Re: Hi kids!

2023-03-16 Thread Postmaster
Paul Sorenson wrote: >Glad to have you back.  Sorry to hear about Lisa's mom. Thanks. She was in California staying with Lisa's sister in 2020 when she started having problems. A visit to the local Urgent Care and an ultrasound revealed a mass on the pancreas and Lisa said "get your ass to Boston

Re: RIP Dan Matyola

2023-05-10 Thread Postmaster
Man, that's sad news. Dan was one of those PDML'ers I'd always wanted to meet in person. Bruce Walker wrote: >Facebook alerted me today of messages about the passing of Dan >Matyola, May 2, 2023, at 81 years of age. > >I'm only a "FB friend" but we've chatted a bunch since I joined the >list and

Rock 'n Roll, Rush and Pentax

2023-11-29 Thread Postmaster
Around the 1:24 :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIAcVSSHJgc -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-276-7369 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directl

Re: Impressed again

2024-01-23 Thread Postmaster
Rick Womer wrote: >Wow! > >My favorites of this =excellent= collection: > >- The house fronts reflected in the water ( # 75? A more viewer-friendly >numbering scheme would be nice.) >- The houses fronting on the canal, with reflections (#60) >- The roomful of bottles of beer, >- The church fr

Re: Got myself a new lens

2024-03-15 Thread Postmaster
Henk Terhell wrote: >I have the PLM type of 55-300 which is always attached to my K-70. >However the PLM lens is not compatible with a K-5 II. My bad. Typo. My new camera is a K-3ii, not K-5. Works a treat with the new PLM lens. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an ema

Re: PDML UK 2024

2024-05-23 Thread Postmaster
Doug Brewer wrote: >Keep in mind that felonies are out of my range. I assume that means financially, not morally. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the direct

PDML Photo Annual Update

2012-04-22 Thread Postmaster
Sorry for the delay... We are of course running late but the Annual is nearing completion. This semester has been absolutely mad for me, with a lot of material preparation for the new course I've been teaching. But things are coming together I've got all the images formatted and paired up and the

Re: PDML Photo Annual Update

2012-04-24 Thread Postmaster
David J Brooks wrote: >On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 10:34 AM, Paul Sorenson wrote: >> Thanks, Mark.  With the proliferation of tablets and e-readers I like to >> promote the electronic version, especially since it results in a larger >> research donation. > >I am going to assume this will be available

Re: My apologies in advance

2012-05-06 Thread Postmaster
Larry Colen wrote: >http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/7000810410/in/set-72157629610409960/ At least you didn't wish us Happy Star Wars Day on Friday. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

PDML Photo Annual - latest update

2012-05-10 Thread Postmaster
On Tuesday I was invited to a meeting of the Global Health Initiative (that's the name they have adopted) group at Dana-Farber. About a dozen people were in attendance, almost all of whom had heard of the PDML book fundraising effort(!) As it's a really new program we're the only donor group specif

Re: Any Boston PDML up for a trip to Hunt's on Friday?

2012-05-14 Thread Postmaster
Miserere wrote: >On 5 May 2012 20:36, Mark Roberts wrote: >> Pentax is doing some kind of promo thing at Hunt's camera on Friday >> (11:00 am according to their Facebook announcement). They say they'll >> have the Optio WG-2 and the K-01 on hand. This is apparently taking >> place at the Melrose

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

2012-05-14 Thread Postmaster
Larry Colen wrote: >One thing that I don't understand is how a handheld light meter would work >significantly better with digital than taking a photo and looking at the >histogram. Or, for that matter, if it's an important shot, why not just >bracket. Drop $100 on a light meter, and that will

Re: Calibrating light meters and digital cameras

2012-05-15 Thread Postmaster
Doug Franklin wrote: >When you're shooting action, especially outdoors, you're going to >take one in the forehead every so often, no matter what your technique. Wisdom! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, p

Re: Rumor of a new intro Pentax Body

2012-05-19 Thread Postmaster
Miserere wrote: >Let me tell you a story, my friend. Last Sunday I ran into a chap >carrying a Nikon D800E. We chatted a bit, I gave him my photography >card, and I asked him why he bought the D800E, because my blog >partner, who shoots weddings with a D700, was annoyed that the new >Nikon had so

