Re: Mike's Brief Harrumph

2002-12-12 Thread George Sinos
Mike Johnston said: snip... Where I differ from most hobbyists is that I don't consider pros to be the best photographers. snip... And I respond: A similar discussion on the topic of pro vs. amateur woodworking took place on one of the many woodworking discussion groups. Someone said that

Re: Least exspensive 4000-4800 dpi scanner

2003-01-05 Thread George Sinos
I don't believe this link to Norman Koren's comments on this issue have been posted. http://www.normankoren.com/Tutorials/Canoscan4000.html The comments pertinent to film grain are at the bottom of the page. Basically, he feels it's film grain, emphasized by FilmGet's built-in sharpening.

RE: OT: Mac Blat

2003-01-11 Thread George Sinos
Mike - It's not that I don't respect your opinion, because I do. It's just, in this case, times have changed. Photoshop on a decently sized Intel machine under windows XP is virtually indistinguishable from that same program on a Mac. Many of the latest Photoshop books point this out in

Re: Picture Window Pro Recommendation was - Re: OT: Mac Blat

2003-01-12 Thread George Sinos
Keith Whaley said: Now, if only it were made for the Mac... Now and then someone asks about Mac support on the Picture Window support bulletin board. Someone from Digital Light and Color usually answers that it should run fine under Virtual PC, but they don't really advertise or support that.

RE: Mike Johnson's Sunday Message

2003-01-20 Thread George Sinos
Henry Chu said: Dear Mike, I presume that consumers are intelligent in choosing what they think the best film format for them remainder snipped Sorry Henry, but if my experience in retail is any indicator, a pretty big percentage of consumers don't have a clue as to what size film their

re: PC v. Mac, 1ds v. 6x7

2003-01-26 Thread George Sinos
Somehow these threads tangled and one part of the discussion focused on comparing a scanned neg to the digital image. About a year ago I attended a presentation given by Franklin Way. He's an interesting character and a nature photographer. He shoots 4x5 velvia transparencies. He backs

*istD output?

2003-10-26 Thread George Sinos
OK, I've read through the last few digests and learned all about how the *istD feels, who would like which knobs in different places and so. Don't you guys take pictures with those things? For cryin' out loud, it's not like you have to wait for the processing Here is a link to some early

Ink consumption

2003-11-02 Thread George Sinos
Not Pentax, but I thought is may be of interest. I have tracked the ink consumption in my Canon S9000 for a bit over a year. This printer is used primarily for printing photos, but from time to time will be used to print color web pages and a bit of text. The relative consumption of the

Re: Printer resolution (was: Re: posted *istD Samples)

2003-11-02 Thread George Sinos
Several people have commented on determining the appropriate image resolution to send to the printer. The Nov/Dec issue of Digital Photo Pro magazine http://www.digitalphotopro.com has an interesting article, MisInformation, Setting Printer DPI. Treading lightly, to avoid violating copyright,

Re: Slide projectors

2003-11-15 Thread George Sinos
In a previous message graywolf said Slide projection has been dying for years. Many slide shows in the past 20 years have been put on video tape and shown on a TV screen. I can remember when every salesman that came to pitch something to our company either brought a slide projector or called

Re: Got my *isdD today

2003-11-25 Thread George Sinos
Kevin Waterson [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked about the strap on his shiny new *istD Anyone else notice the *istD strap still has the little plastic buttons with the protrusion that allows for a mid-roll film change/rewind? I noticed that. I was slightly disappointed that they didn't just use the

Digital Restoration by Ctein

2006-12-26 Thread George Sinos
A few days ago I bought a copy of Digital Restoration From Start to Finish by Ctein. It's published by Focal Press I expect this will become one of the books added to my permanent bookshelf next to the computer desk. Very few books make it to that spot, so this is high praise. My previous best

Re: Minor scare with 50-200 Sunday

2006-12-27 Thread George Sinos
Dave - I often do the same with the lenshoods. Both lenses have a knurled ring very close to the mount. For me, this has been the most reliable place to grip the lenses when mounting or removing. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 12/27/06, David J Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

style change

2006-12-27 Thread George Sinos
The SR and low light performance of the K10d is leading me down the path to a style change. I may have mentioned before that very early on it exposed a problem with my technique. Somewhere along the line I had developed a bad habit of quickly lifting my finger from the shutter button after

