Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Studdert
On 31 May 2013 04:44, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Went back and tried night shooting the oil refinery again. This time I remembered to turn off the IS and shot with bracketing. This is not HDR, because only two of the shots in my three brackets came out semi-okay. So only used one. This is

Re: OT: Flash enablement

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Studdert
On 31 May 2013 08:46, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: The guide number tells you how powerful the flash. It's of no real consequence in practical shooting. To use flash manually, 0. Set the flash to manual 1. Set the ISO value on the scale on the flash 2. set the shutter speed to the

Re: Sick

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Studdert
On 30 May 2013 10:27, Eric Weir eew...@bellsouth.net wrote: Lessons learned, at least as of the moment: [1] Again, pay attention to your photo database. Visit it often. Don't assume that it's safe. Make sure it's safe. [2] Go in for all the redundancy you can take advantage of. E.g.,

Re: Huston, Huston, we have a mirror...

2013-05-31 Thread Larry Colen
On May 30, 2013, at 6:14 AM, Boris Liberman wrote: My k-5's mirror is acting up. When I take a shot, it seems like it flips twice and the second time over it returns only partially. That is, the upper part of the image in the viewfinder is soft as if I'm looking through tilted lens.

Re: Car Show

2013-05-31 Thread Larry Colen
On May 27, 2013, at 7:38 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Alan C Very well preserved stuff. If you get that lot at a small show, the big shows must be quite something. I like the MGA (can't see if it is a twin-cam) the MG TD which is unfortunately spoiled a bit by those non-original wheels.

Re: 70-200 F4-5.6 FA opinions?

2013-05-31 Thread Alan C
Wise decision. Won't upset the bank balance either. Both those lenses give good results. I mostly use my FA 100-300 for game photography. I also have a Vivitar similar to yours (A version) which I haven't really used much on the K110 but now I'll give it a spin. Alan C -Original Message-

Re: Testing, testing 1-2-3

2013-05-31 Thread Chris Mitchell
n 30 May 2013 10:18, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: How do we know you are The Real Chris Mitchell? Ah. But what is real in this strange virtual world we inhabit? Chris -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: Testing, testing 1-2-3

2013-05-31 Thread Chris Mitchell
On 30 May 2013 23:31, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Throw him in the river. If he sinks, he's the real Chris Mitchell. If he floats, he's a witch and we burn him. B I demand to be put to death by the sword. I have aristocratic blood in my veins you know! CM -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail

Re: PESO A little Pano from Vivid Sydney 2013

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Studdert
On 30 May 2013 11:03, knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Those colours! Great composition, too. Love it! Thanks Frank, I have since revisited the location, I now have a better vista of the bridge but I've lost the close in detail to the right, oh well :) On 30 May 2013

Re: Huston, Huston, we have a mirror...

2013-05-31 Thread Paul Stenquist
According to CRIS, the mirror problem is a faulty motor. I believe the repair cost was quoted at around $250. However, the symptom was a repetitive clicking sound that prevented shutter actuation until the camera was switched off and turned back on again. It gradually got worse. On May 31,

re: How far behind am I

2013-05-31 Thread John Sessoms
From: Don Guthrie P.J.'s Christmas tree begs the question How far behind processing photos do you get? I am constantly finding photos on my hard drive that have been copied and loaded into Aperture but never gotten beyond raw. I also find photos that I meant to post somewhere and flag for PDML

RE: OT: Flash enablement

2013-05-31 Thread John Sessoms
From: Walt Well, a couple of weeks after my little financial windfall at work, I finally decided I should use some of the money to join the flash photography world. So, I went down to the local brick-and-mortar camera shop in town and picked up this:

Re: OT: Flash enablement

2013-05-31 Thread Bruce Walker
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/30/2013 5:46 PM, Bob W wrote: On 30 May 2013, at 18:53, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: So, I was wondering where I might be able to learn more about shooting manual flash in the event the TTL function fails me -- something

Re: OT: Flash enablement

2013-05-31 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:00 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I don't think it does PTTL, so it's going to be a PITA to use with K10D and later Pentax DSLRs. The Amazon description isn't very clear, but according to mattdm's P-TTL website, the Promaster 7500EDF is indeed a P-TTL

Re: 70-200 F4-5.6 FA opinions?