Packed and ready

2012-05-29 Thread Postmaster
I've got all my camping and photography gear packed up and ready to go to GFM. Planning on departing in the wee hours tomorrow morning. I'll be stopping in Durham, NC to see some friends and heading to the mountain on Thursday. Perhaps some reports will make it to the List during the weekend. We'

Same stream, different photo

2012-06-07 Thread Postmaster
Here's another shot of that stream (Shanty Branch) on Grandfather Mountsin. It's the same little cascade but in a horizontal pano rather than vertical. And it's cropped from a single shot rather than stitched from several. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc02602-Shanty-Branch-Panorama.jpg Full-s

Re: Same stream, different photo

2012-06-07 Thread Postmaster
Ann Sanfedele wrote: >> http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc02602-Shanty-Branch-Panorama.jpg >Greenery really lush this year - lovely shot >get any lady slippers? :-) No Lady Slippers and very few wildflowers of any kind. The early spring they had this year meant that most of the flowers were go

Re: K-3 @ Sept Photokina?

2012-06-18 Thread Postmaster
Matthew Hunt wrote: >On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: > >> More from the rumour mill: K-3 FF @ September Photokina: "the world’s >> most compact full frame." >> >> http://www.petapixel.com/2012/06/18/pentax-to-announce-the-k3-full-frame-dslr-at-photokina/ > >I like how the "pr

Re: 2012 Photo Annual - Mark

2012-06-22 Thread Postmaster
Mark Roberts wrote: >Jack Davis wrote: > >>Mark, >>Do you have an estimated posting date for the 2012 annual preview? > >If the tracking information from FedEx is correct... later today! Tracking web site just updated: No joy till tomorrow :( -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http:

Re: About those $2000.00 full-frame cameras...

2012-09-26 Thread Postmaster
Peter Jordan wrote: >OTOH, I shot 1200 frames last weekend, mainly of empty air where hummingbirds >had just been. > >That's 33 rolls of film which at say $10 for film plus D&P would have been a >good chunk of change. It occurred to me recently that a lot of people could use memory cards just o

Re: GESO: Visitor portraits

2012-10-03 Thread Postmaster
Bob Sullivan wrote: >http://photo.net/photodb/folder?folder_id=1041381 > >We hosted some visitors last week. >You know the young lady from her pictures, >and may recognize her dad, Boris of the pdml. >All taken at ISO 1600 on the K-5 with the DA55/1.4, >wide open to f2.5. I borrowed the window li

Re: PESO shadows of blues

2012-10-07 Thread Postmaster
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: >(Back in the early days of eBay before it was taken over by big retail >establishments and lots of camera stuff was being sold by people who >didn't know cameras I always laughed when someone posted a "marco" lens >for sale...) To be truly eBay-speak it would h

The origins of art criticism

2012-12-09 Thread Postmaster
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Re: OT - This is Why Your Pictures Suck

2013-05-17 Thread Postmaster
knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: >Fucking depressing. Agreed. Written by someone with a real superiority complex. That kind of condescending approach never helps anyone improve their art. It only makes the person espousing it feel good about themselves. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdm

PESO: Cotty and Kitty

2012-02-25 Thread Postmaster
Warning: Cat photo http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc01535.jpg The man and his dear, now-departed cat Duki. >From our visit to chez Cotty last month. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the lin

Re: OT: More EVIL behavior from Google

2012-03-11 Thread Postmaster
John, get the NoScript add-on for Firefox and don't let Google run JavaScript. It'll work just the way you want. -- 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 directi

Re: Ned Bunnell blogs the K-01

2012-03-24 Thread Postmaster
David J Brooks wrote: >On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Bob W wrote: >>> >>> He lost me at the assertion "one of those cameras that turns any user- >>> even the most basic user-into a professional photographer". >>> >>> Bullshit! Equipment don't make you a photographer. >>> >> >> Really? Try bei

Re: Pentax sighting in B&H promotional video

2012-12-29 Thread Postmaster
wrote: >>Most of the time the correct comparison to make is between >> the stability of *no tripod at all* and that of a tripod with the >> center column extended. > >Agreed > >>Yes, keeping the center column retracted is a >> better option, > >Agreed > >>but if it's not possible or practical it

Re: PDML Photo Annual

2013-01-02 Thread Postmaster
By the way, we've had some really top-notch stuff submitted already. Things are looking good for volume 5! -- 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.