Re: Question about DNG

2006-12-28 Thread George Sinos
Boris - A few weeks ago I posted a comparison of the data displayed from a PEF, DNG and compressed DNG as read by the Pentax software and Adobe Raw Converter. It's probably still in the archive. The data itself probably isn't all that interesting, but there were several differences in the way

Re: Question about DNG

2006-12-28 Thread George Sinos
OK - here's what I posted in November. I'll warn you ahead of time, this is one of those posts that contains data, but probably no information. I shot two more or less identical images with the K10D. Image one was PEF. Image two was shot with in-camera DNG. I converted image 1 from PEF to DNG

Re: GESO: playing in the studio

2006-12-30 Thread George Sinos
We'll know the K series has arrived when we see a Magic Lantern guide or something like it. I was at the local bookstore yesterday and saw one for the Sony a100 and all of the canon and nikon series. No pentax to be found. See you later, gs htpp://georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO: Pretty Girls

2006-12-30 Thread George Sinos
Paul - The more I use the K10d the more I like the look of it's images. Even though there is some noise in this photo, it's not obscuring detail. For instance, the hair of the girl on the right against the brick wall. The noise reminds me more of film grain than digital noise. I think the

k10d infrared

2006-12-31 Thread George Sinos
I just red this post on the photo.net pentax forum on IR shots with the K10D. The fellow used a hoya R72 and long exposure times. He posted three examples shot with the 16-45 that look good. I'm not sure this link will work. http://www.photo.net/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=00JKfjtag= If

Re: Happy New Year to all

2006-12-31 Thread George Sinos
I'll add my best wishes, as well. GS On 12/31/06, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I want to take this moment to say best wishes, good health and good fortunes for all in the year to come. I hope you have all had a fine holiday season this year, and look forward to our continued

Do it yourself pano head

2007-01-01 Thread George Sinos
Here's an interesting article on building your own pano head. Seem like a reasonable thing to do if you're just experimenting. http://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Panoramic-Tripod-Head See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

PESO - Bicycle in the snow

2007-01-02 Thread George Sinos
We got our first snow of the season on New Year's Eve. It wasn't a big storm, but it was icy and windy, and of course hit at a bad time for those on the road. I took a few snapshots on the way to a friend's house at about 4 pm. The light was not the best for photos, but I think I captured the

Funniest Kodak commercial

2007-01-02 Thread George Sinos
You were a Kodak moment once, and you're going to be one again, only this time it's digital... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz6XjXu-oT8eurl= I'm still laughing. See you later, gs -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net

Re: Fw: How big is big enough?

2007-01-05 Thread George Sinos
In the last four years I've managed to fill 300 Mbyte drive. A terabyte is a bit over three times that big. I talked to one of the pros in town and he said he's adding about a terabyte a month to his disk farm. See you later, gs http:georgesphotos.net On 1/5/07, William Robb [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RAW workflow (was: introduction)

2007-01-08 Thread George Sinos
Ed - There are two versions of the book. It was rewritten when CS2 was released. GS On 1/8/07, Ed Keeney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the info - I'm heading out to the library this afternoon to check out Fraser's book. Thanks! Ed On 1/6/07, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Post firmware control changes are interesting

2007-01-23 Thread George Sinos
I've been playing with the new control options after installing the firmware upgrade. I assigned ISO to the unused dials in Av and Tv mode. It's interesting, watching the shutter speed, aperture and ISO displays in the viewfinder while adjusting the dials. This certainly changes things, doesn't

Re: has anyone here been to Iceland?

2007-01-26 Thread George Sinos
Amita - Michael Reichmann took one of his photographic tours to Iceland. It's one of the topics on Luminous Landscape Video Journal number 8. http://www.luminous-landscape.com/video_journal/llvj-index.shtml#8 It may be worth buying that single DVD. GS http://georgesphotos.net On 1/26/07,

Re: Camera based SR vs. lens based IS?

2007-01-28 Thread George Sinos
Just tagging onto the thread here to toss in my two cents. I guess this is one of those things that is a pretty simple decision for me. Even if I had a bag full of expensive IS lenses I'd want to have SR in the body for all of those plain old every day lenses. If I have SR in the body it works

Film Is Dead

2007-03-18 Thread George Sinos
I've been asked by the local community college to teach a class in photography using 35mm film. I've been teaching digital classes for several years. The fellow that taught the film class is unavailable and several people had already signed up, so I was asked to step in. It should be fun.

