RE: OT: SA Lockdown

2020-03-23 Thread rrvelar
Bob Pdml wrote: I think that’s coming our way too, possibly in the next hour... ...and indeed it has Malcolm . -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

RE: OT: SA Lockdown

2020-03-24 Thread rrvelar
Steve Cottrell wrote: Bloody hell - Malcolm pops up as a lockdown is announced ;-) Hope you're well mate ++ Still here, just not posting much. Still taking photos. I trust you and everyone else here is well and staying safe. Malcolm -- This email has been checked for

RE: Covid

2021-05-31 Thread rrvelar
From: Alan C wrote: Ann & I have had our first Pfizer jabs. No.2 in 6 weeks. +++ I had my first one in Feb, and the second a couple of weeks ago. It appears that I caught it shortly after the first and spent many weeks either by the open back door trying to breathe or in bed.

RE: Covid

2021-06-02 Thread rrvelar
Thanks, Ann, Brian, Dave, Mike & Stan, I had the loss of taste for a while, nothing really foul tasting but really only texture. The second Covid jab has helped a little I think, but it's long term tiredness and lack of sleep that are the real issues. I have follow up X-Rays, blood tests etc all

RE: Video review - K3iii

2021-05-27 Thread rrvelar
Bill wrote: The interesting thing about computers that take pictures is that the people who write the software can program in the characteristic curve of, in this case, infrared film, and how it translates the invisible to the eye into something visible and have the camera emulate the result

RE: The ist D

2021-06-30 Thread rrvelar
Fascinating. I have one in its box somewhere. I can still remember the excitement of receiving it, my first insight into the world of digital photography. How quickly the future becomes the past. Malcolm Juan

RE: The new K3 iii

2021-04-26 Thread rrvelar
Bill wrote: Check this out. Shot with the D FA*50/1.4 https://flic.kr/p/2kJFZ77 = Very nice Bill, just confirms my opinion of it. Malcolm -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To

RE: The new K3 iii

2021-04-22 Thread rrvelar
Bill wrote: >Everyone is bitching about the price. Wait for their heads to explode when the >K1III comes along priced at £2600, or it's equivalent in whatever local >currency you adhere to. >Apparently the viewfinder on the new K3 is a thing of wonder, as large as the >K1 viewfinder. I'm

RE: The new K3 iii

2021-04-24 Thread rrvelar
Bill wrote: >As am I, but if it's another kitchen sink camera like the K1, and I don't >think there is any reason to think it won't be, I suspect it is going to be >quite pricey. I saw a message on my camera dealers website, which said that the first batch of the new K3 were due, and would go

RE: The new K3 iii

2021-04-25 Thread rrvelar
Bill wrote: The DFA* 50/1.4 was apparently too expensive, but the first 2 runs presold prior to release. As was, and did, the DFA* 85/1.4, and it was goofy expensive. I'm not sure about the 70-210/4. It certainly didn't generate the buzz, but it also isn't really a Pentax lens. I agree that this

RE: The new K3 iii

2021-04-25 Thread rrvelar
Bill wrote: I had the DFA*50/1.4 for several days prior to it's official release. Apparently someone at Ricoh still loves me for being a one man profit center for Pentax. You won't regret it if standard lenses on full frame or short teles on APS-C are your thing. The DA20-40 was the best lens I

The new K3 iii

2021-04-21 Thread rrvelar
I don't post often now, but this caught my attention. In my inbox on the 1st of the month came a notification of the pending arrival of the new K3 from my friendly camera dealer. Given it was the 1st of April, I dismissed it as a joke, but no, there really was a new K3! I looked at a few

RE: Has anyone else been having trouble uploading to flickr?

2024-02-17 Thread rrvelar
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