Pentax Forums FAIL on Facebook

2013-01-14 Thread Postmaster
This ad appeared on Facebook this morning http://www.robertstech.com/temp/PentaxForumsFAIL.jpg Yes, that's a Nikon D800 in the photo. Way to go, Pentax Forums! -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visi

Re: Too good not to share

2013-01-19 Thread Postmaster
Mark Roberts wrote: >If you've never been to GFM and seen the Doug & Mark show... here's >the better half of it: >http://youtu.be/jhz7LdS-mDE "He moved pretty fast for a pervert." -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from t

Pdml Photo Annual Update: Week 4

2013-01-29 Thread Postmaster
We're in the middle of the trough that always occurs during the submittal period. Every year we get a big load of images during the first week, tapering off during the next few weeks and then building up to a frantic last-minute rush in the final week. Have mercy on your editors, send your three p

Re: At least they didn't shoot me

2013-02-05 Thread Postmaster
"Amateurs produce amateur security, which costs more in dollars, time, liberty, and dignity while giving us less -- or even no -- security." - Bruce Schneier -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit t

Re: Instagram photos of North East Storm

2013-02-09 Thread Postmaster
We just finished digging out. I shoveled several times yesterday, the final time at 10:00 last night, so it wasn't too bad this morning. I don't know what the official NWS figure is, but we got around 3 ft here in Jamaica Plain (a Boston neighborhood). And that's not counting the drifts! Still, no

Re: OT - two unrelated complaints

2013-03-04 Thread Postmaster
Charles Robinson wrote: >On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:41 , Bruce Walker wrote: >> >> 2. Why do radio and TV ads depicting camera shutter presses still >> insert the sound effect for a film-era motor drive? Wake up you >> ad-creating doofuses!! It's not 1995. > >The sound-effect for most every digital c

Re: PPG

2012-01-03 Thread Postmaster
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >It is said that a good photographer can find art or beauty in the most >mundane of objects. > >There is a Pentax photographer who seems determined to prove that >point. He or she has posted an image to the PPG entitled "Dog Shit," >and yes, the image depicts exactly what

Re: Kodak Preparing for Bankruptcy?

2012-01-04 Thread Postmaster
Morris Galloway wrote: >Several U.S. News organizations are reporting Kodak is preparing for >Bankruptcy proceedings. >Hope this hasn't been discussed already -- a little tardy in keeping up >with PDML. I read about it a little earlier today but I don't think it's hit the PDML yet. http://www.

Re: Do sRGB and adobe RGB make any difference in raw files?

2012-07-11 Thread Postmaster
Larry Colen wrote: >For an event that I'm shooting, it was just specified we shoot in raw and, >adobe RGB. > >My understanding was that sRGB and adobe RGB only came into play in converting >to JPEG, that RAW was just the raw data off the sensor. > >Am I more confused than usual? Nope. You're qu

Film flashback

2012-07-27 Thread Postmaster
... as in "I used some at GFM this year": http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7dc03307.jpg -- 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: Large Format photographer at Olympics

2012-08-07 Thread Postmaster
Darren Addy wrote: >I got a kick out of this: >http://www.petapixel.com/2012/08/07/large-format-sports-photographer-seen-at-olympic-gymnastics/ >The photographer's site: >http://www.davidburnett.com/ David Burnett has been doing this kind of photography, and doing it well, for many years. I think

Re: PESO: PDML Yorkshire

2014-09-19 Thread Postmaster
P.J. Alling wrote: >I thought British pints were redefined to conform to the 1/2 liter or >did they make an exception to that... A pint in a British pub is a British Imperial Pint: 20 fluid ounces or 568 millilitres. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listin

Re: Just got back my slide film from GFM!