K10d Review on Imaging Resource

2007-04-07 Thread George Sinos
An interesting review of the K10d on the Imaging Resource web site. In addition to the traditional list of features and descriptions of knobs, there is a longer term user report that actually provides a little perspective on the design and use of the camera. Whatever you think of the author's

Re: Pixel peeping and looking for defects (was Re: Full frame lenses and the K10D, CA anyone?)

2007-04-14 Thread George Sinos
Brendan - I've always felt that Photoshop was not a photographer's tool. I started with Picture Window Pro and moved to Photoshop when I needed to do raw conversion. I've read the latest version of Picture Window Pro handles batches of files and does raw conversion and I'm considering moving

PESO - Road Closed

2007-04-22 Thread George Sinos
I've been keeping my mind out for signs lately. If it wasn't pointed out, would the juxtaposition of the Road Closed sign and the tire tracks in the dirt be noticed? Another detail is the two-way traffic sign in the distance. That one is pretty small and hard to spot. Shot with the K10d and

Re: Decent photo sites?

2007-09-28 Thread George Sinos
I'll second Ann's recommendation of smugmug. It's hard to beat unlimited storage and unlimited bandwidth for $40 per year. You can get a discount code from any of the current smugmug customers and save $5. Here are the details: http://www.smugmug.com/price/ George S http://georgesphotos.net

Re: CS-3 Printing Problem

2007-10-04 Thread George Sinos
This is a well known problem with CS3. Adobe redesigned the way the printing routines work. Here's a link to John Nack's blog describing the problem. Adobe's working on something, but it's coming slow. http://blogs.adobe.com/jnack/2007/06/printing_in_cs3.html See you later, gs

The more things change...

2007-10-14 Thread George Sinos
I've mentioned that I teach basic photography classes at the local community college. I've been teaching these classes for several years. In a class of a dozen people there will be eight to ten women in their late twenties to early fifties. Usually they are moms and the family historians. The

Re: My digital movie camera

2007-10-24 Thread George Sinos
I still use mine also. I was sorry to see them abandon this particular form factor. On the other hand I wonder if they would have been able to fit the shake reduction mechanism into that long narrow body. GS -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Paid For

2007-11-14 Thread George Sinos
These comparisons are fun. When I bought my first digital camera I built a spread sheet that calculated my total cost per shot for both film and digital. More or less the same thing, just expressed differently. Cost per shot on digital continues to decrease with time. Cost per shot on film

Another new bag

2007-07-01 Thread George Sinos
Yes, I have yet another new bag, the Think Tank Urban Disguise 60. Here's a link to info on the Think Thank web site. http://www.thinktankphoto.com/feature_cat_slide_pop.php?ftr=UrbnDsgs_UD60_1 or http://tinyurl.com/2ae2jr When I teach I need to carry a bunch of photo stuff, and all of the

Re: Oh no, I'm going digital

2007-07-02 Thread George Sinos
Dave - I have an A10 that I use as my pocket camera. The A30 adds a couple additional megapixels, face detection and probably more important, a Tv mode. Here's a link to some sample snapshots, these are straight from the camera: http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/1315278 These were taken in the

GESO - demostration photos

2007-07-03 Thread George Sinos
I needed more demonstration photos for my photography class, so I spent a few hours at the local zoo. These were shot with the K10D and the DA 70, DA 16-45 and DA 50-200 lenses. The cactus shots were taken with the DA 70. The remainder of the shots were taken with one of the two zooms. The

PESO - Coal Train Derails on July 4th

2007-07-04 Thread George Sinos
A coal train derailed this afternoon. Several cars left the tracks and spilled several tons of coal on the ground. Given what could have happened this wasn't bad. Had they traveled a few feet further down the tracks the cars and cargo would have dropped onto passing traffic. Had they rolled

GESO - More Derailed Coal Train photos

2007-07-05 Thread George Sinos
I returned to the scene to see the progress of the cleanup. There are a few more photos to the gallery. The final photo is a wide shot that shows a much better view of the location. http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/3102256#169647703 See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net -- PDML

Re: Subing back

2007-07-06 Thread George Sinos
Outstanding portfolio Fernando. They are all excellent, but the low-light shots were my favorites. I particularly like the image of the wall of backlit bottles. gs http://georgesphotos.net On 7/6/07, Fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi pdmlers, I came back last week and spend another week

Re: FID (Film is Dead)