2013-05-31 Thread Steve Sharpe
At 9:22 AM +0200 5/31/13, Alan C wrote: Wise decision. Won't upset the bank balance either. Both those lenses give good results. I mostly use my FA 100-300 for game photography. I also have a Vivitar similar to yours (A version) which I haven't really used much on the K110 but now I'll give it

Re: Car Show

2013-05-31 Thread John Sessoms
From: Larry Colen On May 27, 2013, at 7:38 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Alan C Very well preserved stuff. If you get that lot at a small show, the big shows must be quite something. I like the MGA (can't see if it is a twin-cam) the MG TD which is unfortunately spoiled a bit by those

Re: Testing, testing 1-2-3

2013-05-31 Thread John Sessoms
From: Chris Mitchell On 30 May 2013 23:31, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Throw him in the river. If he sinks, he's the real Chris Mitchell. If he floats, he's a witch and we burn him. B I demand to be put to death by the sword. I have aristocratic blood in my veins you know! CM Will

Re: OT: Flash enablement

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
On 5/31/2013 7:12 AM, Matthew Hunt wrote: On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:00 AM, John Sessoms jsessoms...@nc.rr.com wrote: I don't think it does PTTL, so it's going to be a PITA to use with K10D and later Pentax DSLRs. The Amazon description isn't very clear, but according to mattdm's P-TTL

Re: OT: Flash enablement

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
On 5/31/2013 7:10 AM, Bruce Walker wrote: Thanks, Bob. Although, strangely enough, there's no ISO scale on the flash as far as I can tell. None of the function buttons on the back seems to bring up any indicators. I'll have to do a little digging around to see if there's something I'm missing.

Re: PESO: Fledgling Robin

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
Thank you, Bruce. Lightroom did a lot of the color work for me -- one of the few instances where Auto Tone actually improved a shot I've taken. The detail, I owe to the F 50/1.7. -- Walt On 5/30/2013 6:50 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: Great detail and colour, Walt. On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 6:46

Re: PESO: Fledgling Robin

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
Thank you, Frank. The sun was behind a thin little bit of cloud cover in the late afternoon. -- Walt On 5/30/2013 9:17 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote: Great shot! That light's amazing. cheers, frank --- Original Message --- From: Walt ldott...@gmail.com Sent: May 30, 2013 5/30/13 To:

Re: How far behind am I

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
On 5/31/2013 6:54 AM, John Sessoms wrote: From: Don Guthrie P.J.'s Christmas tree begs the question How far behind processing photos do you get? I am constantly finding photos on my hard drive that have been copied and loaded into Aperture but never gotten beyond raw. I also find photos that I

Re: Car Show

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
Well, hey -- if a moron can get shots like that in broad daylight at ISO 3200, he'd have to be a relatively high-functioning one, at least. -- Walt On 5/30/2013 9:24 PM, Bill wrote: Several kind people commented on my little gallery, and I thoughtlessly deleted your posts. This is not to say

Re: PESO - Food Truck Commander

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
Exactly what I was going to say -- only with kindly as a qualifier. Still, I see what Paul saw. She just has a very expressive and photogenic face. -- Walt On 5/30/2013 10:42 PM, Kenneth Waller wrote: Reminds me of Martha Stewart. -Original Message- From:

PESO: Fledgling Robin II

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
Here's a shot of the little guy I photographed yesterday, taken as I was guiding it across the road to its mother. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8901832382/#large K-5, F 50/1.7, f/1.7, ISO 160, 1/2000 sec. -- Walt -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: PESO - Food Truck Commander

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Yup, she is (appealing). Nice shot. I presume by now someone has commented on your typo, so I don't have to. Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/29/2013 6:59:58 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pnstenqu...@comcast.net writes: I keep going back to this pic of a lady food truck boss. I

Re: PESO: Fledgling Robin

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Nice shot. He looks brand new. M aka D In a message dated 5/30/2013 3:45:38 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ldott...@gmail.com writes: Just spotted this little dude in the front yard: http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8895877234/#large K-5, F 50/1.7, f/1.7, ISO160, 1/1250 It

OT: Chicago Sun-Times axed all its photographers

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
Yeesh. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20130530/NEWS06/130539987/chicago-sun-times-cuts-entire-photography-staff After the papers' suburban offices were closed earlier this year, some reporters started using mobile computer kits to do their reporting from their cars. Reporters were