2013-12-22 Thread Postmaster
One of the things I like about the PDML is how a post of a medium format color nature photography shot can evolve into a discussion of techniques used by photojournalists in the B&W, Speed Graphic era. Mark Roberts wrote: >Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > >>According to Wikipedia, "Most of his notable

Re: And an annual happy birthday to everyone

2016-12-23 Thread postmaster
On 12/22/2016 9:20 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 8:52 PM, Paul Stenquist wrote: Paul via phone On Dec 22, 2016, at 8:29 PM, Gonz wrote: The average age of PDML members is definitely going up. Where is the new blood!?? Taking pics with their phones. And not using emai

Re: KP pre-order

2017-01-26 Thread postmaster
P. J. Alling wrote: > > The fact that it's the replacement for the K-3 series is just a bit > disappointing, actually that's an understatement, but I expected it > probably was... The KP is a thousand dollars and the K-1 is two grand. Given that a camera in between tham would be around $1500 I'd g

Re: Pug info

2017-03-09 Thread postmaster
Jack Davis wrote: >I'd appreciate it if someone would please post the Pug address and particulars. http://pug.komkon.org/submit/ -- 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 abov

How to cheat & win with Photoshop

2017-03-21 Thread postmaster
No comment necessary: https://www.dpreview.com/challenges/Entry.aspx?ID=1022446 -- 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: Any idea how these images are generated?

2017-03-28 Thread postmaster
Gonz wrote: >These are very cool. I was looking through Panotools users blogs and >one of them pointed to this type of effect being created by someone >(who is a Pentax user), but I have no idea how these are created. >Anybody here know? I'd love to make one of Austin, TX skyline. > >https://bo

Re: How to measure subject distance at K1?

2017-03-30 Thread postmaster
Jos de Fotograaf wrote: >To do some lens testing I want to have a well defined subject distance. >I think this is defined to the position of the sensor surface. >Is there an indication on the body for this? Yep: http://www.robertstech.com/temp/sensorplane.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List P

Re: Kodak emerged from bankruptcy yesterday

2013-09-04 Thread Postmaster
More: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-09-04/a-tiny-boring-kodak-takes-consumers-out-of-the-picture http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/09/04/kodaks-back-but-as-what.aspx -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIB

Re: Aliasing question

2013-10-09 Thread Postmaster
Larry Colen wrote: >It seems to me that if you had a rear illuminated sensor, with no space >between the pixels, and it had no bayer filter, then aliasing/moire would >not happen, because the light value would be averaged over the whole sample. > >It's the discontinuous aspect of what is effective

Re: OT: Market Cap comparison of Ricoh and Nikon

2013-10-17 Thread Postmaster
Darren Addy wrote: >Appropo of nothing, I found it interesting that Ricoh Co LTD has a >larger market cap than Nikon (788B to 719.87B). Canon is *much* larger >at 3.6T Was the one for Nikon *just* Nikon or was it for the parent company (Mitsubishi)? -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.ne

Re: PESO: T-Time

2018-02-15 Thread postmaster
John wrote: >On 2/14/2018 18:56, Mark Roberts wrote: > >> By the way: For those who aren't familiar with Boston, that "T" sign >> indicates public transport. Specifically the subway (which is part >> subway trains that run underground and part subway/streetcar hybrid >> that runs underground in t

Re: Well this sux.

2018-02-20 Thread postmaster
mike wilson wrote: >> On 20 February 2018 at 05:42 "P. J. Alling" >> wrote: >> >> (There were a few other manual focus film bodies that used OFT TTL as well I >> think) > >My understanding is that only the LX, of all Pentax bodies, had OTF metering. Only the LX had OTF metering for general e

Re: 4 Peso from today in the neghborhood

2018-03-22 Thread postmaster
John wrote: >If the "artist" says it's "art", it's art. > >It may not be to my taste or to yours, and there's often a lot to be said >about >whether the "artists" expression is effective in conveying its meaning. >Opinions >differ on whether it's "good art", but you know what opinions are lik

Re: Opinions sought on an experiment

2018-10-04 Thread postmaster
Larry Colen wrote: > > >Steve Cottrell wrote on 10/4/18 11:13 AM: >> On 4/10/18, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> Paul Stenquist wrote on 10/4/18 9:31 AM: It works well and provides the appropriate contrast. >>> >>> Thanks. I was worried that my bark was worse than my bight.

Re: UPDATE: PDML Photo Annual

2017-04-20 Thread postmaster
"Steve Cottrell" wrote: >On 20/4/17, Gonz, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>Ok then, no brisket for you! I'm not grilling no veggies either, last >>time I tried that it was a soggy burnt mess! > >Courgettes, sliced, doused in soy sauce, grilled on high heat for a >short time, beautiful Halloumi!

Re: Decisive moment available to everyone now!