2007-08-04 Thread George Sinos
If the mission of a community college is to prepare students for the workplace, training them in the skills of darkroom technique, as opposed to photoshop and digital phtography really misses the point. When resources are scarce, you have to focus on your goals. See you later, gs

Re: FID (Film is Dead)

2007-08-05 Thread George Sinos
Interesting that you mention the 50mm. I'm taking a portrait photography course. The instructor recommended finding a 50mm 1.8 lens. It seems at 75mm equivalent, with that wide aperture, it's a fine portrait lens. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 8/5/07, Steve Desjardins [EMAIL

magnifiying eyepiece O-ME53

2007-08-17 Thread George Sinos
Last night I picked up the eyepiece magnifier for the K10D. I've been having a harder time with fine focus lately and I thought it might help. It enlarges the viewfinder image by about 20%. The instruction sheet mentions the possibility of vignetting in the corners, but it looks fine to me. It

Re: Pentax DA 16-50mm F2,8 ED AL IF SDM in the field (anyone)?

2007-08-19 Thread George Sinos
Here are a few shots. Just the typical shots around the yard. I'll add some people shots later. http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/3331947 I like the way it handles. Seems well balanced. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 8/19/07, Roman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: New DA* lense are

Re: PESO - DA* 16-50 shots

2007-08-20 Thread George Sinos
Beautiful, The colors are outstanding. gs On 8/20/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three shots to give you some feeling about the lens. K10D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 50mm, Handheld ISO 400, 1/350 sec @ f/3.5 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4882.htm K10D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 43mm, Handheld

Re: PESO - DA* 16-50 shots

2007-08-20 Thread George Sinos
Beautiful, The colors are outstanding. gs On 8/20/07, Bruce Dayton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three shots to give you some feeling about the lens. K10D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 50mm, Handheld ISO 400, 1/350 sec @ f/3.5 http://www.daytonphoto.com/PAW/bkd_4882.htm K10D, DA* 16-50/2.8 @ 43mm, Handheld

Re: Online theft

2007-08-21 Thread George Sinos
Rebekah - This is an option on Smugmug.com See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 8/21/07, Rebekah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once, I was online and went to right-click a picture to save it to my computer (don't worry it was only clipart), and a little message popped up stating that

Re: Developing film

2007-08-21 Thread George Sinos
I heard Vincent Versace say Film is the stuff that collicts on my teeth when I forget to brush On 8/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't a film that yucky stuff that covers my windshield when I park near a beach or by a barbecue grill? Is there some way to make it capable

Re: Developing film

2007-08-21 Thread George Sinos
make that ...collects... On 8/21/07, George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I heard Vincent Versace say Film is the stuff that collicts on my teeth when I forget to brush On 8/21/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't a film that yucky stuff that covers my windshield when I

Re: OT: Videography Software

2007-08-26 Thread George Sinos
William - I'm far from an expert, but I can relate my personal experience. I've tried an earlier version of the Pinnacle product, Adobe's Premier Elements and Sony's Vegas Movie Studio. The latter two are the consumer versions of the more expensive pro products. All three are around $100 US

Portraits with Pentax Lenses

2007-08-28 Thread George Sinos
Here are a few portraits selected from work I did for a recent class. They were all shot with the K10D and various Pentax lenses. The earlier photos were shot with the DA40 and DA70. The later photos were shot with the DA*16-50 and DA*50-135 All but the last few shots were available light,

Re: Portraits with Pentax Lenses

2007-08-29 Thread George Sinos
that comes through makes this one a winner. Cheers, Dave On 8/29/07, George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here are a few portraits selected from work I did for a recent class. They were all shot with the K10D and various Pentax lenses. The earlier photos were shot with the DA40 and DA70

Re: Wedding Experience (long)

2007-09-04 Thread George Sinos
Paul - just curious, do you normally have all of the AF sensors enabled or do you set your camera to a single sensor. GS On 9/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The K10D definitely outperforms the *istD on autofocus. Shooting long-shutter pans at nigh with only streetlight

Re: Wedding Experience (long)

2007-09-04 Thread George Sinos
On Sep 4, 2007, at 6:49 PM, George Sinos wrote: Paul - just curious, do you normally have all of the AF sensors enabled or do you set your camera to a single sensor. GS On 9/4/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The K10D definitely outperforms the *istD on autofocus

Re: PAW 2007 - 37 - GDG

2007-09-04 Thread George Sinos
Godfrey - That's a great one. The placement of the bike and the high contrast make it work for me. See you later, gs On 9/4/07, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been seeing this foot/bike overpass nearby that crosses the railroad and expressway, wondering about the photo