Re: How far behind am I

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
I show photos on PDML fairly soon after uploading them to my hard disk (I keep back up copies on a separate portable hard disk). But I get behind on GESOS, a shoot that I feel is worth a gallery rather than a PESO or two. Was going through LR one day recently and found a shoot six months

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Thanks, Rob. It was shown it at my photography class last night and I mentioned I was thinking of removing the car light streak. Consensus was leave it in. Security is tight at local oil refineries, and it is best to shoot them from far away if you don't want to get hassled. So I was across

Re: PESO A little Pano from Vivid Sydney 2013

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
That is great. But, you know, I don't feel the stuff you show here on the right adds all that much. Like FB version better. Take with a Grain of Salt, Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/29/2013 1:35:20 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, distudio.p...@gmail.com writes: Hi Team, I recently

Re: PESO: Puzzling Sign

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
It's not a horrible idea (first pregnancies in one's forties run risks). But mainly it seems a way for them to make money. M aka D In a message dated 5/30/2013 10:26:12 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, danmaty...@gmail.com writes: On 29 May 2013, at 21:10, Daniel J. Matyola

Re: PESO: Puzzling Sign

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
No, re-reading it, it should have been the other way around. 42 to 30. Makes no sense for a 42 year old to freeze HER eggs. M aka D In a message dated 5/30/2013 1:47:47 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, charl...@visi.com writes: TO: Emma (Age 42) FROM: Emma (Age 30) Says precisely that

Re: PESO - Suspicious Eyes

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Yup. Me too. He looks unhappy and/or paranoid. M aka D :-) In a message dated 5/30/2013 7:02:33 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, knarftheria...@gmail.com writes: That's what grabbed my attention, his eyes: http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2013/05/suspicious-eyes.html?m=1 Hope you enjoy.

Re: paw updates

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Chair is nice. Older, like the rain shot and the graduation shot (with woman adjusting other's tassel, nice timing), and the store shot with the bw and yellow is a real eye-catcher, very artistic. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/13/2013 8:48:10 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,

Re: PAW177 - T

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Very nice. Nice expression. Your kids sure come in handy. Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/28/2013 2:13:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, li...@thrane.name writes: A bit late this week, I had to develop it first :-) http://www.thrane.name/Pictures/PAW/files/page7-1000-full.html

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
I feel exactly the same way. I can count the number of times I've used a tripod on one hand, as I generally find them to be more an encumbrance than a tool. That said, I finally broke down and got a decent one the other day when I bought my flash unit, as I'm going to be doing a family

Re: Adobe acknowledges cool reception

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Maybe I am missing something, probably am, being the old foggy that I am -- but why in the #$%! should I want to store my photos on a remote server? I guess I think I am missing the point of cloud. I mean, thank you very much, but I prefer storing my photos on my own computer (and back up

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Glad to know it's not just me. :-) For night shots, portraits, and macros, yeah, you definitely/usually need a tripod. But it's like, hey, cutting down on my inspiration. Or the inspiration I get by moving around. I suppose, technically, one could do set up shots first, move around all

Re: OT: Chicago Sun-Times axed all its photographers

2013-05-31 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:08 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: I hope they have really nice cameras. You bet, they even make phone calls and play Angry Birds. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please

Re: Peso Jay # 4 and 5

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
What he said. M aka D :-) In a message dated 5/30/2013 12:00:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, jdavi...@yahoo.com writes: Can only pull up the first image. Like a lot, David. Jack - Original Message - From: David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com To: Pentax Discuss pdml@pdml.net; Petch

Re: PESO: Waiting

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
My reaction is, would have been a great shot if you hadn't chopped off his hand. Would like more of him and less of bag on other side. People in waiting background help make it. HTH, Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/30/2013 9:53:59 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, shark50...@gmail.com

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Charles Robinson
On May 31, 2013, at 09:44 , eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Glad to know it's not just me. :-) For night shots, portraits, and macros, yeah, you definitely/usually need a tripod. But it's like, hey, cutting down on my inspiration. Or the inspiration I get by moving around. I suppose,