2017-04-20 Thread postmaster
Stanley Halpin wrote: >If the photog doesn’t exercise some judgment, just guns away, all that has >happened is that the >burden of finding the decisive moment has moved from the field to the editor’s >desk. The technology > may be a game changer, but getting “the” shot may still be a rarity.

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

2017-04-20 Thread postmaster
Gonz wrote: >https://www.dpreview.com/news/7215239980/ricoh-releases-pentax-645z-and-k1-firmware-updates-and-image-transmitter-2-software-v2-3 Excellent! I'll just install it on my K-1 before flying out to Austin to shoot the MotoGP race! Not. ;-) I'll let it have a couple of weeks out in the

Re: Pentax 645Z V Fuji V Hassy

2017-04-27 Thread postmaster
"Steve Cottrell" wrote: >>> https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9304908/temp/001_IMGL66501.jpg >> >> Put me on a table with them any day of the week. > > Steady, boy. Those girls are not to be trifled with. I'll go out of my way for a decent tart. >>> >>> I'm dis-cus

Re: Photo Annuals starting to ship

2017-05-02 Thread postmaster
Mark Roberts wrote: >...and as an indication of how many copies a typical Blurb book sells, >we've made their "best sellers" list after selling 15 copies in a >week. :-) > >We're #15, assuming they're listed in order of sales. http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/popular And since I have the hardcove

Re: GESO: Ribblehead Viaduct - Settle & Carlisle Railway

2017-10-11 Thread postmaster
"Alan C" wrote: >A Pano of the Ribblehead Viaduct on the Settle & Carlisle Railway. 440yds >long, 104ft high, 24 Arches. Scroll L for a Drone image & an arch close up. >Sorry, no train. The storm eventually got us before we were able to reach >the car. > >https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselst

Class tonight

2017-10-23 Thread postmaster
Tonight in Digital Photography II we'll be looking at (among other things) Juan Buhler's famous "Pentax 60mm H Limited" lens page. It's no longer on his web site but available through the Internet Archive: https://web.archive.org/web/20120318001216/http://www.jbuhler.com/HLimited/index.html --

Re: Shocked that he was sued for stealing photography

2017-10-25 Thread postmaster
Igor PDML-StR wrote: >I suspect it is not just "publicity", but direct money earning. >If you were to look at his videos, - he is clearly in the business of >earning "click" money from his Youtube videos. >So, I suspect Mark's hypothesis as well as Ann and Rob's >clarifications are correct. Ab

Re: K-1 Mark II Upgrade?

2018-10-25 Thread postmaster
Paul Stenquist wrote: >Has anyone sent in a camera for the upgrade? I think both Stan and Bill have >done so. How long did it take? Is there a marked improvement in performance >over the original? Any downside other than price? I haven't done it. The improved features didn't seem to be worth t

Qimage

2018-12-11 Thread Postmaster
I've been using Qimage, a printing utility, for years. Its resampling system automatically resamples your image to your printer's native resolution during printing (without altering the image file itself), which really does seem to result in improved detail. It also does non-destructive cropping an

Re: coming comet

2018-12-13 Thread Postmaster
John wrote: >The clump of stars in the upper left is the Pleiades (the seven sisters). And it's the logo for Subaru automobiles. The Japanes name for the Pleiades is... "Subaru". --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML P

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

2018-12-16 Thread Postmaster
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2018/dec/16/pantomime-horses-race-from-pub-to-pub-in-greenwich-in-pictures --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mai

Re: On Google maps and Lightroom

2018-12-21 Thread Postmaster
Jostein wrote: >Adobe is not alone in screwing its customers over. :-( The quotations list for 2018 is shaping up nicely :-) -- 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 follo

[OT] Get ready for an onslaught of limericks!