GESO - Historic Building

2007-05-06 Thread George Sinos
One of the local historic buildings has been purchased by the Magnolia hotel chain. They are doing a major cleanup and remodel. Here are a few quick shots of the recent exterior work: http://georgesphotos.net/gallery/2809479 -gs- http://georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List

Re: SD card speed for K10D

2007-05-19 Thread George Sinos
This is an option, check the manual. The setting is called folder name. You can have a separate folder for each day, or one big folder. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 5/19/07, Mark Cassino [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jens Bladt wrote: Mark , did you try to store a card with

Re: Photoshop plug-in for K10D

2007-05-20 Thread George Sinos
Jens - Adobe Camera Raw is packaged with Photoshop. It will read the PEF files. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On 5/20/07, Jens Bladt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there af PEF plug in for Photoshop that supports K10D files, please? A friend og mine needs to know - (I use Capture

Re: Rv: Don't shoot the messenger ;-)

2007-06-03 Thread George Sinos
Just tagging in my 2 cents with a general reply to the whole thread - I Samsung stays in the digital SLR market, there will be at least one reasonably priced k-mount on which to use those lenses. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - The Advancing Wave

2007-06-03 Thread George Sinos
Have you tried opening the file with Adobe Camera Raw? The latest version opens jpegs and tiffs, and it has the BW conversion functions that were introduced with Lightroom. It might be quicker and easier than messing around with layers and masks. See you later, gs http://georgesphotos.net On

GESO - DA70mm sample shots

2007-06-10 Thread George Sinos
The DA70 arrived late Friday and I was able to get out for a few minutes to shoot a few quick sample images. These are as untouched as possible. They were shot in DNG and converted to JPG with Adobe Camera Raw. Compression level is 10. Judging by these few samples this is going to be one of my

Re: Lightning proof?

2007-06-16 Thread George Sinos
I agree, no such thing as lightning proof. Our local power company has an additional option. The offer a whole house surge protector that installs at the electric service entry point. It also has connections for the cable tv and telephone services. As frosting on the cake it includes an

Re: Geso: introduction pics

2007-11-25 Thread George Sinos
Hi Axel - There are some pretty interesting shots in that group. Keep shooting and keep posting. GS http://georgesphotos.net On Nov 25, 2007 11:04 AM, Axel Belinfante [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: so far I only contributed some text to this list; thought it could be nice to show some pics, even

Re: Anyone using the DA* 50-135 F2.8

2007-12-09 Thread George Sinos
I've been using the 50-135 for a few weeks. I'm very happy with the results I've been getting. Here are a few sample images. http://georges.smugmug.com/gallery/3968224/1/230590301 These have been coverted from the DNG for display with Photoshop and Camera Raw. GS http://georgesphotos.net On

Re: PESO--Girly photo

2007-12-19 Thread George Sinos
I heard an interview with Vincent Versace - when asked if he still uses film he said film is what collects on your teeth if you don't brush GS http://georgesphotos.net On Dec 18, 2007 9:30 PM, Scott Loveless [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Womer wrote: Film??!?? Good heavens. How quaint.

Re: My uncle's photos. Longish.

2007-12-21 Thread George Sinos
Lasse - You likely have more to think about than this suggestion, but I'll toss it out there as an idea. The detective work might make an interesting community project. You might consider scanning a number of the photos that are representative of places and times. Putting those on a public web

Re: K10D ISO Tricks

2007-12-31 Thread George Sinos
Jack - what mode were you in? Exposure compensation may change the shutter speed, aperture or iso depending on the mode. gs On Dec 31, 2007 6:05 PM, Jack Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Adjusted exposure comp. by -0.5 to reduce the blowout tendency when shooting some bright white objects. Was

Re: D-BG2 Battery Grip for K10D

2008-01-06 Thread George Sinos
David - I agree with the others. The grip is worth the money. It's seldom off my camera. Since I very seldom shoot more than 200-300 shots in a single session I don't put a battery in the camera. I put a battery in the grip and carry the spare in my bag. This lightens the camera a bit. It

Re: Pentax vs. Sigma Fast Glass

2008-03-03 Thread George Sinos
Here are some samples I shot a while back - From the 16-50mm f/2.8: http://Georges.smugmug.com/gallery/3331947_WrfQH/1/185538966_oCv8e From the 50-135mm f/2.8 http://Georges.smugmug.com/gallery/3968224_TsEyp/1/230590301_hNFxn Portraits taken with various Pentax lenses, the photos in the later