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Studdert
Har, I just wrote about tripods and their creative effect, maybe I should put it on a blog. On 1 June 2013 00:55, Charles Robinson charl...@visi.com wrote: On May 31, 2013, at 09:44 , eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Glad to know it's not just me. :-) For night shots, portraits, and macros, yeah,

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Thanks, Charles, re photo (already minimally rotated, but wasn't going to repost just for that). Hey, that's kind of cool (re mini mini pod). Going to look into that. THANKS. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/31/2013 7:57:16 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, charl...@visi.com writes: I

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
I would certainly be interested how they SPUR creativity. Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/31/2013 7:59:47 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, distudio.p...@gmail.com writes: Har, I just wrote about tripods and their creative effect, maybe I should put it on a blog. On 1 June 2013

Re: Savanna, Illinois

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Lovely GESO. Love the animals. Auction is very interesting too. I keep getting the feeling maybe I should try PAWS or at least get out and do more photography more. Yup, your a source of inspiration and encouragement on that. :-) Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/27/2013 7:49:46

Re: PESO: Bartending's Dark Side

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Hadn't seen this one yet. Oh, wow, that is a powerful photo. Marnie aka DoeYou really should do a series from the bar. In a message dated 5/20/2013 11:46:40 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ldott...@gmail.com writes: You see a lot of things working in a dive bar like the club where I work

How to clean an add-on lens?

2013-05-31 Thread Bipin Gupta
Some people have got excellent results with WINDEX. Now there are some (3) varieties of Windex and I am not sure which is the best one to use on a lens. They will not damage the lens coating for sure as I used some on my binocs. Regards. Bipin - from that far away enchanting land. PS: You got Mud

Re: PESO: Needs a Title

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
What she said re placement. Don't think I have a good title -- Windows Vista, is yes, probably TOO apt. Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/28/2013 1:57:54 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, christ...@caguila.com writes: Very funny, Jack! Really got a giggle looking at this one. The

Re: VESO - Simon and Debs Wedding

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Too many good ones to comment on. :-) Really love the car and the boats. I guess if I were to pick one as a standout, it would be the little boy watching the cake cutting, making sure he's getting a big piece. :-) Marnie aka Doe In a message dated 5/28/2013 1:26:21 A.M. Pacific Daylight

Re: PESO - Suspicious Eyes

2013-05-31 Thread Don Guthrie
Well it's a hard rock life or so the song goes. He looks like W.C. Fields grandson. pdml-requ...@pdml.net wrote: Message: 4 Date: Fri, 31 May 2013 02:01:56 + (UTC) From:knarftheria...@gmail.com knarftheria...@gmail.com To:PDML@pdml.net Subject: PESO - Suspicious Eyes Message-ID:

Re: PESO: Bartending's Dark Side

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
Thank you, Marnie. It'll take a while to put one together, but I'm slowly getting there. It's a private club with a pretty small membership, but there are enough characters to make a decent collection given enough time. Now that I've gotten a decent flash, I should be able to get shots that

Re: How far behind am I

2013-05-31 Thread Don Guthrie
And I shoot too much all the time. If I go two days without taking a picture I get very restless and go out in my backyard and fire a away at nothing much at all. Have a great trip. I hope you or someone else documents the participants. I have not been here long enuf to put faces to names.

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Jack Davis
Tripod would be my starting point when getting everyone together for that Thanksgiving family shot. After that, I'm going to be everywhere. Mirror up or shutter delay shots usually done with a solid camera rest.   Jack From: Walt ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net

Re: PESO: Needs a Title

2013-05-31 Thread Jack Davis
Appreciated, Marnie! Jack   - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com eactiv...@aol.com To: pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 8:29 AM Subject: Re: PESO: Needs a Title What she said re placement. Don't think  I have a good title -- Windows Vista, is yes, probably TOO

Re: PAW177 - T

2013-05-31 Thread DagT
Yeah, sure, but on the other hand I do think they will like to have these pictures when they grow up. :-) Thanks! DagT 31. mai 2013 kl. 16:35 skrev eactiv...@aol.com: Very nice. Nice expression. Your kids sure come in handy. Heh. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/28/2013

Re: Adobe acknowledges cool reception

2013-05-31 Thread steve harley
on 2013-05-31 8:40 eactiv...@aol.com wrote Maybe I am missing something, probably am, being the old foggy that I am -- but why in the #$%! should I want to store my photos on a remote server? I guess I think I am missing the point of cloud. I mean, thank you very much, but I prefer storing my