2018-12-24 Thread Postmaster
Kevin Spacey has just been charged with sexual assault... in Nantucket. -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-522-0174 -- 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

Re: Posting to instagram from a desktop

2018-12-24 Thread Postmaster
Larry Colen wrote: >Has anyone figured out a convenient way to post to instagram from a >desktop computer? More and more people ask about my photos being >available on instagram. Use either Opera or Chrome as your web browser and switch to "developer" mode. Set it to emulate the device (phone

Tis the season (for the PDML Quotations List)

2018-12-24 Thread Postmaster
https://www.robertstech.com/quote.htm -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-522-0174 -- 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 di

Re: OT: A New Life Partner

2018-12-29 Thread Postmaster
Congratulations! You deserve it. Whether she deserves *you* is a matter upon which I refuse to speculate. ;-) -- 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 directio

Sorry about my absence

2019-01-14 Thread Postmaster
I've been unusually busy for a while (nothing bad) so I've been off line more than usual and I've decided I can't do the Photo Annual this year. Participation and, more critically, sales, has been declining for some time and I can't really justify the time and money. Especially the money - I've bee

Got 1 half-way decent shot of the eclipse

2019-01-21 Thread Postmaster
Visiting our friends in North Carolina and staying at their cabin in the Blue Ridge. The skies were very clear but I was woefully under equipped: K-1 with the DFA 28-105 and NO tripod! Braced the camera on the rood of a car and took several dozen shots, only one of which is worth showing. https://

Re: Got 1 half-way decent shot of the eclipse

2019-01-23 Thread Postmaster
Larry Colen wrote: >Mark is a rather hoopy frood. Don't try to out-weird me, baby. I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal. -- 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 dire

Old school PESO - taken with an ist-D

2019-02-06 Thread Postmaster
Yet another reason to always shoot raw: Some of those old files are much better than you thought. Here's an oldie from 2005. https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d500929.jpg Pen-y-pass, Llanberis, Wales. This was taken as we were finishing our Snowdon hike. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimed

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread Postmaster
Jostein wrote: >Steve, > >Mark's job can be compared to that of a manicurist. Yours to removing >the appendix. :-D ...with a hacksaw. :-) -- 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 a

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-18 Thread Postmaster
John wrote: >On 2/15/2019 20:58:35, Larry Colen wrote: >>> It would be trivial to design the camera with an integral arca swiss >>> plate, just slide a cover off and there it is. >>> >>> Henk Terhell wrote on 2/15/19 2:28 PM: I bought the other day the Genesis Base PLL-K1 L-Plate for 50 eu

Not quite Vivian Maier but pretty cool anyway

2019-02-26 Thread Postmaster
I just stumbled on this BBC News article from last year about a found suitcase full of photos and negatives. https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-43782267 -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-522-0174 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net

Re: PESO 2019 - 017 - GDG

2019-02-27 Thread Postmaster
Bob W-PDML wrote: >> On 26 Feb 2019, at 01:27, ann sanfedele wrote: >> >> Like a lot -- geometry reigns >> >Actually, I think you'll find it rules... You'll have to forgive Bob. He's misplaced his moral compass. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/

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

2019-02-28 Thread Postmaster
Back from 2005. Panorama made with the lowly ist-D, from the summit of Snowdon. https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7d500819-20.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-522-0174 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_p

Re: cormorant

2019-03-07 Thread Postmaster
l...@red4est.com wrote: >I know that hole! I'm not gonna touch that one with a ten-foot pole. -- 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 - Any idea about this optical gadget?

2019-03-08 Thread Postmaster
Mark Roberts wrote: >>https://www.flickr.com/photos/bc_the_path/sets/72157707409395914 > >I have no idea what it is but it's fascinating! If you have no luck on >the PDML try posting it at https://old.reddit.com/r/whatisthisthing/ I posted it myself and within 10 minutes got this reply: https://w

Re: OT - Another legit use beer

2019-03-25 Thread Postmaster
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >The article state: > >" As for the beer itself, SuperEIGHT has an alcohol content of 5.3% and 'is >made with eight heroic ingredients including prickly pear, mango, >boysenberry, blackberry, raspberry, elderberry, kiwi juices and a touch of >quinoa, along with an ample ad

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

2019-04-16 Thread Postmaster
Steve Cottrell wrote: >On 16/4/19, Larry Colen, discombobulated, unleashed: > >>We are staying a few days in the Cotswolds - Painswick area right >>outside Gloucester. We are using it as a base to foray out to see the >>medieval. A time in Bath, over to Avebury, a time to Wye Valley. We >>spend

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

2019-04-27 Thread Postmaster
Glad to hear you're managing well. I'm going to have to have a browse through my copy of Sign Language later today :) -- 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 d

Re: Grandfather Mountain Video Request

2019-05-01 Thread Postmaster
Alan C wrote: >Cotty > >Many thanks. An interesting bit of nostalgia. I'd love to be able to >attend a gathering like that.  Being a relatively new PDML member I >don't know who the "stars" are. Perhaps someone could assist with that? >The narrator wearing the bandanna & the members of the grou