Re: more K20D autofocus adjustment results

2008-03-05 Thread George Sinos
Paul - Thanks for passing along the info. I know at least one other camera manufacturer is doing the same thing. It won't be long before it's a must have feature. I find it interesting that just a few years ago it would be unlikely that we would have found these differences and even less

Pentax Scene Modes vs. Raw

2008-03-09 Thread George Sinos
This is a question for the PDML folks with k100's or ds that have Scene Modes. When you use one of the modes, such as portrait or landscape, is the raw format available or does the camera default to JPG? One of the students in my class has a Rebel XT and showed me that the camera made Raw files

Re: Pentax Scene Modes vs. Raw

2008-03-11 Thread George Sinos
Thanks for the info. gs On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 1:37 PM, Adam Maas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As far as I'm aware, only Canon does the utterly crippled scene modes (No RAW, no ISO selection, etc). -Adam On 3/9/08, George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a question for the PDML folks

k20d first impressions article

2008-03-13 Thread George Sinos
first impressions of the k20d from anandtech http://www.anandtech.com/digitalcameras/showdoc.aspx?i=3259p=3 GS http://georgesphotos.net -- 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

Re: DA* 50-135 No problem

2008-03-14 Thread George Sinos
Paul - your going to like this one. It's become my favorite lens for portraits. GS On Fri, Mar 14, 2008 at 6:53 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: UPS dropped it off today. I did the K20D focus adjustment, and it came in at +2. So all my lenses are between -4 and +2. I'm plesed. I took some test

Re: Continuous Autofocus w/ K20D and DA*

2008-03-16 Thread George Sinos
Nice shot Paul. The shallow depth of field works well here. Just curious, were you the center focus sensor or the full array? Thanks, gs http:georgesphotos.net On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps it's just random luck, but yesterday I got an

Re: Continuous Autofocus w/ K20D and DA*

2008-03-16 Thread George Sinos
, at 10:01 AM, George Sinos wrote: Nice shot Paul. The shallow depth of field works well here. Just curious, were you the center focus sensor or the full array? Thanks, gs http:georgesphotos.net On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Paul Stenquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps it's

Re: In camera versus optical IS

2008-03-16 Thread George Sinos
This is a great demonstration of something I've suggested several times in the past. Having SR in the body doesn't stop a manufacturer from building it into a lens. Canon and Nikon are in a pickle. (That has actually worked out rather well for them.) If they build it into the bodies they will

Re: Neck strap

2008-03-16 Thread George Sinos
Steve - I'm using a Domke Gripper strap. It's about an inch and a half wide, made of heavy woven Cotton. Two rubber grip strips are woven into the material so it doesn't slide off your shoulder. Two very short straps mount on the camera and the main strap attaches to them with quick release

Re: A bit embrassing?

2008-03-16 Thread George Sinos
I noticed that Ned Bunnell has posted a pair of K10/K20 comparison photos on his blog. It's titled K10 vs K20 color but the real difference is in the amount of detail. Click on the images for enlargement. The difference is very evident. Here's the link - http://nedbunnell.blogspot.com/ GS

Re: online storage?

2008-03-26 Thread George Sinos
Cory - I think I heard that same podcast. One of the hosts they mentioned was jungledisk.com. One of the things that is tempting me to try out jungledisk is they use the same S3 disk service from Amazon that is used by Smugmug. The Smugmug guys think pretty highly of the S3 storage and they

Re: Recommendations for a lab to do a 24 x 36 color print from a digital file

2008-03-29 Thread George Sinos
I've had a few 30 x 40 prints made from images that reside in my Smugmug galleries. I was satisfied with the prints and the packaging method used for shipping. Smugmug uses EZprints to do the work. If you don't have a Smugmug account you can use EZprints directly at EZprints.com GS

Re: Pets in your home, photos and fee

2008-03-30 Thread George Sinos
I recently listened to an interview with a married couple that are professional photographers. Pricing was a big portion of the interview. Based on what I heard and assuming there is no cost-based reason for the $1400 sitting fee, it sounds like the prices may be based on the the photographer's

Re: Terms of Service

2008-03-30 Thread George Sinos
Adobe's recently taken a bit of criticism for the Terms of Service for the new on-line editor, Photoshop Express. At first publication the TOS basically gives Adobe the rights to the photos in your galleries. This was quickly brought to Adobe's attention and they are re-writing the terms. John