Re: PAW177 - T

2013-05-31 Thread Darren Addy
That's a terrific portrait. Love the shallow DOF (and, as others have said, the tonality). On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 11:02 AM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: Thanks Dave, and Paul, Dan, frank, Bruce and Jack! Now I just need the time to make a print on fibre base B/W paper DagT 31. mai

Re: One more steam engine shot

2013-05-31 Thread kwaller
Wow! Nobody told me that the K-5 comes with a time travel feature. Yep, known as the way-back filter! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com Subject: Re: One more steam engine shot Wow! Nobody

Re: PAW177 - T

2013-05-31 Thread DagT
Thanks Dave, and Paul, Dan, frank, Bruce and Jack! Now I just need the time to make a print on fibre base B/W paper DagT 31. mai 2013 kl. 01:23 skrev David J Brooks pentko...@gmail.com: Superb Dave On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 5:13 PM, DagT li...@thrane.name wrote: A bit late this week,

Re: PESO - Food Truck Commander

2013-05-31 Thread kwaller
I don't know if it's the twinkle in her eyes or the smile that spreads fully arose her face, but I find her most appealing. Yes - that and the great lighting illuminating her face. Or it could be your black, professional camera! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller

Re: OT The way we talk about photographs

2013-05-31 Thread kwaller
Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: knarftheria...@gmail.com Subject: RE: OT The way we talk about photographs It's not my job to do anything when I look at a photograph. All I need to do is look at it. I thought he was

Re: Adobe acknowledges cool reception

2013-05-31 Thread Bruce Walker
Marnie, the Cloud word is a red herring. Nobody is requiring you to save your files anywhere other than than what you do with them now. So forget remote server, you save your files on your PC like you always have. And your software still runs on your PC just as always. Nothing processes In The

Re: Pentax K-30 in-camera RAW histogram approximation (UniWB, various tweaks)

2013-05-31 Thread Larry Colen
On May 22, 2013, at 2:50 PM, Bruce Walker wrote: BTW, I shoot strictly RAW, no +JPEG, WB usually fixed at Cloudy, JPEG configuration at factory defaults or close to. I stick to a 16-bit post-processing workflow. I'm a stickler for image quality. Likewise Now elsewhere you have explained

Re: PESO: Fledgling Robin II

2013-05-31 Thread Jack Davis
You're a good person, Walt. Jack   - Original Message - From: Walt ldott...@gmail.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Cc: Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 6:42 AM Subject: PESO: Fledgling Robin II Here's a shot of the little guy I photographed yesterday, taken as I was guiding it

Re: PESO - Suspicious Eyes

2013-05-31 Thread Bruce Walker
In fairness to him, I think the light is enhancing his menacing look, but I wouldn't be prepared to go over and quiz him about it. ;-) The background really adds to the mood here; all those intersecting lines and the metal fence. On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 10:01 AM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Yup.

Re: OT: Flash enablement

2013-05-31 Thread Bob W
On 31 May 2013, at 13:10, Bruce Walker bruce.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: On 5/30/2013 5:46 PM, Bob W wrote: On 30 May 2013, at 18:53, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: So, I was wondering where I might be able to learn more about

Re: PESO: Fledgling Robin II

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
Thanks, Jack -- though, I think just about anyone else would have done the same. I figured its main objective was to get away from me, so I just cut off whatever paths led it away from the mother. -- Walt On 5/31/2013 11:57 AM, Jack Davis wrote: You're a good person, Walt. Jack -

Help needed with curly film

2013-05-31 Thread Stan Halpin
Remember film? Short story: I am trying to scan some old negatives (color and BW). Old as in some of the BW go back to the early 1940's. Mostly cut into strips of 4 or 6 frames. Some are badly cupped and/or curled to the point that I cannot make them stay within the film holder on the flatbed

Re: PESO: Fledgling Robin

2013-05-31 Thread kwaller
Nice shot. He looks brand new. Yep, just minted. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com Subject: Re: PESO: Fledgling Robin Nice shot. He looks brand new. M aka D In a message dated 5/30/2013 3:45:38 P.M.

