my friend's place in Ashe county (about 50 miles from GFM) and got thoroughly soaked on the ride here. The phrase "biblical proportions" pretty well describes the downpour I rode through. I'm hoping for better weather for

Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

2017-06-04 Thread Stanley Halpin
> On Jun 4, 2017, at 8:13 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > ... > > One sad note to the weekend: Don Nelson, former Pentax rep and pretty > much the founder of the PDML (at least he was the one who decided to > turn it over to Doug Brewer) died on Saturday. He'd been in

Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

2017-06-04 Thread John
On 6/4/2017 20:13, Mark Roberts wrote: Good to see you at the mountain, John. It was a really good weekend. I'm at my friend's place in Ashe county (about 50 miles from GFM) and got thoroughly soaked on the ride here. The phrase "biblical proportions" pretty well describes the downpour I rode

June PUG is up

2017-06-04 Thread Brian Walters
G'day all, Lots to like about this month's gallery, but who doesn't love mountains? Ken's 'Mountain Waves' with its line of receding ridges, Subash's 'Trisul (the human figure emphasizes the immense scale of the mountains), Mark's 'Snowdonia' (would like to see that pano larger), Ann's 'Along

OT: Comrades Marathon

2017-06-04 Thread Alan C
Well done to the American Ladies Camille Heron & Sarah Bard who finished 1st in 6:47 & 6th in 6:49 in the 88km Comrades Marathon from Durban to Pietermarizburg today. http://live.ultimate.dk/desktop/front/index.php?eventid=3361=us Alan C --- This email has been checked for viruses by

Re: June PUG is up

2017-06-04 Thread Alan C
Wow! Alan C -Original Message- From: Brian Walters Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2017 11:46 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: June PUG is up G'day all, Lots to like about this month's gallery, but who doesn't love mountains? Ken's 'Mountain Waves' with its line of receding ridges,

Re: June PUG is up

2017-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
Excellnt gallery. I did not think i had a mountain shot that i liked until just now. Sigh Dave On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 5:46 AM, Brian Walters wrote: > G'day all, > > Lots to like about this month's gallery, but who doesn't love mountains? > > Ken's 'Mountain Waves' with

Re: OT: Comrades Marathon

2017-06-04 Thread Jack Davis
Thanks for your US support, Alan. :-) J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 4, 2017, at 5:42 AM, Alan C wrote: > > Well done to the American Ladies Camille Heron & Sarah Bard who finished 1st > in 6:47 & 6th in 6:49 in the 88km Comrades Marathon from Durban to > Pietermarizburg

Re: Stuck Battery In Pentax Q

2017-06-04 Thread Zos Xavius
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

Re: Stuck Battery In Pentax Q

2017-06-04 Thread Zos Xavius
Didn't mean that to be a response to mark's post.. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

Re: OT Geso

2017-06-04 Thread Jack Davis
All interesting and well "caught" indeed. J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 4, 2017, at 7:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > > Saturday we went out to the Hamilton Ontario area and shot some water > falls and historic sites. The area is in the Niagara escarpment so > lots of

Re: OT Geso

2017-06-04 Thread Alan C
Some "cool" shots there. Obviously a popular spot for photographers. Alan C -Original Message- From: David J Brooks Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2017 4:13 PM To: Pentax Discuss Subject: OT Geso Saturday we went out to the Hamilton Ontario area and shot some water falls and historic sites.

Re: OT Geso

2017-06-04 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
Nice work. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Jun 4, 2017 at 10:13 AM, David J Brooks wrote: > Saturday we went out to the Hamilton Ontario area and shot some water > falls and historic sites. The area is in the Niagara escarpment so >

OT Geso

2017-06-04 Thread David J Brooks
Saturday we went out to the Hamilton Ontario area and shot some water falls and historic sites. The area is in the Niagara escarpment so lots of elevation changes and rivers and creeks. Participant were from the Stouffville Camera Club and or ThePassingShow. My first time doing large falls and i

Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

2017-06-04 Thread John
Pulled in about 15 minutes ago. Got half-way through unloading my car before it started pouring down rain, so I still have a bit of that ahead of me before I'll really be home again. Baxter hasn't decided yet whether she's going to forgive me for making her stay at the pet hotel while I was

Re: Back Home from Grandfather Mountain.

2017-06-04 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 4/6/17, John, discombobulated, unleashed: >Pulled in about 15 minutes ago. Got half-way through unloading my car >before it started pouring down rain, so I still have a bit of that ahead >of me before I'll really be home again. > >Baxter hasn't decided yet whether she's going to forgive me for

Re: Peso-Freeze

2017-06-04 Thread John
We're having a lot of rabbits this year. I found a rabbit's nest when I was moving a wood pile over to where I could split the logs. Fortunately it was late enough in the year the baby bunnies could survive after I removed their cover. On 6/1/2017 23:40, Jack Davis wrote: Today, as I was

OT: One for Darren

2017-06-04 Thread John
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/capital-weather-gang/wp/2017/06/04/stunning-photo-shows-a-man-casually-mowing-his-lawn-as-a-tornado-looms-behind-him/ -- Science - Questions we may never find answers for. Religion - Answers we must never question. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: Peso-Freeze

2017-06-04 Thread Jack Davis
Good you freed them, John. J Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 4, 2017, at 3:09 PM, John wrote: > > We're having a lot of rabbits this year. I found a rabbit's nest when I > was moving a wood pile over to where I could split the logs. Fortunately > it was late enough in the

Re: 600mm lens question

2017-06-04 Thread John
Ok. If you buy it, you can tell us how well it works. On 6/2/2017 14:27, Gonz wrote: Yeah, there is a 400mm ED/IF 67 on ebay right now for $500, not bad. On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 1:09 PM, Zos Xavius wrote: I know the 400mm works well on kmount, At least at 16mp. I have

Re: Stuck Battery In Pentax Q

2017-06-04 Thread John
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

Re: Mounting, displaying and selling photos

2017-06-04 Thread John
You probably should think about cropping your images to a more traditional ratio. But, Amazon has 16x20 mats pre-cut for 12x18 prints. https://www.amazon.com/White-16x20-12x18-Photo-Backing/dp/B00YER4L3M 16x20 frames:

Re: Question about video-editing software

2017-06-04 Thread John
Not free, but Photoshop CC has most of the basic tools & definitely has the capability to add still photos. On 6/2/2017 23:29, Igor PDML-StR wrote: I wonder what software people are using for editing videos (on Windows), preferably free or inexpensive. I've been using Avidemux that is very