Re: Pets in your home, photos and fee

2008-03-30 Thread George Sinos
My guess is the $3500 guys are providing a level of service that the craigslist folks don't even know exists, and you're right the market will sort it out. Don't forget that charging what the market is willing to pay is also part of the free market equation. There's nothing that says you

GESO - Spring photos at the Safari Park

2008-04-06 Thread George Sinos
I spent a couple of hours driving around the Safari park. It opened for the 2008 season a few days ago. It's been a long winter and things haven't greened up, but you can tell Spring is coming. http://Georges.smugmug.com/gallery/4665138_wiuZp/1/275567716_ChN3y If this link is too long, go to

Re: GESO - Spring photos at the Safari Park

2008-04-07 Thread George Sinos
: Enjoyed seeing a nice collection of animals. Where are you George? Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 8:26 PM, George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spent a couple of hours driving around the Safari park. It opened for the 2008 season a few days ago. It's been a long winter

Re: GESO - Spring photos at the Safari Park

2008-04-07 Thread George Sinos
On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 10:06 PM, Bob Sullivan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Enjoyed seeing a nice collection of animals. Where are you George? Regards, Bob S. On Sun, Apr 6, 2008 at 8:26 PM, George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I spent a couple of hours driving around the Safari park. It opened

Re: Lightroom: Question about Clarity

2008-04-11 Thread George Sinos
Christine - I don't think you can duplicate the clarity function in the camera. It is applying sharpening to the mid-tones. That's an oversimplification. Here are the details. http://www.oreillynet.com/digitalmedia/blog/2007/07/lightroom_11_the_clarity_tool_1.html I've read in several

Re: full frame rumours and innuendo

2008-04-13 Thread George Sinos
Frankly, I think the the market is going to skew towards Sony and Samsung. My classes used to be full of people with Canon Rebels and a smattering of Nikons. The last few classes have had about the same number of Nikons, but the Sonys are rapidly displacing the Rebels. Yesterday, I had the first

photo history podcast

2008-04-22 Thread George Sinos
If you're interested in the history of photography, you might be interested in Jeff Curto's History of Photography podcast. You can watch them online or download them to your iPod. http://photohistory.jeffcurto.com/ Here is his description of the lectures - This podcast is recorded during

Re: photo history podcast

2008-04-24 Thread George Sinos
to download put on iPod for driving in the car. Thanks again. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: George Sinos [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 8:40 PM Subject: photo history podcast If you're interested

Re: OT: Data Storage and Backup

2008-04-26 Thread George Sinos
William - The Drobo is on my to do list - It's unusual to not see any serious negative commentary on a tech product. The drobo seems to get great reviews everywhere. I saw a video where Patrick Norton pulled a drive out while it was in the process of writing. The Drobo took it in stride, and

VESO - the end of the slide show

2008-05-03 Thread George Sinos
Video every so often I heard about the Animoto service on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] podcast. It's a simple way to make highly animated videos from your images. Here are a couple of short samples on my blog http://georgesweblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/animoto-end-of-slide-show.html. It's

Re: PESO: Why, why, why?

2008-05-03 Thread George Sinos
To Tim Bray - Looks like twitter is diplaying the last link in the message. I got sent to the PDML info page from the tweet. GS On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 8:48 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: G'day All, Have you ever gone through a time in your life when you collected something

Re: VESO - the end of the slide show

2008-05-03 Thread George Sinos
need it, if you do, you should sell all your expensive gear and buy a PS, the simpler the better. Only take pictures of the kids and your pets to show the family, because they're the only ones who'll bother to look at your work. George Sinos wrote: Video every so often I heard about

Re: VESO - the end of the slide show

2008-05-03 Thread George Sinos
So, I guess that means you don't want the discount code? ;-) gs On Sat, May 3, 2008 at 1:42 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yuck. G On May 3, 2008, at 8:03 AM, George Sinos wrote: Video every so often I heard about the Animoto service on the [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: PESO: reed in spring

2008-05-04 Thread George Sinos
Very nice. The pattern and colors are quite engaging. gs http://georgesphotos.net On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Toine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Desaturated all colors except green. Flash version: http://www.repiuk.nl/peso Only the jpg: http://www.repiuk.nl/images/PESO/riet.jpg A400/5.6,

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