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread kwaller
I was taught long ago, by an outdoor pro, that when using a tripod, and he always recommended using one, find the subject/composition with the camera hand held then set the tripod up in that spot to capture that composition. You are correct in that a tripod can be very limiting if you keep

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread David J Brooks
This one works very well Dave On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:44 PM, eactiv...@aol.com wrote: Went back and tried night shooting the oil refinery again. This time I remembered to turn off the IS and shot with bracketing. This is not HDR, because only two of the shots in my three brackets came

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread kwaller
I would certainly be interested how they SPUR creativity. Heh. For me, I find I spend more time, once set, up trying variations of exposures and compositions. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: eactiv...@aol.com Subject: Re:

Re: PESO: Fledgling Robin II

2013-05-31 Thread David J Brooks
Very Dag esh Dave On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Walt ldott...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a shot of the little guy I photographed yesterday, taken as I was guiding it across the road to its mother. http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/8901832382/#large K-5, F 50/1.7, f/1.7, ISO 160,

Re: Help needed with curly film

2013-05-31 Thread Alan C
I would experiment with warming them up before flattening them. Vinyl/Plastic softens quite easily. I think moisture will cause damage. Alan C -Original Message- From: Stan Halpin Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 7:27 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Help needed with curly film

Re: Get your rocks off

2013-05-31 Thread P.J. Alling
It was a long way down that page but... http://fuckyeahcameraporn.tumblr.com/post/26899674521/goddess-shooting-stills-video-the-same-time On 5/30/2013 5:52 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On topic as well! Camera porn ;-) http://fuckyeahcameraporn.tumblr.com/#15 -- There are two kinds of

Re: Help needed with curly film

2013-05-31 Thread Darren Addy
Film curls relative to the humidity or lack thereof. Since you are scanning them, I would not waste a lot of time trying to flatten the negatives (something that would need to be repeated for each strip, or page of strips just prior to scanning). Instead, I would get thee to betterscanning.com and

Re: Help needed with curly film

2013-05-31 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:27 PM, Stan Halpin s...@stans-photography.info wrote: So do I soak and hang out to dry, with appropriate weights attached? Any better, easier, alternative? When I developed 35mm in the darkroom, the negatives would usually start out with some degree of curl (in both

Re: PESO: Fledgling Robin II

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
Thanks, Dave. I take that as high praise -- probably higher than I deserve. I would've liked to have gotten a lower angle on it, but it was making good progress getting across the road and I didn't want to do anything to slow that down lest we both end up as statistics. -- Walt On

Re: Get your rocks off

2013-05-31 Thread Walt
And for that, I owe you my undying gratitude. On 5/31/2013 1:08 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: It was a long way down that page but... http://fuckyeahcameraporn.tumblr.com/post/26899674521/goddess-shooting-stills-video-the-same-time On 5/30/2013 5:52 PM, Steve Cottrell wrote: On topic as well!

Re: Get your rocks off

2013-05-31 Thread P.J. Alling
Just after I posted that the shear size of that page overwhelmed Firefox and it crashed... On 5/31/2013 2:14 PM, Walt wrote: And for that, I owe you my undying gratitude. On 5/31/2013 1:08 PM, P.J. Alling wrote: It was a long way down that page but...

Re: Adobe acknowledges cool reception

2013-05-31 Thread steve harley
on 2013-05-31 10:48 Bruce Walker wrote In this context, Cloud is Adobe marketing people smoking up and saying, Oooh yeah! pfff-choke Cloud is hip! Let's get that cloud word in our product name somewhere. It could equally have been Creative Unicorns. There are cloudy trimmings in the product,

Re: Get your rocks off

2013-05-31 Thread Darren Addy
All this guy is doing is stealing other people's images and putting them all in one place. I don't see anything particularly creative in that. On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:23 PM, P.J. Alling webstertwenty...@gmail.com wrote: Just after I posted that the shear size of that page overwhelmed Firefox

Re: Adobe acknowledges cool reception

2013-05-31 Thread P.J. Alling
As long as you pay your subscription fees your /important/ photos will be backed up, and whoever owns the server that stores them will make money win/win. OK it doesn't seem like that much of a win to me since I can back up my own photos for a fraction of what the yearly fee is likely to be,