Re: Grandfather Mountain Video Request

2019-05-01 Thread Postmaster
John wrote: >06:47 Scott Loveless (?) w/ Pentax 645 FILM camera !!! That was the year Scott entered the photo contest by shooting medium format B&W film, developing it at the camp site and *scanning* the negs into digital form (also at the camp site). He should have won some sort of award for tha

Re: Grandfather Mountain Video Request

2019-05-01 Thread Postmaster
Stanley Halpin wrote: >> On May 1, 2019, at 7:32 PM, Bob Pdml wrote: >> >>> On 1 May 2019, at 14:45, Postmaster wrote: >>> >>> Alan C wrote: >>> >>>> Cotty >>>> >>>> Many thanks. An interesting bit of nosta

FS Friday: FA*24mm f/2.0

2019-05-02 Thread Postmaster
I need to raise some funds for motorcycle parts so I'm offering up my beloved Pentax 24mm f/2.0 with original lens hood and soft case (but not original box/packing/manual). EX condition. $400.00 plus shipping. -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Di

Re: PESO: Cloning Exercise

2019-05-09 Thread Postmaster
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >After giving some more thought to the comments by Paul Stenquist and Bulent >about using the clone tool to remove ugly distractions from an otherwise >interesting image, I decided to give it a try. This is an image of one of >the nicer Victorian houses in Cape May, with

Re: PESO: 300mm f2.8 as a portrait lens

2019-05-19 Thread Postmaster
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >Excellent portrait! > >"there's a huge spectator turnout" >That's an understatement. >Did you see "Patriots' Day"? Haven't seen it, but I know people who were near the finish line when the bombs went off (they were far enough away that they only heard them and didn't suf

Quick GFM pano

2019-06-05 Thread Postmaster
I just got back to Boston last night and I'm still unpacking and catching up on things. Full report later but for now here's a panorama from Linville Bluffs on Grandfather Mountain. https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301202-07.jpg (It's kinda large - 2300 x 1000 px but I think it should work on mo

PESO: Fearless leader of the PDML

2019-06-06 Thread Postmaster
A quick candid snap of Doug Brewer: https://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e300705.jpg -- 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: Stupid iPad

2019-06-09 Thread Postmaster
William Robb wrote: >And here I thought Apple stuff was supposed to be a cut above the rest for >quality. >I have an iPad Pro that has gone really flakey about the attached (Apple) >keyboard. Sometimes it works, mostly it doesn’t. This started happening >after the last update. >I have followed the

Another GFM snap

2019-06-12 Thread Postmaster
On Saturday morning we did the annual hike to Shanty Spring Branch to practice some stream photography. Lighting was suboptimal: Clear skies meant we kept getting hot spots that threatened to ruin most photos. I got around it by taking 5 shots (around 20 seconds exposure each) and combining them us

Re: Another GFM snap

2019-06-13 Thread Postmaster
l...@red4est.com wrote: >Very nice. > >Were each of the shots underexposed and you stacked them to reduce the noise? No, noise wasn't an issue (shooting at ISO 100). It's just that the strong sunlight coming through openings in the trees above created hot spots that would otherwise have spoiled t

PSEO: From hiking in New Hampshire

2019-06-29 Thread Postmaster
Just returned from a few days hiking in the White Mountains. Spent pretty much all the time there hiking, and on some damned tough trails at that, so I didn't do as much photography as I'd liked. Got some of the usual mountain streams and landscapes and such. Not bad but nothing outstanding. Then I

Re: PSEO: From hiking in New Hampshire

2019-06-30 Thread Postmaster
Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >Lovely colors, patterns and composition! > >Did you get any waterfalls for the July PUG? Yep! Just uploaded one this morning. >I hiked up there in my youth, particularly when I was in college and when I >returned for the first couple of class reunions. Dartmouth owns a

PESO: Another one from New Hampshire

2019-07-02 Thread Postmaster
A more conventional, slow-shutter-speed water shot, but I really like the composition and lighting on this one. http://www.robertstech.com/temp/7e301502.jpg -- Mark Roberts - Photography and Multimedia www.robertstech.com 617-522-0174 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml

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