All's well at GFM

2013-05-31 Thread Mark Roberts
Doug and I went out to shoot some photos yesterday afternoon. Had a good time but didn't get any really stellar shots. This morning we put together our presentation for this evening (nothing like waiting till the last minute, eh?) and we're just about to begin signing in participants. Looks like a

Re: Adobe acknowledges cool reception

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Thanks, Bruce (and Gerrit) that explains a lot. Seems I was foggy all around, since I didn't spell fogie right. Heh. And agree, Peter, I can do it cheaper myself than I could by subscription. Guess I better upgrade my LR and Elements before it/they becomes/become cloud. Not sure Elements

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Thanks, Dave. M aka D In a message dated 5/31/2013 10:55:52 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pentko...@gmail.com writes: This one works very well Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the

Re: PESO: Nightshot - American Pie III

2013-05-31 Thread Eactivist
Hmmm. That's a good point (re variations). As to the other, I guess I could do handheld trails before tripod use. I'll have to see. (I've only ever really used it before for macros and some Yosemite shots where the view was sort of picked out already.) M aka D :-) In a message dated

Re: Help needed with curly film

2013-05-31 Thread Bill
On 31/05/2013 12:01 PM, Alan C wrote: I would experiment with warming them up before flattening them. Vinyl/Plastic softens quite easily. I think moisture will cause damage. Alan C I don't think I would go this route, or at least not with dry heat. The film is curled because the emulsion side

Re: Me, my K-5 and my Q - coming to the USA

2013-05-31 Thread Larry Colen
Brian, What's the story? Where are you? How is your trip going? Has anyone heard from him? I've been so busy with the dance camp at my house last weekend, I've only been seeing bits and pieces of the PDML mail. Larry On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 08:17:17AM +1000, Brian Walters wrote: ..

May Faves

2013-05-31 Thread Larry Colen
Baby bird, reflections and fire: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157633476565519/ -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the

Z-Day party, June 8th, Felton

2013-05-31 Thread Larry Colen
This will mostly be of interest to folks in, or near, the bay area. Plenty of crash space is available. In case you haven't alread heard, we are throwing a party on Zab's birthday, June 8th. Z-day, More fun than a day on the beach in Normandy. We will start the festivities out with an

RE: Adobe acknowledges cool reception

2013-05-31 Thread Gerrit Visser
I used to fix mainframes in the 60's-80's. Even scarier how those used to fail with few symptoms! I use Windows Home Server as my backup/server platform. It duplicates all my files on separate drives as well as full backups of our PC's. The server manages 12TB for me. And I still do an offsite

Re: How to clean an add-on lens?

2013-05-31 Thread Igor Roshchin
Thanks to all who responded with the suggestions. I'll try different things (except HF). I tried ethanol when I discovered the problem, but that didn't help. PJ: you are probably right regarding melting. I didn't mean it literally (hence the quotation marks), - but I suspect the high

Re: Me, my K-5 and my Q - coming to the USA

2013-05-31 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Larry Colen l...@red4est.com wrote: Brian, What's the story? Where are you? How is your trip going? Has anyone heard from him? http://apathyman2013.wordpress.com/ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: Adobe acknowledges cool reception

2013-05-31 Thread steve harley
on 2013-05-31 13:11 eactiv...@aol.com wrote Not sure I would ever trust anyone else to do it as well. as a very experienced software developer and consultant, i am amazed at the skill with which large, multiply-redundant cloud services are built (e.g. Amazon, Google); not that i'd trust them

Re: Me, my K-5 and my Q - coming to the USA

2013-05-31 Thread steve harley
on 2013-05-31 14:00 Matthew Hunt wrote http://apathyman2013.wordpress.com/ excellent travel blog! glad to hear Brian enjoyed Colorado; i'll be in Alamosa in a couple of weeks, and it is truly not considered much of a destination, but i'll use Brian's blog to boost my expectations (enjoyed

Re: May Faves

2013-05-31 Thread kwaller
The bird is a nice documentary capture. Any idea what it is? Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Larry Colen l...@red4est.com Subject: May Faves Baby bird, reflections and fire:

PESO: Sardi's -- Where is Sardi's

2013-05-31 Thread Daniel J. Matyola
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17398640 K-01 with DA 40 mm F2.8 XS Comments are invited. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit

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